The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume 1, 1700-1860

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Roderick & McCloskey, Donald (editors) Floud
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The Economic History of Britain since 1700: Volume 1, 1700-1860
Roderick Floud
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When does the law permit you to change your mind and reverse a decision you have made? In this masterful book, a foremost authority on American contract law identifies and discusses the general principles and legal rules that bear on this question. E. Allan Farnsworth also offers suggestions to improve the laws that pertain to regretted decisions.

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Law students, buy this.......2001-03-21

E. Allan Farnsworth, Reporter for the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the author of a three-volume treatise on contracts (the student edition of which is also _very_ highly recommended), here tries to make sense of the legal principles that govern whether or not you can change your mind.

Of course most of the work has to do with contract law, but Farnsworth spreads outward into other fields as needed -- into tort law, for example, to discuss whether you can "change your mind" once you have decided to come to the aid of someone whose life is in danger.

The organization is straightforward. Farnsworth begins by examining why our promises, etc., should be binding in the first place and devotes roughly the first half of the book to discussing the various reasons why we might _want_ to bind our future decisions. Then he devotes the second half to expounding the principles that determine whether or not we _are_ thus bound. (The classification scheme here is his own; it heavily overlaps but is not simply identical with the set of principles you learned, or will learn, in your contracts class. He also discusses the points at which current law does not seem subject to such rationalization and makes some suggestions for improvement.)

The exposition is clear and crisp, the writing is free of legalese, and many of the cases will be familiar from contract and tort casebooks. This book therefore makes a fine companion to first-year law hornbooks.

Grab the student edition of Farnsworth's contracts book while you're at it. I use Calamari first to get essential principles, then turn to Farnsworth for elaboration.

Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions.(Review) (book review) (book review): An article from: Michigan Law Review

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Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions.(Review) (book review) (book review): An article from: Michigan Law Review
Eric A. Posner
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Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions

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Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions
E. Allan Farnsworth
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The Third Edition of the University of California's definitive manual on postharvest technology has been completely updated and expanded. Five new chapters cover consumer issues in quality and safety, preharvest factors affecting fruit and vegetable quality, waste management and cull utilization, safety factors, and processing methods. A new appendix presents a summary of optimal conditions and the potential storage life of 200 fruits and vegetables. Edited by Adel Kader and written by 22 authors, including UC researchers, specialists, and faculty along with leading industry experts, the third edition weighs in at 535 pages. This is an invaluable resource for research professionals, quality control personnel, and postharvest biology students anyone involved in the technology for handling and storing fresh fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals. The information in the manual is applicable worldwide. Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Cropsis illustrated with 154 color photos, 184 black-and-white photos, and 111 graphs and illustrations.

Control Applications in Post-Harvest and Processing Technology 1995

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Control Applications in Post-Harvest and Processing Technology 1995

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Paperback. The 1st IFAC/CIGR/EURAENG/ISHS Workshop on Control Applications in Post-Harvest and Processing Technology (CAPPT '95) provides the opportunity to discuss and evaluate the state of the art and application of control methods in storage and processes of agricultural and horticultural products. This publication, generated from the papers at the workshop, provides a detailed assessment of present and future developments of key technologies within the agricultural and horticultural fields.

Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops

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K.P. Sudheer
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All India Coordinated Research Programme on Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops: Final technical report, 1978-83

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S. B Maini
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Colour Atlas of Post-Harvest Diseases and Disorders of Fruits and Vegetable

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Colour Atlas of Post-Harvest Diseases and Disorders of Fruits and Vegetable
Anna L. Snowdon
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A Colour Atlas of Post-Harvest Diseases and Disorders of Fruits and Vegetables: General Introduction and Fruits

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Anna L. Snowdon
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Strategies needed to isolate mutant cell lines and to use the mutants to clone and map the genes are presented in detail. This is the first book in which such methodology and molecular biology are combined.
The preferred cell lines for genetic analysis are presented in the first section, followed by special techniques for isolating a wide range of mutants. The remainder of the book is devoted to genetic mapping and cloning of mutant genes. The final section presents special techniques in gene regulation.

