Attempts to persuade us - to believe something, to do something, to buy something - are everywhere. What is less clear is how to think critically about such attempts and how to distinguish those that are sound arguments. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide is a much needed guide to argument analysis and a clear introduction to thinking clearly and rationally for oneself. Accessibly written, this book equips readers with the essential skills required to discuss a good argument from a bad one.
В этом словаре вы найдёте те специфические слова, знание которых поможет вам на экзаменах, в вашей карьере, в бизнесе и просто в обществе респектабельных, образованных людей. В каждой главе имеется * Word Analysis section * Idiom and Usage section * 200 Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes * Concise, practical definitions Издание рекомендуется иностранцам, которые намерены сдавать такие экзамены по английскому языку, как SAT, GRE, GMAT и др.,необходимые для поступления в американские или британские университеты.
If you're a physician on call, you need a diagnosis and treatment guide to help you make quick and accurate decisions-one that's comprehensive concise. Now, for the first time, the new Mayo Clinic Medical Manual provides just the right information to complete almost any differential diagnosis you encounter. Conceived at Mayo Clinic, this new manual includes everything you need to immediately assess and review signs and symptoms and laboratory abnormalities in a condensed yet concise easy-to-access handbook.
Money Laundering: A Concise Guide for All Business
Around the world, anti-money laundering regulations and legislation have become one of the weapons of choice of governments that are fighting global terrorism and criminality. Within the UK, the latest regulation, The Money Laundering Regulations 2003, have extended the range of businesses covered by the Proceeds of Crime Act to include solicitors, lawyers, estate agents and, in effect, all companies involved in consultancy or business services. The complexity of the new law and the lack of any case law asks more questions about the responsibilities of these companies and their liabilities.
From the Silk Road to the Great Game, Central Asia has long been a region of great strategic, political, and economic importance. Currently the home of large oil reserves, Islamic terrorists, and new democracies, Central Asia is of growing visibility to Americans. In this atlas, Rafis Abazov provides 50 two-color maps, each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text, that graphically illuminate the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th centuries B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads
