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The Senator

My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Richard E. Burke

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The Senator

My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Richard E. Burke

In 1971 Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Through ability, hard work, and dedication, Burke rose in the next four years to become one of the Senator's closest staff members. In 1977 he was made Kennedy's personal assistant; after his appointment in 1978 as administrative assistant - the youngest in the Senate - he came to know Edward M. Kennedy perhaps more intimately than anyone outside the closed circle of the Senator's family. He was often the last to see the Senator at night and the first to see him in the morning. This book is the account of what Richard Burke witnessed and experienced during his decade at the Senator's right hand. It is neither a full biography nor an examination of Kennedy's long career in government. Rather, it is the history of a young man who shared the Senator's professional and personal lives during a time marked by exhilarating public achievements and tragic secret misconduct. His story is not only the chronicle of a shattered idol, but of Richard Burke's own fall from grace, and eventual recovery. Burke does not shrink from confronting his own faults, and he agrees with the Senator: It is time for him to confront his.

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Macmillan

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0312304668

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9780312304669

The Women's Room

By: Marilyn French

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The Women's Room

By: Marilyn French

Feminist author Marilyn French's iconic and influential novel exploring the lives of women set in the rapidly changing world of the 1940s to the 1960s. “Mira was hiding in the ladies’ room. She called it that, even though someone had scratched out the word ladies’ in the sign on the door, and written women’s underneath…” So begins the famous feminist novel that follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women’s movement begins to have an impact on their lives. The story follows Mira as she grows from a young girl in the 1940s to a woman of the 1960s. As she experiences marriage, motherhood, and friendship as a woman of the 1950s, she grows increasingly lonely and unfulfilled. When she looks to the women in the neighborhood she has befriended, she realizes that they are suffering, too. But after Mira is faced with divorce and a near-tragedy, she begins a new chapter in her life that coincides with the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s. Although her life improves slightly as she gains more independence and discover's her life's purpose, she still finds that women around her are still suffering as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of womanhood. Written with unwavering conviction and powerful prose, the themes in The Women's Room are still all too relevant today, and provide an essential jumping-off point for conversations still to come.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451629176

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9781451629170

Monstrous Motherhood

Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity

By: Marilyn Francus

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Monstrous Motherhood

Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity

By: Marilyn Francus

Spectral and monstrous mothers populate the cultural and literary landscape of the eighteenth century, overturning scholarly assumptions about this being an era of ideal motherhood. Although credited with the rise of domesticity, eighteenth-century British culture singularly lacked narratives of good mothers, ostensibly the most domestic of females. With startling frequency, the best mother was absent, disembodied, voiceless, or dead. British culture told tales almost exclusively of wicked, surrogate, or spectral mothers—revealing the defects of domestic ideology, the cultural fascination with standards and deviance, and the desire to police maternal behaviors. Monstrous Motherhood analyzes eighteenth-century motherhood in light of the inconsistencies among domestic ideology, narrative, and historical practice. If domesticity was so important, why is the good mother’s story absent or peripheral? What do the available maternal narratives suggest about domestic ideology and the expectations and enactment of motherhood? By focusing on literary and historical mothers in novels, plays, poems, diaries, conduct manuals, contemporary court cases, realist fiction, fairy tales, satire, and romance, Marilyn Francus reclaims silenced maternal voices and perspectives. She exposes the mechanisms of maternal marginalization and spectralization in eighteenth-century culture and revises the domesticity thesis. Monstrous Motherhood will compel scholars in eighteenth-century studies, women’s studies, family history, and cultural studies to reevaluate a foundational assumption that has driven much of the discourse in their fields.

