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Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 39.95Soon after its publication, Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy was hailed as the favorite to become "the 'standard' text for survey courses in ancient philosophy. Nothing on the market touches it for comprehensiveness, accuracy, and readability."* Fifteen years on, that prediction has been borne out, and the volume's preeminence... more...
In Our Prime
Scribner 2012; US$ 16.00The director behind the Hollywood close-up and the inventor of the ?midlife crisis,? the doctors who promised to restore men?s sexual vigor with monkey gland transplants and the neuroscientists mapping the middle-aged brain, the fashion designers and the feminists: They are all part of the fascinating parade of businessmen, entertainers, scientists,... more...
In Our Prime
Scribner 2012; Not AvailableNow in paperback from New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen, a ?lively, well-researched chronicle? ( The New York Times Book Review ) of the concept of middle age, from the nineteenth century to the present. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country?yet the history of middle... more...
In Our Prime
Scribner 2012; Not AvailableNow in paperback from New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen, a ?lively, well-researched chronicle? ( The New York Times Book Review ) of the concept of middle age, from the nineteenth century to the present. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country?yet the history of middle... more...
Applied Data Analytic Techniques For Turning Points Research
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95This innovative volume demonstrates the use of a range of statistical approaches that examine "turning points" (a change in direction, magnitude, or meaning) in real data. Analytic techniques are illustrated with real longitudinal data from a variety of fields. As such the book will appeal to a variety of researchers including: Developmental researchers... more...
The Murder of Helen Jewett
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 17.00In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett. From her beginnings as a servant girl in... more...
Inhibitors of Protein Kinases and Protein Phosphates
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 449.99The aims of this volume are to highlight the tremendous pharmacological potential of protein kinase and protein phosphatase inhibitors, to provide a thorough overview of the most remarkable achievements in the field and to illustrate how beneficial these studies can be for the advancement of both basic knowledge on biological regulation and deregulation... more...
Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 84.95This classic text on multiple regression is noted for its nonmathematical, applied, and data-analytic approach. Readers profit from its verbal-conceptual exposition and frequent use of examples. The applied emphasis provides clear illustrations of the principles and provides worked examples of the types of applications that are possible. Researchers... more...
Historical and Geographical Influences on Psychopathology
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 52.95This book begins with the assumption that a deep understanding of the origins of psychopathology, human dysfunction, and their course is fundamental to the quest for the good society, and perhaps, even to our survival as a species. The studies presented compare prevalences and risk factors across time and place, and make use of concepts and methods... more...
The Flash Press
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00Obscene, libidinous, loathsome, lascivious. Those were just some of the ways critics described the nineteenth-century weeklies that covered and publicized New York City’s extensive sexual underworld. Publications like the Flash and the Whip —distinguished by a captivating brew of lowbrow humor and titillating gossip about prostitutes,... more...









