Saturday, November 16, 2019

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Professional & Technical 2019-11-16

Stephen Baker - Final Jeopardy artwork Final Jeopardy
The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World
Stephen Baker
Genre: Engineering
Price: $21.99
Publish Date: February 27, 2011
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

The “charming and terrifying” story of IBM’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the Business Week technology writer and author of The Numerati ( Publishers Weekly , starred review).   For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thought—one that doesn’t just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant web page, but understands and communicates with us. With the creation of Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy! -playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal.   In Final Jeopardy , Stephen Baker traces the arc of Watson’s “life,” from its birth in the IBM labs to its big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including Watson’s eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how Watson’s breakthroughs and the future of artificial intelligence could transform medicine, law, marketing, and even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up with new hypotheses. As fast and fun as the game itself, Final Jeopardy shows how smart machines will fit into our world—and how they’ll disrupt it.   “The place to go if you’re really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence.” — The Seattle Times   “Like Tracy Kidder’s Soul of a New Machine , Baker’s book finds us at the dawn of a singularity. It’s an excellent case study, and does good double duty as a Philip K. Dick scenario, too.” — Kirkus Reviews   “Like a cross between Born Yesterday and 2001: A Space Odyssey , Baker’s narrative is both . . . an entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligence—and a sobering glimpse of things to come.” — Publishers Weekly , starred review



Jen Gunter - The Vagina Bible artwork The Vagina Bible
The vulva and the vagina--separating the myth from the medicine
Jen Gunter
Genre: Medical
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: August 20, 2019
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From Canadian OB/GYN, women's health advocate and New York Times columnist Dr. Jen Gunter: The Vagina Bible is a comprehensive, accessible antidote to the maelstrom of misinformation around female sexual health, and the ultimate guide to everything a person needs to know about the vagina and vulva. We are well into the twenty-first century and have access to more information than ever before, yet many people don't know that a vagina is self-cleaning, condoms should be used with a lubricant, eating sugar doesn't cause a yeast infection, and sex shouldn't be painful. As a physician with twenty-five years of clinical experience, Dr. Jen Gunter is all too familiar with the fears, fallacies and misinformation that abound about vaginal health. On Twitter, she hilariously exposes unscientific wellness advice and debunks potentially harmful and stunningly unnecessary products from "vagina profiteers." Dr. Gunter knows the questions women (and men) have about female sexual health, and in The Vagina Bible , she answers them all.      For:   •  the sixteen-year-old trying to figure out tampons;   •   the twenty-six-year-old wondering how to avoid a UTI;   •  the thirty-six-year-old trans woman navigating her new anatomy;   •  the forty-six-year-old worried about the changing appearance of her vulva;   •  the fifty-six-year-old looking into the HPV vaccine for her daughter (and maybe herself);   •  the sixty-six-year-old experiencing painful sex; The Vagina Bible offers a repository of accurate information based on science, and delivered with wit and wisdom. This is the fact-based, inclusive, and empowering guide you deserve to advocate for your own body.



Michael Dunn & Tony Hope - Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction artwork Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Michael Dunn & Tony Hope
Genre: Medical
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: November 15, 2018
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Seller: The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press

Dealing with some of the thorniest problems in medicine, from euthanasia to the distribution of health care resources, this book introduces the reasoning we can use to approach medical ethics. Exploring how medical ethics supports health professionals' work, it also considers the impact of the media, pressure groups, and legal judgments.



Michelle Fine - Just Research in Contentious Times artwork Just Research in Contentious Times
Widening the Methodological Imagination
Michelle Fine
Genre: Education
Price: $46.99
Publish Date: November 17, 2017
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Seller: Directebooks Ltd

