The Enduring Vision features an engaging narrative that integrates political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. The first U.S. history survey to incorporate sustained attention to cultural history, the text is also known for its innovative coverage of public health, the environment, and the West--including Native ...
This is the landmark clinical guide to the role microorganisms play in human health and illnesses - extensively revised and updated. Linking fundamental microbiology concepts with the diagnosis and treatment of clinical infections, this one-of-a-kind, portable text delivers an essential overview of the organisms and agents involved in clinical ...
The second edition of this issues-oriented collection offers forty articles by the major thinkers in curriculum study. Balanced, yet eclectic in its approach, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum reflects the emergent trends in the field of curriculum. Designed for students in curriculum, instruction, administration, and teacher education, it ...
For one semester undergraduate classes in geometry for math and math-ed students who have taken calculus. This new text clarifies, extends, and unifies concepts discussed in basic high school geometry courses. Gives readers a comprehensive introduction to plane geometry in a historical context. *Historical Approach - investigates different ...
An episodic novel that tells the story of Larry Weller, born in Winnipeg, Canada of English parents. In a series of vignettes, readers are introduced to the people in Larry's life, his career as a landscape designer and maze-maker, his troubled marriages, and the development of his personality. As the confused protagonist struggles to make sense ...
Comprehensive in coverage yet compact in size, this Fifth Edition has been thoroughly revised and is available in two formats: as an inexpensive paperback or as a durable hardcover. The Modern Writer's Handbook, while comparable with larger full-size handbooks in every respect -- including a full treatment of writing and research processes -- ...
For courses in introductory cultural anthropology or cultural methods/fieldwork. This interactive multimedia simulation is comprised of a series of ten ethnographic encounters with the culture of a fictional Mexican village set in a computer-based learning environment. It provides students with a realistic problem-solving experience and designed ...
Included here are forms useful in the completion of both exercises and problems. They provide headings and prerecorded example transactions that enable students to get started quickly and to work efficiently.
Featuring over 400 full-color surgical photographs and drawings, this text/atlas is a step-by-step guide to the surgical approaches used to expose the facial skeleton. The authors describe in detail the key anatomic structures and the technical aspects of each approach, so that the surgeon can safely gain access to the region of the craniofacial ...
Self-help materials have become a prime source of psychological advice for millions of Americans. While many self-help resources provide high-quality information and support, others may be misleading, inaccurate, or even harmful. This volume reveals which are the good ones, which are the bad ones, and why. Based on the results of five national ...
Using this authoritative, self-care guide, you'll quickly see all you can do to recognize, manage, and prevent more than 150 common ailments/disorders affecting adults and children, from hay fever and hair loss to skin cancer and snoring.
What does it mean to be Maya in the modern world? Focusing on a Guatemalan town, this case study explores the cultural, political, and economic changes of this society over time. . This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the ...
Become the picture of manners and good taste "Teach Yourself Etiquette and Modern Manners" addresses the etiquette and manners you should follow in these modern times, from using a cell phone to changing at the gym. You'll gain the confidence and poise needed for any circumstance.
Focusing on the formation and effects of international institutions, both formal and informal, this reader explores a variety of important themes not widely covered in other international organization texts, such as how international organization is related to political discourse, the roles of knowledge, legitimacy and transparency in ...
For the first time in decades, federal accounting practices have been altered by significant changes imposed by Congress and regulatory agencies, as well as by the establishment in 1990 of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASB). These changes affect the hundreds of thousands of people involved on a daily or repeated basis with ...
The book is designed for secondary school counsellors faced with moving their current programmes from service-centered to programme-centered focus. The new school environment of standards-based and data-based practices is leading counselling programmes to establish student competencies and implement a process of continuous evaluation and ...
More than 1400 terms useful in wildland and related resource planning are defined. The purpose of the work is to facilitate communication between professionals, not to provide them with exhaustive vocabularies of each other's specialties. Definitions are drawn from many sources, including public laws and government manuals, but are not intended to ...
This pocket-sized guide is a one-stop resource for the treatment of women. Organized for quick access it includes ob/gyn and primary care information. Each chapter includes concise discussions for evaluation, diagnosis and management. Algorithms and illustrations provide quick step-by-step guidance.
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