Allan: 3792 books
All We Have to Fear
Psychiatry's Transformation of Natural Anxieties into Mental Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Thirty years ago, it was estimated that less than five percent of the population had an anxiety disorder. Today, some estimates are over fifty percent, a tenfold increase. Is this dramatic rise evidence of a real medical epidemic? In All We Have to Fear, Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield argue that...
Classifying Psychopathology
Mental Kinds and Natural Kinds
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Scholars question the extent to which current psychiatric classification systems are inadequate for diagnosis, treatment, and research of mental disorders and offer suggestions for improvement.
In this volume, leading philosophers of psychiatry examine psychiatric classification systems, including...
La escafandra del optimista (Genios para la vida cotidiana)
Un kit de supervivencia para tiempos difíciles
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 4, 2013
En La escafandra del optimista, de la serie «Genios para la vida cotidiana», el prestigioso Allan Percy nos proporciona las herramientas para encarar la vida con energía positiva y vencer al pesimismo.
Los optimistas poseen un blindaje especial que los protege contra las dificultades: con...
El coaching de Oscar Wilde (Genios para la vida cotidiana)
99 píldoras de sabiduría para la felicidad de aquí y ahora
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 4, 2011
En El coaching de Oscar Wilde, de la serie «Genios para la vida cotidiana», el prestigioso Allan Percy reúne 99 aforismos del escritor y nos guía en su puesta en práctica para alcanzar una vida plena y feliz.
Además de un brillante escritor, dramaturgo y polemista, Oscar Wilde está considerado...
by Allan Percy
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Shakespeare para enamorados es un libro fresco e increíblemente inspirador para los que se toman el amor muy en serio. Un volumen de la serie «Genios para la vida cotidiana» en el que Allan Percy ofrece remedios eficaces para gozar de amor cada día de tu vida.
De entre todos los grandes...
Einstein para despistados (Genios para la vida cotidiana)
Soluciones atómicas para problemas relativamente graves
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 15, 2019
En Einstein para despistados, de la serie «Genios para la vida cotidiana», el prestigioso Allan Percy recoge 85 grandes reflexiones de este genio y las traslada a situaciones prácticas de la vida cotidiana.
Sin lugar a dudas, la figura de Albert Einstein ha trascendido el ámbito de la ciencia...
The Frontier of Patriotism
Alberta and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...
by Allan Press
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
This book can change your life in six weeks! With stories that will inspire, encourage and entertain you, two experienced stress-management experts teach you how to cope positively with stress. You will learn to:
•Identify your sources of stress and recognize signs of stress overload.
•Follow...
Sports Injury Handbook
Professional Advice for Amateur Athletes
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1993
Do you know…
• Which exercises cause unnecessary wear and tear on your body?
• What to do during the first critical few seconds following a sports injury?
• When an off-the-rack arch support can be as effective as a $200 custom-made orthotic device?
• How to keep in condition during rehabilitation?
Dr....
What's Normal?
Reconciling Biology and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Since the emergence of Western philosophy and science among the classical Greeks, debates have raged over the relative significance of biology and culture on an individual's behavior. Today, recent advances in genetics and biological science have pushed most scholars past the tired nature vs. nurture...
by Allan Tasman, Wanda K. Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Allan Tasman, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, has teamed up with Wanda Mohr, Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, to produce a user-friendly textbook for Psychiatry Residents.
Drawing...
Conquering Sickness
Race, Health, and Colonization in the Texas Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Published through the Early American Places initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Conquering Sickness presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout...
Shadows on the Water
The Haunted Canals and Waterways of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
This fascinating volume takes a look at some of the strange and unexplained hauntings reported across Britain's canal and waterways network: echoes in dark tunnels; stone steps stained red with blood spilled long ago; ghostly footsteps accompanying barges beneath a bridge. Mixing long-established...
by Cesar Allan
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Puppy Training
A Beginner's Practical Guide to Puppy Training For a Healthier and Happier Pet
A complete guide to help you in the basics of puppy training!
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