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Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness

Ethical Inquiries in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Brian Michael Norton

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Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness

Ethical Inquiries in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Brian Michael Norton

Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness explores the novel's participation in eighteenth-century "inquiries after happiness," an ancient ethical project that acquired new urgency with the rise of subjective models of wellbeing in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. Combining archival research on treatises on happiness with illuminating readings of Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin and Mary Hays, Brian Michael Norton's innovative study asks us to see the novel itself as a key instrument of Enlightenment ethics. His central argument is that the novel form provided a uniquely valuable tool for thinking about the nature and challenges of modern happiness: whereas treatises sought to theorize the conditions that made happiness possible in general, eighteenth-century fiction excelled at interrogating the problem on the level of the particular, in the details of a single individual's psychology and unique circumstances. Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness demonstrates further that through their fine-tuned attention to subjectivity and social context these writers called into question some cherished and time-honored assumptions about the good life: happiness is in one's power; virtue is the exclusive path to happiness; only vice can make us miserable. This elegant and richly interdisciplinary book offers a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment's ethical legacy.

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Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness

Ethical Inquiries in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Brian Michael Norton

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Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness

Ethical Inquiries in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Brian Michael Norton

Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness explores the novel’s participation in eighteenth-century “inquiries after happiness,” an ancient ethical project that acquired new urgency with the rise of subjective models of wellbeing in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. Combining archival research on treatises on happiness with illuminating readings of Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin and Mary Hays, Brian Michael Norton’s innovative study asks us to see the novel itself as a key instrument of Enlightenment ethics. His centralargument is that the novel form provided a uniquely valuable tool for thinking about the nature and challenges of modern happiness: whereas treatises sought to theorize the conditions that made happiness possible in general, eighteenth-century fiction excelled at interrogating the problem on the level of the particular, in the details of a single individual’s psychology and unique circumstances. Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness demonstrates further that through their fine-tuned attention to subjectivity and social context these writers called into question some cherished and time-honored assumptions about the good life: happiness is in one’s power; virtue is the exclusive path to happiness; only vice can make us miserable. This elegant and richly interdisciplinary book offers a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment’s ethical legacy.

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Bucknell University Press

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1611484316

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Becoming Beside Ourselves

The Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being

By: Brian Rotman

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Becoming Beside Ourselves

The Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being

By: Brian Rotman

Becoming Beside Ourselves continues the investigation that the renowned cultural theorist and mathematician Brian Rotman began in his previous books Signifying Nothing and Ad Infinitum...The Ghost in Turing’s Machine: exploring certain signs and the conceptual innovations and subjectivities that they facilitate or foreclose. In Becoming Beside Ourselves, Rotman turns his attention to alphabetic writing or the inscription of spoken language. Contending that all media configure what they mediate, he maintains that alphabetic writing has long served as the West’s dominant cognitive technology. Its logic and limitations have shaped thought and affect from its inception until the present. Now its grip on Western consciousness is giving way to virtual technologies and networked media, which are reconfiguring human subjectivity just as alphabetic texts have done for millennia. Alphabetic texts do not convey the bodily gestures of human speech: the hesitations, silences, and changes of pitch that infuse spoken language with affect. Rotman suggests that by removing the body from communication, alphabetic texts enable belief in singular, disembodied, authoritative forms of being such as God and the psyche. He argues that while disembodied agencies are credible and real to “lettered selves,” they are increasingly incompatible with selves and subjectivities formed in relation to new virtual technologies and networked media. Digital motion-capture technologies are restoring gesture and even touch to a prominent role in communication. Parallel computing is challenging the linear thought patterns and ideas of singularity facilitated by alphabetic language. Barriers between self and other are breaking down as the networked self is traversed by other selves to become multiple and distributed, formed through many actions and perceptions at once. The digital self is going plural, becoming beside itself.

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Duke University Press

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0822389118

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Iain Sinclair

By: Brian Baker

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Iain Sinclair

By: Brian Baker

A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair’s major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960s counter-culture and the ‘British Poetry Revival’; London’s underground histories; the rise and fall of Thatcherism, and Sinclair’s writing about Britain under New Labour; Sinclair’s connection to other writers and artists, such as J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock and Marc Atkins. This book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarship surrounding Sinclair’s work, offering the first critical text that covers in detail all of Sinclair’s work: his poetry, fiction, non-fiction (including his book on John Clare, Edge of the Orison), and his film work.

