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As Good As It Got

The 1944 St. Louis Browns

By: David Alan Heller

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As Good As It Got

The 1944 St. Louis Browns

By: David Alan Heller

World War II threatened to ruin Major League Baseball. By 1945, over 500 major leaguers and 3,000 minor league prospects had been enlisted for the war effort, leaving a dearth of talent for the Big Leagues. The St. Louis Browns, like other AL and NL clubs, would be forced to fill holes in their roster with scrubs-4-F players (those dismissed from the military due to physical ailments), retired major leaguers, and youngsters not yet ready to leave the minors. But there were still some top level players to be had, and 1944 Browns manager Luke Sewell assembled the franchise's most successful team ever, taking the St. Louis ball club to its first and only Fall Classic.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439614725

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Foraging Theory

By: David W. Stephens,John R. Krebs

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Foraging Theory

By: David W. Stephens,John R. Krebs

This account of the current state of foraging theory is also a valuable description of the use of optimality theory in behavioral ecology in general. Organizing and introducing the main research themes in economic analyses of animal feeding behavior, the authors analyze the empirical evidence bearing on foraging models and answer criticisms of optimality modeling. They explain the rationale for applying optimality models to the strategies and mechanics of foraging and present the basic "average-rate maximizing" models and their extensions. The work discusses new directions in foraging research: incorporating incomplete information and risk-sensitive behavior in foraging models; analyzing trade-offs, such as nutrient requirements and the threat of being eaten while foraging; formulating dynamic models; and building constrained optimization models that assume that foragers can use only simple "rules of thumb." As an analysis of these and earlier research developments and as a contribution to debates about the role of theory in evolutionary biology. Foraging Theory will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students to research professionals, in behavioral ecology, population and community ecology, animal behavior, and animal psychology, and especially to those planning empirical tests of foraging models.

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Princeton University Press

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0691206791

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9780691206790

Modular Representation Theory and Commutative Banach Algebras

By: David J. Benson

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Modular Representation Theory and Commutative Banach Algebras

By: David J. Benson

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American Mathematical Society

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1470470292

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The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

A Social and Cultural History

By: David C. H. Wright

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The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

A Social and Cultural History

By: David C. H. Wright

Details how the ABRSM became such a formative influence and looks at some of the consequences resulting from its pre-eminent position in British musical life. Its exploration of how the ABRSM negotiated music's changing social, educational and cultural landscape casts fresh light on the challenges facing music education today.

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Boydell Press

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184383734X

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Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: David W. Day,Jeremy R. Jass,Ashley B. Price,Neal A. Shepherd,James M. Sloan,Nicholas J. Talbot,Geraint T. Williams,Bryan F. Warren

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Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: David W. Day,Jeremy R. Jass,Ashley B. Price,Neal A. Shepherd,James M. Sloan,Nicholas J. Talbot,Geraint T. Williams,Bryan F. Warren

Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology is one of the 'Gold Standards' of pathology textbooks. It has been completely revised to incorporate the latest advances in this rapidly evolving field including the developments in gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori and the revised classification of other common gastrointestinal conditions. This new edition features a wealth of new material presented in full colour for the first time.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047075530X

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9780470755303

Silent Theft

The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth

By: David Bollier

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Silent Theft

The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth

By: David Bollier

This text exposes the audacious attempts of companies to appropriate medical breakthroughs, public airwaves, outer space, state research, and even the DNA of plants and animals. It is an attempt to develop a new ethos of commonwealth in the face of a market ethic that knows no bounds.

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Psychology Press

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0415944821

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9780415944823

Marxism and Social Science

By: David Marsh,Tony Tant

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Marxism and Social Science

By: David Marsh,Tony Tant

Has Marxism ceased to be part of our political present and future? Has its theory or doctrine anything to contribute to our understanding of the new millennium? In these original, commissioned essays, the contributors argue that Marxism continues as a living tradition. They show how it still engages with other theoretical positions, how it has evolved in response to both these engagements and contemporary world changes, and they assess its relevance and contribution to modern social science.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252068165

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Forest Conservation Genetics

Principles and Practice

By: Andrew Young,David Boshier,Timothy Boyle

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Forest Conservation Genetics