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JHU Press

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1421407981

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9781421407982

Young for Life

The Easy No-Diet, No-Sweat Plan to Look and Feel 10 Years Younger

By: Marilyn Diamond,Donald Schnell

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Young for Life

The Easy No-Diet, No-Sweat Plan to Look and Feel 10 Years Younger

By: Marilyn Diamond,Donald Schnell

One hundred and seventy millions Americans are obese. Thirty million are "skinny fat," not outwardly big but inwardly nutrition deficient. The authors of this book, both staunch vegans for decades, were among the "skinny fat." After witnessing accelerated aging, Marilyn Diamond and Dr. Donald Schnell transformed their health through a radical lifestyle overhaul that most people over 40 will find easy and intuitive. Young for Life begins with the premise that our bodies are miraculous machines that have the potential for life-long vitality, sexuality, and youthfulness, and then shows how to reverse the signs aging through three key life-changing practices: - Whole Food nutrition for vital nutrients that combat genetic aging - Convenience exercise-6-second techniques of muscle contraction that are the foundation of shaping sexy muscle anytime, anywhere - Disease-prevention-fighting nutrient deficiency with micronutrient supplements

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Rodale Books

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1609615433

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9781609615437

Teachers

The Missing Voice in Education

By: Marilyn M. Cohn,Robert B. Kottkamp

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Teachers

The Missing Voice in Education

By: Marilyn M. Cohn,Robert B. Kottkamp

Relates and interprets responses on two surveys taken by teachers in Dade County (Miami), Florida, in 1964 and 1984. Teachers speak about goals and means of achieving them; rewards of teaching (declining steadily across the twenty years with student and parent disinterest at an all-time low, public

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SUNY Press

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0791413411

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9780791413418

Criminology Theory

Selected Classic Readings

By: Frank P. Williams III,Marilyn D. McShane

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Criminology Theory

Selected Classic Readings

By: Frank P. Williams III,Marilyn D. McShane

This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review of rational choice theories, including deterrence, shaming, and routine activities. It also incorporates current examples of deterrence research regarding domestic violence, drunk driving, and capital punishment, and features thought-provoking discussion of the relativity of crime. The authors explore the crime problem, its context, and causes of crime. The organization of the text reflects the fact that the etiology of crime must be at the heart of criminology. It examines contemporary efforts to redefine crime by focusing on family violence, hate crimes, white-collar misconduct with violent consequences, and other forms of human behavior often neglected by criminologists. Extensive discussion of evolving laws is included, and while the prevalence of the scientific method in the field of criminology is highlighted, the impact of ideology on explanations of crime is the cornerstone of the book.

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Routledge

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1317523024

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9781317523024

Everything She Touched

Life of Ruth Asawa

By: Marilyn Chase

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Everything She Touched

Life of Ruth Asawa

By: Marilyn Chase

Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa. This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, friends, teachers, and critics—to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist. Born in California in 1926, Ruth Asawa grew from a farmer's daughter to a celebrated sculptor. She survived adolescence in the World War II Japanese-American internment camps and attended the groundbreaking art school at Black Mountain College. Asawa then went on to develop her signature hanging-wire sculptures, create iconic urban installations, revolutionize arts education in her adopted hometown of San Francisco, fight through lupus, and defy convention to nurture a multiracial family. • A richly visual volume with over 60 reproductions of Asawa's art and archival photos of her life (including portraits shot by her friend, the celebrated photographer Imogen Cunningham) • Documents Asawa's transformative touch—most notably by turning wire – the material of the internment camp fences – into sculptures • Author Marilyn Chase mined Asawa's letters, diaries, sketches, and photos and conducted interviews with those who knew her to tell this inspiring story. Ruth Asawa forged an unconventional path in everything she did—whether raising a multiracial family of six children, founding a high school dedicated to the arts, or pursuing her own practice independent of the New York art market. Her beloved fountains are now San Francisco icons, and her signature hanging-wire sculptures grace the MoMA, de Young, Getty, Whitney, and many more museums and galleries across America. • Ruth Asawa's remarkable life story offers inspiration to artists, art lovers, feminists, mothers, teachers, Asian Americans, history buffs, and anyone who loves a good underdog story. • A perfect gift for those interested in Asian American culture and history • Great for those who enjoyed Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel, Ruth Asawa: Life's Work by Tamara Schenkenberg, and Notes and Methods by Hilma af Klint

