Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Keywords: macroeconomics
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 2006-07-17
List price: $71.97
ISBN-10: 0716767112
ISBN-13: 9780716767114

Mankiw’s "Macroeconomics" is popular, widely adopted and well-known for clearly communicating the principles of Macroeconomics in a concise and accessible way. The sixth edition maintains the core features that have made it a best-selling Macroeconomics text - a balance of coverage between short and long-run issues, an integration of Keynesian and classical ideas, a variety of simple models and the incorporation of real world issues and data through case studies and FYI boxes. An outstanding package of support materials includes the student web-support site Macrobytes. The sixth edition

Author: David G. Myers
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: modules, seventh, psychology, exploring
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2007-10-24
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 142920589X
ISBN-13: 9781429205894

Exploring Psychology, Seventh Edition, in Modules is the modular version of the #1 bestselling brief introduction to psychology: David Myers’ Exploring Psychology. All the Myers hallmarks are there--the captivating writing, coverage based on the latest research, helpful pedagogical support--in a format that delivers the utmost in student accessibility and teaching flexibility.

Author: Peter Conrad
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: illness, amp, health, sociology
Number of Pages: 595
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716709988
ISBN-13: 9780716709985

This collection of 49 readings offers an integrated analysis of the most important issues regarding health and health care from a critical and sociological perspective. Substantive introductions provide context for the readings. With ten new and two revised essays, the Seventh Edition contains more coverage of key areas such as alternative medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and the relationship between healthcare and politics.

Author: Dr. Robert M. Julien M.D. Ph.D.
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: action, drug, primer
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2007-10-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1429206799
ISBN-13: 9781429206792

From its first edition 30 years ago, Robert Julien’s A Primer of Drug Action has evolved side by side with the field it covers, capturing the current state of the science of psychopharmacology with each new edition.Furthering that tradition, the new edition takes its place as the definitive guide to the pharmacology of drugs that affect the mind and behavior as understood today.  With over 40% new research citations, there is no clearer, more current presentation available on the mechanisms of drug action, etiologies of major psychological disorders, rationales for drug treatment, and the u

Author: David A. Anderson
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: example, economics
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-11-03
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716769344
ISBN-13: 9780716769347

Lively, surprising, yet filled with solid economic content, Economics by Example is for students who want to understand why they should study economics while in the process of learning it.  This concise paperback introduces economic principles in the context of real-life applications, with much to say about how the economic way of thinking can improve students’ decisions.  Economics by Example was created to support traditional texts but it can also be used on its own, in courses requiring minimal mathematics or graphical analysis.

Author: Martin Bolt
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: psychology, guide, positive, strengths, human, pursuing
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2004-02-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 071670112X
ISBN-13: 9780716701125

By using the scientific method in its efforts to assess, understand, and then build human strengths, positive psychology balances the investigation of weakness and damage with a study of strength and virtue. Pursuing Human Strengths: A Positive Psychology Guide gives instructors and students alike the means to learn more about this relevant approach to psychology. Martin Bolt helps students learn more about themselves as they learn the facts of, and theories about, the fascinating field of psychology.  This book is a terrific accompaniment to virtually any psychology course (most notably, hum

Author: Rodger Rossman
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: guide, study, lifespan, experiencing
Number of Pages: 209
Published: 2007-02-06
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716716623
ISBN-13: 9780716716624

Each chapter includes a review of key concepts, guided study questions, and section reviews that encourage students’ active participation in the learning process; two practice tests and a challenge test help them assess their mastery of the material.