The State of Working America 2000-2001

Book Description

This highly regarded volume, prepared biennially since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, sums up the problems and challenges facing American workers. Drawing on both original research and published sources, the authors present a wide variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty--data that enable them to closely examine the impact of the economy on the living standards of the American people. This latest edition will be welcomed by journalists, government leaders, researchers, policymakers, professors, and others eager for a comprehensive portrait of the economic well-being of the nation.

The State of Working America, 1998-99 (State of Working America)

Average customer rating:

The State of Working America, 1998-99 (State of Working America)
Lawrence Mishel , Jared Bernstein , and John Schmitt
Manufacturer: Cornell Univ Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Policy & Current Events | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Workplace | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Development & Growth | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Economic Policy & Development | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Labor & Industrial Relations | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Praise for previous editions--

"A truly comprehensive and useful book that provides a reality check on loose statements about U.S. labor markets. It should be cheered by all Americans who earn their living from work."--William Wolman, Chief Economist, Business Week, CNBC

"If you want to know what happened to the economic well-being of the average American in the past decade or so, this is the book for you. Required reading for Americans of all political persuasions."--Richard Freeman, Harvard University "This book provides valuable factual and analytic material on the economic conditions of American workers. It is the very best source of information on this important subject."--Ray Marshall, Former Secretary of Labor and Professor, University of Texas "This book is the single best yardstick for measuring whether or not our economic policies are doing enough to ensure that our economy can, once again, grow for everybody."--Richard A. Gephardt, House Democratic Leader

"An indispensable work . . . on family income, wages, taxes, employment, and the distribution of wealth."--Simon Head, New York Review of Books

Book Description

Juvenile Justice System: Law and Process is an introduction to the procedures and law of the entire juvenile system, civil and criminal. It bridges the gap between introductory juvenile delinquency texts and law school case-texts.

This book illustrates the inner workings of the juvenile justice system with authentic case law, research, and behavioural sciences theory. Readers will see children through the eyes of parents, police, social workers, defending attorneys, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and others who impact upon the child in his or her journey through the system. Since each state has created its own juvenile justice system, the book provides a detailed overview of some of the ranging differences nationally and makes order of what is a very decentralized system.

The second edition is updated with many new court cases as well as tests and exercises at the end of each chapter to help students learn the material. Such topics covered include: search and seizure, investigation and interrogation, the justice process for delinquent (criminal) youth, child abuse and neglect, crimes against children, child custody, and termination of parental rights.

-New courtcases throughout.
-New topics such as: custody, parental rights, and abuse.
-Offers "brain exercises" for students.

Cases of child sexual abuse in the criminal justice system

Average customer rating:

Cases of child sexual abuse in the criminal justice system
Ellen Gray
Manufacturer: NCJW Center for the Child, National Council of Jewish Women
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

The legal response to sexual abuse of children: A background paper reviewing current procedural and legal practices in the child welfare and criminal justice systems regarding child sexual abuse

Average customer rating:

The legal response to sexual abuse of children: A background paper reviewing current procedural and legal practices in the child welfare and criminal justice systems regarding child sexual abuse
Marion E Lane
Manufacturer: The Committee
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Child Abuse | Family Relationships | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007BPOTY

Book Description

Plant galls may be produced by a wide variety of organisms, from fungi to parasitic insects, on an equally wide variety of hosts. Their taxonomy is highly complex, as are the life cycles of the organisms associated with them. Yet, common as they are, plant galls are often poorly understood.
This book brings together information from the diverse disciplines involved in the study of plant galls: ecology, evolution, molecular biology, physiology, and developmental biology. The work considers the latest issues, covering questions of classification, coevolution, ecology, physiology, and
plant genetic engineering. As an up-to-date resource in an area of immense interest and debate, the book will enhance the quality of discussion surrounding these phenomena, across all disciplinary perspectives.

Book Description

In the eight years since the original publication of Molecular Biology Labfax, there has been a vast proliferation of molecular biology techniques. The Second Edition has been divided into two parts: Recombinant DNA, and Gene Analysis. Together they comprise a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date methods available in molecular biology. This second volume of the two-part Second Edition provides key information on nucleic acid blotting and hybridization, DNA sequencing, PCR, labelingnucleic acids, electrophoresis, centrifugation, chemicals and reagents, and safety. Molecular Biology Labfax will be essential for scientists of all disciplines within the life sciences who use molecular biological techniques.

Key Features
* Provides most up-to-date information on techniques, sources, and equipment for anyone using molecular biological techniques
* Clearly presented information
* Divided into two parts which together comprise a complete collection of molecular biological methods

Book Description

Science/Anthropology

Customer Reviews:

Don't Bother--Couldn't Finish It.......2004-08-03

As someone who is interested in quantum physics and has been initiated into an order of indegenous shamans I was very interested in this book's subject. Wolf turns a potentially fascinating subject into pure boredom. I tried but could not find any good reason to continure reading this drivel. The author never gets to the root of shamanic practices. His insights fall short of any meaningful contribution to physics or shamanism. Just because he takes ayahuasca with the locals in Peru and hangs out with medecine on American reservations doesn't mean he gets it. Read the World is as You Dream It by John Perkins if you want to learn more about the true shamanic experience.

