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View book details for Whitman Possessed
Poetry, Sexuality, and Popular Authority
Whitman has long been more than a celebrated American author. He has become a kind of hero, whose poetry vindicates beliefs not only about poetry but also about sexuality and power. In Whitman Possessed: Poetry, Sexuality, and Popular Authority, Mark …
Klugman and Dalinis initiate a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States.This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural …
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A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America
In the first complete history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Elizabeth Siegel Watkins illuminates the complex and changing relationship between the medical treatment of menopause and cultural conceptions of aging. Describing the development, spread, and shifting role of HRT in …
View book details for Rome's Christian Empress
Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire.In Romes Christian Empress, Joyce E. Salisbury brings the captivating story of Romes Christian empress to life. The daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I, Galla …
View book details for Martyrs Mirror
A Social History
The first scholarly history of the iconic Anabaptist text.Approximately 2,500 Anabaptists were martyred in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Their surviving brethren compiled stories of those who suffered and died for the faith into martyr books. The most historically and …
View book details for Three Generations, No Imbeciles
Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
Winner, 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Creative Nonfiction HistoryHonorable Mention, Nonfiction. Library of Virginia Literary AwardsThree generations of imbeciles are enough. Few lines from Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell …
View book details for Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals
A Comparative Perspective
Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals: A Comparative Perspective emphasizes common trends among mammalian species in an effort to extract general rules about both the structure and the mechanisms of neonatal respiration. Jacopo P. Mortola outlines the key aspects of developmental …
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Making a Difference through Advocacy
Who will speak for the children? is the question posed by Judith S. Palfrey, a pediatrician and child advocate who confronts unconscionable disparities in U.S. health carea system that persistently fails sick and disabled children despite annual expenditures of $1.8 …
View book details for International Wildlife Management
Conservation Challenges in a Changing World
A call for wildlife conservationists to transcend the boundaries of locality, share best practices, and unite with a common voice to influence global policy.Habitat loss, disease management, predator-human conflict, illegal tradethese are among the many conservation challenges faced by wildlife …
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Dual-Career-Couple Hiring Practices in Higher Education
Approximately eight of every ten academics have spouses or partners who are working professionals, and almost half of these partners are academics as well. In fact, dual-career academic couples are so prevalent that "the two-body problem" has become a common …
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The Elusive Traces of an Invisible Force
A main selection of Scientific American Book ClubMagnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing the intense activity of pulsars and neutron stars.Magnetic fields are found in every …
An unpopular war raged in Vietnam and Barry McGuire's song "Eve of Destruction" remained relevant. The summer of '68 was riddled with violent civil rights demonstrations and antiwar protests. Amid the troubled times, another conflict brewed between two young people …
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Medical Assistant's Pocket Guide, 4th Edition
F. A. Davis
This handy guide provides all the commonly used, but rarely memorized information you need in both the front and back officefrom normal lab values and common medical abbreviations to dosage calculations, triage questions, and more.
View book details for Monstrous Motherhood
Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity
Spectral and monstrous mothers populate the cultural and literary landscape of the eighteenth century, overturning scholarly assumptions about this being an era of ideal motherhood.Although credited with the rise of domesticity, eighteenth-century British culture singularly lacked narratives of good mothers, …
View book details for Bioethics in a Liberal Society
The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making
Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis …
View book details for American Workers, American Unions
The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries
An update to the classic history of labor and unions for a post-9/11 world.Highly acclaimed and widely read since its first publication in 1986, American Workers, American Unions provides a concise and compelling history of American workers and their unions …
View book details for Comparison
Theories, Approaches, Uses
An extended volume of New Literary History that considers the practice of comparison in literary studies and other disciplines within the humanities.Writing and teaching across cultures and disciplines makes the act of comparison inevitable. Comparative theory and methods of comparative …
View book details for Science and Eastern Orthodoxy
From the Greek Fathers to the Age of Globalization
People have pondered conflicts between science and religion since at least the time of Christ. The millennia-long debate is well documented in the literature in the history and philosophy of science and religion in Western civilization. Science and Eastern Orthodoxy …
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Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success
A practical and hopeful examination of how colleges and universities can create the best possible experience for students and faculty.There are few higher education leaders today that command more national respect and admiration than Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the outspoken …
Winner of the 2019 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for the Best Work in LGBTQ Studies from the PCA The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison …
What might behaviorism, that debunked school of psychology, tell us about literature?If inanimate objects such as novels or poems have no mental properties of their own, then why do we talk about them as if they do? Why do we …
In this cozy mystery by the USA Todaybestselling author of Murder at Archly Manor, a professional organizer on vacation takes a side trip into murder Military wife Ellie Avery planned a perfect family getaway: fun in the sun on Floridas …
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Current Dental Terminology
To find the most current and correct codes, dentists and their dental teams can trust CDT 2021: Current Dental Terminology, developed by the ADA, the official source for CDT codes. 2021 code changes include 28 new codes, 7 revised codes, …
An innovative, visual textbook for medical students to help learn and understand core medical conditions. Over 100 mind maps: The book features over 100 easy to follow, full colour mind maps of clinically relevant medical conditions using a systems-based structure: …
View book details for Designing Sustainable Cities
Manageable Approaches to Make Urban Spaces Better
Da 2050 bereits 70 % der Menschheit in Stadten leben wird, ist das Zukunftsthema "nachhaltige Stadtgestaltung" fur die UNESCO Cities of Design ein wichtiger Schwerpunkt. Unter dem Gesichtspunkt, dass Design einen substanziellen Beitrag zur positiven Veranderung in Umwelt- und Sozialfragen …
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