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May We Be Forgiven

A Novel

By: A.M. Homes

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Winner of the Women’s Prize and featured on Elin Hilderbrand’s New York Times ballot for Best Books of the Century Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. But Harry, a historian and Nixon scholar, also knows George has a murderous temper, and when George loses control the result is an act of violence so shocking that both brothers are hurled into entirely new lives in which they both must seek absolution. Harry finds himself suddenly playing parent to his brother’s two adolescent children, tumbling down the rabbit hole of Internet sex, dealing with aging parents who move through time like travelers on a fantastic voyage. As Harry builds a twenty-first-century family created by choice rather than biology, we become all the more aware of the ways in which our history, both personal and political, can become our destiny and either compel us to repeat our errors or be the catalyst for change. May We Be Forgiven is an unnerving, funny tale of unexpected intimacies and of how one deeply fractured family might begin to put itself back together.

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1101601140

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Swine Flu

What You Need to Know

By: A. M. Dumar

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Swine Flu

What You Need to Know

By: A. M. Dumar

The Swine Flu: What You Need to Know" is the first book covering the 2009 outbreak of the Swine Flu. It contains an easy-to-understand history and pandemics in general and the Swine Flu in particular, as well as information on signs, symptions, diagnosis, and treatment. Special sections cover how to protect children and what supplies should be kept in your house, in case the pandemic shuts down work and shopping.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434458326

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Perioperative Addiction

Clinical Management of the Addicted Patient

By: Ethan O. Bryson,Elizabeth A. M. Frost

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Perioperative Addiction

Clinical Management of the Addicted Patient

By: Ethan O. Bryson,Elizabeth A. M. Frost

Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs. The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the subject from the vantage points of the specific drug and of special patient populations. Features: · Guidance for spotting and managing addicted patients · All common and important drugs of addiction, from opioids, cocaine, club drugs, and alcohol, to tobacco, marijuana, nitrous oxide, inhalants, and propofol · Special populations, including pregnant women, pain patients, adolescents, older patients, and healthcare professionals · Fascinating overview of the long history of addiction · Genetic basis of addiction, and the range of pharmacological treatments for addiction

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461401704

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Carbon and Its Domestication

By: A.M. Mannion

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Carbon and Its Domestication

By: A.M. Mannion

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least being climatic change and biodiversity loss. Carbon management now and in the future is a ‘hot’ political issue. There is no existing book which focuses on the pivotal role of carbon in the environment and society and the ways in which carbon has been domesticated in time and space to generate wealth and political advantage. Students of environmental science, geography, biology and general science will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text.

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1402039573

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Creative Couples in the Sciences

By: Helena Mary Pycior,Nancy G. Slack,Pnina G. Abir-Am

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Creative Couples in the Sciences

By: Helena Mary Pycior,Nancy G. Slack,Pnina G. Abir-Am

This book explores and studies cross-gender collaborations and provides the reader with a rich representation of different scientific disciplines, national cultures, institutional settings, historical periods, personalities and outcomes for the collaborative partners.

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0813521874

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Music for Torching

By: A. M. Homes

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Music for Torching

By: A. M. Homes

As A.M. Homes's incendiary novel unfolds, the Kodacolor hues of the good life become nearly hallucinogenic.Laying bare th foundations of a marriage, flash frozen in the anxious entropy of a suburban subdivision, Paul and Elaine spin the quit terors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens out of control. From a strange and hilarious encounter with a Stepford Wife neighbor to an ill-conceived plan for a tattoo, to a sexy cop who shows up at all the wrong moments, to a housecleaning team in space suits, a mistress calling on a cell phone, and a hostage situationat a school, A.M. Homes creates characters so outrageously flawed and deeply human that thery are entriely believable.

