Vaughan: 493 books

Dr. Hilary Koprowski is the pioneer of live polio vaccine, the first researcher to advance the diagnostic and therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies, and the developer of the "gold standard" rabies vaccine. A world-reknowned maverick in biomedical research, Koprowski's research methods...

Concise practical guidance to managing an Obstetric High Dependency unit The team and clinical environment is the starting point for the Handbook of Obstetric High Dependency Care. The book discusses the structure and requirements of a unit, both clinically and in terms of equipment, protocols...

A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma. Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions,...

Fractal analysis is a method for measuring, analysing and comparing the formal or geometric properties of complex objects. In this book it is used to investigate eighty-five buildings that have been designed by some of the twentieth-century’s most respected and celebrated architects. Including designs...

Ramble through the varied habitats and remarkable scenery of Alabama and Mississippi with this terrific birding location guide. Here are all the features you need in a bird-finding guide: plenty of location maps, explicit driving directions, detailed site descriptions, and generous listings of the resident, migrant, and rare birds found in every region of each state in any season.

This book follows a previously published selection of poems and pictures by the children of Terezn and Osvtm, the camp of lies of the Theresienstadt Ghetto and the camp of death of Auschwitz. Beyond the Colonnade is a selection of notes on situations and individuals encountered over decades of community-based...

Why do angels so fire the imagination of people today? Connecting with heavenly friends who watch over us, and care for us, brings great comfort in pain or stress. It also takes us into the realm of the divine, where we find guidance and companionship for the soul. This lively overview explores...

Handbook for Catechists covers the essential skills, knowledge and understanding you need to become an inspiring and effective catechist. Each chapter includes a broad look at some important dimensions of the vocation, including what catechesis is, its purpose and how catechesis helps the faithful...

THE boy on the box was surfeited with travel. Glancing back over the swaying top of the coach, he had seen miles upon miles of hot dusty road, between banked-up masses of forests or cultivated fields, dwindle to a narrow thread of yellow. Day after day there had been the same tiresome repetition of...

Who rules the world? What does it mean to be human? How should we view money? Is a perfect relationship possible? How does the Holy Spirit work in the world and in our lives? What is God's plan for the world? God's Big Picture

Mason Hawke has a dark past that he's trying to forget, but now he must choose between wealth and power or saving a town that's under the rule of a corrupt lawman. Mason Hawke emerged from war a scarred man, a man unable to return to a life of power and privilege. His only way out is to start...

Including the Earth in Our Prayers describes the need for a spiritual response to our present ecological crisis and divisive world. This is a shift from the story of separation that defines our present materialistic culture—that we are separate from the Earth which is a resource to be exploited—to...

A lucid approach to Sufism, this exploration seeks to inform the Spanish-speaking Western world about this Eastern spiritual tradition. While elaborating on Sufism's inextricable link to Islam and the prophet Muhammad’s spiritual experience, this book goes even further to explore the different ways...

The Signs of God explores the importance of mystical consciousness at this time of global transition. In the depths of the heart is hidden the secret purpose of creation, which is the key to our present time of transformation. The work of the mystic is to make this key accessible to humanity, and...