Principles of Macroeconomics, Updated Edition (6th Edition)

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Known for its unified and logical structure, lively writing style, and clear explanations, this book provides access to the most current economic information available. Since the 6/e published, many things have affected our economy: the Presidential Election, the impact of the 9/11 tragedy, and the recession that we are all living through on a daily basis. The updated edition, written by two highly respected economists and educators, uses the “Stories, Graphs, and Equations” approach to make economic concepts accessible and relevant to a wide reading audience. A five-part organization covers an introduction to economics, concepts and problems in macroeconomics, goods and money markets, macroeconomic analysis, and the world economy. For individuals getting their first—and often challenging—look at the core concepts of economics.

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From warm-up exercises to classroom activities, learn organizational theory in a fun new way! EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISES IN ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND DESIGN teaches new skills faster than you ever thought possible through personal inventories, creative production projects, and even real fieldwork! For any level of business, get the organizational textbook that's easy-to-use and full of study tools too.

Experiential Exercises in Organization Theory and Design

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Experiential Exercises in Organization Theory and Design
III, H. Eugene Baker , and Steven K. Paulson
Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub
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Binding: Paperback

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Baker and Paulson present a collection of experiential exercises that are designed to help illustrate and internalize key concepts in organization theory. The exercises vary in length and complexity--some may serve as discussion 'warm-ups' while others could occupy up to an hour. The activities range from personal inventories to actual creative production activities sometimes requiring fieldwork. The exercises have all been tested and are adapted from a wide array of sources to ensure a variety of activities that will engage learners regardless of their background.

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Experiential Exercises in Organization Theory and Design
Steven Paulson
Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub
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This book covers forest mensuration—the process of counting, measuring, and estimating the economic value of a stand of trees. This process also involves measuring non-timber, landscape values such as soils, wildlife habitat, and hydrology.

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“Impressive. . . Wide-ranging. . . . The Wisdom Paradox makes a compelling case for the possibility of maintaining a sharp mind far into old age.”
—KENNETH SILBER, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND

The Wisdom Paradox explores the aging of the mind from a unique, positive perspective. In an era of increasing fears about mental deterioration, world-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg provides startling new evidence that though the brain diminishes in some tasks as it ages, it gains in many ways. Most notably, it increases in what he terms “wisdom”: the ability to draw upon knowledge and experience gained over a lifetime to make quick and effective decisions. Goldberg delves into the machinery of the mind, separating memory into two distinct types: singular (knowledge of a particular incident or fact) and generic (recognition of broader patterns). As the brain ages, the ability to use singular memory declines, but generic memory is unaffected—and its importance grows. As an individual accumulates generic memory, the brain can increasingly rely upon these stored patterns to solve problems effortlessly and instantaneously. Goldberg investigates the neurobiology of wisdom, and draws on historical examples of artists and leaders whose greatest achievements were realized late in life.

Praise for The Wisdom Paradox:
“Good news: Our brains can and do improve with age. The evidence Goldberg presents is thorough and indisputable . . . Informative and entertaining.”
—Diane Stressing, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

“[A] graceful exposition of the latest findings in developmental neuropsychology, brain mapping, and computational neuroscience. . . Goldberg overturns stale assumptions about the different functions of the two sides of the brain and about the roles of the frontal lobes. . . It is still cheering, in an era that worships youth, to be reminded that age can bring its own intellectual gifts.”
—Emma Crichton-Miller, The Telegraph (London)

“The Wisdom Paradox is unusually easy and enjoyable to read for a book loaded with information and ideas about the brain. . . [Goldberg] is a gifted explicator and a talented writer.”
—Cerebrum

“A book of wise reflections on the gains, not the losses, that come to the older human mind. Here is a valuable addition to the literature on aging.”
—ANTONIO R. DAMASIO, AUTHOR OF DESCARTES' ERROR, THE FEELING OF WHAT HAPPENS, AND LOOKING FOR SPINOZA