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Chronicle Books

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1452174520

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9781452174525

Compassion for Annie

A Healthy Response to Mental Disorders

By: Marilyn R. Dowell

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Compassion for Annie

A Healthy Response to Mental Disorders

By: Marilyn R. Dowell

In this book, the many challenges of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are explored through the stories of a fictional married couple. Although they are products of author Marilyn Dowell's mind, their behavior is based on careful research. In each chapter, some facet of BPD is acted out in an informative way for those who have little experience with the disorder. Beyond showing the typical features of BPD, Compassion for Annie offers insights for responding to the sufferer in a compassionate manner. In addition to the dialogues, Dowell includes an analysis of the interaction, a prayer specific to the chapter topic, and a list of suggested readings. Dowell wrote this book as a means of understanding a loved one with the disorder while helping others. Compassion for Annie is intended for those with the disorder and those who love them.

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1936782480

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9781936782482

American Businesses in China

Balancing Culture and Communication, 3d ed.

By: Nancy Lynch Street,Marilyn J. Matelski

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American Businesses in China

Balancing Culture and Communication, 3d ed.

By: Nancy Lynch Street,Marilyn J. Matelski

Since the publication of earlier editions of this book, China's political and economic landscapes have changed dramatically, with the rise of new leadership, evolving alliances, tariff wars, educational policies and technological advancements. Focusing on Chinese-American ventures, this expanded and revised edition chronicles the investments that have marked China's astonishing growth in the 21st century. Adding another dimension to the exploration of Chinese-American commerce, this edition discusses China's roots in Confucian identity and its effect on modern business culture. Case studies of American businesses that have been successful in China are included. Reflecting upon the changing nature of Chinese consumerism and international corporate behavior, the authors close with specific suggestions for those interested in doing business in China.

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McFarland

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147667227X

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9781476672274

Pediatric Sonography

By: Marilyn J. Siegel

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Pediatric Sonography

By: Marilyn J. Siegel

Pediatric Sonography, Fourth Edition gives you a complete working knowledge of the latest scanning technologies and the clinical applications of ultrasound in pediatric and adolescent patients. Readers will find just the guidance they need to determine the most appropriate imaging method for evaluating a specific clinical problem, conduct the sonographic examination, and interpret the findings. The book shows the sonographic appearance of normal anatomy and disease processes within each organ system and points out technical and interpretive artifacts and errors that can affect evaluations. This edition features more than 1,800 clear, sharp images, including over 300 full-color images throughout. Other highlights include a new chapter on breast sonography, discussions of the uses and limitations of mobile instrumentation, and expanded coverage of ultrasound-guided interventional procedures.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451153228

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9781451153224

The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence

By: Marilyn Brookwood

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The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence

By: Marilyn Brookwood

The fascinating—and eerily timely—tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched the modern science of childhood development. “Doomed from birth” was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two toddler girls at the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Their IQ scores, added together, totaled just 81. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs of the times, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents’ low intelligence and were therefore unfit for adoption. The girls were sent to an institution for the “feebleminded” to be cared for by “moron” women. To Skeels and Skodak’s astonishment, under the women’s care, the children’s IQ scores became normal. Now considered one of the most important scientific findings of the twentieth century, the discovery that environment shapes children’s intelligence was also one of the most fiercely contested—and its origin story has never been told. In The Orphans of Davenport, psychologist and esteemed historian Marilyn Brookwood chronicles how a band of young psychologists in 1930s Iowa shattered the nature-versus-nurture debate and overthrew long-accepted racist and classist views of childhood development. Transporting readers to a rural Iowa devastated by dust storms and economic collapse, Brookwood reveals just how profoundly unlikely it was for this breakthrough to come from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. Funded by the University of Iowa and the Rockefeller Foundation, and modeled on America’s experimental agricultural stations, the Iowa Station was virtually unknown, a backwater compared to the renowned psychology faculties of Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton. Despite the challenges they faced, the Iowa psychologists replicated increased intelligence in thirteen more “retarded” children. When Skeels published their incredible work, America’s leading psychologists—eugenicists all—attacked and condemned his conclusions. The loudest critic was Lewis M. Terman, who advocated for forced sterilization of low-intelligence women and whose own widely accepted IQ test was threatened by the Iowa research. Terman and his opponents insisted that intelligence was hereditary, and their prestige ensured that the research would be ignored for decades. Remarkably, it was not until the 1960s that a new generation of psychologists accepted environment’s role in intelligence and helped launch the modern field of developmental neuroscience.. Drawing on prodigious archival research, Brookwood reclaims the Iowa researchers as intrepid heroes and movingly recounts the stories of the orphans themselves, many of whom later credited the psychologists with giving them the opportunity to forge successful lives. A radiant story of the power and promise of science to better the lives of us all, The Orphans of Davenport unearths an essential history at a moment when race science is dangerously resurgent.