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Manchester University Press

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1847794831

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Superman Vol. 3: The Truth Revealed

By: Brian Michael Bendis,Matt Fraction,Jody Houser,Greg Rucka

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Superman Vol. 3: The Truth Revealed

By: Brian Michael Bendis,Matt Fraction,Jody Houser,Greg Rucka

His truth is revealed! After decades of leading a double life, the Man of Steel makes the monumental decision to reveal his secret identity to the world-leading to major repercussions in Metropolis and beyond. In a story that made international headlines, find out how the DC Universe react to discovering Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same. Plus, the Super Sons are reunited as Jonathan and Damian team for a new adventure-right before Jonathan has to decide if he'll travel a thousand years in the future and join the Legion of Super-Heroes. Collects Superman #16-19, Superman: Heroes #1, and Superman: Villains #1.

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DC Comics

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1401299709

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Runaways

The Complete Collection Volume 3

By: Zeb Wells,Brian K. Vaughan,Joss Whedon,Chris Yost

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Runaways

The Complete Collection Volume 3

By: Zeb Wells,Brian K. Vaughan,Joss Whedon,Chris Yost

Collects Civil War: Young Avengers And Runaways #1-4, Runaways (2005) #19-30, Runaways Saga And Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1-3. As the superhuman Civil War threatens to crush the Runaways, the Young Avengers offer assistance — but how can the Runaways trust that they’re on the same side? As the Runaways make hard decisions about their future, they confront a horrific enemy who threatens to tear the team apart! Then, the Skrulls launch their Secret Invasion — and the Runaways and Young Avengers both have a Skrull on their team. Coincidence? With Xavin having betrayed his teammates, and Hulkling out of commission, can the Runaways and Young Avengers survive? And in the aftermath, visionary creator Joss Whedon sends the team running in a whole new direction — first to the East Coast, then a century into the past!

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Marvel Entertainment

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130251606X

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Principles of Economics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Julie A. Nelson,Brian Roach,Mariano Torras

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Principles of Economics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Julie A. Nelson,Brian Roach,Mariano Torras

Principles of Economics in Context lays out the principles of micro- and macroeconomics in a manner that is thorough, up to date, and relevant to students, attuned to the economic realities of the world around them. It offers engaging treatment of important current topics such as new thinking in behavioral economics, financial instability and market bubbles, debt and deficits, and policy responses to the problems of unemployment, inequality, and environmental sustainability. This new, affordable edition combines the just-released new editions of Microeconomics in Context and Macroeconomics in Context to provide an integrated full-year text covering all aspects of both micro and macro analysis and application, with many up-to-date examples and extensive supporting web resources for instructors and students. Key features include: An eye-opening statistical portrait of the United States; Clear explanation of basic concepts and analytical tools, with advanced models presented in optional chapter appendices; Presentation of policy issues in historical, institutional, social, political, and ethical context--an approach that fosters critical evaluation of the standard microeconomic models, such as welfare analysis, labor markets, and market competition; Issues of human well-being, both domestic and global, are given central importance, enriching the topics and analytical tools to which students are introduced; The theme of sustainability--financial, social, and ecological--is thoroughly integrated in the book, with chapters on alternatives to standard GDP measurement, the environment, common property, public goods, and growth and sustainability in the twenty-first century; Full complement of instructor and student support materials online, including test banks and grading through Canvas.

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Routledge

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1317462173

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Microeconomics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Julie A. Nelson,Brian Roach,Mariano Torras

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Microeconomics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Julie A. Nelson,Brian Roach,Mariano Torras

Microeconomics in Context lays out the principles of microeconomics in a manner that is thorough, up to date, and relevant to students. Like its counterpart, Macroeconomics in Context, the book is uniquely attuned to economic realities. The "in Context" books offer affordability, accessible presentation, and engaging coverage of current policy issues from economic inequality and global climate change to taxes. Key features include: --Clear explanation of basic concepts and analytical tools, with advanced models presented in optional chapter appendices; --Presentation of policy issues in historical, institutional, social, political, and ethical context--an approach that fosters critical evaluation of the standard microeconomic models, such as welfare analysis, labor markets, and market competition; --A powerful graphical presentation of various measures of well-being in the United States, from income inequality and educational attainment to home prices; --Broad definition of well-being using both traditional economic metrics and factors such as environmental quality, health, equity, and political inclusion; --New chapters on the economics of the environment, taxes and tax policy, common property and public goods, and welfare analysis; --Expanded coverage of high-interest topics such as behavioral economics, labor markets, and healthcare; --Full complement of instructor and student support materials online, including test banks and grading through Canvas.

