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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

The Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

"Fermat's Last Theorem became the Holy Grail of mathematics. Whole and colorful lives were devoted, and even sacrificed, to finding a proof. Leonhard Euler, the greatest mathematician of the eighteenth century, had to admit defeat. Sophie Germain took on the identity of a man to do research in a field forbidden to females, and made the most significant breakthrough of the nineteenth century. The dashing Evariste Galois scribbled down the results of his research deep into the night before venturing out to die in a duel in 1832. Yutaka Taniyama, whose insights would ultimately lead to the solution, tragically killed himself in 1958. On the other hand, Paul Wolfskehl, a famous German industrialist, claimed Fermat had saved him from suicide, and established a rich prize for the first person to prove the theorem." "And then came Princeton professor Andrew Wiles, who had dreamed of proving Fermat's Last Theorem ever since he first read of it as a boy of ten in his local library. In 1993, some 356 years after Fermat's challenge, and after seven years of working in isolation and secrecy - "a kind of private and very personal battle I was engaged in" - Wiles stunned the world by announcing a proof, though his own journey would be far from over." "Fermat's Enigma is the story of the epic quest to solve the greatest math problem of all time. A human drama of high dreams, intellectual brilliance, and extraordinary determination, it will bring the history and culture of mathematics into exciting focus for all who read it."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Fermat's Enigma

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#bigbang #universe #cosmos #astronomy #science #theory


The Origin of the Universe

We've all heard of the Big Bang, and yet few of us truly know what it is.

Renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they might first appear, Simon Singh is our perfect guide to explaining why cosmologists believe that the Big Bang is an accurate description of the origin and evolution of the universe.

This highly readable and entertaining book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. With characteristic clarity, Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years). Simon Singh shows us that it is within the capability of all of us -- in his expert hands -- to understand the Big Bang: the fundamental theory in all of science, and a high point -- perhaps the high point -- of human achievement.

Big Bang

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#hardcover #murder #RobertTannenbaum #BestSellingAuthor #Theory #Killer #CrimeFighting #DA #Mobsters box 90

Texas

When the assailants of a raped female jogger are exonerated and then file a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against everyone involved in the case, Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi begin to suspect internal corruption, work to bring the rapists to justice, and attempt to prevent a terrorist attack. By the author of Hoax. 100,000 first printing.

Fury

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Kentucky

Business & Economics

A Strategic Approach

This text takes a strategic systems approach - an approach that focuses on how managers structure and operate organizations so that they are efficient and effective. The fifth edition covers: rengineering/downsizing; moral/ethical management; complexity; speed and responsiveness of organizations; quality; empowerment; and competitiveness. It also includes a new chapter on the global environment and five new end-of-text cases including two of international origin.

Organization Theory

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Continuing her success in Capital Crimes, the bestselling author of First Ladies takes readers behind the exhibits at one of D.C.'s most popular attractions. When a senior curator at the National Gallery discovers a lost Caravaggio, he concocts a masterly scheme to exhibit and exploit the masterpiece, which escalates into murder as an art form.

Murder at the National Gallery

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

The irresistibly engaging book that "enlarges one's wonder at Tammet's mind and his all-embracing vision of the world as grounded in numbers" (Oliver Sacks, MD).

Thinking in Numbers is the book that Daniel Tammet, mathematical savant and bestselling author, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives.

Inspired variously by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's eleven fingers, and his many siblings, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person, and how we can make sense of those we love. His provocative and inspiring new book will change the way you think about math and fire your imagination to view the world with fresh eyes.

Thinking in Numbers

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#paperback #nonfiction #science #theory #paralleluniverse  

New York

A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens Ion

An exploration of the theory of hyperspace by a professor of theoretical physics discusses the superstring theory and the concept of a jigsaw-puzzle universe

Hyperspace

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Minor bend to front cover; otherwise like new. #paperback #islam #christianity #religion #muslim #christian #theory #politics #adult #nonfiction

Kansas

Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Reformation as the only way to end the horrors of terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities. Today, she argues, the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims can be divided into a minority of extremists, a majority of observant but peaceable Muslims and a few dissidents who risk their lives by questioning their own religion. But there is only one Islam and, as Hirsi Ali shows, there is no denying that some of its key teachings—not least the duty to wage holy war—are incompatible with the values of a free society. For centuries it has seemed as if Islam is immune to change. But Hirsi Ali has come to believe that a Muslim Reformation—a revision of Islamic doctrine aimed at reconciling the religion with modernity—is now at hand, and may even have begun. The Arab Spring may now seem like a political failure. But its challenge to traditional authority revealed a new readiness—not least by Muslim women—to think freely and to speak out. Courageously challenging the jihadists, she identifies five key amendments to Islamic doctrine that Muslims have to make to bring their religion out of the seventh century and into the twenty-first. And she calls on the Western world to end its appeasement of the Islamists. “Islam is not a religion of peace,” she writes. It is the Muslim reformers who need our backing, not the opponents of free speech. Interweaving her own experiences, historical analogies and powerful examples from contemporary Muslim societies and cultures, Heretic is not a call to arms, but a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global toleration. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders, with jihadists killing thousands from Nigeria to Syria to Pakistan, this book offers an answer to what is fast becoming the world’s number one problem.

