  | With illustrations by James Bush-Brown as well as photographs throughout the book. |
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young america's garden book - Louise Bush-Brown
Sex and Cognition - Doreen Kimura
 | Doreen Kimura provides an
intelligible overview of what is known about the neural and hormonal
bases of sex differences in behavior, particularly differences in
cognitive ability.
In this fact-driven book, Doreen Kimura
provides an intelligible overview of what is known about the neural and
hormonal bases of sex differences in behavior, particularly differences
in cognitive ability. Kimura argues that women and men differ not only
in physical attributes and reproductive function, but also in how they
solve common problems. She offers evidence that the effects of sex
hormones on brain organization occur so early in life that, from the
start, the environment is acting on differently wired brains in girls
and boys. She presents various behavioral, neurological, and
endocrinological studies that shed light on the processes giving rise to
these sex differences in the brain.
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| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 978-0262611640 Copies:1 |
The Bantam Medical Dictionary - Laurence Urdang
 | Here at last is a medical dictionary that is cleanly designed, clearly written, and as useful to the general reader and student as it is to the health-care practitioner. Prepared by a distinguished team of medical specialists and writers The Bantam Medical Dictionary spans the entire domain of the health sciences, offering the latest authoritative definitions in language anyone can understand. All the basic areas are covered: anatomy, physiology, and the use of medical drugs, which are listed under both generic and trade names. Plus all the major medical and surgical specialties from cardiology to tropical medicine. This exhaustive reference also embraces allies fields such as biochemistry, nutrition, pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry, community medicine and dentistry. |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 0553226738 Copies:1 |
2nd Chance - James Patterson & Andrew Gross
 | 2nd Chance reconvenes the Women's Murder Club, four friends (a detective, a reporter, an assistant district attorney, and a medical examiner) who used their networking skills, feminine intuition, and professional wiles to solve a baffling series of murders in 1st to Die. This time, the murders of two African Americans, a little girl and an old woman, bear all the signs of a serial killer for Lindsay Boxer, newly promoted to lieutenant of San Fransisco's homicide squad. But there's an odd detail she finds even more disturbing: both victims were related to city cops. |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 9780316693202 Copies: 1 |
The Great Gilly Hopkins - Katherine Paterson
 | Gilly Hopkins is nobody's kid The one thing Gilly wants is a home of her own. If only she could find her mother, Courtney, and live with her. Instead, she finds herself in yet another ugly foster home, the responsibility of frumpy Maime Trotter, who is almost illiterate. How can the great Gilly Hopkins be expected to tolerate Maime, or a freaky foster brother named William Ernest? Or the poetry-loving black man who lives next door but is considered part of the "family"? At first Gilly despises them all. Then she finds herself being slowly drawn into their circle of love. But if there's anything her short life has taught her, it's that a person's got to be tough. Determined not to care, Gilly engineers her own rescue. Unfortunately the rescue doesn't turn out the way Gilly plans and she realizes too late that she never really wanted to be rescued at all - she just wanted to be wanted. |
| Condition (1-10): 7 ISBN: 590613898 Copies:1 |
The Jump: Sebastian Telfair and the High Stakes Business of High School Ball - Ian O'Connor
 | On NBA draft night, June 24, 2004,
high school senior Sebastian Telfair awaited his future inside a suite
at the Trump International Hotel. One of the most hyped high school
players of all time, with a $20 million Adidas deal in hand, Sebastian
found himself in the same position as NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant
and LeBron James, both of whom shot to stardom without playing a day of
college ball. THE JUMP offers an inside view of Sebastian's journey-a
rags-to-riches story of a kid from the Coney Island projects who
succeeds in leaving behind the chaos, violence and economic hardship at
home for a multi-million dollar life of professional ball and product
endorsement. Drawing on exclusive interviews with friends, family,
coaches, recruiters, agents and players, USA Today columnist Ian
O'Connor offers an intimate portrait of the promising young player's
senior year at Lincoln High School and explores the changing nature of
basketball in America today.
Sebastian Telfair exemplifies a new
dynamic emerging in basketball-young, talented teenagers who skip
college on the way to NBA fortune and fame. But what is this trend doing
to the sport? And do the adults who have hitched their hopes on
Sebastian's rising star have the young player's best interests in mind?
