Robyn Doherty's Books

The Storyteller

By: Robyn Doherty

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April-May Collins is a thirty-year-old ordinary-looking librarian who often feels her life is dull and boring. To embellish it, she engages her unique and wild imagination. It often gets her into trouble. A setback from a recent relationship breakup threatens to propel her spiraling, once again, into depression. Encouraged by her concerned mother one mild Spring Sunday morning, April goes for a walk through her favourite forest. While there, she allows her imagination to run free. It does and takes her to an imaginary island and on a fantastic journey of self-discovery. Along the way, April-May meets some interesting humans and numerous animals and gains a few insightful lessons. Their somewhat unconventional guidance eventually assists her to make the necessary changes so she can find her way back home. The path is a rocky but rewarding and enlightening one. April, obsessed with dragons, feels there has to be at least one, and friendly at that, to fly home on. And so she begins her search.

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1514441292

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Bearbrass

Imagining Early Melbourne

By: Robyn Annear

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Bearbrass

Imagining Early Melbourne

By: Robyn Annear

“Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place. Here you'll find a number of places to eat and drink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut your eyes, and picture this scene of yore ...” In this much-loved book, Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne – from the arrival of white settlers in 1835 until the first gold rushes shook the town – and brings it to life in vivid colour. Bearbrass was one of the local names by which Melbourne was known and Annear provides a fascinating living portrait of the streetlife of this town. In a lively and engaging style, she overlays her reinvention of Bearbrass with her own impressions and experiences of the modern city, enabling Melburnians and visitors to imagine the early township and remind themselves of the rich history that lies beneath today's modern metropolis. The original Bearbrass won the A.A. Phillips Award for Australian Studies in the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. “... [Annear] writes with an historian's eye for detail and a flair for ironic observation. An affectionate journey, rich in detail and character.” – The Age Robyn Annear is an ex-typist who lives in country Victoria with somebody else's husband. She is the author of A City Lost and Found, Bearbrass, Nothing But Gold, The Man Who Lost Himself, and Fly a Rebel Flag. She has also written several pieces for The Monthly magazine.

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Black Inc.

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1922231576

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9781922231574

Improving Teaching Effectiveness

Implementation: The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Through 2013–2014

By: Brian M. Stecher,Michael S. Garet,Laura S. Hamilton,Elizabeth D. Steiner,Abby Robyn,Jeffrey Poirier,Deborah Holtzman,Eleanor S. Fulbeck,Jay Chambers,Iliana Brodziak de los Reyes

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Improving Teaching Effectiveness

Implementation: The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Through 2013–2014

By: Brian M. Stecher,Michael S. Garet,Laura S. Hamilton,Elizabeth D. Steiner,Abby Robyn,Jeffrey Poirier,Deborah Holtzman,Eleanor S. Fulbeck,Jay Chambers,Iliana Brodziak de los Reyes

To improve the U.S. education system through more-effective classroom teaching, in school year 2009–2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced its Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching. Researchers from the RAND Corporation and the American Institutes for Research evaluated implementation of key reform elements of the program in three public school districts and four charter management organizations.

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Rand Corporation

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0833092111

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Everyday Irrationality

How Pseudo- Scientists, Lunatics, And The Rest Of Us Systematically Fail To Think Rationally

By: Robyn Dawes

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Everyday Irrationality

How Pseudo- Scientists, Lunatics, And The Rest Of Us Systematically Fail To Think Rationally

By: Robyn Dawes

Robyn Dawes defines irrationality as adhering to beliefs that are inherently self-contradictory, not just incorrect, self-defeating, or the basis of poor decisions. Such beliefs are unfortunately common. This book demonstrates how such irrationality results from ignoring obvious comparisons, while instead falling into associational and story-based thinking. Strong emotion—or even insanity—is one reason for making automatic associations without comparison, but as the author demonstrates, a lot of everyday judgment, unsupported professional claims, and even social policy is based on the same kind of "everyday" irrationality.

