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Mars and Venus Starting over $10.09 A renowned relationship expert offers consolation to those who have suffered loss in a relationship and advice on starting over.

Children Are from Heaven $10.88 Famed relationships expert John Gray–author or the phenomenal bestseller MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS–has finally g

The Marriage You`ve Always Wanted (Paperback) $10.09 Marriage is God’s answer for our deepest human need—companionship. And that, according to counselor and relationship expert Dr. Gary Chapman, is to have deep and lasting union with another, and to truly become one. But how can you buil…

Finding Your Own True Love With Dr. Diane Kirschner (DVD) $20.6 Relationship expert Dr. Diana Kirschner instructs women to stop waiting for fairytale romance, and teaches them how to avoid dangerous dating and relationship patterns.

The Relationship Cure (Paperback) $9.86 One of the nation`s top relationship experts outlines his revolutionary new five-step program for repairing damaged relationships between spouses, lovers, co-workers, and family members. By the author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Wor…

No More Playas (Paperback) $15.23 In the sequel to The Playa`s Handbook, noted relationship expert Lance Montgomery, a best-selling author who has achieved fame with his celebration of the swinging single lifestyle, suddenly finds himself falling for Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleagu…

Love Shrinks (Paperback) $10.94 For twenty years, Sharyn Wolf, a practicing psychotherapist and “relationship expert,” has helped revitalize the marriages of countless couples. But while she was being interviewed on Oprah and 48 hours to talk about her nationally bestse…

I`ve Got Your Back (Hardcover) $16.13 One of the foremost relationship experts at work today applies the insights of science toward understanding the real meaning of trust between a couple. He decodes the ?why? behind betrayal and shows how partners can avoid or recover from unfaithfuln…

Plum Lovin` (Paperback) $6.92 Janet Evanovich adds her 14th installment to the Plum mystery series with the madcap PLUM LOVIN. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has been asked to track down armed robber and relationship expert Annie Hart. The mysterious Diesel has offered to help her, …

Emotional Intelligence for Couples (Paperback) $11.54 From best-selling relationship expert comes a common-sense guide to help you and your partner increase your emotional intelligence, teaching you practical ways to express your feelings and strengthen your relationship. What makes a relationship…

Lies at the Altar (Paperback) $14.8 Drawing on her own marital experiences, along with generous doses of common sense, relationship expert Robin Smith presents support and advice for couples who want to make their marriage work. Dr. Smith looks at promises made at the altar in wedding vo…

The Playa`s Handbook (Paperback) $15.83 When three divorced men–Marcus Lowery, Samuel Gunn, and Phillip McKenna–decide to practice the principles and rules espoused in relationship expert Lance Montgomery`s guide to being single, they find their lives turned upside down, forever. By the au…

Plum Lovin` (Pre-recorded MP3 player) $41.62 Janet Evanovich adds her 14th installment to the Plum mystery series with the madcap PLUM LOVIN`. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has been asked to track down armed robber and relationship expert Annie Hart. The mysterious Diesel has offered to help her, …

The Gift Relationship $59.45 Acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy, Richard M. Titmuss's study of blood donating raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. This updated edition contains the original text along with a series of essays by editors and experts in the field, applying Titmuss's theories to contemporary problems such as AIDS and the privatization of health care.

The Relationship Cure (Paperback) $20.33 One of the nation`s top relationship experts outlines his revolutionary new five-step program for repairing damaged relationships between spouses, lovers, co-workers, and family members. By the author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Relationship Pathways (Paperback) $117.42 This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.

Relationship Rescue $34.45 Dr. Phil's RELATIONSHIP RESCUE is a new approach to couples therapy, focusing on taking responsibility for yourself and your relationship. With over 20 years of experience behind him, McGraw offers useful advice for couples in need.

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Demolition Experts (Hardcover) $56.9 Demolition experts use exact science and years of experience to bring down a variety of structures. Descriptions of building demolitions, salvage demolitions, and bomb squad investigations add to the excitement of a very serious business.

The Supervisory Relationship $83.72 In the past two decades, many psychodynamic therapists have begun to view the relational processes taking place between patient and therapist as a central source of transformation. Yet traditional paradigms of clinical supervision, focusing primarily on didactic teaching, have limitations for training therapists to work in these new ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first to elaborate a comprehensive contemporary model of supervision. Using a wealth of examples and vignettes, the authors show how working within the vicissitudes of the supervisory relationship can allow the supervisee to gain a deeper understanding of the treatment method being taught. Key topics discussed include issues of power and authority, regression in the supervisory relationship, rethinking the teach/treat question, parallel process as a relational phenomenon, working with group process in case conference, and the role of the organization in supporting training. This is a richly informative resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychoanalysts, and others involved in clinical supervision and training. It also will serve as a text for courses in supervision and organizational psychology.

The Disaster Experts (Hardcover) $86.54 In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for buildings, and then allowing structures like the Twin Towers—tall, impressive, and risky—to go up as design experiments? Why prepare for terrorist attacks above all else when floods, fires, and earthquakes pose far more consistent threats to American life and prosperity?The Disaster Experts takes on these questions, offering historical context for understanding who the experts are that influence these decisions, how they became powerful, and why they are only slightly closer today than a decade ago to protecting the public from disasters. Tracing the intertwined development of disaster expertise, public policy, and urbanization over the past century, historian Scott Gabriel Knowles tells the fascinating story of how this diverse collection of professionals—insurance inspectors, engineers, scientists, journalists, public officials, civil defense planners, and emergency managers—emerged as the authorities on risk and disaster and, in the process, shaped modern America.

Secrets of Zbrush Experts (Paperback) $53.24 Step inside the studios of some of today`s top artists, illustrators, designers, and photographers working with digital art tools. SECRETS OF ZBRUSH EXPERTS: TIPS, TECHNIQUES, AND INSIGHTS FOR USERS OF ALL ABILITIES allow you one-on-one access to the creative and technical process of artists who use Zbrush in their work. Organized into chapters according to the artist`s area of expertise, each chapter details the professional background of an individual expert and includes techniques, insights, and resources followed by an image gallery highlighting some of their work, both personal and professional. Written as a conversation with the artist about an individual creative process, you`ll find detailed, step-by-step techniques demonstrated that cover genres including movies/VFX, illustration, character design, figure creation, and concept design. This incredible resource provides inspiration and practical advice for artists and aspiring artists alike.

Relationship Saboteurs (Paperback) $25.12 Do you seek a healthy romantic relationship, but continue to find yourself repeating the same negative behaviors that may have ended your relationships in the past? Have you already identified destructive patterns, yet continue to repeat them despite your desire for a strong and lasting romantic relationship? If so, you are not alone.Relationship Saboteurs is an easy-to-follow guide that will help you identify and end your relationship-destroying tendencies once and for all. The book explores the ten most common relationship-undermining behaviors and shows you how to overcome them. By understanding and addressing the patterns that erode romance, you can learn to stop sabotaging your love life and prepare yourself for the healthy romantic relationship you deserve."For anyone who wants long-lasting love and can`t figure out how to find and keep it. Randi Gunther`s honest, illuminating, and straightforward approach helps us to understand something so basic yet so complex: how to love and be loved."—Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough

JD Malone & The Experts – Avalon $32.06 Disc 1:DISC 1:Silver FromStill Love YouLeave Us AloneShe LikesSweet Evil ThingsJust Like NewAvalonBallad of Mr. BarboBlack YodelFortunate SonDo What You Can DoEmerald LakeEmmit Meets a DemonJust Like New [Radio Edit]Silver FromI Think It Was a MondayShe LikesI Should Have Known ItDisc 2:DISC 2:Silver FromI Think It Was a MondayShe LikesJust Like NewBlack YodelStill Love YouI Should Have Known It

Experts on the Anti-sicilian (Paperback) $55.57 Description not available.

