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Evolving God

A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion

By: Barbara J. King

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Evolving God

A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion

By: Barbara J. King

The author of How Animals Grieve “contends that religion . . . is a consequence of primate evolution” in this “brilliant book” (Booklist, starred review). Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains—a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves. But where did that desire come from? Can we explain its emergence through evolution? Yes, says biological anthropologist Barbara J. King—and doing so not only helps us to understand the religious imagination, but also reveals fascinating links to the lives and minds of our primate cousins. Evolving God draws on King’s own fieldwork among primates in Africa and paleoanthropology of our extinct ancestors to offer a new way of thinking about the origins of religion, one that situates it in a deep need for emotional connection with others, a need we share with apes and monkeys. Though her thesis is provocative, and she’s not above thoughtful speculation, King’s argument is strongly rooted in close observation and analysis. She traces an evolutionary path that connects us to other primates, who, like us, display empathy, make meanings through interaction, create social rules, and display imagination—the basic building blocks of the religious imagination. With fresh insights, she responds to recent suggestions that chimpanzees are spiritual—or even religious—beings, and that our ancient humanlike cousins carefully disposed of their dead well before the time of Neandertals. “Her interpretations result in a provocative hypothesis about the evolution of spirituality.” —The Dallas Morning News

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University of Chicago Press

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022636092X

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The Dynamic Dance

nonvocal communication in African great apes

By: Barbara J. KING,Barbara J King

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The Dynamic Dance

nonvocal communication in African great apes

By: Barbara J. KING,Barbara J King

Using dynamic systems theory, employed to study human communication, King demonstrates the complexity of apes' social communication, and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes, apes create meaning primarily through their body movements--and go well beyond conveying messages about food, mating, or predators.

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Harvard University Press

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0674039610

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Cancer Nursing

Principles and Practice

By: Connie Henke Yarbro,Yarbro,Debra Wujcik,Barbara Holmes Gobel

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Cancer Nursing

Principles and Practice

By: Connie Henke Yarbro,Yarbro,Debra Wujcik,Barbara Holmes Gobel

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. A new and revised version of this best-selling reference! For over eighteen years, best-selling Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice has provided oncology nurses with the latest information on new trends in the rapidly changing science of oncology. Now, in its Seventh Edition, Cancer Nursing has been completely revised and updated to reflect key new developments. New topics covered include targeted therapy, hypersensitivity reactions, mucositis, and family and caregiver issues. With 27 new chapters featuring insights from key authors, the Seventh Edition is a must-have resource for every oncology nurse.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449618294

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Primary Care of Women

By: Barbara K. Hackley,Jan M. Kriebs

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Primary Care of Women

By: Barbara K. Hackley,Jan M. Kriebs

Primary Care of Women, Second Edition is an essential and easy-to use resource for healthcare providers who offer primary care to women. Ideal for new and experienced clinicians, it focuses on the need to address women’s health holistically. Each chapter begins by discussing common symptoms and how to evaluate them before moving on to diagnosis and management of the most common conditions seen in women. Topics include prevention, screening, management of common health problems, and the presentation and management of common health issues in pregnancy. Completely updated and revised, the Second Edition includes new chapters on sleep disorders, dental health, and complementary and alternative medicine. Also included is an increased focus on topics such as mental health and violence.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284126293

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Animals' Best Friends

Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild

By: Barbara J. King

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Animals' Best Friends

Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild

By: Barbara J. King

How do people who love animals translate that devotion into helping creatures who are not our pets? How do we express our care for animals when that means different things to omnivores and vegetarians-or, say, to hunters and non-hunters? Barbara J. King, a widely read expert on animal cognition and emotion, here guides readers through the difficult choices and deep rewards of turning empathy into action on behalf of animals. King discusses our relationship to animals in five different contexts: our homes, the wild, zoos, our food system, and research facilities such as biomedical laboratories. She offers a host of ways in which each of us can be better, and do better, for animals. Acting to improve animals' lives can, she shows, immeasurably enrich our own. True, there is also heartache and the risk of burnout from endlessness of animal rescue the dilemmas that attend it. But King's focus is on the joys. She describes the "happiness lift" that she herself has experienced joining with other activists on behalf of animals destined for slaughter or confined in sub-standard zoos-and in rescuing dozens of cats, some of whom we meet in this book. This is a book for anyone who cares for animals and wishes to do more for them, whether it's learning to live peaceably with spiders in the home or join with others to rescue our more dramatically endangered animal friends"--

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022660148X

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Excellence in Dementia Care: Research into Practice

By: Murna Downs,Barbara Bowers

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Excellence in Dementia Care: Research into Practice

