Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics--the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times bestseller. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge your students' view of the way the world really works.
Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and captivating storytelling to show students the hidden side of everything with such questions as: - How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? - Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? - How much good do car seats do? - What's the best way to catch a terrorist? "Thank goodness Levitt and Dubner] are back--with wisdom, wit and, most of all, powerful economic insight. . . . They] wryly, humorously and almost sadistically remind us that we are slaves to our own failures to parse situations into basic economic components."--Los Angeles Times
Автор: Stephen J. Dubner,Steven D. Levitt Название: Freakonomics ISBN: 0141030089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141030081 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Modern life can be baffling and chaotic. Is there any way of making sense of it? The answer, explains groundbreaking thinker Steven Levitt, lies in economics. Not ordinary economics, but freakonomics. It is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. In Freakonomics Levitt turns conventional economics on its head, stripping away the jargon and calculations of the experts' to explore the riddles of everyday life and examine topics such as: how chips are more likely to kill you than murder or a terrorist attack; why sportsmen cheat and how fraud can be spotted; why violent crime can be linked not to gun laws, policing or poverty, but to abortion; why a road is more efficient when everyone travels at 20mph; how the name you give your child can give them an advantage in later life; and what really causes obesity epidemics. Ultimately, he shows us that economics is all about how people get what they want, and what makes them do it. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.
Автор: Stephen J. Dubner,Steven D. Levitt Название: Freakonomics ISBN: 0141019018 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141019017 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Assume nothing, question everything. This book is about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone`s view of the world upside-down and more.
Описание: The long-awaited paperback edition of FREAKONOMICS, with a new preface, additional material, and an exclusive Q &A with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
The essays contained in Beyond the Juxtaposition of Nature and Culture represent an attempt by scholars from Canada, Germany, and Mexico to come to grips with the innovative work of the American philosopher and anthropologist Lawrence Krader who has proposed nothing less than a new theory of nature, according to which there are at least three different orders—the material-biotic, the quantum, and the human—which differ from one another according to their different configurations of space-time, and which cannot be reduced the one to the others. Each author takes up Krader’s theory in relation to its impact on their own discipline: sociology, anthropology, the study of myth, the theory of labor and value, economics, linguistics, and aesthetics. The question of how nature and culture can be integrated within a theoretical framework which links them in difference and nexus and allows each their non-reductive space leads each of the contributors to move in their thinking beyond the old dualisms of materialism and idealism, fact and value, nature and culture.
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The desire to follow a healthy but varied diet is one of the main reasons culinary enthusiasts are flocking to the Breville smart air fryer, and they are experiencing great results. This appliance is so much more than just a way to enjoy some typically unhealthy foods without all the guilt. It can cook an incredible variety of dishes, including many that you probably never thought possible.
Breville smart air fryer comes with some cooking functions: toast, bagel, roast, bake. The recipes in this book have been designed to give you a glimpse into this device's limitless potential. With these tasty recipes, everyone will want to come back for that unique taste that can only be delivered by an air fryer toast oven.
Preparing food in an air fryer toast oven is easy. The only thing required is to pay attention during the cooking process to avoid burning your food.
The most significant sell point of an air fryer toast oven is you can prepare delicious meals with fewer calories compared to traditional cooking. Moreover, it provides the best environment for bringing out the natural flavors of your ingredients. The use of this kitchen appliance ensures the making of some of your favorite snacks and meals in a stress-free manner without hassling around.
This book covers:
- Benefits of the air fryer
- How to use the Breville smart air fryer oven
- Tips and tricks
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes
- Poultry, beef, and seafood recipes
- Snack and dessert recipes
...And much more
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Автор: Cyril Levitt, Sabine Sander Название: Myth and Ideology ISBN: 1433172062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433172069 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 17845.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This posthumously published work by Lawrence Krader surveys the study of myths from ancient times (in classical Greece and Rome, Egypt, Babylon, Akkad, Sumer, China), in the Biblical traditions, of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia, and from Northeastern and Central Asia. It also covers the various approaches to the study of myth in Europe in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and the Romantic movement in the late eighteenth and early to mid-nineteenth century; it discusses evolutionist, structuralist, hermeneutic, and linguistic approaches. The book covers on the one hand the treatment of myth from the inside, that is from the experience of those committed to the myth, and on the other the perspective of those ethnologists, philosophers and other students of myth who are outsiders. Krader takes up the theme of esoteric and exoteric myths as he rejects some of the assumptions and approaches to the study of myth from the past while singling out others for approval and inclusion in his general theory of myth. The book includes a discussion of myth in science and in infinitesimal mathematics. It also considers the relationship between myth and ideology in the twentieth century in relation to politics and power. It both incorporates and broadens Krader’s theory of nature as a manifold consisting of different orders of space-time which he developed in his magnum opus Noetics: The Science of Thinking and Knowing.
