Steven Gillis's Books

Temporary People

A Fable

By: Steven Gillis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Revolution rocks and rolls. An ex-tv star seizes power and tries to turn daily life into an endless film. Temporary People is a political fable of the first order. Set on the island of Bamerita, a country whose, history is like the rim of a whee...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

ReadHowYouWant.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1458778479

ISBN 13

9781458778475

Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management

By: Steven E. Franklin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management

By: Steven E. Franklin

As remote sensing data and methods have become increasingly complex and varied - and increasingly reliable - so have their uses in forest management. New algorithms have been developed in virtually every aspect of image analysis, from classification to enhancements to estimating parameters. Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management reviews t

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

425

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1420032852

ISBN 13

9781420032857

Destruction By Design

How America's Leadership and Citizens are Systematically Destroying the United States

By: Steven Owlett, EdD

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Destruction By Design

How America's Leadership and Citizens are Systematically Destroying the United States

By: Steven Owlett, EdD

On the precipice of global upheaval, this book delves into the systemic forces threatening our way of life. From the erosion of public trust to the escalating climate crisis, from the psychological grip of social media to the economic stranglehold of debt, it paints a stark picture of a world teetering on the edge of chaos. But amidst the destruction, glimmerings of hope emerge. Systems thinking and complex adaptive approaches offer tools to navigate the ever-changing landscape. Insights from ancient wisdom like Sun Tzu's Art of War and historical giants like the Roman Empire provide lessons for resilience and adaptation. Modern advancements in science and technology, from CRISPR to AI, hold the potential for both profound destruction and unimaginable progress. The book's core lies in confronting the critical issues of our time: The erosion of trust, the breakdown of systems, threats to individual well-being, and the looming environmental and economic crises. Through a balanced exploration of diverse viewpoints, from skeptics to activists, the book equips readers with the tools to form informed opinions. It challenges readers to examine the world around them critically, break free from echo chambers, and develop informed perspectives on the most pressing issues of our time. Ultimately, this book is a call to action. It urges us to embrace systems thinking and diverse perspectives and actively participate in shaping our future. By understanding the complex forces at play and harnessing the power of innovative solutions, we can navigate the chaos and build a more resilient, just, and sustainable world for ourselves and future generations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Page Publishing Inc

Published Date

ISBN 13

9798893150872

Baby Face Nelson

Portrait of a Public Enemy

By: Steven Nickel,William J. Helmer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Baby Face Nelson

Portrait of a Public Enemy

By: Steven Nickel,William J. Helmer

Using new information that comes from the formerly classified files of the FBI, this book tells the full story of the remarkable criminal career of Baby Face Nelson. Illustrations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

444

Publisher

Cumberland House Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1581822723

ISBN 13

9781581822724

Marvel's Black Panther

A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates

By: Todd Steven Burroughs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Marvel's Black Panther

A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates

By: Todd Steven Burroughs

Created by Marvel Comics Legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, The Black Panther is considered the first Black superhero in American mainstream comics. Through a textual analysis, this book narrates the history of the character from his first appearance in 1966—the same year, the Black Panther Party was formed in Oakland, California—through Ta-Nehisi Coates’ version in 2015. It tells the story of how Black and white writers envisioned the character between those years, as a Patrice Lumumba to a Sidney Poitier to a Nelson Mandela to a hip-hop cool to a reflective, 21st century king. Along the way, the limitations of white liberalism and the boundless nature of the Black imagination are revealed. Marvel's Black Panther is the first textual study of a superhero comic book character, examining its writers and the stories they have created over a fifty year period.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

218

Publisher

Diasporic Africa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1937306658

ISBN 13

9781937306656

Understanding Acoustics

An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration

By: Steven L. Garrett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Acoustics

