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The Mammoth Book Of Everest: From the first attempts to today, 40 first-hand accounts
by Jon E. LewisThis selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.
Managerial Accounting, Seventh Edition
by Al L. Hartgraves Wayne J. MorseThe seventh edition presents managerial accounting in the context of a big-picture, decision oriented, business setting. It integrates traditional coverage with contemporary topics to engage students to read further and understand the materials presented. The book provides a framework for identifying and analyzing decision alternatives and for evaluating success or failure in accomplishing such organizational goals.
Marketing
by Shane C. Hunt John E. MelloMarketing by C. Shane Hunt and John E. Mello was designed to demonstrate to students the connection between marketing and their future careers, whether students choose to pursue a major in marketing or another field. With a number of features to support this effort, including career tips in every chapter and a comprehensive marketing plan exercise that focuses on marketing the most important product in students' lives: themselves, Marketing is the most practical content available for the Principles of Marketing course. Supported by results-driven technology in McGraw-Hill's Connect Marketing and a focused table of contents covering all of the foundational topics in fourteen concise chapters, Marketing is the smart choice for instructors and students to adopt for the Principles of Marketing course.
Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices and Constraints
by Nijole BenokraitisMarriages and Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints, 8/e offers students a comprehensive introduction to many issues facing families in the twenty-first century. The author explores contemporary changes in families and their structure, impacts on the choices available to family members, and constraints that often limit our choices. This approach will help readers better understand the families in which they were raised and are forming themselves. With the most up-to-date material and emerging issues on family behavior, students will be able to make better decisions in their everyday lives.
Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society
by Mary Ann Lamanna Agnes Riedmann Susan D. StewartThis best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines an authoritative, yet applied approach with a theme that is especially relevant today: making choices in a diverse society. A balance of various theoretical perspectives along with many examples helps readers understand how people are influenced by the society around them, how social conditions change in ways that affect family life, the interplay between families and the larger society, and the family-related choices that individuals make throughout adulthood. Readers gain insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms, and are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives.
Maximum Ride Forever (Maximum Ride #9)
by James PattersonNavigate a post-apocalyptic world and experience a thrilling finale with the ultimate Maximum Ride novel.Discover the ninth and ultimate Maximum Ride story! Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming the earth, searching for answers to what happened. All will be revealed in this last spectacular "ride"-a mesmerizing grand finale featuring all of the nonstop action and twists and turns of a blockbuster Patterson page-turner!
MCSA Guide to Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
by Greg TomshoThis book gives you in-depth coverage of the 70-410 certification exam objectives and focuses on the skills you need to install and configure Windows Server 2012/R2.
Medical Ethics: Accounts of Groundbreaking Cases (Seventh Edition)
by Gregory E. PenceGregory Pence helped found the Bioethics field and has published in this area for forty years. In this text his single, authorial voice integrates descriptions of some of the most famous bioethics cases and their issues. The text is the only one that follows cases over decades to tell readers what did, and often, what did not, happen. This new edition retains in-depth discussion of famous cases, while providing updated, detailed analysis of newly raised issues.
The Memory of Light (Arthur A Levine Novel Bks.)
by Francisco X. StorkThis beautiful novel from the author of Marcelo in the Real World about life after a suicide attempt is perfect for fans of It's Kind of a Funny Story and Thirteen Reasons Why.When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be alive. But then she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E.M., always angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness and hard work, they push her to reconsider her life before Lakeview, and offer her an acceptance she's never had.But Vicky's newfound peace is as fragile as the roses that grow around the hospital. And when a crisis forces the group to split up, sending Vicky back to the life that drove her to suicide, she must try to find her own courage and strength. She may not have them. She doesn't know.Inspired in part by the author's own experience with depression, The Memory of Light is the rare young adult novel that focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but the recovery from one -- about living when life doesn't seem worth it, and how we go on anyway.
Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
by Hayden WhiteThis penetrating analysis of eight classic nineteenth-century thinkers explains how historians use literary techniques to write sophisticated historical works.Since its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing. In this classic work, White argues that a deep structural content lies beyond the surface level of historical texts. This latent poetic and linguistic content—which White dubs the "metahistorical element"—essentially serves as a paradigm for what an "appropriate" historical explanation should be. To support his thesis, White analyzes the complex writing styles of historians like Michelet, Ranke, Tocqueville, and Burckhardt, and philosophers of history such as Marx, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Croce. The first work in the history of historiography to concentrate on historical writing as writing, Metahistory sets out to deprive history of its status as a bedrock of factual truth, to redeem narrative as the substance of historicality, and to identify the extent to which any distinction between history and ideology on the basis of the presumed scientificity of the former is spurious.This fortieth-anniversary edition includes a new preface in which White explains his motivation for writing Metahistory and discusses how reactions to the book informed his later writing. In a new foreword, Michael S. Roth, a former student of White's and the current president of Wesleyan University, reflects on the significance of the book across a broad range of fields, including history, literary theory, and philosophy. This book will be of interest to anyone—in any discipline—who takes the past as a serious object of study.
Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (Fifteenth Edition)
by James D. Gwartney David A. Macpherson Russell S. Sobel Richard L. StroupMICROECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE, Fifteenth Edition, reflects current economic conditions, enabling you to apply economic concepts to the real world. The up-to-date text includes analysis and explanation of measures of economic activity in today's market. It also includes highlights of the recession of 2008-2009, and an in-depth look at the lives and contributions of notable economists. MICROECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE dispels common economic myths. The text uses the "invisible hand" metaphor to explain economic theory, demonstrating how it works to stimulate the economy. The fifteenth edition includes online learning solutions to improve your learning outcomes. Graphing tutorials and videos embedded within the interactive reader support your classroom work and improve your performance.
Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition (12th edition)
by Alfred Rosa Paul EschholzModels for Writers is designed to help you learn to write by providing you with a collection of model essays--that is, essays that are examples of good writing.
Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy
by Ronald G. Ehrenberg Robert S. SmithDesigned for students who may not have extensive backgrounds in economics, the text balances theoretical coverage with examples of practical applications that allow students to see concepts in action.
Modern Principles of Economics (Third Edition)
by Tyler Cowen Alex TabarrokEngaging and provocative writing, as well as a knack for revealing the 'invisible hand' of economics at work have made Cowen and Tabarrok's Modern Principles of Economics a singularly distinctive and effective textbook for the principles course.
Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition
by Bruce Alberts Alexander Johnson Julian Lewis David Morgan Martin Raff Keith Roberts Peter WalterAs with previous editions, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition accomplishes this goal with clear writing and beautiful illustrations. The Sixth Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the latest research in the field of cell biology, and it provides an exceptional framework for teaching and learning.
Motivation for Learning and Performance
by Bobby HoffmanThe book outlines 50 key motivation principles based on the latest scientific evidence from the disciplines of psychology, education, business, athletics, and neurology.
My Revision Notes: AQA AS Business Second Edition
by Malcolm Surridge Neil JamesManage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and examiner Neil James. Use specific case studies to improve your knowledge of business processes and topics. Apply business terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words.- Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner- Use the expert tips to clarify key points- Avoid making typical mistakes with expert advice- Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it- Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes at www.hoddereducation.co.uk/myrevisionnotes
My Revision Notes: AQA AS Biology Second Edition
by Mike BoyleWith My Revision Notes you can:- Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and former examiner Mike Boyle- Apply biological terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words- Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner- Test understanding with questions throughout the book- Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes available on the Hodder Education website
My Revision Notes: OCR AS Biology A Second Edition
by Frank SochackiWith My Revision Notes you can:- Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and examiner Frank Sochacki- Apply biological terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words- Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner- Test understanding with questions throughout the book- Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes available on the Hodder Education website
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS Economics Second Edition
