An illustrated text which provides detailed information on operating techniques using the epilation method. It also stresses the need to consider the safety, efficiency and advisability of the treatment. A section of case histories shows the pattern of treatment of different types of patient.
While AIDS is not the health threat that it once was in North America, it is still a significant public health problem and is a devastating epidemic in Africa and Asia. 100 Questions & Answers about AIDS and HIV provides answers to the most common questions asked by AIDS/HIV patients and their families. Written by a John Hopkins physician ...
Through the eyes of four observers, this novel tells the story of the relationship between a mother, Bonnie, and her daughter, Flor. With Venice and Paris as a backdrop, the frailty of the emotions that connect the characters is exposed through Flor's decline into insanity.
Now revised, this book provides clear instructions for beginning color or black-and-white photographers on choosing equipment, selecting the correct exposure, understanding depth of field, and much more.
In "Home Truths," Mavis Gallant draws us into the tricky labyrinth of human behaviour, while offering readers her unique, clear-eyed vision of Canadians both at home and abroad. Ranging in time and place from small-town Quebec during the Depression, to Geneva and Paris in the 1950s, to contemporary Vancouver Island, these stories explore the ...
The complexity and uncertainty of the idea of home are very much at issue in the stories Gallant writes about Canada, her home country. Included in this new collection are the celebrated Linnet Muir stories, wonderfully wise and funny investigations into the difficulties of growing up and breaking free.
With sales of over one million copies, this large-sized picture atlas presents the marvels of space in words, dazzling photographs, and other visuals that will captivate readers of all ages. Features include over 325 color photos, paintings, maps, and diagrams, an illustrated time line of important space events, glossary, and a guide to ...
This book fills a major gap in the scholarly literature concerning international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and human rights law. The principle of legality (non-retroactivity of crimes and punishments and related doctrines) is fundamental to criminal law and human rights law. Yet this is the first book-length study of the status of ...
Facing the foes no single super hero could withstand, so when global threats surface, they must contend with the combined might of: Captain America, Storm, Iron Man, The Hulk, Giant-Girl, Wolverine and Spider-Man! With great power comes...a whole lotta trouble? That's what the Wrecker finds out when he's zapped by a jolt of magical muscle meant ...
This new selection of Gallant's stories, edited by bestselling author Michael Ondaatje, gathers the best of her many stories set in Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Here she writes of expatriates and locals, exile and homecoming, and of the illusions of youth and age, offering a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is ...
Designed for use by field technicians and emergency response personnel, "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response" manual provides a ready reference during operations, and a technical basis for training. Such a manual on hazardous waste operations and emergency response gives personnel the basic information, procedures, and guidelines ...
Introduces atoms, the tiny particles which make up everything in the world, discussing their different parts, how they were discovered, and how they can be used as a source of energy.
Ideal for young astronomers, this title in the Pathfinders series provides a hands-on approach to learning about the wonders of outer space. With spectacular photography, stimulating text, and interactive features, young readers can travel to the ends of the universe and beyond. Includes a glossary.
A collection of short stories from the author of "In Transit, "Overhead in a Balloon" and "Paris Notebook". The first four stories feature the French-Canadian Carette family over three generations, while the other seven stories are set in Paris, where the author lived for many years.
These stories, like much of Mavis Gallant's work, take place mostly in Montreal and Paris, and several of them involve the fortunes of one family, the Carettes. The stories include "1933," "Kingdom Come," "The Fenton Child," and eight more, including the title story. All originally appeared in The New Yorker.
This brand-new title prepares third graders throughout New York State to succeed on the required English Language Arts Test. The author presents two separate introductions to the test: one directed at third-grade students, and the other for teachers and parents. Following chapters offer guidance and instruction in reading comprehension and ...
Using the golden rule as a guide, Janet Gallant, a proponent of simple living, shows us how we can work courtesy and kindness into everyday encounters.
What a brilliant riddle collection! There's simply no other that's so hilarious and covers so many topics...and kids will have to be pretty smart to come up with all the answers. But they'll really enjoy giving it their best shot - and making adults squirm when it's their turn to try. "Starting from Scratch" takes a comic approach to history as it ...
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