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Routledge

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0429980310

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Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction

The Dialogic Construction of Subjectivity

By: Robyn McCallum

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Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction

The Dialogic Construction of Subjectivity

By: Robyn McCallum

Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction examines the representation of selfhood in adolescent and children's fiction, using a Bakhtinian approach to subjectivity, language, and narrative. The ideological frames within which identities are formed are inextricably bound up with ideas about subjectivity, ideas which pervade and underpin adolescent fictions. Although the humanist subject has been systematically interrogated by recent philosophy and criticism, the question which lies at the heart of fiction for young people is not whether a coherent self exists but what kind of self it is and what are the conditions of its coming into being. Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction has a double focus: first, the images of selfhood that the fictions offer their readers, especially the interactions between selfhood, social and cultural forces, ideologies, and other selves; and second, the strategies used to structure narrative and to represent subjectivity and intersubjectivity.

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1135581290

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The Summer That Made Us

A Novel

By: Robyn Carr

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The Summer That Made Us

A Novel

By: Robyn Carr

Look for Robyn’s new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life—order your copy today! Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins, they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed everything. The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again. That was then… For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. The lake was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything. This is now… After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closed up. For good. Torn apart, none of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again, and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth. Robyn Carr has crafted a beautifully woven story about the complexities of family dynamics and the value of strong female relationships.

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MIRA

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1488023646

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The Guns Above

By: Robyn Bennis

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The Guns Above

By: Robyn Bennis

Robyn Bennis’s THE GUNS ABOVE is an adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation's first female airship captain. They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, the Corps’ first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. On top of patrolling the front lines, she must also contend with a crew who doubts her expertise, a new airship that is an untested deathtrap, and the foppish aristocrat Lord Bernat, a gambler and shameless flirt with the military know-how of a thimble. Bernat’s own secret assignment is to catalog her every moment of weakness and indecision. So when the enemy makes an unprecedented move that could turn the tide of the war, can Josette deal with Bernat, rally her crew, and survive long enough to prove herself? “Full of sass and terrific characters. Great storytelling. Loved it.” —Patricia Briggs At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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0765388774

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9780765388773

Fearless Women Sampler

Excerpts of Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels by Fearless Women

By: Tessa Gratton,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Robyn Bennis,V. E. Schwab,Jacqueline Carey,Sam Hawke,Mary Robinette Kowal

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Fearless Women Sampler

Excerpts of Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels by Fearless Women

By: Tessa Gratton,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Robyn Bennis,V. E. Schwab,Jacqueline Carey,Sam Hawke,Mary Robinette Kowal

Tor Books' Fearless Women Sampler presents seven excerpts from groundbreaking novels written by some of the brightest female voices and New York Times bestselling authors in science fiction and fantasy. Featuring excerpts from: Robyn Bennis's By Fire Above: A Signal Airship Novel Jacqueline Carey's Starless Tessa Gratton's The Queens of Innis Lear Sam Hawke's City of Lies: A Poison War Novel Sherrilyn Kenyon's Death Doesn't Bargain: A Deadman's Cross Novel Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel and V. E. Schwab's Vicious: Villains (Volume 1) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1250316669

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The Psychology of Effective Activism

By: Robyn Gulliver,Susilo Wibisono,Kelly S. Fielding,Winnifred R. Louis

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The Psychology of Effective Activism

By: Robyn Gulliver,Susilo Wibisono,Kelly S. Fielding,Winnifred R. Louis

This Element reviews the social psychology of effective collective action, highlighting the importance of considering activists' goals, timeframes, and psychological perspectives in seeking to conceptualise this construct. A novel framework 'ABIASCA' maps effectiveness in relation to activists' goals for mobilisation and change (Awareness raising; Building sympathy; turning sympathy into Intentions; turning intentions into Actions; Sustaining groups over time; Coalition-building; and Avoiding opponents' counter-mobilisation). We also review the DIME model of Disidentification, Innovation, Moralization and Energization, which examines the effects of failure in creating trajectories of activists' disidentification from collective action; innovation (including to radicalisation or deradicalisation); and increased moral conviction and energy. The social psychological drivers of effective collective action for four audiences are examined in detail, in four sections: for the self and supporters, bystanders, opponents, and for third parties. We conclude by highlighting an agenda for future research, and drawing out key messages for scholars.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108986323

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9781108986328

Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story

By: Robyn Doolittle

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Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story

By: Robyn Doolittle

Shocking new revelations about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, his family and associates by the Toronto Star reporter who has closely covered Ford’s career. Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story, by Robyn Doolittle, will chronicle Ford’s ascent from a flamboyant city councillor to a mayor embroiled in controversy.

