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Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline. It has done so by putting the human back into economics, by recognizing that people sometimes make mistakes, care about others and are generally not as cold and calculating as economists have traditionally assumed. The results have been exciting and fascinating, and have fundamentally changed the way we look at economic behavior. This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics to a student audience. Ideas such as mental accounting, prospect theory, present bias, inequality aversion and learning are explained in detail. These ideas are also applied in diverse settings such as au...
Anna's Healing is the first book in a brand-new collection from popular author Vannetta Chapman. These stories of love and family and Amish community in Oklahoma tell of the miracles that can happen when lives are lived in service to God and to one another. When a tornado strikes the farms surrounding Cody's Creek, Anna Schwartz's life is changed forever. She suffers a spinal cord injury and suddenly finds herself learning to live as a paraplegic. Three people—Chloe Roberts, Jacob Graber, and Ruth Schwartz—join forces to help Anna through her darkest days. Chloe is an Englischer who writes for the local paper. Jacob has recently arrived in town and stays on as a hired hand at her uncle's. And Ruth is her grandmother, a woman of deep faith and a compassionate spirit. Then one morning Anna wakes and finds herself healed. How did it happen? Why did it happen? And what is she to do now? Her life is again turned upside down as the world's attention is drawn to this young Amish girl who has experienced the unexplainable.
“Land beneath our feet. Got all our blood inside it hasn't it? All that time. Belongs to us.” On a farm in the middle of nowhere, sisters Becky and Anna try to hold their family together after the death of their mother. Time is always moving somewhere – but here it's very quiet. When they discover a stranger wandering aimlessly across the land, the three establish an unlikely partnership in their determination to survive. Simon Longman's Royal Court debut premiered at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in February 2018.
It’s 1941, near the town of Southampton, Ontario, and five young sisters are reeling from an accident that killed their mother and severely injured their father. With help from their aunt, the sisters strive to keep the family farm operating as World War II rages on. But the Ross sisters are not just facing the challenges of caring for their father and managing financial pressures. As Anna, the eldest, begins to fall for a young English pilot training in Ontario, she faces unwanted advances from the jealous farmhand. Gossip, discrimination, and harassment brew around the young women as emotional and physical threats grow. Although each of the sisters is struggling with the hardships of wartime and grieving their mother, they try to support one another when confronted by rigid small-town mores and unforeseen perils. When women’s voices are not respected or believed, is the bond between sisters strong enough to withstand tragedy and war? Little Women meets #MeToo in this rich historical novel about adversity and resilience on the Canadian home front of World War II.
Charles T. Gregory, a decorated combat veteran of Vietnam, after due deliberation decides to become a priest. It's the right choice for him and he advances rapidly to become the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston. As Cardinal, he tries to do everything for everybody but he doesn't have the money. His congregation is shrinking, collections are declining and many of his parishes are in economic trouble. His sister pleads with him to use all his income to educate the children before their minds are stolen by the wanton world around them. After much soul searching he decides to sell his hospitals and use the proceeds to rebuild his school system. But Greg knows that the invincible bureaucrats in Rome's Curia will emasculate this radical plan unless he first obtains the Pope's approval. He must find a way around Rome's inflexible and all-powerful apparatchiks or his plan for new schools will die in the catacombs of the Vatican bureaucracy.
The first play from a new British playwright It's the 1960s in Hampstead, London. Bruno and Anna Mosenthal, Anna's brother Leo and his wife Ottilie are awaiting the arrival of a potential buyer for their jointly owned country cottage. Leo is keen to raise the asking price for the house bought through a gift for the siblings by their father, a Jewish button factory owner who lost out in Berlin before the war. But when the buyer, Lisa Pendry, turns out to be German too, Leo demands an apology for Nazi war crimes as well as money in return for the property. At Leo's funeral in the 1990s, Daniel, his son attempts to confront the broken dreams of the previous generation of Jewish refugees. But in surviving the war, marrying a Lebanese wife and denying his roots, has Daniel managed to leave behind the legacy of anger and sense of victimisation that haunted his father?The Lucky Ones is published to tie in with the premiere at London's Hampstead Theatre, starring Kelly Hunter
Best. Cookie. Ever. A young person’s entrepreneurial story By: Bill Heinz Anna has a cookie recipe. And it’s a great recipe. Everyone who tastes one of her cookies remarks, “This is the best cookie I’ve ever tasted.” Her dream is to start a business selling her cookies. It doesn’t go well. After an initial failure, Anna chooses to try again. To do so, she has to process her disappointment, figure out what went wrong, and come up with a new plan. Who should she ask? What should she ask? What if she fails again? Though she’s only in middle school, Anna’s search leads her through her own business school experience, with guidance from her parents, the professor who lives down the street and her best friend, Morgan. With hard work and applying the lessons she learns, the Best. Cookie. Ever. business is born!
As Pam rides her pony, she happens upon Cloud, Maggie the Magician's pony. Cloud seems skittish and frightened by people. Pam, Anna, and Lulu set out to learn about Cloud's past. The truth they uncover is disturbing, but it may be the key to giving Cloud a better future. Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The next volume in the distinguished Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson comprises prefaces, proposals, dedications, appeals, and other works that Johnson wrote for friends and acquaintances. The English critic, biographer, and poet Samuel Johnson was among the most influential figures of the eighteenth century. This twentieth and final volume of the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson presents the author's occasional writings, including prefaces, proposals, dedications, introductions, book reviews, public letters, appeals, and school exercises. Notably, it includes the letters and addresses that Johnson wrote for the convicted clergyman William Dodd. Edited by O M Brack, Jr., and Robert DeMaria, Jr., this volume brings a treasure trove of Johnson's lesser-known writings to a contemporary audience.
This combined textbook and fully integrated online workbook is packed full of innovative features designed to support students as they revise key concepts, reinforce their understanding, and put into practice what they have learnt.