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0061857505

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Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in Intensive Outpatient Programs (PE-IOP)

Therapist Guide

By: Sheila A.M. Rauch,Barbara Olasov Rothbaum,Erin R. Smith,Edna B. Foa

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Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in Intensive Outpatient Programs (PE-IOP)

Therapist Guide

By: Sheila A.M. Rauch,Barbara Olasov Rothbaum,Erin R. Smith,Edna B. Foa

Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in Intensive Outpatient Programs (PE-IOP) presents an innovative PTSD treatment model for the use of prolonged exposure (PE) in residential and intensive outpatient programs, which increases access to care and retention in care while providing transformational symptom outcomes. Drs. Rauch, Rothbaum, Smith, and Foa present the elements of the PE protocol along with all the logistics for how to provide PE in an intensive outpatient program. PE is the most widely studied treatment for PTSD, with over 100 studies showing its efficacy for PTSD and comorbid patient populations-from single incident and multiple incident traumas of all types (e.g., combat, sexual assault, etc.) Variations and considerations for implementation are presented to allow providers designing programs to consider what best fits their patient population and setting. Patient and provider forms are included for use. As leaders in clinical practice, training, and research in the field of PTSD treatment, Drs. Rauch, Rothbaum, Smith, and Foa provide concise but thorough description of the key components of the program, how to implement them, and when and how to consider adaptations.

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Oxford University Press

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0190081937

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The Princess and the Pirate

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

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The Princess and the Pirate

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

Come away to Wildflower Kingdom, a faraway land with princesses, unicorns, friendly foxes, and more! Join eight-year-old Princess Olivia and six-year-old Princess Juniper, sisters who get into fun fantasy adventures and learn lots of important lessons. Queen Jennifer's brother, Pirate Pete, is an expert treasure hunter. When he pays a visit to Wildflower Kingdom, the princesses get nervous. Pirates are mean, aren't they? They steal things, don't they? As Pirate Pete helps Queen Jennifer follow a mysterious treasure map, the princesses learn that you can't believe everything you hear. Find out what happens in this fantasy princess story for kids ages 6-9! The Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids is a set of illustrated fantasy adventure books that can be read in any order. Recommended for: first, second, and third grade Recommended reading levels: Chapter books Recommended age: 6, 7, 8, and 9 years old

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1949078698

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ACNE and ROSACEA

By: G. Plewig,A.M. Kligman

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ACNE and ROSACEA

By: G. Plewig,A.M. Kligman

The third, revised edition of this lavishly illustrated book covers all aspects of acne, acne-like disorders and rosacea, including its physiology, pathology, bacteriology, and endocrinology, with special emphasis placed on the histopathology. The text is supplemented by selected references and a richly illustrated portfolio of histopathological pictures. The authors critically examine the spectrum of pharmacological and physical methods of controlling acne, acne-like diseases, and rosacea, and go on to present in detail their personal strategies for successful treatment.

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3642597157

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Beyond the Black Door

By: A.M. Strickland

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Beyond the Black Door

By: A.M. Strickland

Beyond the Black Door is a young adult dark fantasy about unlocking the mysteries around and within us—no matter the cost... Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers—like Kamai and her mother—can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. When Kamai touches the door, it is warm and beating, like it has a pulse. When she puts her ear to it, she hears her own name whispered from the other side. And when tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: she opens the door. A.M. Strickland's imaginative dark fantasy features court intrigue and romance, a main character coming to terms with her asexuality, and twists and turns as a seductive mystery unfolds that endangers not just Kamai's own soul, but the entire kingdom ... An Imprint Book “I couldn’t put down this deliciously dark dream of a fantasy.” —New York Times bestselling author Lisa Maxwell “A dark delight, gorgeously written and as twisty and enigmatic as a labyrinth at twilight. I wanted to stay lost in its pages forever, wandering ever deeper into the maze of Strickland’s beguiling, intricately imagined world.” —Margaret Rogerson, New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens

