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Cinemeducation

Using Film and Other Visual Media in Graduate and Medical Education

By: Alexander Matthew,Patricia Lenahan,Anna Pavlov

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Cinemeducation

Using Film and Other Visual Media in Graduate and Medical Education

By: Alexander Matthew,Patricia Lenahan,Anna Pavlov

Companion volume to Cinemeducation Volume 1 Cinemeducation, Volume 2 outlines a comprehensive approach to using film in graduate and medical education. It provides readers with a wide array of film excerpts ready for immediate application in the classroom. Each excerpt includes the counter time, year of release, names of actors, a short description of the movie and the scene being highlighted as well as discussion questions. Entire chapters are dedicated to reality television, mainstream television, music videos, documentaries and YouTube. Clearly structured, this second volume dives deep into human experiences. Authors from five continents have composed 49 chapters devoted to a wide assortment of new topics relevant to medical and postgraduate healthcare education. Some of the specific issues covered include substance abuse, gambling, dealing with tragedy, diabetes, heart disease, chronic illness and obstetrics as well as mental health problems. Some films portray health care professionals both positively and negatively and these are presented with rich detail. A wide variety of specialties and different health careers are covered. All of these areas converge on the common ground of compassion in the medical experience. This book is ideal for the undergraduate or postgraduate classroom. All healthcare educators will appreciate its comprehensive scope and innovative approach, including those in psychology, social services, dentistry and veterinary science.

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104029510X

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9781040295106

Elizabeth

The Life of Elizabeth Taylor

By: Alexander Walker

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Elizabeth

The Life of Elizabeth Taylor

By: Alexander Walker

A serious and in-depth look at one of the great legends of Hollywood by the London film critic and author of Audrey: Her Real Story. Elizabeth Taylor was perhaps the most “public” of the great stars: an Oscar–winning actress who lived her entire life in the glare of the spotlights. Much has been written about her, but now—with the readability, sensitivity, and thoroughness that have made his previous biographies bestsellers—Alexander Walker explores the roots of Taylor’s extraordinary personality and extraordinary life. Here is a life to rival the very movies she played in, told with immense candor, wit, and sympathy: from her privileged London childhood, the enormous influence of her strong-willed mother, and her swift rise to stardom in such films as National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, and the catastrophe-ridden Cleopatra; to her six husbands, her desperate need to love and be loved, her obsession with jewelry, and the amazing resilience that helped her weather not only condemnation for “the most public adultery in history,” but also dramatic illnesses that brought her to the verge of death—and, according to her, beyond. Using scores of unpublished documents and interviews with those who knew Taylor best, as well as his own meetings with her over thirty years, Alexander Walker recreates the comedies and tragedies in the life of a woman whose rewards and scandals have become the stuff of legend.

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802195245

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9780802195241

The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

44 Scotland Street Series (5)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

44 Scotland Street Series (5)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 5 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. Featuring all the quirky characters we have come to know and love, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking his escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound strength and resolve, while Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual. Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie. With his customary deftness, Alexander McCall Smith once again brings us an absorbing and entertaining tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters--all set in the beautiful, stoic city of Edinburgh.

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Anchor

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030747674X

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The Food Fighters

A History of DC Central Kitchen Second Edition: Revised and Expanded

By: Alexander Justice Moore

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The Food Fighters

A History of DC Central Kitchen Second Edition: Revised and Expanded

By: Alexander Justice Moore

Robert Egger did not want to start a charity, or even volunteer at one. But after his wife dragged him out one night to serve meals on the streets of Washington, DC, Egger realized that most of what society called “charity” did more to reward the people giving their time and money than it did to liberate those on the receiving end. He set aside his career running nightclubs and vowed to come up with something better. Egger named his gritty front-line nonprofit DC Central Kitchen. Today, it is one of America’s most beloved and respected solutions to hunger and poverty. From its improbable beginnings 35 years ago, the organization has redefined the issues of food waste, unemployment, mass incarceration, school nutrition, and chronic disease through award-winning programs and a gutsy, risk-taking mindset that allowed it to hurdle one obstacle after another. Written by an organizational insider, this expanded second edition of The Food Fighters shows how DC Central Kitchen’s path-breaking approach to combating the root causes of hunger is more relevant today than ever before. Packed with practical perspectives from award-winning nonprofit professionals, inspiring first-hand accounts from survivors of homelessness and incarceration, and the exclusive insights of high-profile partners like José Andrés, Spike Mendelsohn, Craig Newmark, and Michael R. Klein, The Food Fighters equips readers to take on hunger in their own communities while challenging traditional notions of what it means to do good.