The New Relationship Marketing (Hardcover) $33.56 People have always done business with people they know, like, and trust. That`s the essence of "Relationship Marketing." What has changed in recent years, though, is the immense popularity of online networking. Business people today need to hone a whole new set of skills to really master the art of relationship marketing through these social channels.This book aims to help busy professionals, executives and business owners understand the vital importance of masterful relationship building and relationship management in the new media world. By fostering high quality relationships with customers and their community at large, businesses can easily begin to see an increase in measurable results, including profits. Plus, those individuals and companies with the largest "social footprint" get the biggest successes, the big bucks, the big wins. It`s not what you know, it`s who you know – but, more importantly, who knows you and what they know about you. This book provides the reader with an entire game plan for how to build a sizeable, loyal network comprised of quality relationships that results in a continuous stream of leads, happy customers, publicity, deals, opportunities, sales and more.

Relationship Rescue Workbook $22.36 Ever since RELATIONSHIP RESCUE became an instant number one New York Times hardcover bestseller, Phil McGraw's audience have been asking for a workbook to help them apply his strategies for change to their relationships. Now, in THE RELATIONSHIP RESCUE WORKBOOK, Dr. Phil, Oprah's resident expert on human functioning, provides questions, exercises and self tests that will enable couples in even the most troubled relationships to get their love lives back on track. And for those in solid relationships who would like to regain their spark, he reveals how to make that happen. He shows readers exactly how to pinpoint problems in their relationships, and how to make sure that the changes they enact will truly last. His straightforward, tell it like it is advice is made crystal clear in this easy to use workbook that is sure to prove immensely popular with his devoted national following.

101 Relationship Myths (Paperback) $25.46 Challenging many common delusions about love, this straight-talking, humorous guide takes a closer look at the insanity of modern-day relationships. The handbook uses simple ?mythbusting? techniques for increasing self-awareness and avoiding misguided ideas. Chapters include Stay Far Away from Women in Their 30s!, Your Partner Isn`t a Mind Reader, Can a Relationship Only Work if You Compromise?, Does Strong Sexual Attraction Mean You`re a Good Match?, and Is It Better to Be in a Relationship Than to Be Single? Guaranteed to provide greater clarity and contentment between any two people, this reference provides provocative?and much-needed?social commentary in a humorous fashion.

Customer Relationship Management (Hardcover) $166.61 Customer relationship management (CRM) as a strategy and as a technology has gone through an amazing evolutionary journey. The initial technological approach was followed by many disappointing initiatives only to see the maturing of the underlying concepts and applications in recent years. Today, CRM represents a strategy, a set of tactics, and a technology that have become indispensible in the modern economy.This book presents an extensive treatment of the strategic and tactical aspects of customer relationship management as we know it today. It stresses developing an understanding of economic customer value as the guiding concept for marketing decisions. The goal of the book is to serve as a comprehensive and up-to-date learning companion for advanced undergraduate students, master`s degree students, and executives who want a detailed and conceptually sound insight into the field of CRM.

The Special Relationship (DVD) $38.39 Screenwriter Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN) explores the complex relationship that developed between former American President Bill Clinton and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair as the two progressive statesmen strived to unite their countries toward a common goal. The growing bond between President Clinton and Prime Minister Blair is later solidified by the fact that their wives, Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair, seem to have just as much in common as their powerful husbands.

The Verbally Abusive Relationship $36.95 If you or someone you know answers ?yes? to one or more of the following questions, this book is required reading: Does your partner seem irritated or angry at you several times a week? Does he deny being angry when he clearly is? Do your attempts to discuss feelings of pain or emotional distress leave you with the feeling that the issue has not been resolved? Do you frequently feel perplexed and frustrated by his responses, as though you were each speaking a different language? Almost everyone has heard of or knows someone who is part of a verbally abusive relationship-if they`re not involved in one themselves. In The Verbally Abusive Relationship, you`ll find validation and understanding-it`s not ?all in your head?- and encouragement for your efforts to change the situation. In this expanded second edition, author Patricia Evans explores the damaging effects of verbal abuse on children and the family, and offers valuable insight and recommendations to therapists, as well as those who seek therapeutic support.

Talent Relationship Management (Hardcover) $100.39 Angesichts des dramatisch zunehmenden Fachkr ftemangels wird es f r Unternehmen in Zukunft noch schwieriger sein, Schl sselfunktionen zu besetzen. Neue, aktive und teils aggressive Methoden werden gebraucht, um die wenigen talentierten Kandidaten zu finden und an das Unternehmen zu binden. Der Autor ? Berater und Professor an einer innovativen Business-School ? stellt das Konzept Talent Relationship Management (TRM) anhand von Fallbeispielen vor und gibt Tipps, wie TRM in Unternehmen (auch in kleinen und mittelst ndischen) umgesetzt werden kann.

Customer Relationship Management (Paperback) $155.02 Companies and financial institutions are employing operational information systems in an efficient way. While they have consolidated a strong level of knowledge in management information systems, there is still a lack of knowledge on the right way to apply customer relationship management (CRM) systems under a business perspective. Most of the companies are still having problems in evaluating how CRM can meet with the expected results. The level of complexity is perceived both under a technological and organizational point of view. A complete innovation process and heavy change management initiatives should be ensured in order to have effective and successful systems. This book offers a solid theoretical and practical perspective on how to face CRM projects, describing the most appropriate technologies and organizational issues that have to be considered. Some explaining cases have been included as well.

The Verbally Abusive Relationship (Paperback) $22.32 In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You`ll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse–and shows you how you can mitigate the devastating effects on your relationships. She also outlines the Levels of Abuse that characterize this kind of behavior–from subtle, insidious put-downs that can erode your self-esteem to full-out tantrums of name-calling, screaming, and threatening that can escalate into physical abuse. Drawing from hundreds of real situations suffered by real people just like you, Evans offers strategies, sample scripts, and action plans designed to help you deal with the abuse–and the abuser.This timely new edition of The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition puts you on the road to recognizing and responding to verbal abuse, one crucial step at a time!

Lessons from the Top Paralegal Experts (Paperback) $44.91 LESSONS from the Top Paralegal Experts: The 15 Most Successful Paralegals and What You Can Learn From Them is a unique and much needed reference as there is nothing else like it for paralegal students and professionals on the market. It not only covers success stories about paralegal professionals but also shares their insights on how they do their work. The primary goal of the book is to help students learn hands-on techniques directly from paralegal leaders in the field. These top paralegal experts share the secrets that have helped them become the best of the best in their profession. The top fifteen paralegal experts helped to expand the paralegal profession and improve the efficiency of performing paralegal duties including creativity, leadership, expertise in their specialty, technical skills, knowledge, mentoring, and organization. The paralegal experts practice in various specialties and the premise of this book is that students and professionals can learn most effectively from the experiences of others. There is a definite need to provide paralegal students with further instructions to help them become more productive and efficient.

The 6 Secrets of a Lasting Relationship (Paperback) $28.76 Goulston, a psychiatrist with 25 years of experience, provides sound advice for couples who may be experiencing stress in their relationship. Goulston identifies six target traits that are essential for relationships, and explains how to maintain them.

Making External Experts Work (Paperback) $49.29 Description not available.