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1250198755

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Thirty-Eight Witnesses

The Kitty Genovese Case

By: A. M. Rosenthal

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Thirty-Eight Witnesses

The Kitty Genovese Case

By: A. M. Rosenthal

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s groundbreaking account of the crime that shocked New York City—and the world In the early hours of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was stabbed to death in the middle-class neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens. The attack lasted for more than a half hour—enough time for Genovese’s assailant to move his car and change hats before returning to rape and kill her just a few steps from her front door. Yet it was not the brutality of the murder that made it international news. It was a chilling detail Police Commissioner Michael Joseph Murphy shared with A. M. Rosenthal of the New York Times: Thirty-eight of Genovese’s neighbors witnessed the assault—and none called for help. To Rosenthal, who had recently returned to New York after spending a decade overseas and would become the Times’s longest-serving executive editor, that startling statistic spoke volumes about both the turbulence of the 1960s and the enduring mysteries of human nature. His impassioned coverage of the case sparked a firestorm of public indignation and led to the development of the psychological theory known as the “bystander effect.” Thirty-Eight Witnesses is indispensable reading for students of journalism and anyone seeking to learn about one of the most infamous crimes of the twentieth century.

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Open Road Media

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1504026438

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The History of Saudi Arabia

By: A M Vasilev

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The History of Saudi Arabia

By: A M Vasilev

How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula.

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Saqi

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0863567797

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Damage

By: A. M. Jenkins

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Damage

By: A. M. Jenkins

As the Pride of the Panthers, football star Austin Reid is a likable guy, good with the ladies. Lately though, he doesn't like his life -- or anything else -- so much. And the worst part is that he can't seem to figure out why.

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0061964565

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Medicine in Mexico

From Aztec Herbs to Betatrons

By: Gordon Schendel,José Álvarez Amézquita,Miguel E. Bustamante

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Medicine in Mexico

From Aztec Herbs to Betatrons

By: Gordon Schendel,José Álvarez Amézquita,Miguel E. Bustamante

A witch doctor casting an evil spell in a steaming jungle village; a young medical-school graduate cleaning a machete wound in a rat-infested thatched hut; a world-renowned scientist doing research in Mexico City—all were part of the mid-twentieth century medical scene in Mexico, a country of great cultural, socioeconomic, and geographical contrasts. Gordon Schendel, in collaboration with Dr. José Alvarez Amézquita and Dr. Miguel E. Bustamante, relates the history of medicine and public health and welfare in Mexico. This absorbing story begins with a great indigenous culture; continues with Spanish Colonial rule, the unproductive first century of independence from Spain, and the years of revolution; then concentrates on the modern nation. The Aztec civilization evidenced a knowledge of pharmacology and the fundamentals of health far in advance of contemporary European societies. And almost one hundred years before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, New Spain boasted a comprehensive "Public Health Administration" and a hospital system that served all classes. However, throughout Mexico's three centuries as a Spanish colony and its first century of independence, millions of its citizens suffered abysmal poverty. Thus when the Republic of Mexico entered its post-Revolutionary era, the majority of its citizens were plagued by superstition, illiteracy, malnutrition, and the other "diseases of the poor." The principal part of this story tells how Mexico attacked these problems, and how in a few short years it became a leader and a model for all Latin America in the fields of medicine and public health and welfare. The book is based on Mr. Schendel's research and observations and on his many interviews with doctors and govemment officials. It will be of interest to the medical profession and to concerned laymen of all nationalities, for it illustrates how a dynamic nation met challenges that all countries of the world, developed and underdeveloped, must face.

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University of Texas Press

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1477306366

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The Princess and the Dragon

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

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The Princess and the Dragon

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

An illustrated chapter book recommended for girls ages 6-9! Come away to Wildflower Kingdom, a faraway fantasy land with princesses, unicorns, and even a dragon! Join eight-year-old Princess Olivia and six-year-old Princess Juniper, sisters who are always off to discover new adventures and important lessons. When Princesses Olivia and Juniper agree to help Queen Jennifer with some important royal business, they are assigned to deliver a package to Stony Mountain, the home of the dragon of Wildflower Kingdom! Can the princesses carry out this scary job? Will they turn back? Or will they discover that dragons aren’t so scary after all? Find out in this fun fantasy princess story for kids 6-9. The Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids are an illustrated set of fantasy adventure books that can be read in any order.

