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EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
by Frances Moore LappeIn Eco Mind, Frances Moore Lappé-a giant of the environmental movement-confronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the biggest challenge to human survival isn’t our fossil fuel dependency, melting glaciers, or other calamities. Rather, it’s our faulty way of thinking about these environmental crises that robs us of power. Lappé dismantles seven common "thought traps”-from limits to growth to the failings of democracy- that belie what we now know about nature, including our own, and offers contrasting "thought leaps” that reveal our hidden power. Like her Diet for a Small Planet classic, Eco Mind is challenging, controversial and empowering.
Ecology and Field Biology (Sixth Edition)
by Robert Leo Smith Thomas M. SmithThis book presents a comprehensive overview of all aspects of ecology, including evolution, ecosystems theory, practical applications, plants, animals, biogeochemical cycles, and global change. A new chapter discusses global environmental change, human impacts on the global carbon cycle, and the possible implications for the global climate system. Six "Ecological Application Essays" demonstrate to students the real world relevance of ecological concepts. For example, Part V, Population Interactions, discusses how a lack of mushrooms helped power the Industrial Revolution. Reflecting current changes in the field of ecology, the new edition incorporates more discussion of the evolutionary perspective on ecological systems. For anyone interested in ecology.
Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands
by Darold Batzer Rebecca SharitzDesigned as a textbook, this volume is an important, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible survey in ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Prominent wetland scholars address the physical environment, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, soils, and hydrology of both freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Careful syntheses review how hydrology and chemistry constrain wetlands plants and animals. In addition, contributors document the strategies employed by plants, animals, and bacteria to cope with stress. Focusing on the ecology of key organisms, each chapter is relevant to wetland regulation and assessment, wetland restoration, how flood pulses control the ecology of most wetland complexes, and how human regulation of flood pulses threatens wetland biotic integrity. Ideal for the classroom, this book is a fundamental resource for anyone interested in the current state of our wetlands.
Ecology: Concepts And Applications (Seventh Edition)
by Manuel C. MollesEcology: Concepts and Applications by Molles places great emphasis on helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than theoretical. An evolutionary perspective forms the foundation of the entire discussion. The book begins with the natural history of the planet, considers portions of the whole in the middle chapters, and ends with another perspective of the entire planet in the concluding chapter. Its unique organization of focusing only on several key concepts in each chapter sets it apart from other ecology texts. Users who purchase Connect Plus receive access to the full online ebook version of the textbook.
Economic Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition
by Thomas SowellEconomic Facts and Fallaciesexposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes ofEconomic Facts and Fallaciesis that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power-and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author’sBasic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.
Economics (Ninth Edition)
by David ColanderThe integrated solutions for Colander's Economics 9e have been specifically designed to help today's students succeed in the principles of economics course. Colander's trademark colloquial approach focuses on modern economics, institutions, history, and modeling, and is organized around learning objectives to make it easier for students to understand the material and for instructors to build assignments within Connect Plus. McGraw-Hill's adaptive learning component, LearnSmart, provides assignable modules that help students master core topics. Significant improvements in pedagogy such as reworked end-of-chapter problems, seamless integration within the Connect Plus eBook, and instant feedback on assignments will engage students in the ninth edition like never before and instill the "economic sensibility" necessary to apply economic concepts to the real world.
Economics Demystified
by Eric Dodge Melanie FoxAll the information you need--quick, easy, and ON THE MONEY ECON. Do these letters make you sweat? You're not alone. From college freshmen to PhD students, economics tops the list of panic-inducing classes. But help has arrived. Economics DeMYSTiFieD is a curriculum-based, self-teaching guide that makes learning this important business topic easier than ever. Filled with illustrations, plain-English explanations, and real-life examples, it starts with the fundamentals and eases you into the more complicated theories, concepts, and mathematical formulas. When it comes to making this complex topic easy to grasp, Economics DeMYSTiFieD corners the market. This fast and easy guide features: Expert overviews of key topics, including supply and demand, macro- and microeconomics, consumer price index, and monetary policy Chapter-ending quizzes and a final exam for charting your progress Math equations you can work out to bolster your comprehension Special-focus chapters on the environment, healthcare, and insurance Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Economics DeMYSTiFieD is your shortcut to mastery of this otherwise perplexing subject.
Economics Fifth Edition
by R. Glenn Hubbard Anthony Patrick O'BrienEconomics, Fifth Edition makes economics relevant by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day. Regardless of their future career path--opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street, or bartending at the local pub--students will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work. This program provides a better teaching and learning experience--for you and your students.
Economics Of Strategy
by David Dranove David Besanko Mark Shanley Mark SchaeferEconomics of Strategy focuses on the key economic concepts students must master in order to develop a sound business strategy. Ideal for undergraduate managerial economics and business strategy courses, Economics of Strategy offers a careful yet accessible translation of advanced economic concepts to practical problems facing business managers. Armed with general principles, today's students--tomorrows future managers--will be prepared to adjust their firms business strategies to the demands of the ever-changing environment.
Economics Today and Tomorrow
by Roger Leroy MillerEconomics Today and Tomorrow incorporates the 21 basic concepts established in A Framework for Teaching Basic Economic Concepts, published by the National Council on Economic Education.
Economics by Example
by David A. AndersonDavid A. Anderson is a doctor and specializes in the economics of law, crime, and the environment. This book introduces the principles of economics with an interesting and refreshing approach to the students. He uses stories and exciting applications to present economical situations. It contains 30 chapters and at the end of every chapter, discussion-starting questions that encourage student reflections and discussions.
Economics for Today (6th edition)
by Irvin B. TuckerPresents the basics of economic principles and the context to apply them to their everyday lives. The sixth edition continues Tucker's tradition of using a unique textual and visual learning system to concisely present and reinforce core concepts, then assess student comprehension.
Economics for the IB Diploma Revision Guide: (International Baccalaureate Diploma)
by Paul HoangEconomics for the IB Diploma Revision Guide will ensure students can aim for their best grade with the help of accurate and accessible notes, examiner advice, and exam-style questions on each key topic. - Builds revision skills through a range of strategies and detailed examiner advice - Covers all the knowledge with concise, clear explanations of all the syllabus requirements and topics - Demonstrates what is required to get the best grades with tips, sample questions and model answers Answers are free online at www.hodderplus.com
Economics for the IB Diploma: (international Baccalaureate Diploma) (Skills For Success Ser.)
by Paul HoangDeveloped in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate®Ensure full coverage of the new syllabus with this comprehensive guide written by highly experienced authors, that explores all topics through inquiry, concepts, content and contexts and their interrelationships with each other.- Explore economics through the nine key concepts in the new course with our newly developed acronym for a deeper and more integrated understanding of the subject.- Includes new integrated subtopics of Economics of the environment and Economics of inequality and poverty which helps bring to light the global challenges facing the planet today and how these can be addressed using an Economics lens.- Apply new skills and knowledge to everyday life with examples and case studies.- Foster the attributes of the lB learner profile with explicit reference made throughout, as well as TOK links for every topic.- Prepare for the new assessment model with exam-style questions and review questions.- Avoid common mistakes and aim for the best grades with expert tips and hints.
Economics of Forest Resources
by Gregory S. Amacher Markku Ollikainen Erkki KoskelaThe field of forest economics has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, and yet there exists no up-to-date textbook for advanced undergraduate-graduate level use or rigorous reference work for professionals. Economics of Forest Resources fills these gaps, offering a comprehensive technical survey of the field with special attention to recent developments regarding policy instrument choice and uncertainty. It covers all areas in which mathematical models have been used to explain forest owner and user incentives and government behavior, introducing the reader to the rigor needed to think through the consequences of policy instruments. Technically difficult concepts are presented with a unified and progressive approach; an appendix outlines the basic concepts from calculus needed to understand the models and results developed. The book first presents the historical and classic models that every student or researcher in forest economics must know, including Faustman and Hartman approaches, public goods, spatial interdependence, two period life-cycle models, and overlapping generations problems. It then discusses topics including policy instrument choice, deforestation, biodiversity conservation, and age-class based forest modeling. Finally, it surveys such advanced topics as uncertainty in two period models, catastrophic risk, stochastic control problems, deterministic optimal control, and stochastic and deterministic dynamic programming approaches. Boxes with empirical content illustrating applications of the theoretical material appear throughout. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing the reader, student, or instructor to use the text according to individual needs.
Economics of Regulation and Antitrust (4th edition)
by W. Kip Viscusi Joseph E. Harrington John M. VernonThis new edition of the leading text on business and government focuses on the insights economic reasoning can provide in analyzing regulatory and antitrust issues. Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions, Economics of Regulation and Antitrust tasks how economic theory and empirical analysis can illuminate the character of market operation and the role for government action and brings new developments in theory and empirical methodology to bear on these questions. The fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout, with new material added and extended discussion of many topics. Part I, on antitrust, has been given a major revision to reflect advances in economic theory and recent antitrust cases, including the case against Microsoft and the Supreme Court's Kodak decision. Part II, on economic regulation, updates its treatment of the restructuring and deregulation of the telecommunications and electric power industries, and includes an analysis of what went wrong in the California energy market in 2000 and 2001. Part III, on social regulation, now includes increased discussion of risk-risk analysis and extensive changes to its discussion of environmental regulation. The many case studies included provide students not only pertinent insights for today but also the economic tools to analyze the implications of regulations and antitrust policies in the future. The book is suitable for use in a wide range of courses in business, law, and public policy, for undergraduates as well at the graduate level. The structure of the book allows instructors to combine the chapters in various ways according to their needs. Presentation of more advanced material is self-contained. Each chapter concludes with questions and problems.
Economics: A Tool for Critically Understanding Society
by Tom Riddell Jean A. Shackelford Stephen C. Stamos Geoffrey SchneiderThe authors take a historical perspective, presenting economic theories and their connections to a wide variety of schools of thought.