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iUniverse

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166326287X

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Non-commutative Cryptography and Complexity of Group-theoretic Problems

By: Alexei G. Myasnikov,Vladimir Shpilrain,Alexander Ushakov

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Non-commutative Cryptography and Complexity of Group-theoretic Problems

By: Alexei G. Myasnikov,Vladimir Shpilrain,Alexander Ushakov

Examines the relationship between three different areas of mathematics and theoretical computer science: combinatorial group theory, cryptography, and complexity theory. It explores how non-commutative (infinite) groups can be used in public key cryptography. It also shows that there is remarkable feedback from cryptography to combinatorial group theory because some of the problems motivated by cryptography appear to be new to group theory.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821853600

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Papa and Fidel

A Novel

By: Karl Alexander

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Papa and Fidel

A Novel

By: Karl Alexander

This novel about fathers and sons, hope and redemption, the author of Time After Time brilliantly evokes cultural icons in a thriller that captures the essence of its famous protagonists in a poignant, compelling drama that just might have been true. Cuba, 1957: Ernest Hemingway, long a resident of Cuba, is past his prime, feeling old, and fighting the twin problems of liver disease and writer's block. Then he meets Fidel Castro, who, in the Sierra Maestra mountains, is building a growing force of idealistic young guerrillas, determined to overthrow the corrupt, bloated regime of Generalissimo Fulgencio Batista. After Castro wins his revolution and takes power, he and Hemingway grow to respect and admire each other, and Hemingway helps Castro heal his relationship with his estranged son Fidelito, showing the boy how to throw a curve ball, something that eluded his father and kept him from pitching in the major leagues. Like Time After Time, this is a rousing novel that brings a famous author to vivid life in a great story of a memorable time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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142994689X

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9781429946896

BFFs (Best Friends Forever)

By: Alexander Rutherford

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BFFs (Best Friends Forever)

By: Alexander Rutherford

BFFs: The First in the Alex’s Dreams Trilogy, is a fascinating story of teenager Alex and her friends. Capturing the everyday lives of a colorful cast of characters moving into young adulthood – including dating, relationships, and academic and social pressures – this memorable novel also delves into highly intriguing, more complicated territory. All the passion of emerging sexuality, and the intensity and confusion it can stir up, are highlighted in BFFs: The First in the Alex’s Dreams Trilogy. Written with honesty and gritty reality, this is a book that will thoroughly entertain, surprise, and engage teen and young adult readers.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1681818841

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Storm Over Babylon

By: Eric Alexander

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Storm Over Babylon

By: Eric Alexander

Murder, extortion, kidnapping, arson, embezzlement and his inner demons are just some of the horrors Adam Strong must deal with during what will be two of the worst weeks of his life.

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Infinity Publishing

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0741425483

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9780741425485

Prevenient Grace

An Investigation into Arminianism - 2nd Revised Edition

By: J. Alexander Rutherford

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Prevenient Grace

An Investigation into Arminianism - 2nd Revised Edition

By: J. Alexander Rutherford

If a plant grows with shallow roots, the storms of a season will wither away and uproot it; like a house built on sand, a poor foundation will doom its fate. But this isn't a book on botany, nor on architecture; foundations, good roots, are essential to thought structures as well as material structures. In theology, a bad foundation will produce results as catastrophic as bad roots or shifting sand. How we think about God and His work in the world will profoundly affect how we live and work out our Christian faith. This book evolved from the conviction that a prominent theological system rests on a fragile foundation. It is written as a small contribution towards refounding our understanding of God's relationship with the world and our salvation on His Word. The theology in question is Arminianism; the foundation is prevenient grace. Deep within Evangelical Arminianism lies the essential doctrine that God has acted in the life of all human beings, giving them enabling grace enough to respond or reject His offer of salvation. The contention of this book is that this doctrine has no biblical grounds and is rationally unfounded and that Arminianism itself stands or falls on this doctrine.

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Teleioteti

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1989560024

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9781989560020

44 Scotland Street

A 44 Scotland Street Novel (1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

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44 Scotland Street

A 44 Scotland Street Novel (1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith brings all the warmth of his extraordinary No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books and the Sunday Philosophy Club series to this witty novel chronicling the lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh. Originally serialized in The Scotsman, 44 Scotland Street is an international sensation. When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a five-year-old who’s mastered both saxophone and Italian; and Irene, his overbearing mother. Pat’s new job at a gallery seems easy enough. Her boss spends most of his time drinking coffee in a local café and discussing matters great and small, and Pat’s duties are light. That is until she realizes that one of their paintings may be an undiscovered work of a renowned Scottish artist and she discovers that one of their customers may be in on the secret. Add to this a fancy ball, love triangles and an encounter with a famous crime writer, and you have Alexander McCall Smith’s entertaining and humorous portrait of Edinburgh society.

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Vintage Canada

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030737033X

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9780307370334

Espresso Tales

A 44 Scotland Street Novel (2)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

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Espresso Tales

A 44 Scotland Street Novel (2)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 2 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor, and between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship, courtesy of Domenica, her witty and worldly-wise neighbor. McCall Smith has much in store for them as the brief spell of glorious summer sunshine gives way to fall a season cursed with more traditionally Scottish weather. Full of McCall Smith’s gentle humor and sympathy for his characters, Espresso Tales is also an affectionate portrait of a city and its people who, in the author’s own words, “make it one of the most vibrant and interesting places in the world.”

