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Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits
by David Ortiz Tony MassarottiThe inspiring and dramatic story of Big Papi, from growing up poor to becoming one of the most popular and successful players in Major League Baseball.Raised in the Dominican Republic, signed by the Seattle Mariners, and released by the Minnesota Twins, David Ortiz landed in baseball-crazy Boston, of all places. Generally regarded as an underachiever to that point in his career, Ortiz blossomed into one of the most feared and adored sluggers in baseball while altering the course of the game's history, helping Boston win its first World Series in eighty-six years and thereby breaking the infamous "Curse of the Bambino."Along the way, Ortiz established his place as a truly Ruthian figure in the annals of our national pastime: an imposing figure in the batter's box, yet an endearing man to the young, particularly in his native Dominican Republic, where he has focused his charitable efforts on improving the health of children. The son of two caring parents, and a loving father of three, Ortiz is a hero to many.Now, in his memoir, the man affectionately known as "Big Papi" recounts his life from growing up in an impoverished area of the Dominican Republic (where baseball is king) to his ascension in Boston (where he became one). Ortiz discusses, in detail, his historic and record-setting performances as a member of the Red Sox, his exploding popularity, the challenges of playing in Boston, and life in the Red Sox clubhouse.Big Papi is a unique memoir by a charismatic man who appeals to young and old, on the baseball field or off.
Big Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic: From Vicodin to Heroin (Informed!)
by Eric BraunMore than 130 people a day in the U.S. die from opioid overdoses. Addiction to legal and illegal opioids has been declared a national crisis. The U.S. spends about $78.5 billion a year on treatment, criminal prosecution, and health care related to the crisis. What caused this massive problem? Can the crisis be slowed or reversed? Students will get practical tips on how to help someone suffering from an addiction or experiencing an overdose, and learn about how the nation is trying to deal with the crisis.
Big Pharma, Women, and the Labour of Love
by Thea CacchioniIn 2010, Thea Cacchioni testified before the US Food and Drug Administration against flibanserin, a drug proposed to treat low sexual desire in women, dubbed by the media the "pink Viagra." She was one of many academics and activists sounding the alarm about the lack of science behind the search for potentially lucrative female sexual enhancement drugs.In her book, Big Pharma, Women, and the Labour of Love, Cacchioni moves beyond the search for a sexual pharmaceutical drug for women to ask a broader question: how does the medicalization of female sexuality already affect women's lives? Using in-depth interviews with doctors, patients, therapists, and other medical practitioners, Cacchioni shows that, whatever the future of the "pink Viagra," heterosexual women often now feel expected to take on the job of managing their and their partners' sexual desires. Their search for sexual pleasure can be a "labour of love," work that is enjoyable for some but a chore for others.An original and insightful take on the burden of heterosexual norms in an era of compulsory sexuality, Cacchioni's investigation should open up a wide-ranging discussion about the true impact of the medicalization of sexuality.
