This thoroughly revised and updated classical text teaches assessment techniques from the most basic skills for the student learning the process of patient care, to the more advanced skills for the student or practitioner involved with patients in the intensive care unit. An entirely new section teaches students and practitioners the skills ...
Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this authoritative clinical reference and text presents state-of-the-science knowledge about all aspects of addictive disorders and their treatment. Leading researchers and practitioners describe best practices in assessment and diagnosis and provide the latest information on working with users of ...
By pinpointing 12 types of employees and recognizing their strengths and weaknesses, this guide offers practical improvement tools to help managers flourish in kingdoms large and small.
Borrowing his title from Laurence Sterne, Viktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey describes the travels of a bewildered intellectual through Russia, Persia, the Ukraine, and the Caucasus during the period of the Russian Revolution. Although valuable as a historical document, A Sentimental Journey is also an important experimental literary work--a ...
A celebration of early American house forms, the Colonial Revival emerged in the late 19th century and was quickly embraced by the American public. It has remained the nation's style of choice for well over a hundred years, appearing in banks, post offices, schools, libraries, and a majority of suburban homes. Marked by dignified symmetry, large ...
Like many of Shklovsky's works, Third Factory is not easily classified. In part it is a memoir of the three "Factories" that influenced his development as a human being and as a writer, yet the events depicted within the book are fictionalised and conveyed with the poetic verve and playfulness of form that have made Shklovsky a major figure in ...
Drawing on chess terminology, Shklovsky explains his title in the first preface, stating that it has three meanings: 1) the conventions of art: the knight moves in an L-shape because of such a convention; 2) the non-freedom of art: the knight moves sideways because other directions are forbidden to it; and 3) the plight of Shklovsky himself, ...
Even devoted meat-eaters will crave the freshness and taste of these delicious recipes that celebrate the bounty of the season. Craft a full-course vegetarian menu, or just incorporate some vegetarian dishes into your regular fare with this handbook to vegetarian cuisine.
'By nature, by instinct, by personality, people react differently and use different techniques and ways of dealing with a situation. Success in the future will come to those who see people as unique individuals, with unique talents. Rather than just selecting people with the right skills, winning organizations will be those that also focus on ...
Not only does this invaluable resource explain the microbiology involved with contamination, it details what measures salon professionals should take in order to protect themselves and their clients. This is one book no salon professional should be without!
Assessing trends toward creating innovative forms of political, economic and security co-operation in Southeast Asia, this text discusses the international dynamics of Southeast Asian security, and its impact on such external factors as the US, China and Japan.
Five men met in Olympia on November 11, 1889 as Washington's first state supreme court. They selected Walla Walla's Thomas Anders as chief and immediately began ruling on issues that affected every Washingtonian. Over the course of more than a century, seventy-five other jurists followed them to Washington's high bench, balancing legislative and ...
This extensively updated and revised second edition brings together leading clinicians and researchers to present the latest approaches to diagnosing and treating a wide range of substance-related problems.
In this short, brilliant book, Viktor Shklovsky enunciates the function of the arts: what they are and, just as importantly, what they are not. In the course of defining what art is, by implication he also quietly lays to waste the theories and people who view art as a means of representing "the real world" and a method of communication. His views ...
The legal status, responsibilities and rights of men who are fathers - married or unmarried, cohabiting or separated, biological or social in nature - is a topic with a long and well-documented history. Yet recent developments in a number of countries suggest a growing politicisation of the relationship between law and fatherhood. In some ...
This companion to Kryger et al's "Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine" focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of a full range of sleep disorders in children. Recognised leaders in the field offer definitive guidance on virtually all of the sleep-associated problems encountered in paediatrics, from sleep and colic to obstructive sleep apnea, ...
A biography of the Swedish diplomat who served as secretary-general of the United Nations and was awarded the Nobel peace prize after his death in 1961.
Written by leading international chefs and authors, the books in this series offer classically-inspired yet contemporary recipes along with creative ideas for entertaining. Devoted to the way people who love good food cook, dine, and entertain today, each volume contains 50 recipes and more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations.
Debates about the future of fatherhood have been central to a range of conversations about changing family forms, parenting and society. Law has served an important, yet often neglected, role in these discussions, serving as an important focal point for broader political frustrations, playing a central role in mediating disputes, and operating as ...
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