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Liveright Publishing

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1631494694

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9781631494697

Education

The Emperors New Clothes

By: Marilyn Felix,Linda Carlson

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Education

The Emperors New Clothes

By: Marilyn Felix,Linda Carlson

Education: The Emperor's New Clothes, is an easy read, peppered with haircurling comments, wit and irony. In this tapestry of fresh ideas and opinions, simple remedies relevant to education today are entertainingly interwoven with original cartoons and insightful quotes.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1606930907

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9781606930908

The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century

By: Marilyn Ogilvie,Joy Harvey

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The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century

By: Marilyn Ogilvie,Joy Harvey

Edited by two of the most respected scholars in the field, this milestone reference combines "facts-fronted" fast access to biographical details with highly readable accounts and analyses of nearly 3000 scientists' lives, works, and accomplishments. For all academic and public libraries' science and women's studies collections.

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Routledge

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1135963428

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9781135963422

Collecting Qualitative Data

A Field Manual for Applied Research

By: Greg Guest,Emily E. Namey,Marilyn L. Mitchell

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Collecting Qualitative Data

A Field Manual for Applied Research

By: Greg Guest,Emily E. Namey,Marilyn L. Mitchell

Provides a very practical and step-by-step guide to collecting and managing qualitative data,

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SAGE

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1412986842

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9781412986847

Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality

A Worldwide Nursing Theory

By: Marilyn R. McFarland,Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah

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Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality

A Worldwide Nursing Theory

By: Marilyn R. McFarland,Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah

Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality, Third Edition presents an expanded view of the Culture Care Theory as well as integral components of the Ethno-nursing Research Method. The use of the CCT with new research methodologies such as meta-ethno-nursing as well as other established qualitative methods is also covered. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1284026639

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9781284026634

The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z

By: Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie,Joy Dorothy Harvey

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The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z

By: Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie,Joy Dorothy Harvey

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Taylor & Francis

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041592040X

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9780415920407

Luke Rules

By: William Hoffer,Marilyn Hoffer

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Luke Rules

By: William Hoffer,Marilyn Hoffer

From the international bestselling authors of MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER and FREEFALL comes LUKE RULES, the adventures and misadventures of Luke Wilde, former Marine Corps sniper turned wily and often contrary PI.What starts out as a routine peek-the-sheets adultery investigation escalates into a series of bizarre murders. As the bodies pile up Luke knows that to crack this case, he'll have to toss the legal playbook into the crapper and play by LUKE RULES. WARNING: Luke has a bit of an attitude problem!

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William Hoffer

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1456301357

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9781456301354

Social Participation in Occupational Contexts

In Schools, Clinics, and Communities

By: Marilyn B. Cole,Mary V. Donohue

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Social Participation in Occupational Contexts

In Schools, Clinics, and Communities

By: Marilyn B. Cole,Mary V. Donohue

Social participation naturally occues in everyday life in combination with daily occupations, such as when people interact while eating, playing , carpooling, and working. This book provides information on social participation for different occupations.

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SLACK Incorporated

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1556429002

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9781556429002

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

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