Big Picture Bioethics: Developing Democratic Policy in Contested Domains (The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology #16)
by Susan Dodds Rachel A. AnkenyThis book addresses the problem of how to make democratically-legitimate public policy on issues of contentious bioethical debate. It focuses on ethical contests about research and their legitimate resolution, while addressing questions of political legitimacy. How should states make public policy on issues where there is ethical disagreement, not only about appropriate outcomes, but even what values are at stake? What constitutes justified, democratic policy in such conflicted domains? Case studies from Canada and Australia demonstrate that two countries sharing historical and institutional characteristics can reach different policy responses. This book is of interest to policymakers, bioethicists, and philosophers, and will deepen our understanding of the interactions between large-scale socio-political forces and detailed policy problems in bioethics. asdf
Big Picture Economics
by Joel Naroff Ron SchererNavigate the economy with this insightful new bookThe world is awash with economic information. Governments release reports. Pundits give their interpretation on television. And the stock market may go its own way, confusing everyone. How can you better understand what it means for you?Big Picture Economics, a new book by award-winning columnist and futurist Joel Naroff and veteran journalist Ron Scherer, says the thread that ties everything together is "context."The authors show how consumers, business, the Federal Reserve, and government take into account what's going on around them to make critical decisions like buying new products, building new factories, changing interest rates, or setting budget goals. The book provides a clear roadmap to understanding the whole story behind the global economy.Big Picture Economics helps readers understand how context impacts decisions and decision makers.- The Federal Reserve and Congress in formulating economic policy- Consumers in a shopper nation and what makes us buy or not buy- Corporations making decisions on whether to build new factories and buy other companies- The federal budget that must deal with complex issues, including the reduction of health care spending- A simple test for tax cuts or increases: will they help the economy grow?- Where to produce and where to sell in a global economy that is more like a Mobius strip than a flat world- International events that can ripple through the economy and ultimately affect workers in the Midwest- Technology, such as intelligent drones to wearable computers, are changing the futureExperts laud the book for its perceptive insights:"It all sounds like common sense, but it is actually based on a close, expert reading of economic history and what that history implies for the future. Read this book to become a more educated judge of economic policy."--Robert Moffitt, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University"Naroff and Scherer show how seemingly unrelated things like an upgrade of the Panama Canal, a Tex-Mex restaurant's menu change, or how many Americans are overweight turn out to be intricately linked to our daily experiences. What brings the book to life is the authors' focus on these hidden interconnections."--Brendan Conway, blogger and columnist, Barron's
Big Picture Perspectives on Planetary Flourishing: Metatheory for the Anthropocene Volume 1 (Routledge Studies in Critical Realism)
by Sean Esbjörn-Hargens Nicholas HedlundThis book, split across two volumes, is a follow-up and companion to Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2016). All three of these volumes are the dialogical outcome of a multi-year symposia series wherein critical realists and integral theorists deeply engaged each other and their distinct but complementary approaches to integrative metatheory. Whereas Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century is primarily theoretical in its focus, Big Picture Perspectives for Planetary Flourishing: Metatheory for the Anthropocene aims to more concretely and practically address the complex planetary crises of a new era that many scholars now refer to as ‘the Anthropocene.’ In this first of two new volumes, participants of the symposia series articulate a variety of ‘big picture perspectives’ and transformative interventions in the domains of society and economics, social psychology, and education. Together, these chapters demonstrate how integrative metatheory and its application can make powerful contributions to planetary flourishing in the Anthropocene. With one of the defining characteristics of the Anthropocene being the sheer complexity and multi-valent nature of our interconnected global challenges, these volumes crucially present new forms of scholarship that can adequately weave together insights from multiple disciplines into new forms of metapraxis. As such, this book will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in the areas of philosophy, social theory, critical realism, integral studies, metamodernism, and current affairs generally.
Big Picture Strategy: The Six Choices That Will Transform Your Business
by Marta Dapena-BaronFOCUS YOUR TEAM, YOUR STRATEGY, AND YOUR COMPANY WITH AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH Regardless of the size and market strength of your firm, your resources and capabilities are ultimately limited. It is by concentrating these resources that you can magnify your company’s core competencies and find a strategic competitive advantage. While it’s hard to resist the siren song of consultants who suggest complex and multi-faceted approaches, Marta Dapena Barón makes a compelling argument for constraining your commercial choices as the best method to unlock growth. You’ll discover how to address the six fundamental questions that determine the success of any commercial endeavor. You’ll also learn how to tightly integrate your strategic planning with tactical execution, coordinating cross-functional teams through simple and effective operational benchmarks. The accessible advice in Big Picture Strategy will improve your organization’s ability to learn from its strategy-to-execution efforts, drive customer retention and loyalty, increase your marketing efficiency and efficacy, and differentiate your brand. Ideal for business leaders seeking an actionable and effective approach to commercial strategy that delivers results, this book is your roadmap to simplifying and focusing your approach to commercial success.
