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The Fugitive's Properties

Law and the Poetics of Possession

By: Stephen M. Best

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The Fugitive's Properties

Law and the Poetics of Possession

By: Stephen M. Best

In this study of literature and law before and since the Civil War, Stephen M. Best shows how American conceptions of slavery, property, and the idea of the fugitive were profoundly interconnected. The Fugitive's Properties uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key nineteenth-century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrelsy and early race films. Best also argues that legal principles dealing with fugitives and indebted persons provided a sophisticated precursor to intellectual property law as it dealt with rights in appearance, expression, and other abstract aspects of personhood. In this conception of property as fleeting, indeed fugitive, American law preserved for much of the rest of the century slavery's most pressing legal imperative: the production of personhood as a market commodity. By revealing the paradoxes of this relationship between fugitive slave law and intellectual property law, Best helps us to understand how race achieved much of its force in the American cultural imagination. A work of ambitious scope and compelling cross-connections, The Fugitive's Properties sets new agendas for scholars of American literature and legal culture.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226241114

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9780226241111

Hands-on Palaeontology

A Practical Manual

By: Stephen K. Donovan

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Hands-on Palaeontology

A Practical Manual

By: Stephen K. Donovan

A comprehensible reference manual for palaeontologists on many aspects of their science. Topics discussed range from the esoteric, such as palaeoecology and preservation, to the practical, such as the storing of specimens and photography.

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Liverpool University Press

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1780466641

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9781780466644

DeLee & Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: Mark D. Miller,Stephen R. Thompson

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DeLee & Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: Mark D. Miller,Stephen R. Thompson

Indispensable for both surgeons and sports medicine physicians, DeLee, Drez, & Miller's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition, remains your go-to reference for all surgical, medical, rehabilitation and injury prevention aspects related to athletic injuries and chronic conditions. Authored by Mark D. Miller, MD and Stephen R. Thompson, MD, this 2-volume core resource provides detailed, up-to-date coverage of medical disorders that routinely interfere with athletic performance and return to play, providing the clinically focused information you need when managing athletes at any level. - Provides a unique balance of every relevant surgical technique along with extensive guidance on nonsurgical issues—making it an ideal reference for surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and others who provide care to athletes. - Offers expanded coverage of revision surgery, including revision ACL and revision rotator cuff surgery. - Features additional coverage of cartilage restoration procedures and meniscal transplantation. - Provides significant content on rehabilitation after injury, along with injury prevention protocols. - Includes access to a comprehensive video collection, with more than 100 videos new to this edition. - Retains key features such as coverage of both pediatric and aging athletes; a streamlined organization for quick reference; in-depth coverage of arthroscopic techniques; extensive references; levels of evidence at the end of each chapter; and "Author's Preferred Technique" sections. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323544746

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9780323544740

Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions E-Book

By: Joy Higgs,Mark A Jones,Stephen Loftus,Nicole Christensen

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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions E-Book

By: Joy Higgs,Mark A Jones,Stephen Loftus,Nicole Christensen

Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. Totally revised and updated, this book continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians develop their reasoning expertise. key chapters revised and updated nature of clinical reasoning sections have been expanded increase in emphasis on collaborative reasoning core model of clinical reasoning has been revised and updated

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702037672

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9780702037672

You'll Miss Me when I'm Gone

By: Stephen Roos

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You'll Miss Me when I'm Gone

By: Stephen Roos

Convinced that he is a rotten kid and disgusted that his father is still taking physical advantage of his mother even though they are now divorced, sixteen-year-old Marcus finds that a vodka bottle is the only thing to get him through one horrible day to another.

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Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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0385296339

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9780385296335

Morphogenesis

An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form: An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form

By: Edward F. Rossomando,Stephen Alexander

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Morphogenesis

An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form: An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form

By: Edward F. Rossomando,Stephen Alexander

An integrated reference which could form the basis for advanced courses on development or become a resource for individuals teaching basic courses. Following an introduction by the volume editors, the 11 chapters represent 11 different systems, arranged phylogenetically, beginning with prokaryotic s

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CRC Press

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082478667X

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The Queen of Lace

The Story of the Continental-Life Building

By: Stephen L. Trampe

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The Queen of Lace

The Story of the Continental-Life Building

By: Stephen L. Trampe

The story of the landmark St. Louis skyscraper, the Continental-Life, built in classic art-deco style in the 1920s. The story of the building's birth, by an Arkansas business tycoon, the million-dollar bank robbery within its walls and the building's deterioration and eventual rebirth.