An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration

By: Steven L. Garrett

This open access textbook, like Rayleigh’s classic Theory of Sound, focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly distinguish complex variables, and there is a new section on radiation from an unbaffled piston. Drawing on over 40 years of teaching experience at UCLA, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Penn State, the author presents a uniform methodology, based on hydrodynamic fundamentals for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation that can accommodate dissipative mechanisms and geometrically-complex media. Five chapters on vibration and elastic waves highlight modern applications, including viscoelasticity and resonance techniques for measurement of elastic moduli, while introducing analytical techniques and approximation strategies that are revisited in nine subsequent chapters describing all aspects of generation, transmission, scattering, and reception of waves in fluids. Problems integrate multiple concepts, and several include experimental data to provide experience in choosing optimal strategies for extraction of experimental results and their uncertainties. Fundamental physical principles that do not ordinarily appear in other acoustics textbooks, like adiabatic invariance, similitude, the Kramers-Kronig relations, and the equipartition theorem, are shown to provide independent tests of results obtained from numerical solutions, commercial software, and simulations. Thanks to the Veneklasen Research Foundation, this popular textbook is now open access, making the e-book available for free download worldwide. Provides graduate-level treatment of acoustics and vibration suitable for use in courses, for self-study, and as a reference Highlights fundamental physical principles that can provide independent tests of the validity of numerical solutions, commercial software, and computer simulations Demonstrates approximation techniques that greatly simplify the mathematics without a substantial decrease in accuracy Incorporates a hydrodynamic approach to the acoustics of sound in fluids that provides a uniform methodology for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation Emphasizes actual applications as examples of topics explained in the text Includes realistic end-of-chapter problems, some including experimental data, as well as a Solutions Manual for instructors. Features “Talk Like an Acoustician“ boxes to highlight key terms introduced in the text.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

811

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030447871

ISBN 13

9783030447878

Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Building an Essential Movie Collection-With Information on the Best DVD Extras, Supplements and Special Features-and the Best DVDs for Kids

By: Steven H. Scheuer,Alida Brill-Scheuer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Building an Essential Movie Collection-With Information on the Best DVD Extras, Supplements and Special Features-and the Best DVDs for Kids

By: Steven H. Scheuer,Alida Brill-Scheuer

Citizen Kane • Boogie Nights • Sunset Boulevard • My Fair Lady • Almost Famous • Jaws • A Hard Day's Night • Lord of the Rings • Monsoon Wedding • Apocalypse Now Redux • Moulin Rouge • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • A Beautiful Mind • Shakespeare in Love THEY'RE NOT JUST MOVIES ANYMORE. THEY'RE DVDs. Supplements...special collector's edition...extras...Words that set the heart pounding of every DVD lover. But how do you decide which DVDs to buy? Where do you begin collecting? Which special features are really special? What commentaries are informative or entertaining? Which disks are worth your time and money? Here at last is the portable, one-of-a-kind DVD buyer's guide -- from veteran film and television critics Steven H. Scheuer and Alida Brill-Scheuer. Director/star/crew audio commentaries • Outtakes • Filmographies and biographies • Alternate takes, music, and endings • Celebrity interviews • Deleted scenes • Trailers • Lost footage • Hidden features and Easter eggs • Animated menus • Production notes • Storyboards • Promotional art • DVD-rom extras • Behind-the-scenes footage • Screenplays • Souvenir booklets • and a special afterword on the best DVDs for kids

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

404

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1416585532

ISBN 13

9781416585534

Principles of Cardiac Toxicology

By: Steven I. Baskin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Principles of Cardiac Toxicology

By: Steven I. Baskin

What chemicals are poisonous to the heart and why are they toxic? Find out by reading Principles of Cardiac Toxicology. Certain chemicals can produce toxicity by interacting with elements of the cardiovascular system. This book presents the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and pathological basis for this interaction and describes the

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

714

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439805369

ISBN 13

9781439805367

Sky and Ocean Joined

The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000

By: Steven J. Dick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sky and Ocean Joined

The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000

By: Steven J. Dick

As one of the oldest scientific institutions in the United States, the US Naval Observatory has a rich and colourful history. This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the United States to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of a second per day. It is a story of the history of technology, in the form of telescopes, lenses, detectors, calculators, clocks and computers over 170 years. It describes how one scientific institution under government and military patronage has contributed, through all the vagaries of history, to almost two centuries of unparalleled progress in astronomy. Sky and Ocean Joined will appeal to historians of science, technology, scientific institutions and American science, as well as astronomers, meteorologists and physicists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

636

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521815991

ISBN 13

9780521815994

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology E-Book

By: Richard A. Polin,Steven H. Abman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology E-Book

