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  • The Hindenburg in Flames

    How a Photograph Marked the End of the Airship

    by Michael Burgan, Daniel Grossman ...
    Series series Captured World History
    When it went down in flames, the Hindenburg went down in history. The era of airship travel ended with a disastrous explosion May 6, 1937. Sam Shere's photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episode from first flash to destruction took less than a minute. It happened so fast that Shere, who could feel the heat of the burning airship, ... Read more

    $29.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Reluctant Jew

    by Michael Grossman ...
    Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Demand for Health

    A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

    by Michael Grossman ...
    A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature. It is well past time to bring this important work back into print ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • The Demand for Health

    A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

    by Michael Grossman ...
    A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature. It is well past time to bring this important work back into print ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • The Accidental President

    by I Michael Grossman ...
    The last man standing?Earth is in crisis. And the intergalactic managers who oversee all creatures of the Milky Way Galaxy are tasked to bottom-line man's usefulness. Should they let homo sapiens survive or watch them continue to their own destruction?To answer that, the extraterrestrials charged with evaluating us as a species discover incredible truths about who we are – the good, the bad, the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Determinants of Health

    An Economic Perspective

    by Michael Grossman ...
    This collection of Michael Grossman’s most important papers adds essential background and depth to his work on economic determinants of public health. Each of the book’s four sections includes an introduction that contextualizes the issues and addresses the larger stakes of his work. An afterword discusses the significance of Grossman’s approach for subsequent research on health economics, as well ... Read more

    $104.49 CAD

  • Determinants of Health

    An Economic Perspective

    by Michael Grossman ...
    This collection of Michael Grossman’s most important papers adds essential background and depth to his work on economic determinants of public health. Each of the book’s four sections includes an introduction that contextualizes the issues and addresses the larger stakes of his work. An afterword discusses the significance of Grossman’s approach for subsequent research on health economics, as well ... Read more

    $104.49 CAD

  • The Legacy of the Biden Administration

    An Inconsequential Presidency?

    Edited by Michael Grossman, David B. Cohen, Ronald Eric Matthews Jr, Odeh Halaseh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume examines the presidency of Joe Biden, exploring the profound gap between significant policy achievement and public recognition in modern American politics. It asks a pressing question: how can a president pass landmark legislation and still lose the battle for his own legacy? Opening with the political fallout from the 2024 election, the book traces Biden's major legislative ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • The Leviticus Rats Experiment

    A Thinking Person’s Science Fiction Story

    by Michael Grossman ...
    Although this book is pure fiction, none of the phenomena it describes are beyond the possible. Super intelligence, telepathy, other dimensions, intelligent extraterrestrial life, travel through wormholes and living in good health for hundreds of years are no longer just the imaginings of science fiction wonks. We are on the brink of the incredible. Best, ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Economics of Medical Technology

    by Kristian Bolin, Robert Kaestner, Michael Grossman, Björn Lindgren ...
    Series Book 23 - Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
    Medical technology broadly defined to include all aspects of the process of treating disease (e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is profoundly important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. Advances in medical technology convey the prospect of both improved population health and increased general welfare. However, because of the extensive ... Read more

    $182.49 CAD

  • Coming to Terms with Aging

    The Secret to Meaningful Time

    by I Michael Grossman ...
    While many societies embrace aging, ours shuns it. We hide signs of aging and whistle past our mortality. We have euphemisms to avoid the “D” word. We create a new apartheid- based on age- that segregates elders in assisted living facilities and nursing homes. All our fear of aging- our denial- undervalues time and erodes our self-esteem.Imagine the benefits of coming to terms with aging.Coming to ... Read more

    $6.80 CAD

  • The Legacy of the Trump Administration

    A Disruptive Presidency

    Edited by Michael Grossman, Francis Schortgen, Ronald Eric Matthews Jr., David B. Cohen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes the legacy of the first Trump administration on a variety of different fronts. Whether it was the extensive use of Twitter, the tendency to express controversial, and often dubious views, or to even slander foreign leaders, Trump was a disruptive president. The presidency of Donald Trump raises questions for political scientists and researchers. How consequential was he? While ... Read more

    $108.89 CAD