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Learning Democracy

Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001

By: Leslie E. Anderson,Lawrence C. Dodd

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Learning Democracy

Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001

By: Leslie E. Anderson,Lawrence C. Dodd

Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian government and American interventionism by engaging in an electoral revolution that solidified its democratic self-governance. By analyzing nationwide surveys conducted during the 1990, 1996, and 2001 Nicaraguan presidential elections, Leslie E. Anderson and Lawrence C. Dodd provide insight into one of the most unexpected and intriguing recent advancements in third world politics. They offer a balanced account of the voting patterns and forward-thinking decisions that led Nicaraguans to first support the reformist Sandinista revolutionaries only to replace them with a conservative democratic regime a few years later. Addressing issues largely unexamined in Latin American studies, Learning Democracy is a unique and probing look at how the country's mass electorate moved beyond revolutionary struggle to establish a more stable democratic government by realizing the vital role of citizens in democratization processes.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226019748

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Democratization by Institutions

Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective

By: Leslie E. Anderson

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Democratization by Institutions

Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective

By: Leslie E. Anderson

The case of Argentina demonstrates that formal government institutions can facilitate democratization

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University of Michigan Press

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047205323X

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Democratization by Institutions

Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective

By: Leslie E. Anderson

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Democratization by Institutions

Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective

By: Leslie E. Anderson

In this pioneering study of democratization in Argentina, Leslie Anderson challenges Robert Putnam’s thesis that democracy requires high levels of social capital. She demonstrates in Democratization by Institutions that formal institutions (e.g., the executive, the legislature, the courts) can serve not only as operational parts within democracy but as the driving force toward democracy. As Anderson astutely observes, the American founders debated the merits of the institutions they were creating. Examining how, and how well, Argentina’s American-style institutional structure functions, she considers the advantages and risks of the separation of powers, checks and balances, legislative policymaking, and strong presidential power. During the democratic transition, the Argentinian state has used institutions to address immediate policy challenges in ways responsive to citizens and thereby to provide a supportive environment in which social capital can develop. By highlighting the role that institutions can play in leading a nation out of authoritarianism, even when social capital is low, Anderson begins a new conversation about the possibilities of democratization. Democratization by Institutions has much to say not only to Latin Americanists and scholars of democratization but also to those interested in the U.S. constitutional structure and its application in other parts of the world.

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0472122320

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Boundary Conditions

Macrobotanical Remains and the Oliver Phase of Central Indiana, A.D. 1200-1450

By: Leslie L. Bush

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Boundary Conditions

Macrobotanical Remains and the Oliver Phase of Central Indiana, A.D. 1200-1450

By: Leslie L. Bush

Prehistoric plant use in the Late Woodland of central Indiana.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817351418

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9780817351410

Social Capital in Developing Democracies

Nicaragua and Argentina Compared

By: Leslie E. Anderson

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Social Capital in Developing Democracies

Nicaragua and Argentina Compared

By: Leslie E. Anderson

Drawing on extensive field work in Nicaragua and Argentina, as well as public opinion and elite data, Leslie E. Anderson's Social Capital in Developing Democracies explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. Anderson finds that in Nicaragua, strong, positive, bridging social capital has enhanced democratization while in Argentina the legacy of Peronism has created bonding and non-democratic social capital that perpetually undermines the development of democracy. Faced with the reality of an anti-democratic form of social capital, Anderson suggests that Argentine democracy is developing on the basis of an alternative resource – institutional capital. Anderson concludes that social capital can and does enhance democracy under historical conditions that have created horizontal ties among citizens, but that social capital can also undermine democratization where historical conditions have created vertical ties with leaders and suspicion or non-cooperation among citizens.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139485911

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9781139485913

Trail of Story, Traveller's Path

Reflections on Ethnoecology and Landscape

By: Leslie Main Johnson

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Trail of Story, Traveller's Path

Reflections on Ethnoecology and Landscape

By: Leslie Main Johnson

This sensitive examination of the meanings of landscape draws on the author's rich experience with diverse enviornments and peoples: the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en of norwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dena of the southern Yukon, and the Gwich'in of the Mackenzie Delta. Johnson maintains that the ways people understand and act upon land have wide implications, shaping cultures and ways of life, determining identity and polity, and creating and mainting environmental relationships and economies. Her emphassis on landscape and ways of knowing the land provides a particular take on ecological relationships of First Peoples to land.