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The Princess and the Fox

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

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The Princess and the Fox

A Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids

By: A.M. Luzzader

Come away to Wildflower Kingdom, a faraway land with princesses, unicorns, friendly foxes, and more! Join eight-year-old Princess Olivia and six-year-old Princess Juniper, sisters who get into fun fantasy adventures and learn lots of important lessons. After a fun day of exploring Wildflower Forest, Sylvia the fox goes missing! Princess Olivia and Princess Juniper join in to search for their fox friend, but she can't be found. Will Sylvia find her way home? And what should the princesses do when they become worried, afraid, or angry? Find out in this fantasy princess story for kids ages 6-9! The Fairy Tale Chapter Book Series for Kids is a set of illustrated fantasy adventure books that can be read in any order. Recommended for: first, second, and third grade Recommended reading levels: Chapter books and beginning middle grade books Recommended age: 6, 7, 8, and 9 years old

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1949078779

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Revival: Ten Essays on Zionism and Judaism (1922)

By: Achad Ha-am

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Revival: Ten Essays on Zionism and Judaism (1922)

By: Achad Ha-am

The present voluime of translations from the Hebrew of Achad Ha-Am differs in character from the volume of Selected Essays published in 1912 by the Jewish Publication Society of America. The earlier selection was confined, by the express desire of the publishing Society, to essays dealing with the broader aspects of Judaism and Jewish thought; essays of a more polemical character, in which the author has defined his attitude to the modern Jewish national movement, were designedly omitted. Of the then further essays included in the present selection, only two belong to the former category, and these have been placed, out of their chronological order, at the end. The other eight essays all deal with one aspect or another of Zionism, and they form a series which will enable the English reader who is interested in the Zionist movement to follow its history under the guidance of one who is at the same time among its staunchest pillars and its most unsparing critics.

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Routledge

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1351343432

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Cambridge

By: A. M. Foley,Gloria Johnson-Mansfield

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Cambridge

By: A. M. Foley,Gloria Johnson-Mansfield

Cambridge, Maryland, ideally located along the Choptank River, has been home port to people of every description, including Native Americans, patriots, and state governors to oyster pirates and their nemesis-the Maryland Oyster Navy. Today, Cambridge embraces the diverse cultures and rich past evident in its historic homes and buildings and exhibited in its museums. The city owes much to maritime and agricultural resources including oysters and crabs from the river and bay, and crops from the surrounding fields. The town's Colonial history, proximity to Chesapeake Bay, and dauntless spirit lend a certain charm that is distinctively Cambridge. Images and postcards culled from a variety of sources bring to life the vivid and varied past of one of Maryland's earliest settlements. This unique volume of vintage photos and memorabilia, with its well-researched captions, will engage young and old alike. Highlighted in this photo journal along with the oyster fleet, businesses, churches, and events are the ordinary and extraordinary people who make this area special.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738514446

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The Unfolding

A Novel

By: A.M. Homes

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The Unfolding

A Novel

By: A.M. Homes

“[A] much-anticipated, wickedly funny and sharply observed political satire…This novel of politics and family brings readers to the fault line of American politics.” —The New York Times Book Review “Beyond being good or bad, the characters in this impressive book are, above all things, unpredictable.”—Wall Street Journal One family will remake America. Even if they fall apart trying. A.M. Homes delivers us back to ourselves in this stunning alternative history that is both terrifyingly prescient, deeply tender and devastatingly funny. The Big Guy loves his family, money and country. Undone by the results of the 2008 presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of the American Dream. As they build a scheme to disturb and disrupt, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family. His wife, Charlotte, grieves a life not lived, while his 18-year-old daughter, Meghan, begins to realize that her favorite subject—history—is not exactly what her father taught her. In a story that is as much about the dynamics within a family as it is about the desire for those in power to remain in power, Homes presciently unpacks a dangerous rift in American identity, prompting a reconsideration of the definition of truth, freedom and democracy—and exploring the explosive consequences of what happens when the same words mean such different things to people living together under one roof. From the writer who is always “razor sharp and furiously good” (Zadie Smith), a darkly comic political parable braided with a Bildungsroman that takes us inside the heart of a divided country.

