Combining theory and issues with text and readings, this ethics text begins with coverage of ethical theory, utilitarianism, Kant's moral theory, natural law, and virtue ethics. It then goes on to discuss contemporary ethical issues ranging from personal ones, such as sexual morality, to matters of public policy, such as legal punishment, and ...
In this darkly atmospheric and tautly written debut novel, a young mortician finds herself entangled in a sordid underworld when she unwittingly links an abused girl to a cold case murder investigation.
"Plenty" tells the remarkable adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment--and learn the simple joys of reconnecting with community and home ground in the process.
This best-selling field guide features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatics, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the coast from Oregon to Alaska. Color photographs and line drawings help you identify and learn about the fascinating plants of the Pacific Northwest coast. Engaging notes on each species describe aboriginal ...
This is a revised edition of our bestselling book Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast marking the 10th anniversary of publication. This superb reference book features 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the coast from OR to AK. Over 1000 color photos and line drawings.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union collapsed two years later, liberal democracy was supposed to fill the void left by Soviet Communism. Poland and Czechoslovakia made the best of reforms, but the citizens of the "Evil Empire" itself saw little of the promised freedom, and more of the same old despots and corruption. Recently, ...
This bright and amusing book is a delightful introduction to the worlds most widely spoken language. Using Mandarin Chinese (the official and best-known dialect) and simplified characters (the version of the written language used across mainland China), it encourages direct association of the Chinese word with the object to ensure effective, long ...
A sound understanding of how the body is built and functions remains fundamental to all aspects of medicine. Most diagnoses have to be arrived at from an examination of the intact living body and so an understanding of the functional anatomy of the living body and how it should be examined remains a critical skill for practitioners. Designed in ...
Catharine MacKinnon shows how pornography can only be treated as "speech", as the law at present defines it, if the voices of women, abused and humiliated by it, are both silenced and denied. She also portrays the language of pornography, showing it to be both lethal and debasing.
This text contains the oral testimony of victims of pornography. Speaking at hearings on an anti-pornography civil rights law, women offer witness to the devastation pornography has caused in their lives. Supported by social science experts and authorities on rape, battery, and prostitution, discounted and opposed by free speech advocates and ...
This text provides a unified treatment of modern econometric theory and practical econometric methods. The geometrical approach to least squares is emphasized, as is the method of moments, which is used to motivate a wide variety of estimators and tests. Simulation methods, including the bootstrap, are introduced early and used extensively. The ...
The remarkable, amusing, and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.
Presents the author's analysis of politics, sexuality and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centred on sexual subordination and applies it to the State. The result is a critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for ...
In the past 25 years, no one has been more instrumental than Catharine MacKinnon in making equal rights real for women. As Peter Jennings once put it, more than anyone else in legal studies, she "has made it easier for other women to seek justice". This collection brings together previously uncollected and unpublished work in the national arena ...
In this extensively revised and expanded new edition of the classic, The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice, the authors continue to address the challenges inherent in clinical interviewing?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Athe complexities of defense mechanisms, conflicts, wishes, and fantasies?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Aas they did in their original 1971 edition while ...
This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are emphasized throughout. Single-mediator, multilevel, and longitudinal models are reviewed. The author's goal is to help ...
An Afghan resistance fighter of the 1980s, once on the CIA payroll, has come back to haunt the Agency. Kareem has become an enemy working with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He has arranged the murder of an American CIA agent in Pakistan, which may compromise an intricate, long-planned CIA operation to capture Osama bin Laden. CIA officer, Paul ...
In 1998 Sandy Mackinnon set off from his home in England in a Mirror dinghy on what was supposed to be a one-week jaunt down the Severn river, only to find himself, one year later, sailing out onto the Black Sea. Simply by rowing and sailing in an open dinghy less than eleven feet in length, he crossed the English Channel, cruised across three ...
Over 620 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens are illustrated and described, covering the northern forest from Alaska to Minnesota.
This two-cassette set includes a workbook to help listeners learn Gaelic. Long renowned as an authoritative source for self-guided learning, this series has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
The simplicity of the term "nerve compression" belies its complexity in evaluation and management. Compression neuropathies are being identified with increasing frequency in the upper extremity. This text reviews specific compression entrapment syndromes and helps the surgeon to better evaluate even the most perplexing patient with painful upper ...
This volume explains the key concepts about the role of exercise and its effect on participants. It presents scientifically sound instructions about how to manage and design effective programmes to suit people of all abilities, with diagrams and illustrations. Key features of the book include: case studies within each section illustrating key ...
Offering parents insider advice on the sights in and around Boston, this travel guide shows that there's more to Boston than Freedom Trail and Fenway Park. It covers all the things that parents and kids will love to do together, including downtown Boston, taking a ferry out to the Boston Harbor Islands for a picnic, the Lantern Festival, and ice ...
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