Human Development: A Life-Span View
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Human Development: A Life-Span View
Robert V. Kail , and John C. Cavanaugh
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, Fourth Edition provides students with balanced coverage of the entire life span. John C. Cavanaugh's extensive research in gerontology, combined with Robert V. Kail's expertise in childhood and adolescence, result in a textbook that presents complete and balanced coverage of all life stages. Utilizing a modified chronological approach, the authors trace development from conception through late life in sequential order, while also dedicating several chapters to important topical issues pertaining to particular points in the life span. This Fourth Edition includes unparalleled technology integration to help students better understand and remember the enormous amount of information covered in this course.

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5 out of 5 stars A blessing.......2007-01-20

Thanks for providing a quality, affordable product.. I would have paid three times as much at my school's bookstore! A+

5 out of 5 stars Human Development: A Lifespan View.......2007-01-02

Great book to go along with the course! Followed Developmental Course material perfectly!

1 out of 5 stars THIS IS A STUDY GUIDE!!!.......2006-08-23

This is not the actual book. This is a study guide that goes with the book. Half of it is blank pages for you to write notes. Be warned. Save your money!!!
History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Anatoly Fomenko
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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3 out of 5 stars Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

5 out of 5 stars Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

5 out of 5 stars Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

5 out of 5 stars Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

4 out of 5 stars History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
Study Guide for Kail/Cavanaugh's Human Development: A Life-Span View, 4th
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    Study Guide for Kail/Cavanaugh's Human Development: A Life-Span View, 4th
    Robert V. Kail , and John C. Cavanaugh
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      Robert V. Kail , and John C. Cavanaugh
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      Whether you plan on a future career in the education, counseling, psychology, or simply want a richer understanding of how humans develop this affordable THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, is the right textbook for you. Development experts Cavanaugh and Kail include complete coverage of all life stages--tracing development from conception through late life in sequential order. "Current Controversies" highlight the field's current debates. "Real People: Applying Human Development" boxes illustrate the value of the field's concepts to everyday life. "Focus on Research" boxes linked to critical thinking questions on the information-packed Book Companion Website keep you at the cutting edge of research in the field.
      Human Development Study Guide: A Life-Span View
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      Human Development Study Guide: A Life-Span View
      Robert V. Kail
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      3 out of 5 stars Long-Winded, Difficult to Study From.......1999-01-25

      I used this book as a textbook in a college class. I found that it has a tendency to go on and on about a subject, never repeating or reinforcing itself but never closing in on a particular point. Although important definitions and other core facts are bolded, because of the aforementioned longwindedness I found the book difficult to study from. I couldn't easily flip through a chapter and draw out the salient points. It's pretty expensive, too, but then aren't all college textbooks?
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        George E Forman
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        Human Development + Life Span: A Life-Span View
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          Human Development + Life Span: A Life-Span View
          Robert V. Kail
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            Lecture Outlines for Kail/Cavanaugh's Human Development: A Life-Span View, 4th
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              Robert V. Kail , and John C. Cavanaugh
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              This new booklet by Ed Morris of Owensboro Community College includes a bulleted lecture outline with space that allows students to write notes. Some of the art from the main text is also included.

              Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
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              Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
              Giles Foden
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              The Whitbread Award—winning author of The Last King of Scotland brings his extensive knowledge of Africa to his first work of nonfiction: the incredible true story that inspired the classic film The African Queen.

              When the First World War breaks out, the British navy is committed to engaging the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship–even if the body of water in question is a remote African lake and the enemy an intimidating fleet of German steamers. The leader of this improbable mission is Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, the oldest lieutenant commander in the navy, whose career thus far had been distinguished by two sinkings. His seemingly impossible charge: to trek overland through the African bush hauling Mimi and Toutou–two forty-foot mahogany gunboats–and defeat the Germans on Lake Tanganyika. Spicer-Simson sets forth on a lunatic 2,800-mile journey with a band of cantankerous, insubordinate Scotsmen, Irishmen and Englishmen. After going into battle wearing a skirt and becoming the god of an African tribe by showing them his tattoos, he is acclaimed a hero. But the truth about the battle is somewhat more complex.

