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Question Everything

Overcoming Passivity in a Perilous World . . .

By: Lisbeth Ann Williams

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Question Everything

Overcoming Passivity in a Perilous World . . .

By: Lisbeth Ann Williams

Question Everything is a book written to challenge the status quo. While many people on the planet are already waking up to the many problems our world is facing today, this book is a wake-up call to those who are still asleep. It is a nudge to those who are aware but have not yet responded to the call. The author attempts to shed light on current practices by posing questions. Although she herself does not have the answers, it is meant to encourage the reader to begin asking his or her own questions and to keep questioning until answers begin to emerge. Nearly every major element of modern life is subjected to scrutiny, in hopes that a new paradigm will be brought forth, to lead us on a path of healing before it is too late.

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149

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Balboa Press

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1982224649

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9781982224646

Medicine and Morals in the Enlightenment

John Gregory, Thomas Percival and Benjamin Rush

By: Lisbeth Haakonssen

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Medicine and Morals in the Enlightenment

John Gregory, Thomas Percival and Benjamin Rush

By: Lisbeth Haakonssen

Modern medical ethics in the English-speaking world is commonly thought to derive from the medical philosophy of the Scotsman John Gregory (1725-1773) and his younger associates, the English Dissenter Thomas Percival (1740-1804) and the American Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). This book is the first extensive study of this suggestion. Dr Haakonssen shows how the three thinkers combined Francis Bacon's and the Scottish Enlightenment's ideas of the science of morals and the morals of science. She demonstrates how their medical ethics was a successful adaptation of traditional moral ideas to the dramatically changing medical world especially the voluntary hospital. In accounting for the dynamics of this process, she rejects the anachronism that modern medical ethics was a new paradigm.

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257

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BRILL

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9401200238

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9789401200233

Delivery Systems for Peptide Drugs

By: S.S. Davis,Lisbeth Illum,E. Tomlinson

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Delivery Systems for Peptide Drugs

By: S.S. Davis,Lisbeth Illum,E. Tomlinson

Recent years have seen enormous advances in the field of protein and peptide engineering and a greater understanding in the way in which biological response modifiers function in the body. It is now possible through the use of recombinant DNA techniques, or by solid phase protein synthesis, to produce significant quantities of a wide variety of regulatory agents that are therapeutically applicable. The list of these response modifiers expands almost daily to include interferons, macrophage activation factors, neuropeptides and agents that may have potential in cardiovascular disease, inflammation, contraception etc. Prospects to use some of these materials in medicine have reached the stage where products have either been approved by regulatory authorities or are the subject of applications as investigatory drugs or as new therapeutic agents. In some uses the pertinent agent will be administered on an acute basis in the form of a simple injection, as, for example, the use of a tissue plasminogen activator for the treatment of coronary infarct. In other cases regulatory proteins and peptides are indicated for chronic therapy and here they will need to be administered by an appropriate delivery system. Unfortunately, the research on delivery systems for peptides and proteins has not kept pace with the rapid progress in biotechnology and, consequently, there are presently few systems that are entirely appropriate for the administration of macromolecular drugs according to complex dosage regimens, (eg intermittent and pulsed therapy). Furthermore essential pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data may be missing.

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363

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475799608

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9781475799606

Common Purpose

Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America

By: Lisbeth Schorr

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Common Purpose

Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America

By: Lisbeth Schorr

In her previous book, Within Our Reach, renowned Harvard social analyst Lisbeth Schorr examined pilot social programs that were successful in helping disadvantaged youth and families. But as those cutting-edge programs were expanded, the very qualities that had made them initially successful were jettisoned, and less than half of them ultimately survived. As a result, these groundbreaking programs never made a dent on the national or statewide level. Lisbeth Schorr has spent the past seven years researching and identifying large-scale programs across the country that are promising to reduce, on a community- or citywide level, child abuse, school failure, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependence. From reformed social service agencies in Missouri, Michigan, and Los Angeles to "idiosyncratic" public schools in New York City, she shows how private and public bureaucracies are successfully nurturing programs that are flexible and responsive to the community, that have set clear, long-term goals, and that permit staff to exercise individual judgment in helping the disadvantaged. She shows how what works in small-scale pilot social programs can be adapted on a large scale to transform whole inner-city neighborhoods and reshape America. On the heels of the federal government's dismantling of welfare guarantees, Common Purpose offers a welcome antidote to our current sense of national despair, and concrete proof that America's social institutions can be made to work to assure that all the nation's children develop the tools to share in the American dream.

