There is no other book on the subject that is as complete and up-to-date in its coverage of the art and science of embalming, restorative arts, and mortuary cosmetology for students and practitioners. Known throughout the industry as the authority and complete reference on the history, theory, practice, and technique of embalming, this new Fourth ...
This four-color text provides students with a solid overview of the juvenile justice system in the United States. It presents the historical background of the US Juvenile Justice system, its current status, as well as contemporary societal and legal debates. An examination of various policies, programs, and practices is provided throughout the ...
Many books describe elements of church leadership - what it is and how to do it - but very few focus on the process of personal transformation that is central to being able to lead well. The "Leader's Journey" provides a blueprint and the practical tools needed to transform the lives of pastors and congregational lay leaders so that they can ...
HR transformation is no flavor-of-the-month trend. Nor does it happen in quite the same way from one organization to the next. Instead, rechartering and realigning HR policy, practice, and competencies goes hand in hand with the unique strategic direction of each individual organization.Set against a backdrop of the external trends affecting today ...
The leader in North Carolina real estate education, this fundamentals text helps students prepare for their licensing exams and for their careers as real estate professionals. Highlights include a new appendix including the North Carolina license law, commission rules, trust account guidelines, and the license law and rule comments, new math ...
After making its debut onto the computer scene in 1993, supporting a mere 50 servers, the World Wide Web has grown exponentially into a universal medium that can be accessed around the world by millions of people. Harboring unlimited amounts of information that can be found with the click of the mouse, the Internet has become a vital communication ...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 300,000 workers are employed as full-time writers in the fields of publicity, technical writing, and in-house writing alone. In addition, more than one million people work as professional writers, including freelance and part-time writers. Providing detailed information on 90 jobs for ...
The analytical toxicologist may be required to detect, identify, and in many cases measure a wide variety of compounds in samples from almost any part of the body or in related materials such as residues in syringes or in soil. This book gives principles and practical information on the analysis of drugs and poisons in biological specimens, ...
This monograph is devoted to a completely new approach to geometric problems arising in the study of random fields. The groundbreaking material in Part III, for which the background is carefully prepared in Parts I and II, is of both theoretical and practical importance, and striking in the way in which problems arising in geometry and probability ...
This comprehensive reference for the Intensive Care Unit places its emphasis on bedside care. Practically organized, each chapter begins with a revamped "Immediate Concerns" section -- the most critical information is up front and easy to access, so there's no need to search in emergency situations. Completely revised and updated, the Third ...
Most studies of Black families have had a 'problem focus', offering a narrow view of important issues such as out-of-wedlock births, single-parent families and childhood poverty. Family Life in Black America moves away from this negative perspective and instead deals with a wide range of issues including sexuality, procreation, infancy, adulthood, ...
Aligning the human resource function with organizational objectives, this book demonstrates how to define and measure HR results, provides guidelines for building new competencies, and outlines methods for narrowing the gap between current and future HR roles.
The connection between price inflation and real economic activity has been a focus of macroeconomic research and debate. Although this connection is crucial to our understanding of what monetary policy can and cannot accomplish, opinions about its basic properties have swung widely over the years. Many studying monetary policy acknowledge that, ...
This is a detailed guide to 100 jobs in television. There are more than 1,700 television stations in the United States as of 2004, and the industry is expected to continue growing through 2012. Television has been the top advertising medium in the U.S. for more than a decade. For potential employees, the field offers a wide variety of jobs ranging ...
This comprehensive, easy-to-read handbook focuses on immediate concerns and aids decision-making for the management of critically ill patients during their first 48 hours in ICU. With a strictly clinical focus on procedure, this handbook offers the fastest possible access to needed information. The Second Edition features current resuscitative ...
This is an essential guide to 70 careers in the energy industry.Today's fast-expanding energy sector has a tremendous impact on almost every facet of our lives. Energy companies are required to address questions of crucial importance to the economy, and their actions affect foreign policy, our environment, our ability to travel and work, the cost ...
A collection of eight short stories about frogs. Selections include "Afternoon of the Elves," by Janet Taylor Lisle, "A Boy and His Frog" by David Lubar, and "Green Plague" by Jane Yolen. Illustrated with occasional b&w drawings.
The period of June 1836 to February 1840, from Charles Francis Adams' twenty--eighth to thirty--second year, was characterized by his turn from the political activities that had occupied him for the preceding several years. The course of the Van Buren administration he had helped to elect dissatisfied him, the Massachusetts Whig leadership had ...
This third edition of a best-seller features new material on the latest developments and directions in qualitative research-including such subjects as feminist methodology, postmodernism, phenomenology, and cultural anthropology. New sections on evaluation research will make the book attractive for professionals in education, nursing, social work, ...
As a follow up and review book to Dr. Robert Taylor's highly successful FAMILY MEDICINE: PRINCIPALS AND PRACTICE, TAYLOR'S FAMILY MEDICINE REVIEW will become an indespensible study guide for family practice residents preparing for certification exams, practioners preparing for recertification and medical students during their family practice ...
In order to meet increasing public demand, institutions worldwide have opened their doors to provide their own definition of a spa - from medical day spas in mid-Manhattan to five-star destination spas in the south of France. The concept of the spa - healing waters, massage and body treatments - has now pervaded our way of life and leisure in a ...
Deriving conclusions from the National Survey of Black Americans and several additional wide-ranging surveys, "Religion in the Lives of African Americans" examines broad issues: patterns of religious involvement; the functions of religion in coping, social support, etc.; and, the relationships between religion and physical and mental health and ...
The books in this series from the editors of the "Food Service Professional" are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today. These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in ...
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