Big Pig, Little Pig: A Year on a Smallholding in South-West France
by Jacqueline YallopAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week'A delightful and entertaining memoir' Woman and HomeWhen Jacqueline moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter. But as she gets to know the animals better, her English sentimentality threatens to get in the way and she begins to wonder if she can actually bring herself to kill them. This is a memoir about that fateful decision, but it's also about the ethics of meat eating in the modern age, and whether we should know, respect and even love the animals we eat. At its heart, this book is a love story, exploring the increasing attachment of the author for her particular pigs, and celebrating the enduring closeness of humans and pigs over the centuries.
Big Places, Big Plans (Perspectives On Rural Policy And Planning Ser.)
by Mark B. LappingWith origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America. First seen as a manifestation of the environmental movement, the revolution prompted governments at several levels to attempt to protect critical areas and vulnerable natural resources. Many of the most dramatic and far-reaching shifts in planning regimes have occurred in large-scale, environmentally unique or sensitive regions. It is these big places, looming large in the American and Canadian psyches, that are the focus of this edited volume. Each of the chapters reflects on the contemporary challenge of environmental and land use planning. Ten leading distinguished scholars here provide thoughtful analyses and critical insights into the processes and contexts shaping the innovative planning and policy schemes in seven regional landscapes.
Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design (Center Books On Contemporary Landscape Design Ser.)
by Kenneth Kolson“Similar in spirit to Lewis Mumford’s The City in History and Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities . . . wonderful, funny, idiosyncratic.” —Frederick R. Steiner, author of The Living LandscapeBig Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user’s perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.“A book that should be read by all those people, and there seem to be more of them as week chases week, who are thinking about the fate of lower Manhattan right now.” —Bloomberg News“Kenneth Kolson has lots of material: Some of what’s been built in cities lately is astonishing and not in a good way.” —The Boston Globe“Kolson is a passionate critic of urban schemes, with well-founded skepticism about the role rationality has played in designing them.” —Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians“A fascinating read about the utopian goal of Big Plans and the dystopian reality of lived experience.” —Design Issues
Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design (Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design)
by Kenneth KolsonBig Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.
Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry
by Melinda Tankard Reist Abigail BrayThe unprecedented mainstreaming of the global pornography industry is transforming the sexual politics of intimate and public life, popularizing new forms of hardcore misogyny, and strongly contributing to the sexualization of children. Yet, challenges to the industry continue to be dismissed as uncool, antisex, and moral panic. Unmasking the lies behind the selling of porn as entertainment, this book reveals the shocking truths of an industry that trades in violence, crime, and degradation while discussing topics such as racism in gay male porn, the use of animals in porn, child pornography, and BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism). Fearless and controversial, this examination will challenge the current view of pornography.
Big Portions, Big Problems
by Ellyn Sanna"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach." Many of us have heard this familiar warning against overeating. But no matter how many times we hear it, changing our eating habits can be difficult. Instead of counting calories, we often judge food by how it looks . . . and by its size. In today's obesity epidemic, large portion sizes are a major factor. Find out how eating habits have been shaped by our love of bigness. Learn about what's best for your long-term health--and what you need to do to begin changing bad eating habits now.
Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, andWell-Being
by Shawn AchorBestselling author Shawn Achor shows how to unlock hidden sources of potential in ourselves and others.In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in isolation - pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard - we are not just limiting our potential, we are becoming more stressed and disconnected than ever.In his highly anticipated follow-up to The Happiness Advantage, Achor reveals a better approach. Drawing on his work in 50 countries, he shows that success and happiness are not competitive sports. Rather, they depend almost entirely on how well we connect with, relate to, and learn from each other.Just as happiness is contagious, every dimension of human potential - performance, intelligence, creativity, leadership ability and health - is influenced by those around us. So when we help others become better, we reach new levels of potential, as well. Rather than fighting over scraps of the pie, we can expand the pie instead.Small Potential is the limited success we can attain alone. BIG Potential is what we can achieve together. Here, Achor offers five strategies - the SEEDS of Big Potential--for lifting the ceiling on what we can achieve while returning happiness and meaning to our lives.The dramatic shifts in how we approach work today demand an equally dramatic shift in our approach to success. Big Potential offers a new path to thriving in the modern world.