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Physics: An Incremental Development

Excellent way to learn beginning physics on your own

Physics: An Incremental Development (Saxon Physics)
John H., Jr. Saxon
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Too Jumpy.......2003-03-17

This book does not shy away from introducing advanced topics to high school students. Also, like all Saxon books, it does a good job of reviewing the concepts learned instead of just letting them drop at the end of the chapter. These are the reasons for the second star in my rating.

On the other hand, the book jumps around from topic to topic. This is a poor way to get students to learn Physics. Physics is not a procedure to memorize like working in an assembly line. It is a thought process. Students need time to focus on a particular concept and develop it before they move on. They need to understand it and play with it, not just solve problems.

That brings me to my other major objection. This book suggests saving labs for the second semester. In that case, this is not a science book. Science is not a set of procedures to memorize and problems to solve. It is a way of thinking. Students need to know where the ideas come from, and they need the chance to play with them and explain them. That comes from labs.

Overall, although this book is better than most Physics books (which I would rank at 0 stars), it is still not a very good one. My qualifications to say this are that I am a high school Physics teacher, and I have my degree in Physics (which isn't always the same thing).

The book I would recommend instead is PSSC Physics from Kendall Hunt. Unfortunately, it appears that book may be going out of print, so get it while you can.

Physics: An Incremental Development.......2001-08-26

This the clearest, best physics book I have seen. Each lesson reviews every skill previously taught to aid in retention of concepts and skills. I recommend it very highly.

Excellent way to learn beginning physics on your own.......2000-03-23

Using an incremental approach Mr. Saxon develops an understanding on the part of those who work the problems that surpasses that gained using other aroaches. Problem topics are mixed in each set with those from previous sections thus the student learns not just how to do problems in an isolated context but in many different contexts. This addresses a long-standing impediment to learning physical science: how are previous tools and principles used in combination and in different contexts. However: Where is the solutions manual?

Physics an Incremental Development : Teacher's Edition

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Physics an Incremental Development : Teacher's Edition
john saxon
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John Saxon
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Physics: An Incremental Development "Text Book", Physics: An Incremental Development "Solutions Manual" & Physics: An Incremental Development "Home Study Packet" (Set of 3)

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Physics: An Incremental Development "Text Book", Physics: An Incremental Development "Solutions Manual" & Physics: An Incremental Development "Home Study Packet" (Set of 3)
John H. Saxon Jr.
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Physics: An Incremental Development, Homeschool, (Answer Book), pb, 1995

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Entertaining Stories for Adults and Children.......2003-06-01

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) is best known today as the author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," a children's story written in 1900. But following the success of that book, Baum wrote thirteen other Oz stories before his death from a stroke in 1919. Moreover, Baum wrote dozens of other children's tales, plays, and general stories. He was extraordinarily prolific, churning out five books in the year 1907 alone. In addition to this immense body of work, Baum worked as a journalist, a printer, a chicken breeder, an actor, a theater manager, an oil salesman, a playwright, and many other equally esoteric occupations. Despite this litany of accomplishments, it is that one little story about a Kansas girl and her dog that people remember, and even that is due to the 1939 film adaptation with Judy Garland as Dorothy. This Penguin Classics volume compiles three of Baum's Oz stories, "The Wizard of Oz," "The Emerald City of Oz," and "Glinda of Oz." With a dandy introduction by Jack Zipes, a bibliography of pertinent literature about Baum, and explanatory endnotes, this is an excellent introduction to a marvelous trio of stories written by an enormously talented individual.

The introduction outlines the highpoints of Baum's life as well as academic analyses on his Oz stories. According to Zipes, these stories reflect personal aspects of the author's life as well as social aspects of American society. Zipes's own analysis is that Oz represents a matriarchal utopia based on socialist principles. In Oz, women rule as witches and princesses while magic and good deeds serve the denizens without relying on capitalistic tendencies of competition and money. The introduction also refers to academics that saw "The Wizard of Oz" as a thinly veiled allegory concerning the Populist movement of the late 19th century, which was the reason I decided to read the stories. Regardless of academic analysis or cultural insights, these stories turned out to be a fascinating and entertaining read, full of puns, irony, and wacky creatures. I had fun reading these stories.

