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Foundations of Sport And Exercise Psychology

4 reviews
Robert S. Weinberg, Daniel Gould

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007

Excellent undergraduate sport psychology textbook!
I used this book in my undergraduate and on-line graduate course in sport psychology since the first edition. This text does a good job of explaining theories and and describing sport psychology applications. Weinberg and Gould have developed a well organized, resourceful, and easy-to-read book that my students have enjoyed reading. College professors, this book has excellent ancillary materials.

Fighting Poverty: What Works and What Doesn't

Harvard University Press, 1987

Decades after President Johnson initiated the War on Poverty, it is time for an unbiased assessment of its effects. In this book a distinguished group of economists, sociologists, political scientists, and social policy analysts provide that assessment. Spending on social programs has greatly increased, yet poverty has declined only slightly. Do the numbers alone give an accurate picture? Have the government's efforts, as some critics claim, ...

Handbook of Walkthroughs, Inspections, and Technical Reviews: Evaluating Programs, Projects, and Products

2 reviews
Daniel P. Freedman, Gerald M. Weinberg

Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1990

A good book, but not the best reference
Software Inspection by Gilb covers the subject a lot better. However, Freedman and Weinberg's book has a lot of good points on group dynamics and politics and such that Gilb doesn't get into. Freedman's book is a quick read too.

Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change (Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press)

Harvard University Press, 1994

Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution

22 reviews
James L. Swanson, Daniel Weinberg

Harper Perennial, 2008

Avid Lincoln Reader
I saw James Swanson giving a speech about his other book "Manhunt" and found him fascinating to listen to. he knew facts that I had never heard before and could describe them with such detail I felt like I was watching it happen. I read "Manhunt" and was thrilled to have the details of those twelve days come to life. When I saw this book I snatched it up as quickly as I could. It is the ...

World War II Chronicle
Mark R. Peattie, Richard Overy, ...

Publications International, Ltd., 2007

Explore World War II through this lively, highly dramatic treatment of the war that changed the world. With more than 900 vivid images, essays, sidebars, a timeline, and eyewitness accounts, events like Pearl Harbor, The Allies strike back, and Hitler's Final Gamble will come to life.

Electroorganic Synthesis

CRC, 1991

Baizer (1914-1988) was the foremost internationally recognized authority on organic electrosynthesis. In this festschrift , derived from a memorial symposium held in Montreal, May 1990, as part of the 177th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, and also marking the 25th anniversary of electroorgan