Heretic

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire of•Bach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.

Proline - Picture Chord Pocket Guide

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#paperback #finance #econimics #theory #business


Illinois

A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior

In this cogently and elegantly argued analysis of why human beings persist in engaging in behavior that defies time-honored economic theory, Ormerod also explains why governments and industries throughout the world must completely reconfigure their traditional methods of economic forecasting if they are to succeed and prosper in an increasingly complicated global marketplace.

Butterfly Economics

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Pennsylvania

Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power





A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies.



Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds--the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovate and interact in ways not otherwise possible. Platforms create economic value far beyond what we see in conventional companies.

The Business of Platforms is an invaluable, in-depth look at platform strategy and digital innovation. Cusumano, Gawer, and Yoffie address how a small number of companies have come to exert extraordinary influence over every dimension of our personal, professional, and political lives. They explain how these new entities differ from the powerful corporations of the past. They also question whether there are limits to the market dominance and expansion of these digital juggernauts. Finally, they discuss the role governments should play in rethinking data privacy laws, antitrust, and other regulations that could reign in abuses from these powerful businesses.

Their goal is to help managers and entrepreneurs build platform businesses that can stand the test of time and win their share of battles with both digital and conventional competitors. As experts who have studied and worked with these firms for some thirty years, this book is the most authoritative and timely investigation yet of the powerful economic and technological forces that make platform businesses, from Amazon and Apple to Microsoft, Facebook, and Google--all dominant players in shaping the global economy, the future of work, and the political world we now face.

The Business of Platforms

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#paperback #vintage #science #homeschool #christian #tyndalepublishing #theory #evolution #creationism #livingbook vintage Christian published book refuting theory of evolution. 

Oregon

Science

Evolution and the High School Student 

#hardcover #nursing #research #encyclopedia #evidence #theory ex libris - book has library markings 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Oklahoma

Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award

The Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, now thoroughly updated in a second edition, presents key terms and concepts in nursing research and with over 30% of the entries new to this edition. Written by the world's leading authorities in nursing research, this comprehensive reference is a "one-stop" resource for everything you need to know about nursing research and its utilization.



   The 320 articles by 200 expert contributors include topics such as:
   
   
 * Nursing services
 * Electronic networks and technology
 * Nursing education
 * Nursing care
 * Specialties in nursing
 * Patients' reactions and adjustments
 * Historical, philosophical, and cultural issues
 * Nursing organizations and publications





   New entries include:
   
   
 * Boykin and Schoenhofer
 * Cancer Survivorship
 * Depression in Cardiac Disease
 * Disparities in Minority Mental Health
 * Endotrachial Suctioning
 * Formal Nursing Languages
 * Henderson's Model
 * HIV Risk Behavior
 * Middle Range Theories
 * Newman's Theory of Health
 * Peplau's Theoretical Model
 * Rogers Science of Unitary Persons
 * Taxonomy
 * Watson's Theory of Human Caring
 * And more



Extensive cross references help readers find information easily. Nursing researchers and graduate students in nursing will be the primary audience for this volume. As with the first edition, nurses in all phases of education, from basic to doctoral, from formal university and college-based programs to continuing education offerings, within all health systems, will find this an important introduction to current nursing research topics.

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

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North Carolina

The Prince and The Discourses 

Drawing on new scientific discoveries and seventy years of collective clinical experience, three psychiatrists unravel life's most elemental mystery: the nature of love. A primordial area of the brain, far older than reason or thinking, creates both the capacity and the need for emotional intimacy that all humans share. A General Theory of Love describes the workings of this ancient, pivotal urge and reveals that our nervous systems are not self-contained. Instead, our brains link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that makes up the very life force of the body. These wordless and powerful ties determine our moods, stabilize and maintain our health and well-being, and change the structure of our brains. In consequence, who we are and who we become depend, in great part, on whom we love. A General Theory of Love applies these and other extraordinary insights to some of the most crucial issues we face in our lives. Its authors explain how relationships function and where love goes wrong, how parents shape a child's developing self, how psychotherapy really works, what curbs and what fosters violent aggression in our children, and how modern society regularly courts disaster by flouting emotional laws it does not yet recognize. A work of rare originality, passion, and eloquence, A General Theory of Love will forever change the way you think about human intimacy.

A General Theory of Love

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#paperback #culturaltheory #popularculture #analysis #theory #education 

English

An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

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#nonfiction #readforschool #theory #reference #literarycritcism #college 

New Jersey

Writing about Literature with Critical Theory

Deeply rooted in the views, responses, and history of contemporary critical theories, this text provides students with the knowledge and tools to write about literature effectively. It presents a user-friendly introduction to contemporary critical theories.