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Original, Informative, Hopeful.......2007-07-21

Elkhonon Goldberg brings to fore many insights about the brain, but the overriding theme of the book is that as we age our brain shifts focus from a right-hemisphere dominated approach to a left-hemisphere dominated approach. New evidence has generally shown that, contrary to older studies, the right hemisphere is used to 'learn new things' and the left hemisphere is used for pattern recognition. As we age, we shift our brain dominance from right to left. Goldberg explains how we can take advantage of our awareness of this shift. (For example: keep our brain active so it doesn't atrophy -- especially the right hemisphere.)

Just as our brain shifts focus, this book shifts focus as we read along, too. The first part of the book is generally fact and hypothesis based. Goldberg explains his theories interlaced with personal narrative. The book then shifts focus to what we can do to maintain our cognitive abilities as we age. Goldberg outlines cognitive exercises we can do to keep our brain sharp. This chapter comes immediately following a chapter summarizing recent research proposing that humans grow neurons their entire life -- how many we grow and where they migrate to is up to us (in theory).

This is a positive book, bringing hope and some scientific rigor to those older folk interested in the life-cycle of their brain. Goldberg comes across as a competent scientist and, at over 50, still hasn't lost his writing ability. (If you read the book you'll learn, from a technical point of view, why this isn't so surprising. Hint: writing is a mostly left-hemisphere activity.)

Ooops! There go the piano lessons.......2006-06-26

This is the book that got me interested, once again, in neuropsychology and neuroanatomy. Yes, the immediate interest is that business of not wanting "to go gently into that good night." as Dylan Thomas wrote. How much will cognitive delcine affect me as I age (something we are all doing since birth - it isn't only the old who are aging).

I think Goldberg, motivated by his own need to "rage, rage against the dying of the light," used his enormous knowledge of neuropsychology to create a work that should benefit all who want to know what their chances are (or of relatives/friends) of continuing to lead a useful life despite the inevitable (and many) ways we decline in capacity as we age.

This book is not necessarily an easy read for a generation used to soundbites, e-mail abreviations, evening news pseudo-profundity, or dumbed-down magazine articles. One has to realize that neurology is the subject medical students fear most. And with good reason. The human brain has been described as the most complex thing we know of. Somehow, in a way not yet fully understood, consciousness emerges from the healthy, mature human brain to give us (finally in human evolution) the ability to study effectively with recent functional brain scanning techniques the very organ system that allows us to smell a perfume and recall a long ago romance, to see a face in the crowd and recognize someone we have not seen for ten years (or fifty years), to freeze with terror as the amygdala (as close as we can come to Freud's Id) brings to mind a terrible incident from childhood, to meditate and find a place of peace where some of our systems shut down like that scene in the film "2001" in which HAL, the space ship's computer, gets his memory modules unpluged after trying to kill the crew.

Frankly, I liked Goldberg's making the book not a text, but a personal exploration. Textbooks are the most boring article ever devised by the human mind - but necessary until in some new century slouching up towards Jerusalem we get microchip implants that make us into Borgs, don't snicker, people are having chips placed subdermal just so they can wave their arm at a door and have it open. Think how willing people will be score of years hence to suffer the implant of cerebral devices that give us many terabytes of updatable data storage or like "The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy" Marvin, the robot with a brain the size of a planet, unlimited intelligence. What Faustian deals will we make in centuries to come?

Get out your magic marker and color all those amazing bits of research and speculation about how our brains age. His theory is that we will get by nicely, thank you very much, on the sheer acumulation of left brain (that's not your creative side, sorry) routines which will enable us to be useful on the job and not too dull in our personal lives. This is despite the loss of some brain capacity (literally, the brain shrinks), memory loss, lessened creativity and such. It helps to have been bright and active using the brain in one's occupation.