Internet Marketing from the Real Experts $38.03 What do Tim Carter, Brian Clark, Joel Comm, Jim Kukral, Ted Murphy, Jeremy Schoemaker, and Mari Smith have in common? They all walk the walk when it comes to their Internet marketing expertise. And they also have joined a couple dozen innovators and thought shapers to share their ideas, advice, and insight. "Internet Marketing from the Real Experts" is a collection of affiliate, email, blogging, podcasting, video, search engine, and social network rock stars that break down the how and why of Internet marketing in a clear, easy to understand way. These are the people that do this stuff every day. Find out how they do what they do to achieve success with their online businesses. Their voices, their ideas, their action items, and their lessons learned from mistakes–all for you to grow your business the day you start reading "Internet Marketing from the Real Experts".

Linda Goodman's Relationship Signs $16.44 In the perceptive and sensitive style that sets her work apart, Goodman sends her readers to the stars like never before. Relationship Signs is an individualized, detailed analysis of compatibility, based on birthcharts. The easy-to-use tables help readers to create astrological charts.

Marriage and Relationship Education (Paperback) $49.4 Description not available.

Relationship Paradox (Hardcover) $229.05 Description not available.

Healthcare Relationship Marketing (Hardcover) $272.63 Description not available.

The Relationship Principles of Jesus (Hardcover) $29.76 Description not available.

The Sibling Relationship (Hardcover) $119.94 Description not available.

Ambiguous Relationship (Paperback) $18.4 Description not available.

A Special Relationship? (Hardcover) $182.24 Description not available.

Relationship Science (Hardcover) $84.63 Description not available.

The Sibling Relationship (Paperback) $64.22 Description not available.

101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged $9.99 The Perfect Remedy for Cold Feet! More than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar. Why? Leading experts believe it”s because couples fail to really get to know their potential mate before getting engaged. Relationship expert and noted couples counselor Norm Wright steers potential brides and grooms through a series of soul-searching questions to discern if they”ve really met the One. Couples will be much more confident about whether or not to pursue marriage after completing these in-depth and personal questions. Norm also addresses the delicate subject of calling off the wedding if readers discover that a potential mate isn”t actually meant to be a life partner.

5 Paths to the Love of Your Life $3.19 Respected relationship experts and bestselling authors offer sound dating and marriage advice, grounded in biblical truth and their own personal experiences.

A Companion to Cultural Studies $174.96 Experts from five continents provide a thorough exploration of cultural studies, looking at different ideas, places and problems addressed by the field. Brings together the latest work in cultural studies and provides a synopsis of critical trends Showcases thirty contributors from five continents Addresses the key topics in the field, the relationship of cultural studies to other disciplines, and cultural studies around the world Offers a gritty introduction for the neophyte who is keen to find out what cultural studies is, and covers in-depth debates to satisfy the appetite of the advanced scholar Includes a comprehensive bibliography and a listing of cultural studies websites Now available in paperback for the course market.

A Companion to Gower $41 Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate were the three poets of their time considered to have founded the English poetic tradition. Gower, like Lydgate, eventually fell victim to changing tastes but is now enjoying renewed scholarly attention. Current work in manuscript studies, linguistic studies, vernacularity, translation, politics, and the contexts of literary production has found a rich source in Gower’s trilingual, learned, and politically engaged corpus. This Companion to Gower offers essays by scholars from Britain and North America, covering Gower’s works in all three of his languages; they consider his relationships to his literary sources, and to his social, material and historical contexts; and they offer an overview of the manuscript, linguistic, and editorial traditions. Five essays concentrate specifically on the Confessio Amantis, Gower’s major Middle English work, reading it in terms of its relationship to vernacular and classical models, its poetic style, and its treatment of such themes as politics, kingship, gender, sexuality, authority, authorship and self-governance. A reference bibliography, arranged as a chronology of criticism, concludes the volume. Contributors J.A. BURROW, ARDIS BUTTERFIELD, NATHALIE COHEN, E.H. COOPER, SIAN ECHARD, ROBERT EPSTEIN, JOHN HINES, EDWARD MOORE, DEREK PEARSALL, RUSSELL PECK, A.G. RIGG, SIMON ROFFEY, JEREMY J. SMITH, DIANE WATT, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, ROBERT F. YEAGER. SIAN ECHARD is associate professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia. The Companion can serve as an introduction to Gower and his works for the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, and the essays will also be of interest to experts in Middle Englishstudies and in Gower.

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care, a Guide for Family Caregivers $12.95 Four million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and experts estimate that 22 million people around the world will be so afflicted by 2025. Far too many families are struggling with the emotionally and physically draining responsibility of redefining their relationship with, and caring for, someone who not long ago was a vibrant member of society, yet may not know their own name today. A Dignified Life helps combat the burnout and frustration that often accompany the task of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. Author David Troxel, an Alzheimer’s expert and executive director of the California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, maintains that at its simplest this approach is based on treating the person like a best friend and working from their strengths, not their weaknesses. He explains: As family members, caregivers and professionals, we have to try to connect with them. People with this disease in some way need someone to be . . . attentive and empathetic–someone who really tries to walk a mile in their shoes. A Dignified Life goes beyond the typical tips offered by most books and takes advantage of readers’ instinctive desire to build friendships and taps into the intuitive aspect of caregiving that is part of our very nature. It provides a complete model for care built around creative and effective communication and meaningful activities and includes touching stories that demonstrate how the Best Friends method continues to improve the lives of both those who have Alzheimer’s disease and those who care for them.

A Marketer’s Guide to E-crm $37.95 A Marketer’s Guide to e-CRM directly addresses the analyses involved in e-CRM and demystifies the processes, enabling marketers to understand and evaluate e-CRM strategy and its application. The practicalities of e-CRM are often not addressed sufficiently, and marketers are left wondering how to implement successful strategies. Sachiko Scheuing demonstrates the true scope of e-CRM by applying digital technology, such as the web, email, SMS, and database and operational systems, to profitably acquire and nurture a potentially long-lasting relationship with customers. This is primarily achieved through improving customer knowledge for delivering relevant communication and services, and practical guidelines on making optimal use of e-CRM contact channels are provided, such as mass advertisement media including TV, radio, billboards, magazines, and newspapers. Additional coverage is given to point of sale materials, conventional direct mail media, for example the telephone, and to digital media such as email. Written in a succinct and concise style, this highly practical guide is an asset for any practitioner wishing to successfully adopt e-CRM strategies, and secure and maintain effective and rewarding relationships with customers. * Built around the ground-breaking approach to e-CRM developed by the author’s company, Acxiom, who are experts in this field* Based on the author’s daily consulting experience, thereby directly relevant and applicable * Highly practical, setting the book apart from the competition

A New Era for Wolves and People $36.08 Wolves hold an almost mythical status in the cultural history of Europe and North America. For hundreds of years, they have been the subject of fairy tales and other lore, embodying mystery, cunning, and sometimes threat. People are drawn to their beauty, intrigued by their behaviours. Yet for those who live in close proximity to wolves, coexistence is fraught with many serious issues. Wolf management is an excellent model of human-nature interaction and the challenges that come along with it. A New Era for Wolves and People analyzes the crucial relationship between human ethics, attitudes, and policy and the management of wolf populations in Europe and North America. The contributors to this volume assert that these human dimensions affect wolf survival just as much, if not more, than the physical environment. Contributors include recognized scientists and other wolf experts who introduce new and sometimes controversial findings. A New Era for Wolves and People includes colour photographs by David C. Olson and drawings by wildlife artist Susan Shimeld.

