Author: Lawrence B. Glickma
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: activism, america, consumer, history, power, buying
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2009-07-30
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0226298655
ISBN-13: 9780226298658

Far from ephemeral consumer trends, buying green and avoiding sweatshop-made clothing represent the most recent points on a centuries-long continuum of American consumer activism. A sweeping and definitive history of this political tradition, Buying Power traces its lineage back to our nation’s founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugu

Author: Rosalene Glickma
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: thinking, optimal
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-03-29
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0471414646
ISBN-13: 9780471414643

"The quantum leap beyond positive thinking, Optimal Thinking offers a whole new way of looking at life, business, and relationships. This prescriptive self-improvement book is filled with superlative information for every type of reader."

Authors:Samuel Oliner, Lawrence Baron, Lawrence Blum, Pearl O
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: perspectives, altruism, historical, psychological, philosophical, embracing
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 1995-07-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0814761909
ISBN-13: 9780814761908

All but buried for most of the twentieth century, the concept of altruism has re-emerged in this last quarter as a focus of intense scholarly inquiry and general public interest. In the wake of increased consciousness of the human potential for destructiveness, both scholars and the general public are seeking interventions which will not only inhibit the process, but may in fact chart a new creative path toward a global community. Largely initiated by a group of pioneering social psychologists, early questions on altruism centered on its motivation and development primarily in the context of

Authors:Mark Feldman MD, Lawrence S. Friedman MD, Lawrence J
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: disease, gastrointestinal, liver, fordtran, amp, sleisinger, management, dition, sleisenger, pathophysiology, diagnosis
Number of Pages: 3170
Published: 2006-07-21
List price: $442.00
ISBN-10: 1416032452
ISBN-13: 9781416032458

Access today’s best guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders with the new edition of this best-selling reference! International experts provide evidence-based perspectives on all clinically relevant topics, explaining step by step how to apply the latest advances in practice. Succinct yet comprehensive discussions provide just the right amount of clinical detail. The multimedia e-dition includes the traditional printed two-volume set • and access to the complete contents online—fully searchable, and updated weekly by the editors! Includes the traditional printed

Authors:Jones E. Mondesir, Lawrence D. Carrington, Lawrence
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Keywords: english, kweyol, linguistics, documentation, trends, lucian, dictionary, creole
Number of Pages: 621
Published: 1992-06
List price: $269.00
ISBN-10: 3110126257
ISBN-13: 9783110126259

St. Lucian Creole ( Kweyol ) is a variety of Caribbean French-lexicon Creole spoken by a significant majority of the population of the state of St. Lucia in the Windward group of the Lesser Antilles. A distinctive characteristic of this Kweyol-English/English-Kweyol dictionary is the manner in which

Authors:Mark Feldman MD, Lawrence S. Friedman MD, Lawrence J
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: liver, disease, fordtran, premium, consult, enhanced, amp, expert, sleisinger, diagnosis, gastrointestinal, volume, pathophysiology, sleisenger, management
Number of Pages: 2480
Published: 2010-05-03
List price: $349.00
ISBN-10: 1416061894
ISBN-13: 9781416061892

Make optimal use of the newest techniques, technologies, and treatments with Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease - the indispensable information source in this broad field! Edited by Mark Feldman, MD, Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, and Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, this 9th Edition equips you with the amassed knowledge of hundreds of respected authorities from around the world, helping you to overcome all of your most complex clinical challenges and make the most effective use of the newest techniques, technologies, and treatments. Significant updates on bariatric surgery,

Authors:Lawrence W. Newman, Richard D. Hill, Lawrence W. New
Publisher: JurisNet, LLC
Keywords: arbitration, second, international, guide, arbitrators, leading
Number of Pages: 860
Published: 2008-03-01
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 1933833157
ISBN-13: 9781933833156

The Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration-Second Edition is completely revised and expanded in this all new edition. It offers thoughtful advice and insights into the world of international arbitration from some of the most prominent and experienced international arbitrators in the world. The contributors are arbitrators from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. The contributors offer insights and advice on the way in which international arbitrations are carried out from the