White: 4334 books

Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible...

Are you seeking to use your subject knowledge and teaching skills beyond the classroom? Many teachers don’t recognise the vast range of skills, expertise and experience they possess. Transferring your Teaching Skills into the Wider World will help you focus on how you can use your many transferable...

In churches today, there are ever fewer older pastors speaking into the lives of younger leaders, and fewer younger leaders feeling there is much to be learned from the experience of their elders. Street-smart wisdom is gone from training as there are many men and women preparing pastors who have...

No matter how talented a performer you are, if the sound out front isn't up to scratch, you won't win over your audience. Even relatively inexpensive equipment can produce exceptionally good results - if only you know how to use it...Sound Check For The Performing Musician is a practical guide to...

In Brave Birds, cut-paper artist and writer Maude White presents an entirely new collection of sixty-five stunning cut-paper birds. As a source of inspiration, each bird is paired with an original message of kindness and strength associated with its particular traits to encourage bravery and perseverance....

The United States embargo against Cuba was imposed over fifty years ago initially as a response to the new revolutionary government's seizure of US properties, which was viewed by the US as a violation of international law. However, while sanctions can be legitimate means of enforcing established...

"Experts" on embezzlement believe you're SCREWED if you have one bookkeeper doing all the accounting functions.That may be true. Unless your METHODS prevent it, you probably have an ongoing embezzlement, or one waiting to happen.Methods in the "Anti-Embezzlement Methods for Small...

Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life? The notion of personal well-being has recently shot up the political and educational agendas, placing the child's well-being at the heart of the school’s task. With his renowned talent for distilling the most complex of philosophical arguments...

This timely book makes a forceful argument that the analyses from behavioral economists are incomplete, the policies advocated by libertarian paternalists are misguided and unethical, and both actually reinforce the cognitive biases and dysfunctions that motivate 'nudges' in the first place. In a...

The Fed’s policies enable the US Treasury to expand our astounding public debt, which continues to grow as the government adds to the size, scope and cost of the Federal bureaucracy and finances our entitlement society. How will GDP growth of 2% get us out of a deficit hole that keeps getting deeper...

Experienced economics editors discuss navigating the world of scholarly journals, with details on submission, reviews, acceptance, rejection, and editorial policy. Editors of academic journals are often the top scholars in their fields. They are charged with managing the flow of hundreds of...

•長銷18年，讀者一致好評，全美資優小學必上課程 •淺白生活化的思辨教育工具書，大人也適用的哲學入門！ •【選擇】【是非】【填空】【問答】激盪腦力，有效啟動你的邏輯思路！ 孩子的問題千奇百怪，怎麼回答？ 如何與孩子談論價值觀、是非對錯？ 邏輯思考能力該怎麼培養？ 透過哲學家經常提出的40個問題， 把最難搞定的對話變成啟發一生的心智互動遊戲！ 本書分為四大思維領域──「價值觀」「知識」「真實」「批判性思考」，並設計樂趣無窮的練習題（選擇、是非、填空、問答），是激發思考、反詰、評判能力的好用工具，更有助於孩子敏銳了解自己、應對世界，樂於在難題中另闢蹊徑，創造獨特而自信的豐富生命。 四個領域，學大思想家建構思維格局！ 價值觀 「你是公平、有正義感的人嗎？怎麼知道誰是朋友？撒謊有可能是對的嗎？」 小心，你的價值觀可能會全面翻盤！你可能沒有自以為的那麼了解自己的想法！ 知識 「你怎麼知道自己『知道』？別人能夠理解你的感受嗎？對自己撒謊有用嗎？」 「知道」的過程其實很複雜──但也非常引人入勝！學哲學家從理所當然的平凡日常中，看見奧祕之處！ 真實 「你看時鐘的時候，看到的是『時間』嗎？你和五年前的你是同一個人嗎？你有自由意志嗎？」 這部分的討論是哲學探究當中最抽象的一種，也是最有趣的一種。將大腦轉到劇烈運轉的模式，更要記得樂在其中！ 批判性思考 「該聽別人的意見嗎？如果別人都認為一件事情是真的，那件事是不是就是真的？」 這部分的問題將幫助你養成批判性思考的能力，進一步能夠評估推論，知道哪些正確，哪些犯了思考上的錯誤。 ◆各界推薦 臺大哲學系教授•苑舉正 美國加州州立大學哲學教授•王偉雄 臺南大學附設實驗國民小學班導師•**溫美玉　　　　** 親子天下嚴選部落客•娘雙寶 專業親職講師•澤爸 ──專文推薦 哲學哲學雞蛋糕腦闆•朱家安 ──專文導讀 蒙特梭利教育專家•羅寶鴻 親子教育專家•李崇建 ──好評推薦 亞馬遜讀者們都覺得哲學太有趣，不讀太可惜！ ◆...

Sometimes we need a hand to help us get to the gifts locked inside us. Believe to Achieve is that helping hand, daring readers of all ages to reach for their most cherished dream and giving them the tools to get there. Author Howard "H" White tells us extraordinary people are simply ordinary...