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• ISBN:
• 1592575196
• Publisher:
• Alpha
• Authors:
• MBA, Lita Epstein

Get it while you can … Complex, ever-changing, and controversial, the future of our current system of Social Security and Medicare is uncertain. This indispensable guide explains the proposed changes and current status of these important social programs. Completely revised to incorporate changes to compensation scales and survivor benefits, and with an expanded section on Medicare and the new drug programs, this book is the most up-to-date...

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• ISBN:
• 0521236746
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press
• Authors:
• S. C. Gardiner

Old Church Slavonic, the language of the religious texts translated by Saints Cyril and Methodius for the use of the Slavonic-speaking people of Central Europe in the early Middle Ages, later to become the literary language of medieval Russia and other East European countries, is a basic component of Modern Standard Russian. This is an elementary grammar of the language for readers of English. No previous knowledge of a Slavonic language or of...

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• ISBN:
• 0470276762
• Publisher:
• For Dummies
• Authors:
• Patricia Barry

Confused about Medicare’s drug coverage? You’re not alone. Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage For Dummies explains Part D in plain English and shows you how to find the best deal among numerous drug-coverage plan options. Whether you’re new to Medicare or already in the program, you’ll navigate the system with more ease and confidence, avoid pitfalls and scams, and have plenty of help choosing the plan that’s right for you. This...

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• ISBN:
• 0415298539
• Publisher:
• CRC

Plants that Fight Cancer is an up-to-date, extensive review of plant genera and species with documented anticancer properties, serving as an invaluable aid to those engaged in cancer therapy or research. Current knowledge is briefly described in the first part of the book, along with the conventional, advanced and alternative treatments for cancer. This is followed by a general review of plant-derived groups of compounds with anticancer...

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• ISBN:
• 158829000X
• Publisher:
• Humana Press

In Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods, the path-breaking investigators who founded the field review the principles and key techniques available to begin the creation of anatomically accurate and complete models of the brain. Combining the vast, data-rich field of anatomy with the computational power of novel hardware, software, and computer graphics, these pioneering investigators lead the reader from the subcellular details of...

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• ISBN:
• 9241545372
• Publisher:
• World Health Organization

Volume 2 of the WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants provides an additional collection of 30 monographs covering the quality control and traditional and clinical uses of selected medicinal plants approved by 120 experts in more than 50 countries.The monographs are intended to promote international harmonization in the quality control and use of herbal medicines and to serve as models for the development of national formularies. They are a...

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• ISBN:
• 0803293534
• Publisher:
• Bison Books
• Authors:
• Alma Hogan Snell

Drawing on the knowledge and wisdom of countless generations of Crow Indian women, the well-known speaker and teacher Alma Hogan Snell presents an indispensable guide to the traditional lore, culinary uses, and healing properties of native foods.   A Taste of Heritage imparts the lore of ages along with the traditional Crow philosophy of healing and detailed practical advice for finding and harvesting plants: from the key to creating...

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• ISBN:
• 0803612494
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Barbara A. Gylys, Mary Ellen Wedding

Davis's Medical Terminology Online is available with this text in the following formats: - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1329-4 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1329-6. Gylys: Med Term Online WebCT Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5th - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1330-0 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1330-X. Gylys: Med Term Online Blackboard Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5thUses word-building and body systems approach to teach terminology

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• ISBN:
• 0309071550
• Publisher:
• National Academies Press
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• Institute of Medicine

Summarizes current information on the potential medical value of marijuana. Includes the harm and relief it can bring patients. Includes conditions such as glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS, and side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy. For health care providers, policy makers, and regulators.

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• ISBN:
• 1405103353
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• Vincent B Young, William A Kormos, Allan H Goroll

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Exam review provides USMLE-style questions for those preparing to take the USMLE Step 2 and 3s. exams. High-yield format highlights key concepts and covers clinical core information. Abundant color-enhanced illustrations. Previous edition: c2001. Softcover. DNLM: Internal Medicine--Examination Questions.

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• ISBN:
• 0849313627
• Publisher:
• CRC

Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitative Treatment and Case Management, Second Edition provides therapists, case managers and physicians with information about the longer-term issues faced by this population. Originally titled Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, this new edition updates the clinical information and broadens the scope of the best-selling text with ten additional chapters designed to meet the needs of educators, discharge...

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• ISBN:
• 0849397073
• Publisher:
• CRC
• Authors:
• Rolland S. Parker

A wide-range study of victims of head injury often reveals disorders that are neglected by less extensive examinations, and dispels the idea that there is usually a benign outcome. Focusing on a public health problem affecting millions of people of all ages, with approximately 1,300 references, Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation addresses such topics as the recognition of minor traumatic brain injury in the...

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• ISBN:
• 075662214X
• Publisher:
• DK CHILDREN
• Authors:
• DK Publishing

From morning to midnight, these beautifully illustrated guides invite readers to spend a day with the animals and plants that inhabit the world's most fascinating environments.