However, we still don't know definitively what causes Alzheimer's disease or many other serious forms of cognitive decline. The good news is that we have a better chance than not of living our life to the full without disabling mental decline. It is not a 'neuropsychology for dummies' work. It is not well illustrated - see my review of Rita Carter's "Mapping the Mind" which is - but one keens at Goldberg's expertise in his field (he specializes in the frontal lobes, which, incidentally, is where the part of the mind that seems to be YOU is located - maybe).

With all the babyboomers coming along worried about their senior years, I see a bright future for this book - and many others like it. There are just so many more answers to those questions the artist asked: D'ou venons nous? Que sommes nous? Ou allons nous? (Gaugauin, MFA Boston). Goldberg is one of many helping us to understand the latest discoveries and theories in this field. He has some of his own; he's more in favor of the 'distributed processing' theory of brain function, not the highly modular view which has held sway for decades. Incidentally, recent research has shown that the Broca's area and Werneicke's area are less fixed and immutable than formerly thought.

I recommend this book.

seriously disappointed.......2006-03-30

I was unable to finish this book because I found it too academic and pedantic; it is of little use to elderly people who seek guidance in regard to the problems of agying

Exercise your brain.......2006-02-24

I didn't find much new here, but it's an interesting book, especially if you long to find out how "use it or lose it" applies to the grey matter.

BRAIN PLASTICITY IN ACTION.......2005-05-03

This is a terrific book explaining how new knowledge of brain plasticity can be put to use to combat mental decline. It combines state-of-the-art knowledge about the brain delivered in a very clear and lucid manner with enjoyable cultural and historical digressions. I liked Goldberg's other book, The Executive Brain, but this one is even better. It is refreshing to see a serious scientist stepping out of the ivory tower and developing practical applications. The idea of cognitive fitness through cognitive exercise is fascinating and I can't wait to start!

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Wisdom Worth Reading

Collective Coaching Wisdom for Youth Baseball: Ideas and Inspiration from America's Community Coaches to You (Hometown Heroes Books)
David A. Ham , and Janice B. Sibley
Manufacturer: Crm Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 097469200X

Book Description

This unique handbook for coaches captures "word-of-mouth" tips, advice, and ideas from America's most extraordinary community youth coaches. Advice is provided on how to quickly create an atmosphere of pride, fun, excitement, and teamwork while continuing to teach kids the mechanical aspects of baseball and promoting excellence on the field. Lessons learned by coaches are passed along through organized sections of coaches' tips, coaches' favorite drills, and classic anecdotes of the trials and triumphs of leading groups of young players. A "tips & advice" section offers proven strategies for organizing a team, holding preseason parent meetings, conducting fun and effective practices, coaching and motivating players during games, managing parents, working with umpires, and making it all fun.

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Wisdom Worth Reading.......2004-07-01

At my youth baseball team's end of season party, Janice Sibley, whose son Chris was on my team, presented me with a copy of this fine book. I was quite surprised that one of the parents on my team was the co-author of a book on coaching! I was glad she waited until the season was over to let me know, because it would have made me nervous.The first part of the book is about the power of positive coaching. As a youth baseball coach myself, I know that games can sometimes get tense and that negative words and actions from coaches and parents can and do slip out. None of us is perfect, but in the end kids (and adults) respond much better to positive re-enforcement than to negative. The book relies on the experiences of many successful "hometown hero" coaches from across the country, who tell us how they keep the game fun, positive, and low-stress for the kids, the parents, and themselves. The second part of the book contains the favorite drills of the many "hometown hero" coaches. It is not a comprehensive set of drills, just a collection of some standard and some unique drills that you may want to add to your coaching repertoire. I especially liked the one about "water balloon hitting"; it may not teach your kids how to hit, but it will be the drill they (and you) have the most fun with!The last part of the book relates some memorable personal moments from the "hometown hero" coaches. If you're a coach, these stories will touch you because, ultimately, the reward of coaching is in knowing that you have touched the life of a child in some small but positive way.