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Virginia Publishing

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1891442244

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Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities

Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions

By: Stephen B. Richards,Michael P. Brady,Ronald L. Taylor

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Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities

Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions

By: Stephen B. Richards,Michael P. Brady,Ronald L. Taylor

Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussions of the validated instructional approaches in the field today. Features include: A companion website that offers students and instructors learning objectives, additional activities, discussion outlines, and practice tests for each chapter of the book An up-to-date volume that reflects the terminology and criteria of the DSM-V and is aligned with the current CEC standards Teaching Applications: presents the strongest coverage available in any introductory text on instructional issues and applications for teaching students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities A unique chapter on "Future Issues" that explores the philosophical, social, legal, medical, educational, and personal issues that professionals and people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities face This comprehensive and current introductory textbook is ideally suited for introductory or methods courses related to cognitive and intellectual disabilities.

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Routledge

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1135049270

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9781135049270

Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

By: Stephen Matthew Jackson,Stephen Jackson,Colin Groves

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Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

By: Stephen Matthew Jackson,Stephen Jackson,Colin Groves

Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian mammals undertaken to date. It proposes significant changes to the higher ranks of a number of groups and recognises several genera and species that have only very recently been identified as distinct. This easy to use reference also includes a complete listing of all species, subspecies and synonyms for all of Australia’s mammals, both native and introduced as well as terrestrial and marine. This book lays a foundation for future taxonomic work and identifies areas where taxonomic studies should be targeted, not only at the species and subspecies level but also broader phylogenetic relationships. This work will be an essential reference for students, scientists, wildlife managers and those interested in the science of taxonomy.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486300138

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DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: Mark D. Miller,Stephen R. Thompson

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DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: Mark D. Miller,Stephen R. Thompson

Here's the New Edition of the must-have reference in sports medicine! Covering all athletes throughout their lifespan, this 2-volume reference explores the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of sports-related injuries and medical disorders. It provides the most clinically focused, comprehensive guidance available in any single source, with contributions from the most respected authorities in the field. Thoroughly revised and updated, you’ll find state-of-the-art coverage in an all-new full-color format and access to the complete contents online, with video clips and more! Encompasses imaging techniques, the management of both adult and child/adolescent injuries, and sports-related fractures to help you meet for every clinical challenge. Includes coverage of important non-orthopaedic conditions in the management of the athlete for a complete guide to treatment. Integrates coverage of pediatric and aging athletes to help you meet the unique needs of these patients. Covers rehabilitation and other therapeutic modalities in the context of return to play. lDelivers new and expanded coverage of arthroscopic techniques, including ACL reconstruction, allograft cartilage transplantation, rotator cuff repair, and complications in athletes, as well as injury prevention, nutrition, pharmacology, and psychology in sports. Offers unprecedented reference power with access to the full text online, with links to PubMed, an image library, self-assessment material, and more. Includes video clips demonstrating arthroscopic and open surgical techniques on the website to enhance your mastery of essential skills. Offers a new full-color design and format including over 3000 superb illustrations, intraoperative and clinical photos, and boxed and color-coded text features to clarify key concepts, diagnostic landmarks, and operative techniques.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437721710

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9781437721713

The Pygmalion Project

The Idealist

By: Stephen Montgomery

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The Pygmalion Project

The Idealist

By: Stephen Montgomery

The third part of Dr. Stephen Montgomery's quartet on love and coercion among the types focuses on the Idealists (NF) intense, highly intuitive, temperament. Learn how the Idealists search for ideal love, longing to find the perfect "soul mate" with whom they can share their inner lives. Montgomery has selected characters in the pages of D.H. Lawrence, Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Bronte, E.M. Forester, and several other authors. More significantly, read about the Idealist's special gift for what Professor Keirsey calls the Pygmalion Project, that need in all of us to sculpt our loved ones into copies of ourselves.