In this intensely powerful and personal new text, Michelle Fine widens the methodological imagination for students, educators, scholars, and researchers interested in crafting research with communities. Fine shares her struggles over the course of 30 years to translate research into policy and practice that can enhance the human condition and create a more just world. Animated by the presence of  W.E.B. DuBois, Gloria Anzaldúa, Maxine Greene, and Audre Lorde, the book examines a wide array of critical participatory action research (PAR) projects involving school pushouts, Muslim American youth, queer youth of color, women in prison, and children navigating under-resourced schools. Throughout, Fine assists readers as they consider sensitive decisions about epistemology, ethics, politics, and methods; critical approaches to analysis and interpretation; and participatory strategies for policy development and organizing. Just Research in Contentious Times  is an invaluable guide for creating successful participatory action research projects in times of inequity and uncertainty. “It is nearly impossible to capture the stunning effect of Just Research in Contentious Times. The chapters create a gut punch for research and its impact on participants and on the researchers themselves. It reveals that we are all guilty and also all vulnerable.” —Yvonna Lincoln, Texas A&M University “Just Research in Contentious Times is beyond inspiring. This book is teeming with heartfelt practical examples of what knowledge production for human freedom and justice requires of us.” —Joyce E. King, Georgia State University “This book offers the reader insight on how to capture a dynamic, balanced, and realistic portrait of people who face impossible odds.” —William E. Cross, professor emeritus, Graduate Center, CUNY



Cécile Perrel - Ensemble, c'est tout d'Anna Gavalda (Analyse de l'oeuvre) artwork Ensemble, c'est tout d'Anna Gavalda (Analyse de l'oeuvre)
Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr
Cécile Perrel
Genre: Education
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: January 01, 2011
Publisher: LePetitLitteraire.fr
Seller: RC WEB SOLUTIONS

Décryptez Ensemble, c'est tout d'Anna Gavalda  avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir d’ Ensemble, c'est tout , le roman emblématique de notre société contemporaine ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : • Un résumé complet • Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Camille, Philibert, Frank et Paulette • Une analyse des spécificités de l’œuvre : l’importance des dialogues, un roman aux préoccupations contemporaines, et un roman d'apprentissage Une analyse de référence pour comprendre rapidement le sens de l’œuvre. LE MOT DE L’ÉDITEUR : « Dans cette nouvelle édition de notre analyse d’ Ensemble, c'est tout (2016), avec Cécile Perrel, nous fournissons des pistes pour décoder ce roman qui constitue le reflet fidèle de notre époque. Notre analyse permet de faire rapidement le tour de l’œuvre et d’aller au-delà des clichés. » Stéphanie FELTEN À propos de la collection LePetitLitteraire.fr : Plébiscité tant par les passionnés de littérature que par les lycéens, LePetitLittéraire.fr est considéré comme une référence en matière d’analyse d’œuvres classiques et contemporaines. Nos analyses, disponibles au format papier et numérique, ont été conçues pour guider les lecteurs à travers la littérature. Nos auteurs combinent théories, citations, anecdotes et commentaires pour vous faire découvrir et redécouvrir les plus grandes œuvres littéraires.  LePetitLittéraire.fr est reconnu d’intérêt pédagogique par le ministère de l’Éducation. Plus d’informations sur http://www.lepetitlitteraire.fr



Kathy R. Fox, Chelsey Bahlmann, Joy Foster Hughes & Melissa Milstead - Organic Literacy artwork Organic Literacy
The Keywords Approach to Owning Words in Print
Kathy R. Fox, Chelsey Bahlmann, Joy Foster Hughes & Melissa Milstead
Genre: Education
Price: $48.99
Publish Date: June 03, 2013
Publisher: UPA
Seller: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

Organic vocabulary describes a child’s inner source of thoughts and is based on the work of New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner. It can help promote early literacy among children who have limited experience with print. This book expands upon and applies early research to today’s classrooms.



B. K. Eakman - Walking Targets artwork Walking Targets
How our Psychologized Classrooms are Producing a Nation of Sitting Ducks
B. K. Eakman
Genre: Education
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: June 02, 2011
Publisher: Lulu.com
Seller: Lulu Enterprises, Inc.

