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Buddy System Understanding Male Friendships
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Buddy System Understanding Male FriendshipsBuddy System Understanding Male Friendships

Much has been made of the complex social arrangements that girls and women navigate, but little scholarly or popular attention has focused on what friendship means to men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with nearly 400 men, therapist and researcher Geoffrey L. Greif takes readers on a guided tour of male friendships, explaining what makes them work, why they are vital to the health of individuals and communities
 
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Statistical Physics
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Statistical PhysicsStatistical Physics

In this revised and enlarged second edition of an established text Tony Guénault provides a clear and refreshingly readable introduction to statistical physics, an essential component of any first degree in physics. The treatment itself is self-contained and concentrates on an understanding of the physical ideas, without requiring a high level of mathematical sophistication.
 
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Tags: physics, understanding, physical, concentrates, contained, Statistical, physics, Physics
Algorithms
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AlgorithmsAlgorithms

This text, extensively class-tested over a decade at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, explains the fundamentals of algorithms in a story line that makes the material enjoyable and easy to digest. Emphasis is placed on understanding the crisp mathematical idea behind each algorithm, in a manner that is intuitive and rigorous without being unduly formal

 
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Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (Bloom's Guides)
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Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (Bloom's Guides)Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (Bloom's Guides)

Bloom's Reviews are a acclaimed advancement to the standard chapter-by-chapter plot summaries provided by most study guides. Each Review saves a student time by presenting the latest research, from noted literary scholars, in a practical and lucid format, enabling students to concentrate on improving their knowledge and understanding of the work in question.


Huck Finn's journey down the Mississippi River with the escaped slave Jim is one of America's best-known narrative.

 
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Teaching Primary Science: Promoting Enjoyment & Developing Understanding
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Teaching Primary Science: Promoting Enjoyment & Developing UnderstandingTeaching Primary Science: Promoting Enjoyment & Developing Understanding

This book is a new kind of text linking subject knowledge and pedagogy in one package, rather than treating them as separate entities. The text aims to encourage trainee teachers to teach scientific concepts in contexts which will inspire the children to look at the world in new and intriguing ways, rather than presenting it as a list of facts and definitions. Encouraging critical reflection and offering practical support, this book will help trainee teachers to overcome negative attitudes to Science.
 
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