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Your Child From One to Six, 1959 Printing. 116 Pages. A very informative and well-written book on children for new parents, and/or for anyone who works with kids. Kind of like a "how-to" manual for helping out kids so they can be healthy, happy and safe in their early years. Great little book. Special Limited Edition. ... Read more

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Amazing images
I saw this exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago several years ago.Some of the images stayed with me and I was happy to see this book available on Amazon. Viewing art is always better in person but this book has beautiful reproductions of the exhibition prints.Larry Sultan's images, in particular, reveal the power of photography in documenting seemingly ordinary moments.His use of color, light and composition in a quiet yet profound way is an inspiration.He unfortunately died of cancer last year and will be missed.

Don't even look at the price. Get it.
This book contains absolutely splendid photographs. The images, created by quite prolific photographers, show an intimacy that is quite moving. They are family photographs. I recommend considering how these photographs look and what they are showing, and comparing that with the aesthetic and cultural significance of the family snapshot. What are the differences? What is the same?

As a student of photography, a few of the images in this book are so good, they make me say, "ok... I quit."

So The Story Goes
I am not sure about the book cause I bought it for my brother who lives in Floida.

wonderful
This exhibit was excellent and this book is a wonderful summary of the show.A great collection of some of the world's best contemporary photographers for a great price!!! ... Read more

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From the Calculus Consortium based at Harvard University, this comprehensible book prepares readers for the study of calculus, presenting families of functions as models for change. These materials stress conceptual understanding and multiple ways of representing mathematical ideas. ... Read more

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not satisfied
A diffrent item which I did not order, there is no refund yet, still waiting from Sept. 13, 2005. ... Read more

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY emphasizes the importance of moving beyond reform to a future-oriented stance. The text identifies several themes central to public administration, including the importance of globalization, diversity, intergovernmental relations, and the critical significance of public law as a central defining feature of public life. Through these and other important concepts, this book acknowledges that public administrators not only consider and implement new directions in policy, but thereby play important roles in shaping it as well. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Winner of the Utne Reader Independent Press Award for Best Writing, n+1 is a twice-yearly print journal of politics, literature, and culture. ... Read more

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The central theme of this book and course is functions as models of change. The authors emphasize that functions can be grouped into families and that functions can be used as models for real-world behavior. Because linear, exponential, power, and periodic functions are more frequently used to model physical phenomena, they are introduced before polynomial and rational functions. Once introduced, a family of functions is compared and contrasted with other families of functions. ... Read more

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keeps your thinking brain active
This book is very challenging.As you go from the first page to the last you see it gets more difficult.A must for all beginners in Calculus. ... Read more

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This is a new edition of the precalculus text developed by the Consortium based at Harvard University and funded by a National Science Foundation Grant. The text is thought-provoking for well-prepared students while still accessible to students with weaker backgrounds. It provides numerical and graphical approaches as well as algebraic approaches to give students another way of mastering the material. This approach encourages students to persist, thereby lowering failure rates. A large number of real-world examples and problems enable students to create mathematical models that will help them understand the world in which they live.

The focus is on those topics that are essential to the study of calculus and these topics are treated in depth.

• Linear, exponential, power, and periodic functions are introduced before polynomial and rational functions to take advantage of their use to model physical phenomena.
• Building on the Consortium's Rule of Four: Each function is represented symbolically, numerically, graphically, and verbally where appropriate.

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From the Calculus Consortium based at Harvard University, this comprehensible book prepares readers for the study of calculus, presenting families of functions as models for change. These materials stress conceptual understanding and multiple ways of representing mathematical ideas. ... Read more

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Poorly Written
I'm currently taking a course that uses this textbook.The book is not "hard" as another reviewer stated, however it is horribly written.Here is an example question from chapter 1.2.The chapter is covering the topic of "Increasing and Decreasing functions", the notation of said functions, and the average rate of change in a function:



1.If G is an increasing function, what can you say about G(3)-G(-1)?

And that's it. There is no additional information, no chart, and most importantly no example problems similar to this in the section's information.

So what are you asking me?I can tell you that G(3)-G(-1) looks fancy.I could tell you that G(3)-G(-1) needs to lose some weight because it ate too much over the holidays.The answer provided in the back of the book is:

G(3)-G(-1)> 0

Well....sure? Good for it?

And this is a common problem in just the first two homework sections.

Student Solutions Manual to accompany Functions Modeling Change
Only shows every other odd answer and doesn't go into much detail about how to do the problems. It is useful to some extent, but i was a bit disappointed.