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• ISBN:
• 1604132817
• Publisher:
• Chelsea House Publications
• Authors:
• Bernard Marcus

With the mosquito as its vector, malaria has troubled humans throughout history. While kept under control in most of the developed world, it continues to ravage parts of Africa and Asia, where the majority of cases occur, and where the simple means of protection from the disease are out of reach for the much of the population. Caused by protozoan parasites from the genus Plasmodium, malaria is a chronic disease, plaguing sufferers for many...

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• ISBN:
• 0750624981
• Publisher:
• Butterworth-Heinemann
• Authors:
• ROBERT RIBEIRO

Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems. The context within which these matters are examined is as...

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• ISBN:
• 0791073033
• Publisher:
• Facts on File
• Authors:
• William Coleman, I. Edward Alcamo

Cholera is one of the oldest known and best-understood infectious diseases. Thriving in unclean water, it remains a prevalent killer in countries where sanitary water sources are scarce. "Cholera, Second Edition" describes the history of this infectious disease and discusses characteristics that enable the microorganism to cause serious health problems. This revised edition contains new illustrations and up-to-date information of this largely...

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• ISBN:
• 0791085023
• Publisher:
• Chelsea House Publications
• Authors:
• Alfica Sehgal

Leprosy, a bacterial disease that usually afflicts the skin, nerves, respiratory tract, and eyes, has plagued humanity since history was recorded.

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• ISBN:
• 006078072X
• Publisher:
• Harper Perennial
• Authors:
• Marc Hauser

In his groundbreaking book, Marc Hauser puts forth a revolutionary new theory: that humans have evolved a universal moral instinct, unconsciously propelling us to deliver judgments of right and wrong independent of gender, education, and religion. Combining his cutting-edge research with the latest findings in cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, economics, and anthropology, Hauser explores the startling...

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• ISBN:
• 1930538715
• Publisher:
• Sigma Theta Tau International
• Authors:
• Robin P. Newhouse, Sandra L. Dearholt, Stephanie S. Poe, Linda C. Pugh, Kathleen M. White

Within a health-care environment of ever-increasing scrutiny and heightened expectations, nurses, physicians, public health scientists, and other health-care professionals must continually explore what works best in patient care based on the best evidence available. The goal of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing is to promote improved interventions, care, and patient outcomes. Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and...

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• ISBN:
• 158829952X
• Publisher:
• Humana Press
• Authors:
• Daniel Tarsy

Written by renowned authorities in the field, Deep Brain Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders discusses today s most current and cutting-edge applications of DBS. Initially used to treat Parkinson s disease and essential tremor, DBS now has new clinical indications, new anatomic targets, and new technologies that enable an expanded role for DBS in the treatment of other movement disorders such as dystonia, and for other...

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• ISBN:
• 0913113468
• Publisher:
• Mary Ann Liebert
• Authors:
• Eric Yarnell, Kathy Abascal, Robert Rountree

This comprehensive, fully revised and expanded 2nd Edition of Clinical Botanical Medicine provides clinicians with updated practical information on a broad range of diseases and conditions for which botanical medicine is effective. Special attention is given to toxicity and drug-herb interactions to ensure that the clinician is fully informed about the safety and efficacy of each botanical. Clinical Botanical Medicine, 2nd Edition discusses the...

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• ISBN:
• 0387354158
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• S. Bert Litwin

Color Atlas of Congenital Heart Surgery covers the full spectrum of congenital heart defects, first depicting the pathology in pre-repair photographs and then detailing step-by-step the operative procedure. Dr. Litwin depicts the most common procedures along with the most complex ones, providing a range of information vital to residents and fellows in training as well as clinicians in practice. One of the key aspects of the utility and...

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• ISBN:
• 1578202809
• Publisher:
• CMP Books
• Authors:
• John Skidgel

Compared to other technologies like the television, VCR, and even personal computer, the rapid pace of DVD adoption is unprecedented. This information-packed book offers thorough instruction on how to build appealing DVD menus using the DVD Studio Pro toolset, a sophisticated, professional-level DVD authoring tool from Apple. The book features real-world tutorial projects that demonstrate how to get fast, professional results, add Hollywood...

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• ISBN:
• 0965804224
• Publisher:
• Sat Yuga Press
• Authors:
• Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha

Discover the secrets of natural healing through stress-reduction techniques, personalized health programs, purposeful career, deepening spirituality, herbs, nutrition, aromas, yoga, meditation, music, colors, massage, and more. This is the most complete and in-depth book on Ayurveda with photographs of 85 major Ayurvedic herbs, and 89 photographs on Ayurvedic hatha yoga for general health, pregnancy, and seniors. This authoritative guide covers...

