Aviva: 47 books

The first two essays in Poets from a War Torn World are about mysticism in modern Arabic poetry. The second two essays are about literary philosophy in modern Hebrew poetry. All four essays focus on the 1960s and 1970s, a time when poets hoped that through their writings they could help bring peace...

• A balanced, comprehensive guide to routine childhood vaccinations that offers parents the information they need to make the right choices for their child. • Fairly examines the pros and cons of this highly charged issue. Deciding whether or when to vaccinate a child is one of the...

They were four best friends in high school but went their separate ways after graduation. Suddenly, many years later, their lives are in jeopardy as tragedy strikes them one by one. Maggie, the detective of the group, is determined to discover the source of the series of calamities. All roads, it seems, lead to their high school years.

A committed Lutheran excommunicated from his own church, a friend to Catholics and Calvinists alike, a layman who called himself a “priest of God,” a Copernican in a world where Ptolemy still reigned, a man who argued at the same time for the superiority of one truth and the need for many truths...

"An indispensable guide to the current debate on immigration."-Howard Zinn Aviva Chomsky dismantles twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigration. "¡Nos Quitan el Trabajo!" challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel these misinformed...

With a few deft strokes, the post-depression era Jewish Community of Montreal comes to life In The Gramophone when a young girl's sense of identity becomes linked to the fancy gramophone at her Zaideh's house*. The Gramophone* sets the tone for the rest of the stories in this collection—stories...

Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society....

The U.S. has escalated military aid to Colombia, making human rights abuses there a topic of renewed concern here. Molano is widely recognized as the leading writer on the subject. The book includes a preface and appendix documenting the U.S role in supporting human rights violations through “Plan Colombia.”

Medical Statistics at a Glance is a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for this complex subject. The self-contained chapters explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures. This new edition of Medical...

This comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods that allow readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it in a medical context, while also providing guidance when critically appraising published literature. It is designed to support the best-selling...

Banish your fears of statistical analysis using this clearly written and highly successful textbook. Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science Third Edition is an introductory text which assumes no previous knowledge of statistics. It starts with very basic methodology and builds on it to encompass...

These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing...

The hands of colonized subjects - South Asian craftsmen, Egyptian mummies, harem women, and Congolese children - were at the crux of Victorian discussions of the body that tried to come to terms with the limits of racial identification. While religious, scientific, and literary discourses privileged...

A History of the Cuban Revolution presents a concise socio-historical account of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, an event that continues to spark debate 50 years later. Balances a comprehensive overview of the political and economic events of the revolution with a look at the revolution’s social...