Principles and Practice

By: Andrew Young,David Boshier,Timothy Boyle

Forest management must be sustainable not only in ecological, economic and social, but also genetic terms. Many forest managers are advocating and developing management strategies that give priority to conserving genetic diversity within production systems, or that recognise the importance of genetic considerations in achieving sustainable management. Forest Conservation Genetics draws together much previously uncollected information relevant to managing and conserving forests. The content emphasises the importance of conserving genetic diversity in achieving sustainable management. Each chapter is written by a leading expert and has been peer reviewed. Readers without a background in genetics will find the logical sequence of topics allows easy understanding of the principles involved and how those principles may impact on day-to-day forest planning and management decisions. The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of biology, ecology, forestry, and graduate students of forest genetics, resource management policy and/or conservation biology. It will prove useful for those teaching courses in these fields and as such help to increase the awareness of genetic factors in conservation and sustainable management, in both temperate and tropical regions.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643102574

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Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

By: Charles J. Yeo,David W McFadden,John H. Pemberton,Jeffrey H. Peters,Jeffrey B. Matthews

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Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

By: Charles J. Yeo,David W McFadden,John H. Pemberton,Jeffrey H. Peters,Jeffrey B. Matthews

Comprehensive and complete, Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract delivers the definitive, clinically oriented, cutting-edge guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes managing the entire spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders. Make effective use of the latest endoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive procedures as well as medical therapies with unbeatable advice from a "who’s who" of international authorities! Find expert answers to any clinical question in gastrointestinal surgery, from the esophagus to the colon. See exactly what to look for and how to proceed from an abundance of beautifully detailed intraoperative and laparoscopic photographs.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455738077

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Authentic Fakes

Religion and American Popular Culture

By: David Chidester

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Authentic Fakes

Religion and American Popular Culture

By: David Chidester

Authentic Fakes explores the religious dimensions of American popular culture in unexpected places: baseball, the Human Genome Project, Coca-Cola, rock 'n' roll, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the charisma of Jim Jones, Tupperware, and the free market, to name a few. Chidester travels through the cultural landscape and discovers the role that fakery—in the guise of frauds, charlatans, inventions, and simulations—plays in creating religious experience. His book is at once an incisive analysis of the relationship between religion and popular culture and a celebration of the myriad ways in which invention can stimulate the religious imagination. Moving beyond American borders, Chidester considers the religion of McDonald’s and Disney, the discourse of W.E.B. Du Bois and the American movement in Southern Africa, the messianic promise of Nelson Mandela’s 1990 tour to America, and more. He also looks at the creative possibilities of the Internet in such phenomena as Discordianism, the Holy Order of the Cheeseburger, and a range of similar inventions. Arguing throughout that religious fakes can do authentic religious work, and that American popular culture is the space of that creative labor, Chidester looks toward a future "pregnant with the possibilities of new kinds of authenticity.

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Univ of California Press

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0520938240

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The Economic Dynamics of Law

By: David M. Driesen

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The Economic Dynamics of Law

By: David M. Driesen

This book offers a theory of law and economics focused on change over time and aimed at avoiding systemic risks.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107004853

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Sociology

Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life

By: David M. Newman

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Sociology

Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life

By: David M. Newman

In Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, David Newman shows students how to see the "unfamiliar in the familiar"—to step back and see organization and predictability in their personal experiences. Through his approachable writing style and lively personal anecdotes, the author has maintained his goal from the first edition: to write a textbook that "reads like a real book." Many adopters of this book are fans of Peter Berger′s classic works, which helped introduce the idea of "social constructionism" to sociology. Newman uses the metaphors of "architecture" and "construction," to help students understand that society is not something that exists "out there," independently of themselves; it is a human creation that is planned, maintained, or altered by individuals. Using vivid prose, current examples, and recent data, the Thirteenth Edition presents a unique and thought-provoking overview of how society is constructed and experienced. Instead of surveying every subfield in sociology, the more streamlined coverage (14 chapters) focuses on the individual and society, the construction of self and society, and social inequality in the context of social structures. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

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1544373872

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Fake Silk

The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon

By: Paul David Blanc

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Fake Silk

The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon

By: Paul David Blanc

When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current “greenwashing” of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

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Yale University Press

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0300224885

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9780300224887

Textbook of Emergency Medicine

By: Suresh David

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Textbook of Emergency Medicine

By: Suresh David

Textbook of Emergency Medicine (Vol. 1 and 2) is a comprehensive and contemporary exposition of the vast array of disorders and emergencies that might present to the emergency or casualty department of a hospital.