A Woman’s Guide to Living Alone: 10 Ways to Survive Grief and Be Happy $15.95 Living alone has become inevitable for most women; the U.S. Census Bureau reports that 73% of females will die single. With climbing divorce rates and increased female life expectancy, the reality of living without a significant other becomes more and more common for women. A Woman’s Guide to Living Alone: 10 Ways to Survive Grief and Be Happy offers practical advice and personal stories to help women successfully ease into a new and full lifestyle after the termination of a marriage, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a loved one.Clinical experts as well as individuals who have overcome their own loss impart day-to-day survival tips to show women on their own how to discover the joys of living alone. By addressing the facets of single living, this honest and informative book provides a detailed pathway for women seeking self-sufficiency. It also contains a special section on Survivors’ Stories in which everyday women as well as celebrity personalities such as Joan Rivers and Ann Richards tell their own tales. Other chapters include: — Getting Through Grief– Jumping into the Job Market– Solo Parenting– Taking Charge of Personal Finances– Daring to Date AgainProviding common-sense techniques, A Woman’s Guide to Living Alone addresses the needs, hopes, and fears of every newly-single woman. With a combination of personal and expert guidance, it allows women to overcome their fears and embrace a new life on their own.

A World of Fragile Things $22.95 How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define the art of living –the complex craft of human existence that elicits our thoughtful participation, and the idea that even though death escapes our control, life is not something that simply happens to us in a passive manner but is instead a process that invites our active and lively engagement. A World of Fragile Things offers a distinctly psychoanalytic perspective on the art of living, one that focuses on ongoing and ever-evolving processes of self-fashioning rather than defining a fixed and unitary sense of self. With a compelling blend of philosophical insight and psychoanalytic acumen, Mari Ruti asks experts and readers alike to probe the complexities of human existence, offering a contemporary outlook on some of the most enduring questions of Western thought.

AIDS and Ethics $36.96 Should a physician with AIDS be required to inform his or her patients? Does a physician have an obligation to warn the partner who wants this fact kept secret? Should all newborns and pregnant women be screened for HIV? Should insurance companies be required to insure patients who test positive for the disease? Professionals and society at large are confronted by a wide range of complex ethical issues produced by the AIDS health crisis. AIDS and Ethics is the first major collection of essays on the complex ethical issues created by the AIDS crisis. The nation’s leading bioethics experts from the fields of law, medicine, philosophy, political science, religion, and social work present original and accessible essays. They address current controversial issues related to the tension between civil rights and public health, mandatory HIV testing, human subjects research, health care insurance, AIDS education, militant AIDS activism, the physician-patient relationship, issues of privacy, and legal issues. This important book will provide philosophical and practical guidelines to health care and human service professionals, policy makers, scholars, and others affected by the AIDS crisis.

Accidental Bond $19 A fascinating and informative read. *The Boston Globe A RICH SOURCE OF FASCINATING MATERIAL about the complex realities of siblinghood and a valuable commentary on the impact that these little-studied relationships have upon our lives. *The New Republic Many books have attempted to tackle the complex theme of sibling connection. But rather than look at the minutae of these relationships, journalist Susan Scarf Merrell examines the big issues that all siblings wrestle with in their own unique ways *in particular the Three Cs: Competition, Cooperation, and Comparison. What she discovered was that no matter what kind of relationship we now have with our siblings *close or distant, loving or hostile *our histories with them exert a profound effect on our current relationship with lovers, friends, coworkers, and our own children. Drawing on the most current research; the work of psychologists, psychiatrists, and family experts; and stories from brothers and sisters themselves, Merrell illustrates that through siblings, we come to know both the worst and the very best that lurks within each of us. Susan Merrell brilliantly illuminates how the peculiar mix of biology, history, and intimacy makes our attachments to siblings so essential to knowing ourselves. *Mary Kay Blakely Author of American Mom

Acid-Base Disorders And Their Treatment $181.15 With detailed contributions and research from experts, this reference supplies an abundance of information on acid-base physiology, disorders of acid-base equilibrium, and the management and treatment of these disorders in clinical practice. A unique and timely resource, this guide provides a large number of tables, references, and figures to illustrate the relationship between the underlying physiology and diagnosis of acid-base disorders. Reviewing current information on the pathophysiology of acid-base disorders from both a molecular and integrative perspective, the book provides straightforward guidelines for the diagnosis and management of disturbances of acid-base homeostasis.

Adult Development and Well-Being: The Impact of Institutional Environments $44.18 Human services workers are consistently discovering more about how important adult well-being is as a foundation of positive human development. Adult Development and Well-Being: The Impact of Institutional Environments closely examines this relationship and provides creative strategies to improve outcomes for adults within institutional settings or systems. Leading experts discuss the latest research, offer insightful perspectives on adult development issues, and provide policy recommendations to effectively foster change. This important resource targets specific issues and provides practical answers to questions about how to positively affect human behavior by cultivating well-being.

American Cinema and Hollywood $0.01 American Cinema and Hollywood provides a clear and authoritative guide to one of the most important areas of film study. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it looks at the history of American cinema, the emergence of the studio system, the key characteristics of Hollywood films, and Hollywood”s relationship with both American society and the world beyond. A team of international experts explains the key concepts and arguments involved in the study of Hollywood while selected readings show how different critical perspectives apply to individual films. The volume is enhanced by illustrations throughout and learning aids such as chapter summaries and guides to further reading. Ideal for courses in film and media studies, American Cinema and Hollywood is also essential reading for anyone interested in American cinema.

American Oil Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea $41.24 The United States is the world’s largest oil consumer and importer. Here Gawdat Bahgat examines the nation’s growing dependence on fossil fuels–particularly oil–and the main challenges it faces in securing supplies from two energy-rich regions, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. He argues that long-term U.S. energy strategy must be built on diversity of both the fuel mix and the geographic origin of that fuel. It should include a broad combination of measures that would stimulate domestic production, provide incentives for conservation, promote clean technologies, and eliminate political barriers to world markets. Bahgat also contends, however, that the goal should not be energy independence, but finding new ways of managing dependence on oil supplies from abroad. He maintains that despite increasing reservoirs of oil and natural gas throughout the world, including the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf will continue to be the main source of U.S. fossil fuel. Bahgat analyzes both recent and historical challenges to the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and exporter, including the Arab-Israeli peace process. He also discusses the hostility between the United States and Iraq and the tense relationship between the United States and Iran, analyzing such sensitive topics as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, as well as developments in the wake of September 11, 2001. In his assessment of the underdeveloped Caspian Sea reservoir, Bahgat suggests that energy experts and policy makers have exaggerated the region’s potential, citing logistical, economic, and political obstacles that must be overcome before theregion plays a major role in producing fossil fuels. These obstacles include domestic ethnic divisions, disputes over the legal status of the Caspian, disagreements over the most cost-effective transportation routes, and changes in the region in the aftermath of the war on terrorism.

Anglo-Iranian Relations Since 1800 $45.91 With contributions from renowned experts in the field, this book provides an excellent background to the history of Anglo-Iranian relations. Focusing on the political and economic relationship of Britain and issues of strategic sensitivity, the book also illuminates British relations with society and the state and describes the interaction between various representatives and agents of both countries.Anglo-Iranian relations have had a long and complex history, characterized on the one hand by mistrust and intrusion and on the other by mutual exchange and understanding. This book explores the intriguing history of this interactive relationship since 1800, looking at it from a variety of perspectives. Drawing on previously unavailable documents in English and Persian, the book argues that Iran in the nineteenth century had a national state, which strongly defended the national interests.

Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Disease $149 Chronic oxidative stress is associated with the aging process and often leads to the development of disorders such as cancer and arterial disease. Cardiovascular conditions in which oxidation damage has been strongly implicated include atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, coronary restenosis, diabetes mellitus, and congestive heart failure.Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition covers three major topics: 1) the first seven chapters review the oxidative modifcation hypothesis and its close relationship to lipid metabolism and to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis; 2) the next four chapters describe the different compounds, nutrients and supplements with antioxidant properties and their mechanisms of action; 3) and finallly, the last ten chapters discuss the potential benefits of antioxidants in overall cardiovascular prevention, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemias, and in the treatment and prevention of specific conditions such as chronic coronary artery disease, restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention, and chronic heart failure.Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition is written by recognized experts in the fields of atherosclerosis, heart failure and antioxidants. It should be of interest to medical students and fellows, researchers, and practicing physicians.There has been rapid progress in our knowledge in this field during the last two to three years. Thus the current reedition appears timely. For instance, this second edition captures several recently reported and published clinical trials as welll as new information on diabetic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

Arctic Leverage: Canadian Sovereignty and Security $91.25 Caldwell explores the historical development of territorial sovereignty–a major and obsessive ingredient in Canadian defense policy–and its impact on Canada’s relationship with the United States. With the Arctic Archipelago, Canada possesses a geostrategic buffer between two superpowers, and claiming jurisdiction over its waters, has run afoul of U.S. policy that designates the Northwest Passage as a strait vital to the interest of the United States. For defense policy experts and strategic policy makers, Caldwell’s study explores the fascinating role strategic real estate plays in defense relationships.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change $158.06 Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change presents an integrated examination of chemical processes in the atmosphere, focusing on global-scale problems and their role in the evolution of the Earth system. Taking a largely interdisciplinary approach, it features the collective efforts of a groupof scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), as well as other experts from several universities and national laboratories. Topics discussed include the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes that affect the atmospheric composition; the chemical mechanismsthat affect the production and the fate of important chemical compounds; and the techniques used to investigate the chemical processes in the atmosphere. The book concludes with discussions on global problems related to the atmosphere (stratospheric ozone depletion, changes in greenhouse gases, andglobal chemical pollution), the relationship between the atmosphere and the global climate, and the long-term chemical evolution of the atmosphere. Each chapter features a brief essay by a leader in the field and includes a large number of current references. Ideal for graduate courses inatmospheric chemistry and atmospheric science, Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change also serves as an authoritative and practical reference for scientists studying the Earth’s atmosphere. Support materials for the book are available via the website http: //acd.ucar.edu/textbook

Attachment Theory and Research in Clinical Work With Adults $35 Written with the practicing psychotherapist in mind, this invaluable book presents cutting-edge knowledge on adult attachment and explores the implications for day-to-day clinical practice. Leading experts illustrate how theory and research in this dynamic area can inform assessment, case formulation, and clinical decision making. The book puts such concepts as the secure base, mentalization, and attachment styles in a new light by focusing on their utility for understanding the therapeutic relationship and processes of change. It offers recommendations for incorporating attachment ideas and tools into specific treatment approaches, with separate chapters on psychoanalytic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and emotionally focused therapies.

Between Parent and Child $14 In Between Parent and Child, renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott offered a prescription for empathetic yet disciplined childrearing that put an emphasis on good communication skills, an approach that influenced many subsequent experts in the field. In this new edition, clinical psychologist Alice Ginott (the wife of the late Haim Ginott) and family relationship specialist H. Wallace Goddard usher Between Parent and Child into the new century while retaining the book’s positive message and Haim Ginott’s warm, accessible voice. Among other skills, parents will learn how to: — Praise children for their actions, not their existence– Criticize a particular act rather than generally denigrating a child– Avoid threats, bribes, and sarcasm to improve parent-child communication

Black Baseball And Chicago $72.57 Founded in 1920, the Negro National League originally comprised teams throughout the Midwest, but the league’s groundwork was laid in one city?Chicago. This essay collection presents notable papers delivered at the 2005 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Chicago. With contributions from many Negro Leagues experts, the work offers a cohesive history of Chicago’s long relationship with black baseball. After an introduction and an overview, sections cover early Chicago baseball from the nineteenth century to the founding of the Negro Leagues; teams in the Negro Leagues after 1920; players, both well-known and obscure, who spent significant time with Chicago clubs; owners and managers; the East-West All Star Game; ballparks; the Great Lakes Naval Team; and the integration of the Cubs and White Sox. Appendices provide a timeline of major black-baseball events in Chicago and player rosters for Chicago?area teams.

Blended Family Bliss: The Practical Guide to Blending Your Family $36.96 You can find bliss in a blended family. It’s true! Blended Family Bliss: The Practical Guide to Blending Your Family is a positive handbook for raising a blended family. Blending a family is challenging. We’ll tell you what the challenges are and what to do about them. The advice is practical and easy to use. After all, it’s written by two experts, a real dad/stepdad with a blended family of his own and an experienced family counselor. Inside you will find three sections. The first section is devoted to growing your relationship with your partner. Section two gives ideas to help the children adjust to the many changes and to create family bonds. Section three will help you relate to the other parents. Whether you are planning the wedding or are already together, Blended Family Bliss: The Practical Guide to Blending Your Family will help you grow a blissful blended family.

Bone and Osteoarthritis $37.99 Orthopedics and rheumatology, while separate specialties, have become close conceptually because advances in bone and joint biology enable practitioners to approach clinical problems comprehensively. This is especially true for the bench and translational scientists. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the role played by bone in the development of osteoarthritis, including targeting bone as a potential therapeutic approach. The molecular and cellular approaches toward the relationship of joint and bone problems distinguish this from other books on osteoarthritis or skeletal medicine. Emphasis on genetics and on newer viewpoints and approaches, exemplified by the possible effect of subchondral bone on osteoarthritis, gives a wider viewpoint to the reader and may make possible novel approaches to solving a clinical problem. The book will therefore also interest experienced specialists, thereby broadening readership. Authors are internationally recognized experts in their field. Topics discussed include the role of bone in osteoarthritis, ranging from basic cell and molecular biology to genetics and biomechanics. How this information may be used for new treatment approaches will also be covered. This book, intended for students, researchers and clinicians, provides information that enables the novice to become oriented and the practitioner to update knowledge. No other book combines information on the relationship of bone to the development of osteoarthritis, or treats the pathophysiology of joints in the same way. This volume, like the others in Topics in Bone Biology series, encompasses aspects of many specialties, including rheumatology, orthopedics, endocrinology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, nursing and chiropractic medicine.

Boundaries of Touch $114.39 A history of the shifting and conflicting ideas about when, where, and how we should touch our children Discussing issues of parent-child contact ranging from breastfeeding to sexual abuse, Jean O’Malley Halley traces the evolution of mainstream ideas about touching between adults and children over the course of the twentieth century in the United States. Debates over when a child should be weaned and whether to allow a child to sleep in the parent’s bed reveal deep differences in conceptions of appropriate adult-child contact. Boundaries of Touch shows how arguments about adult-child touch have been politicized, simplified, and bifurcated into naturalist and behaviorist viewpoints, thereby sharpening certain binary constructions such as mind/body and male/female. Halley discusses the gendering of ideas about touch that were advanced by influential social scientists and parenting experts including Benjamin Spock, Alfred C. Kinsey, and Luther Emmett Holt. She also explores how touch ideology fared within and against the post-World War II feminist movements, especially with respect to issues of breastfeeding and sleeping with a child versus using a crib. In addition to contemporary periodicals and self-help books on child rearing, Halley uses information gathered from interviews she conducted with mothers ranging in age from twenty-eight to seventy-three. Throughout, she reveals how the parent-child relationship, far from being a private or benign subject, continues as a highly contested, politicized affair of keen public interest.