An examination of how educators and provocateurs drive a wedge between parents and their children.---Today's schools promote success without achievement, ethics without religion, and character without morals. Clinical-sounding labels such as "emotionally handicapped" may make failure more palatable. They certainly make it more permanent...."This book hones in on the real problems with education today."~ The Honorable Karen S. Johnson, District 18, Arizona Senate..."No one has conducted more thorough research exposing the broad attack on our children than Bev." ~ The Honorable Samuel Rohrer Dist. 28, PA House of Representatives



James N. Frey - How to Write a Damn Good Mystery artwork How to Write a Damn Good Mystery
A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript
James N. Frey
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Seller: Macmillan

Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally best-selling books on the craft of writing, How to Write a Damn Good Novel , How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques , and The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth , has now written what is certain to become the standard "how to" book for mystery writing, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery . Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot." Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, and accessible (and often humorous) style , how the characters-the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses and the bystanders-create a complete and coherent world. Exploring both the on-stage action and the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Frey shows prospective writers how to build a fleshed-out, believable, and logical world. He shows them exactly which parts of that world show up in the pages of a damn good mystery-and which parts are held back just long enough to keep the reader guessing. This is an indispensable step-by-step guide for anyone who's ever dreamed of writing a damn good mystery.



Dr. Barry Glaser - The Insider's Guide to Invisalign Treatment artwork The Insider's Guide to Invisalign Treatment
Dr. Barry Glaser
Genre: Medical
Price: $89.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2017
Publisher: 3L Publishing
Seller: 3L Publishing

Do you really know what to look for in your Invisalign® treatment plans? After reading this book, you will never look at a ClinCheck® plan the same! Unleash the power of virtual treatment planning using the ClinCheck® software by using Dr. Glaser’s revolutionary methods to retrain your eyes and mind to look at your ClinCheck® treatment plans in an entirely new way – as force systems, not teeth. THIS STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TEACHES: A simple-to-follow, 10-step method to ClinCheck® design How to “over-engineer” your ClinCheck® plans to achieve excellent results How to recognize potential treatment pitfalls before they occur How to save valuable time with efficient, comprehensive virtual treatment planning How to troubleshoot common problems encountered during Invisalign® treatment How to achieve consistently excellent results in a wide variety of malocclusions In this rapidly evolving orthodontic marketplace, Invisalign® clear aligner therapy can help keep your practice competitive and fuel future growth. Dr. Glaser will show you how to achieve excellence with Invisalign® clear aligners to keep your practice on the cutting edge!



Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury - The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic artwork The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury
Genre: Medical
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: February 17, 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Seller: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn't fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and immortalized Balto, the lead dog of the last team whose bronze statue still stands in New York City's Central Park. This is the greatest dog story, never fully told until now.



David Oshinsky - Bellevue artwork Bellevue
Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
David Oshinsky
Genre: Medical
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 15, 2016
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a half centuries of service, there was hardly an epidemic or social catastrophe—or groundbreaking scientific advance—that did not touch Bellevue.      David Oshinsky, whose last book, Polio: An American Story , was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution. From its origins in 1738 as an almshouse and pesthouse, Bellevue today is a revered public hospital bringing first-class care to anyone in need. With its diverse, ailing, and unprotesting patient population, the hospital was a natural laboratory for the nation's first clinical research. It treated tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers, launched the first civilian ambulance corps and the first nursing school for women, pioneered medical photography and psychiatric treatment, and spurred New York City to establish the country's first official Board of Health.      As medical technology advanced, "voluntary" hospitals began to seek out patients willing to pay for their care. For charity cases, it was left to Bellevue to fill the void. The latter decades of the twentieth century brought rampant crime, drug addiction, and homelessness to the nation's struggling cities—problems that called a public hospital's very survival into question. It took the AIDS crisis to cement Bellevue's enduring place as New York's ultimate safety net, the iconic hospital of last resort. Lively, page-turning, fascinating, Bellevue is essential American history.



Atul Gawande - Being Mortal artwork Being Mortal
Atul Gawande
Genre: Medical
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: October 07, 2014
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

From surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande, a book that has the potential to change medicine—and lives.   Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.   Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. And families go along with all of it.   In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures—in his own practices as well as others’—as life draws to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about.   Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life—all the way to the very end.