By: Murna Downs,Barbara Bowers

This scholarly yet accessible textbook is the most comprehensive single text in the field of dementia care. Drawn from research evidence, international expertise and good practice guidelines, the book has been crafted alongside people with dementia and their families. Case studies and quotes enrich every chapter, illustrating the realities of living with dementia and bringing theory to life. Fully updated with 10 brand new chapters, this landmark textbook has enormous breadth and gives an authoritative overview of dementia care. The 2nd edition now includes chapters on the following topics: • Dementia friendly communities • Representations of dementia in the media • Younger people with dementia • The arts and dementia • Enhancing relationships between families and those with dementia • Whole person assessment • Dementia friendly physical design • Transitions in care This compelling new edition is a must purchase for those working or volunteering in health and social care, undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of disciplines in health and social work, and anyone interested in the field of dementia care including people with dementia and their families. “While we have made significant advances in the care for people with dementia and their families, there is much work yet to be done. This book provides a fantastic framework in which to set our understanding of dementia and to take things forward.” Alistair Burns, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, UK “Bravo to the authors of Excellence in Dementia Care! They have created a must read guidebook for those providing care to persons experiencing cognitive changes and their families. This collaborative effort focuses on successful provider strategies encompassing topics across the dementia journey and is filled with spot on, relevant, and timely information. Best of all, this work is loaded with real case studies to help translate knowledge to practice, making it a true resource for all practitioners.” Suzanne Bottum-Jones, MA, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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033524534X

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9780335245345

Personalities on the Plate

The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

By: Barbara J. King

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Personalities on the Plate

The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

By: Barbara J. King

Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, Personalities on the Plate is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat."--Dust jacket.

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022619518X

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Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

By: Carminna Ottone,Simelys Hernández,Marco Armandi,Barbara Bonelli

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Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

By: Carminna Ottone,Simelys Hernández,Marco Armandi,Barbara Bonelli

This book offers comprehensive information on the main techniques for measuring water-oxidation-catalyst (WOC) performance, with a particular focus on the combined use of sacrificial oxidants and dyes within closed-batch reactors. It provides an overview of the latest advances in the synthesis of more efficient WOCs, followed by an analysis of the requirements for sustainable energy production. Readers will find a detailed description of the reaction mechanism used in catalyst assessment systems, which reveals the benefits and limitations of the most common sacrificial oxidant/dye pair. Experimental techniques including electrochemical methods for characterizing novel and non-photoactive WOCs are also described. Throughout the book, various manganese oxides are used as examples of the techniques reviewed or proposed systems. Cost considerations and technological perspectives of the scale-up of solar-driven hydrogen production are also addressed. Lastly, the book presents lessons learned from the implementation of a large-scale real-world device.

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Springer

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3030127125

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The Three Pillars

How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark

By: Barbara J. Sivertsen

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The Three Pillars

How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark

By: Barbara J. Sivertsen

The Three Pillars: How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark, examines how family relationships played a key role in the earliest Christian church. By disentangling the two disparate genealogies of Jesus, the author reconstructs the families of Joseph and Mary. Presented here for the first time is the full ancestry of Jesus' mother, Mary, who was descended from the anti-Hasmonean high priest Alcimus. The author suggests that Mary and her daughter Mary played a hitherto unrecognized role in the church's earliest leadership struggle and that a composite of these two women, not Mary Magdalene, was the basis for the Gnostic Mary of later Christian works. The author next explores how this early leadership conflict shaped the Gospel of Mark, which she argues was written by Peter's son. She discusses Mark's footprint in this Gospel and how Mark's resentment of the relatives of Jesus, his ambivalence toward his father, and his anger at the disciples for ceding leadership to these relatives is at the heart of some of the most distinctive features of the Second Gospel, features that have perplexed biblical scholars and laymen for centuries. The last section examines the mysterious Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John. The author concludes that the many unlikely elements in the account of the arrest and interrogation of Jesus can only be explained by seeing the Beloved Disciple as a close relative of the high priest Caiaphas and that this family relationship was crucial to the protection of the early Christians in Jerusalem. The book's final chapter offers reflections on how kinship played an important role in Jesus' ministry and how the high priestly-leadership responded to him in part because of his family lineage.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1608996034

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Primary Care of Women

A Guide for Midwives and Women's Health Providers

By: Barbara Hackley,Jan M. Kriebs,Mary Ellen Rousseau

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Primary Care of Women

A Guide for Midwives and Women's Health Providers

By: Barbara Hackley,Jan M. Kriebs,Mary Ellen Rousseau

This text presents primary care information for the nurse-midwifery scope of practice, including management of primary care problems in essentially healthy women, and the management/coordination of primary care for pregnant women with significant, established medical conditions. The text covers prevention, including lifestyle changes and immunizations; screening; management of common health problems appropriate to nurse-midwifery practice; and the presentation and management of common health problems in pregnancy.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763716502

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How Animals Grieve

By: Barbara J. King

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How Animals Grieve

By: Barbara J. King

An anthropologist proves that animals really do experience emotions, describing through a number of specific cases how elephants, housecats and baboons exhibited signs of grieving upon experiencing a loss of a mate, sibling or child.

