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| Author | : Dennis Duncan |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-02-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1324050519 |
A New York Times Editors' Choice Book Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary Hub and Goodreads A playful history of the humble index and its outsized effect on our reading lives. Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. Here, for the first time, is the secret world of the index: an unsung but extraordinary everyday tool, with an illustrious but little-known past. Charting its curious path from the monasteries and universities of thirteenth-century Europe to Silicon Valley in the twenty-first, Duncan uncovers how it has saved heretics from the stake, kept politicians from high office, and made us all into the readers we are today. We follow it through German print shops and Enlightenment coffee houses, novelists’ living rooms and university laboratories, encountering emperors and popes, philosophers and prime ministers, poets, librarians and—of course—indexers along the way. Revealing its vast role in our evolving literary and intellectual culture, Duncan shows that, for all our anxieties about the Age of Search, we are all index-rakers at heart—and we have been for eight hundred years.
| Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 1878 |
| Genre | : Indexers |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2010-11-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108021530 |
This 1879 book gives rules for the compilation of indexes and provides a list of important printed indexes and concordances.
| Author | : Nancy C. Mulvany |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 349 |
| Release | : 2009-11-15 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0226550176 |
Since 1994, Nancy Mulvany's Indexing Books has been the gold standard for thousands of professional indexers, editors, and authors. This long-awaited second edition, expanded and completely updated, will be equally revered. Like its predecessor, this edition of Indexing Books offers comprehensive, reliable treatment of indexing principles and practices relevant to authors and indexers alike. In addition to practical advice, the book presents a big-picture perspective on the nature and purpose of indexes and their role in published works. New to this edition are discussions of "information overload" and the role of the index, open-system versus closed-system indexing, electronic submission and display of indexes, and trends in software development, among other topics. Mulvany is equally comfortable focusing on the nuts and bolts of indexing—how to determine what is indexable, how to decide the depth of an index, and how to work with publisher instructions—and broadly surveying important sources of indexing guidelines such as The Chicago Manual of Style, Sun Microsystems, Oxford University Press, NISO TR03, and ISO 999. Authors will appreciate Mulvany's in-depth consideration of the costs and benefits of preparing one's own index versus hiring a professional, while professional indexers will value Mulvany's insights into computer-aided indexing. Helpful appendixes include resources for indexers, a worksheet for general index specifications, and a bibliography of sources to consult for further information on a range of topics. Indexing Books is both a practical guide and a manifesto about the vital role of the human-crafted index in the Information Age. As the standard indexing reference, it belongs on the shelves of everyone involved in writing and publishing nonfiction books.
| Author | : Markus Winand |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Database management |
| ISBN | : 9783950307825 |
| Author | : Helaine Olen |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2016-01-05 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0698186656 |
“The newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance.” —Burton Malkiel, author of A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse. They’re wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offhand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4" x 6" card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral. Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.
| Author | : Henry B. Wheatley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1879 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
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| Publisher | : Test Prep Books |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2020-04-17 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781628458480 |
Test Prep Books' PCAT Prep Book 2020-2021: PCAT Study Guide and Practice Test Questions for the Pharmacy College Admissions Test [2nd Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the PCAT exam. This comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Find out what's inside this guide! Test-Taking Strategies Learn the best tips to help overcome your exam! Introduction Get a thorough breakdown of what the test is and what's on it! Study Prep Plan Writing Writing the Essay, and Conventions of Standard English Biological Processes Covers General Biology, Microbiology, Health, Anatomy, and Physiology sections. Chemical Processes Covers General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Basic Biochemistry Processes. Quatative Reasoning Covers Basic Math, Algebra, Probablility, Statistics, and Caclulus. Practice Questions Practice makes perfect! Detailed Answer Explanations Figure out where you went wrong and how to improve! Studying can be hard. We get it. That's why we created this guide with these great features and benefits: Comprehensive Review: Each section of the test has a comprehensive review created by Test Prep Books that goes into detail to cover all of the content likely to appear on the test. Practice Test Questions: We want to give you the best practice you can find. That's why the Test Prep Books practice questions are as close as you can get to the actual PCAT test. Answer Explanations: Every single problem is followed by an answer explanation. We know it's frustrating to miss a question and not understand why. The answer explanations will help you learn from your mistakes. That way, you can avoid missing it again in the future. Test-Taking Strategies: A test taker has to understand the material that is being covered and be familiar with the latest test taking strategies. These strategies are necessary to properly use the time provided. They also help test takers complete the test without making any errors. Test Prep Books has provided the top test-taking tips. Customer Service: We love taking care of our test takers. We make sure that you interact with a real human being when you email your comments or concerns. Anyone planning to take this exam should take advantage of this Test Prep Books study guide. Purchase it today to receive access to: PCAT review materials PCAT practice questions Test-taking strategies
| Author | : Pat F. Booth |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 504 |
| Release | : 2013-02-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110948591 |
| Author | : Robert Harris |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2012-01-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307957950 |
At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. Dr. Alex Hoffmann’s name is carefully guarded from the general public, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultrarich he is a legend. He has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion, and so begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him. Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, The Fear Index gives us a searing glimpse into an all-too-recognizable world of greed and panic. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human—and it is Robert Harris’s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date.
