books: yale edition

books: yale edition

books:

Yale edition

French in Action: A Beginning Course in language and Culture, Second Edition: Workbook, Part 1 (Yale Language ...

Pierre Capretz, Beatrice Abetti, ...

Yale University Press, 1994

C'est vraiment excellent! BEST language book!
Used in combination with the audio materials, this course promises so much more than the usual (colors, numbers, basic greetings, etc.), and places a strong emphasis on pronunciation and idioms. You finish with a useful knowlege of French--the kind people actually ...

The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2009: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 35th ...

Yale Daily News Staff

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Good because it contains so little about each campus
I know this must sound backwards, but I find this to be a good book for my teenager who is just starting to explore the issue of college choice because SO LITTLE is written about each college. You can sit down and read a student-centric overview of what each college ...

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition

Josef Albers

Yale University Press, 2006

Albers
A must have for the serious colorist by one of the great masters of abstraction.

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Yale University Press, 2008

Very Insightful
Nutshell review - The book covers Libertarian Paternalism, how to help people be free in their choices and, at the same time, help them make better and more informed ones. A very insightful and informative book about human nature, human behaviour and into ways in which ...

Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing Care (6th Edition) (MATERNAL NEWBORN NURSING CARE: NURSE, FAMILY, ...

Patricia A. Ladewig, Marcia L. London, ...

Prentice Hall, 2005

Maternity-Newborn Workbook--Awesome!
This workbook was so helpful for this class, i decided to keep my for review later on. This book is very closely related to the book and helps you to put the subject to use. I highly recommend this book!!

Wilderness and the American Mind, Fourth Edition

Roderick Nash

Yale University Press, 2001

Not perfect but still a classic thanks to regular updating
As the other reviews will confirm, this is a classic book on the American concept of wilderness. Nash wrote the first version in the 1960s, originally as his dissertation. The main narrative has held up well. Nash has also put the text through regular revisions, so ...

How Democratic is the American Constitution? Second Edition

Robert A. Dahl

Yale University Press, 2003

brief
first, this book is quite brief. less than 200 pages, large font and margins. i can see why he is recognized as a distinguished professor at yale. he is brilliant and engaging. he covered all of the essential topics and this book is a sound, middle-of-the-road ...

A History of South Africa, Third Edition

Leonard Thompson

Yale University Press, 2001

Two thumbs up!
In this excellent history of South Africa, Professor Leonard Thompson of Yale University, gives the reader a truly holistic history of South Africa. Instead of beginning the history of South Africa with the arrival of the European explorers, he begins with the ...

One World: The Ethics of Globalization, Second Edition (The Terry Lectures Series)

Peter Singer

Yale University Press, 2004

Worth your time.
I've read the pro's and con's of other reviews and would like to have a brief word with those considering this book as a future purchase. Looking at the good reviews, one I could easily give becuase I find them very agreeable, one finds the essence of the book, a ...

Congress: The Electoral Connection, Second Edition

David R. Mayhew

Yale University Press, 2004

The Bitter Truth About Government
Forget everything you learned in High School civics. David Mayhew utterly demolishes the idea that legislators are engaged in some high-minded pursuit of the "public interest," partisan ideological struggle, or that policies are adopted based on facts or reason. The ...

The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry; ...

Yale University Press, 2003

Ian Myles Slater on: Revised, Expanded, Almost a New Book
This is officially the third edition of a volume of translations originally published in hardcover in 1972, and reprinted with expansions in paperback in 1973. That second version remained in print, with a change of covers (from orange to black, and with different ...

Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition

Henry D. Thoreau

Yale University Press, 2004

To Live at Walden; A Visit with Thoreau
150 years ago, a philosopher went to live in the woods off a small Massachusetts pond, and write about his experiences and meditations. Today, his thoughts, opinions, and experiences inform and educate us, enlightening us to a world of possibilities. Henry David ...

Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build ...

Yale University Press, 2006

Must read
Excellent breakdown of the drivers for companies to go green. Also excellent analyses of strategies used by the corporate world to achieve their goals with green programs. Many examples of what worked and what didn't work. Great reading!

The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, Second Edition

Yale University Press, 2006

Comprehensive--Yet Practical
This volume is meant primarily to be a textbook for master's or Ph.D. level students. Nonprofit theory and cutting edge research is covered by the known academics in the field. The reference section is superb, leading one to further articles to explore an area in ...

An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers: Communication and Culture (Second Edition)

Robert O. Chase, Clarisa B. Medina De Chase

Yale University Press, 2002

There's a second edition with a free audio CD
... The book has been completely revised and an audio CD of the dialogs is included for FREE at the back of the book. Try searching by its full title, AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS and hopefully you will be able to find the MOST RECENT EDITION. ...