The first story in the collection, "The Wizard of Oz," should be instantly recognizable to most people. It differs considerably from the film version, however. Dorothy and Toto do meet the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion just as they do in the movie, but there are more adventures in the book version. There are differences too: in the story, the winged monkeys only obey the wicked witch because she can summon them with a magic cap. The witch also holds Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion in bondage for a period of time. I understand why the movie made several changes in the tale, but reading the story is as much if not more fun than seeing the film.

"The Emerald City of Oz," published in 1910, recounts several more adventures of Dorothy in the Land of Oz. Baum used this story to expand this mysterious realm by having Dorothy bring Uncle Henry and Aunt Em to live in Oz permanently after the bank forecloses on the Kansas farm. Young Dorothy then acts as a tour guide for her family, setting out on an exploration of unknown regions of Oz. The author throws in some great puns in this installment, little jokes that surprisingly made me laugh out loud. For example, Dorothy's adventure in Utensia (where she stands trial in a dwelling full of animated cutlery, pots and pans, and utensils), her trip to Bunbury (a town inhabited by living pastries, buns, breads, and rolls), and her meeting with the Fuddles (people who literally fall to pieces when surprised by outsiders; Dorothy and her companions have to put them back together like a puzzle) are amusing to read. The best scene in the story has to be the Flutterbudgets, a town full of people who worry incessantly about nonexistent dangers. All of these explorations take place against the backdrop of an invasion of Oz by the evil Nome King and his evil allies the Growleywogs, the Whimsies, and the Phanfasms. This Oz story is quite amusing and tremendously clever.

"Glinda of Oz," released to the public in 1920 a year after Baum's death reunites nearly every character from the other Oz stories. Dorothy, now a princess of Oz, sets out with her friend and monarch Ozma to stop a war between the Flatheads and the Skeezers. When Dorothy and Ozma get trapped in the fighting, Glinda the Sorceress leads a ragtag group of characters to rescue the two. Along for the trip are the Wizard of Oz, who returned to Oz after the first book and is learning magic, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the funniest character, Button Bright, a boy whose sole attribute is his ability to constantly get lost. Glinda and company step into the situation and bring it to a resolution. Arguably the most interesting theme in "Glinda of Oz" is the limitations Baum places on the uses of magic in Oz. There are different types of magic and no one character (The Wizard, Glinda, Ozma) has a grasp on infinite stores of magic. Moreover, magic can only be used to assist people, not to harm them. Ozma and Glinda punish anyone who uses magic as a weapon.

These are great stories whether you pay attention to the social and cultural subtexts or not. Fans of the MGM extravaganza will find much here to expand on their knowledge of Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion, and Glinda. Moreover, the addition of scads of other characters adds a richness and depth to the fantasy world of Oz beyond the scope of the film. I enjoyed these three stories so much I am considering reading a few of the other Oz stories, and hopefully you will too.

L. Frank Baum makes magic come alive.......2001-11-29

These stories are sheer genuis and a blessed light in our sometimes dark world. I read them to my children, ages 4 and 6, and we all are transported to a place over the rainbow, where things somehow turn out wonderfully happy. In the Emerald City and Glinda, we enjoyed hearing more adventures of Dorothy's friends. Ozma is indeed a great heroine for her people and for my two bright-eyed children. I could just picture where each land was that Dorothy visited with her aunt and uncle in the Emerald City book. And the eccentric rules each place had were enchanting.

A Wonderful Selecttion from a Wonderful World.......2001-06-29

Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics presents a nice selection of L. Frank Baum's Oz books with The Wizard of Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, and Glinda of Oz. It is a nice way to visit Oz beginning with the excellent essay, notes and bibliography by Jack Zipes to set the reader on the right foot along the Yellow Brick Road. After that the stories themselves will delight the reader in their own way with the versatile imagination of the author and will hopefully lead the unintiated to read more about Oz and to the more seasoned explorers it will bring back the joy felt when first going to this wonderful, wonderful land. A nice package.

Great.......2000-06-12

Anything by L. Frank Baum is going to be a good book for a person of any age to read. Oz is a fairy land that is full of imagination for any girl or boy. This is one of the best Oz books I've seen.

The Wonderful World of Oz : The Wizard of Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, Glinda of Oz (Penguin Classics)

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L. Frank Baum
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