books about: persistence     books:       Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States9 reviews Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 If open to understanding the minority perspective This book may annoy, irritate, and even infuriate some, but if any of these emotions arise, you might ask yourself "why do I feel so defensive?"...and I promise, you will gather a bit of enlightment. The book portrays the perspective of minority peoples in a way that will open your eyes. It IS one-sided, but not because the author is a "racist", rather, he feels (it's in his Author's Note) that ...             Out of the Ballpark8 reviews Alex Rodriguez HarperCollins, 2007 Great book The child I bought this for loved it ! Great pictures and an easy reader for your children.             Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (5th Edition)188 reviews Bill Burke, Richard Monson-Haefel O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 Great EJB3 Book! You will be greatly pleased with your purchase. This is a great introduction to EJBs in general, and now EJB3. (the JSR 220 standard) Just like EJBs are now easier to develop with version 3, so is it easy to read and study this book. I hold O'Reilly in a high regard, (doesn't mean I'm a fan boy though, they do have their share of bad apples) and their high standards show in the quality of writing in this book. You will be happy with your ...             The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America15 reviews Allan M. Brandt Basic Books, 2007 Excellent and Thorough survey Fantastic job of tracing the roots of the cigarette industry to its "high water" mark in the 1950s, and then a thorough explanation of how it managed to survive and even thrive in some respects in the past fifty years. You can guess the author's opinion, but it is an opinion he came to after a complete survey of the evidence, which is as human beings what we should aspire to, eh? Appropriate ...             Java Persistence with Hibernate50 reviews Christian Bauer, Gavin King Manning Publications, 2006 A Massive Book for a Magnificent Framework Some of the reviews for this book are a little harsh. This is the most complete book on Hibernate on the market. It covers everything, and I mean everything. From mapping to annotations, to whatever, it's in here. The book is written by the makers of Hibernate, and you can find an answer to pretty much every question you'll ever have explained in extreme detail, and in a very, very ...             So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools Charles M. Payne Harvard Education Press, 2008 This frank and courageous book explores the persistence of failure in today s urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education policy discussions are disconnected from the daily realities of urban schools, especially those in poor and beleaguered neighborhoods. Charles M. Payne argues that we have failed to account fully for the weakness of the social infrastructure and the often dysfunctional organizational environments of urban ...             Try and With It (Learning to Get Along) (Learning to Get Along)1 review Cheri J. Meiners Free Spirit Publishing, 2004 my spectrum son loves these books he reads them for himself and sits down to let us read them to him.. the pix are awesome, the writing is simple.. win win win.. anyone with a spectrum child should buy a few if not the all of them and see what i mean.. cant go wrong.. k             Harnessing Hibernate5 reviews James Elliott, Tim O'Brien, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 Harness Hibernate... fast Harnessing Hibernate is a fine book, which uses the most efficient ways to achieve its goal. Though focusing on Hibernate, the book enlists the usage of various frameworks such as Spring Framework, Stripes and Maven. Part I: Hibernate in a hurry: The core Build: The book starts with how you should build which used to be a dread. The authors choose to use Ant - Maven task, which is cool. ...             Hibernate Made Easy: Simplified Data Persistence with Hibernate and JPA (Java Persistence API) Annotations18 reviews Cameron Wallace McKenzie PulpJava, 2008 Very good indeed I rarely read a technical book from cover to cover. This book rocks. This is like an instruction manual on Hibernate. Just stuff with no fluff that needs to get the job done. I am not a friend of the author nor a Java programmer to begin with. I am a C#, VB, and SQL Server DBA who got a new position to do Java and Hibernate. Freaked out! So I was trying to find something that would get me ...             Hibernate in Action (In Action series)60 reviews Christian Bauer, Gavin King Manning Publications, 2004 Useful narrative I found this book useful and readable, and it helped me develop my first (and second) Hibernate applications. It begins with a brief overview of the kinds of problems which ORM solutions need to address. It then introduces Hibernate along with a couple of examples, upon which subsequent chapters build. (Some reviewers have criticized the examples, but I thought they were useful, and I didn't ...             Pearl's New Skates2 reviews Greenwillow, 2005 Pride and Prejudice, Bunny Style When Pearl receives a pair of grown-up single blade skates for her birthday, she can hardly wait for the ice to form on the nearby lake. The cheerful, optimistic bunny puts on a red skating skirt that Grandma made her, and practices twirls and jumps on the floor. There's a big, confident look on her face-she's very proud of herself! Pearl's pride turns into snobbery, however, when the lake ...             