THE JUMP dives head first into today's high-stakes, anything-goes
basketball culture, examining the sneaker companies intent on securing
charismatic and mediagenic players to hawk their wares; college boosters
willing to break NCAA rules by offering cash incentives to lure
promising players to their schools; high school administrators securing
big appearance fees from promoters; agents wooing players and their
families-and walking the thin line dictating amateur status rules for
high school and college ball.
O'Connor also delves into the dream that the NBA holds for so many families-a child drafted into the pros offers a first class ticket out of the projects. A colorful cast of characters featured in THE JUMP includes the faces shaping the sport today: Rick Pitino, head coach of the University of Louisville, who recruits Sebastian with the hope of delivering his team to an NCAA championship only to see his dreams dashed by Sebastian's decision to enter the NBA draft; Andy Miller, the agent who vies to sign up Sebastian despite Erica and Otis Telfair's reservations; Stephon Marbury, star of the New York Knicks, who sees Sebastian more as a rival than a cousin (THE JUMP delivers exclusive details on the fracture in the Marbury and Telfair relationship, including interviews with the point guards and relatives on the subject of the family feud); Sonny Vacaro, at different times the face of Nike, Adidas, and Reebok, who uses sneaker company cash to entice coaches and young players; Jay-Z, rapper and owner of Telfair's summer-league team. Under O'Connor's penetrating scrutiny, Sebastian Telfair becomes the prism through which the circus of modern basketball is explored. Can he succeed, or will he flame out-too young, too small, too unprepared? And what is this new trend in basketball doing to the athletes, to college basketball programs, to the quality of play in the NBA and to society at large? As Dave Kindred of The Sporting News states, "THE JUMP is a 21st-century thrill ride into the shadows and bright lights of a basketball culture that breaks hearts and makes superstars." |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 9781594861079 Copies: 1 |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving
 | Will Ichabod face the Headless Horseman on his lonely walk through Sleepy Hollow? Can Rip Van Winkle face his angry wife after a l-o-n-g nap in the mountains? Must the Baron face losing his only daughter to the ghostly Spectre Bridegroom? Find out the enchanting, colorful, witty world of Washington Irving. |
| Condition (1-10): 7 ISBN: 9781453067970 Copies: 1 |
James Patterson & Marshall Karp
 | Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a
duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central
Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his stunning girlfriend
Katherine fill his thoughts--until he realizes that he is being hunted,
and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the
diamonds and exacted their revenge. Trailing him is the Ghost, the world's greatest assassin, who has just pulled off his most high-profile hit: killing Walter Zelvas, a top member of the international Diamond Syndicate. There's only one small problem: the diamonds he was supposed to retrieve from Zelvas are missing. Now, the Ghost is on Bannon's trail--but so is a rival assassin who would like nothing more than to make the Ghost disappear forever. From "America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes) comes a high-speed, high-stakes, winner-take-all thrill ride of adrenaline-fueled suspense. |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 9780316097543 Copies: 1 |
Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin
 | Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures. Now with new material, Going Rogue offers plain talk from a true American original about her life, her career, and the future of the country she loves. |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 9780061939891 Copies: 3 |
The First Partner Hillary Rodham Clinton - Joyce Milton
 | In 1998, Hillary Rodham Clinton
became the most admired woman in America while also becoming the most
visibly wronged wife in the world. Standing by her husband, President
Bill Clinton, as she and the nation learned the truth behind the Monica
Lewinsky scandal, the First Lady assumed two roles--dutiful spouse and
passionate defense attorney--which she had played on numerous occasions
during the course of their tumultuous yet politically unified
relationship.
Now esteemed biographer and journalist Joyce Milton
examines this formidable, fascinating woman, giving probing insight into
the First Lady's character, her values and her career. In The First Partner,
Milton goes behind the scenes at the Clinton White House and explores
the First Lady's involvement in Travelgate, Filegate, the Health Care
Task Force fiasco and fund-raising for the 1996 presidential campaign,
showing how these controversies grew out of the tensions in her
political partnership with Bill Clinton. Milton also describes how Mrs.
Clinton's defensive reactions to her husband's chronic infidelities have
often misfired and have sometimes enabled his bad behavior. She
examines the differing psychologies of the President and First Lady, yet
shows that when faced with political accusations, they take a similar
approach of telling only as much of the truth as is necessary--a
reaction that has increasingly gotten them into trouble.
Meticulously reported and researched, The First Partner offers keen new understanding of this complex woman who has infuriated and confounded as many people as she has inspired. |
| Condition (1-10): 9 ISBN: 9780688155018 Copies: 1 |
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