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Jetzt als Sonderausgabe! Kennen Sie den Mogelfaktor? Gibt es diesen etwa auch in der hehren Forschung? Ja, und er perfektionierte beispielsweise die Ergebnisse vom ehrenwehrten Sir Isaac Newton. Er kreierte auch Laborbuchnotizen fur den Kardiologen Darsee und transferierte auf magische Weise Bakterienstamme von einem Universitatslabor in das Labor der Firma Genentech. Selbst fiktive Mitarbeiterinnen erschuf der Mogelfaktor, die fur den Zwillingsforscher Cyril Burt ebenso fiktive Zwillingsstudien durchfuhrten; und diese beeinflussten noch jahrelang die Intelligenzforschung auf der ganzen Welt! Heinrich Zankl hat alte und neue Skandale in den Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften uberzeugend recherchiert und zu einem Geflecht aus wertvoller Information und guter Unterhaltung verwoben. Dieses Buch erzahlt viele Geschichten, beispielsweise die eines Nobelpreises, der an die Falschen verliehen wurde, von der Unterdruckung von Kritikern und sogar von einem Wissenschaftsbetruger, der vom Bundesverfassungsgericht geschutzt wird. Manche Aspekte sind dabei so grotest, dass sich kein Leser das Schmunzeln verkneifen kann. Ein Lesevergnugen, nicht nur fur Wissenschaftler.
Heinrich Zankl
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Sally Jordan non ha più un soldo. Non le resta che una possibilità per uscire dai guai: vendere il suo filo di perle ed entrare così in possesso di trecentomila dollari. Charlie Chan, sergente investigativo della polizia di Honolulu, viene incaricato di portare la preziosissima collana a San Francisco, dove l’attende un potenziale acquirente. Un affare da nulla, sembrerebbe. Ma appena Charlie Chan giunge a San Francisco la faccenda si complica: ad attenderlo solo un misterioso invito a recarsi per la consegna in un ranch sperduto nel deserto. È solo l’inizio di una lunga storia. E. Derr Biggers Earl Derr Biggers nacque a Warren, nell’Ohio, il 26 agosto del 1884. Laureatosi ad Harvard nel 1907, cominciò a lavorare come giornalista e critico teatrale. Creatore del famoso detective Charlie Chan, tradotto in molte lingue, è considerato uno dei più popolari autori americani di romanzi polizieschi. Morì a Pasadena, in California, il 5 aprile del 1933.
Earl Derr Biggers
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This is the story of the Trial of the Century as only Dominick Dunne can write it. Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters-Gus Bailey-Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial. We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne. He is a writer and journalist, father of a murdered child, and chronicler of justice-served or denied-as it relates to the rich and famous. Now back in Los Angeles, a city that once adored him and later shunned him, Gus is caught up in what soon becomes a national obsession. Using real names and places, Dunne interweaves the story of the trial with the personal trials Gus endures as he faces his own mortality. By day, Gus is at the courthouse, the confidant of the Goldman and Simpson families, the lawyers, the journalists, the hangers-on, even the judge; at night he is the honored guest at the most dazzling gatherings in town as everyone-from Kirk Douglas to Heidi Fleiss, from Elizabeth Taylor to Nancy Reagan-delights in the latest news from the corridors of the courthouse. Another City, Not My Own does what no other book on this sensational case has been able to do because of Dominick Dunne's unique ability to probe the sensibilities of participants and observers. This book illuminates the meaning of guilt and innocence in America today. A vivid, revealing achievement, Another City, Not My Own is Dominick Dunne at his best. From the Hardcover edition.
Dominick Dunne
Fiction
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This book provides 21st-century entrepreneurs with the practical guidance they need to overcome the often intimidating challenges of starting, organizing, and running a new business effectively and efficiently.
Susan C. Awe
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This book provides 21st-century entrepreneurs with the practical guidance they need to overcome the often intimidating challenges of starting, organizing, and running a new business effectively and efficiently.
