A tour through the contemporary social-cultural-political landscape, making sense of everything from punk rock to terrorism to New Age religions, to give a new view of what is happening in our time.
In addition to language translation guides, a tabular atlas of human anatomy and physiology, lists of leading health problems, guidelines for relating to patients from different cultures, nutrition, pediatrics, pharmacology, communicable diseases, and nursing diagnoses, this dictionary contains approximately 2,000 full-color illustrations to ...
Utilizing over 2300 full-colour illustrations to enhance the definitions of a variety of medical terms, especially those pertaining to anatomy, equipment and skin and eye disorders. Arranged alphabetically, the dictionary also features comprehensive definitions for key entries such as major diseases, disorders and procedures. There are also ...
The stab of panic. The racing pulse. The sudden chill. These are classic symptoms of a crisis of confidence. This text shows how to make anxiety an ally and how to do the things you fear the most.
With its easy-to-understand definitions, detailed information on prescription and non-prescription drugs, and many helpful appendices, it is bigger and more helpful in every way than other books in the field. Based on the 4th edition of "Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary" and adapted especially for the consumer market.
One of the South's great artists is highlighted here, honoring him on the centennial of his birth with contributions from art historians, curators, and many others, probing the mysteries of his work. (Fine Arts).
A 21st-century primer on Western enlightenment movements--past, present, and emerging--treats eastern religious traditions as no less important to the study than Western philosophy, pop culture, psychology, and even biology.
Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax, Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa: more than mere athletes, these men, with their superlative physical skills, grace under pressure and all-too-human foibles, rank as classic American heroes. Here, world-famous photographer Walter Iooss Jr. presents equally classic images of baseball greats of the past 40 years. Combining ...
The editor of Parade Magazine talks about a subject he feels passionately about--risk-taking, knowing oneself well enough to take the risks that are needed to expand life and realize the fullest potential. He shares stories of well-known personalities who have formed their lives through intelligent risk-taking.
An inspiring, motivational, rags-to-riches story about a self-made millionaire who overcame illiteracy through faith in God. Tom Harken has become a champion for literacy, encouraging people by his example that it's never too late to learn to read and write. 16-page photo insert.
This work looks at current technology and biological advances, which serves to highlight how rapidly we have progressed as a species. The book has a futurist outlook, exploring the ethical and political implications "for our time", based upon trends now underway. Perspectives are offered on a variety of issues including unibombers, cloning, cult ...
The first book to put a human face on the problem of illiteracy, Read With Me examines the significance, demands, and rewards of learning to read in adulthood. Anyone interested in the mystery and power of reading will be fascinated with the testaments to the power of words in these pages.
This book emerges from a consultation in June 1996 with Walter J. Hollenweger, acknowledged doyen of Pentecostal studies, held at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. Different perspectives come from scholars from five continents, emphasizing the increasingly non-Western nature of this rapidly growing Christian movement and the significance of it's ...
Walter Anderson was raised in a tenement and dropped out of high school. Yet before his thirty-sixth birthday, he was editor of America's most widely-read magazine, Parade. Now, in his own words--and those of such successful folk as Marlo Thomas, Senator John Glenn and Barbara Walters--he reveals how to overcome insecurity, conquer the fear of ...
A new examination of our philosophical assumptions about identity and the concept of "self," based on the latest trends in philosophy and psychology, that shows how traditional notions of individuality are being challenged and new ones are being erected in their place.
It has been over 150 years since pioneers first went west from Missouri, across Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Nevada into California, across the vast plains, formidable mountains, and desert. Although the route known as the California Emigrant Trail is mostly unmarked today, much evidence remains. Photographer Greg MacGregor has researched the ...
A revelation of the art and mind of a unique artist lost and alone in the world of nature, this beautiful book records Anderson's experiences on one of the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico over a period of twenty years. Revised edition.
A further relevation of the especial talents of the Ocean Springs, Mississippi, artist, Walter Inglis Anderson. "The Horn Island Logs of Walter Inglis Anderson "(Memphis, 1973), "A Painter's Psalm "(Memphis, 1978) and the award-winning film, "The Islander "(1978) examined Anderson as a poet, writer, potter, naturalist, watercolorist, and muralist. ...
Going beyond the narrow economic focus common to most books about globalization, All Together Now describes four kinds of global change - economic, political, cultural, biological - all of which are now accelerating, driven by the increasing mobility of symbols, goods, people, and non-human life forms. Anderson describes how we are entering an ...
A vivid description of the cultural, political, economic, and environmental changes that globalization will bring to our world. Going beyond the narrow economic focus common to most books about globalization, All Together Now describes four kinds of global change - economic, political, cultural, biological - all of which are now accelerating, ...
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Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
by
Douglas M Anderson, Patricia D Novak, Ph.D., Jeff Keith