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0143191802

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By Fire Above

By: Robyn Bennis

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By Fire Above

By: Robyn Bennis

By Fire Above is the rip-roaring new adventure in Robyn Bennis's Signal Airship military fantasy series that Patricia Briggs hails as “full of sass and terrific characters.” "All's fair in love and war," according to airship captain Josette Dupre, until her hometown of Durum becomes occupied by the enemy and her mother a prisoner of war. Then it becomes, "Nothing's fair except bombing those Vins to high hell." Before she can rescue her town, however, Josette must maneuver her way through the nest of overstuffed vipers that make up Garnia's military and royal leaders in order to drum up support. The foppish and mostly tolerated Mistral crew member Lord Bernat steps in to advise her, along with his very attractive older brother. Between noble scheming, under-trained recruits, and supply shortages, Josette and the crew of the Mistral figure out a way to return to Durum—only to discover that when the homefront turns into the frontlines, things are more dangerous than they seem. “Full of sass and terrific characters. Great storytelling. Loved it.” —Patricia Briggs “Marvelous, witty and action-packed steampunk with exquisite attention to detail. Bennis's writing is incredible, her vocabulary impressive, and she honest to God made me believe you could build an airship from spare parts.”—New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Ann Aguirre At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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0765388804

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Blanchester

By: Robyn Stone-Kraft,Richard Read

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Blanchester

By: Robyn Stone-Kraft,Richard Read

John and Joseph Blancett laid out the village of Blanchester in 1823. The community started as a central collection of log buildings among miles of farmland. Since that time, the village has grown, flourished, and suffered. The fire of 1895 destroyed most of the main commercial district at the heart of the village. Sons were sent off to fight in the Civil War and both World Wars. Through it all, Blanchester grew and thrived, and the community celebrated its centennial in 1924—a year late. Today, Blanchester is still a tightly knit village, where friends greet each other as they walk down the street and community events are put on a yearly schedule.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439655642

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9781439655641

Paper Empires

History of the Book in Australia

By: Craig Munro,Robyn Sheahan-Bright

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Paper Empires

History of the Book in Australia

By: Craig Munro,Robyn Sheahan-Bright

This new volume in UQP's History of the Book in Australia series explores Australian book production and consumption from 1946 to the present day. In the immediate postwar era, most books were imported into a colonial market dominated by British publishers. Paper Empires traces this fascinating and volatile half-century, using wide-ranging resea...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458782689

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Globalization and the Environment

By: Peter Christoff,Robyn Eckersley

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Globalization and the Environment

By: Peter Christoff,Robyn Eckersley

This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley develop a broad conceptual framework for understanding the globalization of environmental problems and the highly uneven, often faltering, international political response. The authors develop linkages between economic globalization and environmental degradation and explore a range of key global environmental problems—focusing on the two most challenging of all: climate change and biodiversity loss. Finally, they critically explore the challenges of environmental governance in a world defined by global capitalism and sovereign states. Providing a normative framework for evaluating global environmental governance, they suggest alternative institutional and policy responses. Through a rich set of case studies, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well as the myriad opportunities for reform of global environmental governance.

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1442221496

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Skills for Midwifery Practice Australia & New Zealand edition

By: Sara Bayes,Sally-Ann de-Vitry Smith,Robyn Maude

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Skills for Midwifery Practice Australia & New Zealand edition

By: Sara Bayes,Sally-Ann de-Vitry Smith,Robyn Maude

The first edition of Skills for Midwifery Practice Australia and New Zealand edition builds of the success of the highly regarded Skills for Midwifery Practice by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, now in its fourth edition. Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives, this text provides instruction and guidance on more than 100 clinical skills for midwifery students and midwives who wish to perfect their practice. Each clinical skill is presented logically in a step-by-step format, providing a clear sequencing of information. Theory and evidence precedes each skill to thoroughly explain the underlying physiology of the scenarios encountered in midwifery practice. Woman-centred approach Structured to follow the logical progression from pregnancy through to labour and birth, and finally to postnatal care Australian and New Zealand guidelines, policies, standards, statistics, terminology and cultural considerations are included throughout Now includes an eBook with all print purchases

