Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster-Powell - authors of the "New York Times" bestseller "The New Glucose Revolution", the authoritative guide to the glycemic index - along with leading diabetes journalist David Mendosa answer the most frequently asked questions about your blood glucose levels. They address a wide range of concerns, correct ...
A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his hike from Georgia to Maine, bringing to the reader the life of the towns and the people he meets along the way.
The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip. This book shows how, whenever big business is threatened, spin doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to push the corporate interest, often at the public's expense. Written by leading activists and writers, this book reveals the secrets of the PR trade ...
Michael Walzer is widely regarded as one of the world's leading political theorists. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he has wrestled with some of the most crucial political ideas and questions of the day, developing original conceptions of democracy, social justice, liberalism, civil society, nationalism, multiculturalism, and ...
This book moves beyond the narrow focus of much of the work on media and cultural studies to examine the whole process of interaction between the media and the social world. Rejecting approaches which focus only on ownership or discourse or audience reception, this new book from the Glasgow Media Group, examines: promotional strategies; media ...
Following the recent media interest in fraudulent practices taking place in research projects, this study analyzes the reasons why scientific researchers resort to fraud. It discusses several reported cases of research fraud and studies both their outcomes and future implications.
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Utilizing a form of medical ethnography to investigate a variety of pediatric contexts, Richard B. Miller tests the fit of different ethical approaches in various medical settings to arrive at a new paradigm for how best to care for children. Miller contends that the principle of beneficence must take priority over autonomy in the treatment of ...
A small green swamp just past the edge of town is home to two wild blue-billed ducks. But one day huge, rumbling, grumbling machines crawled, scraping and gouging towards the swamp and out poured the swamp's precious water. Refugees tells the story of the duck's misadventures in trying to find a new place to live.
If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional ...
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, Jr. is more than a politically powerful Republican; he is a polysyllabic lecturer-debater, a popular syndicated columnist, the editor-in-chief of America's most famous conservative magazine, the host of TV's "Firing Line" program, and the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books. "A Renaissance Man in an age of ...
The "Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health" brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its ...
The Duchess of Richmond's Ball, held in Brussels on 15 June 1815, is one of history's most famous social events, but its full story has never before been told - where it was held, who was invited, who and what took place there - all is revealed in this book.
This book is a complete guide to the career and films of Peter Cushing, one of Britain's best-loved actors, who has played such classic roles as Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes.
The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip. This book shows how, whenever big business is threatened, spin doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to push the corporate interest, often at the public's expense. Written by leading activists and writers, this book reveals the secrets of the PR trade ...
This first-hand account of all the 600-odd butterflies that mark the West Indies and Southern Florida as a biogeographical area provides a discussion of their biogeography, history, biology and conservation. The book begins with an historical overview which surveys possible faunal origins, the size of island faunas and conservation problems. The ...
Major international projects are discussed together with measurement and evaluation issues in the area of stress, burnout and AIDS impact. Aspects of organisational and management responses to HIV/AIDS can enable researchers and health personnel to set up and evaluate their own projects. This is the first book to deal with the multitude of issues ...
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