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Cold Warriors

The Navy's Engineering and Diving Support Unit

By: Roy R. Manstan

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Cold Warriors

The Navy's Engineering and Diving Support Unit

By: Roy R. Manstan

This is the story of a technological war. There was no ambiguity behind the phrase mutually assured destruction?nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them had become a reality. The atomic bomb brought Japan to the USS Missouri for the formal surrender on September 2, 1945; a date that marked the end of World War Two. But this date also signaled the beginning of the Cold War as the Soviet Union emerged from the shadows. There was no shot heard round the world; no Fort Sumter; no Pearl Harbor; only the threat of a mushroom cloud far worse than what Japan experienced. The Cold War remained cold because all the players aggressively pursued a strategy of deterrence aimed at keeping the opponents finger off the trigger. The people on the front lines and behind the scenes?the Cold Warriors on both sides?would come from the civilians who created the technology and the military that would be entrusted with its use. When tensions escalated, it was the Navy and the silent service that played a critical role. In Cold Warriors, the author describes a Navy laboratory in New London, Connecticut, populated with pioneers in submarine and antisubmarine warfare technology. Their mandate was to take the intellectual risks that would keep this country one step ahead of the Soviet Union. But ideas alone would not win the Cold War. The scientists relied on teams of field engineers whose willingness to take on physical risk would convert theory into reality. One of these groups was simply known as the divers. Beginning in the 1950s, the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory began sending a small number of its civilian staff?one or two each year?to train at one of the Navys diving schools. As the Laboratory in New London evolved into the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, that small team became the Engineering and Diving Support Unit. For more than a half-century, the divers would travel the world?this book is their story.

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1491869569

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Body Composition in Biological Anthropology

By: Roy J. Shephard,Roy F. Shephard

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Body Composition in Biological Anthropology

By: Roy J. Shephard,Roy F. Shephard

This volume provides a thought-provoking perspective on the empirical and analytic study of body form and composition. The techniques used for measuring body components such as fat, water, lean tissue, bone mass and bone density are evaluated against potential 'gold standards'.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521362679

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9780521362672

Borderline Personality Disorder

An evidence-based guide for generalist mental health professionals

By: Anthony W. Bateman,Roy Krawitz

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Borderline Personality Disorder

An evidence-based guide for generalist mental health professionals

By: Anthony W. Bateman,Roy Krawitz

Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in developing specialist psychosocial treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet the majority of people with BPD receive treatment within generalist mental health services, rather than specialist treatment centres. This is a book for general mental health professionals who treat people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It offers practical guidance on how to help people with BPD with advice based on research evidence. After a discussion of the symptoms of BPD, the authors review all the generalist treatment interventions that have resulted in good outcomes in randomised controlled trials, when compared with specialist treatments, and summarise the effective components of these interventions. The treatment strategies are organised into a structured approach called Structured Clinical Management (SCM), which can be delivered by general mental health professionals without extensive additional training. The heart of the book outlines the principles underpinning SCM and offers a step-by-step guide to the clinical intervention. Practitioners can learn the interventions easily and develop more confidence in treating people with BPD. In addition, a chapter is devoted to how to help families - an issue commonly neglected when treating patients with BPD. Finally the authors discuss the top 10 strategies for delivering treatment and outline how the general mental health clinician can deliver these strategies competently.

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OUP Oxford

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0191664766

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9780191664762

The Big Book of Reincarnation

Examining the Evidence that We Have All Lived Before

By: Roy Stemman

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The Big Book of Reincarnation

Examining the Evidence that We Have All Lived Before

By: Roy Stemman

IS DEATH THE FINAL CHAPTER? In The Big Book of Reincarnation, Roy Stemman attempts to answer one of the big questions of existence: Is death the end? Or, is it merely the end of a chapter in the book of existence? A self-described "skeptical believer," Stemman uses his skills as a professional journalist to perform an in-depth exploration of reincarnation. Using case studies, anecdotes, and physical evidence from the best-documented cases from around the world, Stemman shines a bright light on this subject, inviting readers to decide for themselves on the basis of facts, rather than on the basis of hearsay, speculation, and superstition. Stemman finds fascinating examples of evidence of reincarnation in the nightmares of a Louisiana bayou boy, the past-life recall of a renowned neurosurgeon, the research of a highly respected university professor, and the unique system of governance in the mountains of Tibet, to name just a few. He examines the lives of those affected by reincarnation, such as children who can actually remember their previous lives. Instead of shying away from the skeptics, Stemman evaluates their leading theories and compares them to the findings that he has accumulated throughout his global research. The Big Book of Reincarnation is thorough, well researched, engaging, and the most comprehensive book ever published on this fascinating subject.