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0735225362

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The Prosody of Greek Speech

By: A.M. Devine,Laurence D Stephens

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The Prosody of Greek Speech

By: A.M. Devine,Laurence D Stephens

The reconstruction of the prosody of a dead language is, on the face of it, an almost impossible undertaking. However, once a general theory of prosody has been developed from eliable data in living languages, it is possible to exploit texts as sources of answers to questions that would normally be answered in the laboratory. In this work, the authors interpret the evidence of Greek verse texts and musical settings in the framework of a theory of prosody based on crosslinguistic evidence and experimental phonetic and psycholinguistic data, and reconstruct the syllable structure, rhythm, accent, phrasing, and intonation of classical Greek speech. Sophisticated statistical analyses are employed to support an impressive range of new findings which relate not only to phonetics and phonology, but also to pragmatics and the syntax-phonology interface.

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Oxford University Press

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019972413X

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Engineering Tables and Data

By: A. M. Howatson

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Engineering Tables and Data

By: A. M. Howatson

This book brings together information which is used by engineers, and needed especially by students of engineering, but difficult to find in a collected form. In this respect engineering, perhaps because it is more often divided into separate branches, has so far been less well served than the other physical sciences; we hope to have in part redressed the balance. The contents are designed chiefly for engineering students of all kinds in universities and colleges, but they should also prove useful to practising engineers as a general reference. There was some difficulty in choosing numerical values for parts of the section Properties of Matter. Information was culled from a range of sources which sometimes show an alarming lack of consistency. Given a choice, we have used values which are either average or more likely to be reliable. The degree of tolerance required varies very widely between, for example, the precision to which thermodynamic proper ties of steam are known and the uncertainty in those mechanical properties of solids which depend strongly on quality and preparation. The tables on pages 4-12 inclusive are reproduced from S.M.P. Advanced Tables by permission of Cambridge University Press. The tables on pages 35 and 36 are reproduced from Elementary Statistical Tables: lindley and Miller, h./ permission of Cambridge University Press. The tables on pages 37 and 38 are reproduced by permission of the Biometrika Trustees.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401093148

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9789401093149

Tex Johnston

Jet-Age Test Pilot

By: A. M. "Tex" Johnston

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Tex Johnston

Jet-Age Test Pilot

By: A. M. "Tex" Johnston

One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s, helped create the jet age at such pioneering aersospace companies as Bell Aircraft and Boeing.

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Smithsonian Institution

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1560989319

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Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery

By: Egbert H. Huizing,Johan A. M. de Groot

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Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery

By: Egbert H. Huizing,Johan A. M. de Groot

Developed from the authors' vast teaching and clinical experience, here is the first book in nearly two decades to fully cover the functional reconstructive aspects of nasal surgery. You will find step-by-step details on a wide range of surgical procedures, highlighted by more than 800 detail-revealing illustrations.Beginning with an overview of surgical anatomy, histology, physiology, and diagnostics, the book goes on to cover incisions and approaches for surgery of the septum, pyramid, lobule, turbinate, and nasal cavity. An important section on special considerations addresses pediatric surgery, transplants, acute nasal trauma, mentoplasty; implants; complications; and more. The extensive appendix includes coverage of materials, instruments, nomenclature, and historical developments.Special features of this valuable surgical guide:Extensively illustrated with over 800 drawings - more than two per page!Focuses on state-of-the-art functional rhinologic techniques rather than aesthetic aspectsA thorough description of the anatomic information you'll need for successful surgeryWritten by two eminent surgeons who have developed and taught these courses throughout the worldAll otorhinolaryngologists, maxillofacial surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, and residents who perform functional reconstructive nasal surgery will benefit from this wealth of information. A valuable addition to any professional or personal library.