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729586758

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9780729586757

Rational Choice in an Uncertain World

The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making

By: Reid Hastie,Robyn M. Dawes

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Rational Choice in an Uncertain World

The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making

By: Reid Hastie,Robyn M. Dawes

First Edition, Winner of the prestigious William James Award from the American Psychological Association An understanding of the principles of rational decision making can help students improve the quality of their lives. Intended as an introductory textbook, the material in Rational Choice in an Uncertain World is not only of scholarly interest, but practical as well. Created specifically for courses on judgement and decision-making, this book makes research readily accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. This Second Edition of the award-winning book, Rational Choice in an Uncertain World (1988) by Robyn M. Dawes, is sure to interest and enlighten students at all levels. This new edition features: · New student friendly chapter introductions as well as conclusions and cross-references between chapters. · Award-winning authors are respected professors with over 30 years of experience in the field. · Practical, everyday examples from such areas as finance, medicine, law, and engineering. · Comprehensive and up-to-date information keep this edition abreast of the changing ideas within the discipline · Additional discussion of the descriptive, psychological models of decision making to expand upon the original emphasis on normative, rational, `Expected Utility Theory′ models. Equipped with this knowledge and an understanding of the principles of rational decision making, both undergraduate and graduate students can help improve the quality of their choices and, thus, their life.

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SAGE

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076192275X

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9780761922759

In Love With Betty The Crow

The First 40 Years Of The Science Show

By: Robyn Williams

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In Love With Betty The Crow

The First 40 Years Of The Science Show

By: Robyn Williams

Robyn Williams reflects on why science matters, after 40 years of ABC RN's The Science Show. The Science Show with Robyn Williams on Radio National is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. Scientific issues, debates, events, personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries and broadcasting pranks have been its hallmarks, and the show has given Australians fascinating insights into all manner of things. In this lively account of forty years of The Science Show, Robyn reveals in his inimitable style why science is important - touching on topics like the flakes and the heroes, propaganda, cosmic revolutions, our relationship with animals, women in science, and of course, the environment. Informative, entertaining and memorable, this is a book that is a must read for anyone who is interested in ideas and the truth.

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1460706234

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House of Cards

By: Robyn Dawes

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House of Cards

By: Robyn Dawes

Robin Dawes spares no one in this powerful critique of modern psychotherapeutic practice. As Dawes points out, we have all been swayed by the "pop psych" view of the world--believing, for example, that self-esteem is an essential precursor to being a productive human being, that events in one's childhood affect one's fate as an adult, and that "you have to love yourself before you can love another.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439188882

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Breast Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

By: Robyn L. Birdwell

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Breast Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

By: Robyn L. Birdwell

Imaging of the breast can be one of the most challenging tasks in all of radiology. This issue not only covers all of the modalities (plain film, multislice CT, MRI, US, and nuclear medicine and molecular imaging it also provides discussions on the controversy regarding when women should be screened, the costs involved in breast imaging, and the appropriate use of screening.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455700622

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Middleton's Allergy E-Book

Principles and Practice

By: N. Franklin Adkinson Jr.,Bruce S Bochner,A Wesley Burks,William W Busse,Stephen T Holgate,Robert F Lemanske,Robyn E O'Hehir

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Middleton's Allergy E-Book

Principles and Practice

By: N. Franklin Adkinson Jr.,Bruce S Bochner,A Wesley Burks,William W Busse,Stephen T Holgate,Robert F Lemanske,Robyn E O'Hehir

This best-selling resource has a worldwide reputation as the leader in its field. Focusing on human immunology and biology, while also reporting on scientific experimentation and advancement, it provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art basic science as well as authoritative guidance on the practical aspects of day-to-day diagnosis and management. This new edition includes 700 full-color illustrations and a new, more accessible format to make finding information a snap for the busy practitioner. Includes a glossary of allergy and immunology for quick and easy reference. Contains keypoints and clinical pearls highlighted to find important information quickly. links to useful online resources both for you and for your patients. Offers contributions from hundreds of international authorities for world-class expertise in overcoming any clinical challenge. Contains 400 new illustrations, 700 in all, to better illustrate complex immunology. Covers the very latest in the field, including hot topics such as food allergy and immunotherapy. Includes the latest guidelines from The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP). Utilizes a new, more user-friendly full-color format for easier reference.