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Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd

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8184732023

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9788184732023

Home Territories

Media, Mobility and Identity

By: David Morley

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Home Territories

Media, Mobility and Identity

By: David Morley

Home Territories examines how traditional ideas of home, homeland and nation have been destabilised both by new patterns of migration and by new communication technologies which routinely transgress the symbolic boundaries around both the private household and the nation state. David Morley analyses the varieties of exile, diaspora, displacement, connectedness, mobility experienced by members of social groups, and relates the micro structures of the home, the family and the domestic realm, to contemporary debates about the nation, community and cultural identities. He explores issues such as the role of gender in the construction of domesticity, and the conflation of ideas of maternity and home, and engages with recent debates about the 'territorialisation of culture'.

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Psychology Press

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0415157641

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9780415157643

Practical Peacemaking in the Middle East

Arms Control and Regional Security

By: David J. Pervin,Steven L. Spiegel

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Practical Peacemaking in the Middle East

Arms Control and Regional Security

By: David J. Pervin,Steven L. Spiegel

First Published in 1995. In the wake of the breakthroughs in the bilateral negotiations between Israel and, respectively, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Jordan, for the first time the interaction between Arabs and Israelis has the potential to be dominated by cooperation rather than conflict. This volume grew out of an international conference held at the University of California, Los Angeles in June 1993.

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Routledge

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1135590737

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The Colorado Doctrine

Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier

By: David Schorr

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The Colorado Doctrine

Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier

By: David Schorr

Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources, David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the “appropriation doctrine,” a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West. Schorr describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. He demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.

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Yale University Press

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0300134479

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Tarascon Gastroenterology Pocketbook

By: Co-Chief Division of Digestive Diseases Lincy Foundation Chair in Clinical Gastroenterology Los Angeles California Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles California Dr Eric Esrailian,Eric Esrailian

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Tarascon Gastroenterology Pocketbook

Written by experts in the field, the Tarascon Gastroenterology Pocketbook is a convenient reference guide that provides a comprehensive review of major gastroenterology topics along with a succinct presentation of pathophysiology and diagnostic and management strategies in gastroenterology. Topics include: -Evaluation and characterization of acute abdominal pain -Chronic inflammatory diseases including ulcerative colitis, Chron's disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis -Diagnosis and management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) -Ordering radiologic studies for GI conditions The Tarascon Gastroenterology Pocketbook is a comprehensive, evidenced-based resource, and is a must-have tool for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, nurses, fellows, and other health care providers in the field of gastroenterology.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1284038556

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Cullen and Cobb Mysteries 4-Book Bundle

None So Deadly / Last Song Sung / Dead Air / Serpents Rising

By: David A. Poulsen

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Cullen and Cobb Mysteries 4-Book Bundle

None So Deadly / Last Song Sung / Dead Air / Serpents Rising

By: David A. Poulsen

A private investigator and a journalist team up in Calgary to fight for justice. Read all four books in the exciting western crime series. Serpents Rising — book #1 Private investigator Mike Cobb and journalist Adam Cullen take on twin investigations that take them onto Calgary’s meanest streets on the trail of a runaway and a killer. Dead Air — book #2 Someone is killing big name right-wing media personalities. When ex-cop Mike Cobb is hired as a bodyguard for a conservative radio superstar, he and his partner, crime journalist Adam Cullen, are thrust into the line of fire. Last Song Sung — book #3 Cullen and Cobb are back to investigate the 1965 disappearance of a folk singer. Kidnapped from the alley behind a folk club, her bandmates shot and killed, Ellie Foster’s whereabouts have remained a mystery for fifty years. Hired by Ellie’s granddaughter, Cullen and Cobb travel into the past to unearth long-buried secrets. None So Deadly — book #4 The brutal killing of a police investigator obsessed with Faith Unruh’s murder has put the ex-cop–private eye and former crime writing journalist back on the killer’s trail — and directly in the line of fire.