Building Relationships $40.94 This brand new DVD is part of the Common Sense Parenting? DVD/Video Series. It features scenes that demonstrate the steps of each parenting skill, commentary from Common Sense Parenting experts, as well as graphics and music to engage and inform parents looking for ways to solve discipline problems and improve family life. Having warm, close relationships with your children makes raising them the most rewarding effort you may ever undertake. Love, trust, and good feelings between parent and child are like a bank account you can draw on when you must discipline or correct a child’s misbehavior. The more positive your relationship is, the more likely it is that your child will listen to you and try harder to please you. This DVD explores several ways to build a better relationship.

Building Strengths And Skills $61.24 This is a much-needed practice book that demonstrates how helping professionals can emphasize their clients’ resilience, strength, and capacities, rather than focusing on pathology or deficits. It offers an integrative practice model for both assessment and intervention that interweavesstrengths-based (specifically solution-focused therapy and motivational interviewing) and skills-building (cognitive-behavioral) approaches. In the strengths-and-skills-based model, helping professionals assume that clients possess the necessary capacities to solve their own problems, transformingthe therapeutic relationship into a collaboration focused on bolstering motivation and resources for change. When these resources are exhausted or when deficits become a substantial barrier, then practitioner and client work to develop an individualized skills-building plan. A wide range ofexamples, written by Jacqueline Corcoran with experts from different fields of practice, clearly demonstrate how the model can be applied to individuals and families struggling with behavior problems, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, violence, and abuse, so that both strengths and skillsmaximize the client’s success. This innovative, dynamic resource is a must have for practitioners across the helping, social service, and mental health professions.

C Traps and Pitfalls $10.86 Even C experts come across problems that require days ofdebugging to fix. This book helps to prevent such problems byshowing how C programmers get themselves into trouble. Each ofthe book”s many examples has trapped a professional programmer.In addition to its examples, C Traps and Pitfalls offers adviceon: avoiding off-by-one errorsunderstanding and constructing function declarationsunderstanding the subtle relationship between pointers andarraysDistilled from the author”s experience over a decade ofprogramming in C, this book is an ideal resource for anyone, novice or expert, who has ever written a C program. 0201179288B04062001

California Civil Procedure in a Nutshell $154.68 California Court System; State/Federal Relationship; Sources of Procedural Law; Selecting the Proper Court: Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Transfer; Aggregation of Claims; Personal Jurisdiction; Venue; Forum Non Conveniens; Conflicts; Pleading: Nomenclature; Demurrers; Amendments; Indemnity; SOL; Diligent Prosecution: Discovery: Scope; Relevance; Admissibility; Methods; Experts; Sanctions; Punitive Damages; Disposition Without Trial: Summary Judgment; Default; Offer of Judgment; Contribution; Arbitration; Preemption; Fast Track; Trial; Jury; Waiver; Size; Voir Dire; Motions: Instructions; Verdicts; Remedies: Claim & Delivery; Attachment; Injunctions; Supplementary Proceedings; Contempt; Costs; Attorney’s Fees; Appeals: Pre-Judgment Review; Sanctions; Timeliness; Substantial Evidence; Harmless Error; Prior Suit: Stare Decisis; Res Judicata; Collateral Estoppel; Parties; Intersystem Preclusion.

Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational and International Non-Discrimination Law $92.9 This casebook the result of the collaborative efforts of a panel of experts from various EU Member States is the latest in the Ius Commune Casebook series developed at the Universities of Maastricht and Leuven. The book provides a comprehensive resource for students, practitioners, researchers, public officials, NGOs, consumer organizations, and the judiciary. As non-discrimination law is a comparatively new subject, the book examines the concepts of discrimination law on the basis of a wide variety of young and often still emerging case law and legislation from various EU Member States. At the end of each chapter, a comparative overview ties the material together, with emphasis on existing or emerging general principles in the legal systems within Europe. The book illustrates the distinct relationship between international, European, and national legislation in the field of non-discrimination law. It covers the grounds of discrimination addressed in the Racial Equality and Employm

Celebrating Single and Getting Love Right: From Stalemate to Soulmate $4.82 This book of hope for singles of all ages–but particularly those late-blooming Baby Boomers–is packed with powerful personal stories of real single men and women, ages 35 to 53, as well as sound advice from relationship experts who have helped many single people untangle the knots of confusion, loneliness, self-doubt, and anger.

Chicano School Failure and Success $190 This new edition of the best-selling Chicano School Failure and Success, has been updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage of the Chicano school experience. The contributors include experts in the fields of anthropology, psychology, educational history and policy, special education, and child and family studies, reflecting the wide and complex range of issues affecting Chicano school students.Together, the contributors provide a comprehensive and in-depth look at such diverse topics as the effectiveness of bilingual education, the impact of testing on Chicano students, and the relationship between Chicano families and schools. This timely new edition brings the debate forward to address all the latest issues in Chicano education and will be a valued resource for teachers, policy makers, and community activists alike.

Chicano School Failure and Success $75.48 This new edition of the best-selling Chicano School Failure and Success, has been updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage of the Chicano school experience. The contributors include experts in the fields of anthropology, psychology, educational history and policy, special education, and child and family studies, reflecting the wide and complex range of issues affecting Chicano school students.Together, the contributors provide a comprehensive and in-depth look at such diverse topics as the effectiveness of bilingual education, the impact of testing on Chicano students, and the relationship between Chicano families and schools. This timely new edition brings the debate forward to address all the latest issues in Chicano education and will be a valued resource for teachers, policy makers, and community activists alike.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Arthritis $5.99 This new book in the successful Healthy Living series – inspirational stories followed by positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients – addresses an issue that is endemic among older Americans. The good news is that we are living longer: The bad news is that many aging people are living with some type of pain. In fact, 66 million people (nearly 1 in 3 adults) have doctor-diagnosed arthritis; 23.2 million people are living with chronic joint pain. Here is a book to offer them information and inspiration in an easy-to-read, trusted formula. In the Healthy Living series, Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation s top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to people with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately twelve positive, heartwarming stories from real people, followed by relevant expert medical advice that will positively impact the reader s life. Subjects such as diet, psychological issues, family relations, and alternative therapies exist side-by-side with traditional subjects such as understanding common medical terms, the effects of treatment options, and the doctor-patient relationship. Each book contains source notes and a resources section for more information and support.

Children and Criminality: The Child as Victim and Perpetrator $128.98 In his study of children and criminality, criminologist and research analyst Ronald Flowers provides an understanding of the relationship between child victimization and juvenile delinquency as well as a comprehensive review of the literature. Assessing the effectiveness of present conceptual frameworks, modes of research, and social and legal measures, he offers recommendations for furthering professional and research efforts in the field. His analysis blends the findings of leading experts and researchers in a variety of disciplines with relevant FBI and law enforcement data. An additional feature is the model statute for the study, prevention, and treatment of child victimization in all of its guises.

China and the Developing World $39.95 Featuring contributions by recognized experts, this in-depth examintion of China’s evolving relationship with the developing world reflects sweeping changes both within and outside of China and the transformation of geopolitics since the end of the cold war.