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• ISBN:
• 143022441X
• Publisher:
• Apress
• Authors:
• Sander van Vugt

Welcome to the cloud for users, where the speed of Ubuntu and the ease of cloud applications unite. You can now speed up your netbook, connect to the world using 3G modems, or make calls using Skype with Ubuntu. You can even change your desktop altogether without having to worry about netbook screen real estate. Now, you will never have to worry about the lack of documentation for your netbook again. Install and configure Ubuntu on a netbook....

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• ISBN:
• 0443074909
• Publisher:
• Churchill Livingstone
• Authors:
• Giovanni Maciocia CAc(Nanjing)

The new edition of this popular clinical text describes the application of traditional Chinese medical theory to the diagnosis and treatment of up to 48 diseases, conditions and disorders. In addition to the existing 34 covered in the first edition, 14 new conditions and symptoms have been added, and these include common, chronic and acute conditions which clinicians may see in their practice. Each chapter contains aetiology and pathology;...

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• ISBN:
• 0380809028
• Publisher:
• Harper Paperbacks
• Authors:
• Nan Lu, Ellen Schaplowsky

Discover The Power Of Ancient WisdomFor centuries , Traditional Chinese Medicine has helped millions of cancer patients in China, specializing in reducing the risk of breast cancer and healing it by identifying and treating its root cause. Chinese medicine offers a broad range of time-tested, natural, safe, self-healing treating that can complement prevailing Western cancer treatments. Traditional Chinese Medicine provides a nine-point healing...

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• ISBN:
• 0316698342
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• Andrew B Peitzman, Michael Rhodes, C. William Schwab, Donald M Yealy

This addition to the Spiral(R) Manual series is a ready pocket reference for all health care professionals involved in the management of trauma patients. Designed for rapid on-the-spot information retrieval, The Trauma Manual guides the trauma team through every aspect of patient care after injury -- from prehospital care, to resuscitation, to treatment of specific organ injuries, priorities in the intensive care unit, and management of special...

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• ISBN:
• 9812567070
• Publisher:
• World Scientific Publishing Company

The second volume of this book series on the modern practice of Chinese medicine continues with the focus on evidence-based TCM research. It is focused on detailed information about the best sources of herbal supply and its quality control required for research and drug development purposes. Herbal quality has always been a major concern for TCM researchers because it is difficult to know which is of the best quality. Some other popular topics...

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• ISBN:
• 0567086259
• Publisher:
• T. & T. Clark Publishers
• Authors:
• Richard Bauckham

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• ISBN:
• 0415214270
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Valerie Hope

This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.

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• ISBN:
• 0415220653
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Helen King

Is health the absence of disease, or a more positive state of happiness and well-being? How healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health? Answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars, and archaeologists. Using a multi-disciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the...

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• ISBN:
• 0300105010
• Publisher:
• Yale University Press
• Authors:
• David J. Weber

Two centuries after Cortés and Pizarro seized the Aztec and Inca empires, Spain’s conquest of America remained unfinished. Indians retained control over most of the lands in Spain’s American empire. Mounted on horseback, savvy about European ways, and often possessing firearms, independent Indians continued to find new ways to resist subjugation by Spanish soldiers and conversion by Spanish missionaries.In this panoramic study, David J....

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• ISBN:
• 0803224141
• Publisher:
• University of Nebraska Press
• Authors:
• Steven C. Hahn

Drawing on archaeological evidence and utilizing often neglected Spanish source material, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670–1763 , explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast. In part a study of Creek foreign relations, this book examines the creation and application of the “neutrality” policy—defined here as the...

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• ISBN:
• 0415220653
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Helen King

Is health the absence of disease, or a more positive state of happiness and well-being? How healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health? Answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars, and archaeologists. Using a multi-disciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the...

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• ISBN:
• 0853697280
• Publisher:
• Pharmaceutical Press
• Authors:
• Briony Hudson, Raymond C. Rowe

The aim of this book is to provide a history of c20 popular branded medicines. Some will be familiar household names from the twentieth century, some are still on sale in some form today, and some data back to the earliest proprietary medicines in the eighteenth century.Each pictorial history will include biographical details of the inventor, the origins of the medicine and its subsequent history, and details of the medicine's formula and...

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• ISBN:
• 0764543180
• Publisher:
• Visual
• Authors:
• Kevin Ames

make your photographs of women look better than their best As every professional photographer knows, there is work to be done after the shoot wraps. Photographer and digital magician Kevin Ames takes you behind the scenes of his fashion work to reveal his thinking behind the camera as well as in front of the computer. Using full-color examples, he shows you step by step how to use Photoshop to digitally refine beauty and fashion photos, from...

