This title contains all the health care information you need in one package! Merck returns! The new 18th Edition of "The Merck Manual" is packed with essential information on diagnosing and treating medical disorders to help deliver the best patient care. The world's most widely used and oldest continually published medical reference now features ...
Why break the bank for a designer bag when you can easily make your own unique fashion statement? In "Simply Sublime Bags", you'll find 30 do-it-yourself, clever and affordable handbag projects - all of which require little to no sewing and most of which only take an afternoon to complete. With inventive methods of construction (like duct-taped ...
What if everything in your life was out of your hands and those around you propelled your fate? Your girlfriend left you for your best friend; your boss gave your job to someone better. What if then, after all this, someone gave you back total control? What if he revealed you were the next in line to join a secret society of super-villians that ...
This introductory textbook has been designed by a team of experts for elementary university courses in astronomy and astrophysics. It starts with a detailed discussion of the structure and history of our own Galaxy, the Milky Way, and goes on to give a general introduction to normal and active galaxies including models for their formation and ...
As more and more of the population live to old age, "The Merck Manual to Health Aging" targets the growing need for a useful source of information about later life. With explanations of how the body ages, preventative medical care and good nutrition, common disorders in older adults and how to cope with disease, the book seeks to cover what other ...
Compiled by a team of experts, this textbook has been designed for elementary university courses in astronomy and astrophysics. It starts with a detailed discussion of our nearest star, the Sun, and describes how solar physicists have come to understand its internal workings. It then considers how astronomers go about studying the basic physical ...
How to effectively enhance self-esteem and see results at home, at work, and in all interpersonal relationships. Includes tips, questionnaires, and quizzes.
One of the world's great wildlife photographer and a writer set out in a sailboat to document the lives of albatrosses. This book features the best writing and research available on these endangered birds as well as an incredible portfolio of images.
Mark Wilson Jones explores how the architects of ancient Rome approached design. Drawing on new archaeological discoveries and his own analyses of Roman monuments, the author discusses how the ancient architects dealt with the principles of architecture and the practicalities of construction as they engaged in the creative process.
What is a fake and why are fakes made? Did the forgers of the Turin Shroud and Piltdown Man have the same motives? Does a famous Vermeer cease to be beautiful when it turns out to be a Van Meegeren? Is the Piranesi Vase an eighteenth-century masterpiece or a faked-up antique? Fakes, argue the contributors to this volume, have always been unjustly ...
Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 provides a platform for the rapid development of e-Commerce Web sites. It integrates with a variety of Microsoft products and services to simplify and accelerate development and deployment. It also provides a rich environment for developing custom sites based on proven techniques and methodologies. Special Edition ...
This guide is a comprehensive source to assist lawyers, social workers, counselors, and others whose professions and interests involve them with Native American Children.
This comprehensive guide to the changes and challenges of aging--for older adults and those who care for and about them--details both the normal psychological changes of aging, and provides in-depth information on health care needs.
Known as a beautiful Southern city and distinguished by its opulent homes, towering church steeples and gracious hospitality, Charleston, South Carolina, has long been associated with the genteel side of Southern living. However, beyond the outward appearances that most people associate with Charleston, there is another side that most visitors and ...
The enormous forest of Faydark dominates the entire northern landscape of the continent of Faydwer. This expanse is home to many of Norrath's elvish races. The Feir'Dal, or wood elves, live primarily in their treetop city of Kelethin, while the Koada'Dal, their high elf cousins, live in the marble-walled city of Felwithe on the edge of Faydark. ...
Over the years, technology has become a requirement for doing business, and companies continue to upgrade to new versions and enjoy the benefits of such technological advancements. Books are typically geared to cover every aspect of each new version of a product. The people using these applications, however, have developed a base experience level, ...
Philip Pullman's books, The Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, making up the trilogy known as His Dark Materials, has been a massive success with children and adults alike. This unofficial guide gives a brief biography of Pullman himself, an explanation of the trilogy's set-up and synopses of the three books and the follow ...
Home nutrition support provides essential nutritional assessments and artificial feeding in the form of either tube or vein. This book covers a multitude of specific applications for various needs.
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