China’s Rise In Africa $149.68 In seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction of China clearly reverberates with many African elites who seem to look on China as a positive development model. However, it should be noted that this has not been embraced solely by dictatorial or authoritarian regimes but in fact China ”s approach to non-interference has struck a chord even with those democratically elected leaders in Africa. While such practices clearly benefit African elites, it is remains doubtful that they do so for ordinary Africans, although sustained analysis suggests that potential exists, albeit hampered by the modalities of governance on the continent. This book brings together experts on the topic to throw light on some of the more contentious aspects of the relationship. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

Citizenship and the State in the Middle East $43.04 As a response to processes of globalization, regional integration and ethnic conflicts, the study of citizenship has regained new interest among social scientists and legal experts. This approach focuses on the relationship between the state and the people — as individuals and collectivities, citizens and non-citizens — living within its borders. Citizenship defines the terms of rights and obligations in a society, regulates political participation and access to public goods and properties. Together with its companion volume, Gender and Citizenship (forthcoming in Fall 2000), this book represents the first systematic critical attempt to interpret the complex nature of Middle East politics from a citizenship perspective. The work provides both theoretical contributions and case studies, and includes a significant section on Israel and Palestine.

Climate and Architecture $44.95 Provides a critical overview of the main climate influences which shape the design of buildings. Written by experts in their field, the book contains the latest research into climatic design supported by case studies and examples drawn from both historic and modernist practice from Europe and around the world. Beautifully illustrated with photographs, diagrams and building plans, the book sets out the environmental basis for sustainable design into the 21st century. A key focus of the book is the relationship between climate and comfort with various strategies outlined for different regions of the world and for different building types. Presents the science of environmental design as an uplifting experience and one which enriches the culture of architecture both aesthetically and socially.

Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics $83.99 Formerly Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Concepts and Applications, this fully updated Fourth Edition has been retitled Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications to reflect the increasing body of knowledge linking the two concepts that explain the relationship between drug administration and drug response. This revised edition also reflects the explosion in our understanding at the molecular and mechanistic levels of all the processes controlling the pharmacokinetics of drugs. The text is authored by two leading international experts on the clinical aspects of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and is widely considered one of the authoritative texts on the subject.A companion website includes the full text online, plus interactive simulations for student practice using different pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models and parameters.

Conceptual Database Design: An Entity-Relationship Approach $124 This comprehensive book is written to meet the needs of database designers, programmers, and end-users interested in maximizing the power of conceptual and logical design using the entity-relationship approach. The authors, internationally know experts in the field, thoroughly examine conceptual design, functional analysis, and logical design with an emphasis on issues related to the user and the application. The text presents a unique step-by-step design methodology that incorporates state-of-the art software engineering and database design techniques and includes a large, realistic case study that illustrates key concepts. A capstone chapter, written by Dr. David Reiner, provides a survey of database design tools including basic tools for conceptual and logical design and current commercial database design and CASE Tools. Features Teaches how to conceptualize, design, reverse engineer, or modify large relational, network, or hierchical database systems. Introduces and explains concepts and their implementations using a step-by-step methodology that is accessible to database designers, end-users, and application programmers. Emphasizes the entity-relationship model throughout, including coverage of generalization hierarchies, set-subset relationships, and a variety of semantic constraints. Integrates functional analysis with data analysis to show how to create an integrated database environment for a variety of reasons. Examines reverse mapping into E-R schema for the relational, network, and hierarchical models. Illustrates how to implement design techniques through a large, realistic case study/application. Provides an up-to-date survey andanalysis of existing database design tools. 0805302441B04062001

Constructions and the Analytic Field: History, Scenes and Destiny $38.95 Constructions and the Analytic Field questions the relationship between psychoanalysis, history and literature. Does the analyst help the analysand construct a narrative, or is their task more of a historical reconstruction? In seeking to answer this question, Domenico Chianese examines Freud”s writing, beginning with ”Constructions in Analysis” and ending in ”Moses and Monotheism”, as well as the impressions of analytic method reflected in contemporary writers such as Thomas Mann, and historical writings from both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing on vivid and persuasive clinical examples, he argues that psychoanalysis creates a ”scenic space” between analysand and analyst, a theatrical space wherein the cast of the patient”s interior world enter and exit from the scene. Drawing on the rich Italian psychoanalytic tradition, this original approach to the analytic field will be of interest to psychoanalysts, historians and literary experts.

Creating Brand Loyalty: The Management of Power Positioning and Really Great Advertising $22.07 The vast majority of ads are mediocre — but don’t blame it on your ad agency. Blame it on yourself. This is the eye-opening advice of advertising experts Czerniawski and Maloney. They explain that most ad and marketing managers don’t understand their own responsibilities in the ad creation process — or how to marriage the delicate relationship with their agency.

Crude Awakening-Oil Crash $19.95 An unforgettable and shocking wake-up call, A Crude Awakening offers the rock-solid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Relentless and clear-eyed, this intensively-researched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming peak oil crisis.Drawing on an international cast of maverick energy experts and thinkers, directors Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack debunk the conventional wisdom that oil production will continue to climb, and instead stare bleakly at a planet facing economic meltdown and conflict over its most valuable resource. Featuring a haunting score by Phillip Glass and a fascinating array of rare archival footage, the film explores oil’s rocky relationship with human progress in locales ranging from ancient Baku, Azerbaijan to dusty oilpatch town McCamey, Texas.Amidst a dark and disturbing vision of our future, A Crude Awakening hints at a humbler way of life built around sustainability and alternative energy, providing a visually stunning, boldly prophetic testament which provokes not just thought but action.

Cuando Pasan Cosas Malas En Matrimonios Buenos $8.45 Relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott explore how to handle the bad things that happen in marriages.

Customer Relationship Management in Electronic Markets $17.49 Edited by two experts in the fields of business and marketing, Customer Relationship Management in Electronic Markets is designed to help you build Internet relationships that lead to customer retention and long-term loyalty. With this book, you will be able to offer customers the benefits they seek in the virtual marketplace and serve their best interests. Designed for customer service workers, managers, consultants, corporate trainers, and marketing students, this valuable tool can help you with Web sites, e-mails, cookies, and other technology to attract and keep the customers who will be the most profitable for your business.

Date Smart! $16 If it weren’t for dating, being single wouldn’t be all that bad. Actually, dating itself wouldn’t be so bad if only we knew how to choose the right person to go out with — that is, someone who’s not a loser. According to national dating experts David Coleman and Richard Doyle, too many people choose dates for all the wrong reasons — physical attraction, boredom, to resolve past issues, fear of loneliness, sex, and as a form of trophy hunting. In Date Smart!, they offer solutions to common bad picks and show the dating impaired how to remove themselves from the revolving door of bad relationships and find their perfect match.Filled with interactive quizzes, lists, and questionnaires that are as much fun as they are helpful, Date Smart! also includes a wealth of tips and resources that all singles can use, such as: — The 15-minute find process– The relationship-readiness questionnaire– The 20 deadly sins of self-sabotage– And much more!

Dating 101 $2.99 Based on The Ten Commandments of Dating, The One, and Devotions for Dating Couples by relationship experts and best-selling authors Ben Young and Dr. Samuel Adams, Dating 101 will help Christian singles discover practical strategies for finding a soul mate and building loving, lasting relationships.

