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Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Toong>vey, Philip / Chatwin, John / Broom, Alex, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides the first systematic assessment of pathways and access ong>toong> CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer. Giving fresh and invaluable insights inong>toong> how differing health and societal structures influence the use complementary and alternative medicine, the book explores: the empirical, theoretical, and policy context for the study of CAM/TM and cancer the hisong>toong>ry and character of the eight support groups in which fieldwork ong>toong>ok place in the UK, Australia and Pakistan the nature and structure of patient support groups' hisong>toong>ry, affiliation and evolution how groups function on a day-ong>toong>-day basis the extent ong>toong> which what is being offered in these CAM-oriented groups is in any way innovative and challenging ong>toong> the therapeutic and organisational mainstream the value of sociological work in the field which is not tied ong>toong> immediate and narrow policy objectives. This is an essential resource for those studying complementary and alternative medicine sociologically, ong>toong> those involved in the provision of cancer care on a day-ong>toong>-day basis, and ong>toong> those looking ong>toong> establish a more informed (evidence-based) policy.

Ali, Child of the Desert

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: London, Jonathan / Lewin, Ted, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Captures the dramatic beauty and danger of the Sahara Seated aong>toong>p his camel, Ali felt the desert roll beneath him. Three days' ride ahead lay the Moroccan market ong>toong>wn of Rissani, at the edge of the Great Sahara, where Ali and his father would sell their camels. But suddenly, out of nowhere, the wind came howling, and the whirling sand swallowed the sun, the camel herd, and his father. Stranded on the vast Sahara, Ali must summon all his courage ong>toong> first find food and shelter, then his father. In the process, he learns the true nature of the desert and its people.

The Art of Wildlife Photography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Polking, Fritz, PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press (MN), based on Fritz Polking's forty years of experience as a successful nature phoong>toong>grapher, and introduces readers ong>toong> this fascinating field of phoong>toong>graphy, showing new ways ong>toong> phoong>toong>graph birds, animals, plants, and landscapes.

Cougar Woman

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hartman, Jane E., PUBLISHER: Aquarian Systems, Captured at the age of ten, the fearless rider with the long black hair was keenly attuned ong>toong> the forces of nature and ong>toong> her adopted tribe's struggle for survival. Later guided by a vision quest, she found the courage and wisdom needed ong>toong> defend her rights, protect her people, and, in time, become their leader. "Cougar Woman" recounts the trials and triumphs of the 19th-century Absaroke (Crow) warrior and chief.

Judgements of Value: Selected Writings on Music

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cooper, Martin / Cooper, Martin / Cooper, Dominic, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book presents a collection of the writings of Martin Cooper, chief music critic of the Daily Telegraph from , a well-known broadcaster on the BBC, and author of several books and translations. ong>Toong>pics discussed include nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, opera, literature, philosophy, religion, and the nature of criticism.

The Congressman's Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bogue, Allan G. / Fogel, Robert / Thernstrom, Stephan, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In the hisong>toong>rical literature on the Civil War, the President, the generals, and the cabinet secretaries have won the war of words. Of the hundreds of men who served in the House of Representatives during this great struggle, only a handful typically appear in general discussions of the period. Yet without a deeper understanding of the contributions of the members of the Congress ong>toong> the successful prosecution of the war, we cannot fully appreciate the desperate nature of that war and its significance in the building of the nation. This book explores important aspects of the Civil War from the perspective of Capiong>toong>l Hill. It is an effort ong>toong> survey some of the possibilities for understanding the congressmen, their relations with each other, and their interaction with President Lincoln.

The Cosmic Code

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sitchin, Zecharia, PUBLISHER: Harperong>Toong>rch, Many thousands of years ago, a group of extraterrestrials from another planet guided the evolution of life on Earth--determining the existence and nature of humankind as we know it ong>toong>day. How did the master builders from the stars construct the miracle called man? Is the DNA that is at the core of all life in the universe a "cosmic code" that links Earth ong>toong> heaven and man ong>toong> God? In this sixth volume of "The Earth Chronicles," Zecharia Sitchin unveils writings from the past ong>toong> decipher prophesies, and reveals how the DNA-matched Hebrew alphabet and the numerical values of its letters serve as a code that bares the secrets of mortal man's fate and mankind's celestial destiny.

Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Braunwald, Eugene, PUBLISHER: W.B. Saunders Company, The Fifth Edition of the definitive reference on heart disease -- has been assiduously revised and updated Dr. Braunwald has added 23 new chapters and 22 renowned new contribuong>toong>rs ong>toong> bring readers the state of the art in the field of cardiology. From examination and circulaong>toong>ry function ong>toong> diseases of the heart and broader perspectives on heart disease and cardiologic practice, this classic resource remains authoritative, user-friendly, and complete.

The Life of Moses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Neil, PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, Thirteen paintings tell the song>toong>ry of Moses' life, from his discovery as a foundling on the Nile, ong>toong> his death on Mt. Pisgah over-looking the land of Canaan. Also depicted are the killing of the Egyptian overseer; the flight ong>toong> Midian and the burning bush; Moses confronting the Pharaoh; the Plagues; the Exodus and the parting of the Red Sea; the manna from heaven; Moses on Mt. Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments; and the golden calf. The book also is enriched by a detailed commentary on each painting. The song>toong>ry that inspired the work is re-ong>toong>ld, and symbols and important characters are explained. All in all, a stunning visual introduction ong>toong> the great themes of the Old Testament as presented in works of art.

Beauty in Bloom: A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Natalie / Bangay, Emma-Charlotte / Wetzler, Rebecca, PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin Australia, This stylish compendium of all things beautiful addresses the true nature of loveliness, both inside and out. From the love of makeup and perfumes ong>toong> nature, notebooks, and Paris, the thoughts and ideas gathered here will help any woman look beautiful and feel beautiful. Featuring striking illustrations throughout, this is a quirky, personal, and thoroughly gorgeous volume.

Pictorial History of Hockey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Romain, Joseph / Duplacey, James, PUBLISHER: Thunder Bay Press (CA), This lively volume begins with the first games resembling ice hockey, played on the frozen lakes of Europe and North America, and traces the game's development ong>toong> the dazzling speed and puck-handling that characterize it ong>toong>day. From the first Stanley Cup playoff in through the growth of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the proliferation of boomong>toong>wn hockey, the birth of the NHL, the evolution of the All-Star game, the advent of international competition, and the rival leagues ong>toong> the expansion teams, this illustrated volume tells the complete song>toong>ry of the fastest game on ice.

Additives and Crystallization Processes: From Fundamentals

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sangwal, Keshra, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Crystal growth technology involves processes for the production of crystals essential for microelectronics, communication technologies, lasers and energy producing and energy saving technology. A deliberately added impurity is called an additive and in different industries these affect the process of crystal growth. Thus, understanding of interactions between additives and the crystallizing phases is important in different processes found in the lab, nature and in various industries. This book presents a generalized description of the mechanisms of action of additives during nucleation, growth and aggregation of crystals during crystallization and has received endorsement from the President of the International Organization for Crystal Growth. It is the first text devoted ong>toong> the role of additives in different crystallization processes encountered in the lab, nature and in industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, food and biofuels. A unique highlight of the book are chapters on the effect of additives on crystal growth processes, since the phenomena discussed is an issue of debate between researchers

Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duffy, Paul / Kandalov, Andrei, PUBLISHER: SAE International, This interesting book focuses on the aircraft designs of the man often referred ong>toong> as the father of Russian aviation, Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev. Born in Russia in , Tupolev went on ong>toong> design aircraft that earned Russia worldwide acclaim for their pioneering contributions ong>toong> aviation in the s, '30s, and '40s. Tupolev - The Man and His Aircraft begins with a short biography of Tupolev, then quickly moves on ong>toong> covering the hisong>toong>rical and engineering details of his aircraft designs.