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The Very Best Wedding Planner & Organizer
Elizabeth Lluch
Manufacturer: Wedding Solutions
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Contains expert advice for personalizing your wedding plus many tips for making your day the best ever. Includes a free wedding planning cd-rom that allows brides to created budgets, guest list, checklists, gifts received, and much more.

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Good things and bad things.........2006-02-23

There's good things and bad things about this planner. I like how it's a binder style with dividers. But there aren't any tabs on the dividers so I had to add my own. It's nice because you can take out sections you don't need - like I'm not using a videographer so I just took that whole section out to make more room. I also like the CD-Rom that comes with it. Makes doing the guest list super easy. There also aren't any folders or anywhere to put loose papers with menu information, pictures, etc. so I just got those clear plastic page holders for all that stuff. Overall, it could use some tweaking, but generally the information and checklists are helpful.

ALMOST EVERYTHING.......2005-12-29

THIS BOOK HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER NEED AND EVEN SOME STUFF YOU MIGHT NOT! I LOVE HOW IT'S RING-BOUND, BUT THE ONE PROBLEM I'VE FOUND IS THAT THERE IS ONLY 1 POCKET AT THE VERY BACK. IF YOU BUY SEPERATE TABS WITH FOLDERS FOR EACH SECTION, YOU'LL BE ALL SET!

Great Product.......2005-09-01

Love the product b/c you can take it with you. However you can do a lot of the same things with theknot.com, Wedding Channel and other great sites online. But I still recommend this for any bride who wants to be organized. Could use a part on guest lists and how to pick them, sit them, etc.

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Excellent comic book,EXPERT shipping.

great comic

Fantastic--a look at the Matrix from all perspectives

The Matrix Comics, Vol. 2
Geof Darrow , Steve Skroce , Kaare Andrews , and Paul Chadwick
Manufacturer: Burlyman Entertainment
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1932700099

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Excellent comic book,EXPERT shipping........2007-01-10

If you're a k.R. fan,this is a must for collection.What I really have to say isn't about the item. Since I like all of my collectible books in PRISTINE condition,I order them from the Amazon store.The care that is taken in protecting the book is top notch!My experience:The books are first wrapped in plastic or bubble wrap,secured to a thick piece of cardboard and mailed in a sturdy box...O.k Now I'll focus on the product.Nice graphics.Nice story line.Well worth the purchase-no matter where you get it from.SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.WE ARE FREE BECAUSE OF THEM!!!

great comic.......2005-08-03

I love this book, great stories but not as nice as the movies.
And the pages are very loose.
so have to be very carefull.

Fantastic--a look at the Matrix from all perspectives.......2005-01-09

While I do not own the first volume of Matrix Comics, I can say quite easily that this volume is excellent at presenting a variety of stories based on the Matrix world. Each comic is by a different artist and it should be interesting to note that while all of their plots vary, they are all quite dark and drab in nature. Like the Animatrix, don't expect to find happy endings or a very upbeat mood in any of these episodes. The book has its mix of action oriented and drama based stories (though the latter is in more numbers): one involves one of the oracle's potentials seeking a more charged life in the city, but ends up running from agents. The art in this one is very much based on anime--using all kinds of awkward perspectives and speed lines to generate a short that is charged with enormous amounts of adrenaline. In stark contrast, another excellent one is "A path among stones". The artist uses washed out, dreamy colours for the mood, and the story plays out like a conversation between a psychologist and his patient which gives us insight into how people are 'unplugged' from the Matrix.

The only downside to this book is that at the end, there's a bit of a preview of two new non-related comics that the publishers are going to release. While this is interesting and all, it will come off as a bit of a sham since this 'preview' takes up a visible chunk in the book.

Other than that, this is an absolute must for Matrix fans. To a casual reader, this is also a good buy as the stories are well drawn and scripted to formulate stories that are intricate and mysterious enough that they are excellent standalones even to those who have never seen the Matrix films.

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