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• ISBN:
• 1598632205
• Publisher:
• Course Technology PTR
• Authors:
• John G. Blair

Boudoir photography does not require its subject to be a beautiful, physically flawless woman. It does not require the use of extravagantly expensive equipments, props, and studio space. In fact, the very essence of boudoir photography is the idea that its subject is not a professional model and is not even necessarily in the boudoir. No longer confined to the idea of heavy makeup, lingerie, and the bedroom, the new age of boudoir photography is...

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• ISBN:
• 0817436731
• Publisher:
• Amphoto Books
• Authors:
• Iain Banks, Duncan Evans

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• ISBN:
• 0977655245
• Publisher:
• The Hunter Press
• Authors:
• Douglas "Las" Wengell MBA, Nathen Gabriel ND

This all-in-one, up-to-date career and professional reference provides a comprehensive survey of integrative, alternative and complementary medicine therapies, their study and practice, for students as well as holistic practitioners. It covers the 11 major medical licenses – including natural and allopathic medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, body and mind therapies and nursing – and 50 non-degree modalities such as ayurveda, herbal...

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• ISBN:
• 0803612494
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Barbara A. Gylys, Mary Ellen Wedding

Davis's Medical Terminology Online is available with this text in the following formats: - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1329-4 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1329-6. Gylys: Med Term Online WebCT Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5th - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1330-0 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1330-X. Gylys: Med Term Online Blackboard Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5thUses word-building and body systems approach to teach terminology

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• ISBN:
• 063204635X
• Publisher:
• Blackwell Publishers
• Authors:
• Vikas Bhushan

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• ISBN:
• 0781772060
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• John B West

Widely considered the "gold standard" textbook for respiratory physiology, this compact, concise, and easy-to-read text is now in its fully updated Eighth Edition. New student-friendly features include Key Points boxes at the end of each chapter and review questions and answers. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text, plus animations that illustrate difficult physiologic concepts. "Doody's Core Titles™ 2009."

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• ISBN:
• 0803606192
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Kathleen M. Young

Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI. Discusses basic applications of informatics in conceptual theory, evidence-based healthcare, taxonomy, security and confidentiality, electronic and Web-based tools, and telehealth. Also covered are human factors, the systems cycle, managing change, and managed care. For students. Softcover. DNLM: Medical Informatics.

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• ISBN:
• 0826101224
• Publisher:
• Springer Publishing Company

This book presents innovative, media-based methods of health communication for health care professionals, public health officials, and communication experts. As a media-based text, Health Communication demonstrates the extent to which modern, digital technology can serve as the most practical and efficient form of distributing health-related information. This unique book addresses the following: The role technology can and will play in health...

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• ISBN:
• 0803612494
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Barbara A. Gylys, Mary Ellen Wedding

Davis's Medical Terminology Online is available with this text in the following formats: - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1329-4 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1329-6. Gylys: Med Term Online WebCT Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5th - ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1330-0 / ISBN-10: 0-8036-1330-X. Gylys: Med Term Online Blackboard Packaged w/ Medical Terminology Systems 5thUses word-building and body systems approach to teach terminology

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• ISBN:
• 0415217156
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Gibson-Cline

What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? This book presents the findings of a team of international researchers including both social scientists and practitioners, who have surveyed more than 5000 youths in twelve countries in order to find answers to these vital questions.

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• ISBN:
• 0415185793
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Julie Rugg

Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in policy issues relating to young people, yet have seen scant attention paid to the issue of their housing needs. Focusing on housing and social policy issues in contemporary Britain, this collection examines a range of government policy initiatives and offers a bold critique of policy assumptions about "appropriate" housing for young people. Using the latest empirical research, well-known figures...

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• ISBN:
• 063204635X
• Publisher:
• Blackwell Publishers
• Authors:
• Vikas Bhushan

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• ISBN:
• 1416022058
• Publisher:
• Saunders
• Authors:
• Bruce Anderson

This concise, user-friendly, pocket-size handbook of best practices provides expert guidance on how to use arthrocentesis and soft tissue injection to diagnose and treat the most common musculoskeletal disorders seen in primary care, including strains, sprains, overuse injuries, inflammatory and arthritic conditions, and more. A consistent organization, clear illustrations, and low cost make this a must-have for anyone who regularly sees...

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• ISBN:
• 1860941915
• Publisher:
• World Scientific Publishing Company
• Authors:
• Jon Ayres, Robert L. Maynard, Roy Richards

This invaluable volume, the third in the series "Air Pollution Reviews", addresses particular questions relating to air pollution and its effect on health. It deals with the impact of nasal disease on lung exposure, how pollutants are distributed within the lung, and the uncertainties with regard to defining the dose to the lung. It takes a tangential look at the lung dose by exploring the possibility of obtaining clues from occupational...

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• ISBN:
• 0632045884
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• Ryan W. Davis, Mitchell S. Komaiko, Barry D. Pressman

From the series you know and trust comes Blueprints in Radiology! At last the perfect complement to your core subject areas, this text gives you the high-yield facts you need and the same carefully organized format that you recognize. When used in conjunction with the other titles in the Blueprints series, you'll receive a complete review for the USMLE Steps 2 & 3 Exams. Blueprints in Radiology is a must have book for all rotations, especially...