HORRIBLE BOOK!
I am currently taking pre-cac in summer school and I fear I will have to drop the class! This book is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE in presenting concepts and helping to guide you through the process on figuring things out. There is no reason why I should read a book, be confused, read it again, be more confused, ask friends to read it and have them be confused. I don't know how educators get away with writting books of such low quality-- and I have even less of an idea how a school chooses to use such a book. Minimally, instructors should be looking here to see the absolutely horrible feedback on this book and CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TEXT! It seems the only reason why my summer school is using this book is due to the fact that it was written by some professors here. For such a prestigous university that surely strikes of a highly unintelligent decision.

from a student...
I did appreciate the applications approach, but I felt like with almost every lesson that there were not nearly enough practice problems.A formula would be introduced with only two practice problems, only one of which is in the back of the book (of course).In my study groups, we would work those same two problems a few times and feel confident, then bomb the exam.If I remember correctly, I believe you can order an extra workbook in this series.I would recommend this text IN ADDITION to a workbook.

The biggest problem that I saw with my department adopting this textbook is that the instructors really do not teach the applications approach.I would go home to study and find that the text did not follow at all what we were covering in class.The innovative approach of the textbook was thereby lost as we flipped back and forth between the chapters trying to cobble together problems to match lectures.

Wonderful precalculus deep inside the functions and modeling
I really have difficulties to understand some reviewers given one star for such a wonderfull book. If you read this book before Uni, you will have a stable ground for calculus.

All frequently used functions and their practical usage as modelling tools are lucidly explained. I finally know what hyperbolic functions are, I finally know how the path from given data to an appropriate model works. I finally know how can I practically sketch seemingly complex but simple functions.

It's strength based on model oriented approach to functions. This has pratical value for all candidate engineers...

Without any doubt I'll give five stars to acknowledge the authors. ... Read more

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Rosie is jealous of all the fuss everyone is making overher new baby brother. He is getting a Naming Ceremony and a Bris -while all she received as a baby was a Naming Ceremony. When Rosiehears that the "Moel" is coming, she thinks that a real live mole iscoming to do the Bris. She goes from jealous sibling to protective bigsister and learns a great deal about a Bris, and what being a bigsister means.

Includes: Introduction for Parents which reviews the rules and customsof a Bris... a special Big Brother/Big Sister Certificate and a listof common Hebrew names for boys and girls and their English languageequivalents. ... Read more

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A wonderful gift for an older sibling
Rosie and the Mole is a wonderful gift for an older sibling who is celebrating the arrival of a baby brother. The brit milah is an often confusing celebration for adults, and even more so for children.This gentle story with some really sweet humor will make an older sibling feel special and included in the celebration. Highly recommended!

ICK!
This book glorifies the unnescessary and cruel practice of genital cutting. Not suitable for children.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!
Jewish books are cool but when I read this one it was one of my favorites. Its a great book for kids under the ages of 10. Judy Silverman is my librarian at Temple Shalom, my sunday/hebrew school. I hope she sees her first 5 star review sometime! ... Read more

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Chapters: Helena, Philip, Matthias, Peter, Stephen, Katherine, Gregory, Nicholas, Barbara, Agnes, Theodore, Eliana, Alexis, Basil, Andreas, Iris, Agatha, Marianthi, Helene, Katarina, Arsenius, Melania, Macarius, Makarios, Calixte. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 118. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stephen or Steven (pronounced ) is an English masculine first name, derived from the Greek name (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", in turn from the Greek word (wreath, crown, honour, reward). The use of the noun was first recorded in Homer's Iliad. The name is significant to Christians: according to the Book of Acts in the New Testament, Saint Stephen was a deacon who was stoned to death and is regarded as the first Christian martyr. The name has many variants, which include Stephan, Stevan, Stefan, and Stevon. In Middle English, the name Stephen or Stephan was pronounced as a bi-syllabic word Step-hen or Step-han much like a Scandinavian surname. Steve was pronounced as it is in Modern English. This etymological usage has fallen out of practice in the last 150 years. Steve is the common short form and various diminutives such as Stevie are also used. Many family names are derived from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Stevin, and Stever). The female version of the name is Stephanie. For Stephen as a surname see Stephen (surname), Stephenson and Stevenson. Note: to find people with the given name Stephen who are also known by another name, see . The spelling "Stephen" reached its peak of popularity in the United States in the period 19491951, when it was the 19th most popular name for newborn boys. It stayed in the top 100 boys' names from 1936 through 2000, and for most years between 1897 and 1921. In 2008 it ...http://booksllc.net/?id=191200 ... Read more

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