By: Richard A. Polin,Steven H. Abman

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, edited by Drs. Polin, Fox, and Abman, focuses on physiologic developments of the fetus and newborn and their impact on the clinical practice of neonatology. A must for practice, this 4th edition brings you the latest information on genetic therapy, intrauterine infections, brain protection and neuroimaging, and much more. Gain a comprehensive, state-of-the-art understanding of normal and abnormal physiology, and its relationship to disease in the fetus and newborn premature infant, from Dr. Richard Polin and other acknowledged worldwide leaders in the field. Understand the implications of fetal and neonatal physiology through chapters devoted to clinical correlation. Apply the latest insights on genetic therapy, intrauterine infections, brain protection and neuroimaging, and much more. Effectively manage the consequences of intrauterine infections with three new chapters covering intrauterine infection and preterm birth, intrauterine infection and brain injury, and intrauterine infection and chronic lung disease.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2202

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

143773636X

ISBN 13

9781437736366

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Richard A. Polin,William W. Fox,Steven H. Abman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Richard A. Polin,William W. Fox,Steven H. Abman

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, edited by Drs. Polin, Fox, and Abman, focuses on physiologic developments of the fetus and newborn and their impact on the clinical practice of neonatology. A must for practice, this 4th edition brings you the latest information on genetic therapy, intrauterine infections, brain protection and neuroimaging, and much more. You'll also have easy access to the complete contents and illustrations online at expertconsult.com. Gain a comprehensive, state-of-the-art understanding of normal and abnormal physiology, and its relationship to disease in the fetus and newborn premature infant, from Dr. Richard Polin and other acknowledged worldwide leaders in the field. Understand the implications of fetal and neonatal physiology through chapters devoted to clinical correlation. Apply the latest insights on genetic therapy, intrauterine infections, brain protection and neuroimaging, and much more. Effectively manage the consequences of intrauterine infections with three new chapters covering intrauterine infection and preterm birth, intrauterine infection and brain injury, and intrauterine infection and chronic lung disease. Access the complete contents and illustrations online at expertconsult.com - fully searchable! Get the latest developments and a full understanding of the distinct physiology of the fetus and newborn so you can treat and manage sick newborns and preemies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2213

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

141603479X

ISBN 13

9781416034797

Bonita

By: Steven Schoenherr,Mary E. Oswell,Bonita Museum and Cultural Center

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bonita

By: Steven Schoenherr,Mary E. Oswell,Bonita Museum and Cultural Center

The small rural community of Bonita is nestled in the fertile valley of the Sweetwater River. For over a century, families from nearby San Diego and Chula Vista have built secluded homes on large lots carved from the pioneer ranches that emerged in the 1870s on Rancho de la Nacion. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. and the Marstons and Allens built homes designed by architects such as Irving Gill and William S. Hebbard. They relished the rural equestrian lifestyle of their valley, and resisted the modernization that began after World War II with highways, shopping centers, and subdivisions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

132

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439623198

ISBN 13

9781439623190

French Opera at the Fin de Siècle

By: Steven Huebner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

French Opera at the Fin de Siècle

By: Steven Huebner

This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgré lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199719926

ISBN 13

9780199719921

The American Civil War

A Handbook of Literature and Research

By: Steven E. Woodworth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The American Civil War

A Handbook of Literature and Research

By: Steven E. Woodworth

The single most important volume for anyone interested in the Civil War to own and consult. (From the foreword by James M. McPherson) The first guide to Civil War literature to appear in nearly 30 years, this book provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and informative survey and analysis of the vast body of Civil War literature. More than 40 essays, each by a specialist in a particular subfield of Civil War history, offer unmatched thoroughness and discerning assessments of each work's value. The essays cover every aspect of the war from strategy, tactics, and battles to logistics, intelligence, supply, and prisoner-of-war camps, from generals and admirals to the men in the ranks, from the Atlantic to the Far West, from fighting fronts to the home front. Some sections cover civilian leaders, the economy, and foreign policy, while others deal with the causes of war and aspects of Reconstruction, including the African-American experience during and after the war. Breadth of topics is matched by breadth of genres covered. Essays discuss surveys of the war, general reference works, published and unpublished papers, diaries and letters, as well as the vast body of monographic literature, including books, dissertations, and articles. Genealogical sources, historical fiction, and video and audio recordings also receive attention. Students of the American Civil War will find this work an indispensable gateway and guide to the enormous body of information on America's pivotal experience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