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0960695494

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Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care

An Evidence-Based Handbook

By: John E. Arbo,Stephen J. Ruoss,Geoffrey K. Lighthall,Michael P. Jones

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Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care

An Evidence-Based Handbook

By: John E. Arbo,Stephen J. Ruoss,Geoffrey K. Lighthall,Michael P. Jones

Looking for a brief but authoritative resource to help you manage the types of complex cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological emergencies you encounter as a resident or attending emergency room physician? Look no further than Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Handbook. This portable guide to rational clinical decision-making in the challenging – and changing – world of emergency critical care provides in every chapter a streamlined review of a common problem in critical care medicine, along with evidence-based guidelines and summary tables of landmark literature. Features Prepare for effective critical care practice in the emergency room’s often chaotic and resource-limited environment with expert guidance from fellows and attending physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, and neurocritical care. Master critical care fundamentals as experts guide you through the initial resuscitation and the continued management of critical care patients during their first 24 hours of intensive care. Confidently make sustained, data-driven decisions for the critically ill patient using expert information on everything from hemodynamic monitoring and critical care ultrasonography to sepsis and septic shock to the ED-ICU transfer of care.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469884992

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9781469884998

The Rookie

An Odyssey through Chess (and Life)

By: Stephen Moss

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The Rookie

An Odyssey through Chess (and Life)

By: Stephen Moss

Chess was invented more than 1,500 years ago, and is played in every country in the world. Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries, and unlock the secret of its enduring appeal. What, he asks, is the essence of chess? And what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty, accessible style that will delight newcomers and irritate purists, Moss imagines the world as a board and marches across it, offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters – 64 of course being the number of squares on the chessboard. He alternates between “black” chapters – where he plays, largely uncomprehendingly, in tournaments – and “white” chapters, where he seeks advice from the current crop of grandmasters and delves into the lives of great players of the past. It is both a history of the game and a kind of “Zen and the Art of Chess”; a practical guide and a self-help book: Moss's quest to understand chess and become a better player is really an attempt to escape a lifetime of dilettantism. He wants to become an expert at one thing. What will be the consequences when he realises he is doomed to fail? Moss travels to Russia and the US – hotbeds of chess throughout the 20th century; meets people who knew Bobby Fischer when he was growing up and tries to unravel the enigma of that tortured genius who died in 2008 at the inevitable age of 64; meets Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen, world champions past and present; and keeps bumping into Armenian superstar Levon Aronian in the gents at tournaments. He becomes champion of Surrey, wins tournaments in Chester and Bury St Edmunds, and holds his own at the famous event in the Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee (until a last-round meltdown), but too often he is beaten by precocious 10-year-olds and finds it hard to resist the urge to punch them. He looks for spiritual fulfilment in the game, but mostly finds mental torture.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408189712

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9781408189719

Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

By: Joy Higgs,Mark A Jones,Stephen Loftus, PhD, MSc, BDS,Nicole Christensen

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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

By: Joy Higgs,Mark A Jones,Stephen Loftus, PhD, MSc, BDS,Nicole Christensen

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0750688858

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9780750688857

Bioethics

A Philosophical Introduction

By: Stephen Holland

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Bioethics

A Philosophical Introduction

By: Stephen Holland

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Holland engages with debates ranging from the more familiar such as euthanasia, advance decisions to refuse treatment, and new reproductive technologies to the philosophical implications of recent developments in genetics, including prenatal genetic therapy, genetic enhancement and human cloning. The book is built around four crucial themes. The first is moral status: what are the implications of the moral status of human embryos or animals for our biomedical practices? The second theme life, death and killing looks at the ethics of ending, or failing to lengthen, human life. Holland then explores various questions of personal identity raised in contemporary bioethical debates. Finally, he presents and develops a version of the argument from nature which continues to be influential in bioethics in order to make sense of the objection that some biomedical innovations are unnatural. Structuring the discussions in this way creates an engaging introduction to bioethics that is an ideal textbook for students, whilst offering much to stimulate colleagues in the field. This second edition has been thoroughly and comprehensively updated to reflect the most recent advances in bioethics, and includes an entirely new chapter on the ethical treatment of patients in the minimally conscious state.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745690637

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9780745690636

Silent Partner

By: Stephen Frey,Stephen W. Frey

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Silent Partner

By: Stephen Frey,Stephen W. Frey

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Trust Fund" and "The Day Trader" comes this masterful thriller of money, power, and murder--and of a new technology that allows banks to practice a deadly game of industrialized racism.

