The Evolution of the State Bank of India: The Era of the Presidency Banks, 1876-1920

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An AltaMira Press Book Nearing its 200th birthday, the oldest and largest commercial bank in India has been the sole banker to its government. The Evolution of the State Bank of India chronicles the momentous changes in economy, demography, and society from the late 19th to the early 20th century. From the maturation of the nascent nationalist movement to the emergence of Mohandas Gandhi, three pioneering joint-stock banks (Bengal, Bombay, and Madras) united. This analysis of the State Bank's activities highlights the monetary and economic history of India. It is an invaluable resource for students of economics, banking, and history alike.

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The New Encyclopedia of Group Activities -- the sequel to the best-selling encyclopedia that was first published more than a decade ago -- is an expansive collection of hands-on activities and games that will help you explore the many elements of group process skills. This thoroughly revised and updated resource covers a multitude of content topics that you can use in a variety of group settings. The 150 new activities offer creative exercises that will give you the tools you need to provide appropriate interventions for any group purpose. Whether searching for a serious foundational process activity or for a light transitional learning game, you will find something here to meet your needs.

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NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GROUP ACTIVITIES
LORRAINE L. UKENS
Manufacturer: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5CBEA

The New Encyclopedia of Group Activities

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The New Encyclopedia of Group Activities
LORRAINE L. UKENS
Manufacturer: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5DWJS

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An easy-to-read prescription..

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Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
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Binding: Paperback

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"Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time," writes Rachel Naomi Remen in her introduction to Kitchen Table Wisdom. "It is the way wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us live a life worth remembering." Remen, a physician, therapist, professor of medicine, and long-term survivor of chronic illness, is also a down-home storyteller. Reading this collection of real-life parables feels like a late-night kitchen session with a best friend, munching on leftovers while listening to the good-as-gossip stories of everyday heroes and archetype villains. Every story guides us like a life compass, showing us what's good and lasting about ourselves as well as humanity.

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Enthusiastically praised by everyone from Bernie Siegel to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel Remen has a unique perspective on healing rooted in her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist, and a long-term survivor of chronic illness. A deeply moving and down-to-earth collection of true stories, this prominent physician shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives. Kitchen Table Wisdom addresses spiritual issues-suffering, meaning, love, faith, courage, and miracles-in the language and authority of our own life experience.

Foreword by Dean Ornish, M.D.

"This is a beautiful book about life, the only true teacher."-Bernie Siegel, M.D.

"Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. She has much to teach us about healing, loving, and living."-Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence

"A great healer and a living saint."-Larry Dossey, M.D.

"Heartfelt...compassionate and courageous."-Publishers Weekly

"I recommend this book highly to everyone."-Deepak Chopra, M.D.

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Sweet book.......2007-05-06

Beautiful sweet touching book that helped me get me through some tough times. Celebrates the human spirit

Extraordinary book.......2007-03-24

For years I refused to read this book after a friend's recommendation thinking that it would be another "feel good" attempt . Boy was I wrong! This book is one of the most extraordinary pieces of writing I have ever encountered. I have read it over and over again many times (the stories are short enough that allow you to read at your own pace). It has actually become sort of a "guide to Life" for me. Furthermore, as story-telling itself goes, is simply masterful. Dr. Remen is a powerful communicator and her wisdom goes beyond "new age". It is a groundbreaking work about mystery, awe and Life with a capital "L".

thinking positively.......2006-11-06

I am presurgery and this book helps to calm me and encourage me to think positively.

An easy-to-read prescription.........2006-09-26

...from a very wise doctor. Gathering readers around her kitchen table, Dr. Remen takes an indirect but inspiring approach to those of us who sometimes prefer to avoid the doctor's office.

A truly healing book.

Very Inspirational.......2006-07-22

I read this book shortly after my daughter was born 14 weeks (approx. 100 days) premature last April. The stories Dr. Remen recounts in her books were very inspirational and helped my husband and me to be there for our daughter during her 3 month stay in the NICU. I found it hard, on some days, to cope with my daughter's condition as it rollercoastered from not so bad to absolutely horrifying and reading the stories really helped put perspective in what we were going through. I honestly don't think I would've survived being a NICU mom without having read this book.