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Thieme

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1604060107

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Studies in the Life of Christ

By: A. M. Fairbairn

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Studies in the Life of Christ

By: A. M. Fairbairn

These “Studies in the Life of Christ” were originally prepared as a series of Sunday evening discourses, while the author was a minister in Aberdeen… They are not exhaustive and critical discussions on the Gospel History, but, at most, attempts at orientation – at reaching points of view from which the life of Christ may be understood and construed. - From the Preface

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166673439X

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Writing about Lives in Science

(Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre

By: Paola Govoni,Zelda Alice Franceschi

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Writing about Lives in Science

(Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre

By: Paola Govoni,Zelda Alice Franceschi

Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

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3847002635

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Mediterranean Island Landscapes

Natural and Cultural Approaches

By: Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis,Gloria Pungetti,A.M. Mannion

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Mediterranean Island Landscapes

Natural and Cultural Approaches

By: Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis,Gloria Pungetti,A.M. Mannion

Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands. Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.

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Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience

A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program - Workbook

By: Barbara Olasov Rothbaum,Edna B. Foa,Elizabeth A. Hembree,Sheila A.M. Rauch

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A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program - Workbook

By: Barbara Olasov Rothbaum,Edna B. Foa,Elizabeth A. Hembree,Sheila A.M. Rauch

Those who have experienced a traumatic event and are having trouble moving past feelings of fear, shame and guilt, or helplessness may be diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure Treatment Program can help readers to overcome and reclaim their lives from PTSD. Best used in combination with treatment by a mental health professional, the second edition of this Workbook, along with the accompanying Therapist Guide, will help readers work through PTSD regardless of the type of trauma experienced-be it a motor vehicle accident, physical or sexual assault, or combat-related event. The program outlined in this book will reduce anxiety and distress, teaching readers to face memories of trauma while processing their emotions about the event using a scientifically tested and proven technique called Prolonged Exposure Therapy. Instead of avoiding or escaping situations that provoke anxiety and other negative emotions, readers will learn how to reevaluate feelings and beliefs to think differently about their traumatic experiences. Complete with information on PTSD, as well as case examples, self-assessment tools, and homework assignments, Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience is an invaluable tool on the road to recovery from PTSD.

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Optical Properties of Diamond

A Data Handbook

By: A.M. Zaitsev

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A Data Handbook

By: A.M. Zaitsev

This handbook is the most comprehensive compilation of data on the optical properties of diamond ever written. It presents a multitude of data previously for the first time in English. The author provides quick access to the most comprehensive information on all aspects of the field.

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The Human Adrenal Cortex

Pathology and Biology — An Integrated Approach

By: A.M. Neville,M.J. O'Hare

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The Human Adrenal Cortex

Pathology and Biology — An Integrated Approach

By: A.M. Neville,M.J. O'Hare

We would like to take this opportunity of expressing our sincerest thanks to the many persons who have made adrenal tissue and related materials available to us for our work. Our especial gratitude is extended to Drs. J.J. Brown, A. Lever and J.I.S. Robertson of the M.R.C. Blood Pressure Unit, Glasgow, Dr. J.K. Grant, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Professor R.B. Welbourn and Dr. W. Kelly, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Drs. D.B. Grant of Great Ormond Street, J. Ginsberg, Royal Free Hospital, D.C. Anderson, Hope Hospital, Salford, C.R. Edwards, St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Professor I. Doniach (for merly of the London Hospital) and Messrs. J.-c. Gazet, A. McKinna and P. Greening, Royal Marsden Hospital, London. The preparation and presentation of the material and the results would not have been possible without the help of Dr. P. Monaghan and his Electron Microscopy Unit, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (London Branch), Sutton, Mrs. Mitchell and her Histology Team, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Mr. K. Moreman of the Photographic Department of the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London and Mr. M. Hughes for graphics. Particular thanks are due for the untiring efforts and assistance ofMr. J. Ellis and Mrs. D. Corney of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (London Branch), Sutton, for most of the photographic and secretarial work respectively. Professors G. Dhom and E. Mausle kindly provided material for Figs.