Big Problems: A Former Fat Guy's Look at Why We're Getting Fatter and What You Can Do to Fix It
by Andy BoyleA smart, funny dive into the weight-loss industry, from a journalist on a quest to master healthy livingLike many of us, Andy Boyle struggled with his weight all his life. But it wasn't until one fateful pants-splitting incident that he realized he really ought to do something about it. Since then he has lost the weight. And put it back on. And lost it again. As he fumbled through his weight-loss journey, Andy learned the hard way that there's a difference between real, effective methods and the crap that big businesses are trying to sell you.In Big Problems, Andy explores the reasons why we've gotten fat in the first place as well as real ways to lose those extra pounds. Through interviews with health experts, doctors, runners, bodybuilders and more, he unpacks the truths hidden beneath the hype, including: • Are superfoods really all that super? • Why the heck are you so hungry all the time? • Is it better to go for a run or lift weights? • Does dieting work? (Spoiler alert: No)While he is by no means an expert, Andy Boyle's hands-on experience and insightful research cuts through the bullshit and gives it to you straight. This funny and useful book will have you lacing up your workout shoes and saying "no" to that second beer. (Well, maybe sometimes...)
Big Problems: Small Solutions (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Purple #Level S)
by Mia LewisA two-liter soda bottle filled with water lights up the inside of a dim house. Now the family can get work done, save money, and stay safe. This idea may be small, but it really works! Learn how three simple solutions are chipping away at some of the world's biggest problems, one step at a time.
Big Public Data aus dem Programmable Web: HMD Best Paper Award 2019 (essentials)
by Ulrich MatterDie Verbreitung des Internets und die zunehmende Digitalisierung in der öffentlichen Verwaltung und Politik haben über die letzten Jahre zu einer starken Zunahme an hochdetaillierten digitalen Datenbeständen über politische Akteure und Prozesse geführt. Diese big public data werden oft über programmatische Schnittstellen (Web APIs; programmable Web) verbreitet, um die Einbettung der Daten in anderen Webanwendungen zu vereinfachen. Die Analyse dieser Daten für wissenschaftliche Zwecke in der politischen Ökonomie und Politologie ist vielversprechend, setzt jedoch die Implementierung einer data pipeline zur Beschaffung und Aufbereitung von Daten aus dem programmable Web voraus. Dieses Buch diskutiert die Chancen und Herausforderungen der praktischen Nutzung dieser Datenbestände für die empirische Forschung und zeigt anhand einer Fallstudie ein mögliches Vorgehen zur systematischen Analyse von big public data aus dem programmable Web auf.
Big Qual: A Guide to Breadth-and-Depth Analysis
by Rosalind Edwards Lynn Jamieson Susie Weller Emma DavidsonThis upper-level textbook presents a new approach to large scale qualitative analysis – the pioneering breadth-and-depth method. It covers the strengths and deployment of “big qual” as a distinct research methodology. The book will appeal to students and researchers across disciplines and methodological backgrounds.The growing availability of large qualitative data sets presents exciting opportunities. Pooling multiple qualitative data sets enhances the possibility of theoretical generalisability and strengthens claims from qualitative research about understanding how social processes work.Given the evolving possibilities that big data offers the humanities and social sciences, this book will be a must-have resource, building capacity and provoking new ways of thinking about qualitative research and its analysis.
Big Questions Book of Sex & Consent
by Donna FreitasWhat this book is NOT:The fear-based How-To on sex and consent, oversimplified and focused on technicalities, that represents so much of our sexual education today.What this book IS:A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life.What is the meaning and purpose of sex? How does it intersect with who I am? Why are people so afraid of it? What does a healthy and joyful approach to sex look like for me? Why is consent so much more than a yes or no question?Who this book is FOR:Everybody!! No matter your sexuality, gender, religion, or race.What could be more essential?