Economics: Institutions and Analysis Fourth Edition
by Gerson Antell Walter HarrisThis text book keeps it simple. It's organized intelligently and it has an extended glossary with concise definitions of virtually every term mentioned in the text. So while economics is never easy to grasp, this book is written in such a straight-forward way, it makes it clearer than most economics text books.
Economics: Theory Through Applications
by Russell Cooper A. Andrew JohnThis textbook, Economics: Theory Through Applications, centers around student needs and expectations through two premises: ... Students are motivated to study economics if they see that it relates to their own lives. ... Students learn best from an inductive approach, in which they are first confronted with a problem, and then led through the process of solving that problem. Many books claim to present economics in a way that is digestible for students; Russell and Andrew have truly created one from scratch. This textbook will assist you in increasing students' economic literacy both by developing their aptitude for economic thinking and by presenting key insights about economics that every educated individual should know.
Eden Summer
by Liz FlanaganAn affecting YA debut from a brilliant new voice about friendship and finding yourself in the midst of loss. A thriller from the heart that's Morgan Matson meets Lauren Oliver.It starts like any other day for Jess. Get up, draw on eyeliner, cover up tattoos, and head to school. But soon it's clear that this is no ordinary day, because Jess's best friend, Eden, isn't at school . . . she's gone missing.Jess knows she must do everything in her power to find Eden. Before the unthinkable happens.So Jess decides to retrace the life-changing summer she and Eden have just spent together. But looking back means digging up all their buried secrets, and she soon begins to question everything she thought the summer had been about, and everything she thought she knew about her best friend . . . A tense and moving journey through friendship, loss, betrayal, and self-discovery, Eden Summer, will plunge its way into your heart and stay there forever.
Edexcel A Level Biology Student Book 2
by Martin Rowland Ed Lees C. J. CleggEndorsed for Edexcel Build investigative skills, test understanding and apply biological theory to topical examples with this Edexcel Year 2 Student Book - Supports all 16 required practicals with activities and questions to help students explain procedures, analyse data and evaluate results- Provides clear definitions, as well as explanations, of the meanings of all technical vocabulary needed for the new specification- Helps bring students up to speed with a summary of prior knowledge and diagnostic questions at the start of each chapter- Offers assessment guidance with Exam Practice Questions at the end of each chapter, graded by difficulty to support progression, along with Challenge Questions to stretch more able students- Mathematical skills throughout and a dedicated 'Maths in Biology' chapter explaining key concepts and methods- Develops understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries
Edexcel A Level Biology Student Book 2
by Martin Rowland Ed Lees C. J. CleggExam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for Edexcel Supports Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Biology B (9BI0) specification.Build investigative skills, test understanding and apply biological theory to topical examples with this Edexcel Year 2 Student Book. - Supports all 16 required practicals with activities and questions to help students explain procedures, analyse data and evaluate results- Provides clear definitions, as well as explanations, of the meanings of all technical vocabulary needed for the new specification- Helps bring students up to speed with a summary of prior knowledge and diagnostic questions at the start of each chapter- Offers assessment guidance with Exam Practice Questions at the end of each chapter, graded by difficulty to support progression, along with Challenge Questions to stretch more able students- Mathematical skills throughout and a dedicated 'Maths in Biology' chapter explaining key concepts and methods- Develops understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries
Edexcel A Level Chemistry Student Book 2
by Graham Hill Graham Curtis Andrew HuntExam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Develop and assess your students' knowledge and mathematical skills throughout A Level with worked examples, practical assessment guidance and differentiated end of topic questions with this Edexcel Year 2 student book. - Identifies the level of your students' understanding with diagnostic questions and a summary of prior knowledge at the start of the Year 1 Student Book.- Provides support for all 16 required practicals with various activities and questions, along with a 'Practical' chapter covering procedural understanding and key ideas related to measurement- Mathematical skills are integrated throughout with plenty of worked examples, including notes on methods to help explain the strategies for solving each type of problem- Offers plenty of practice with Test Yourself Questions to help students assess their understanding and measure progress- Encourages further reading and study with short passages of extension material- Develops understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries
Edexcel A Level Chemistry Student Book 2
by Graham Hill Graham Curtis Andrew HuntDevelop and assess your students' knowledge and mathematical skills throughout A Level with worked examples, practical assessment guidance and differentiated end of topic questions with this Edexcel Year 2 student book. - Identifies the level of your students' understanding with diagnostic questions and a summary of prior knowledge at the start of the Year 1 Student Book- Provides support for all 16 required practicals with various activities and questions, along with a 'Practical' chapter covering procedural understanding and key ideas related to measurement- Mathematical skills are integrated throughout with plenty of worked examples, including notes on methods to help explain the strategies for solving each type of problem- Offers plenty of practice with Test Yourself Questions to help students assess their understanding and measure progress- Encourages further reading and study with short passages of extension material- Develops understanding with free online access to Test yourself Answers, an Extended Glossary, Learning Outcomes and Topic Summaries