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Describes how the sloth moves, eats, and even sleeps upside down. ... Read more

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Dozy and Snoozy are tree sloths. Dozy is grumpy and Snoozy is gentle but they are both very very slow, the slowest in the whole of South America. One day, quite by chance, Dozy and Snoozy meet and Dozy challenges Snoozy to a race - so a great sloth race begins. Toucan acts as judge and the two sloths 'race' for hours. Soon all the spectators get bored and leave and only Toucan is left. Toucan declares the end of the race and Dozy boasts about winning, but, as wise old Toucan says, the object of a sloth race is to see who can go the slowest! ... Read more

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Sleuthing, doping and the Trojan War. . . Sprinter Paris Troy's 100m record has remained undefeated for nine years. He has never cheated, but now, as the Istanbul Olympic Games approach, an injury hinders his performance and newcomer Ace threatens his dominance. Paris finds it increasingly difficult to improve his time, and when his brother suggests doping, Paris is tempted. What price is Paris ready to pay for victory? Is victory real when achieved with chemical help? ... Read more

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I've reviewed each of the volumes in the 7 Deadly Sins series separately.But it's worth saying here that the series is uneven.Readers without lots of free time, then, might want to read selectively.

The very best of the series is Robert Thurman's Anger, which examines anger from western philosophical and theological traditions, but also provides a masterful discussion of it from a Buddhist perspective.Francine Prose's Gluttony, which raises questions about our contemporary obsessions with gorging ourselves on the one hand but looking svelte and sexy on the other, and Simon Blackburn's Lust, which tries to rehabilitate sexual desire from overly-prudish and overly-puerile travesties, are also quite good.Each of them is heartily recommended.

Running a close second in quality to these volumes is Joseph Epstein's witty and insightful volume on Envy, which he describes as the most hidden--and thus insidious--of the 7 deadlies.Also heartily recommended.

But there are three volumes in the series which are genuine stinkers.The very worst of the lot is Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth.Wasserstein approaches the topic by writing a faux guide to laziness.Her jabs at our hectic, needlessly busy lives is well-taken.But there's no substance whatsoever to the book, probably because she bizarrely equates sloth (which has traditionally been seen as despair) with laziness.

Less bad but still falling short are Phyllis Tickle's Greed, which seems more of a preliminary sketch--a preface, as it were--to a discussion of greed than the discussion itself, and Michael Eric Dyson's Pride, which the author takes as an occasion to focus on his special interest in the politics of identity.Wasserstein's volume isn't worth picking up.Tickle's and Dyson's are worth reading if one doesn't expect too much.

Francis Bacon famously wrote that some books are to be tasted and others swallowed, but only a few chewed and digested.Nibble on Tickle and Dyson and swallow Epstein, but definitely ruminate on Thurman, Prose, and Blackburn.And Wasserstein?Banish her book from your table. ... Read more

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Discusses the order of the animal kingdom known as Xenarthra and describes fifteen different species, including the giant anteater, three-toed sloth, hairy armadillo, and pink fairy armadillo. ... Read more

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This is a fine starter series for kids interested studying different animals.Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillos is our most recent adventure with the wonderful and interesting Animals in Order series...what can I say, my kids just can't get enough of these!What I like a great deal about this is that it takes time at the beginning of the book to look at (briefly) what makes an animal a xenarthrans, specifically getting into what traits exactly make a xenarthran (when roughly translates into strange joint).The book then goes into the "order" of living things which details the kingdom, phylum and class , order, family and species (with a handy visual chart for reference, great for younger kids, so they can SEE how it works rather than just read it or have it read to them). This is one of the better features of this series.Next the text goes specifically into where xenarthrans fit into animal kingdom, breaking it down (in words and pictures again) to kingdom (animal), phylum (chordate), class (mammal) and order (xenarthran).

The book also talks a bit about where anteaters, sloths, and armadillos of all types and sizes fit into food chain and in habitats.Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillos goes from there into an overview of fifteen species complete with full page, color photographs for each one, which really serve to bring the information to life.This section includes Family, Common Example, Genus and Species and Size for each animal discussed and each animal is given one full page for written description and one full page COLOR photo...excellent for fully engaging the reader!Animals included here are the giant anteater, southern tamandua, two-toes sloth, pale-throated three-toed sloth, nine-banded armadillo, pichi and more!