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513

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Anchor

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0307788032

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9780307788030

Walking Virginia Woolf’s London

An Investigation in Literary Geography

By: Lisbeth Larsson

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Walking Virginia Woolf’s London

An Investigation in Literary Geography

By: Lisbeth Larsson

This innovative volume employs theoretical tools from the field of literary geography to explore Virginia Woolf’s writing and the ways in which she constructs her human subjects. It follows the routes of characters from The Voyage, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and more as they walk around London, demonstrating how Woolf constructs the characters in her stories in a very politically conscious way. As Larsson argues, none of Woolf’s characters are able to walk just anywhere, at any time in history, or at any time of the day. Time, place, gender, and class form the conditions of life that the characters must accept or challenge. Featuring an array of detailed maps, Walking Virginia Woolf’s London: An Investigation in Literary Geography brings a fascinating new perspective to Virginia Woolf’s work. It is essential reading for scholars of modernist literature or geocriticism.

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254

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Springer

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331955672X

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9783319556727

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury

50 Stories from Brilliant Dreamers

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara,Lisbeth Kaiser

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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury

50 Stories from Brilliant Dreamers

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara,Lisbeth Kaiser

Dive deeper into the world of Little People, BIG DREAMS with this beautifully packaged and highly giftable keepsake treasury featuring 50 dreamers from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling series. Learn more about each of your favourite dreamers with new in-depth stories, facts and figures in this beautifully crafted compendium.Each story is rewritten to be appropriate for an older audience. Revisit best-loved figures from the series and some new ones, too, including Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel, Maya Angelou, Amelia Earhart, David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Elton John, John Lennon, Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling, and Prince. From inspiring artists and passionate climate activists to intrepid explorers and groundbreaking musicians, this collection goes further than the original series into the lives of these iconic figures, perfect for curious minds who always want to know more! Printed with gold gilded page edges and with an interior reading ribbon, this luxury keepsake treasury makes the perfect gift for holidays, birthdays, and more. Each of the beautifully written biographies is accompanied by a timeline, featuring extra information, important dates and real photos. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

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226

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books

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0711264198

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9780711264199

Global Norms with a Local Face

Rule-of-Law Promotion and Norm Translation

By: Lisbeth Zimmermann

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Global Norms with a Local Face

Rule-of-Law Promotion and Norm Translation

By: Lisbeth Zimmermann

To what extent are global rule-of-law norms, which external actors promote in post-conflict states, localized? Who decides whether global standards or local particularities prevail? This book offers a new approach to the debate about how the dilemma between the diffusion of global norms and their localization is dealt with in global politics. Studying the promotion of children's rights, access to public information, and an international commission against impunity in Guatemala, Lisbeth Zimmermann demonstrates that rule-of-law promotion triggers domestic contestation and thereby changes the approach taken by external actors, and ultimately the manner in which global norms are translated. However, the leeway in local translation is determined by the precision of global norms. Based on an innovative theoretical approach and an in-depth study of rule-of-law translation, Zimmermann argues for a shift in norm promotion from context sensitivity to democratic appropriation, speaking to scholars of international relations, peacebuilding, democratization studies, international law, and political theory.

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317

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Cambridge University Press

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1316773140

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9781316773147

Life Before Death

By: Ann Cartwright,Lisbeth Hockey,John L. Anderson

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Life Before Death

By: Ann Cartwright,Lisbeth Hockey,John L. Anderson

Since death is an experience which will inevitably be common to us all, we are often surprisingly uninterested in what services are provided for those people, often the elderly and infirm, who are at risk or who are on the point of death. Originally published in 1973, this study describes the last twelve months in the lives of 785 adults. Based mainly on the reports of close relatives, it is concerned with the needs of the dying and the care they receive. This includes the more emotional aspects such as ‘awareness’ of dying and the effects of the death on relatives. The book looks at the part played by hospitals, general practitioners, local authority health and welfare services, and by relatives, friends and neighbours. The views of those who provide these services are also considered. The picture that emerges shows up the gaps in the care that was given to people in the final year of their lives at the time.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040007457

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9781040007457

Book's by Lisbeth Ann Williams

Question Everything

Question Everything

Medicine and Morals in the Enlightenment

Medicine and Morals in the Enlightenment

Delivery Systems for Peptide Drugs

Delivery Systems for Peptide Drugs

Common Purpose

Common Purpose

Walking Virginia Woolf’s London

Walking Virginia Woolf’s London

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury

Global Norms with a Local Face

Global Norms with a Local Face

Life Before Death

Life Before Death

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