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Athabasca University Press

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189742535X

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9781897425350

American Public School Finance

By: William A. Owings,Leslie S. Kaplan

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American Public School Finance

By: William A. Owings,Leslie S. Kaplan

Designed for aspiring school leaders, this text presents the realities of school finance policy and issues, as well as the tools for formulating and managing school budgets. In an era of dwindling fiscal support for public schools, increasing federal mandates, and additional local budget requirements, educational leaders must be able to articulate sound finance theory and application. The authors move beyond coverage found in other texts by providing critical analysis and unique chapters on misconceptions about school finance; fiscal capacity, fiscal effort, adequacy, and efficiency; demographic issues; and spending and student achievement. Examining local, state, and federal education spending, this text gives readers the foundation to understand school finance and knowledgeably educate colleagues, parents, and other stakeholders about its big-picture issues, facts, and trends. The new edition of American Public School Finance will help educational leaders at all stages of their careers become informed advocates for education finance practice and reform. New in this edition: Expanded coverage on school choice Discussion of new standards and law Updated exploration of student demographics and its impact on learning Advanced pedagogical features such as connections to the latest Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL), Focus Questions, Case Studies, and Chapter Questions/Assignments Complementary electronic resources designed to deepen and extend the topics in each chapter and to provide instructors with lecture slides and other teaching strategies.

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Routledge

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1351013777

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9781351013772

Organizational Behavior for School Leadership

Leveraging Your School for Success

By: Leslie S. Kaplan,William A. Owings

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Organizational Behavior for School Leadership

Leveraging Your School for Success

By: Leslie S. Kaplan,William A. Owings

Organizational Behavior for School Leadership provides a theoretical and practical framework to help emerging leaders build the mental models they need to be effective. Presenting traditional, modern, and contemporary perspectives, each chapter offers opportunities for readers to reflect on the ideas and apply their leadership perspective and skills to their own work settings. In this way, this important book helps graduate students in educational leadership understand organizational situations and circumstances, an essential step in making appropriate decisions about people, school operations, and the community that generate improved student and teacher outcomes. Special features include: Guiding questions—chapter openers to initiate student thinking. Case studies and companion rubrics—engage students in applying content to real-life school scenarios with guiding rubrics to help think through answers. Reflections and relevance—interactive learning activities, simulations, and graphic assignments deepen readers' understanding. PSEL Standards—each chapter aligns with the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders. Companion website—includes case studies and rubrics, supplementary materials, additional readings, and PowerPoint slides for instructors.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317364317

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9781317364313

Black Hole Tariffs and Endogenous Policy Theory

Political Economy in General Equilibrium

By: Stephen P. Magee,William A. Brock,Leslie Young

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Black Hole Tariffs and Endogenous Policy Theory

Political Economy in General Equilibrium

By: Stephen P. Magee,William A. Brock,Leslie Young

An example of special interest protection is provided by this study's general equilibrium theory that explains income distribution with goods markets, factor markets, lobbies, political parties and voters all pursuing their self interests.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521377005

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9780521377003

Educating Public Interest Professionals and the Student Loan Debt Crisis

By: Robert Leslie Fisher

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Educating Public Interest Professionals and the Student Loan Debt Crisis

By: Robert Leslie Fisher

In Educating Public Interest Professionals and the Student Loan Debt Crisis, Robert Leslie Fisher examines the student loan debt crisis and its effects on America’s citizens and economies. Exploring the shortage of professionals in fields such as education, medicine, and law, Fisher analyzes the causes and effects of the student loan debt crisis in America and argues for higher wages, student loan debt forgiveness, and an updated financial model to pay for training for public interest professionals. Supported by economic research and a sociological background, Fisher proposes a path forward that will ease the student loan debt crisis and revitalize the economy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793614318

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9781793614315

Environmentalism for a New Millennium

The Challenge of Coevolution

By: Leslie Paul Thiele

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Environmentalism for a New Millennium