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Hierophant Publishing

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1938289072

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Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada

By: Ronald Altig,Roy W. McDiarmid

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Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada

By: Ronald Altig,Roy W. McDiarmid

Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salamander larvae, and tadpoles; species accounts; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography. The taxonomic accounts include a summarization of the morphology and basic natural history, as well as an introduction to published information for each species. Tadpole mouthparts exhibit major characteristics used in identifications, and the book includes illustrations for a number of species. Color photographs of larvae of many species are also presented. Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada, written by the foremost experts on larval amphibians, is the first guide of its kind and will transform the fieldwork of scientists and fish and wildlife professionals.

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Cornell University Press

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080145607X

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9780801456077

Polymer Reference Book

By: Thomas Roy Crompton

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Polymer Reference Book

By: Thomas Roy Crompton

The aim of this book is to familiarise the reader with all aspects of the techniques used in the examination of polymers, covering chemical, physiochemical and purely physical methods of examination. The types of techniques available to the polymer chemist and technician are described, and their capabilities, limitations and applications are discussed. The book is intended, for all staff who are concerned with instrumentation and methodology in the polymer laboratory including laboratory designers, engineers and chemists, and also those concerned with the implementation of analytical specifications and process control limits.

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iSmithers Rapra Publishing

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1859574920

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9781859574928

Bayesian Psychometric Modeling

By: Roy Levy,Robert J. Mislevy

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Bayesian Psychometric Modeling

By: Roy Levy,Robert J. Mislevy

A Single Cohesive Framework of Tools and Procedures for Psychometrics and Assessment Bayesian Psychometric Modeling presents a unified Bayesian approach across traditionally separate families of psychometric models. It shows that Bayesian techniques, as alternatives to conventional approaches, offer distinct and profound advantages in achieving many goals of psychometrics. Adopting a Bayesian approach can aid in unifying seemingly disparate—and sometimes conflicting—ideas and activities in psychometrics. This book explains both how to perform psychometrics using Bayesian methods and why many of the activities in psychometrics align with Bayesian thinking. The first part of the book introduces foundational principles and statistical models, including conceptual issues, normal distribution models, Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation, and regression. Focusing more directly on psychometrics, the second part covers popular psychometric models, including classical test theory, factor analysis, item response theory, latent class analysis, and Bayesian networks. Throughout the book, procedures are illustrated using examples primarily from educational assessments. A supplementary website provides the datasets, WinBUGS code, R code, and Netica files used in the examples.

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CRC Press

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1439884684

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9781439884683

Calcutta Nights

By: Hemendra Kumar Roy

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Calcutta Nights

By: Hemendra Kumar Roy

Calcutta nights (Raater Kolkata) is the real-life story and memoir of the enigmatic ‘Meghnad Gupta’, pen name of famed Bengali fiction writer Hemendra Kumar Roy. Translated into English by Rajat Chaudhuri almost a century after the first publication of Raater Kolkata in 1923, Roy reveals to contemporary readers The darkest secrets of an earlier Calcutta. The first two decades of the last century, the backdrop for this book, were politically turbulent times. Those days, Calcutta, the erstwhile capital of British India, was teeming with people from different parts of the country besides Europeans and other foreigners. It was a city of sin, pleasure and suffering. Indians who arrived and settled here mingled with locals, some of them picking up dress, manners and the wanton lifestyles of the Bengali ‘Babu’, while others kept their identities intact. All this created a unique cosmopolitan setting, coloured with shades of debauchery, darkness and crime that this first-hand account brilliantly recounts. Written in an age very different from ours, certain views of the author could be jarring for the present times. However, these need to be tempered by the understanding of the sociopolitical contexts and the distance of a century separating us from Meghnad Gupta’s Calcutta. Calcutta nights is the hootum pyanchar naksha (published in 1862 and penned by kaliprasanna Sinha) of the early twentieth century, a book that will help anyone understand the contrasts and colours of a unique Indian metropolis.

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Niyogi Books

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9389136458

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9789389136456

The Ritz Brothers

The Films, Television Shows and Other Career Highlights of the Famous Comedy Trio

By: Roy Liebman

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The Ritz Brothers

The Films, Television Shows and Other Career Highlights of the Famous Comedy Trio

By: Roy Liebman

The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades. Today largely overlooked among the classic comedy pantheon, they have been acknowledged as inspirations by such comics as Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and Sid Caesar. This first full-length study of their work examines all the Ritz Brothers' feature films and short subjects 1934-1976, and their television appearances, with background information from the 20th Century-Fox archives. Contemporaneous and modern-day reviews and critiques are included.