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Food Forensics and Toxicology

By: Titus A. M. Msagati

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Food Forensics and Toxicology

By: Titus A. M. Msagati

A comprehensive guide, offering a toxicological approach to food forensics, that reviews the legal, economic, and biological issues of food fraud Food Forensics and Toxicology offers an introduction and examination of forensics as applied to food and foodstuffs. The author puts the focus on food adulteration and food fraud investigation. The text combines the legal/economic issues of food fraud with the biological and health impacts of consuming adulterated food. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers a wide-range of topics including food adulteration/fraud, food "fingerprinting" and traceability, food toxicants in the body, and the accidental or deliberate introduction of toxicants into food products. In addition, the author includes information on the myriad types of toxicants from a range of food sources and explores the measures used to identify and quantify their toxicity. This book is designed to be a valuable reference source for laboratories, food companies, regulatory bodies, and researchers who are dealing with food adulteration, food fraud, foodborne illness, micro-organisms, and related topics. Food Forensics and Toxicology is the must-have guide that: Takes a comprehensive toxicological approach to food forensics Combines the legal/economic issue of food fraud with the biological/health impacts of consuming adulterated food in one volume Discusses a wide range of toxicants (from foods based on plants, animals, aquatic and other sources) Provides an analytical approach that details a number of approaches and the optimum means of measuring toxicity in foodstuffs Food Forensics and Toxicology gives professionals in the field a comprehensive resource that joins information on the legal/economic issues of food fraud with the biological and health implications of adulterated food.

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1119101387

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An Introduction to Gas Discharges

Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies

By: A. M. Howatson

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An Introduction to Gas Discharges

Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies

By: A. M. Howatson

An Introduction to Gas Discharges: Second Edition aims to provide a compact introduction to the subject of gas discharges, which continues to make both scientific and industrial progress. In this second edition, the author has made minor corrections, rewritten and expanded some sections, used SI units and modernized notions, in hopes of making the book more up to date. Included in the book is a short history of the subject, an introduction that enumerates the types of gas discharges, the fundamental processes, and then moves on to the more specific areas such as the breakdown, the self-sustaining discharge, equilibrium, plasma properties and measurements, and the technological applications of gas discharges. Concise and easy to understand, the text is for students and researchers who wish to learn the subject and prepare them for more advanced readings.

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The Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives

By: Titus A. M. Msagati

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The Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives

By: Titus A. M. Msagati

Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives Food additives are chemicals or ingredients that are added to food during processing to improve quality, flavour, appearance or nutritional value, or to prevent chemical or microbial spoilage. The most common types of additives are preservatives, colourants, sweeteners, flavourings, emulsifiers, thickeners and stabilisers. Adding new ingredients to a food has an effect upon its chemistry and structure as well as its sensory characteristics. Additives are usually characterised by where they come from (for example, whether they are natural or synthetic), by their purpose (such as improving shelf life) and the risks associated with them (such as their toxicity, and any side effects upon the consumer). Although in recent years the trend in consumer marketing has been to trumpet a lack of additives and preservatives, with ‘artificial ingredients’ commonly seen in a negative light, there nevertheless remains a wide variety of additives and preservatives that are crucial both to producers and consumers, without which the quality of the food would suffer. Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives is an up-to-date reference guide to the wide range of different types of additives used in the food industry today. It looks at the processes involved in adding preservatives and additives to foods, and the mechanisms and methods used. The book provides full details about the chemistry of each major class of food additive, showing the reader not just what kind of additives are used and what their functions are, but also how they work, and how they may have multiple functionalities. This book also covers numerous new additives currently being introduced, how the quality of these is ascertained, and how consumer safety is ensured. Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives is an ideal reference for food chemists, food safety specialists and agencies, food processors who are working with additives and preservatives, and food regulators and policy makers. Written in an accessible style and covering a broad range of food additives and preservatives, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the chemical interactions of food additives and preservatives with the natural composition of the foods to which they are added. It is a unique and ground-breaking treatment of a topic vital to both the food industry and the researcher.

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