769

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313008302

ISBN 13

9780313008306

Infectious Diseases E-Book

By: Jonathan Cohen,William G Powderly,Steven M. Opal

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Infectious Diseases E-Book

By: Jonathan Cohen,William G Powderly,Steven M. Opal

Drs. Cohen, Powderly and Opal, three of the most-respected names in infectious disease medicine, lead a diverse team of international contributors to bring you the latest knowledge and best practices. Extensively updated, the fourth edition includes brand-new information on advances in diagnosis of infection; Hepatitis C; managing resistant bacterial infections; and many other timely topics. An abundance of photographs and illustrations; a practical, clinically-focused style; highly-templated organization; and robust interactive content combine to make this clinician-friendly resource the fastest and best place to find all of the authoritative, current information you need. - Hundreds of full-color photographs and figures provide unparalleled visual guidance. - Consistent chapter organization and colorful layouts make for quick searches. - Clinically-focused guidance from "Practice Points" demonstrates how to diagnose and treat complicated problems encountered in practice. - The "Syndromes by Body System", "HIV and AIDS", and "International Medicine" sections are designed to reflect how practicing specialists think when faced with a patient. - Sweeping updates include new or revised chapters on: - Hepatitis C and antivirals - Fungal infection and newer antifungals - Microbiome and infectious diseases as well as advances in diagnosis of infection; Clostridium difficile epidemiology; infection control in the ICU setting; Chlamydia trachomatis infection; acquired syndromes associated with autoantibodies to cytokines;; management of multidrug resistant pathogens; probiotics, polymyxins, and the pathway to developing new antibiotics - HIV including HIV and aging, antiretroviral therapy in developing countries, and cure for HIV. - Online Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics mannequin, as well an all new HIV medicine mannequin are a useful visual source of treatment information

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1283

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

070206338X

ISBN 13

9780702063381

Mortain 1944

Hitler’s Normandy Panzer offensive

By: Steven J. Zaloga

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mortain 1944

Hitler’s Normandy Panzer offensive

By: Steven J. Zaloga

Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Lüttich. The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army sector, cutting off its spearheads, and finally reach Avranches on the coast. Had this succeeded, it not only would have cut off the First US Army spearheads, but also Patton's newly deployed Third US Army operating in Brittany. However, thanks to an intercepted radio message, the Allies were well-prepared for the offensive and not only repelled the oncoming panzers, but went on a counter-attack that would lead to a whole German army becoming encircled in the Falaise Pocket. Fully illustrated with stunning full-colour artwork, this book tells the story of Operation Lüttich, the failed offensive which ended any prospect of Germany winning the battle of Normandy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472832515

ISBN 13

9781472832511

Hollywood Left and Right

How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics

By: Steven J. Ross

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hollywood Left and Right

How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics

By: Steven J. Ross

In Hollywood Left and Right, Steven J. Ross tells a story that has escaped public attention: the emergence of Hollywood as a vital center of political life and the important role that movie stars have played in shaping the course of American politics. Ever since the film industry relocated to Hollywood early in the twentieth century, it has had an outsized influence on American politics. Through compelling larger-than-life figures in American cinema--Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward G. Robinson, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Charlton Heston, Warren Beatty, and Arnold Schwarzenegger--Hollywood Left and Right reveals how the film industry's engagement in politics has been longer, deeper, and more varied than most people would imagine. As shown in alternating chapters, the Left and the Right each gained ascendancy in Tinseltown at different times. From Chaplin, whose movies almost always displayed his leftist convictions, to Schwarzenegger's nearly seamless transition from action blockbusters to the California governor's mansion, Steven J. Ross traces the intersection of Hollywood and political activism from the early twentieth century to the present. Hollywood Left and Right challenges the commonly held belief that Hollywood has always been a bastion of liberalism. The real story, as Ross shows in this passionate and entertaining work, is far more complicated. First, Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism. Second, and most surprising, while the Hollywood Left was usually more vocal and visible, the Right had a greater impact on American political life, capturing a senate seat (Murphy), a governorship (Schwarzenegger), and the ultimate achievement, the Presidency (Reagan).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

513

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199720487

ISBN 13

9780199720484

Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology

Annual Advances in Oncology

By: Vincent T. DeVita Jr.,Theodore Lawrence,Steven A. Rosenberg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology

Annual Advances in Oncology

By: Vincent T. DeVita Jr.,Theodore Lawrence,Steven A. Rosenberg

Announcing the second volume of DeVita, Lawrence and Rosenberg's groundbreaking series, Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology—Annual Advances in Oncology. This series of annual volumes focuses on the most significant changes in oncologic research and practice that have taken place during the preceding year. Each volume identifies scientific and clinical areas in oncology that are rapidly changing and show a high potential for affecting the management of cancer patients in the future. These areas may reflect current controversies in oncology and every effort is made to provide clear direction for the practicing oncologist.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1494

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1451180748

ISBN 13

9781451180749

Biomechanics of Injury

By: Ronald F. Zernicke,Steven P. Broglio,William C. Whiting

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Biomechanics of Injury

By: Ronald F. Zernicke,Steven P. Broglio,William C. Whiting

Biomechanics of Injury, Third Edition, explains the biomechanical principles of injury and how injuries affect the normal function of human anatomy. With a clear, accessible writing style and nearly 400 full-color photos and anatomy illustrations, it guides readers through the mechanical concepts of injuries without a heavy emphasis on mathematics. Previously titled Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, this third edition expands coverage of injuries beyond those of the musculoskeletal system to include the head, neck, and spine. Joining noted biomechanists Ronald Zernicke and William Whiting is concussion expert and athletic trainer Steven Broglio, who offers insights on head trauma and other neurological injuries. Unique in its evaluation of and appreciation for the intricacies of injury mechanisms, Biomechanics of Injury, Third Edition, comprehensively examines these issues: The mechanical aspects of injury and the concept of injury as a stimulus for beneficial tissue adaptations The effects of injury on the normal function of the human anatomy and joint mechanics Mechanical parameters such as force, stress and strain, stiffness, and elasticity and their application to tissue mechanics and injury How connective tissues respond to mechanical loading and how those tissues are studied to quantify their mechanical behavior Factors such as age, gender, nutrition, and exercise, with an emphasis on how lifestyle choices might lessen the chance or severity of injury How the principles of mechanical load and overload, use and overuse, level and progression of injury, and the many contributory factors involved in injury combine to form a backdrop for viewing specific injuries Updated sidebars present a detailed analysis of anterior cruciate ligament injuries, rotator cuff pathologies, and concussion. In addition, the text discusses topics of current concern such as falls in older populations, throwing-related rotator cuff pathologies, and youth injuries from carrying backpacks. Biomechanics of Injury, Third Edition, also employs learning aids to help readers understand and retain information. Objectives at the start of each chapter highlight the main concepts. Key terms appear in bold in the text and are defined in the glossary. Key Points at the end of each chapter summarize central concepts. Questions to Consider appear at the end of each chapter to test readers’ understanding and ability to apply the information presented. Updated Suggested Readings are included at the end of each chapter for readers who wish to dive deeper into selected topics. Knowledge of the biological responses of tissues to mechanical loading improves our understanding of injury and its consequences. Biomechanics of Injury, Third Edition, will enable students and health professionals to reduce the likelihood that clients, patients, or athletes will experience painful and debilitating physical injury.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

361

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1718201605

ISBN 13

9781718201606

Respiratory Biology of Animals

Evolutionary and Functional Morphology

By: Steven F. Perry,Markus Lambertz,Anke Schmitz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Respiratory Biology of Animals

Evolutionary and Functional Morphology

By: Steven F. Perry,Markus Lambertz,Anke Schmitz

This book discusses aerobic metabolism at all levels, from the gas exchange organs to mitochondria including aspects of morphology and physiology as well as the control of breathing in the central nervous system.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

249

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199238464

ISBN 13

9780199238460

Pier 21

A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pier 21

A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after service overseas during the Second World War. In the immediate postwar period, Pier 21 became the busiest ocean port of entry in the country. Today, people across Canada still enjoy connections to Pier 21 through family history and stories of arrival at the site. Since 1998, researchers at the Pier 21 Interpretive Centre and now the Canadian Museum of Immigration have been conducting interviews, reviewing archival materials, gathering written stories, and acquiring photographs, documents, and other objects reflecting the history of Pier 21. Pier 21: A History builds upon the resulting collection. It presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration. Published in English. Also available in French: Quai 21: Une histoire.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

278

Publisher

University of Ottawa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0776631373

ISBN 13

9780776631370

The Politics of Trade in Latin American Development

By: Steven E. Sanderson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Politics of Trade in Latin American Development

