Author: Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Serie
Keywords: painless, series, grammar
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0764134361
ISBN-13: 9780764134364

This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this edition, as are many of the author’s challenging “Brain Ticklers.” Her helpful chapter on how to edit a school paper has also been heavily revised and updated. Barron’s popular Painless Series of study guides for middle school and high school students offer a lighthearted, often humorous a

Author: Elliott West
Publisher: University of New Mexico Pre
Keywords: lectures, western, history, culture, horn, calvin, west, essays, central, plains, way
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 1995-10-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0826316530
ISBN-13: 9780826316530

This poignant history of the great migrations of the Cheyenne Indians and Anglo pioneers onto the arid Central Plains tells a complex story of the relationship between people and the environment. Elliott West, a distinguished western historian, turns his attention here to land, animals, families, and stories. Focusing on a region embracing parts of present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, he examines both the facts and myths of the migrations. How did the environment and people affect one another? How did families respond to the challenges of the Central Plains? How have our storie

Authors:Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee,
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: leadership, backbone, courage
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-03-03
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0787981370
ISBN-13: 9780787981372

In Courage, Gus Lee captures the essential component of leadership in measurable behaviors. Using actual stories from Whirlpool, Kaiser Permanente, IntegWare, WorldCom and other organizations, Lee shows how highly successful executives face and overcome their fears to develop moral intelligence. These real-world examples offer practical lessons for rooting out unethical practices and behaviors by Assessing them for rightness and integrity Addressing moral failures Following through with dialogue and direct action

Author: Elliott Sober
Publisher: Westview Pre
Keywords: philosophy, dimensions, biology
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-01-12
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0813391261
ISBN-13: 9780813391267

Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ”special” sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important issues of these developments. With a rare combination of technical sophistication and clarity of expression, Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature ver

Author: Nicole Elliott
Publisher: Harriman House
Keywords: ichimoku, clouds, kinko, introduction, charts
Number of Pages: 139
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: $79.00
ISBN-10: 1897597843
ISBN-13: 9781897597842

Candlesticks charts, although originating in Japan, now play an important role in technical analysis worldwide. Now, for the first time in English, this book presents the next stage of candlestick analysis - Ichimoku Kinko Hyo. Sometimes called Cloud Charts, this analysis adds moving averages to candlestick charts. But moving averages a little different from those traditionally used in the West. For trending markets, Cloud Charts add an essential tool for analysing near-term areas of support and resistance.The book covers the history of candlestick charts - explaining the context in which they

Author: David Elliott
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: environment, introductions, routledge, energy, society
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997-05-23
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0415145074
ISBN-13: 9780415145077

Society’s use of energy and technology is at heart of many of the most significant environmental problems of recent years, including problems of health, global warming and acid rain. Use of technology has been a major cause of environmental problems but new technology offers many solutions.Energy, Society and Environment is an introduction to energy and energy use, and the interactions between technology, society and the environment. The book is clearly structured to examine:* key environmental issues, and the harmful impacts of energy use* new technological solutions to environmental pr

Author: Elliott Erwitt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: exposures, personal
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 1988-11-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0393026167
ISBN-13: 9780393026160

Here are men, women, and children in off-guard moments; old people; little girls hamming it up; and even various dogs, who have their own preoccupations. The pictures reflect a lifetime of humorous, ironic observation and sensitivity to the human condition.