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Human and Non-Human ApplicationsOrganisms survive and succeed because of their ability to learn and adapt to        changing circumstances and new demands. As discussed in the chapters of the present        volume, an appreciation of the mechanisms and principles of learning and        conditioning is fundamental to any analysis of normal behavior...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson illuminates the life of Abraham Lincoln in this first short biography of America's sixteenth president. McPherson follows the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks from their Kentucky farm to the Illinois legislature, and finally the nation's capitol. February 2009 marks the bicentennial of his birth...

From Roosevelt to NixonGraham here examines the beginnings and development of national growth policies        and machinery in the United States from the New Deal to the Nixon        administration....

The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American FrontierWritten with profound insight and narrative verve, The Gods of Prophetstown recaptures a forgotten turning point in American history in time for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Adam Jortner provides a gripping account of the conflict between Tenskwatawa and...

A modern thinking person's guide to all of Einstein's relativity. Full of mathematical rigor, but stressing physical insight, motivation, and clarity of concepts and logic, rather than mere formalism or experimental detail. Over 300 thought-provoking problems....

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