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams
by Sharon Daloz ParksBuilding on the foundation she established with her ground-breaking book, The Critical Years, Parks invites us to take up responsibility for providing thoughtful mentorship and mentoring environments during the wilderness years of young adulthood. In this updated edition she addresses recent current events: violence in our culture, smart phones, mixed spirituality/religious identities, social media/networking, the economic crisis, changing racial identity, cultural shifts and other forces shaping the narrative of young adulthood today. She provides concrete ways of employing the theory in different types of mentoring communities, more on the relationship between meaning-making (faith/religion/spirituality) and disciplinary learning and includes new (and more timely) stories and illustrations.
Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook: Recipes from Lambert's Texas Kitchens
by June Naylor Louis LambertA proudly Texan collection of 125 recipes that blend sophisticated techniques and ingredients with hearty, down-home ranch cooking, from a chef with five successful restaurants.A descendent of cattle ranchers, chef Lou Lambert's cuisine is neither chuck-wagon chow nor French bistro fare. He melds real West Texas flair with the contemporary fine food that he learned to cook at the CIA and then perfected at Wolfgang Puck's Postrio, creating big flavor dishes such as Beef Tenderloin with Blue Crab and Bearnaise and Coriander-Roasted Leg of Lamb with Border Chimichurri. Big Ranch, Big City taps into deep Texan pride, but Lambert's urban, elevated take on Lone Star standards will have broad appeal nationwide.
Big Reader: Essays
by Susan OldingA book about memory, loss, and a love of books from one of Canada's finest essayistsEver since childhood, Susan Olding has been a big reader, never without a book on the go. Not surprising, then, that she turns to the library to read her own life. From the dissolution of her marriage to the forging of a tentative relationship with her new partner's daughter, from discovering Toronto as a young undergrad to, years later, watching her mother slowly go blind: through every experience, Olding crafts exquisite, searingly honest essays about what it means to be human, to be a woman--and to be a reader. Big Reader is a brilliant, achingly beautiful collection about the slipperiness of memory and identity, the enduring legacy of loss, and the nuanced disappointments and joys of a reading life.
Big Red's Mercy: The Shooting of Deborah Cotton and a Story of Race in America
by Mark HertsgaardThe moving story of a New Orleans woman who fought for justice and her community even amidst one of the city's darkest moments.Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Cotton were strangers to one another, united only by a love of jazz and New Orlean&’s distinctive Second Line tradition. And then, during a Mother&’s Day parade, they were thrown together when two gunmen fired into the crowd… Deborah Cotton—known to all as Big Red—was among the most grievously injured. She is the driving force of this deeply reported parable of two of America&’s most deeply rooted issues. A racial justice activist in her forties who was born to a Black father and a white mother, Cotton was one of twenty people—including the author—shot in the biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans. Once one of the largest slave ports, the city has long been a vortex of violence and racism. From her apparent deathbed, Big Red shocked observers by urging mercy for two young Black men accused of the attack. &“Racism can kill Black people even when a Black finger pulls the trigger,&” she tells Hertsgaard, who, she later said, is &“called&” to investigate what actually happened, and why. Charismatic, complicated, and struck down in her prime, Big Red and her heroic life will captivate readers. In the wake of the shooting, she never stopped fighting as she sought to get to the core of this uniquely American maelstrom. Big Red's Mercy is an illuminating narrative that provides a human and unflinching look at modern America.
Big Rigs: The Complete History of the American Semi Truck
by Stan HoltzmanBig Rigs is a fabulous photographic tribute to these venerable workhorses of the road--American semi trucks and trailers--from the past 100 years. "Big Rigs" provides a general introduction to the history of big rigs, with chapters devoted to all of the major makes of Class 8 diesel trucks: Mack, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, International, Western Star, GMC, White, and more. You'll find a short history of the maker, plus fabulous photos accompanied by extended captions describing model histories and backgrounds. In addition, period ads and brochures make this a complete and unique look at the history of American big rigs. Each chapter provides a short history of the maker and is packed with fabulous photos showing them in all their glory. These images are accompanied by captions that describe model histories and the backgrounds of these working trucks that ride our highways.