"Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive Approach" is the first thorough, user-friendly resource that outlines the causes, symptoms, and a full range of treatments for a condition that affects 10 to 12 million Americans. Since fibromyalgia (FM) mimics other illnesses, many people who experience chronic pain and fatigue don't know that they have FM or think ...
For those who are insulin resistant, "Blood Sugar Blues" is a passionate and highly informed guide to better health and a clarion call for easily accomplished lifestyle modifications.
The idea that science is a blueprint for research, and imagination gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive explanation of research methodology. The authors' decades of experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring judgment and creativity, not simply memorization and application of the rules of science. Whether ...
This study examines the development of Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses the most famous monuments, such as the cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens and Reims, Westminster Abbey and the Siena Duomo, and less familiar buildings in France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia.
Presents an innovative psychological framework for understanding religious fundamentalism. Blending extensive research and incisive analysis, the highly regarded author distinguish fundamentalist traditions from other faith-based groups and illuminate the thinking and behaviour of believers.
By the year 2660, science has transformed and conquered the world, rescuing humanity from itself. Spectacular inventions from the farthest reaches of space and deep beneath the earth are available to meet every need, providing antidotes to individual troubles and social ills. Inventors are highly prized and respected, and they are jealously ...
Combining years of research and classroom experience, Shaffer makes a compelling argument for the educational power of computer games as tools to help children learn about real world issues.Gaming is a hot topic - $10 billion game industry, new international gamers conferences, and record-breaking sales on interactive games for all ages. As ...
This definitive handbook uniquely documents the 2001 UK Census from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Collating a wide range of indicators, classification and analysis methods based on the Census, it includes an accompanying CD-ROM and refers throughout to an associated website providing the latest information. Provides comprehensive ...
The study examines the development of Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses the most famous monuments, such as the cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens and Reims, Westminster Abbey and the Siena Duomo, but also less familiar buildings in France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia.
This beautiful book accompanies an exhibition of around 35 of the major masterpieces from the V&A's outstanding holdings of European art from the period 300-1600 CE. It includes superb examples of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics and glass, which will be part of a touring exhibition, before being redisplayed in magnificent new galleries opening in ...
A popular account of a contemporary archaeological project, the story of the skeletons it uncovered, and a revealing parable of the conflicts that arise when pressures for land development collide with heritage conservation.
Although outlawed in many states, serpent handling remains an active religious practice - and one that is far more stereotyped than understood. Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and W. Paul Williamson have spent fifteen years touring serpent-handling churches in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, conducting scores of ...
This long-overdue volume showcases the Victoria and Albert Museum's outstanding holdings of stained and painted glass--a peerless collection ranging in date from c.1140 to 1540. The works include important examples from England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy. More than 100 color plates and selected ...
Containing over 100 masterpieces from a major collection, this volume traces the history of European sculpture, from the early-Christian period through to the beginning of the 20th century. Highlights include the medieval ivories, works by many of the Italian Renaissance masters, English 18th-century pieces, such as Roubillac's statue of Handel ...
Technology transfer has played an increasingly important role in historic preservation during the latter half of the twentieth century, a situation attested to by the undertaking of an important congressional study in 1986 that assessed the role of federal agencies in the field. In this book leading researchers update the earlier findings and ...
This volume is part of a two-volume set devoted to promoting the concept of green chemistry. This first volume illustrates the pronounced impact that green engineering is having in a wide range of areas within chemical engineering, its counterpart will examine the role of green chemistry within chemical synthesis, each leading to a greater ...
This catalogue of the wide-ranging collection includes fine Gothic sculptures on a large and small scale, ivories and enamels from major European centres, and works of art in other media. It also contains wider issues that will interest the student of Medieval Art.
Thomas Gainsborough has been celebrated as a lanscapist whose pictures evoke his love of the countryside, as a portrait painter of exactness and vivacity, and as a rhythmic and spontaneous draughtsman. Such judgements have persistently created a difficulty for art criticism. Gainsborough's work is not satisfactorily accounted for by the ...
Presents the alternative environmentally benign syntheses and processes for chemical manufacturing. Introduces green chemistry technologies, including biotechnology for pollution prevention. Presents alternative environmentally benign reaction conditions for chemical manufacturing. Discusses the use of catalysis for pollution prevention.
One of the very few books available on this subject in English, this volume presents a selection of the best and most representative works from the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive collection of late-medieval Netherlandish sculpture. Ranging from small, single figures and devotional altar carvings to full-scale altarpieces, the book looks ...
Celebrating one of the richest periods of English art and architecture, this definitive book is published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Stunning photographs of soaring fan vaulting, exquisite jewels, rare objects of gold and silver, and much more make this book essential for all lovers of the Gothic ...
Botrytis cinerea and other Botrytis species are important pathogens of nursery plants, vegetables, ornamental, field and orchard crops and stored and transported agricultural products. Over the last 125 years, Botrytis spp. have been investigated by an increasing number of specialists in diverse fields including chemistry, biochemistry, molecular ...
This compact guide to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging incorporates the most common techniques with easy-to-follow step-by-step protocols. Physicians and technicians alike get quick access to the information they need at the point of exam. Features include: A review of the most common cardiac MR imaging planes with step-by-step ...
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