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McFarland

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1476681368

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Human Factors in Healthcare

A Field Guide to Continuous Improvement

By: Avi Parush,Debi Parush,Roy Ilan

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Human Factors in Healthcare

A Field Guide to Continuous Improvement

By: Avi Parush,Debi Parush,Roy Ilan

Have you ever experienced the burden of an adverse event or a near-miss in healthcare and wished there was a way to mitigate it? This book walks you through a classic adverse event as a case study and shows you how. It is a practical guide to continuously improving your healthcare environment, processes, tools, and ultimate outcomes, through the discipline of human factors. Using this book, you as a healthcare professional can improve patient safety and quality of care. Adverse events are a major concern in healthcare today. As the complexity of healthcare increases-with technological advances and information overload-the field of human factors offers practical approaches to understand the situation, mitigate risk, and improve outcomes. The first part of this book presents a human factors conceptual framework, and the second part offers a systematic, pragmatic approach. Both the framework and the approach are employed to analyze and understand healthcare situations, both proactively-for constant improvement-and reactively-learning from adverse events. This book guides healthcare professionals through the process of mapping the environmental and human factors; assessing them in relation to the tasks each person performs; recognizing how gaps in the fit between human capabilities and the demands of the task in the environment have a ripple effect that increases risk; and drawing conclusions about what types of changes facilitate improvement and mitigate risk, thereby contributing to improved healthcare outcomes.

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1627059024

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9781627059022

Social Support, Health, and Illness

A Complicated Relationship

By: Ranjan Roy

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Social Support, Health, and Illness

A Complicated Relationship

By: Ranjan Roy

When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social Support, Health, and Illness is an up-to-date analysis of how social support can either help or hinder recovery for patients. A useful resource for clinical practitioners and researchers, Social Support, Health, and Illness addresses the effects of intimate support on a wide variety of medical and psychiatric conditions, including cancer, dementia, and chronic pain. Ranjan Roy uncovers the complexities underlying social support by tracing the concept's historical and theoretical development. Synthesizing insights from the latest research findings, Social Support, Health, and Illness offers a comprehensive look at the modifying and mitigating factors of intimacy on the outcomes of disease.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442640359

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9781442640351

Cairo to Damascus

By: John Roy Carlson

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Cairo to Damascus

By: John Roy Carlson

This rare book by John Roy Carlson gives an unconventional and detailed account of the war for Israel's independence. Carlson daringly goes undercover on all sides, and therefore provides a unique and captivating account of events. This book is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject.

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Read Books Ltd

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1447496957

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Physical Activity and Aging

Second Edition

By: Roy Shephard

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Physical Activity and Aging

Second Edition

By: Roy Shephard

In the late 1980s, the relationship between physical activity or exercise and aging was one of great contemporary interest. On the one hand there was a growing elderly population in industrialized societies seeking an active rather than a passive retirement, while on the other hand there was much current interest in the benefits to health of physical activity. The first edition of this book, published in 1978, was acknowledged as a major review of the field. In the years since its publication, however, there were many advances in our knowledge, made evident by the fact that this second edition, originally published in 1987, contains over 50 percent more references, 1840 in total. The author shows how far we can improve our adaptation to the aging process through an increase in personal fitness. Aimed at gerontologists, physicians in geriatric medicine and sports medicine, as well as other interested in human performance (for example, the physiologist, physical educator, ergonomist and physiotherapist), the book would remain a standard reference work on this subject for many years.

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Taylor & Francis

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104000816X

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9781040008164

Ocular Syndromes and Systemic Diseases

By: Frederick Hampton Roy

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Ocular Syndromes and Systemic Diseases

By: Frederick Hampton Roy

This new edition is a comprehensive guide to ocular syndromes and systemic diseases, for clinicians. Presented alphabetically for quick reference, the book covers over 1600 common and uncommon syndromes, systemic diseases and inherited disorders. General, clinical and ocular manifestations are described in depth for each disease or disorder, assisting clinicians in making an accurate diagnosis based on presentation and symptoms. Written by internationally recognised expert, Frederick Hampton Roy, the fifth edition has been fully updated to provide the most recent developments and thinking in the field. Key points Comprehensive guide to ocular syndromes and systemic diseases Presents alphabetically, more than 1600 common and uncommon disorders and diseases Written by internationally recognised expert, Frederick Hampton Roy Previous edition published in 2008

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JP Medical Ltd

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9350255200

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9789350255209

Year Book of Sports Medicine 2013

By: Roy J Shephard

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Year Book of Sports Medicine 2013

