Author: Jr. Paul M. Colli
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: judicial, decision, making, groups, interest, supreme, court, friends
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-08-15
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 019537214X
ISBN-13: 9780195372144

The U.S. Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs. In Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, Paul M. Collins, Jr. explores how organized interests influence the justices’ decision making, including how the justices vote and whether they choose to author concurrences and dissents. Collins presents theories of judicial choice derived from disciplines as diverse as law, marketing, p

Author: Andrew R. Colli
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: methods, molecular, biology, applications, analysis, disequilibrium, association, mapping, linkage
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2007-08-23
List price: $99.50
ISBN-10: 1588296695
ISBN-13: 9781588296696

As researchers continue to make enormous progress in mapping disease genes, exciting, novel, and complex analyses have emerged. In Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping: Analysis and Applications, scientists from around the world, who are leaders in this field, contribute their vast experience and expertise to produce a comprehensive and fascinating text for researchers and clinicians alike. The volume comprises four general sections: the first presents an overview and historical basis of the subject. The second section considers the developing methodology and recent findings from stu

Author: Andrea Colli
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: history, economic, social, studies, new, family, business
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2003-02-10
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 0521800285
ISBN-13: 9780521800280

This historical and comparative overview of family business examines the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, as well as different political and institutional contexts. Andrea Colli compares the performance of family businesses with that of other economic organizations, and looks at how these enterprises have contributed to the evolution of contemporary industrial capitalism. He also analyzes the reasons for both the decline and persistence of family businesses.Book DescriptionThis textbook gives a historical and comparative overview of family business

Author: Harry Colli
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: superstitions, culture, language, understanding, american
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1998-02-09
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0844255998
ISBN-13: 9780844255996

This humorous and informative compendium gives the origin and an example of each of 101 familiar superstitions.

Author: Harry Colli
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: series, language, proverbs, english, american
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1990-02-09
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0844254126
ISBN-13: 9780844254128

This text presents in everyday English 101 commonly used proverbs, enabling students to use proverbs appropriately and encouraging cross-cultural understanding.

Author: Suzanne Colli
Publisher: Scholastic Pre
Keywords: games, hunger
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-09-14
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0439023483
ISBN-13: 9780439023481

Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat’s sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.

Author: Derek Colli
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: ancient, religions, blackwell, greek, magic, world
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-03-21
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 1405132396
ISBN-13: 9781405132398

Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece. Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect? Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic Examines the central role of magic in Greek lifeBook DescriptionMagic in the Ancient Greek World is an