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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0345443276

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9780345443274

Blind Murder

By: Stephen G. Collier

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Blind Murder

By: Stephen G. Collier

Bingham Tyler is a PSYCHOPATH.... Bingham Tyler wants Jim Kingsfield DEAD... Bingham Tyler seeks his REVENGE.... In 1994 a woman is found stabbed to death on a Northampton council estate by probationary PC Jim Kingsfield - his first murder. Eighteen years later, Detective Inspector Jim Kingsfield, now married to forensic pathologist Kirsty, is unaware that he and his wife are being targeted by Bingham who's lust for revenge will have explosive and life changing consequences for them all. Jake Jordan is a traffic cop thrown into this revenge fuelled mix, putting his job to the test while his marriage falls apart.

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New Generation Publishing

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1910394327

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9781910394328

I, Sniper

A Bob Lee Swagger Novel

By: Stephen Hunter

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I, Sniper

A Bob Lee Swagger Novel

By: Stephen Hunter

The explosive New York Times bestseller by Stephen Hunter that sends ex-Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger into the thick of an FBI investigation and features some of the greatest gunfights ever to grace the page. It takes a seasoned killer… Four famed ‘60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. All the evidence—timeline, ballistics, forensics, motive, means, and opportunity—points to Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock. Even his suicide. The case is almost too perfect. …to hunt one. Recruited by the FBI to examine the data, retired Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger penetrates the new technology of the secretive sniper world to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy run by his most ruthless adversary yet—a marksman whose keen intellect and pinpoint accuracy rival his own. But when the enemy and his deadly henchmen mistake Bob for the hunted, it’s clear that some situations call for a good man with a gun…and the guts to use it.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416566163

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9781416566168

Dark Against the Sky

A Climbing Boy's Story

By: Stephen B. Hauge

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Dark Against the Sky

A Climbing Boy's Story

By: Stephen B. Hauge

Dark Against the Sky is the story of a band climbing boys in London in 1834. The arc of their adventures follows the main character, Tommy, as he struggles to find and be re-united with his father, faces the daily challenges of life as a climbing boy ruled by callous master sweeps, and interacts enjoyable with friends and street folk. Though his story is often darkened by his work an the period, it is brightened and ultimately redeemed by his growth in his journey and the humanity he shares with his band of brothers.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524532797

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9781524532796

Disaster and Trauma, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

By: Stephen J Cozza

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Disaster and Trauma, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

By: Stephen J Cozza

An overview of childhood traumatic exposures and their impact for health care providers - child and adolescent psychiatrists, general psychiatrists, other pediatric behavioral health providers and primary care clinicians - is presented. Most clinicians are unaware that children in the United States are exposed to trauma frequently, either as a single occurrence, or through repeated events. These exposures result in neurobiological, developmental and clinical sequelae that can undermine children's health and well-being. This issue describes the multiple types of traumatic exposures and their sequelae, methods of screening and assessment, and principles of effective prevention and clinical treatment. The volume highlights areas of particular relevance to children, such as natural disasters, war, domestic violence, school and community violence, sexual victimization, and complex trauma. Each is differentiated as a unique trauma, requiring trauma-informed systems of care to effectively meet the needs of the exposed population. Since traumatic exposure results in added risk to child well-being, the third section of the volume describes strategies for primary prevention (e.g. violence prevention) and risk mitigation (e.g. skill and resilience building strategies), as well as reviews evidence based treatments for trauma-induced clinical disorders.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323289924

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9780323289924

The Weird 100

By: Stephen J. Spignesi

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The Weird 100

By: Stephen J. Spignesi

Have you ever wondered about the force behind a Ouiji board? What about the authenticity of telekinesis or remote viewing? Do you find levitation mystifying? Throughout history inexplicable phenomena like these have fascinated the world. Here, Stephen J. Spignesi, author of 100 Greatest Disasters of All Time, compiles a list of the most well-known paranormal phenomena. Each chapter is introduced with the definition of the phenomenon, a summary of the main arguments supporting and refuting the paranormal validity of the phenomenon, an assessment and the evidence.

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0806525231

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9780806525235

The Tenth Muse

A Modern Myth

By: Lily G. Stephen

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The Tenth Muse

A Modern Myth

By: Lily G. Stephen

In a modern mythological tale that crosses apparent boundaries of reality and illusion, The Tenth Muse portrays the developing years of Opal Courtright, a child of Planet Earth, and Sapphire Deland of Planet Zamora." (Book jacket).

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0971265909

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