Steve Socransky - Essentials of Point-of-Care Ultrasound artwork Essentials of Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Steve Socransky
Genre: Medical
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: April 25, 2014
Publisher: The EDE 2 Course
Seller: Steven Socransky

Since 2001, The Emergency Department Echo Course and The EDE 2 Course have taught EDE (pronounced “Eddie”) to over 10000 physicians worldwide, including half of the Canadian emergency medicine workforce.  The most distinctive aspect of The EDE Courses has been the focus on image generation. When clinicians first began investigating the possibility of using ultrasound themselves, a big secret was concealed from them: image interpretation is easy. The real challenge is image generation: putting the image on the screen. Before The EDE Courses, physicians learned image generation mostly by trial and error. EDE brought a rigorous methodology to the scanning of each area of the body, dramatically reducing the time needed to master this new skill.   "Essentials of Point-of-Care Ultrasound" combines The EDE Course manuals which have been written and re-written for over a decade to give health-care providers the clearest and most concise approach to bedside ultrasound.  This “how-to” guide contains over 700 illustrations, photos, and ultrasound images which show you how to perform the scan and how to recognize positive and negatives images. As well, the book focuses on how you can incorporate your findings into your clinical decision-making. The book also contains an approach to ultrasound guidance for several commonly performed procedures. This eBook version adds the following functionalities: over 40 videos, slideshows, quizzes, reference hyperlinks to Pub Med, links to EDE blog content, an interactive glossary, chapter summaries, study cards and reader-defined notes, plus the navigation for which eBooks are famous.



Michael Carr - Lifting the Fog: A specific guide to inattentive ADHD in adults artwork Lifting the Fog: A specific guide to inattentive ADHD in adults
Michael Carr
Genre: Medical
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: February 10, 2012
Publisher: Michael Carr
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

Although inattentive ADHD has now been recognised by the mental health community as a disorder which affects many children and adults, it's difficult to find specific information on this particular form of ADHD. There are many differences between inattentive ADHD and the hyperactive/impulsive form of ADHD, and much of the generic information about "ADHD" isn't particularly helpful for those with the inattentive ADHD. Adults with inattentive ADHD are neither impulsive or hyperactive, but often have greater problems with issues such as absent mindedness and lack of confidence. Lifting the Fog isn't just another book on ADHD is provides specific information about how inattentive ADHD affects adults and how it differs from other forms of ADHD. It also includes useful information on the different treatment options available and provides a range of practical tips for helping manage the negative effects of inattentive ADHD.



The Modern Language Association of America - MLA Handbook artwork MLA Handbook
The Modern Language Association of America
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: April 01, 2016
Publisher: The Modern Language Association of America
Seller: NetRead Software and Services, LLC

The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook . Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book—or perhaps listened to in an audio version. On the Web, modes of publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified. Previous editions of the MLA Handbook provided separate instructions for each format, and additional instructions were required for new formats. In this groundbreaking new edition of its best-selling handbook, the MLA recommends instead one universal set of guidelines, which writers can apply to any type of source. Shorter and redesigned for easy use, the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research. It then shows them how to cite sources in their writing and create useful entries for the works-cited list. More than just a new edition, this is a new MLA style.



Law School Admission Council - The Official LSAT PrepTest 82 artwork The Official LSAT PrepTest 82
Law School Admission Council
Genre: Law
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: December 22, 2017
Publisher: Law School Admission Council
Seller: Law School Admission Council

PrepTest 82 is the actual LSAT that was administered in September 2017 and includes an answer key and writing sample prompt. Practicing with previously administered LSATs is one of the best ways to prepare for the test. The Official LSAT PrepTests are published by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), the organization that produces and administers the LSAT. For practice on administered LSATs at an unbelievable price, you can’t beat the Official LSAT PrepTests.



Dr. James Maskalyk - Life on the Ground Floor artwork Life on the Ground Floor
Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine
Dr. James Maskalyk
Genre: Emergency Medicine
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: April 11, 2017
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

*Canada Reads 2019 Longlist *Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Do no harm is our most important rule, but we break it all the time trying to do good.   In this deeply personal book, winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk reflects upon his extensive experience in emergency medicine. Splitting his time between a trauma centre in Toronto's inner city and the largest teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, he discovers that though the cultures, resources and medical challenges of the hospitals may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Here, on the ground floor, is where Maskalyk confronts his fears and doubts about medicine, and witnesses our mourning and laughter, tragedies and hopes, the frailty of being and the resilience of the human spirit.      Yet, he is swept most intimately into this story of "human aliveness" not as a physician, but as a grandson carrying for his grandfather, now in his nineties.      Masterfully written and artfully structured, Life on the Ground Floor is more than just an emergency doctor's memoir—it's a meditation on health and sickness, on when to hang on tight, and when to let go.



