Sentences with phrase «most academic books»

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Most of the remaining books are so academic that there is a greater danger, in me recommending them, of turning the reader off than inspiring them to learn more.

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

Although not a technical book, «Basic Income» is more academic than most readers would prefer.

We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

Until quite recently it was a solid, slow moving «book - discipline,» an academic discipline in which most of the important material was published in hardcover books.

His most recent book is Athanasius (Baker Academic).

Rawls» 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, is justly called the most influential work in political philosophy of the last century, at least among academic philosophers.

She doesn't read a lot of books or spend dozens of hours each week studying... but she always knows more theology than I do, and always asks penetrating questions which shoot holes through all my acadamagician ideas (Yes, I just coined that term... it's a cross between academic and magician... because that's what most theology is.

Books on the subject tend to identify liberation theology with its most prominent proponents, usually academics.

About the Book: Most parents spend more time helping their kids succeed at academics or athletics than infusing shared spiritual experiences into the rhythm of everyday family life.

One of the most important things that you can think of when looking for preschool curriculum ideas is to find some books that would develop their academic and social skills.

What makes this book so powerful is that she is speaking as not just as an academic and a practitioner who has helped implement the ketogenic diet for many cancer patients, but most importantly and movingly as a mother learning the hard way how to help her son Raffi with his brain cancer.

Springer Nature is the world's largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world's most influential journals and a pioneer in the field of open research.

Mise en Scène and Film Style is a truly ambitious book, offering the most sustained «academic» piece of writing yet published by this most prodigious and prolific of Australian film critics and scholars.

A superintendent or chief academic officer can read a Q&A with Kathy Boudett and Liz City on their new book, Meeting Wise, which helps educators make the most productive use of the time they spend in meetings.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence, an award - winning new book coauthored by Willett and Judith Singer, the School's Conant Professor of Education and academic dean, offers the first accessible, in - depth presentation of the field's most recent advances.

«This book demonstrates high regard for the complexity of teaching and delivers an even higher regard for the promise and academic potential of the students we've made most vulnerable in our school systems if we, as educators, choose to act on what we know.

He is the author of several books, including Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Advanced, Average, and Struggling Readers, Grades 7 — 12; Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2 — 6: Differentiated Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers; and Teaching What Matters Most, as well as the author of many articles.

2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book The Annie E. Casey Foundation's new 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds that, despite the increasing economic hardship on U.S. families, students» academic achievement and health conditions have improved in most states.

A companion book, 50 Myths & Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools: The Real Crisis in Education, by David C. Berliner and Gene V. Glass is an academic cannon aimed directly at the most cherished beliefs of private sector forces and right - wing intellectuals.

Steve has co-authored articles, several book chapters, and most recently a book on blending academic and behavior multi-tiered supports.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is undermining one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

Once a year, the Frankfurter Buchmesse becomes the Global City of Ideas: the most important international trading place for content, from novels and children's books to academic databases.

Over the next four years, I edited thousands of documents, essays, academic articles and resumes, but the most interesting (and difficult) work was editing books.

«Plus, in the most academic sense, if you are going to purchase print editions of books, choosing non-fiction is always a great idea, especially if you'll be referring to them later on.

This could cover most magazines, newspapers, large format books and academic papers... the market that everybody wants, and nobody dares to enter — besides Sony's $ 800 low - res digital paper.

To date, the format wars in eBooks have undermined the most important feature of a paper book, the ability to point to a part of the text on a certain page of a specific edition, which is the basis of academic and professional citation, which is the key to dialogue taking place through books.

A trusted book production partner for some of the most accomplished coaches, educators, entrepreneurs, and writers of inspirational nonfiction and memoir — several of whom have been finalists or won notable book awards, including a 2015 IPBA Benjamin Franklin award in the category Best New Voice: Nonfiction — Stacey has produced over 50 books from cover to cover, and has designed over 100 distinct interiors for novels, memoirs, middle - grade fiction, various specialty nonfiction, and academic language books.

While School Yourself does see the place for its texts in the widespread adoption of textbooks in academic environments, currently the most common feedback comes from individual consumers who bought their hands - on books series in order to supplement their own school materials.

While essays and papers are our most common orders, our professionals have experience with all kinds of academic writing: book and movie reviews, lab reports, case studies, presentations, even theses, and dissertations.

In the past 3 years, most material concerning Southeast Asia (SEA) have been history books and translated works of Western and SEA academics.

The books below lay out the history of graphic novels, their standing among the arts, and the most current academic thinking on their utility today, specifically at an educational mindset with an eye toward the concerns and thoughts of librarians.

The most common type of books that use bibliography are academic in nature.

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In a world that sees hundreds of thousands of new academic titles published each year, keeping up and ordering books on a title - by - title basis is a daunting task for time - strapped librarians — even at the most affluent academic institutions not facing severe budget cuts or staff reduction.

Manga is the mass market product that provides the most profit, while trade and academic books have very long tails.

It is a realistic book, because most of us know that the basic principles of investing are straightforward, but they get clouded by academics and hucksters.

This is VERY counter-intuitive to most investors, ESPECIALLY those who got their «knowledge» by reading up standard academic corporate finance text books and not reading Graham or Buffett instead.

I liked the book a lot, and think that most academics and practitioners should read it.

Still, the value effect received its most famous academic endorsement in a 1992 paper by finance professors Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French, who defined value stocks as those shares that trade at a low price relative to their book value («The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns,» Journal of Finance, Vol.

Most serious investors and academics could benefit from the book.

The book covers most areas of behavioral finance, however, it does it in an academic way.

Springer Nature is the world's largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world's most influential journals and a pioneer in the field of open research.

My father is William Julius Wilson, a famous academic in the field of urban poverty and race relations; my mother spent most of her young life in a convent then «busted out» to raise a family and started making artists books; my brother is a spiritual speaker and Bitcoin enthusiast; my one half sister is a powerhouse business woman; the other half sister was a lesbian erotica writer but transitioned to writing romance novels and is now a conservative and a huge Trump supporter.

Factoring in «indirect costs» such as books, housing, board, and health insurance (which can cost between $ 12,500 and $ 25,000 per academic year), the stated «cost of attendance» at the most expensive law schools nears $ 75,000 per year.

Most of the digitization initiatives described by Lyonette in her article have been organized and are being funded by academic, research or national libraries, so it's perhaps not surprising that the emphasis has been on digitizing «books»; consequently, if any inherently legal materials are included in the collections, it's by chance, and they are secondary sources, not primary sources of law.

Springer Nature is the world's largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world's most influential journals and a pioneer in the field of open research.

The most successful resume samples for English Professor mention duties like developing curricula, assigning papers, applying standardized tests, answering to student inquiries, publishing in academic journals and books, and being part of academic committees.

The above diagram, taken from Dr. Gottman's The Science of Trust, displays his findings on the dynamics of loyalty and betrayal and their deep role in predicting the success or failure of our most intimate relationships.Acclaimed by professors and scientists as an «encyclopedic volume» with «authoritative and profound insights into the inner workings of relationships,» the book was nonetheless meant for «the academic, the researcher, the clinician... the game theorist and the mathematician.»