F A D A : 260 books
by F. E. Chadwick & John H. Gould & J. D. J. Kelley & William H. Rideing & A. E. Seaton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
IT is a wonderful fact in the swift expansion of mechanical knowledge and appliances of the last hundred years that while for unknown ages the wind was the only propelling force used for purposes of navigation, apart from the rude application of power through oars worked by men, the whole scheme of steam...
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
Ancient Borinquen
Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.
A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
by V. Donoghue, G.F. Eich, J. Folan Curran
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
As outlined by Dr. V. Donoghue in her preface, recent advances in the therapeutic manage ment of neonates with low gestational age have resulted in a significantly high er survival rate and better outcome for these newborns. Lung and heart malformations or acquired diseases represent a major part...
by Jonathan A. Myers, Steven D. Bines, MD
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Study efficiently and effectively for high-stakes surgery exams with this superb review tool. Rush University Medical Center Review of Surgery, 6th Edition, has been thoroughly updated with new questions and answers in all chapters, and content has been revised to reflect what is most important on...
Transition to Adulthood
Action, Projects, and Counseling
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
The transition to adulthood involves, for most individuals, moving from school to work, establishment of long-term relationships, possibly parenting, and a number of other psychosocial transformations. Now more than ever, there is a concern within popular and research literature about children growing...
Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates
A: Invertebrate Photoreceptors
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the comparative physiology of photoreception by the Protista and the invertebrates two aspects are emphasized: (1) the diversity of visual processes in these groups and (2) their bearing upon general mechanisms of photoreception. Invertebrates have evolved a far greater variety of adaptations than...
by F. Sim, G.C. Steiner, W. Mellin
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
During the past few years, a considerable number of monographs on bone tumors have been published. They are mainly restricted to bone tumors as clinical-pathological entities, since their diagnosis, more than that of other tumors, requires the interdisciplinary cooperation between orthopedic specialist,...
by S. Boyarsky, F.Jr. Hinman, M. Caine
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For more than 60 years, the Californian Family Hinman has exercised a very considerable influence on the development and practice of the highest grade of urology, not only in the American West but worldwide. The leitmotiv of the Hinman School has been honest and thoughtful consideration of the problems...
Manual of Cable Osteosyntheses
History, Technical Basis, Biomechanics of the Tension Band Principle, and Instructions for Operation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In bone surgery it is essential to compress fractures interfragmentarily in order to make them resistant to the tensile force of muscles and the force resulting from acceleration and deceleration. This can be best achieved by the use of cable tension bands as a traction mechanism. The cable tension...
by De Vanna F., D'Elia L. Gigante, A. Coppola
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 5, 2011
"Quello che vi accingete a leggere è un libro che può essere apprezzato da genitori, educatori e studiosi, ricco com'è di riflessioni ed esemplificazioni esposte in un linguaggio semplice e scorrevole." (dalla Prefazione di Fulvio Scaparro)Può un padre esprimere la propria vulnerabilità...
by David Bueno i Torrens, Marta Burguet Arfelis, M.ª Rosa Buxarrais Estrada
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Sean las que sean las diversas estrategias somos muchos los que sentimos que una pedagogía de la interioridad influye tanto en la calidad de la mirada con la que nos dirigimos a los demás, sean los alumnos o los compañeros, como en la profundidad de lo que vivimos?
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Including Historical Documents & Legislative Progress of Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of thousands memoirs & life stories of former slaves. "The Faces Behind the Chains" strongly conveys the circumstances and brutal reality of a slave's life to a reader. This unique collection consists of the most influential...