Lawrence H. Cohn & David H. Adams - Cardiac Surgery in the Adult 5/e artwork Cardiac Surgery in the Adult 5/e
Lawrence H. Cohn & David H. Adams
Genre: Medical
Price: $379.99
Publish Date: September 08, 2017
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Seller: McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC

The most comprehensive and current full-color cardiac surgery resource – updated by leading surgeons A Doody’s Core Title for 2019! In Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Fifth Edition, the world’s foremost cardiovascular surgeons deliver thorough, up-to-date coverage of operative strategy, decision making, technique, and pre- and post-operative management for treating the adult cardiac patient. Unmatched in both scope and clinical rigor, this classic text contains 63 chapters that highlight every important topic in cardiovascular surgery. Presented in full color, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult takes readers through the optimal treatment of congenital, acquired, infectious, and traumatic diseases of the heart and great vessels. The book opens with a history of cardiac surgery and basic cardiac science, then moves into all types of cardiac surgery, providing both practicing surgeons and residents with insight into the very latest surgical protocols. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult is logically divided into ten sections: • Basics (includes history, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, computed tomography, risk assessment, simulation, and the fully integrated cardiovascular center) • Perioperative/Intraoperative Care • Ischemic Heart Disease • Aortic Valve Disease • Mitral Valve Disease • Surgery of the Great Vessels • Rhythm Surgery • Other Cardiac Operations (including congenital heart disease, pericardial disease, and cardiac neoplasms) • Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support The Fifth Edition has been updated throughout, and includes the latest advances in minimally invasive surgery and simulation.



Catherine Nichols - American Sign Language artwork American Sign Language
Catherine Nichols
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: December 01, 2011
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

It's the third most used language in the United States—and yet it's “spoken” without even opening your mouth! It's estimated that as many as two million Americans speak American Sign Language, a method of communication that's both fun and useful, even if you or your friends and family are not hearing impaired. American Sign Language uses simple-to-follow photographs to teach you the alphabet, numbers, and simple words and phrases. Divided into categories such as Animals and People and Pronouns, the book and accompanying flashcards show you how to use your hands to communicate. Once you've learned the alphabet, you'll build on that knowledge to learn the words for “friend” and “family.” And when you how the words for “chicken” and “cat” evoke a chicken opening and closing its beak and a cat stroking its whiskers, you'll truly understand how intuitive and enjoyable learning American Sign Language can be. Learning a new language is always a rewarding endeavor—and with American Sign Language , it's easier than ever!



Don Norman - The Design of Everyday Things artwork The Design of Everyday Things
Revised and Expanded Edition
Don Norman
Genre: Design
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: November 05, 2013
Publisher: Basic Books
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

The ultimate guide to human-centered design Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how -- and why -- some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.



James A. Archer - IPT's Industrial Hydraulics Handbook artwork IPT's Industrial Hydraulics Handbook
James A. Archer
Genre: Engineering
Price: $24.99
Publish Date: March 01, 2001
Publisher: IPT Publishing & Training Ltd.
Seller: Aptara, Inc.

IPT's Hydraulics Handbook includes all the fundamental construction and operating principles for most hydraulic components. In the classroom or on the jobsite, millwrights, industrial mechanics, mechanical trade workers, equipment operators, plant operators and technicians find our Hydraulics publication an essential tools of the trade. This book has 12 Sections, 490 Pages and 265 Illustrations. Contents include sections on Hydraulic Principles, Hydraulic Fluids, Hydraulic Piping, Accessories, Hydraulic Pumps, Hydraulic Actuators, Basic Control Valves, Proportional & Servo Valves, Troubleshooting, Appendices and Graphic Symbols. In addition to comprehensive information about hydraulic principles, these valuable resources include conversion tables, hydraulic formulae, pipe and tubing charts, threading information, and ISO based graphic symbols.



Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett & MARSHALL LICHTY - The Small Firm Roadmap artwork The Small Firm Roadmap
A Survival Guide to the Future of Your Law Practice
Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett & MARSHALL LICHTY
Genre: Law
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: September 10, 2019
Publisher: Lawyerist Publishing
Seller: DIY Media Group DBA BookBaby

Let's be honest, traditional small firm law practice is not working very well. Too many small firm lawyers struggle to make ends meet, get clients, meet clients' expectations, or they wrestle with mental health issues or substance abuse. Meanwhile, there is a huge gap between those who need legal help and those who can get it. But it doesn't have to be that way. We can build better firms, be more effective with our clients, enjoy better health and a greater sense of fulfillment, and make a bigger impact on our communities. With the client-centric law firm management model in The Small Firm Roadmap, you'll see that getting started is easier than you think. The team from Lawyerist.com—Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett, and Marshall Lichty—will help you gain clarity around your career and firm goals and identify successful strategies for starting, managing, and growing a thriving future-oriented law firm. If you're ready to do great work that supports a great life, this book is for you.



Elly Gotz - Flights of Spirit artwork Flights of Spirit
Elly Gotz
Genre: Education
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: November 01, 2018
Publisher: The Azrieli Foundation
Seller: eBOUND Canada

Sixteen-year-old Elly Gotz hides with his family in an underground bunker in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, prepared to die rather than be found by the Nazis. After surviving nearly three years in the ghetto, where thousands from the Jewish community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims. But there is no escape from the liquidation of the ghetto in the summer of 1944, and Elly and his family are taken to Kaufering, a brutal subcamp of the notorious Dachau concentration camp. After the war, as his family tries desperately to flee from Germany and their past, Elly is determined to regain his lost youth and education. Throughout his journey, Elly’s motivation and enterprising spirit drive him to succeed and, ultimately, to find strength in flight.



John Dick - L’Art de convaincre en 15 leçons artwork L’Art de convaincre en 15 leçons
John Dick
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: December 20, 2013
Publisher: EBoxeditions
Seller: Salah BENDRISSOU

Comment convaincre son interlocuteur ? Comment le persuader d’adhérer à votre opinion ou de répondre favorablement à votre projet ? Lincoln dit que celui qui a une bonne idée mais ne sait pas la vendre n’est pas plus avancé que celui qui n’en a pas.  « Convaincre ça s’apprend, persuader est un art ». Dans ce livre, John Dick nous explique que la persuasion est le premier degré de l'intellectualité dans la conviction. C'est l'adhésion de l'esprit, entraîné vers la preuve par des motifs qui lui semblent dignes de considération.  L'art de convaincre est une mission subtile et celui qui veut l'exercer utilement doit être instruit, avant tout, du genre d'adversaire à qui il aura affaire et de la qualité des alliés qu'il s'adjoindra.  Savoir convaincre, c’est une qualité qui permet de défendre ses positions et de se faire respecter. Et contrairement aux idées reçues, une personne convaincante est rarement autoritaire. Elle sait simplement utiliser les bons gestes et les bons mots, au bon moment.  Communiquer pour convaincre c’est aussi savoir écouter. Car, « savoir écouter, c’est posséder, outre le sien, le cerveau des autres ». Et, c’est « parce que nous pensions que nous devions persuader, nous avons oublié d'écouter ».  Selon John Dick, on peut diviser les convictions en deux grandes catégories :  1/Les convictions inconscientes.  2/Les convictions cultivées.  Entre ces deux divisions, se place la conviction conventionnelle, qui participe de l'une et de l'autre. A la première division appartiennent :  -La conviction atavique.  -La conviction héréditaire. -La conviction mystique.  Dans la deuxième se rangent :  -Les convictions égoïstes. -Les convictions opportunes.  -Les convictions raisonnées.  -Les convictions acquises.  Ce sont là les principales formules que l’auteur tente d’analyser et auxquelles se rattachent toutes les croyances, voulues ou sincères, qui habitent le cœur humain.  Voici comment apprendre à convaincre.  Bonne lecture.



Valentine Hanin - L'Ami retrouvé de Fred Uhlman (Analyse de l'oeuvre) artwork L'Ami retrouvé de Fred Uhlman (Analyse de l'oeuvre)
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Valentine Hanin
Genre: Education
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Publish Date: January 25, 2017
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