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032311332X

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9780323113328

Neurofeminism

Issues at the Intersection of Feminist Theory and Cognitive Science

By: Robyn Bluhm,Heidi Lene Maibom,Anne Jaap Jacobson

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Neurofeminism

Issues at the Intersection of Feminist Theory and Cognitive Science

By: Robyn Bluhm,Heidi Lene Maibom,Anne Jaap Jacobson

Going beyond the hype of recent fMRI 'findings', thisinterdisciplinary collection examines such questions as: Do women and men have significantly different brains? Do women empathize, while men systematize? Is there a 'feminine' ethics? What does brain research on intersex conditions tell us about sex and gender?

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Springer

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0230368387

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The Green State

Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty

By: Robyn Eckersley

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The Green State

Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty

By: Robyn Eckersley

What would constitute a definitively "green" state? In this important new book, Robyn Eckersley explores what it might take to create a green democratic state as an alternative to the classical liberal democratic state, the indiscriminate growth-dependent welfare state, and the neoliberal market-focused state—seeking, she writes, "to navigate between undisciplined political imagination and pessimistic resignation to the status quo." In recent years, most environmental scholars and environmentalists have characterized the sovereign state as ineffectual and have criticized nations for perpetuating ecological destruction. Going consciously against the grain of much current thinking, this book argues that the state is still the preeminent political institution for addressing environmental problems. States remain the gatekeepers of the global order, and greening the state is a necessary step, Eckersley argues, toward greening domestic and international policy and law. The Green State seeks to connect the moral and practical concerns of the environmental movement with contemporary theories about the state, democracy, and justice. Eckersley's proposed "critical political ecology" expands the boundaries of the moral community to include the natural environment in which the human community is embedded. This is the first book to make the vision of a "good" green state explicit, to explore the obstacles to its achievement, and to suggest practical constitutional and multilateral arrangements that could help transform the liberal democratic state into a postliberal green democratic state. Rethinking the state in light of the principles of ecological democracy ultimately casts it in a new role: that of an ecological steward and facilitator of transboundary democracy rather than a selfish actor jealously protecting its territory.

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MIT Press

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0262550563

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9780262550567

What Is a Legend?

By: Robyn Hardyman

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What Is a Legend?

By: Robyn Hardyman

Legends are riveting tales that are based on real events, but exaggerated so that they are not completely true. In this book, readers will learn the most important aspects of what defines a legend, as well as how to tell fact from fiction in these semi-historical tales. Famous legends, such as those of Robin Hood and El Dorado, are presented in abridged versions that help anybody identify what various legends have in common and what is unique to the culture where the tale originated. Well-known classics are paired up with legends from various other cultures, including the Native American tribes of the Americas, encouraging readers to open their minds to stories from all around the globe.

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1622752066

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Elmhurst Park

By: Robyn Doherty

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Elmhurst Park

By: Robyn Doherty

Kidnapped from her home, four-year-old Esme is terrified for her life. All she wants is to be returned to her parents and her beloved brother James. But she isnt. Over subsequent years, her life is disrupted and unsettled. Medieval England is fraught with dangers and rebel warfare, and for Esme, tragedy sways her life more than once. But her family never gives up hope, especially her brother and his new friend, Edmund. Their search takes them far and wide but also sometimes tantalizingly close. Times are volatile, and everyones lives are challenged. Esme, armed with a sword and bow and arrows, bravely learns to defend herself but, being young and vulnerable, finds herself in the clutches of the jealous and dangerous Lord de Glanville. Will she be rescued and reunited with her family, or will she be forced to marry her captor?

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1503506932

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9781503506930

Good Behavior

By: Stephen W. Garber,Marianne Daniels Garber, Ph.D.,Robyn Freedman Spizman

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Good Behavior

By: Stephen W. Garber,Marianne Daniels Garber, Ph.D.,Robyn Freedman Spizman

An invaluable child care reference that contains over 1,200 sensible solutions to every conceivable childhood problem from birth through age 12.