Kitchen Table Wisdom - Stories That Heal

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Kitchen Table Wisdom - Stories That Heal
Rachel Naomi, M.D.; Foreword by Ornish, Dean, M.D. Remen
Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K04IEE

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Kitchen Table Wisdom: stories That Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen
Manufacturer: Pan Macmillan
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0732908817

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Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen
Manufacturer: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0330363298

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The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has revealed spectacular and intriguing details in every object it has turned its acute gaze upon. What discoveries has the HST made so far? And how does this telescope actually work? This lavishly illustrated volume is the first to answer these questions in a complete review of the most exciting science to come from the Hubble Space Telescope. From the local Solar System and nearby stars, to the most distant quasars and early Universe, this volume presents a superb collection of the most dramatic images taken by the HST, supported by a lively and informative, but non-technical guide. Hubble Vision offers a view of the Universe as never seen before and will capture the imagination of all those interested in the astronomical quest of understanding our Universe - from the general reader and amateur astronomer through to the professional scientist.

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Do you see what I see?.......2004-05-23

One of the greatest achievements in the history of humanity with regard to observational astronomy has to be the Hubble Space Telescope, our first real opportunity to see the universe 'up close and personal', in the visual light spectrum (among other spectra) without the interference of the earth's atmosphere. Launched in 1990, there was a collective gasp when it was discovered that this remarkable achievement needed specs (not the construction-data kind, but the old-fashioned kind - eyeglasses)! Not long thereafter, a shuttle mission set forth to do the needed repairs, and since then the results have been stunning.

Carolyn Collins Petersen, an award-winning science writer with some specialty in astronomy, together with John C. Brandt, a researcher at the University of Colorado (he's even had an asteroid named for him), put together this early major book on the Hubble achievements. Their first chapter gives a brief history of the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) project, from concept to launch. They recount a narrative history of the first indications that there were problems, the excitement and the disappointment, as well as the correction. The sections on the history of observation and the technical specifications of the HST are interesting, as well, but the real glory is in the pictures.

Throughout the rest of the text, the authors put pictures from the HST of the major objects in the sky together with composite pieces and partial images. For some of the planetary images, the authors show side-by-side comparisons with some of the planetary exploration missions (Voyager, etc.), and even against the close-up images, HST fares well. The photography of stars in all their various life-stages, gaseous formations to final supernovae, are glorious and informative. The galaxy images give great and stunning detail of some of the most distant structures. Alas, even the HST has trouble discerning in detail objects such as quasars, which remain a mystery, but more data has been obtained than ever before.

The final chapter discusses topics such as distances, universal expansion, dark matter, and how the HST plays an observational role in collecting evidence in support of or variance to current theories on the universe. Petersen and Brandt discuss the general trends in cosmological thinking, accessible to the non-scientist and interesting to the scientifically trained.

The epilogue is a bit moot at this point, as the text written in the early 1990s only covered the time period up to 2002; however, the HST project is a big-budget item, which means it is a political item, and the budgetary concerns, both institutional (NASA-related) and governmental (will Congress and Presidential administrations support it?) are always a concern. Hubble continues to be a source of pride for the NASA community, and a source of great information for the astronomical community around the world.

This is a coffee-table book as well as an interesting scientific text.

Obtaining cosmological data.......2000-11-27

Good overview for the general reader how cosmological observational data is obtained, in this reference in the context of the cutting-edge Hubble space telescope.

Hubble Vision: Further Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope

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the glory that was hubble
Hubble Heaven

Hubble Vision: Further Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope
Carolyn Collins Petersen , and John C. Brandt
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope

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ASIN: 0521592917

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The first edition of Hubble Vision was published in 1995, when the Hubble Space Telescope was already "the foremost observatory of our age." This second edition has been almost completely rewritten to emphasize the telescope's impressive list of new discoveries.

The 100 new illustrations include many glorious images: exploding stars and colliding galaxies, the profound vision of the Hubble Deep Field, gravitational lenses, the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter, and pictures of other solar systems. But the book is not just a collection of pretty pictures; it's also an excellent introduction to astronomy. Since it describes both objects (from the level of the nearby planets to the level of the big bang) and instruments, it gives laypeople a particularly accurate idea of what astronomers actually do--and of how much fun they have doing it.