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Dundurn

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145974621X

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Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood E-Book

By: Stuart H. Orkin,David G. Nathan,David Ginsburg,A. Thomas Look,David E. Fisher,Samuel Lux

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Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood E-Book

By: Stuart H. Orkin,David G. Nathan,David Ginsburg,A. Thomas Look,David E. Fisher,Samuel Lux

To address the exponential growth in the fields of pediatric hematology and oncology, this classic reference has been separated into two distinct volumes. With this volume, devoted strictly to pediatric hematology, and another to pediatric oncology, you’ll keep you on the cutting-edge of these two specialties. The completely revised 7th edition of Nathan and Oski’s Hematology of Infancy and Childhood is now in full color, and provides you with the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date information for diagnosing and treating children with hematologic disorders. It brings together the pathophysiology of disease with detailed clinical guidance on diagnosis and management for the full range of blood diseases that you encounter in everyday practice. Written by the leading names in pediatric hematology, this resource is an essential tool for anyone involved in caring for children with hematologic disorders. Balances summaries of relevant pathophysiology with clear, practical clinical guidance to help you thoroughly understand the underlying science of diseases. Offers comprehensive coverage of all hematologic disorders, including newly recognized ones, along with the latest breakthroughs in diagnosis and management. Uses many boxes, graphs, and tables to highlight complex clinical diagnostic and management guidelines at a glance. Presents an all-new full-color design that includes clear illustrative examples of relevant science and clinical problems for quick access to the answers you need.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437721303

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Gardner and Sutherland's Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling

By: R. J. McKinlay Gardner,David J. Amor

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Gardner and Sutherland's Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling

By: R. J. McKinlay Gardner,David J. Amor

Even as classic cytogenetics has given way to molecular karyotyping, and as new deletion and duplication syndromes are identified almost every day, the fundamental role of the genetics clinic remains mostly unchanged. Genetic counselors and medical geneticists explain the "unexplainable," helping families understand why abnormalities occur and whether they're likely to occur again. Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling is the genetics professional's definitive guide to navigating both chromosome disorders and the clinical questions of the families they impact. Combining a primer on these disorders with the most current approach to their best clinical approaches, this classic text is more than just a reference; it is a guide to how to think about these disorders, even as our technical understanding of them continues to evolve. Completely updated and still infused with the warmth and voice that have made it essential reading for professionals across medical genetics, this edition of Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling represents a leap forward in clinical understanding and communication. It is, as ever, essential reading for the field.

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Oxford University Press

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0199329001

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Last Song Sung

A Cullen and Cobb Mystery

By: David A. Poulsen

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Last Song Sung

A Cullen and Cobb Mystery

By: David A. Poulsen

A musical cold case has Cullen and Cobb back on the beat. On February 28, 1965, a young singer named Ellie Foster stepped into the alley behind The Depression, a Calgary folk club where she shared the bill with Joni Anderson, later to become famous as Joni Mitchell. During a cigarette break in the back alley, Ellie was forced into a car and the musicians with her were shot and killed. The investigation that followed turned up no sign of the kidnappers, and Ellie Foster was never seen again. Now, more than fifty years after the singer’s disappearance, Ellie’s granddaughter approaches Cullen and Cobb to try to find out what happened to her grandmother. The search for the truth about Ellie Foster takes the two investigators straight into the past. They find themselves investigating a failed political assassination and discover that there are those who will stop at nothing, even half a century later, to ensure that certain secrets remain untold.

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Dundurn

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1459739884

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Merle

The Start of Dynasty

By: David Brian Plummer

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Merle

The Start of Dynasty

By: David Brian Plummer

The background, breeding and life of Plummer's most famous lurcher.

