Mark J: 585 books
Apocalyptic Chic
Visions of the Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse in Literature and Visual Arts
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from peoples and cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the 21st century: humanity’s...
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence
Global Responses, Local Practices
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, social work, and medical fields by...
Evolution of the Modern Sports Fan
Communicative Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The concept of “fandom” has been revolutionized over the past 20 years because of various technological, cultural, and communicative advancements. Evolution of the Modern Sports Fan: Communicative Approaches explores the elements of the sports fan that have markedly changed since the turn of the...
Time and Death
Heidegger's Analysis of Finitude
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
In Time and Death Carol White articulates a vision of Martin Heidegger's work which grows out of a new understanding of what he was trying to address in his discussion of death. Acknowledging that the discussion of this issue in Heidegger's major work Being and Time is often far from clear, White...
by E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
Mindfulness
Al di là del pensiero, attraverso il pensiero
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 4, 2014
La nuova edizione – completamente rivista, aumentata di sei capitoli, arricchita di numerosissime schede e di tredici tracce audio scaricabili di meditazioni guidate – del manuale più autorevole e diffuso al mondo di terapia cognitiva basata sulla mindfulness (MBCT), un metodo specifico per prevenire...
Catalysis in Ionic Liquids
From Catalyst Synthesis to Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...
Considering Marijuana Legalization
Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Marijuana legalization is a controversial and multifaceted issue that is now the subject of serious debate. In May 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill requiring the Secretary of Administration to produce a report about various consequences of legalizing marijuana. This resulting report...
by Peter J. Kertes, T. Mark Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Now in a revised and updated Second Edition, this handy guide to eye care uses evidence from the latest clinical trials to deliver practical advice directly applicable to the challenges of daily ophthalmic practice. Helpful illustrations and tables support the text and improve outcomes.
by Diana Nicoll, Michael Pignone, Chuanyi Mark Lu
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests
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Basic principles of diagnostic testing, common blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid laboratory tests, therapeutic drug monitoring, microbiologic test selection and interpretation...
by Mark Gridley, William J. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Stanley Milgram is one of the most influential and widely-cited social psychologists of the twentieth century. Recognized as perhaps the most creative figure in his field, he is famous for crafting social-psychological experiments with an almost artistic sense of creative imagination – casting new...
by Paul A. Nyquist, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America is Guest Edited by Drs. Paul Nyquist, Marek Mirski, and Rafael Tamargo, all from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. This issue will cover important topics for the neurosurgeon in the Neurocritical Care Unit, including issues in ventilation...
Demolition: Practices, Technology, and Management
Practices, Technology, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
As the built environment ages, demolition has become a rapidly growing industry offering major employment opportunities. During the 1990s the number of contractors grew by nearly 60 percent and there are now over 800 US companies focused on demolition, as well as many more offering this service as...
Comprehensive Behavior Management
Individualized, Classroom, and Schoolwide Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Comprehensive Behavior Management: Schoolwide, Classroom, and Individualized Approaches supports teachers in preventing management problems and responding to unwanted behavior when it occurs in classrooms. The text offers a comprehensive presentation of three levels of behavior management strategies:...