              With its powerfully evoked landscape, cast of hilariously colorful characters and remarkable story of hubris, ingenuity and perseverance, Mimi and Toutou’s Big Adventure is history at its most entertaining and absorbing.

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              3 out of 5 stars Done much better by others.......2007-05-27

              Giles Foden's story of the World War I battle on Lake Tanganyika is mostly based on work by other authors. Most quoted is Peter Shankland (published in 1968) who interviewed many of the principles late in life, and Byron Farwell. In fact lengthy parts of both books are quoted to establish many of Foden's points. The problem is that he has very little new to say and therefore spends most of the first two hundred pages filling out the short and more to the point chapter that is in Farwell's book. He has little or no information from the German side.

              The last forty pages are involved with discussing the background to the old Humphrey Bogart/Katherine Hepburn movie, "The African Queen" and how the story of the battle and a book by C.S. Forester, follow parts of the 'real' occurences. This and ten pages on his own trip back to the area, seem to be there to fill out the book, more than to inform.

              Lastly, there are two "glaring" mistakes in the book from my point of view. When discussing the travel of the Naval African Expedition through the then Union of South Africa, he has them travel through Mafeking and then Johannesburg (J-Burg) on their way to Lake Tanganyika. Look on any map and you will see that J-Burg is south of Mafeking. Speaking of maps, on the one in the book of southern Africa, he has J-Burg placed where Mafeking is (on the South Africa, Botswana border); J-Burg is in the center of South Africa.

              3 out of 5 stars Derivative Telling of an Unusual Incident.......2006-05-19

              These days, with most people being unable to name their own state capital or the last five presidents, our collective grasp on history has become weak. Few, then, can be expected to know much about World War I, but even military buffs might not be aware of the campaigns that took place in Africa.

              This book is a smallish relation of the Anglo-German struggle for control of Lake Tanganyika. At the outbreak of hostilities, the Germans had three steamships of varying sizes on the lake, some packing salvaged guns from the scuttled cruiser Konigsberg, which had been hammered by the British on the coast of East Africa. With control of the lake, the Germans could run around much of Africa without fear, because the Belgians in the Congo had no way to close with them and evidently the Brits coming up from South Africa were too fearful to go it alone.

              At least partially at the urging of a big game hunter who was familiar with the region, the British Admiralty concocted a plan to send a pair of motor launches to the Cape and then have them dragged by oxen, steam tractor, train, and river boat many hundreds of miles northwards to the planned confrontation. In the grand English scheme of such things, they randomly selected the biggest foul-up they could find to head up the expedition.

              This is a pretty interesting story of a skirt-wearing nutball leading a motley band of adventurers to transport the whimsically named Mimi and Toutou across half of Africa to end the German menace. (This threat was also the inspiration for the novel and movie "The African Queen"; the making of the latter is also covered in this book.) The tale is told competently enough, but would have benefited from some pictures. Also, the maps aren't too bad, but one of them kinda gives away the ending, which is a bit of a drag. If you wish to remain unspoiled, do NOT look at the second map.

              My biggest complaint is that the author draws very heavily upon three primary and secondary sources, to the extent that you wonder what he's bringing to the table. He relies upon them so much that you have to ask why he's writing this up if these other versions covered everything so well. He does have a final chapter of his own travels in the region, which adds some fresh material, including the surprising fate of one of the combatants.

              If you can find this cheap, it's not a bad read.

              3 out of 5 stars Bungling Off to War.......2006-03-09

              For history buffs, this is a potentially enjoyable yarn about a forgotten little episode from the past, but in a poorly constructed book. Giles Foden covers the odd story of a World War I naval campaign on Lake Tanganyika in East Africa, as old colonial intrigues between the Germans and English spilled over into the Great War, and Africa became a very remote battleground between the imperial powers. Mimi and Toutou were two specially-made motorboats – which were built in England to be small and fast, as secret weapons against the large German warships that patrolled the lake. Under the command of the eccentric and delusional Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, a motley crew of conscripts hauled the two boats by rail and river, and on foot, all the way from South Africa in a quest that lasted several months. They finally engaged the Germans in a naval lake battle that had very little strategic significance, especially considering the logistical nightmare of setting up the scene.