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COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS

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0953364844

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Targeting Protein Kinases for Cancer Therapy

By: David J. Matthews,Mary E. Gerritsen

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Targeting Protein Kinases for Cancer Therapy

By: David J. Matthews,Mary E. Gerritsen

An expert guide to targeting protein kinases in cancer therapy Research has shown that protein kinases can instigate the formation and spread of cancer when they transmit faulty signals inside cells. Because of this fact, pharmaceutical scientists have targeted kinases for intensive study, and have been working to develop medicinal roadblocks to sever their malignant means of communication. Complete with full-color presentations, Targeting Protein Kinases for Cancer Therapy defines the structural features of protein kinases and examines their cellular functions. Combining kinase biology with chemistry and pharmacology applications, this book enlists emerging data to drive the discovery of new cancer-fighting drugs. Valuable information includes: Comprehensive overviews of the major kinase families involved in oncology, integrating protein structure and function, and providing important tools to assist pharmaceutical researchers to understand and work in this dynamic area of cancer drug research Focus on small molecule inhibitors as well as other therapeutic modalities Discussion of kinase inhibitors that have entered clinical trials for the treatment of cancer, with an emphasis on molecules that have progressed to late stage clinical trials and, in a few cases, to market Providing a platform for further study, this important work reviews both the successes and challenges of kinase inhibitor therapy, and provides insight into future directions in the war against cancer.

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1118210778

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Alternative Paths

Soviets and Americans, 1917-1920

By: David W. McFadden

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Alternative Paths

Soviets and Americans, 1917-1920

By: David W. McFadden

Between 1917 and 1920 - from the Bolshevik revolution to the definitive statement of American opposition to Bolshevik Russia - Soviets and Americans searched for ways to effect meaningful interactions between their two nations in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. During these years, wide-ranging discussions occurred on a variety of serious issues, from military collaboration and economic relations to the comprehensive settlement of political and military disputes. At the same time, extensive debates took place in both countries about the nature of the relations between them. Based on research in Soviet archives as well as previously unused private collections and government archives in the United States and Great Britain, Alternative Paths shows that a surprising number of concrete agreements were reached between the two countries. These included continued operation of the American Red Cross in Russia, the transfer of war materials from the Russian army to the Americans, the sale of strategic supplies of platinum from the Bolsheviks to the United States, and the exemption of a number of American corporations from Soviet government nationalization decrees. A timely reevaluation of Soviet-American relations in a post-Cold War era, this book tells the story of the "roads not taken" - an area in history hitherto underemphasized because it did not immediately succeed, but is still of key interest to Soviet, American, and international relations historians.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195071875

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The Capitalist Transformation of State Socialism

The Making and Breaking of State Socialist Society, and What Followed

By: David Lane

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The Capitalist Transformation of State Socialism

The Making and Breaking of State Socialist Society, and What Followed

By: David Lane

David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of state socialism. While focussing on Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, he also engages in a discussion of the Chinese path. In response to the changing social structure and external demands, he outlines different scenarios of reform. He contends that European state socialism did not collapse but was consciously dismantled. He brings out the West’s decisive support of the reform process and Gorbachev’s significant role in tipping the balance of political forces in favour of an emergent ascendant class. In the post-socialist period, he details developments in the economy and politics. He distinguishes different political and economic trajectories of countries of the former USSR, the New Member States of the European Union, and China; and he notes the attempts to promote further change through ‘coloured’ revolutions. The book provides a detailed account not only of the unequal impact of transformation on social inequality which has given rise to a privileged business and political class, but also how far the changes have fulfilled the promise of democracy promotion, wealth creation and human development. Finally, in the context of globalisation, the author considers possible future political and economic developments for Russia and China. Throughout the author, a leading expert in the field, brings to bear his deep knowledge of socialist countries, draws on his research on the former Soviet Union, and visits to nearly all the former state socialist countries, including China.

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1135008817

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Single-Molecule Studies of Nucleic Acids and Their Proteins

By: David Bensimon,Vincent Croquette,Jean-François Allemand,Xavier Michalet,Terence Strick

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Single-Molecule Studies of Nucleic Acids and Their Proteins

By: David Bensimon,Vincent Croquette,Jean-François Allemand,Xavier Michalet,Terence Strick

This book provides the basis for understanding the elastic properties of nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), the methods used to manipulate them (e.g. optical, magnetic and acoustic tweezers and traps), and how to observe their interactions with proteins (e.g. fluorescence microscopy, FCS, FRET, etc.). It then exemplifies the use of these various methods in the study of three families of DNA enzymes: polymerases, helicases and topoisomerases. The book aims not to be exhaustive, but rather to stimulate the imagination of readers in the application of these single molecule approaches to the study of DNA/RNA and their interactions.

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0192559966

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