Brandt is an astronomer at the University of Colorado and a principal investigator for the space telescope, while his collaborator Collins Petersen is a science writer with practical experience in astronomy. Their combined expertise results in a book that is authoritative but not daunting, gorgeous but not superficial. You may want to keep it on your coffee table, but you should also actually read it. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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The first edition of Hubble Vision became an international bestseller and won world-wide, critical acclaim. This eagerly awaited second edition is the most comprehensive, most authoritative and best illustrated popular book available on the Hubble Space Telescope. It provides a magnificent portfolio of the latest and greatest images from the HST, woven together with a lucid text explaining the most exciting discoveries and setting them in the context of our current understanding in astronomy. This second edition has been completely revised, updated and expanded to include all the latest astronomical discoveries - from supernovae and protostars to gravitational lensing, black holes and the early Universe. It is now even better illustrated, with nearly 25% more figures, and more than 100 entirely new. The unique combination of authors - an award-winning science writer and a key scientist involved in the development of the mission - ensure that the text is both engaging and authoritative. Hubble Vision offers a view of the Universe as never seen before. It will capture the imagination of all those interested in the astronomical quest of understanding our Universe - from high-school students to general readers and amateur astronomers.

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the glory that was hubble.......2004-09-07

This is a book about big science in space. The hubble telescope was the most complex piece of scientific equipment that was ever built to operate off of Earth. From its initial "mistake" in a poorly honed hyperbolic mirror - its "correction" became a major media event that nearly busted Nasa's budget - to the innumerable failing subsystems in constant need of adjustment, its success is something of a phenomenon.

But a success it indisputably was, one of the greatest in the history of human endeavor and easily the equal to, say, the creation of the Gothic cathedral. Images from the telescope have become so uniquitous, such as its use as background in Star Trek, that we would be shocked if they disappeared. Of course, the advancement of virtually all fields of astronomy that it spawned will enrich us forever. Not only can we plumb the composition of stars and search for planets more accurately, but such scientific givens as the Hubble constant are coming into question with the precision measurements not coming available. Even amateurs, if they come up with an interesting proposal, can get a crack at making scientific history.

Peterson and Brandt cover these developments competently and clearly, with gorgeous photos throughout the book to add to its wonder. While they do not cover they public policy angle alll too well, the science is enough (even if it gets a bit too gee-whiz for my taste at times).

Warmly recommended.

Hubble Heaven.......2000-05-14

To the average person like myself it is simple uncomprehensable that way out here is all of this energy, peacefully and sometimes horrifically looming around us. Reading this book, and particularly looking intensely at the wonderful colour photographs, I cannot feel anything else but awe for the sheer original beauty of our universe, and the great bridges that we need to cross scientifically to even make an inch of sense of it. The text is easy enough for the pure enthusiast to understand the concepts, but for those with a thirst for knowledge, these pages reveal centuries of human time devoted to exploring milleniums and milleniums of universal time. It really does make you feel as though the only thing between us and the secret of everything is our humble mortality, not our need to know. Hubble Vision gives you a snapshot of the heavens, and beyond, something we'll never experince first hand in our life-time at least!

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A state-of-the art collection of readily reproducible laboratory methods for assessing chemosensitivity in vitro and in vivo, and for assessing the parameters that modulate chemosensitivity in individual tumors. Chemosensitivity, Volume 1: In Vitro Assays provides a panel of 16 in vitro measures of chemosensitivity in adherent and non-adherent cells for single agents and combinations of agents. In addition to immunohistochemical and imaging approaches, these assays include clonogenic, colorimetric, fluorometric, and physiological assays. Highlights include image analysis to assess drug sensitivity, high throughput approaches using green fluorescent protein, DIMSCAN (a microcomputer fluorescence-based assay), and the ChemoFx assay used in biotechnology. A companion volume, Volume 2: In Vivo Models, Imaging, and Molecular Regulators, provides protocols for classifying tumors into response categories and customizing chemotherapy regimens to individual patients.

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"Theory of Reconstruction from Image Motion" presents the mathematics underlying the reconstruction of camera motion from the movements of points in the camera image. It describes recent work employing mathematical methods drawn from linear algebra, projective geometry, algebraic geometry, the theory of transversality and the theory of least squares approximation. Many problems in reconstruction are best tackled using methods from projective or algebraic geometry. However, these methods are not widely known to researchers in computer vision. As a consequence, purely algebraic methods are often used instead, leading to large and complicated expressions, which are difficult to interpret. Many of the arguments in this volume illustrate the speed and efficiency of geometric methods for solving certain problems that arise in reconstruction. This book is a good starting point for anyone interested in the application of different mathematical techniques to the rapidly expanding field of computer vision, especially in the areas of vehicle guidance, robotics and remote sensing.