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1317464788

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The Geometry of Wealth

By: Brian Portnoy

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The Geometry of Wealth

By: Brian Portnoy

HOW DOES MONEY HELP IN CREATING A HAPPY LIFE? In The Geometry of Wealth, behavioral finance expert Brian Portnoy delivers an inspired answer based on the idea that wealth, truly defined, is funded contentment. It is the ability to underwrite a meaningful life. This stands in stark contrast to angling to become rich, which is usually an unsatisfying treadmill. At the heart of this groundbreaking perspective, Portnoy takes readers on a journey toward wealth, informed by disciplines ranging from ancient history to modern neuroscience. He contends that tackling the big questions about a joyful life and tending to financial decisions are complementary, not separate, tasks. These big questions include: • How is the human brain wired for two distinct experiences of happiness? And why can money “buy” one but not the other? • Why is being market savvy among the least important aspects of creating wealth but self-awareness among the most? • Can we strike a balance between pushing for more and being content with enough? This journey memorably contours along three basic shapes: A circle, triangle, and square help us visualize how we adapt to evolving circumstances, set clear priorities, and find empowerment in simplicity. In this accessible and entertaining book, Portnoy reveals that true wealth is achievable for many—including those who despair it is out of reach—but only in the context of a life in which purpose and practice are thoughtfully calibrated.

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Jaico Publishing House

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8196150768

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9788196150761

The Jury Under Fire

Myth, Controversy, and Reform

By: Brian H. Bornstein,Edie Greene

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The Jury Under Fire

Myth, Controversy, and Reform

By: Brian H. Bornstein,Edie Greene

Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack. Recent changes to trial procedures, such as reducing jury size, allowing non-unanimous verdicts, and rewriting jury instructions in plain English, were designed to promote greater efficiency and adherence to the law. Other changes, such as capping damages and replacing jurors with judges as arbiters in complex trials, seem designed to restrict the role of laypeople in trial outcomes. Whether these innovations are implemented to facilitate the administration of justice or due to the belief that juries have excessive power and make irrational decisions, they raise a host of questions about their effects on juries' judgments and about justice. Policymakers sometimes make incorrect assumptions about jury behavior, with the result that some reform efforts have had surprising and unintended consequences. The Jury Under Fire reviews a number of controversial beliefs about juries as well as the implications of these views for jury reform. It reviews up-to-date research on both criminal and civil juries that uses a variety of research methodologies: simulations, archival analyses, field studies, and juror interviews. Each chapter focuses on a mistaken assumption or myth about jurors or juries, critiques these myths, and then uses social science research findings to suggest appropriate reforms. Chapters discuss the experience of serving as a juror; jury selection and jury size; and the impact of evidence from eyewitnesses, experts, confessions, and juvenile offenders. The book also covers the process of deciding damages and punishment and the role of emotions in jurors' decision making, and it compares jurors' and judges' decisions. Finally, it reviews a broad range of efforts to reform the jury, including the most promising reforms that have a solid backing in research. Featuring highly visible trials to illustrate key points, The Jury Under Fire will interest researchers in psychology and the law, practicing attorneys, and policymakers, as well as students and trainees in these areas.

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Oxford University Press

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0190201363

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9780190201364

The Generosity Crisis

The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges

By: Brian Crimmins,Nathan Chappell,Michael Ashley

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The Generosity Crisis

The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges

By: Brian Crimmins,Nathan Chappell,Michael Ashley

Rekindle America’s faith in charitable and nonprofit organizations In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity’s Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity. The authors offer inspirational solutions to the dramatic downturn in giving in the US, showing us how to re-establish the interconnection that drives reciprocity, love, and generosity. You’ll discover how to help reignite the radical connection between us and value-driven organizations that strive to improve life on Earth. You’ll also become part of the conversation about generosity as an antidote to isolation and learn to take personal responsibility for the world’s most seemingly intractable problems. The book also includes: Actionable insights from a variety of vantage points informed by the authors’ decades of experience in nonprofit and social benefit organizations A broad and deep analysis of how to revitalize the spark of generosity that once made the American nonprofit sector such a powerful force for good Strategies for looking beyond technology as the only scalable solution to the charitable deficit An engrossing and essential treatment of practical charity and real-world nonprofit work, Generosity Crisis will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit leaders, directors, managers, and other professionals with a personal stake in ensuring the continued survival of the American charitable sector.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394150571

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9781394150571

Six Sigma Financial Tracking and Reporting

Measuring Project Performance and P&L Impact

By: Michael Bremer,Brian McKibben,Thomas McCarty

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Six Sigma Financial Tracking and Reporting

Measuring Project Performance and P&L Impact

By: Michael Bremer,Brian McKibben,Thomas McCarty

As Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise techniques continue to evolve and become more and more engrained in the business, it is harder and harder to track the impact of savings on a project by project basis. Especially when you have more than one project concentrating on different functional areas, through the use of case studies, worked out examples, and bench marking techniques, Michael Bremer, a Senior Instructor at Motorola University, helps you to put the right infrastructure in place for project identification, project scoping, and financial reporting.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071483063

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CREEM

America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine

By: Robert Matheu,Brian J. Bowe

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CREEM

America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine

By: Robert Matheu,Brian J. Bowe

A retrospective of twenty years of rock-and-roll history as recorded by the popular genre magazine features iconoclastic photographs, articles, and graphic artist illustrations.

