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Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
Empty Chair, The
Handling Grief on Holidays and Special Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Losing a loved one--whether a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or friend--leaves people feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Holidays and other special occasions seem to intensify the pain. Whether the occasion is Christmas or Easter, a birthday or anniversary, these celebrations force the bereaved to...
Social Work with Groups
Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Help change the world by bringing ideas of social justice into your group work practice!
Social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to troubled adolescents. Practitioners who compare First Nations talking circles with social work practice with groups. A retired professor who transforms...
by Denis Lamoureux, John H. Walton, C. John Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
As a part of the Counterpoints series, Four Views on the Historical Adam clearly outlines four primary views on Adam held by evangelicals, featuring top-notch proponents of each view presenting their positions in their own words and critiquing the positions with which they disagree. You will come...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
by E.D.E. Bell, Z. Ahmad, Kella Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.
As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.
Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.
What objects do you think have stories to tell?
The Skinny Gut Diet
Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The secret to permanent weight loss revealed. The real reason diets fail has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with the balance of bacteria in your gut. A simple guide to show you how to finally achieve your ideal weight.
The 100 trillion bacteria that live in your digestive tract—which...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse
Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...
Empathy
From Bench to Bedside
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis.
There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help...
Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast
Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon...
by J. D. Pickard, C. Di Rocco, V. V. Dolenc
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion
A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Best Birthing Plan for a Safe, Less Painful, and Successful Del
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
How to give birth is the most important decision of a woman’s pregnancy, but navigating the maze of options is overwhelming. TheComplete Illustrated Birthing Companionclearly lays out the process for eight successful birthing plans from home births and hospital births to a natural unmedicated delivery...
New Generations of Catholic Sisters
The Challenge of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This book offers a comprehensive examination of the generations of women who entered religious life in the United States after 1965. It provides up-to-date demographics for women's religious institutes; a summary of canon law locating religious life within the various forms of life in the Church;...
by Albert L. Baert, G. Delorme, Y. Ajavon
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with...