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Good Light Read

A fun chick read!

The Friendship test?

I loved this book

Decent Chick Lit

The Friendship Test: A Novel
Elizabeth Noble
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0060777745
Release Date: 2005-12-27

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One late wine- and gossip-fueled night, four friends on a lark create a fateful test of friendship -- one that challenges the very principles and boundaries of their alliance. To pass it means to never, at any cost, betray one another. Twenty years later, they must face that ultimate test.

We meet them at the dawn of their camaraderie in the 1980s and already each woman is distinguished from the other: Tamsin, the compassionate mother hen; Reagan, the brazen and clever overachiever; Sarah, the seemingly perfect beauty; and Freddie, who despite being far from her U.S. home, finds strength in her friends. We forward to today, and as promised they are still firm friends . . . that is until a crisis occurs and the principles that define their friendship test are challenged. Exquisitely rendered by Elizabeth Noble, The Friendship Test is a powerful testament to the depth and capacity of female relationships.

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Good Light Read.......2007-05-31

I bought this book after reading Alphabet Weekends, which I liked. It is an easy read and great book for airplane, sits by the pool or just laying around on the weekend.

A fun chick read!.......2007-04-03

This is not a deep literary work of genius, but it is a fun, engaging read. It's not horribly complicated, so it is ideal for the busy woman who doesn't have time to read daily religiously, but needs to be able to pick it up without having to backtrack through the book to get reacquainted with what happened the last time she left off. The characters are like friends we all have and love, as well as those we put up with just because we've known them forever. The long time childhood friends are all at different stages of their lives, there are a couple of twists & turns. All in all a fun, worthwhile read.

If you liked the Briget Jones's series, Lisa Jewel's books, Jane Green's books, the Shopaholic series, and the likes of that genre, this will be right up your alley.

The Friendship test?.......2006-12-28

I never write book reviews but felt that this book was so awful that I had to share my thoughts. First of all, this book was highlighted at an elementary children's bookfair! Good thing the children did not get a hold of the book with it's Sex and the City type content. I was mislead into thinking that the book was "Witty, pacy and immediately engaging." This was printed on the cover of the book. The book also has "author of the national bestseller" printed across the front cover. The book begins by leading you to think that it is about a friendship test, but it is only a test among 2 of the 4 friends. Even that only shows up at the end of the book. Let me sum the book up quickly. It is a trashy soap opera. The plot is so predictable that I could have wrote it myself. The American scenes were not believable. I could barely finish the book and was so sorry that I wasted my time doing so. Please don't waste your time on this book. Also I am not happy that I was mislead by the publisher as to the content of this book.

I loved this book.......2006-12-27

I think this is a very good book...it kept my attention and I kept reading late into the night to find out how everything turned out...I am going to buy the Reading Group next because I think this author is a very good story teller.

Decent Chick Lit.......2006-11-21

No doubt that Noble can write! While she could easily succumb to the chick lit phenom and write half-baked, "Sex and the City"-type book. But instead, she gives real thought to the characters, their own backstories, and how they interact. The main three characters are complete, with issues and problems of their own.

The complaints I have are:
1. Things wrapped up a bit too neatly. I would have liked to see a little more change and friction instead of a "they all lived happily ever after" end.

2. Freddie is supposed to be American, but she uses turns of phrases that NO American would use. Same for some of the dialog when the story moves to Massachusetts. Noble should have had an American editor read through for these slips that really distracted me.

3. With all the talk about "The Friendship Test," I think they would have applied the test to all the women in the book they encountered -- including Rebecca and Grace. I was very interested to see how they stacked up.

Still, a great book that was a fun read.

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The Friendship Test: A Novel
Elizabeth Noble
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEQ4XO

Truth Test (Cover-to-Cover Novels: Contemporary Fiction)

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My Teacher's Book

Truth Test (Cover-to-Cover Novels: Contemporary Fiction)
Lori Pollard-Johnson
Manufacturer: Perfection Learning
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0780796942

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My Teacher's Book.......2004-03-26

We read this book in 4th grade as part of our curriculum. I enjoyed this book because the main character had interesting features.I liked it also because it had a common lesson that could be learned. It was also exciting to read this book because it was my teacher that had written it. I would highly recommend it for use in reading classes.

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