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022615520X

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Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Tenth Edition

By: Joseph T. DiPiro,Robert L. Talbert,Gary C. Yee,Gary R. Matzke,Barbara G. Wells,L. Michael Posey

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Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Tenth Edition

By: Joseph T. DiPiro,Robert L. Talbert,Gary C. Yee,Gary R. Matzke,Barbara G. Wells,L. Michael Posey

The most comprehensive text available on the use of evidence-based medication therapies for optimal patient outcomes – updated with the latest breakthroughs and guidelines A Doody's Core Title for 2019! Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is written to help you advance the quality of patient care through evidence-based medication therapy derived from sound pharmacotherapeutic principles. The scope of this trusted classic goes beyond drug indications and dosages to include the initial selection, proper administration, and monitoring of drugs. You will find everything you need to provide safe, effective drug therapy across the full range of therapeutic categories. Presented in full-color, the Tenth Edition is enriched by more than 300 expert contributors, and every chapter has been updated to reflect the latest in evidence-based information and recommendations. This sweeping updates include tables, charts, algorithms, and practice guidelines. This edition is also enhanced by a timely all-new chapter on Travel Health. Here’s why this is the perfect learning tool for students, patient-focused pharmacists, and other health care providers: • All chapters have been updated to provide the most current, reliable, and relevant information possible • Key Concepts at the beginning of each chapter • Clinical Presentation Tables summarize disease signs and symptoms • Clinical Controversies Boxes examine the complicated issues faced by students and clinicians in providing drug therapy • Color coded diagnostic flow diagram, treatment algorithms, dosing recommendations, and monitoring approaches clearly distinguish treatment pathways • Most disease-oriented chapters include updated evidence-based treatment guidelines that often include ratings of the level of evidence to support the key therapeutic approaches Edition after trusted edition, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach has been unmatched in its ability to clearly and impartially impart core pathophysiological and therapeutic elements that students and practitioners must be familiar with.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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1259587495

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9781259587498

Transforming Critical Thinking

Thinking Constructively

By: Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon

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Transforming Critical Thinking

Thinking Constructively

By: Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon

Thayer-Bacon argues that factors such as race, gender, and social status have direct bearing on philosophical inquiry: by abstracting theorists from their personal and social contexts, the absolutism of traditional critical thinking philosophies come into question. Thayer-Bacon encourages reevaluating the diversity of inquiry and suggests that diversity is a factor which constructs philosophy.

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0807739243

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Forensic Nursing

A Handbook for Practice

By: Quinnipiac University School of Nursing Hamden Connecticut Rita Hammer,Barbara Moynihan, PhD, Aprn, BC,Elaine M. Pagliaro,Elaine M Pagliaro, Jd, MS

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Forensic Nursing

A Handbook for Practice

By: Quinnipiac University School of Nursing Hamden Connecticut Rita Hammer,Barbara Moynihan, PhD, Aprn, BC,Elaine M. Pagliaro,Elaine M Pagliaro, Jd, MS

Developed within a holistic, caring framework, and well grounded in theory and research, Forensic Nursing is based on the Standards of Forensic Nursing Practice developed by the International Association of Forensic Nursing. A unique, comprehensive reference text on forensic nursing, the book provides an interdisciplinary perspective, and addresses the need for collaborative practice and skill in caring for victims of violence and disaster, as well as in competently assisting in investigations.

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076377703X

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9780763777036

You and Your Aging Parent

The Modern Family's Guide to Emotional, Physical, and Financial Problems

By: Barbara Silverstone,Helen Hyman

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You and Your Aging Parent

The Modern Family's Guide to Emotional, Physical, and Financial Problems

By: Barbara Silverstone,Helen Hyman

Originally published in 1976, You and Your Aging Parent is now regarded as the first book to recognize that the problems of the elderly could not be considered apart from an understanding of the needs of their middle-aged children. It broke new ground in exploring the emotional and intergenerational conflicts that many families have to deal with before reaching out to resources in the larger community for additional help. Completely updated and extensively revised, this third edition focuses on the impact of some of the most important changes and developments affecting the condition of the elderly and their care, including the new Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, the appearance on the national scene of insurance for long-term illness, the establishment of nursing homes as standard fixtures in most communities, the rise of "elder law," and the rapid growth of support groups for relatives of the frail and disabled elderly.

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Evolving God

Evolving God

The Dynamic Dance

The Dynamic Dance

Cancer Nursing

Cancer Nursing

Primary Care of Women

Primary Care of Women

Animals' Best Friends

Animals' Best Friends

Excellence in Dementia Care: Research into Practice

Excellence in Dementia Care: Research into Practice

Personalities on the Plate

Personalities on the Plate

Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

The Three Pillars

The Three Pillars

Primary Care of Women

Primary Care of Women

How Animals Grieve

How Animals Grieve

Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Tenth Edition

Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Tenth Edition

Transforming Critical Thinking

Transforming Critical Thinking

Forensic Nursing

Forensic Nursing

You and Your Aging Parent

You and Your Aging Parent

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