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• ISBN:
• 0750688831
• Publisher:
• Butterworth-Heinemann
• Authors:
• Michael W. Whittle BSc MSc MB BS PhD

Gait analysis is the systematic study of human walking. Most of the literature in this field is highly specialized and very technical. This book, however, aims to brings gait analysis out of the 'ivory tower' of the research laboratory, and to put it where it belongs, in the 'real world' of the clinic. The author has maintained the clear and approachable style that established the first three editions. Highly readable, the book builds upon the...

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• ISBN:
• 0781719887
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• Sharon M Weinstein

Premier, Inc. Oak Brook, IL. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#146). Coverage of the latest technologies and procedures, for administrators of intravenous drugs. Emphasizes safety, patient education, and home care management. The CD-ROM is a reference for common intravenous drugs. System requirements: CD-ROM drive and an Internet browser. Softcover.

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• ISBN:
• 0781729432
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Authors:
• Randall G Fisher, Thomas G Boyce

Unlike many texts, which are organized by disease or pathogen, this unique resource presents a problem-oriented approach to the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in children. All chapters are organized by anatomic syndrome and guide you through each step in the management process--from classifying the patient's illness to recognizing life-threatening emergencies, developing a logical differential diagnosis, pinpointing the disease,...

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• ISBN:
• 0521689848
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press

The 'sorting society' expresses what many people believe will be the outcome of advances in genetic technology: a society in which many characteristics of children are no longer the result of genetic chance but of deliberate selection. This book focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by this technology. Is the prospect of a sorting society something that we should welcome or deplore? Do concerns about how parents or societies...

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• ISBN:
• 0415994918
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Ralph Slovenko

This updated work is a sweeping, up-to-date examination of the infiltration of psychiatry into law and the growing intervention of law into psychiatry. Unmatched in breadth and coverage, and thoroughly updated from the first editon, this comprehensive text and reference is an essential resource for psychiatry residents, law students, and practitioners alike.

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• ISBN:
• 1557989737
• Publisher:
• American Psychological Association (APA)

Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables. Analyzes controversial new legal strategies adopted over the past decades. Examines innovative measures, including sexual predator laws used to commit dangerous sex offenders to mental hospitals after they serve their sentences, registration laws, and programs.

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• ISBN:
• 0826118844
• Publisher:
• Springer Publishing Company

This volume explains the delivery of neuropsychological services to the needy population of brain injured adults and children who enter into the jurisprudence system. It provides a comprehensive, well-integrated treatment of this new area of interest in neuropathology-psychopathology relationships, and examines the extant research knowledge base, which supports these endeavors. Specific areas covered include the foundations of forensic...

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• ISBN:
• 0226145255
• Publisher:
• University Of Chicago Press
• Authors:
• Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction—or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and the Hundred Years’ War being waged for control of France. Seeing an opportunity for political and material gain, the demagogic dictator of...

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• ISBN:
• 0884022803
• Publisher:
• Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
• Authors:
• Antony Littlewood, Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

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• ISBN:
• 140391236X
• Publisher:
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Authors:
• Helen J. Nicholson

This book provides an overview and context of the study of the Crusades for postgraduates and academics. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book covers developments in historical theory from logistics to gender studies as applied to Crusades studies.

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• ISBN:
• 0708316271
• Publisher:
• University of Wales Press

Early medieval kingship was exercised in a domestic setting with no divide between the officers of state and the royal household. The Laws of Court in the medieval Welsh lawbooks provide some of the most interesting evidence for the structure and operation of a royal court in early medieval Europe. These are richly detailed but also problematic texts, and their correct interpretation is the central concern of The Welsh King and his Court .The...

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• ISBN:
• 0791464474
• Publisher:
• State University of New York Press
• Authors:
• Nicole Guenther Discenza

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• ISBN:
• 0521797950
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press

The third volume of The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts will allow access, for the first time in English, to major texts that form the debate over mind and knowledge at the center of medieval philosophy. Beginning with 13th-century attempts to classify the soul's powers and to explain the mind's place within the soul, the volume proceeds systematically to consider human knowledge, divine illumination, intentionality and...

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• ISBN:
• 0791457915
• Publisher:
• State University of New York Press
• Authors:
• Carl G. Vaught

A new interpretation of the first six books of Augustine's Confessions, emphasizing the importance of Christianity rather than Neoplatonism.

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• ISBN:
• 0335213251
• Publisher:
• Open University Press
• Authors:
• Phyllis Creme, Mary Lea

This writing guide provides a deeper understanding of what writing at university is all about, with useful methods and approaches to give the reader more control over his/her academic writing. It explores both traditional essay and other kinds of writing and the reader is encouraged to build upon existing abilities as a writer through applying practical tasks to his/her work.

