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Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life»rank: 25785by: Richard J Leider, David A Shapiro
: :Drawing on ancient and contemporary wisdom, as well as modern research, Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide insightful ways of thinking and being that help us find meaning and purpose in the second half of life. This deeply reflective book uses a safari, (referencing a trip the authors took to Africa in 2006) as a metaphor to show how the second half of life can be a journey of discovery. In what may be their most personal book to date, Leider and Shapiro share dozens of moving stories, from both their own experiences and those of their safari companions, that offer sometimes surprising examples of lives well-lived, lives that exemplify ... |
Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life»rank: 71989by: Richard J. Leider, David A. Shapiro
: :Repacking Your Bags helps people develop their own unique vision of the good life and take practical steps at home and at work to make that vision a reality. Repacking is a travel guide for success with fulfillment and a more authentically meaningful life. It provides a simple yet elegant process to help people ask the right questions -- and get the right answers -- along the way. It helps them put together a 'trip plan' that provides for the elements of the good life: work, love, place, and purpose. As a result of repacking, readers will be able to reach for and achieve their vision of the good life. |
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Rock the SAT»rank: 28627by: Michael Moshan, David Mendelsohn, Michael Shapiro
: :“Rock the SAT is not just a gimmick; it actually gets results.”-Colin Mysliwiec, SAT tutor, NYC “If I had listened to Rock the SAT instead of Bon Jovi when I was in high school, I would've gotten into Harvard.”-Joshua Neuman, editor-in-chief and publisher of Heeb magazine, Wake Up and Smell the Music! You have to take the SATs. There's no way out of it. (Seriously, we tried.) So suck it up, and buy this book. Why? Because it's the fastest, easiest, coolest way to learn the vocabulary words you're going to see on the test. What makes it so easy? Music. (You like music, don't you?) 13 slamming tunes on ... |
Neurotic Styles (The Austen Riggs Centerseries)»rank: 224612by: David Shapiro
: :This new edition of one of the books most closely identified with clinical psychology since 1965 will expose a new generation to Shapiro’s stunningly defining conceptualizations of the Obsessive-Compulsive, Paranoid, Hysterical, and Impulsive ways of being. |
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Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations, Textbook with CD-ROM»rank: 48733by: David C. Preston, Barbara Shapiro
: :This New Edition delivers, in a straightforward manner, all of the information readers need to understand and interpret electrodiagnostic studies. It emphasizes clinical/neurophysiological correlations and uses a practical, hands-on, interactive approach throughout. With new chapters on electrical safety and the use of EMG in the ICU-and the inclusion of two bonus CDs with over 75 EMG waveforms-this resource continues to be the single source to consult for guidance on the clinical and electrophysiological evaluation of disorders of the peripheral nervous system.Features case studies at the end of each chapter. Provides a wealth of tables that summarize guidelines for the evaluation of most neuromuscular disorders as well as tables that highlight ... |
Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling»rank: 30140by: Richard J Leider, David A Shapiro
: :You may find Whistle to be helpful if you are asking yourself questions like: What do I want to be when I grow up? How can I make a living doing what I love? What was I born to do? What is my lifes work? Review:In Whistle While You Work, Richard Leider and David Shapiro counter the clichéd query about what you want to be when you grow up with a more intriguing question: 'What is your life's calling?' The authors define calling as 'the inner urge to give our gifts away in service to something we are passionate about in an environment that is consistent with our values.' ... |
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The Undead: Skin and Bones (Zombie Anthology)»rank: 154505by: David Dunwoody, Eric S. Brown, Eric Shapiro, Ryan C. Thomas, Vince Churchill, Philip Hansen
: :Dig into the second installment of the popular UNDEAD series, THE UNDEAD: SKIN AND BONES. A fungus takes over an office building and all its occupants. An exiled boy flees across a wasteland, stalked by an executioner and an undead dragon. A squadron of troops confronts an army of corpses. A greedy producer creates a talk show about the living dead. A man hits an unlucky streak that starts with a zombie outbreak and only gets worse. And in the featured novella, 'Skin and Bones,' a necromancer exploits the dead to extract a twisted revenge. These stories and more from authors such as David Wellington, Vince Churchill, David Dunwoody, and ... |
Professional Oracle Programming (Programmer to Programmer)»rank: 158578by: Rick Greenwald, Robert Stackowiak, Gary Dodge, David Klein, Ben Shapiro, Christopher G. Chelliah
: : One of the only Oracle books to focus exclusively on database programming rather than administration Oracle owns sixty percent of the commercial database market Provides full coverage of the latest Oracle version, 10g-including new features such as regular expressions and the MODEL SQL clause-as well as versions 8, 8i, and 9i The authors are well-known as Oracle gurus-Greenwald is the author of Oracle in a Nutshell and the coauthor, with Stackowiak, of Oracle 9 Essentials Shows how to use Oracle data and data structures to build robust, scalable database applications using Java, SQL, and PL/SQL |
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Your Old Wiring»rank: 311171by: David E. Shapiro
: :*Written by a master electrician this book shows homeowners and do-it-yourselfers how to go behind the walls of their old homes and correct messy, outdated wiring*Packed with over 250 photos and illustrations, 10 common wiring projects (like installing ceiling fans) and before and after photographs*The only house wiring book that shows how to identify and correct old electrical wiring, simply and safely |
Surviving a Licensing Board Complaint: What to DO, What Not to Do»rank: 77094by: David Shapiro, PhD, Lenore Walker, EdD, Martin Manosevitz, Mark Peterson, Martin Williams
: :Surviving a Licensing Board Complaint is designed to assist the mental health professional in preparing for and dealing with a complaint that is filed with the state licensing board against him or her. Even psychotherapists who work in institutions and agencies may be subjected to what could be a career-ending grievance filed by an unhappy consumer. Rather than simply worry about these possibilities, the authors present steps the prudent practitioner can take to be prepared for the rare case when it might happen. All of the authors of this book were appointed to serve on an American Psychological Association s interdivisional task force to examine the issues that psychologists face ... |