Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. The work stresses late-1990s advances in knowledge, including ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there, replacing the Neanderthals in Europe and equally ...
This is a witty look at the history of smoking. In examining the literary, cultural and philosophical history of smoking, this book studies the negative pleasures and exacting benefits attached to smoking. Some serious questions arise: what is a cigarette? Why are cigarettes useful in times of war? How do they enable the condemned to face the ...
Since its publication in 1989, "The Human Career" has proved to be an indispensable tool in teaching human origins. This substantially revised third edition retains Richard G. Klein's innovative approach while showing how cumulative discoveries and analyses over the past ten years have significantly refined our knowledge of human evolution. Klein ...
In growing numbers, archeologists are specializing in the analysis of excavated animal bones as clues to the environment and behavior of ancient peoples. This pathbreaking work provides a detailed discussion of the outstanding issues and methods of bone studies that will interest zooarcheologists as well as paleontologists who focus on ...
An elderly dying man who has always lived as a woman bequeaths his jewelry collection to his grandniece, to whom he addresses this story of his life--a life full of wild adventures, celebrity friends, and--most of all--an obsession with jewelry.
The ultimate guide for getting into the country's most elite colleges- with insider tips straight from admissions directors. Now fully revised, "How to Get into the Top Colleges" is the definitive resource for students determined to stand out in the crowd of applicants and join the ranks at the country's most prestigious schools. This book is an ...
A guide to the admissions process includes advice on selecting a school, marketing academic credentials and unique characteristics, interviewing, and preparing for college life.
Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good. With its origins in the author's urgent desire to stop smoking, "Cigarettes Are Sublime" offers a provocative look at the literary, philosophical, and cultural history of smoking. Richard Klein focuses on the dark beauty, negative pleasures, and exacting benefits attached to tobacco use and ...
"Why didn't I take that job offer?" "Why didn't I speak up at that meeting?" "Why did I end that relationship?" For every choice we make, we necessarily give up a host of other options. This groundbreaking manual reveals how to cope with regret and make peace with the past.
Forty poets offer their views on how AIDS has changed their lives and their work. Includes contributions by Mark Doty, Thom Gunn, Marilyn Hacker, James Merrill, and Paul Monette.
After completing an extensive survey of preservation programs throughout the United States, authors Virginia O. Benson and Richard Klein saw the need for this comprehensive approach to historic preservation, examining where it has been and where it is going, anticipating that historic preservation must encourage collaborative projects among ...
Ice-Age Eastern Europe was an inhospitable place isolated from the moderating influence of oceans. Unlike Western Europe, which was settled over half a million years ago, Eastern Europe remained largely unoccupied until the appearance of the cold-adapted Neanderthals. When modern humans arrived from southern latitudes, they were anatomically less ...
The aim of this booklet is to bridge the gap between rescue of a patient with an acute head injury and his or her treatment by a neurosurgeon. It provides a protocol for management of acute head injuries aimed at paramedics, all accident and emergency department staff, orthopaedic and general surgeons, casualty consultants, and armed forces medics.
A comprehensive survey: Late Cenozoic, from 14-15 million years ago to the time of European contact. Emphasis is on the last 2 - 3 million years during which people were present.
Health advice and reflections on life from a man who has seen it all. Richard S. Klein, M.D. is an internal medicine specialist, NY congressional candidate, knight of the order of Cavilliere of the State of Italy, philanthropist, soldier and author. He has rubbed elbows with such figures as Pope John Paul II, The Clintons, Al Gore, Ariel Sharon ...
Richard Klein--who examined the appeal of smoking in "Cigarettes Are Sublime"--in this book turns his attention to fat, in its myriad forms. He writes about the history of how people have thought about fat, what medical science has to tell us about it, and the traditional association of fat with power. Klein wants our society to reconsider its ...
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