Self Indulgent and Boring.......2001-08-28

Here we have someone who tries to forcibly mix two different paradigms, that of (not-so-modern) quantum physics and that of (not-so-archaic) shamanism. Had FAW been a really good theoretical or experimental physicist, or an impressive shaman, this work might have been a monumental achievement. Unfortunately, here we have a small time college physics teacher dabbling amateurishly with medicine work and - unsurprisingly - getting "insights" which never transcend the banal first-derivative of the simplistic analogy. This book is sentimental to boot and self-indulgent to the point of exhaustion and the unfortunate cayote reader can only growl with irritation at the lack of philosophical rigor combined with the shallowness of the author's autobiographical profile. I am sure Fred is quite a likeable guy and he appears to have dabbled in enough fields to gain some notoriety in New Age circles chasing a New Unified Theory of Everything. Those will find the book enjoyable. To everyone else I say: if you must read it, borrow it from the local library.

Excellent book.......2001-08-28

Dr. Wolf has accomplished what many cannot, he has written a highly interesting book about his journey to discover the parallelism between quantum physics and the knowledge / wisdom of the ancient shamans -- and has done so without getting lost in the scientific jargon. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it for those who are interested in joining their scientific interest with their spiritual journey.

Nicely Done Warrior boy!.......1999-10-07

I speak with Mr. Wolf from time to time and find his knowlage very interesting, but still find it hard to believe that someone who has such knowlege still charges a buck to answer small questions to students! The world goes round by momentum! Not money!

A classic book on shamanism -- a real page-turner!.......1999-04-14

This book stands out as one of the best books on shamanism I've ever seen. The Eagle's Quest is remarkable because it maps concepts from modern physics into the ancient shamanistic world... all the while following the Wolf's very personal true story of his quest for deeper understanding. Because Wolf really wishes to know what's going on in the universe, his book is thorough in its investigations of old world shamanism. This is one of the best books I've ever read combining spirituality and physics: it's full of useful information and well-written. I love all of Fred Alan Wolf's books, and this one is especially enjoyable to me, because it was truly written from his heart. This book is a classic.

Book Description

Eva Trout, Elizabeth Bowen’s last novel, epitomizes her bold exploration of the territory between the comedy of manners and cutting social commentary.

Orphaned at a young age, Eva has found a home of sorts in Worcestershire with her former schoolteacher, Iseult Arbles, and Iseult's husband, Eric. From a safe distance in London, her legal guardian, Constantine, assumes that all's well. But Eva's flighty, romantic nature hasn't entirely clicked with the Arbles household, and Eva is plotting to escape. When she sets out to hock her Jaguar and disappear without a trace, she unwittingly leaves a paper trail for her various custodians–and all kinds of trouble–to follow.

Customer Reviews:

Darkly Humourous.......2006-01-01

This is the first of Bowen's novels I have read and I was quite interested in the two polarised reviews below me, one reckoned it her best, and one reckoned it her worst book. Strange how writing can be so different to so many people.

I really enjoyed it - it was darkly humourous. We are introduced to Eva Trout and her unstoppable machinations right from the start - her inability to leave things alone, and perhaps more importantly, other people's inability to get her to leave them alone. It really is enormously funny at times - a mischevious social comedy and with a nice suitably bizarre twist for the finish.

Eva Trout.......2002-02-16

I think that Eva trout is Elizabeth Bowen's strongest work. It completes the feeling started in the book Death of the Heart. Who could not relate to Eva and her childish heart. Much like Portia in Death of the Heart, Eva remains unchanged as the world around her closes her in, and forces others to "grow-up", thus killing all that they believed in when children. Eva so closes herself off from the world, that she has never cried, but one can feel the verge of tears from page one on. I wont ruin the book for you by saying anything else, but i STRONGLY suggest that you read this book.

Extremely Bowenesque.......2001-12-19

EVA TROUT is perhaps the weakest of Bowen's novels and is certainly not the place to start your appreciation of her work. One of Bowen's characteristic devices is to describe not the terrible event, but the day after the terrible event, as people realize that they are nonetheless going to have to pick up the pieces and continue with their lives. EVA TROUT takes this device--which may strike you as a trick but is actually one of Bowen's great insights into life as it is lived--to the greatest extreme. Except for the ending, almost every major event in this book happens between the end of one chapter and the start of the next.

If you admire Bowen as I do, it's interesting to read her at her most Bowenesque. If you do not already admire Bowen, please don't start here--I've put off too many people by recommeding this book. Start instead with her short stories, some of which are widely anthologized.

Average customer rating:
EVA TROUT OR CHANGING SCENES
BOWEN
Manufacturer: JONATHAN CAPE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S39DJ8

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout or Changing Scenes
Elizabeth Bowen
Manufacturer: KNOPF
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLE4AW

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout or Changing Scenes
Elizabeth Bowen
Manufacturer: ALFRED A. KNOPF
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OKRLV2

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout or Changing Scenes
Bowen Elizabeth
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UDLGUA

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout, or Changing Scenes

Manufacturer: Avon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000I52M62

Average customer rating:
EVA TROUT, or Changing Scenes.
Elizabeth. Bowen
Manufacturer: Knopf,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GJOSY4

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout;: Or, Changing scenes
Elizabeth Bowen
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

British | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | Classics | Contemporary | General | Historical | Humor | Letters & Correspondence | Middle | Old | Poetry | Renaissance | Shakespeare | Short Stories
ASIN: B0006BU7TM

Average customer rating:
Eva Trout;: Or, Changing scenes
Elizabeth Bowen
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006D630W

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books