An essential, authoritative reference for all who work with words: writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers. The book covers every imaginable issue regarding style and usage, as well as conventions of editing, manuscript preparation, typesetting, indexing, design, and printing.
In print for more than 50 years, "Krause's Food and Nutrition Therapy" has been recognized internationally as the most authoritative text on nutrition. This new edition continues its tradition of providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date content available today. New chapters on medical nutrition therapy for psychiatric disease and ...
This collaborative effort is written by nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, respiratory technicians, and nurses from throughout the country. After a new introductory unit concerning the business and practical aspects of nurse practitioner practice, "Primary Care" presents disorders alphabetically and covers a multitude of adult ...
Introducing a fresh approach to effective selling from a renowned sales and business development expert, this insightful, practical resource focuses on developing sales strength.
First published over a century ago, this classic text on the history and tactics of naval warfare had a profound effect on the training of officers and the deployment of naval resources around the globe. It continues to be a primary reference for naval students and historians. The book presents the argument that, despite great changes and ...
"Krause's Food, Nutrition, and Diet Therapy" is a classic textbook in the field of nutrition and diet therapy, recognizing the increasing importance of nutrition in achieving and maintaining optimal health and fitness and as a component of complete and effective healthcare. Originated by Marie Krause Mendelson in 1952, this text has become a ...
The connections between American popular culture and religion is the subject of this multifaceted and innovative collection. Ranging from religious themes in cowboy fiction to Madonna's "Like a Prayer", from televangelism to the world of sports, this book's contributors offer fascinating insights into what popular culture reveals about the nature ...
Covering the fundamentals as well as many special topics of current interest, this is the most concise, up-to-date, and accessible graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics available. Written by Gerald Mahan, a distinguished research physicist and author of an acclaimed textbook on many-particle physics, "Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell" is the ...
Introducing a fresh approach to effective selling from a renowned sales and business development expert, this is an insightful, practical, revealing resource focused on developing sales strength. The author takes readers beyond selling to providing solutions that make a real difference for them and their clients.
In the wise and often witty Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose, Brian Mahan considers the question of how it is possible to create a meaningful spiritual life while living in a culture that measures us by what we have rather than who we are. Drawing on nearly two decades of teaching experience. Brian Mahan shares stories of personal struggle and ...
This comprehensive textbook utilizes Green's functions and the equations derived from them to solve real physical problems in solid-state theoretical physics. Green's functions are used to describe processes in solids and quantum fluids and to address problems in areas such as electron gas, polarons, electron transport, optical response, ...
Four biologists say we can face environmental crises with hope. Moving beyond a mere survey of our planet's ills, Redeeming Creation brings Scripture into fruitful dialogue with current scientific findings.
Extending the right to marry to same-sex couples is frontpage news, and hotly contested in both church and society. This critical book is written by a gay man and progressive Christian ethicist who places justice making at the heart of contemporary spirituality. In dialogue with both legal scholars and theologians, Ellison examines the strengths ...
The Second Edition of Terrorism in Perspective offers undergraduate and graduate students a comprehensive overview of global and domestic terrorism. Each chapter is introduced with a rich overview of the issues, actors and actions specific to the topic under discussion, providing students with context prior to articles culled from a wide variety ...
Review of the Last Edition: "The exquisite organization, outstanding clarity of presentation, and extensive depth and span of nutrition topics make this book one of the best ever written in the field." --Journal of Nutrition Education "Long regarded ...as the definitive source on normal and clinical nutrition", (Journal of Parental and Enteral ...
This work addresses the issues which face physicians and families when looking at the statistics and alternatives of a caesarean birth. Both the authors have given birth naturally after having had two caesareans each. In a decade of counselling and coaching hundreds of other women through the process, they have gathered a store of knowledge that ...
Having a baby is an elemental human experience profound, even sacred to some women and their families. At the same time, it is a significant component of health care. The medical model of childbirth emphasizes the pathological potential of pregnancy and birth, while an alternative model championed by midwives focuses on the normalcy of pregnancy ...
Sue Mahan provides an up-to-date, accessible discussion of the issues relevant to the debate on crack cocaine, crime and women. Following an in-depth overview, the book offers a broad and informed perspective on the legal, lifestyle and treatment issues central to women's addiction to crack cocaine. With sensitivity and compassion, the author also ...
Kids learn letters and the sounds they make as they read this book from A through Z and play the Bingo game to reinforce what they've learned. Includes four game cards with 16 push-pull tabs. Full color. Consumable.
Research shows that over fifty percent of all business decisions fail; sixty percent of all businesses fail before the sixth year, and eighty-two percent go under before their tenth anniversary; and eight out of every ten new products fail. In direct contrast, research also shows that ninety-one percent of all businesspeople are as confident as ...
In the days when the Roman Empire flourished, it was said, 'All roads lead to Rome.' A wise old man once counselled a young preacher, 'In every test of Scripture there is a road which leads to Jesus Christ and him crucified. Your business is to find that road and get on it.' In this series of studies, which were prepared out of a pastoral concern ...
Teachers and parents looking for challenging activities for children will welcome these 60 projects that provide the basis for a lifetime of self-confidence and creative exploration. Every project is illustrated, contains a list of materials, and provides careful guidelines. 85 photos; 30 illustrations.
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