Susan C. Awe
Business & Economics
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E'la storia di Homer Wells, un ragazzo dall'animo ricco di sentimenti e ideali cresciuto nell'orfanotrofio di St. Cloud's nel Maine, e del medico-padre Wilbur Larch, che accoglie nel suo istituto neonati abbandonati e fa abortire povere donne che altrimenti finirebbero nelle mani di macellai. Larch educa il giovane e gli insegna la professione, nella speranza che un giorno prenda il suo posto. Homer preferisce seguire la propria via lavorando in una fattoria dove si produce sidro. Si renderà ben presto conto che non conosce nulla del mondo dei grandi, e che dovrà affrontare dolori, asperità e percorrere molta strada per capire le regole della vita.
John Irving
Social Science
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Il vescovo si interruppe per un improvviso scoppio di grida che si era levato fra gli uomini. Tutti erano in piedi e osservavano lo strato di neve gelata che rivestiva la superficie del lago, dal quale giungevano sommessi scricchiolii e gemiti preoccupanti. "Il ghiaccio!" gridò qualcuno. "Si spacca!".
Guido Cervo
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Sybil: a name that conjures up enduring fascination for legions of obsessed fans who followed the nonfiction blockbuster from 1973 and the TV movie based on it--starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward--about a woman named Sybil with sixteen different personalities. "Sybil "became both a pop phenomenon and a revolutionary force in the psychotherapy industry. The book rocketed multiple personality disorder (MPD) into public consciousness and played a major role in having the diagnosis added to the psychiatric bible, "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." But what do we really know about how "Sybil "came to be? In her news-breaking book "Sybil Exposed, "journalist Debbie Nathan gives proof that the allegedly true story was largely fabricated. The actual identity of Sybil (Shirley Mason) has been available for some years, as has the idea that the book might have been exaggerated. But in "Sybil Exposed, "Nathan reveals what really powered the legend: a trio of women--the willing patient, her ambitious shrink, and the imaginative journalist who spun their story into bestseller gold. From horrendously irresponsible therapeutic practices--Sybil's psychiatrist often brought an electroshock machine to Sybil's apartment and climbed into bed with her while administering the treatment-- to calculated business decisions (under an entity they named Sybil, Inc., the women signed a contract designating a three-way split of profits from the book and its spin-offs, including board games, tee shirts, and dolls), the story Nathan unfurls is full of over-the-top behavior. Sybil's psychiatrist, driven by undisciplined idealism and galloping professional ambition, subjected the young woman to years of antipsychotics, psychedelics, uppers, and downers, including an untold number of injections with Pentothal, once known as "truth serum" but now widely recognized to provoke fantasies. It was during these "treatments" that Sybil produced rambling, garbled, and probably "false-memory"-based narratives of the hideous child abuse that her psychiatrist said caused her MPD. "Sybil Exposed "uses investigative journalism to tell a fascinating tale that reads like fiction but is fact. Nathan has followed an enormous trail of papers, records, photos, and tapes to unearth the lives and passions of these three women. The "Sybil "archive became available to the public only recently, and Nathan is the first person to have examined all of it and to provide proof that the story was an elaborate fraud--albeit one that the perpetrators may have half-believed. Before "Sybil "was published, there had been fewer than 200 known cases of MPD; within just a few years after, more than 40,000 people would be diagnosed with it. Set across the twentieth century and rooted in a time when few professional roles were available to women, this is a story of corrosive sexism, unchecked ambition, and shaky theories of psychoanalysis exuberantly and drastically practiced. It is the story of how one modest young woman's life turned psychiatry on its head and radically changed the course of therapy, and our culture, as well.
Debbie Nathan
Psychology
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"The first books to present specific guidance for teaching the Common Core State Standards. Forty-three states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have signed on to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The need for curriculum guides to assist teachers in helping students meet these standards has become imperative. Created by teachers, for teachers, the research-based curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts in Grades K-5. The maps address every standard in the CCSS, yet are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles. Each grade is broken down into six units that include focus standards, suggested works, sample activities and assessments, lesson plans, and more Teachers can use the maps to plan their year and craft their own more detailed lesson plans Any teacher, school, or district that chooses to follow the Common Core maps can be confident that they are adhering to the standards"--
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Jossey-Bass
Education
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Provides an ethical framework that addresses the issues of a global, interactive media produced by both citizens and professionals.
Stephen J. A. Ward
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