By: Steven E. Sanderson

In this innovative synthesis and reconstruction of the role of trade in Latin American development, the author asks what have been the political terms of trade in Latin America, and why have they differed so much from the multilateral and national trade politics of the advanced capitalist countries, especially the United States? He shows, in great detail, how a new conceptual approach to this question can help us to understand why, and with what limits, Latin America now seems ready to accept the mantle of free trade. This book is a unique attempt to link some of the most provocative hypotheses from the literatures of international trade, development, regional economic history, and resource management to national politics in Latin America. It takes a fresh look at old academic questions, critiques the received knowledge on trade, and offers some new data, documents, and indexes. To the standard literature on Latin American trade, the author adds insights and information from other literatures - resource conservation, poverty alleviation, and national development strategies, to name a few. The current trend toward looking at constraints and possibilities in the trade system is reshaped to ask familiar questions in a concrete, empirical way. What changes in development design come from external shock, and under what conditions? Does the pressure of the international system actually force Latin American countries to alter their rates and kinds of natural resource exploitation? Can a political course of export promotion address the debt crisis effectively? Are the multilateral trade negotiations a useful format for Latin American trade and development problems? And, finally, can we sayanything with authority about Latin America as a region?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

310

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804720215

ISBN 13

9780804720212

Organized Innovation

A Blueprint for Renewing America's Prosperity

By: Steven C. Currall,Ed Frauenheim,Sara Jansen Perry,Emily M. Hunter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Organized Innovation

A Blueprint for Renewing America's Prosperity

By: Steven C. Currall,Ed Frauenheim,Sara Jansen Perry,Emily M. Hunter

Organized" and "innovation" are words rarely heard together. But an organized approach to innovation is precisely what America needs today. This book presents a blueprint for coordinating technology breakthroughs to advance America's global competitiveness and prosperity. That prosperity is at risk. As other nations bolster technology innovation efforts, America's research, development, and commercialization enterprise is falling behind. An "innovation gap" has emerged in recent decades, where US universities focus on basic research and industry concentrates on incremental product development. The country has failed to address the innovation gap because of three myths--innovation is about lone geniuses, the free market, and serendipity. These myths blind us from recognizing our dysfunctional system of unorganized innovation. In Organized Innovation, Currall, Frauenheim, Perry and Hunter provide a framework for optimizing the way America creates, develops, and commercializes technology breakthroughs. A roadmap for universities, business, and government, the book is grounded in the authors' seminal study of the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Center program, which has returned to the US economy more than ten times the funding invested in it. For too long, our approach to technology innovation has been unorganized. The authors enable us to turn the page. They show us how to organize innovation for a more prosperous, hopeful future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199330719

ISBN 13

9780199330713

Lakelanders

By: Steven S. Schneiderman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lakelanders

By: Steven S. Schneiderman

Louie Leppedimay and the gaggle of Universal Crudification Miss Americas once again thwart evil, choke down Old Styles, lie religiously at the Dugout, golf up a tepid storm, and otherwise flounder along the fuzzy boundary separating intellectual acuity from bumbling idiocy. How they manage without serious wounds, other than toward pride and good taste, remains an eternal mystery.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

526

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1449090710

ISBN 13

9781449090715

MGM

Hollywood's Greatest Backlot

By: Steven Bingen,Stephen X Sylvester,Michael Troyan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

MGM

Hollywood's Greatest Backlot

By: Steven Bingen,Stephen X Sylvester,Michael Troyan

M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot is the illustrated history of the soundstages and outdoor sets where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced many of the world’s most famous films. During its Golden Age, the studio employed the likes of Garbo, Astaire, and Gable, and produced innumerable iconic pieces of cinema such as The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, and Ben-Hur. It is estimated that a fifth of all films made in the United States prior to the 1970s were shot at MGM studios, meaning that the gigantic property was responsible for hundreds of iconic sets and stages, often utilizing and transforming minimal spaces and previously used props, to create some of the most recognizable and identifiable landscapes of modern movie culture. All of this happened behind closed doors, the backlot shut off from the public in a veil of secrecy and movie magic. M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot highlights this fascinating film treasure by recounting the history, popularity, and success of the MGM company through a tour of its physical property. Featuring the candid, exclusive voices and photographs from the people who worked there, and including hundreds of rare and unpublished photographs (including many from the archives of Warner Bros.), readers are launched aboard a fun and entertaining virtual tour of Hollywood’s most famous and mysterious motion picture studio.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1157

