Richard Altschuler Associates Inc: 9 books
Dancing on the Tails of the Bell Curve
Readings on the Joy and Power of Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Each year tens of thousands of professors confront over a million students required to take statistics courses in almost every discipline—from anthropology to zoology. Because most students did not choose to take “stat” courses, they lack the motivation to learn and use statistics and, therefore,...
Contemplative Aging
A Way of Being in Later Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Contemplative Aging is for men and women age 60 and beyond who want to experience a more peaceful, aware way of being through contemplative practices and transcend the many causes of suffering inherent in later life. It presents a way of being that has received little attention in most popular and professional...
Doctor, Why Does My Face Still Ache?
Getting Relief from Persistent Jaw, Ear, Tooth and Headache Pain
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This groundbreaking book explains why millions of Americans with persistent headaches, toothaches, jaw pain, and other debilitating facial pain can’t find relief—even after seeing many doctors in search of a solution. The problem is that most physicians and dentists look for injury or disease to...
A Killer of Lions
A Novel Based on the Heroic Deeds of the Tuskegee Airmen
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
A Killer of Lions tells the stirring story of “Buddy” A. Bowman, Jr., who ignores racial prejudice to heed his country’s call to enlist in the armed forces during World War II. Against his parents’ wishes, Buddy defies the military’s official policy of “Negro inferiority” and successfully...
Identifying and Recovering from Psychological Trauma
A Psychiatrist's Guide for Victims of Childhood Abuse, Spousal Battery, and Political Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
In this invaluable resource, psychiatrist Brian Trappler explains how victims of childhood abuse, spousal battery, and political terrorism can identify and recover from post-traumatic strress disorder and other forms of psychological trauma. Drawing on his extensive experience treating patients with...
It’s Good to Know a Miracle: Dani’s Story
One Family’s Struggle with Leukemia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
In this inspirational and informative book, Dani’s parents, Jay and Sue Shotel, vividly convey the strength and courage their daughter displayed in her battle with AML, as they tell the story of the events that led to her recovery. Along the way they provide a wealth of information about leukemia,...
by Stan Weisleder
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Trees is an exciting historical novel told in “Godfather” style about a handful of guys and girls who make it out of the slums of Brooklyn after World War II and arrive in Las Vegas in time to participate in the transitions is taking place—from the introduction and subsequent demise of Howard...
by Oren Tasini
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Pandemonium surrounds the fate of the U.S. presidency after the president-elect is assassinated When president-elect Arthur Davis is assassinated shortly after Election Day, the first Tuesday in November, the nation faces grave uncertainty about who is to become president in this unprecedented situation....
by Miriam Finder Tasini
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
This is the inspiring true story of a courageous Jewish family's escape from the Nazis and survival against all odds. In this action-packed memoir that reads like a novel, the author recounts the severe hardship that she, her sister, and parents, Markus and Rena Finder, endured as they escaped Krakow,...