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The Calculus Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Excel at Calculus (Princeton Lifesaver Study Guides)
For many students, calculus can be the most mystifying and frustrating course they will ever take. The Calculus Lifesaver provides students with the essential tools they need not only to learn calculus, but to excel at it. All of the material in this user-friendly study guide has been proven to get results. The book arose from Adrian Banner's popular calculus review course at Princeton University, which he developed especially for students who are motivated to earn A's but get only average grades on exams. The complete course will be available for free on the Web in a series of videotaped lectures. This study guide works as a supplement to any single-variable calculus course or textbook. Coupled with a selection of exercises, the book can also be used as a textbook in its own right. The style is informal, non-intimidating, and even entertaining, without sacrificing comprehensiveness. The author elaborates standard course material with scores of detailed examples that treat the reader to an "inner monologue"--the train of thought students should be following in order to solve the problem--providing the necessary reasoning as well as the solution. The book's emphasis is on building problem-solving skills. Examples range from easy to difficult and illustrate the in-depth presentation of theory. The Calculus Lifesaver combines ease of use and readability with the depth of content and mathematical rigor of the best calculus textbooks. It is an indispensable volume for any student seeking to master calculus. - Serves as a companion to any single-variable calculus textbook
- Informal, entertaining, and not intimidating
- Informative videos that follow the book--a full forty-eight hours of Banner's Princeton calculus-review course--will be available through the book's Web site at www.calclifesaver.com
- More than 475 examples (ranging from easy to hard) provide step-by-step reasoning
- Theorems and methods justified and connections made to actual practice
- Difficult topics such as improper integrals and infinite series covered in detail
- Tried and tested by students taking freshman calculus
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Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account "—New York Times Book ReviewVaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines. It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and looks at why some parents have resisted this authority. Political and social intrigue have often accompanied vaccination—from the divisive introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to the 9,000 lawsuits recently filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Arthur Allen reveals a history illuminated by hope and shrouded by controversy, and he sheds new light on changing notions of health, risk, and the common good. 16 pages of illustrations..
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Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers
Fire on the Beach recovers the heroic, long-forgotten story of the only all-black crew in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1871 the Life-Saving Service, the precursor to the Coast Guard, was created by Congress to assure the safe passage of American and international shipping and to save lives and salvage cargo. Although it was decommissioned in 1915, a century ago the LSS boasted some two hundred stations, and the adventures of the now forgotten "surfmen" filled the pages of popular reading, from Harper's to the Baltimore Sun to the New York Herald. This book tells the story of Station 17 of Pea Island, North Carolina, and its courageous captain, Richard Etheridge. A former slave and Civil War veteran, Etheridge was appointed Keeper of the Pea Island station, but when the white crew already in place refused to serve under him, he recruited and trained an entirely black crew. Although they were among the most courageous in the service, leading many daring rescues and saving scores of men, women, and children along the treacherous stretch of coast known as "the Graveyard of the Atlantic," civilian attitudes toward the Pea Island surfmen ranged from curiosity to outrage. When a hurricane hit the Banks in the late 1890s, they managed to save everyone aboard the wrecked E.S. Newman. This incredible feat went unrecognized for a century until, in 1996, the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Etheridge and his men the Gold Life-Saving Medal. This courageous story of a group of men who battled prejudice as well as fierce storms to carry out heroic deeds illustrates yet another example of the contribution of one group of remarkable African Americans to this country's history..
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The Joy of Diabetes
A Life-Long Diabetic's take on a tough disease A Book for Diabetics .....and the Folks That Love Them If you spend the hour or so it takes to read this book, I promise not to waste your time. I want to inspire you to take this disease by the horns and wrestle it to the ground. Life is a Joyful walk in time and you deserve the right to enjoy it. I am inspired to help you do so. Come with me on a quick tour outlining what I believe is a fun, healthy, pithy, and Joyful approach to a potentially killer disease. From all the statistics I read about this disease....you'd better hurry .....Just kidding. Bob.
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Parents Are Lifesavers: A Handbook for Parent Involvement in Schools
"Offers a practical path to new partnerships between schools and parents Such life-saving partnerships are essential if we are to serve our children and our future."
From the Foreword by Richard C. Benjamin
Director Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools "Mrs. Batey's enthusiasm for involving parents is infectious."
Everett A. Hanner, Principal
Brick Church Metro Middle School of Nashville and Davidson County "Batey delivers a concise, fresh look at successful, broad-based community/school collaborations. Every school should have a copy of this important work."
Claudia Smith, Project Director
Wayne County Partners in Education Foundation and Mentoring Program
Jesup, Georgia The literature on reform and restructuring often calls for increasing parents' participation as a way to maximize schools' effectiveness. But, as you well know, that is a challenging task. This book contains the real, down-to-earth skills and tips you need to turn parents into active, sharing participants in their children's education. Batey provides you with step-by-step guidelines for getting parents involved in your school and your classrooms. You'll learn proven techniques that encourage participation by all, including the "hard-to-reach" parents. Written by a parent who's been there, this new workbook gives you: - Outlines for use by school professionals or parents
- Sample volunteer forms
- Sample donation letters
- Parent and staff surveys
- Teacher improvement plans for parental involvement
- A "wish list" request form, and more!
If you want to motivate parents to become working partners at your school, this book is for you. (20080729).
Price: $16.75
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100 More Library Lifesavers: A Survival Guide for School Library Media Specialists
A career's worth of creative solutions to problems and challenges commonly encountered in school libraries, this second volume to the best-selling 100 Library Lifesavers presents another 100 ready-to-use lifesavers to help you stay on top of your busy schedule and make your library look good! Seasoned school library media specialist Pamela S. Bacon once again shares practical, field-tested advice for just about any task. Each lifesaver includes a brief description, "tips" (helpful suggestions) and "tools" (ready-to-use templates), as well as an added feature called "trips" (Internet links). Grades 6-12. The lifesavers are organized into 10 general sections: Dive into Distance Learning All Aboard! Exceeding the Standards! Dive under Cover: Lessons to Improve Reading Motivation Keep Afloat: Great Library Management Tips Get Below the Surface-Library Skills from the Ground Up! Float through Personal & Professional Development Go Fish! Library Games for All Grade Levels "Sea" What Others are Doing-Library Media Center Best Practices Head Swimming? Get Organized! Sail into Technology-Technology Tools Whether you're a novice or a veteran school librarian, the lifesavers in this upbeat, practical book will help you optimize your time and make the job more manageable..
Price: $40.00
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Scientists Greater than Einstein: The Biggest Lifesavers of the Twentieth Century
Scientists Greater than Einstein tells the stories of ten scientists whose discoveries have had an amazing impact on humanity Combined, these ten scientists have saved more than 1.6 billion lives—and yet, most remain unknown and unheralded. For instance: Do you know about the eye doctor who in the 1970s figured out how to save millions of children with a nickel’s worth of medicine? How about the man from the dusty fields of Mexico who has saved hundreds of millions of people from dying of starvation and malnutrition? Everyone knows about Jonas Salk and his polio vaccine. Do you know whose discovery made Salk’s vaccine possible and who created the measles vaccine that has saved many more lives than the polio vaccine? Much of the world’s population is alive today due to these ten scientists and no one knows their names. Scientists Greater than Einstein will correct this oversight. .
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