Publisher

Santa Monica Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1595808930

ISBN 13

9781595808936

Sunset Boulevard

By: Steven Cohan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sunset Boulevard

By: Steven Cohan

Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard was a critical and commercial success on its release in 1950 and remains a classic of film noir and one of the best-known Hollywood films about Hollywood. Both its opening, with William Holden as the screenwriter Joe Gillis floating facedown in ageing star Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson) pool, and lines such as 'I am big, it's the pictures that got small' are some of the most memorable in Classical Hollywood cinema. Steven Cohan's study of the film draws on original archival research to shed new light on the film's production history, and the contribution to the film's success and meanings of director Wilder, stars Holden and Swanson but also supporting actors Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (who plays Betty Schaefer), Cecil B. DeMille, and Hedda Hopper, as well as costumier Edith Head, and composer Franz Waxman. Cohan considers the film both as a 'backstudio' picture (a movie about Hollywood) and as a film noir, and in the context of McCarthyism, blacklisting and the Hollywood Ten. Cohan explores how the film was marketed, its reception and afterlife, tracing how the film is at once a product of its own particular historical moment as the movie industry was transitioning out of the studio era, yet one that still speaks powerfully to contemporary audiences, and speculates on the reasons for its enduring appeal.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

105

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1839024097

ISBN 13

9781839024092

Victimology

By: William G. Doerner,Steven P. Lab

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Victimology

By: William G. Doerner,Steven P. Lab

Victimology, 7th Edition, introduces students to the criminal justice system in the United States and its impact on crime victims. Authors William Doerner and Steven Lab provide a fresh look at the theoretical basis of victimology and then present the key facets of crime and its effects. They examine financial and social costs both to the individual and to the larger community. This new edition brings forward the theoretical foundation of victimology into Part 1 to establish a clear conceptual framework and reduce repetition. Emerging trends in the field receive greater emphasis in this edition, including non-adversarial resolution options that offer remediation for crime victims. Crimes like intimate-partner violence and victimization in the work or school environment continue to take a toll, and the authors examine efforts to prevent these crimes as well as responses after an incident occurs. Doerner and Lab challenge students to rethink the current response to crime victims and to develop improved approaches to this costly social issue. Online supplements are available for both professors and students. This breakthrough work provides an organizing structure for the history and current state of the field of victimology, and outlines the reasons compelling a separate focus on crime victims. Highly readable, Victimology explores the role of victimology in today’s criminal justice system, examining the consequences of victimization and the various remedies now available for victims. A new chapter covers the important implications of restorative justice. The text is supplemented by illustrative figures and tables as well as learning objectives, key terms and a listing of related Internet sites.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

633

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317521404

ISBN 13

9781317521402

Easy Rider

50 Years Looking for America

By: Steven Bingen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Easy Rider

50 Years Looking for America

By: Steven Bingen

In 1969 a man walked upon the moon, the Woodstock music festival was held in upstate New York, Richard Nixon was sworn in as the president of the United States, the Beatles made their last public appearance, as did, after a fashion, Judy Garland, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Boris Karloff, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Jack Kerouac, all of whom passed away that year. Something else passed away that year as well. In early July, just days before the moon landing, a low-budget exploitation movie, EasyRider, was released. It’s astonishing and wholly unexpected success almost single-handedly destroyed the Hollywood studio system which had been controlling the entertainment industry for half a century. Its success would ultimately change the way movies would be made, and who made them, as well as how those movies looked and sounded, and which audiences those movies would be made for. Additionally, the film’s innovative techniques; including extensive location shooting, unexplained editing juxtapositions, improvised dialogue, and innovative use of popular music, would change the vocabulary and language of cinema forever. Easy Rider: 50 Years of Looking for America will tell the story of Easy Rider on the fiftieth anniversary of its explosive release. Through published interviews, previously undiscovered archival materials, and new reflections by the participants, the whole story of Hollywood’s first true counterculture movie will be revealed for the first time ever.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

201

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1493046446

ISBN 13

9781493046447

Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution

English Economy and Society 1700-1850

By: Steven King,Geoffrey Timmins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution

English Economy and Society 1700-1850

By: Steven King,Geoffrey Timmins

This comprehensive and innovative book on the Industrial Revolution uses carefully chosen case studies, illustrated with extracts from contemporary documents, to offer new perspectives on the process and impact of industrialization. The authors look at the development of economic structures, the financing of the Industrial Revolution, technological advances, markets and demand, and agricultural progress. The book also deals with changes in demography, the household, families, and the built environment.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

