The Long and the Short of It
Author: Les Binet
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780852941348
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The Long and Short of It
Author: Cheryl Nathan
Publisher: Troll Communications
Published: 1999-03-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780816756094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUses different animals to introduce the concept of size, comparing, for example, the length of a ring-tailed lemur's tail with that of a Boston terrier.
The Long and the Short of It
Author: Jonathan Silvertown
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 022607210X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“[A] whimsical book on aging . . . the author mixes art, science, and humor to brew a highly readable concoction, presenting one aging theory after another.” —Publishers Weekly Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme—death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more—Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species. At every turn, he addresses fascinating questions that have far-reaching implications: What causes aging, and what determines the length of an individual life? What changes have caused the average human life span to increase so dramatically—fifteen minutes per hour—in the past two centuries? If evolution favors those who leave the most descendants, why haven’t we evolved to be immortal? The answers to these puzzles and more emerge from close examination of the whole natural history of life span and aging, from fruit flies, nematodes, redwoods, and much more. The Long and the Short of It pairs a perpetually fascinating topic with a wholly engaging writer, and the result is a supremely accessible book that will reward curious readers of all ages. “Captivating and enlightening.” —The New York Times Well Blog
The Short, the Long and the Tall
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2020-11-17
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1466871377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times #1 bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, a master of the short-story form, joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders’ ambitions. This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories: Never Stop on the Motorway Cheap at Half the Price Who Killed the Mayor? It Can’t be October Already Stuck on You The Grass is Always Greener The Queen’s Birthday Telegram Clean Sweep Ignatius The First Miracle Caste Off A Wasted Hour Just Good Friends Christina Rosenthal A Gentleman and a Scholar The Road to Damascus Old Love A Good Toss to Lose One Man’s Meat Endgame Confession
The Long and the Short of It (International edition)
Author: John Kay
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 1782832696
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe follies of finance have threatened the stability of the global economy, and the world of finance has become increasingly complex and sophisticated, but also greedy, cynical and self-interested. The Long and the Short of It provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance and explains how to put your finances in the only hands you can confidently trust - your own. In this new, wholly updated edition of The Long and the Short of It, you will learn everything you need to be your own investment manager. You will recognise your investment options, the institutions that try to sell them, and how to distinguish between fact and fiction in what companies say. You will discover the principles of sound investment and the research that supports these principles. Crucially, you will learn a practical investment strategy and how to implement it. Leading economist and hugely successful investor John Kay uses his academic credentials and practical experience to lay out the key principles of investment with characteristic clarity and dry humour. This is the only book about finance and investment anyone needs, and the one book they must have.
Long Days, Short Years
Author: Andrew Bomback
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2022-08-09
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 0262370816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids. When did “parenting” become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past—the Cleavers, the Bradys, the Conners—didn’t seem to lose any sleep about their parenting methods. Today, parents are likely to be up late, doomscrolling on parenting websites. In Long Days, Short Years, Andrew Bomback—physician, writer, and father of three young children—looks at why it can be so much fun to be a parent but, at the same time, so frustrating and difficult to parent. It’s not a “how to” book (although Bomback has read plenty of these) but a “how come” book, investigating the emergence of an immersive, all-in approach to raising children that has made parenting a competitive (and often not very enjoyable) sport. Drawing on parenting books, mommy blogs, and historical accounts of parental duties as well as novels, films, podcasts, television shows, and his own experiences as a parent, Bomback charts the cultural history of parenting as a skill to be mastered, from the laid-back Dr. Spock’s 1950s childcare bible—in some years outsold only by the actual Bible—to the more rigid training schedules of Babywise. Along the way, he considers the high costs of commercialized parenting (from the babymoon on), the pressure on mothers to have it all (and do it all), scripted parenting as laid out in How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, parenting during a pandemic, and much more.
The Long and the Short of it
Author: Barbara Meyers
Publisher: Amer Cancer Society
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9781604430172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIsabel wants her hair to be long while Emma struggles with hair loss due to chemotherapy, but when Isabel hears about hair donation she decides to help.
Short-term Therapy for Long-term Change
Author: Marion Fried Solomon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780393703337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs it possible to effect deep, lasting, meaningful psychological change in a short period of time?
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
Author: Robert Borski
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2006-02-17
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 0595830269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the years sf and fantasy writer Gene Wolfe has proven himself to be adept at all lengths of fiction. Now in THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT, once again literary detective Robert Borski brings his critical eye and acumen to the wide array of Wolfe's work, from short stories to novellas to mega-book series. Along the way he'll reveal to you the hidden alchemical structure of PEACE, why he thinks Latro and several others may be werewolves, what has happened to the missing twenty-four hours in "Seven American Nights," what Biblical story is retold in the pulpish "Tracking Song," who might or might not be an abo in THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, and how to navigate your way through dozens of other lupine mazes-all before concluding with an extended examination of Wolfe's dazzling, if often opaque, BOOK OF THE SHORT SUN.
Two Short, Two Long
Author: Christianne C. Jones
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781404819306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an introduction to rectangles by identifying things having this shape within a school. Includes an activity.