Автор: Levitt Mike Название: Rugby Rookies ISBN: 1459415728 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781459415720 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1716.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Highlighting rugby, the fastest growing sport in America, this book tackles the issue of girls playing full-contact sports. Maddy and her friends are a small town group determined to form a girls' junior rugby team while they navigate learning both the rules of the game and the rules set out by the school board. The adults are concerned about the girls' safety and even Maddy worries that she is too small for the rough game. But the persistence of the diverse group of girls wins the day and the book becomes a celebration of the empowerment and self-esteem young girls get from participating in sports.
Описание: * A married woman has a BDSM-tinged encounter at a work conference* Two young boys on a sleepover feel the first stirrings of desire* In an artificially generated afterlife, anything can be sexual if you want it to be* A young widow on a sleeper train shelters a criminal in her carriage* A bisexual woman cheats on her wife with a baker
Автор: Cadmus Sherri Levitt Название: Knuckles, Grandma Bea: A Story of Love, Loss and Connection ISBN: 1735989819 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735989815 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Knuckles, Grandma Bea is an endearing and memorable story about a young girl's connection to her babysitter and the bonds that remain even after having to say goodbye.
Grandma Bea is a truly one-of-a-kind babysitter. Julie and her family adore her. They love the activities they do together. They love the advice Grandma Bea gives and how Grandma Bea always encourages them. Grandma Bea reads with them, does crafts with them, introduces them to nature, teaches Julie how to knit, and more. Grandma Bea has many life lessons to share.
When Grandma Bea becomes ill and doesn't survive, the family shows readers how sadness and loss can be processed. Julie's three younger siblings offer insight into different reactions to death. They show how it helps to have a community to grieve with and how it is possible to remain connected loved ones.
Julie's bond with Grandma Bea is especially strong and beautiful. The many "gifts" Grandma Bea shares with Julie and her family will remain with the reader as well. Ultimately, Julie says goodbye to Grandma Bea by way of their custom "knuckles." The final message is that love continues to live within each of us.
Knuckles, Grandma Bea is a great resource for parents, teachers, counselors and therapists. It's intentionally slow pace encourages conversations about death, grieving and the bonds shared with caretakers. There are many talking points throughout. The beautiful illustrations make the story accessible to younger children.
Have you recently resolved to be healthier, or do you want to add a little diversity and excitement to your already healthy dietary lifestyle? If yes, then keep reading
The desire to follow a healthy but varied diet is one of the main reasons culinary enthusiasts are flocking to the Breville smart air fryer, and they are experiencing great results. This appliance is so much more than just a way to enjoy some typically unhealthy foods without all the guilt. It can cook an incredible variety of dishes, including many that you probably never thought possible.
Breville smart air fryer comes with some cooking functions: toast, bagel, roast, bake. The recipes in this book have been designed to give you a glimpse into this device's limitless potential. With these tasty recipes, everyone will want to come back for that unique taste that can only be delivered by an air fryer toast oven.
Preparing food in an air fryer toast oven is easy. The only thing required is to pay attention during the cooking process to avoid burning your food.
The most significant sell point of an air fryer toast oven is you can prepare delicious meals with fewer calories compared to traditional cooking. Moreover, it provides the best environment for bringing out the natural flavors of your ingredients. The use of this kitchen appliance ensures the making of some of your favorite snacks and meals in a stress-free manner without hassling around.
This book covers:
- Benefits of the air fryer
- How to use the Breville smart air fryer oven
- Tips and tricks
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes
- Poultry, beef, and seafood recipes
- Snack and dessert recipes
...And much more
Let's discover how healthy cooking can be easy and tasty. Click here to buy this book now
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