New Perspectives on the Shakespearean World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marienstras, Richard / Marienstras, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Le Proche et Le Lointain (literally The Near and the Far) was first published in France in , and this translation now makes available ong>toong> English-speaking readers one of the most significant European contributions ong>toong> Elizabethan cultural hisong>toong>ry ong>toong> appear in recent years. In the conjunction - or conflict - of the 'near' and the 'far' Professor Marienstras discerns an underlying dichoong>toong>my of major importance ong>toong> an understanding of the Shakespearean world. Otbello, The Tempest and John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore are amongst the works discussed in detail in this highly imaginative series of inter-disciplinary studies, and the author sees in the juxtaposition of nature and culture, sacrifice and sacrilege, purity and impurity, nourishment and poison a structural opposition that renders unified and comprehensible thematic material at first sight random and meaningless.

Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelsay, John, PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox Press, This book explores questions regarding the justice of war and addresses the lack of comparative perspectives on the ethics of war, particularly with respect ong>toong> Islam. John Kelsay begins with the war in the Persian Gulf, focusing on the role of Islamic symbols in the rheong>toong>ric of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He provides an overview of the Islamic tradition in regards ong>toong> war and peace, and then focuses on the notion of religion as a just cause for war.

The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hume, Robert Ernest / Hume, R. E., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The metaphysical treatises known as the Upanishads represent the efforts of the major thinkers of early India, from around the sixth century B.C., ong>toong> solve the problems of the origin, the nature, and the destiny of man and the universe. These texts, translated by Hume who faithfully rendered the original Sanskrit, include an appendix of recurrent and parallel passages in the principal Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita, full annotations, a bibliography, and a helpful exposition of the methods of translation.

The Role and Impact of the Internet on Library and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liu, Lewis-Guodo, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Since that time, the literature on the Internet and its impact on and role in libraries and research has exploded. A simple keyword search in " Library Literature and Information Index," a primary electronic index of library and information science research literature, retrieves over items related ong>toong> the Internet. The dominance of the Internet not only provides great opportunities for libraries ong>toong> provide better services, but also poses tremendous challenges ong>toong> librarians and library and information science scholars. This volume includes discussions of current issues and trends, written by scholars and practitioners in the fields of library and information science, computer science, and computer engineering.

Nature and Nurture During Infancy and Early Childhood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Plomin, Robert / Defries, J. C. / Fulker, D. W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In light of work by quantitative geneticists, the authors reconsider the interaction of heredity and environment in the development of individual differences during infancy and early childhood. Quantitative genetics offers a general theory of the development of individual differences that suggests novel concepts and research strategies: the idea that genetic influences operate in age-ong>toong>-age change as well as in continuity, for example. Quantitative genetics also provides powerful methods ong>toong> address questions of change and continuity which are helpfully introduced in this study. Longitudinal quantitative genetic research is essential ong>toong> the understanding of developmental change and continuity. The largest and longes longitudinal adoption study is the Colorado Adoption Project, which has generated much of the rich data on the progress from infancy ong>toong> early childhood on which the authors draw throughout the book.

The Crow's Vow

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Briscoe, Susan, PUBLISHER: Vehicule Press, Following the song>toong>ry of a marriage come undone, this moving book-length sequence is broken down inong>toong> four seasons, distilling the details of the failed relationship through physical processes of nature, such as the buzzing life of wildflowers and birds that the speaker--a wife and mother--studies daily for clues on happiness. Intricately constructed and brimming with resourceful linguistic play, these poems are elemental odes on the end of love and its eventual renewal.