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0312952635

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9780312952631

Williams Obstetrics 23rd Edition Study Guide

By: Barbara Hoffman,Robyn Horsager,Scott Roberts,Vanessa Rogers,Patricia Santiago-Muñoz,Kevin Worley

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Williams Obstetrics 23rd Edition Study Guide

By: Barbara Hoffman,Robyn Horsager,Scott Roberts,Vanessa Rogers,Patricia Santiago-Muñoz,Kevin Worley

Incorporate the authority of Williams Obstetrics into your exam preparation--now with full-color design! "This is a very nice accompaniment to the textbook. The multiple choice format is easy to use and the answers are concisely written. All readers, particularly medical students and residents, will appreciate this. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service Williams Obstetrics, 23rd Edition Study Guide is the only study guide keyed to the field's premier text, Williams Obstetrics, 23rd Edition. Essential for your preparation for any obstetrics exam, this unmatched study guide delivers everything you need for the most thorough review possible. The 23rd edition features a new full-color design, more than 350 images incorporated as question material, and the addition of clinical case questions to test your decision-making skills and ability to apply the content to real-world situations. New to this Edition: More than 1700 evidence-based multiple-choice questions and answers thoroughly cover every major topic in clinical obstetrics Questions emphasize key points of each chapter of Williams Obstetrics, 23rd Edition Answer key cites the pages in Williams Obstetrics for in-depth discussion and further reading--the perfect way to brush up on your weak areas Organization follows the chronology of pregnancy, from Maternal and Fetal Anatomy and Physiology to Labor and Delivery, with additional sections on the Fetus and Newborn, Puerperium, Obstetric Complications, and Medical and Surgical Complications

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071748601

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Neuroanatomy For Students Of Behavioral Disorders

By: Ronald L Green,Robyn L Ostrander

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Neuroanatomy For Students Of Behavioral Disorders

By: Ronald L Green,Robyn L Ostrander

The authors present here a four-colour visual tour of brain anatomy for psychiatric residents and practitioners. The book looks at a range of psychiatric conditions and explores the parts of the brain that are affected.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Studies in Sports Coaching

By: Robyn L. Jones

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Studies in Sports Coaching

By: Robyn L. Jones

This book highlights the ‘gritty’ reality of sports coaching, inclusive of its messy, contested, humorous, self-actualising nature. The text initially offers a critical deconstruction of coaching as a socio-pedagogic endeavour, before presenting a subsequent reconstruction of how it can be done better. In being the first to provide a distinct theorisation of sports coaching, this ground-breaking book clears some of some of the conceptual fog that remains around the activity, and claims back for coaching some of the definitional rights conceded to other disciplines.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527539164

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Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies

By: Robyn Beirman

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Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies

By: Robyn Beirman

A must-have physical and manipulative therapy case book to facilitate confident diagnosis Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies: a Case Based Approach is a high-quality Australian case book ideal for students studying physical and manipulative therapy. This physical and manipulative therapy textbook facilitates development of the skills students and therapists need to reach a final diagnosis or differential diagnosis with confidence. Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies features more than 225 clinical presentations in differential diagnosis. All cases are presented in four life stages - infancy and childhood, adolescence, the adult years and the later or elderly years - and each life stage covers a broad range of differential clinical topics. With this physical and manipulative therapy text, students will gain valuable insight into scenarios commonly encountered in clinical practice, while developing and refining their diagnostic skills. Cases include unsteadiness and vertigo in the elderly, fever in infancy and childhood, reproductive disturbances in women, and eating disorders, substance abuse and behavioural disturbances in adolescence. Over 35 experts from diverse fields have contributed to Cases in Differential Diagnosis for the Physical and Manipulative Therapies, which also boasts comprehensive appendices featuring abbreviations, orthopaedic tests and extra questions. As physical and manipulative therapists often find themselves in the role of the primary contact practitioner, it is imperative they are trained to identify underlying medical problems that may require referral to a medical practitioner. With this invaluable diagnostic resource they can do just that.

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