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Vintage Canada

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0307371255

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9780307371256

Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Alexander Cook

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Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Alexander Cook

The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of ‘humanity’ through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine and Orientalist fiction, the philosophy of conversation and musicology.

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Routledge

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1317320166

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9781317320166

Alexander Aphrodisiensis, "De anima libri mantissa"

A new edition of the Greek text with introduction and commentary

By: Alexander Aphrodisiensis

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Alexander Aphrodisiensis, "De anima libri mantissa"

A new edition of the Greek text with introduction and commentary

By: Alexander Aphrodisiensis

R. W. Sharples provides a new edition, with introduction and commentary in English, of the Greek text. The Mantissa is a collection of short discussions, transmitted as a supplement to the treatise On the Soul by the Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (c.200 AD). The collection includes discussion of a range of topics, among them the nature of soul and intellect, theories of how seeing takes place, issues in ethics, and the nature of fate. The text is based upon a new collation of the principal manuscript, the ninth century Venetus Marcianus graecus 258, and the apparatus corrects Bruns' misreportings of the principal manuscript and of the others that he used. Account has also been taken of the medieval Arabic and Latin versions of some of the sections which circulated independently, notably On Intellect which had a substantial influence on medieval philosophy. The introduction is chiefly concerned with the manuscripts and the relation between them. The commentary is based on the notes to the editor's English translation of the work (London: Duckworth and Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004); however, the commentary also takes into account more recent work on the collection by various scholars.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110978997

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9783110978995

TWIN WISHES

A Single Dad Romance

By: Kathryn Alexander

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TWIN WISHES

A Single Dad Romance

By: Kathryn Alexander

ONE WOMAN'S DREAM Julianne Quinn had always dreamed of finding the perfect man and having children. She found every reason to surround herself with toddlers, but was devastated to learn that she couldn't have children of her own. No amount of goldfish or stray pets could appease Julianne's loneliness. When handsome widower Luke O'Hara moved to town with his twins, Julianne found herself falling in love with the man's reluctant smile and his children. Luke's sudden marriage proposal offered Julianne everything she had always wanted—or did it? Though their devotion to the twins was at the heart of their union, would Julianne and Luke admit their deep love for one another?

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Harlequin

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1459229193

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How to Raise a Boss

A Parents Guide to Raising an Entrepreneur

By: Jimmie Alkebulan,Demarcus Alexander

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How to Raise a Boss

A Parents Guide to Raising an Entrepreneur

By: Jimmie Alkebulan,Demarcus Alexander

This is a straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense, easy-to-read guide to raising a boss instead of a worker. The rich people in this world wants your kids to keep a worker's mindset while they give their kids a boss mindset. Well, all of that will change when you read this book. By reading this book and applying the principles and pouring the knowledge I share with you in this book into your child's mind, you put your child in the game. Instead of making your child a piece on somebody else chessboard, read this book and give your child their own chessboard. Do your child and family tree a favor and read this book. I know you have better things to do than read technical books, so I made sure to keep this book simple and to the point. Trust me, you won't regret it.

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She Watches Me Bury Her

By: Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson

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She Watches Me Bury Her

By: Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson

One fateful Friday in October of the year 2000, at 6:52 PM, Cameron Morgan will kill his wife and bury the remains in the backyard. He's been doing it every night, for years. The problem isn't necessarily that Cameron keeps killing his wife. The problem is that his wife keeps coming back. Things are different this time. Over the course of a single weekend, Cameron and their three children are about to witness just how dangerous mommy dearest can be--and mommy will test the limits of how far a desperate father will go...

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1989331017

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From Sea to Shining Sea

A Novel

By: James Alexander Thom

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From Sea to Shining Sea

A Novel

By: James Alexander Thom

“Splendid . . . Thom tells the story with humor and eloquence, and a thumping good tale it is, too.”—The Washington Post In one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition. This mighty epic is a fitting tribute to the wisdom and courage of Ann Rogers Clark, her husband John, and the ten sons and daughters they nurtured and inspired.

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898

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Ballantine Books

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0345334515

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9780345334510

Models of Thought

By: Herbert Alexander Simon

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Models of Thought

By: Herbert Alexander Simon

Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon has in the past quarter century been in the front line of the information-processing revolution; in fact, to a remarkable extent his and his colleagues' contributions have written the history of that revolution in cognitive psychology. Research in this burgeoning new branch of knowledge seeks to describe with precision the workings of the human mind in terms of a small number of basic mechanisms organized into strategies. Newly developed computer languages express theories of mental processes, so that computers can then simulate the predicted human behavior. This book brings together papers dating from the start of Simon's career to the present. Its focus is on modeling the chief components of human cognition and on testing these models experimentally. After considering basic structural elements of the human information-processing system (especially search, selective attention, and storage in memory), Simon builds from these components a system capable of solving problems, inducing rules and concepts, perceiving, and understanding. These essays describe a relatively austere, simple, and unified processing system capable of highly complex and various tasks. They provide strong evidence for an explanation of human thinking in terms of basic information processes.

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Yale University Press

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0300024320

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9780300024326

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