Overall, a fantastic way to introduce various types of artiodactyls to your curious young reader!What you get in Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillosis an excellent overview of all types of zenarthrans.Additionally, at the end of the book are several pages of fun facts about sloths, anteaters and armadillos.As always with this series, I was pleased to find that at the end of the book the author/publisher also included a short recommended reading list and some really great web pages to do more research on...the kids in particular LOVED this! The books in this series would make a wonderful addition to a classroom library or as gifts for your favorite young reader who has a passion for animals; the information here is scientifically presented, accented with wonderful color photos and is both interesting and informative!
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This text presents the elements of evolutionaryeconomics both generally and as they were developed by Schumpeter, one of the world's most renowned economists. It seeks to understand economics in terms of an evolutionary process at the population level, by means of mechanisms concerningthe creation, transmission and selection of behavioural rules. The work uses computer-based studies as a supplement to standard mathematical models of analysis. It emphasizes thatthere is a need for combining such relatively clear-cut studies of artificially limited evolutionary processes with broad and descriptive accounts of economic transformation. ... Read more

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This teacher's guide contains story-specific lessons for the third grade and is centered on nine virtues of character.Within the workbook you will find an interactive lesson for each of the nine virtues of character with questions and activities relating to life lessons found in the supporting stories.This guide correlates with the Character In Motion! Real Life Stories Series 3rd Grade Student Workbook.

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This work seeks to reconcile input-output analysis with the study of innovation and provides a bridge between economic statistics and the dynamics of growth and development. It offers data from Canada, France, Italy, Greece and China. ... Read more

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This collection of papers, selected from successive Miller du Toit Cloete Inc/University of the Western Cape child and family law conferences since 2001, reflects the spectrum of issues that have concerned practitioners, law reformers and academics during this exciting period of development. Some papers focus on international and regional developments in comparative context, while others deal with practical concerns around mediation, specialisation in child and family law services, and courts. The book also contains papers on contemporary law reform and related challenges, for instance in relation to Islamic marriages, the publication of divorce proceedings, the Children's Act 38 of 2005, and domestic partnerships. This title is an essential guide to contemporary debates in the child and family law arena in South African context and beyond, and will be a useful tool for researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike. ... Read more

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While endogenous growth theory has claimed success in modeling various factors of growth and providing an analysis of sustainable economic growth, most of the growth models in published work are for closed economies. The omission of international trade, which is often regarded as the engine of growth, greatly reduces their usefulness. The theory of international trade, on the other hand, is characterized by models that are mainly static. While interest in the dynamics of trade has been growing, there is still little work in this area. The success of the newly industrialized economies that have adopted trade-oriented policies suggests how limited present trade theory is in explaining and analyzing the growth of these economies.
The work collected here serves to bridge the "old" growth theory and "new" growth theory; merge growth and trade theory; suggest new analysis and techniques of economic growth; and provide analysis of new issues related to growth and trade. The first chapter surveys endogenous growth and international trade and critically reviews the endogenous growth theory with a unified framework, covering the work on both closed and open economies. Three chapters examine the dynamics of some basic trade models; two chapters focus on growth and trade with endogenous accumulation of human and public capital; two chapters on economic growth, technological progress, and international trade; and two chapters on growth and international factor movements.
Contributors include Eric W. Bond, Theo S. Eicher, Rolf Färe, Oded Galor, Shawna Grosskopf, Bjarne S. Jensen, Pantelis Kalaitzidakis, Shoukang Lin, Ngo Van Long, Kazuo Nishimura, Koji Shimomura, Kathleen Trask, Stephen J. Turnovsky, Pham Hoang Van, Henry Wan, Jr., Chunyan Wang, and Kar-yiu Wong.
Bjarne S. Jensen is Associate Professor of Economics, Copenhagen Business School. Kar-yiu Wong is Professor of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Endogenous growth is examined from the viewpoint of economic history, institutions, international trade and political economy. The variance in institutional quality can be explained by historical differences in biogeographical potential for early agriculture. The expansion of output can lead to dis-agglomeration. Economies integrate, if the productivity of R&D do not vary too much for them. There are cycles, in which research people switch back and forth between applied and basic R&D. When one of the sectors is capital intensive, the balanced-growth path can exhibit local indeterminacy. The patterns of growth are sensitive to technology parameters of the capital good industry. Among the other aspects examined are the growth effects of tax competition, the political economy of employment protection, the equilibrium in a dynamic multi-sector economy and the dependence of growth on relative wages, employment and the firm size. ... Read more

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Economic growth and globalisation create traffic growth, leading to congestion, which again increases travel times and costs. Road pricing is an instrument that may efficiently reduce the negative impacts. This volume is a collection of research papers on the use of road pricing. The focus is on passenger transport, and the papers cover a wide range of approaches, including theoretical modelling and empirical studies of road pricing experience from different cities.

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This workbook contains story-specific lessons for the fourth grade and is centered on nine virtues of character.Within the workbook you will find an interactive lesson for each of the nine virtues of character with questions and activities relating to life lessons found in the supporting stories.This guide correlates with the Character In Motion! Real Life Stories Series 4th Grade Teacher's Guide.

*** Use this workbook in conjunction with Chicken Soup for the Kids Soul. *** ... Read more

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