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• ISBN:
• 079145309X
• Publisher:
• State University of New York Press

Explores Jewish aspects of Spinoza's philosophy from a wide variety of perspectives.

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• ISBN:
• 0792375211
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• Nataliya Ya Turova, Vadim G. Kessler

The study of the chemistry of metal alkoxides, which began more than 100 years ago, is now experiencing a renaissance due to the broad application of these compounds as molecular precursors in the synthesis of advanced technological materials based on simple and complex oxides. The solution of this problem is occupying a wide circle of inorganic chemists, technologists specializing in fine synthesis in nonaqueous media, and those working on the...

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• ISBN:
• 1848825064
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• Spartak Gevorgian

Today’s wireless communications and information systems are heavily based on microwave technology, as are an increasing number of other industry sectors. Extensive research has been carried out into the development of new technologies to meet the increasingly complex requirements of such systems. Among these new technologies agile (tuneable, reconfigurable, and adaptable) microwave components based on ferroelectric materials, have great...

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• ISBN:
• 0803606192
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Kathleen M. Young

Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI. Discusses basic applications of informatics in conceptual theory, evidence-based healthcare, taxonomy, security and confidentiality, electronic and Web-based tools, and telehealth. Also covered are human factors, the systems cycle, managing change, and managed care. For students. Softcover. DNLM: Medical Informatics.

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• ISBN:
• 0872016900
• Publisher:
• CRC
• Authors:
• Gallant

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• ISBN:
• 0896039226
• Publisher:
• Humana Press

Univ. of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. Text provides information on the latest findings in neuro-oncology helping to sharpen differential diagnoses, diagnostic strategies, and treatment plans. Features discussions on surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and other palliative measures. DNLM: Neoplasms--complications.

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• ISBN:
• 079107224X
• Publisher:
• Chelsea House Publications
• Authors:
• Dale Evva Gelfand

Traces the life of the Frankish warrior and king who built a great empire in western Europe.

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• ISBN:
• 0470025484
• Publisher:
• Wiley
• Authors:
• Sally Austen, Dave Jeffery

Challenging behaviours, such as aggression and violence, are more common in deaf people than hearing people. Filling a crucial gap in the international market, this book will appeal equally to those who work occasionally or entirely with Deaf or hearing impaired client groups of all ages. Multi-disciplinary professionals with specialist knowledge of working with deaf people explore aspects of mild to severe challenging behaviour with reference...

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• ISBN:
• 0521880629
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press
• Authors:
• Jörg Peltzer

A study of the politics of episcopal elections in twelfth and thirteenth-century Normandy and Greater Anjou. This was a crucial period in the development of canon law and Jörg Peltzer offers the first analysis to bring together legal theory and practice, local custom, and politics. He explores the development of electoral theories and examines each election in context, offering insights into the varying balance of royal, papal and regional...

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• ISBN:
• 1574887963
• Publisher:
• Potomac Books Inc.
• Authors:
• C. G. Sweeting

BLOOD AND IRON tells the story of one of the most dramatic campaigns of World War II, the German conquest of the Crimean Peninsula and the port of Sevastopol in 1941–42. Sevastopol was the world’s most strongly fortified city and home of the Soviet Black Sea fleet. As German forces penetrated deeper and deeper into Soviet Russia, their supply lines became vulnerable to attack from this Soviet stronghold on the Crimea. To remove the threat,...

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• ISBN:
• 9004120149
• Publisher:
• Brill Academic Publishers
• Authors:
• Helen J. Nicholson

This is a study of the appearances of the Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and Teutonic Knights in the French, German and English epic and romance literature of the Middle Ages. It examines their religious roles, such as caring for the sick, their warrior role of fighting Muslims, and examines the role of "Templars" in the Grail romances. It traces how these roles developed over time and considers what function the appearances of these...

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• ISBN:
• 0781760402
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

The premier clinical hepatology reference for 50 years, Schiff's Diseases of the Liver is in its Tenth Edition--now in full color throughout. This edition features a major new transplant section focusing on pre-transplant and post-transplant evaluation and management. Also included are updates on key topics such as hepatitis, NASH, and drug-induced pathologies. The first third of the book covers anatomy, pathology, testing, imaging, and effects...

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• ISBN:
• 1559533919
• Publisher:
• Key Curriculum
• Authors:
• Paul A. Foerster

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• ISBN:
• 0071543503
• Publisher:
• McGraw-Hill
• Authors:
• Robert Moyer, Frank Ayres

Schaum's has Satisfied Students for 50 Years. Now Schaum's Biggest Sellers are in New Editions! For half a century, more than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Now Schaum's celebrates its 50th birthday with a brand-new look, a new format with hundreds of practice problems, and completely updated information to conform to the latest developments in every field of study. Schaum's...