Texts and Contexts

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#paperback #health #bioterrorism #political #care #theory #science #medical #virus #history

Missouri

What You Need to Know about Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor

Also available in the Spanish version. Bioterrorism has quickly become one of the most pressing and disturbing issues of our time. Our nation's leaders warn that the threat of germ weapons by terrorists is real, and, more importantly, that the United States remains highly vulnerable. Such statements have led to a national sense of fear and unease. Every American wants answers--what can we do to protect our families and loved ones? Enter Senator Bill Frist, M.D. At this crucial time, Senator Frist wants to provide all Americans with an accessible and comprehensive guide to dealing with the realistic threat of bioterrorism. Written in an easy-to-use question and answer format, complete with photographs of the varying symptoms and a full index, When Every Moment Counts is an essential manual for every American. For more information visit Senator Frist's Web site for this book, www.wheneverymomentcounts.com.

When Every Moment Counts

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#paperback #stonehenge #mystery #history #theory 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Colorado

People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries, speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and painting it, trying to make sense of it. This is the story of the one real Stonehenge, as well as the many unreal Stonehenges that archaeologists, tourists, mystics, astronomers, artists and poets have made out of it.

Stonehenge Complete (Third Edition)

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Delaware

In this pathbreaking book, a well-known feminist and sociologist--who is also the Founding Editor of Gender & Society--challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber views gender as wholly a product of socialization subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation. In her new paradigm, gender is an institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Drawing on many schools of feminist scholarship and on research from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies, Lorber explores different paradoxes of gender: --why we speak of only two "opposite sexes" when there is such a variety of sexual behaviors and relationships; --why transvestites, transsexuals, and hermaphrodites do not affect the conceptualization of two genders and two sexes in Western societies; --why most of our cultural images of women are the way men see them and not the way women see themselves; --why all women in modern society are expected to have children and be the primary caretaker; --why domestic work is almost always the sole responsibility of wives, even when they earn more than half the family income; --why there are so few women in positions of authority, when women can be found in substantial numbers in many occupations and professions; --why women have not benefited from major social revolutions. Lorber argues that the whole point of the gender system today is to maintain structured gender inequality--to produce a subordinate class (women) that can be exploited as workers, sexual partners, childbearers, and emotional nurturers. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize economic, educational, and cultural resources or the positions of power.

Paradoxes of Gender

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Some internal highlighting #russianlit #biography #theory #translated #plot 

Massachusetts

A Book on Plot

"Perhaps because he is such an unlikely Tolstoyan, Viktor Shklovsky's writing on Tolstoy is always absorbing and often brilliant." Russian Review

Energy of Delusion

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#paperback #tribulation #pretrib #theory #forpretrib #systematically #study #research #faith #Christian 

Tennessee

Will You Escape the Tribulation?

The Bible tells us Jesus will return to earth and the faithful will be called to meet the Lord. But will the Rapture happen before or after the seven-year Tribulation described in Revelation? Will believers have to suffer seven years of unimaginable hardship alongside the unsaved? Tracing the history of the Tribulation debate over the last 175 years, Tim LaHaye carefully examines the alternatives-and with his customary clarity and resolve, affirms his position that pre-Tribulation Rapture is the message of the Bible.

Rapture under Attack

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Michigan

The Logic of Misogyny

Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in
public life and politics by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it's primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the "bad" women
who challenge male dominance. And it's compatible with rewarding "the good ones," and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. It's also common for women to serve as scapegoats, be burned as witches, and treated as pariahs.

Manne examines recent and current events such as the Isla Vista killings by Elliot Rodger, the case of the convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, who preyed on African-American women as a police officer in Oklahoma City, Rush Limbaugh's diatribe against Sandra Fluke, and the "misogyny speech" of
Julia Gillard, then Prime Minister of Australia, which went viral on YouTube. The book shows how these events, among others, set the stage for the 2016 US presidential election. Not only was the misogyny leveled against Hillary Clinton predictable in both quantity and quality, Manne argues it was
predictable that many people would be prepared to forgive and forget regarding Donald Trump's history of sexual assault and harassment. For this, Manne argues, is misogyny's oft-overlooked and equally pernicious underbelly: exonerating or showing "himpathy" for the comparatively privileged men who
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Simon Singh

Fermat's Enigma

Simon Singh

Big Bang

Robert Tanenbaum

Fury

B. J. Hodge; William P. Anthony; Lawrence M. Gales

Organization Theory

Margaret Truman

Murder at the National Gallery

Daniel Tammet

Thinking in Numbers

Michio Kaku

Hyperspace

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Heretic

Hal Leonard Corp. Staff (Created by)

Proline - Picture Chord Pocket Guide

Paul Ormerod

Butterfly Economics

Michael A. Cusumano; Annabelle Gawer; David B. Yoffie

The Business of Platforms

Kenneth N. Taylor

Evolution and the High School Student

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick (Editor); Meredith Wallace (Editor)

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince and The Discourses

Thomas Lewis; Fari Amini; Richard Lannon

A General Theory of Love

John Storey

An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

Steven Lynn

Texts and Contexts

Bill Frist

When Every Moment Counts

Christopher Chippindale

Stonehenge Complete (Third Edition)

Judith Lorber

Paradoxes of Gender

Viktor Shklovsky; Shushan Avagyan (Translator)

Energy of Delusion

Tim Lahaye

Rapture under Attack

Kate Manne

Down Girl

John Maddox

The Doomsday Syndrome