The Challenge of Coevolution

By: Leslie Paul Thiele

The vast majority of people in the industrialized world consider themselves environmentalists. Yet environmental problems continue to worsen. While the environmental movement is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of citizens in the United States and across the globe, it may be losing the war to preserve the health of the planet and its biological diversity. The reasons become clear in this book. Leslie Paul Thiele provides a much needed analysis of the driving forces within the environmental movement and the key challenges that it faces. He begins with a concise history of the movement in the United States, where he identifies four successive waves of environmental thought and action. The first wave, conservation, emerged in the mid 1800s and focused on the responsible use of natural resources and the preservation of isolated tracts of wilderness. By the 1960s, the general public had become aware of the widespread impact of environmental problems on human health and welfare. A concern for the containment of industrial society's environmental degradation emerged. This second wave was followed by a period of co optation beginning in the 1980s, as a now popular social movement made a significant impact on public policy and witnessed the dilution of its goals. Thiele largely focuses on the fourth and current wave of coevolution. Coevolutionary thought and action is grounded in the interdependence of humans and nature in a global context. With the goal of sustainable development in mind, contemporary environmentalists argue that human livelihoods must be integrated into complex and evolving ecological systems. This affirmation of coevolutionary interdependence has brought coherence to an inherently diverse social movement. Through extensive interviews and a critical study of environmental publications and scholarly research, the author provides an inside look at the environmental movement. His analysis illuminates the social, economic, political and cultural forces that shape the environmental movement today and set its trajectory for the 21st century. Anyone interested the future of environmentalism will find this book an invaluable guide.

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Oxford University Press

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0195352459

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9780195352450

The Chemical Analysis of Water

General Principles and Techniques

By: D. T. E. Hunt,Anthony Leslie Wilson

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The Chemical Analysis of Water

General Principles and Techniques

By: D. T. E. Hunt,Anthony Leslie Wilson

Information requirements of measurement programmes; Sampling; Basic problems and aims of sampling; Time and frequency of sampling; Overall design of sampling programmes; Procedures for obtaining samples of waters; Preparation, transport, storage, and stability of samples; The nature and importance of errors in analytical results; Random error; Systematic error; Accuracy; Effects of errors on decision making; Need to estimate analytical errors; Estimation and control of the Bias of analytical results; Detailed consideration and assessment of individual sources of Bias; Assessment of the overall Bias of analytical results; Estimation and control of the precision of analytical results; Model of Random errors; Achievement of specified accuracy by a group of laboratories; Types of inter-laboratory studies; Reporting analytical results; Reporting results close to the lower concentration limit of an analytical system; The selection of analytical methods; General precautions in water-analysis laboratories; Analytical techniques; Automatic and on-line analysis; Computers in water analysis; The scope for computing in water analysis and related activities.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0851867979

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9780851867977

The Culture Broker

Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

By: Margaret Leslie Davis

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The Culture Broker

Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

By: Margaret Leslie Davis

Murphy recognized and supported the social and cultural revolution under way during the tumultuous 1960s and influenced the power elite to accept changing values and to promote diversity. Davis's account brings to light the influence of L.A.'s powerful families and chronicles the mixed motives behind large public endeavors. Channeling more than one billion dollars into the city's arts and educational infrastructure, Franklin Murphy elevated Los Angeles to a vibrant world-class city positioned for its role in the new era of global trade and cross-cultural arts."--BOOK JACKET.

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Univ of California Press

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0520224957

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9780520224957

Foundations of Education

By: Leslie S. Kaplan,William A. Owings

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Foundations of Education

By: Leslie S. Kaplan,William A. Owings

Foundations of Education makes core topics in education accessible and personally meaningful to students pursuing a career within the education profession. The Third Edition offers readers the breadth of coverage, scholarly depth, and conceptual analysis of contemporary issues that will help them gain a realistic and insightful perspective of the field.

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SAGE Publications

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1071803948

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9781071803943

West Meets East

Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China

By: Leslie Grant,James Stronge,Xianxuan Xu,Patricia Popp,Yaling Sun

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West Meets East

Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China

By: Leslie Grant,James Stronge,Xianxuan Xu,Patricia Popp,Yaling Sun

The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems. Despite these differences, educators in each country have discovered they have much to learn from one another. The United States looks east and is captivated by the high assessment scores that many Chinese students achieve. China looks west and is enamored with how the United States fosters innovation and creativity in students. Teachers are increasingly looking across borders to expand, adapt, and offer their students a more balanced education. West Meets East is based on the fundamental premise that strong teaching is at the heart of educational quality and that we all benefit from understanding the practices and professional thinking of exemplary teachers. With this in mind, Grant and her colleagues set out to discover which beliefs and strategies of effective teachers can cross the cultural divide and help students in each nation make breakthrough advances. As educators, it's important to understand that even though we're setting new goals and improving outcomes, excellence is a moving target. In the globally connected 21st century, educational innovations in one country can reset the bar for students around the world. Only by learning from one another can we be sure all our students remain competitive and successful.

