The Eat Right 4 (For) Your Type portable and personal blood type guide to staying healthy and achieving your ideal weight Different blood types mean different body chemistry. If your blood type is A, enjoy your best health on a vegetarian diet. Carry this guide with you to the grocery store, restaur[...]
Provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise introduction to the statistics they will come across in their regular reading of clinical papers. Written by three experts with wide teaching and consulting experience, Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, Fourth Edition: [...]
Clinical Trials A Practical Approach Stuart J. Pocock Professor of Medical Statistics and Director of Clinical Trials Research Group London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK It is well recognized that randomized clinical trials play an important role in the evaluation[...]
In this comprehensive account of the history and treatment of beriberi, Kenneth Carpenter traces the decades of medical and chemical research that solved the puzzle posed by this mysterious disease. Caused by the lack of a minute quantity of the chemical thiamin, or vitamin B1 in the diet, beriberi [...]
A topic ignored in mainstream scientific inquiry for decades, wisdom is beginning to return to the place of reverence that it held in ancient schools of intellectual study. A Handbook of Wisdom, first published in 2005, explores wisdom's promise for helping scholars and lay people to understand the [...]
The history of ideas has played a central role in Russia's political and social history. Understanding its intellectual tradition and the way the intelligentsia have shaped the nation is crucial to understanding the Russia of today. This new history examines important intellectual and cultural curre[...]
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To what extent and in what ways was homosexuality approved by the ancient Greeks? An eminent classicist examines the evidence--vase paintings, archaic and classical poetry, the dialogues of Plato, speeches in the law courts, the comedies of Aristophanes--and reaches provocative conclusions. A discus[...]
The sports psychologist who has transformed the games of golfers from weekend duffers to the tour's top pros continues his masterful illumination of the inner game of golf.In his newest book, Dr. Bob Rotella not only provides more stunning perceptions that will help readers revolutionize their menta[...]
Designed for students at the top end of primary school and lower secondary school, as well as adult basic skills learners, this dictionary contains over 8000 words with simple definitions. It offers writing and spelling support without complicated meanings and grammatical labelling.[...]
A facsimile edition of the classic collection of twenty-one poems, first published in 1928, includes such acclaimed works as "Leda and the Swan," "Sailing to Byzantium," and "Among School Children." Reprint. 12,500 first printing.[...]
Offers new ideas on the mental game of golf, explaining how confidence and attitude can help a golfer perfect his game and win competitions.[...]
The author of The Power of Patience introduces an innovative formula for planning, implementing, and maintaining a life change, with a series of inspirational stories, ingenious strategies, and motivational ideas designed to help readers achieve success, regardless of their individual goals.[...]
The groundbreaking "Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible" ("DTIB") introduced readers to key names, theories, and concepts in the field of biblical interpretation. It has been well received by pastors and students, won book awards from "Christianity Today "and the Catholic Press As[...]
For nearly 600 years, from the battles of the early fourteenth century to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, firearms derived from gunpowder and other chemicals defined the frightful extent of war. The apparatus and materials used in World War I would have been familiar to our remote ance[...]
This comprehensive guide to ovarian cancer offers a wealth of information to ease the physical, emotional, and psychic suffering of women with the disease. The authors-two Johns Hopkins gynecologic oncologists and a gynecologic-oncology clinical nurse-put particular emphasis on the concept of "survi[...]
In a world of competing voices about what church is all about, Gene Getz, with the wisdom God has granted him over decades of ministry, provides a solidly grounded and thoroughly biblical approach to how God assesses the strength, health, and maturity of a local church. Previously titled "The Measur[...]
In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for skeptics, critics and even many Christians that wh[...]
In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for skeptics, critics and even many Christians that wh[...]