The Nikola Tesla Treasury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tesla, Nikola, PUBLISHER: Wilder Publications, Here's the Tesla collection you've been waiting for: 214 figures; 668 pages; and 107 articles, letters ong>toong> ediong>toong>rs, and ong>lecturesong>. All the famous ong>lecturesong> and articles that you'd expect are here, such as A New System of Alternating Current Moong>toong>rs and Transformers; Experiments with Alternating Currents of High Frequency; Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application ong>toong> Methods of Artificial Illumination; Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency; On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena; The Problem of Increasing Human Energy, With Special References ong>toong> the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy; and My Inventions: The Auong>toong>biography of Nikola Tesla You'll also get his many letters ong>toong> ediong>toong>rs, commenting on Marconi, Edison, and many issues of the day. And if that wasn't enough you'll also get other articles that you've heard about but probably never seen, such as Famous Scientific Illusions; High Frequency Oscillaong>toong>rs for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes; The Disturbing Influence of Solar Radiation on the Wireless Transmission of Energy; The Wonder World ong>toong> Be Created by Electricity; A Speech Delivered Before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; and Electrical Oscillaong>toong>rs. This is an amazing collection that will give you the most complete look inong>toong> the mind of Nikola Tesla, who has been called the most important man of the 20th Century. Without Tesla's ground-breaking work we'd all be sitting in the dark without even a radio ong>toong> listen ong>toong>.

The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ruse, Michael / Hull, David L., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This Companion, edited by two of the founders of the field, includes newly commissioned essays by senior scholars and up-and-coming younger scholars who collectively examine the main areas of the subject - the nature of evolutionary theory, classification, teleology and function, ecology, and the problematic relationship between biology and religion, among other ong>toong>pics. Up-ong>toong>-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this unique volume will be of interest not only ong>toong> professional philosophers but also ong>toong> students in the humanities and researchers in the life sciences and related areas of inquiry.

The Gulf of Mexico: A Treasury of Resources in the American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gore, Robert H., PUBLISHER: Pineapple Press (FL), - Only book available on this great body of water - Synopsis of the hisong>toong>ry, geology, geography, oceanography, biology, ecology, and economics of the Gulf - Traces the economic use of the Gulf from the Mayans ong>toong> present-day offshore oil companies - Explores every discrete ecological community in the Gulf - For those who live or vacation on the Gulf and wants ong>toong> know the full song>toong>ry of their watery backyard

Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Arthur I., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? "Insights of Genius" shows how seeing is central ong>toong> the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible. "Insights of Genius, " first published by Copernicus in , explores the creative leaps that led some of the greatest scientists and artists ong>toong> dramatically transform how we understand nature. The scope of figures runs from Galileo and da Vinci ong>toong> Einstein and Picasso. Focusing on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the age of modern art and modern physics, the book travels through the philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, neurophysiology, and art hisong>toong>ry. "Insights of Genius" discusses intuition, aesthetics, realism, representation, metaphors, and visual imagery. Allied ong>toong> these concepts are causality, relativity, energy conservation, entropy, the correspondence principle, scientific creativity, and Cubism. Running through the book is the idea that science extends our intuition from common sense ong>toong> an understanding of a world beyond our perception.

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vaillant, John, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books Canada, It's December and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. ong>Toong> the horrified asong>toong>nishment of a team of hunters, it emerges that the attacks are not random: the tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured and starving, it must be found before it strikes again, and the song>toong>ry becomes a battle for survival between two main characters: Yuri Trush, the lead tracker, and the tiger itself. Culminating in a showdown deep in the Siberian forest, "The Tiger "is a haunting, spellbinding tale of a hunt ong>toong> the death; of man and nature in collision; of the ancient relationship between predaong>toong>rs and prey; and an intimate portrait of a remarkable animal and its increasingly threatened world.

How Do We Know the Nature of Disease

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kupperberg, Paul, PUBLISHER: Rosen Publishing Group, This book takes the reader inong>toong> compelling discoveries that have led understanding the nature of viruses a bacteria and how this world, unfathoma in its smallness, has led ong>toong> the eradication some of the most deadly diseases. This is a comprehensive look at plagues, epidemics, and the role of genetics in disease.

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