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ASCD

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1416618236

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9781416618232

Between Worlds

The Art of Bill Traylor

By: Leslie Umberger

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Between Worlds

The Art of Bill Traylor

By: Leslie Umberger

Bill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949) is regarded today as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. A black man born into slavery in Alabama, he was an eyewitness to history--the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, the Great Migration, and the steady rise of African American urban culture in the South. Traylor would not live to see the civil rights movement, but he was among those who laid its foundation. Starting around 1939, Traylor--by then in his late eighties and living on the streets of Montgomery--took up pencil and paintbrush to attest to his existence and point of view. In keeping with this radical step, the paintings and drawings he made are visually striking and politically assertive; they include simple yet powerful distillations of tales and memories as well as spare, vibrantly colored abstractions. When Traylor died, he left behind more than one thousand works of art. In Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor, Leslie Umberger considers more than two hundred artworks to provide the most comprehensive and in-depth study of the artist to date; she examines his life, art, and powerful drive to bear witness through the only means he had, pictures. The author draws on a wealth of historical documents--including federal and state census records, birth and death certificates, slave schedules, and interviews with family members-- to clarify the record of Traylor's personal history and family life. The story of his art opens in the late 1930s, when Traylor first received attention for his pencil drawings on found board, and concludes with the posthumous success of his oeuvre"--

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Princeton University Press

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0691182671

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9780691182674

Land Mammals of Oregon

By: B. J. Verts,Leslie N. Carraway

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Land Mammals of Oregon

By: B. J. Verts,Leslie N. Carraway

The first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of mammals of Oregon since Vernon Bailey's THE MAMMALS AND LIFE ZONES OF OREGON was published in 1936. This new book provides a basic reference to mammalian life in the northwestern U.S., with descriptions of 136 extant or recently extirpated species. 122 color and 36 b&w photos, 140 maps, 150 drawings.

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Univ of California Press

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0520211995

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9780520211995

Atlas of Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology

By: Marilyn M. Bui, MD, PhD,Leslie G. Dodd, MD

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Atlas of Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology

By: Marilyn M. Bui, MD, PhD,Leslie G. Dodd, MD

This is an abundantly illustrated resource for diagnosis of bone and soft tissue lesionsóa particular challenge due to their rarity and complexity. In addition to carefully selected histologic photographs, this unique atlas enhances standard visual information with illustrations of imaging findings, cytology, and molecular and cytogenetic information. This vivid pictorial survey is arranged in a pattern-oriented approach based on the actual working method used in daily practice. The authors are expert educators in surgical and cytopathology and experienced diagnosticians in the complexities of soft tissue and bone pathology. This richly illustrated and concise reference will be a practical and indispensible tool for general pathologists and pathologists in training, who are required to diagnose bone and soft tissue pathologies. It is also an excellent resource for physicians seeking a quick survey of sarcoma. Key Features: Offers a practical, pattern-oriented diagnostic approach that mirrors the working method used in daily practice Augments histologic photographs with illustrations of imaging findings, cytology, and molecular and cytogenetic information Authored by recognized expert diagnosticians and teachers in the field

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Demos Medical Publishing

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1617051993

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9781617051999

Family Medicine, 6E

By: Mindy Ann Smith,Leslie A. Shimp

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Family Medicine, 6E

By: Mindy Ann Smith,Leslie A. Shimp

The most convenient and easy-to-use clinical manual available for outpatient medicine and family practice Doody's Core Titles for 2021! Family Medicine, Sixth Edition is the ultimate at-a-glance guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common primary care problems. The book spans the full scope of ambulatory medicine, and is organized according to the flow of patient care – starting with insights into signs and symptoms, followed by expert disease management recommendations. The information is presented in a manner that enables readers to quickly formulate a list of possible diagnosis, perform a cost-effective diagnostic work up, and prescribe therapy. The principles of clinical decision making and effective evidence-based management strategies are woven throughout. The book is completely revised for the sixth edition Full-color insert with more than thirty photographs NEW CHAPTERS on inflammatory bowel disease and deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071820744

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9780071820745

Esther Dyson

Internet Visionary

By: Leslie Morales

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Esther Dyson

Internet Visionary

By: Leslie Morales

A biography of the entrepreneur and forecaster who is considered by many to be the most powerful woman in the computer industry, admired for her business skills, her ability to predict computer and Internet trends, and her vision for the Internet.

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