This book, intended for a 1- or 2-semester introductory computer science course, teaches the principles of algorithm development and computer science. Problem solving and solution development are emphasized.

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Assesses the accomplishments of Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf, Johnny Mercer, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, and Sarah Vaughan, and explains how they made popular songs a genuine art form

Helps younger students improve their reading and writing skills with easy-to-understand definitions, a simplified pronunciation guide, color photos and illustrations, stories, games, and puzzles.

Presents insights and techniques to help readers understand, attain, and maintain happiness despite human nature's tendency to be insatiable

Product Description: Brief paperback intended for undergraduate or graduate courses on human resource management; also ideal for brief executive development courses, or for courses in which other topics (e.g., Org. Beh.) are combined with HRM. Offers select, condensed, and thoroughly updated coverage rewritten from the authors' best-selling "big" book (Human Resource Management, 7/e, Prentice Hall)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A beginner dictionary which includes illustrations, examples of usage in most definitions, and self-teaching lessons for developing skills in using the dictionary

Product Description: A magnificent gyrfalcon, soaring in the air over rocky cliffs, is winged by a hunter and falls to earth wounded. Rescued and taken to a nearby farmhouse, the bird's plight will irrevocably change the lives of her savior, Michael Somers, and the woman and child Somers comes to love...read more

When parents are asked what they want for their children, they usually answer that they want their children to be happy. Why, then, is happiness rarely mentioned as a goal of education? This book explores what we might teach if we were to take happiness seriously as a goal of education. It asks, first, what it means to be happy and, second, how we can help children to understand it. It notes that we have to develop a capacity for unhappiness and a willingness to alleviate the suffering of others to be truly happy. Criticizing our current almost exclusive emphasis on economic well-being and pleasure, Nel Noddings discusses the contributions of making a home, parenting, cherishing a place, the development of character, interpersonal growth, finding work that one loves, and participating in a democratic way of life. Finally, she explores ways in which to make schools and classrooms cheerful places. Nell Noddings is Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University. She is past president of the Philosophy of Education Society and of the John Dewey Society. In addition to twelve books, she is the author of more than 170 articles and chapters on various topics ranging from the ethics of care to mathematical problem solving. Her latest books are Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy (University of California Press) and Educating Moral People: A Caring Alternative to Character Education (Teachers College Press), both published in 2002.

Product Description: Live better and add to your longevity Teach Yourself Living Longer, Living Well features a 10-step program for a happier, healthier life. It offers you sound advice on health and fitness issues and covers diet and relaxation.

Product Description: Everybody knows someone who always gives money to their always-needy brother or never seems to find time for his or her self and we all know someone who would be much happier if they could just work up the nerve to tell a dead-beat boyfriend or a nosey neighbor to go away...read more

Provides an overview of the relationship between economics and happiness. Including contributions from those who helped to establish this field, this book explores the meaning of happiness and discusses the tension between various definitions. It is intended for students and academics.

A treasury of short teachings disseminates traditional Buddhist ideas about the myriad ways to follow a path to happiness, providing accessible recommendations for readers of any faith on how to apply the Buddha's principles to one's own life. By the author of Words of Wisdom. Original.

Product Description: Since rising out of the New York City streets over twenty-five years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create such groundbreaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam. Russell might have helped introduce hip-hop to the world, but he credits his success to his belief in a strong set of principles—or laws...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more