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• ISBN:
• 0198240260
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA
• Authors:
• Alexander Broadie

Medieval logicians advanced far beyond the logic of Aristotle, and this book shows how far that advance took them in two central areas. Broadie focuses upon the work of some of the great figures of the fourteenth century, including Walter Burley, William Ockham, John Buridan, Albert of Saxony, and Paul of Venice, and deals with their theories of truth conditions and validity conditions. He reveals how much of what seems characteristically...

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• ISBN:
• 1439802580
• Publisher:
• Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Authors:
• David Murphy

Offering fascinating insight into how the financial system works and how the credit crisis arose, this book provides a clearly written, comprehensive account of the current credit crunch that is easily understandable to non-specialists. It explains how the financial system was drawn into the crunch and the issues that need to be addressed to prevent further disasters. The author supplies detailed descriptions on numerous specialist areas,...

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• ISBN:
• 0521243246
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press

This volume offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of a complex and varied body of ideas over a period of more than one thousand years. A work of both synthesis and assessment, The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought presents the results of several decades of critical scholarship in the field, and reflects in its breadth of enquiry precisely that diversity of focus that characterized the medieval sense of the...

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• ISBN:
• 0231116845
• Publisher:
• Columbia University Press
• Authors:
• Anne Opie

Addressing a key concern in human service and other organizational settings concerned with effective teamwork, this book offers a new paradigm for conceptualizing the subject. Based on qualitative research conducted with teams working with the chronically ill, elderly, and with high-risk psychiatric patients, Anne Opie has developed a method of working with teams that focuses on teamwork as "knowledge work" and is applicable to a variety of...

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• ISBN:
• 0071497528
• Publisher:
• McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
• Authors:
• Ian Cinnamon

IF EVIL'S YOUR NAME, THEN THESE ARE YOUR GAMES! Always wanted to be a genius game creator? This Evil Genius guide goes far beyond a typical programming class or text to reveal insider tips for breaking the rules and constructing wickedly fun games that you can tweak and customize to suit your needs! In Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius, programming wunderkind Ian Cinnamon gives you everything you need to create and control 57 gaming...

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• ISBN:
• 0262140918
• Publisher:
• The MIT Press
• Authors:
• Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Philip J. Weiser

Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads, Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and accessible analysis of competition policy issues in the telecommunications industry. After giving a big picture overview of the...

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• ISBN:
• 0850450969
• Publisher:
• Osprey Publishing
• Authors:
• Emir Bukhari

Owing to the heavy casualties suffered by the carabiniers in the 1809 campaign, the Emperor decreed that they should be armoured to the same advantage as the cuirassiers. In this way the two corps drew together in being the only troops of the Grande Armeé who were armoured, while at the same time they diverged in breaking away from their traditionally similar dress. Emir Bukhari does a splendid job of examining the uniforms and equipment of...

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• ISBN:
• 0871705966
• Publisher:
• ASM International
• Authors:
• Joseph R. Davis

Materials covered include carbon, alloy and stainless steels; alloy cast irons; high-alloy cast steels; superalloys; titanium and titanium alloys; refractory metals and alloys; nickel-chromium and nickel-thoria alloys; structural intermetallics; structural ceramics, cermets, and cemented carbides; and carbon-composites.

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• ISBN:
• 3540427171
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• Michael Leyton

The purpose of the book is to develop a generative theory of shape that has two properties regarded as fundamental to intelligence - maximizing transfer of structure and maximizing recoverability of the generative operations. These two properties are particularly important in the representation of complex shape - which is the main concern of the book. The primary goal of the theory is the conversion of complexity into understandability. For this...

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• ISBN:
• 1593851286
• Publisher:
• The Guilford Press
• Authors:
• Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of chronic unhappiness. Informative chapters reveal the hidden psychological mechanisms...

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• ISBN:
• 088010046X
• Publisher:
• Anthroposophic Press
• Authors:
• Rudolf Steiner

Discover true self-confidence. This book is a manual for the attainment of spiritual knowledge. It opens new perspectives on the essential tasks of life. This is a classic, tried and true edition of one of Rudolf Steiner's most essential works. In it Steiner spells out the necessary steps for what he calls the most appropriate inner path for modern Western seekers. Steiner begins by describing the necessary conditions we must strive for as we...

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• ISBN:
• 1573222062
• Publisher:
• Riverhead Hardcover
• Authors:
• Sakyong Mipham

We need a strong, stable mind that can be relied upon as one's closest ally, and Sakyong Mipham delivers a way to achieve one. Having grown up American with a Tibetan influence, he speaks to Westerners as no one can: relating stories and wisdom from American culture and the great Buddhist teachers in idiomatic English. Strengthening, calming, and stabilizing the mind is the essential first step in accomplishing nearly any goal. Turning the Mind...