              This is the type of odd historical episode that can make for fun reading, and Foden does a fairly good job describing the bizarre bungling aspects of the campaign, as well as the weird eccentricities of Spicer-Simson and his crew. But Foden has merely constructed his narrative from broad chunks of information borrowed directly from earlier historians and biographers, especially one named Peter Shankland. And like everyone else who discusses this period in colonial Africa, Foden can't stop talking about Joseph Conrad. Alas, the story of the Lake Tanganyika campaign, while intriguing, just isn't momentous enough to be the subject of a substantial history, or even a medium-sized book like this. In that regard, Foden had to flesh things out with a completely inconsequential attempt to analyze the novel and film "The African Queen," which were partially inspired by this historical episode; followed by an awkwardly melancholy account of a present-day trip to the region. Through unsatisfactory writing and construction, this book gives an unsuccessful treatment to a historical episode that was quirky but not really very dramatic. [~doomsdayer520~]

              3 out of 5 stars If only the book floated as well as the vessels ..........2006-02-24

              Giles Foden's "Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure" is an insightful look at the efforts of British forces to reclaim dominance on Lake Tanganyika in Central East Africa during World War I. While the storyline has an incredible amount of potential, the final product didn't really live up to my expectations. In a text that focused heavily on the development of historical characters as opposed to details of the vessels and military engagements, I found the characters somewhat shallow, as if the author had turned them into "caricatures." The story itself was somewhat anti-climactic, but that remains for the reader to discover. However, I will comment that the last several chapters of the text include a discussion of the production of the "African Queen," as well the author's journey on one of the German vessels serving on the lake and attempt to interview African locals. These chapters came across as an attempt to make a short story ... long.

              The text is definitely worth the read, but wouldn't merit a permanent spot on your book shelf.

              4 out of 5 stars A hero despite himself.......2005-12-29

              Eccentricity bordering on incompetence marked Geoffrey Spicer-Simson's service as a junior officer in the Royal Navy. A braggart and a liar, he had beached one ship, sank another in a collision, and witnessed the torpedoing of a gunboat under his command from a hotel where he was entertaining his wife and other women. Surviving two court martials, he was posted to an obscure position in the Admiralty's Intelligence Division where he languished without doing further harm in the days before the beginning of World War I. Fate was to smile upon him there when, for apparent lack of more reliable leaders, he was chosen to command the Naval African Expedition.
              Far from the killing fields of western Europe, Lake Tanganyika would seem an unlikely stage for battle but, in the late colonial period, control of central Africa, with its resources and population was important both to Germany and the Allies. Germany controlled the lake by virtue of two steamers, the "Hedwig von Wissman" and the "Kingali." London decided to contest that control by bringing ships overland from South Africa and it fell to Spicer to accomplish that feat and to subsequently sink the German ships.
              Despite formidable obstacles and its leader's very dubious record, the Expedition would prove successful. Foden, drawing upon a variety of published reminiscences and general accounts of the war in that region, provides an engaging account of that mission, which resulted in Spicer's elevation to god-like status among the natives who witnessed his victory. That would prove the height of his heroic accomplishment, however, for he would never be given an active command again.
              Given Spicer's engaging but thoroughly bizarre character, this book's title seems somewhat beside the point. Yet it subtly enhances the portrait Foden has presented. The Royal Navy had rejected Spicer's original proposal that the motor launches he was to command be named "Cat" and "Dog." Why it accepted their designation as the "HMS Mimi" and "Toutou", those being French familiar terms for "meow-meow" and "bow-wow," goes unexplained but they were quite in keeping with their commander's enimatic character. In addition, Foden's title alludes to the plot of C.S. Forester's "The African Queen" and he devotes a chapter to paralles between the historical event and the novel for which it served as an inspiration.

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