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101 Outdoor Adventures to Have Before You Grow Up

9781493041404
Stacy Tornio
€18.51

ADHD Medication: Does It Work and Is It Safe?

9781538155776
Walt Karniski, MD
€34.12

Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News

9781538141038
Amanda Sturgill, author
Introduction - An introduction the problem of people trying to mislead the public, followed by a description of techniques for general critical thinking including breaking statements into premises and conclusions. Things to look for - This will be the majority of the book, consisting of multiple short chapters. Each chapter will describe the issue, explain why it is an issue, offer an example with analysis drawn from existing news stories from a variety of topics and times and then offer an example without analysis for consideration or for instructors to use as an assignment. Problems with how people think Arguing about the person instead of the idea (The Ad Hominem) Arguing against something no one actually said (The Straw Man) Don't be a hypocrite! (Tu Quoque) Look! Squirrel! - Arguing by distraction (The Red Herring) There are only two things that could happen (The Black and White) And you'll end up living in a van down by the river... (The Slippery Slope) One rotten apple spoils the barrel (The Fallacy of Fallacies) Apples to oranges (Faulty Analogies) Cool. Don't care. (Irrelevant Conclusions) I saw a thing once. (Hasty Generalization) All the children are above average. (The Division Fallacy) Great players must make a great band. (The Composition Fallacy) (Begging The Question) (No true Scotsman) Problems with what people say If you loved me... (The Appeal To Pity) Agree or else (The Appeal to Force) No one has proved you can't, so... (The Appeal To Ignorance) I'm not a doctor, but... (The Appeal To Authority) We've always done it this way. (Appeal To Tradition) A lot of people agree. (The Appeal To Popularity) The sky is green. (The Big Lie) Problems with numbers It's a percent of what? (Ignoring The Base Rate) Spider bites and spelling bees (Correlation Is Not Causation) Rabbit feet and lucky rocks (Lurking Variables) The difference that doesn't matter (Unnecessary Precision) It's not actually that likely (Naive Probability) Bigger isn't necessarily better (Lying With Charts) When a difference isn't really a difference (Misinterpreting Polls)
€18.81

Ghost Hunter's Handbook: Supernatural Explorations for Kids

9781608935703
Liza Gardner Walsh
€14.80

Ghost Hunter's Handbook: Supernatural Explorations for Kids

9781608935703
Liza Gardner Walsh
€14.80

Horses of Long Ago

9781608933235
Dahlov Ipcar
€18.06

Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family

9781493009602
Amber Hunt
€16.04

Revolutionary Medicine

9780762701391
C. Keith Wilbur
€14.80

The Amazing Journey of Lucky the Lobster Buoy

9780892727919
Karel Hayes
€15.28

The American Deep State: Big Money, Big Oil, and the Struggle for U.S. Democracy

9781442214255
Peter Dale Scott
Chapter 1: The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, and the Shrinking of American Democracy Chapter 2: The Deep State, the Wall Street Overworld, and Big Oil Chapter 3: The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 Subordinated the U.S. Constitution Chapter 4: The Falsified War on Terror: The Deep History of U.S. Protection for al-Qaeda Terrorist Ali Mohamed Chapter 5: The Falsified War on Terror II: How the Deep State Has Protected Gulf Arab States Rather than the American People Chapter 6: Deep State Uses and Protection of al-Qaeda Terrorists Chapter 7: The U.S. Terror War: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia Chapter 8: The Fates of the Presidents Who Challenged the Deep State, 1963-1980 Chapter 9: The Doomsday Project and Deep Events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 Chapter 10: The American Deep State, Deep Events, and Off-the-Books Financing Chapter 11: America's Unchecked Security State: The Continuity of COG Planning, 1936-2001 Chapter 12: America's Unchecked Security State and Lawlessness Chapter 13: Why Americans Must End America's Self-Generating Wars Epilogue: Greek Theater-Mario Savio and the Socratic Quest Selected Bibliography
€30.86

