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Titles in Barron's Painless Series are textbook supplements designed especially for classroom use by middle school and high school students The approach of each title is an appeal to students who think that the subject is boring, or too difficult, or both. The authors, all experienced educators, take a light approach, showing kids what is most interesting about each subject, and how seemingly difficult problems can be transformed into fun quizzes, brain-ticklers, and challenging puzzles with rational solutions. In this volume, students learn to see patterns in math word problems, then compute with decimals, fractions, compare rates, and solve proportions. Then using everyday, real-world examples, they explore statistics and probabilities, and learn how math can actually predict future outcomes and events. Other areas of practical math are examined, with a final chapter that searches out problems and activities that can be found on the World Wide Web..
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Using the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and anti-depressants, Overdosed America shows that at the heart of the current crisis in American medicine lies the commercialization of medical knowledge itself.

Drawing on his background in statistics, epidemiology, and health policy, John Abramson, M.D., reveals the ways in which the drug companies have misrepresented statistical evidence, misled doctors, and compromised our health. The good news is that the best scientific evidence shows that reclaiming responsibility for your own health is often far more effective than taking the latest blockbuster drug.

You—and your doctor—will be stunned by this unflinching exposé of American medicine.

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The third edition contains thought provoking problems, and is designed to encourage classroom discussion, and help students effectively learn criminal procedure principles. Ideally suited for a one semester course, this casebook contains all the essential decisions without being overwritten or so massive as to be unwieldy. In addition, the new edition is completely up-to-date containing the latest decisions from the United States Supreme Court, as well as problems based on important lower court decisions. Criminal Procedure: Cases, Problems and Exercises is unique because the authors actively seek to place students in situations that they are likely to encounter in practice, and asks students to think about how they might handle those situations e.g., what does a lawyer do when asked to represent a client at a lineup. For this new edition, the authors have added a significant number of new problems. They have also added important cases from the United States Supreme Court's last three terms..
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One in four families in the U.S. is caring for parents or other senior relatives-and 72% of the primary caregivers in these families are women. This book is written for those 16 million women who are part of the "sandwich generation"-caught between the needs of their elderly relatives and their young families. These women often feel invisible, their own needs unobserved and unappreciated by those around them.

The Caregiver's Survival Handbook not only offers practical caregiving advice for these women, but also helps them deal with the emotional concerns they face:

€ Dealing with changing parent/child roles
€ Fostering aging parents' independence
€ Asking for, and getting, help from siblings and other family members
€ Balancing work, family, and caregiving duties
€ Finding time for themselves in the middle of it all.
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In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the legacy of her diary. Black-and-white illustrations including maps and diagrams provide historical and visual reference in an easy-to-read biography written in a way that is appropriate and accessible for younger readers..
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Provides beginning DBAs and developers with a solid foundation in the database administration and programming basics needed to embark on an Oracle career. The focus is on Oracle Database 10g, but you’ll get the fundamentals applicable to all Oracle database releases..
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Gay tourists are arriving in San Francisco by the planeload for the party of the decade at the Moscone Center, a tribute to a late disco star. On the same night as the dance festival, a infamous evangelist plans to bring his nationwide crusade against gay rights to the Civic Auditorium a few blocks away. Tim Snow finds himself caught in the middle when his activist friends plan a protest. For Tim, the fun and the intrigue are about to begin.

Beach Reading is equal parts mystery and romantic comedy set in romantic San Francisco with a taste for adventure, a touch of magic..
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The funniest, most delightful Shabbat tale on planet Earth. Get ready as Rabbi Rocketpower, her trusty son Aaron, Dad and their crazy cat Purr save the Sabbath day in the wackiest, most mixed up mystery ever.*Special bonus cartoon "How My Family Got To Be Superheroes" by Aaron*No-Fail Hallah recipe*"Hallah-rious Hallah" variations*Everything you need to know to have your own Shabbat Shabang!The perfect gift for kids in grades K-Katrillion.80 pages. Soft Cover.Also check out Rabbi Rocketpower and the Mystery of the Missing Menorahs - A Hanukkah Humdinger!Oy Vay! Up, up and Away!Email author@rabbirocketpower.com if you would like a personally autographed copy.Visit our website: www.rabbirocketpower.com.
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Blast off with Rabbi Rocketpower, the worlds first female rabbi Jewish superhero, in this exciting illustrated children's mystery the whole family can enjoy.Someone's been stealing all the menorahs in the neighborhood. Will Aaron (her super-boy-in-training), Dad (the brilliant, multi-lingual computer scientist) and Purr (their really annoying talking cat) save the day? Oy Vay! Up, Up and Away!Great for kids in grades K-Katrillion!Special bonus features:*easy, delicious recipes for latkas (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (donuts)*how to play the dreidel gameFly on over to Rabbi Rocketpower in Who Hogged the Hallah? A Shabbat Shabang! for a hilarious, educational tale about Shabbat.Want your copy autographed by the authors? email author@rabbirocketpower.com.
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The falsehoods and distortions involved in the selling of Clarence Thomas to the American people neither started nor ended with the treatment of Anita Hill's accusations. From the beginning, the placement of Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation thus raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth--and those who tell it--are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning..
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