by Rachel Cole Quintin BrewerManage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced author Quintin Brewer. Use specific examples to place economic theory in a real-world context. Apply economic terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words.- Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner- Use the expert tips to clarify key points- Avoid making typical mistakes with expert advice- Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it- Get exam ready with last minute quick quizzes at www.hoddereducation.co.uk/myrevisionnotes
My Revision Notes: Aqa Gcse English Language Revision Book Ebook
by Keith BrindleUnlock your full potential in AQA GCSE English Language with this revision guide that focuses on the key skills needed to succeed and provides expert advice at every stage from experienced examiner and skills trainer Keith Brindle.- Enables you to practise, revise and reinforce the skills required for each question type by working through structured tasks and clear guidance on what the examiner is looking for- Improves exam skills with 'Test Yourself' sections supported by easy-to-understand mark schemes, annotated and graded example responses, and answers to each question online- Demonstrates how to get the best marks through numerous exam tips and lists of typical mistakes to avoid- Helps you focus on areas for improvement and design your own revision programme using the handy revision planner- Enhances vocabulary by explaining the key terms you need to understand and use in the exams- Breaks the content down into a manageable question-by-question structure that works perfectly alongside the AQA GCSE English Language Grades 1-5 and 5-9 Student's Books
Narrating 9/11: Fantasies of State, Security, and Terrorism (A <I>Modern Fiction Studies</I> Book)
by John N. Duvall Robert P. Marzec.Contemporary fiction takes on 9/11, interrogating the global expansion of surveillance based on fantasies of US national security.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLNarrating 9/11 challenges the notion that Americans have overcome the national trauma of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The volume responds to issues of war, surveillance, and the expanding security state, including the Bush Administration’s policies on preemptive war, extraordinary rendition, torture abroad, and the suspension of privacy rights and civil liberties at home.Building on the work of Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Žižek, and Donald Pease, the contributors focus on the ways in which post-9/11 narratives help make visible the fantasies that attempt to justify the ongoing state of exception and American exceptionalism. Narrating 9/11 examines a variety of contemporary narratives as they relate to the cultural construction of the neoliberal nation-state, a role that mediates the possibilities of ethnic and religious identity as well as the ability to imagine terrorism. Touching on some of the mainstays of 9/11 fiction, including Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and John Updike’s Terrorist, the book expands this particular canon by considering the work of such writers as Jess Walter, William Gibson, Lauren Groff, Ken Kalfus, Ian McEwan, Philip Roth, John le Carré, Laila Halaby, Michael Chabon, and Jarett Kobek. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now.
Narrative as Virtual Reality 2: Revisiting Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media
by Marie-Laure RyanRethinking textuality, mimesis, and the cognitive processing of texts in light of new modes of artistic world construction.Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association of AmericaIs there a significant difference between engagement with a game and engagement with a movie or novel? Can interactivity contribute to immersion, or is there a trade-off between the immersive "world" aspect of texts and their interactive "game" dimension? As Marie-Laure Ryan demonstrates in Narrative as Virtual Reality 2, the questions raised by the new interactive technologies have their precursors and echoes in pre-electronic literary and artistic traditions. Approaching the idea of virtual reality as a metaphor for total art, Ryan applies the concepts of immersion and interactivity to develop a phenomenology of narrative experience that encompasses reading, watching, and playing. The book weighs traditional literary narratives against the new textual genres made possible by the electronic revolution of the past thirty years, including hypertext, electronic poetry, interactive drama, digital installation art, computer games, and multi-user online worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft.In this completely revised edition, Ryan reflects on the developments that have taken place over the past fifteen years in terms of both theory and practice and focuses on the increase of narrativity in video games and its corresponding loss in experimental digital literature. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken—or hopes to take—in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story.
National 4 Biology
by Nicky SouterThis book is a comprehensive resource for pupils studying National 4 Biology, which adheres closely to the SQA syllabus. Each section of the book matches a mandatory unit of the syllabus, and each chapter corresponds to a key area.In addition to the core text, the book contains a variety of special features:· Activities to consolidate learning· Worked examples to demonstrate key processes· In-text questions to test knowledge and understanding· End-of-chapter questions for homework and assessment· Summaries of key facts and concepts· Integrated advice on the Added Value Unit· Answer section at the back of the book
National 4 Chemistry
by Fran Macdonald Barry Mcbride Stephen JeffreyThis book is a comprehensive resource for pupils studying National 4 Chemistry which adheres closely to the SQA syllabus. Each section of the book matches a mandatory unit of the syllabus, and each chapter corresponds to a key area. In addition to the core text, the book contains a variety of special features:· Activities to consolidate learning and help in preparing for the Added Value Unit· Worked examples to demonstrate key processes· In-text questions to test knowledge and understanding· End-of-chapter questions for homework and assessment· Summaries of key facts and concepts· Answer section at the back of the book