The Great G.O.A.T. Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science

9781538153154
Paul Volponi
Introduction Chapter One: Athlete (All Around) - Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias vs. Jim Thorpe Chapter Two: Band (music) - The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones Chapter Three: Baseball Player - Babe Ruth vs. Hank Aaron Chapter Four: Building Designer/Architect - Zaha Hadid vs. Frank Lloyd Wright Chapter Five: Chess Player - Hou Yifan vs. Gary Kasparov Chapter Six: Composer - John Williams vs. Ludwig van Beethoven Chapter Seven: Dancer (Female), Dancer (Male) - Anna Pavlova vs. Janet Jackson, Mikhail Baryshnikov vs. Michael Jackson Chapter Eight: Electric Guitar Player - Jimi Hendrix vs. B. B. King Chapter Nine: Hoops Star (Female), Hoops Star (Male) - Maya Moore vs. Anne Meyers, LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan Chapter Ten: Inventor - Leonardo da Vinci vs. Nikola Tesla Chapter Eleven: Jazz Soloist - Ella Fitzgerald vs. Miles Davis Chapter Twelve: Jockey - Angel Cordero Jr. vs. John Velazquez Chapter Thirteen: Martial Artist - Rickson Gracie vs. Bruce Lee Chapter Fourteen: Mathematician - Srinivasa Ramanujan vs. Sir Isaac Newton Chapter Fifteen: MC (Hip-Hop Artist) - Nas vs. Jay Z Chapter Sixteen: Orator (Public Speaker) - Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Sir Winston Churchill Chapter Seventeen: Philosopher - Plato vs. Albert Camus Chapter Eighteen: Quarterback - Joe Montana vs. Tom Brady Chapter Nineteen: Sci-Fi Franchise - Star Trek vs. Star Wars Chapter Twenty: Scientist - Marie Curie vs. Albert Einstein Chapter Twenty-one: Stunt Person - Dar Robinson vs. Jeannie Epper Chapter Twenty-two: Super Hero Squad - Justice League vs. Avengers Chapter Twenty-three: TV Moment - Moon Landing vs. Ellen's Coming-out Episode Chapter Twenty-four: Video Game - Mario Brothers vs. Pac-Man Chapter Twenty-five: Villain (Fictional) - Lord Voldemort vs. Joker Chapter Twenty-six: Wrestler - Mildred Burke vs. Dan Gable Chapter Twenty-seven: Writer - William Shakespeare vs. Mark Twain
€28.38

The Great G.O.A.T. Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science

9781538153154
Paul Volponi
Introduction Chapter One: Athlete (All Around) - Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias vs. Jim Thorpe Chapter Two: Band (music) - The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones Chapter Three: Baseball Player - Babe Ruth vs. Hank Aaron Chapter Four: Building Designer/Architect - Zaha Hadid vs. Frank Lloyd Wright Chapter Five: Chess Player - Hou Yifan vs. Gary Kasparov Chapter Six: Composer - John Williams vs. Ludwig van Beethoven Chapter Seven: Dancer (Female), Dancer (Male) - Anna Pavlova vs. Janet Jackson, Mikhail Baryshnikov vs. Michael Jackson Chapter Eight: Electric Guitar Player - Jimi Hendrix vs. B. B. King Chapter Nine: Hoops Star (Female), Hoops Star (Male) - Maya Moore vs. Anne Meyers, LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan Chapter Ten: Inventor - Leonardo da Vinci vs. Nikola Tesla Chapter Eleven: Jazz Soloist - Ella Fitzgerald vs. Miles Davis Chapter Twelve: Jockey - Angel Cordero Jr. vs. John Velazquez Chapter Thirteen: Martial Artist - Rickson Gracie vs. Bruce Lee Chapter Fourteen: Mathematician - Srinivasa Ramanujan vs. Sir Isaac Newton Chapter Fifteen: MC (Hip-Hop Artist) - Nas vs. Jay Z Chapter Sixteen: Orator (Public Speaker) - Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Sir Winston Churchill Chapter Seventeen: Philosopher - Plato vs. Albert Camus Chapter Eighteen: Quarterback - Joe Montana vs. Tom Brady Chapter Nineteen: Sci-Fi Franchise - Star Trek vs. Star Wars Chapter Twenty: Scientist - Marie Curie vs. Albert Einstein Chapter Twenty-one: Stunt Person - Dar Robinson vs. Jeannie Epper Chapter Twenty-two: Super Hero Squad - Justice League vs. Avengers Chapter Twenty-three: TV Moment - Moon Landing vs. Ellen's Coming-out Episode Chapter Twenty-four: Video Game - Mario Brothers vs. Pac-Man Chapter Twenty-five: Villain (Fictional) - Lord Voldemort vs. Joker Chapter Twenty-six: Wrestler - Mildred Burke vs. Dan Gable Chapter Twenty-seven: Writer - William Shakespeare vs. Mark Twain
€28.38
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