By: Roy J Shephard

The Year Book of Sports Medicine brings you abstracts of articles carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Editor-in-Chief Roy Shephard states: ". . . Not only does a team of top international experts select the very best articles from a bewildering plethora of recent information, but their expert critique of the individual papers allows readers to weigh their limitations and understand findings that can enhance their current medical practice." There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Topics include Epidemiology, Prevention of Injuries, Lesions of Head and Neck; Musculoskeletal Injuries; Biomechanics, Muscle Strength, and Training; Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Physiology, and Immune Function; Nutrition and Doping; and Special Considerations: Children, Women, the Elderly, and Special Populations. "The chief and associate editors of the book are highly knowledgeable scientific experts on this topic. Expert commentaries from the editors evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to sports medicine practice". Reviewed by: Ufuk Sekir, Medical School of Uludag University on behalf of the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine Date: July 2015

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455772909

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9781455772902

One Soul, Many Lives

First Hand Stories of Reincarnation and the Striking Evidence of Past Lives

By: Roy Stemman

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One Soul, Many Lives

First Hand Stories of Reincarnation and the Striking Evidence of Past Lives

By: Roy Stemman

Accounts and evidence of reincarnation from around the world presented in a clear and easy-to-follow journalistic style with a Ripley's-believe-it-or-not overtone that makes for a perspective changing read.

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Ulysses Press

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1569754691

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9781569754696

Handywork of the Trinity

The Structure, Forces, and Meaning of Reality

By: Roy Crase

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Handywork of the Trinity

The Structure, Forces, and Meaning of Reality

By: Roy Crase

It has been said that if you want to know what God is like, then look at the creation. This intriguing thesis will be examined. The numerous discoveries of science are like a picture puzzle scattered far and wide. Yet, if the physical, social, and philosophical sciences are considered in overview, the puzzle pieces are seen to interlock with wonderful clarity. From the smallest to the largest components, relationships, and concepts, they are readily classified in units of three. This structuring of reality is so pervasive at every level, that it boggles the imagination. This book explains in detail how the triadic design of nature is best understood as the unique Handiwork of the Trinity.

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iUniverse

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0595261043

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9780595261048

Theda Bara

Her Career, Life and Legend

By: Roy Liebman

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Theda Bara

Her Career, Life and Legend

By: Roy Liebman

Although a major star in the 1910s, Theda Bara--known as "The Vamp"--was largely neglected until the 1990s, when her fame began to resurface. Since then, there have been biographies, documentaries and other works that have brought the silent film actress back into the spotlight, including a painstaking stills reconstruction of her lost epic Cleopatra. This is a complete examination of Bara's more than 40 films, as well as her theater and radio appearances, down to the smallest detail. With the vast majority of Bara's films considered lost, it is a particularly valuable resource for fans and scholars, and includes information about each film's genesis, director, plot, censorship problems, and critical and public reactions. Also included is a biographical overview, with many illuminating anecdotes.

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McFarland

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1476650020

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9781476650029

The Struggle for Social Security, 1900–1935

By: Roy Lubove

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The Struggle for Social Security, 1900–1935

By: Roy Lubove

For the first one-third of the twentieth century, proposals for workmen's compensation, unemployment or health insurance, and widow's or old age pensions met steep resistance on the grounds that such programs would diminish the dignity of the individual. In this book, Roy Lubove examines the clash between the traditional American ethic of individualism and voluntarism and the push for an active government role in social welfare assistance, and the battles within the social security movement itself. He concludes his study with the actual legislative enactments of 1935 when, after the experience of the Great Depression, social insurance came into its own.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822974339

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9780822974338

Transition to Parenthood

By: Roudi Nazarinia Roy,Walter R. Schumm,Sonya L. Britt

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Transition to Parenthood

By: Roudi Nazarinia Roy,Walter R. Schumm,Sonya L. Britt

Transition to Parenthood moves beyond a one-study focus and captures multidisciplinary work on all families making the transition to parenthood. The book covers societal trends, changes, and most importantly expectations. Focus is also placed on how families are impacted by their surroundings and their individual members. Strengths and limitations of current theories are discussed, as well as how the phenomenon of parenthood requires a combination of both macro- and micro-level theories.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461477689

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9781461477686

To Burgundy and Back Again

A Tale of Wine, France, and Brotherhood

By: Roy Cloud

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To Burgundy and Back Again

A Tale of Wine, France, and Brotherhood

By: Roy Cloud

In To Burgundy and Back Again, Roy presents a richly evocative account of their journey—one replete with discovery, adventure, and poignant surprises. Written in the tradition of A Year in Provence and Sideways, this elegantly penned book will delight wine lovers and armchair travelers alike.

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0762769181

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