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Harper Collins

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0061374563

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9780061374562

Truth, Will & Relevance

By: Brian Frank

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Truth, Will & Relevance

By: Brian Frank

Truth, Will & Relevance: Essays for a Generative Age outlines an innovative way to understand human nature and conduct - conceived specifically to address today's complex opportunities and challenges using the technology that defines our time.

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Lulu.com

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0986559105

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9780986559105

Alaska

By: Andrew Eames,Brian Bell

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Alaska

By: Andrew Eames,Brian Bell

When did America buy Alaska? Which city became a boomtown once gold was found? This all-in-one book from the award winning Insight Guides team provides a true insider's perspective of Alaska.

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Houghton Mifflin

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0395738598

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9780395738597

The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia

A Hamiltonian on the Supreme Court

By: James Brian Staab

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The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia

A Hamiltonian on the Supreme Court

By: James Brian Staab

The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia explores the similarities in political and constitutional thought between Justice Antonin Scalia and Alexander Hamilton and concludes that Hamilton holds the key to understanding Justice Scalia's past, present, and future decisions. From the fundamental premises of human nature to federalism, James B. Staab uses comparisons between the two men to find the underlying judicial philosophy that connects Justice Scalia's manifold decisions.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742543102

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9780742543102

Reclaiming Your Self

The Codependent's Recovery Plan

By: Brian DesRoches

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Reclaiming Your Self

The Codependent's Recovery Plan

By: Brian DesRoches

From an expert in the field comes the first and only complete step-by-step plan for recovery from codependence--the self-destructive behavior that results when people are so obsessed with the needs of others that they neglect their own.

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Dell Publishing Company

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0440502616

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9780440502616

Sociology

Micro, Macro, and Mega Structures

By: Brian J. Jones

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Sociology

Micro, Macro, and Mega Structures

By: Brian J. Jones

Includes bibliographical references: p. 50, glossary: p. 7, copyright acknowledgments: p. 4, name & subject index: p. 125

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0030296382

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9780030296383

Williams Obstetrics 26e

By: F. Gary Cunningham,Kenneth J. Leveno,Jodi S. Dashe,Barbara L. Hoffman,Catherine Y. Spong,Brian M. Casey

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Williams Obstetrics 26e

By: F. Gary Cunningham,Kenneth J. Leveno,Jodi S. Dashe,Barbara L. Hoffman,Catherine Y. Spong,Brian M. Casey

The landmark text that has served generations of obstetrician-gynecologists—fully updated with the most current perspectives of the field A Doody's Core Title for 2023! Williams Obstetrics has defined the discipline for generations of obstetrician-gynecologists. Written by authors from the nationally renowned University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital, the new edition of this authoritative, evidence-based work maintains its trademark comprehensive coverage and applicability at the bedside, while offering the most current information and insights. The culmination of a century of clinical thought, Williams Obstetrics, 26th Edition delivers expert coverage of obstetrical complications, such as preterm labor, pregnancy-related hypertension, infection, and hemorrhage. It additionally offers foundational content on reproductive anatomy, physiology, and prenatal care. The authors have enhanced this edition with 1,000+ full-color illustrations, plus an increased emphasis on the fast-growing subspecialty of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. No other text matches the long-established scientific rigor and accessibility of Williams Obstetrics. With its state-of-the-art design and review of the newest advances and protocols, this not-be-missed clinical companion brings positive outcomes within reach. New and updated content includes: Increased focus on Maternal-Fetal Medicine Greater coverage of hypertension and hemorrhage Deeper insights into in-utero complications Expanded fetal t section includes cutting-edge fetal imaging, genetics, prenatal diagnosis, and fetal disorders and therapy Basic science, physiology of labor, preterm labor updated with contemporaneous publications in the literature More obstetrical sonography figures Eye-catching illustrations, including updated graphs, sonograms, MRIs, photographs, and photomicrographs

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1260462749

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