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• ISBN:
• 0814401643
• Publisher:
• AMACOM
• Authors:
• Lisa H. Weasel

More than ten years ago, the first genetically modified foods took their place on the shelves of American supermarkets. But while American consumers remained blissfully unconcerned with the new products that suddenly filled their kitchens, Europeans were much more wary of these “Frankenfoods.” When famine struck Africa in 2002, several nations refused shipments of genetically modified foods, fueling a controversy that put the issue on the...

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• ISBN:
• 0813829879
• Publisher:
• Wiley-Blackwell

Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture and Conservation is a comprehensive resource containing information on the growing and economically important marine ornamental industry. Experts address current issues from a global perspective, covering the full-range of topics from world economics and product demand to aquatic animal health to ethnic and social/cultural concerns. This up-to-date overview will contribute to the creation of an...

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• ISBN:
• 052177036X
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press
• Authors:
• Haruzo Hida

This book provides a comprehensive account of a key, perhaps the most important, theory that forms the basis of Taylor-Wiles proof of Fermat's last theorem. Hida begins with an overview of the theory of automorphic forms on linear algebraic groups and then covers the basic theory and recent results on elliptic modular forms, including a substantial simplification of the Taylor-Wiles proof by Fujiwara and Diamond. He offers a detailed exposition...

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• ISBN:
• 1561709301
• Publisher:
• Hay House
• Authors:
• Brian Weiss

Weiss, presents a new book to help with the practice of meditation (a CD is also included to help guide people through the process).

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• ISBN:
• 074255502X
• Publisher:
• Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Authors:
• Thomas Preston

While many books discuss how nations can prevent the proliferation of biological and nuclear weapons, this unique and controversial volume begins with the premise that these weapons will certainly proliferate despite our desperate desire to slow this process.

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• ISBN:
• 0742514196
• Publisher:
• Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Authors:
• Paul Guyer

Includes twelve of the most important modern critical discussions of the Critique of the Power of Judgment, written by the leading Kant scholars and aestheticians of the twentieth century. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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• ISBN:
• 1851684964
• Publisher:
• Oneworld Publications
• Authors:
• Adnan A. Husain

Contemporary academia relies upon categorization. One can study Africa or Europe; East or West; the Middle Ages or the Early Modern period. In this innovative collection of essays, the Mediterranean is taken as a whole. The birthplace of the three principal monotheistic religions, it is shown to be a distinct cultural space characterized by hybridity, diversity, and cultural dynamism.

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• ISBN:
• 0814473784
• Publisher:
• AMACOM
• Authors:
• Brian Cole Miller

Most managers, supervisors, and team leaders realize the importance of team-building, but just can’t seem to find the time in their busy schedules. More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers provides the solution! The book contains 50 all-new exercises that can be conducted in 15 minutes or less, and which require no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Each activity is presented in just a few short...

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• ISBN:
• 0874875889
• Publisher:
• Suzuki Method International
• Authors:
• Shinichi Suzuki

Dr. Suzuki's writings and addresses, some of which are not generally available, are collected here to present his philosophies on the Mother Tongue Approach and the education of children with the Suzuki Method.

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• ISBN:
• 0471715875
• Publisher:
• Wiley
• Authors:
• Robert L. Jolles

The Trainer's Guide to Training Most new trainers and presenters know all they need to know about their chosen subject. Unfortunately, few of them actually know how to present what they know. For more than a decade, Robert Jolles's How to Run Seminars and Workshops has taught tens of thousands of people how to sell, teach, stand up, and deliver an effective training session on almost any subject in almost any setting. This new Third Edition...

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• ISBN:
• 0195126904
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA
• Authors:
• David Carr

Challenging prevailing interpretations of the development of modern philosophy, this book proposes a reinterpretation of the transcendental tradition, as represented primarily by Kant and Husserl, and counters Heidegger's influential reading of these philosophers. Author David Carr defends their subtle and complex transcendental investigations of the self and the life of subjectivity, and seeks to revive an understanding of what Husserl calls...

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• ISBN:
• 0271020474
• Publisher:
• Pennsylvania State University Press
• Authors:
• James Richard Mensch

This book offers a fresh look at Edmund Husserl’s philosophy as a nonfoundational approach to understanding the self as an embodied presence. Contrary to the conventional view of Husserl as carrying on the Cartesian tradition of seeking a trustworthy foundation for knowledge in the "pure" observations of a disembodied ego, James Mensch introduces us to the Husserl who, anticipating the later investigations of Merleau-Ponty, explored how the...

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• ISBN:
• 0521854806
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press
• Authors:
• Kevin J. Hayes

Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in 1851, Moby Dick is now a central work in the American literary canon. This introduction offers readings of Melville's masterpiece, but it also sets out the key themes, contexts, and critical reception of his entire oeuvre. The first chapters cover Melville's life and the historical and cultural contexts. Melville's individual works each receive full attention in the third chapter,...