Shapiro: 578 books

This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are lessons...

The characterisation of fluid transport properties of rocks is one of the most important, yet difficult, challenges of reservoir geophysics, but is essential for optimal development of hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs. This book provides a quantitative introduction to the underlying physics,...

Imagine: You are a hospital Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, medical or nursing director, patient safety specialist, quality improvement professional, or a doctor or nurse on the front lines of patient care. Every day you’re aware that patients and families should be more engaged...

Fame offers a broad examination of strong and influential personalities who are influencing culture. In this collected edition, read all about the pop leaders dominating the charts today, including Katy Perry, Big Time Rush, One Direction, and Cody Simpson.

Shonen King is a parody love letter to Shonen manga like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Read as Hiro Journey goes on his journey to become the best manga character around as he enters to compete in the Shonen King Tournament. But the road to becoming a flagship character isn't easy. He'll need to...

Elder Sensei takes his pupil Hiro Journey on a quest to attain serialization so they both can continue to exist as shonen manga characters, but first they must survive the pilot chapter. Join them on their quest as they try to entertain you enough to convince you they deserve to continue existing.

Shonen King is a parody love letter to Shonen manga like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Read as Hiro Journey goes on his journey to become the best manga character around as he enters to compete in the Shonen King Tournament. But the road to becoming a flagship character isn't easy. He'll need to...

Shonen King is a parody love letter to Shonen manga like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Read as Hiro Journey goes on his journey to become the best manga character around as he enters to compete in the Shonen King Tournament. But the road to becoming a flagship character isn't easy. He'll need to...

John Challis was diagnosed with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in June, 2006.  Throughout his 2-year battle, he met some of the biggest names in sports and through these encounters, his positive outlook inspired athletes such as Mario Lemiuex, Ben Roethlisberger and Alex Rodriguez.  In the end, he lost...

Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century. Rare contemporary photos and engravings, accompanied by extensive, detailed captions, recall construction, human drama, politics, much more. 167 black-and-white illustrations.

In this addictive and highly original debut novel a fifteen-year-old boy dies mysteriously, leaving behind a secret ledger filled with his darkly comic confessions. Whether fantasizing about being a minority, breaking into his neighbors’ homes, or gunning down an exotic bird, Henry Every’s wayward...

The Tall Poppies--a few days ago, they were just another Aussie band watching their fame ebb faster than a nitrous high. Then Stuart, the drummer, is gunned down by Australian drug lords, and the band is suddenly news in Australia, America, and even on CNN. Rachel, a chatty twenty-seven-year-old New...

A rather peculiar thing happened to me last night, I woke up and I was in another world. This world seemed so real. Was it a dream? ... Hmmm... Not sure... but sometimes I wonder if it was somewhere I have always wanted to envision and become part of, but never allowed myself to enter until I woke...