Pro EJB 3: Java Persistence API (Pro)17 reviews Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol Apress, 2006 Great Reference for JPA Pro EJB3 is a great book. Having been using it for over last 6 month on my recent project, I can definitely say that this book is invaluable. Have been worked on EJB 2.x for many years and on several projects with different application servers (Weblogic, JBoss, WebSphere), I understand the basics of EJB. So I want not only understand the basic how-to in EJB3 and JPA, but also want to ...             Persistence of Memory Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2008 Sixteen-year-old Erin Misrahe just wants to be like everyone else in her new school. But Erin has more to worry about than passing AP Chemistry or making friends. In times of stress, she has always been overcome by her alter ego, Shevaun, whose violent behavior wreaks havoc on those around her. Erin can never remember anything about these episodes, and she?s grateful to have been spared them for a while. But when a protective friend comes back ...             Horseland #4: Rein or Shine (Horseland) Sadie Chesterfield HarperEntertainment, 2008 Normally, Sarah and her horse, Scarlet, easily master new riding moves. But when a new dressage step proves difficult to learn, Sarah gives up. It isn't until her friends are trapped by rapid waters that Sarah's patience kicks back in to help her master the step and save her friends!             The Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS Theory8 reviews Henry H. Bauer McFarland & Company, 2007 Devastating Update on the HIV=AIDS Myth Henry H. Bauer The Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS Theory (McFarland & Co, Jefferson, N.C.) 2007 xiv + 282 pages Comprehensive Critique by Frederic Jueneman What goes around comes around. Or, so it might seem to the casual observer. Henry Bauer -- despite his calling as an emeritus professor of chemistry and science studies and dean of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Tech -- ...             Mastering Perl8 reviews brian d foy O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 An excellent survey and a top pick for any Perl reference collection. MASTERING PERL is third in O'Reilly's series of Perl tutorials and is a top pick for collections strong in computer programming in general and Perl in particular. This is more than a collection of shortcuts and 'tricks': it covers the basics of using advanced expressions, avoiding common programming problems, fixing code without editing the original source, and more, and offers Perl users the ...             The Persistence of Yellow: Book of Recipes for Life11 reviews Monique Duval Compendium Publishing & Communications, 2000 Lasting Treasure I bought my first copy of this book in 2000 and have bought more for "special" friends since. It is now 2004 and I have just finished reading the Persistence of Yellow from cover to cover for the umpteenth time. This book does not have many pages but each page has an important tale to tell. I don't know why it is called "a recipe for life" because it is not at all like a cookbook. It is ...             Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky (Persistence of Vision)7 reviews Ben Cobb Creation Books, 2007 Mondo-Jodo Alejandro Jodorowsky's carrer is admirable, with 2 movies (El Topo - La Montaña Sagrada) he achieved what most directors took up to 10 movies to achieve and i don't mean Hollywood recognition at all, but Art, and for some of us, enlightment of conciousness. Nowadays is really difficult to find a movie director to do what Jodororwsky did 3 decades ago, total freedom to do any creative idea that ...             Creation and the Persistence of Evil5 reviews Jon D. Levenson Princeton University Press, 1994 Bold, persuasive, and thought-provoking Creation and the Persistence of Evil is a startling and challenging book. Levenson makes a compelling case for the idea that the act of creation consisted (and consists!) of God's mastering preexistent forces of chaos rather than the simple, unopposed production of something out of nothing--and that these forces were not vanquished but continue to exist under restraints that are subject to ...             Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty1 review Laura Lein, Deanna T. Schexnayder, ... University of Texas Press, 2007 good book. Here is what UT says about it, too. Good book. Here is what UT says about it. AUSTIN, Texas -- Most Texas families who leave welfare remain in or near poverty and many are likely to return to the welfare rolls in the future, say University of Texas at Austin researchers. For a new book, "Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty," Laura Lein and Deanna Schexnayder followed 179 families who left welfare after ...              search for books alchemy, alejandro, america, anarchy, annotations, ballpark, century, cigarette, color-blind, creation, defined, enterprise, failings, failure, harnessing, hibernate, horseland, inequality, javabeans, jodorowsky, learning, mastering, persistence, poverty, racists, recipes, schools, simplified, welfare, without books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: En quête de respect : Le crack à New York we recommend Great EJB3 Book! You will be greatly pleased with your purchase. home  impressum - about us