420

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0719050227

ISBN 13

9780719050220

De-Coca-Colonization

Making the Globe from the Inside Out

By: Steven Flusty

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

De-Coca-Colonization

Making the Globe from the Inside Out

By: Steven Flusty

A novel theoretical account of globalization, De-Coca-Colonization argues that we must move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are locked out of power structures create "globalities" of their own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135943338

ISBN 13

9781135943332

Stoelting's Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice

By: Pamela Flood,James P. Rathmell,Steven Shafer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Stoelting's Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice

By: Pamela Flood,James P. Rathmell,Steven Shafer

Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice is a comprehensive review of how anesthetic drugs work in the human body. This text has long been required reading for anesthesia residents and student nurse anesthetists. This title provides foundational content in the field of anesthesiology. Understanding and applying the concepts explained in this text are crucial to competence as an anesthesiologist.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1972

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

145115447X

ISBN 13

9781451154474

Six Flags Great America

By: Steven W. Wilson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Six Flags Great America

By: Steven W. Wilson

Marriott's Great America first opened in Gurnee, Illinois, on May 29, 1976. Located midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, it was the second of two Marriott Corporation theme parks. Great America was created to be a place where families could have fun together while gaining an appreciation for United States history. The park's five authentically themed areas based on America's past included the best in family and thrill rides, restaurants, specialty shops, artisans, and games. First-rate live entertainment included Broadway-style musicals, bands, parades, a circus, and the Warner Bros. characters featuring BUGS BUNNY. In 1984, the park became Six Flags Great America when it joined the Six Flags family of theme parks. Since then, the park has continued to innovate and expand. Today, including its 20-acre Hurricane Harbor water park, Six Flags Great America is one of the country's finest theme parks. Since 1976, the park has entertained more than 100 million guests.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439659931

ISBN 13

9781439659939

In Times of Crisis

Essays on European Culture, Germans, and Jews

By: Steven E. Aschheim

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Times of Crisis

Essays on European Culture, Germans, and Jews

By: Steven E. Aschheim

The nineteenth- and twentieth-century relationship between European culture, German history, and the Jewish experience produced some of the West’s most powerful and enduring intellectual creations—and, perhaps in subtly paradoxical and interrelated ways, our century’s darkest genocidal moments. In Times of Crisis explores the flashpoints of this vexed relationship, mapping the coordinates of a complex triangular encounter of immense historical import. In essays that range from the question of Nietzsche’s legacy to the controversy over Daniel Goldhagen’s Hitler’s Willing Executioners, the distinguished historian Steven E. Aschheim presents this encounter as an ongoing dialogue between two evolving cultural identities. He touches on past dimensions of this exchange (such as the politics of Weimar Germany) and on present dilemmas of grasping and representing it (such as the Israeli discourse on the Holocaust). His work inevitably traces the roots and ramifications of Nazism but at the same time brings into focus historical circumstances and contemporary issues often overshadowed or distorted by the Holocaust. These essays reveal the ubiquitous charged inscriptions of Nazi genocide within our own culture and illuminate the projects of some later thinkers and historians—from Hannah Arendt to George Mosse to Saul Friedlander—who have wrestled with its problematics and sought to capture its essence. From the broadly historical to the personal, from the politics of Weimar Germany to the experience of growing up German Jewish in South Africa, the essays expand our understanding of German Jewish history in particular, but also of historical processes in general.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0299168638

ISBN 13

9780299168636

DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer

Short Title:

By: Vincent T DeVita Jr,Steven A Rosenberg,Theodore S Lawrence

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer

Short Title:

By: Vincent T DeVita Jr,Steven A Rosenberg,Theodore S Lawrence

The standard-setting text in oncology for 40 years, DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 12th Edition, provides authoritative guidance and strategies for managing every type of cancer by stage and presentation. Drs. Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., Theodore S. Lawrence, and Steven A. Rosenberg oversee an outstanding team of expert contributing authors who keep you up to date and fully informed in this fast-changing field. This award-winning reference is also continually updated on Health Library and VitalSource platforms for the life of the edition.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

5443

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1975184750

ISBN 13

9781975184759

Book's by Steven Gillis

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email