Democracy and Disenfranchisement $40.32 Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election law present a multidisciplinary perspective on voting.Personality characteristics such as motivation, values, and efficacy are considered, as are demographic variables such as education, age, and social classExamines the reciprocal relationship that exists in the functions of voting for individual and society: the interplay between persons and institutions gives rise to the perception that a government is or is not legitimate, and to the sense that an individual does, or does not, belong

Designing and Planning Programs for Nonprofit and Government Organizations $196.58 Designing and Planning Programs for Nonprofit and Government Organizations is a comprehensive guide for practitioners who must carry out program planning projects in nonprofit or government human service organizations. Authors Edward J. Pawlak and Robert D. Vinter–experts in the field of program planning–show how planning is a goal-directed activity that will succeed when its tasks are carried out in orderly, progressive stages. In this important resource, the authors walk practitioners and students through the entire process from initiation to completion of planning projects and examine the relationship between planning, implementation, and program operations.

Diversity in American Higher Education $47.95 Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to focus on a narrow definition of diversity in education, or in relation to singular topics like access to higher education, financial aid, and affirmative action. By contrast, Diversity in American Higher Education captures in one volume the wide range of critical issues that comprise the current discourse on diversity on the college campus in its broadest sense. This edited collection explores: legal perspectives on diversity and affirmative action higher education”s relationship to the deeper roots of K-12 equity and access policy, politics, and practice”s effects on students, faculty, and staff. Bringing together the leading experts on diversity in higher education scholarship, Diversity in American Higher Education redefines the agenda for diversity as we know it today.

Ecology of Sensing $210.83 Sense organs serve as a kind of biological interface between the environment and the organism. Therefore, the relationship between sensory systems and ecology is very close and its knowledge of fundamental importance for an understanding of animal behavior. The sixteen chapters of this book exemplify the diversity of the constraints and opportunities associated with the sensation of stimuli representing different forms of energy. The book stresses the events taking place in the sensory periphery where the animal is exposed to and gets in touch with its natural habitat and acquires the information needed to organize its interaction with its environment. Ecology of Sensing brings together the leading experts in the field.

Edvard Munch’s Mermaid $22.95 Edvard Munch (1863-1944) has attained lasting fame for paintings and prints–above all The Scream–that express the isolation and anxieties of the modern condition, Recently, the Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired a large Munch painting, Mermaid, little known outside a small circle of experts because it had never been displayed in museums or galleries. To introduce this important work to the public, the Museum has organized an exhibition that presents Mermaid alongside related paintings, drawings, and prints. Edvard Munch’s Mermaid, which accompanies the exhibition, provides the first comprehensive discussion of the painting’s history and significance. The Norwegian industrialist and collector Axel Heiberg commissioned Mermaid from Munch in 1896, when the artist was living in Paris, absorbing the city’s intellectual life, expanding his work as a printmaker, and extending his activities to new realms, such as designing the theater sets and program for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. The first two essays in this book from the Philadelphia Museum of Art situate Mermaid, Munch’s first decorative painting, within the rich ferment of this period in his life. The painting’s Norwegian imagery, Symbolist ethos, and Art Nouveau influences are explored even as its relationship to Munch’s printmaking of 1896-97 and other artistic activities is elucidated. Mermaid was removed from Heiberg’s house in 1938 and was converted by a restorer from a trapezoidal format to a standard rectangle. The final essays discusses the changes to the painting in light of Munch’s highly personal and complex views on the alteration of his works. Edvard Munch’s Mermaid reproduces all the prints, drawings, and paintings inthe exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 24-December 31, 2005.

Encounters With the Paranormal $5.72 Do polygraph tests really detect lies? Can memories be implanted? What is the relationship between science and belief? Experts in the fields of biology, psychology, philosophy, social science, and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect how we perceive reality. From science’s influence on beauty to UFO mythology to near-death experiences, this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.

Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy $356.51 One of the hallmarks of cognitive behavior therapy is its diversity today. Since its inception, over twenty five years ago, this once revolutionary approach to psychotherapy has grown to encompass treatments across the full range of psychological disorders. The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy brings together all of the key aspects of this field distilling decades of clinical wisdom into one authoritative volume. With a preface by Aaron T. Beck, founder of the cognitive approach, the Encyclopedia features entries by noted experts including Arthur Freeman, Windy Dryden, Marsha Linehan, Edna Foa, and Thomas Ollendick to name but a few, and reviews the latest empirical data on first-line therapies and combination approaches, to give readers both insights into clients’ problems and the most effective treatments available. Common disorders and conditions: anxiety, depression, OCD, phobias, sleep disturbance, eating disorders, grief, anger Essential components of treatment: the therapeutic relationship, case formulation, homework, relapse prevention Treatment methods: dialectical behavior therapy, REBT, paradoxical interventions, social skills training, stress inoculation, play therapy, CBT/medicine combinations Applications of CBT with specific populations: children, adolescents, couples, dually diagnosed clients, the elderly, veterans, refugees Emerging problems: Internet addiction, chronic pain, narcolepsy pathological gambling, jet lag All entries feature reference lists and are cross-indexed. The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy capably fills practitioners’ and educators’ needs for an idea book, teaching text, or quick access to practical, workable interventions.

Environmental Law and Policy in the European Union and the United States $134.41 Authorities in the fields of environmental and international law and policy, political science, environmental technology, and public administration compare and contrast the ways in which the United States and the European Union handle similar environmental issues. The contributors critically analyze the influence of culture and history on the way apparently similar developed democracies handle the same problems; they examine the center-state relationship as it applies to EU member countries in contrast to states within the United States; they look at the challenge of transboundary, international, and global environmental problems, and how these relate to the still-emerging geopolitical reconfigurations involved in such structures as NAFTA and the EU; and they examine how transnational resources are handled in the North American and EU contexts. Randall Baker has assembled leading experts who examine significant issues for policymakers and environmentalists in North America and Western Europe.

Environmental Management and Governance: Intergovernmental Approaches to Hazards and Sustainability $69.41 Problems for environmental management are taking on a new urgency. This book addresses aspects of environmental management that raise fundamental questions about governmental roles and the relationship of humans to the environment. It examines the interaction of local and national governments and the strengths and weaknesses of co-operative vs. coercive environmental management, through a focus on the management of natural hazards. Leading experts in the field examine new and innovative environmental management and planning programmes with particular focus on North America and Australia. This book offers a new understanding of environmental problems and explores the appropriate policy mix that must be developed for environmental management to strive towards environmental sustainability.

Essential Psychotherapies $75 The leading survey text for basic psychotherapy courses, this book offers authoritative, engaging presentations of the 12 most important forms of psychotherapy practiced today. Prominent experts cover traditional treatments as well as influential models that have been developed relatively recently, giving students and practitioners a solid grasp of foundational theories, techniques, and research. Each chapter follows a common set of organizational guidelines; features illustrative vignettes and a full case example; and concludes with readings and resources to guide further study. New to This Edition*Incorporates the latest clinical developments and research.*Chapter on third-wave behavior therapies.*Each chapter has expanded discussions of the role of the therapeutic relationship and the use of evidence-based practices.*Concise chapters make the book even more instructor and student friendly.

Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine $105.22 This volume brings together an unusually broad range of experts from reproductive medicine, medical ethics, and law to address the important ethical problems in maternal-fetal medicine which impact directly on clinical practice. The book is divided into parts by the stages of pregnancy, within which the authors cover four main areas: the balance of power in the doctor-patient relationship and the justifiable limits of paternalism and autonomy; the impact of new technologies and new diseases; disability and enhancement; and difference–to what extent should the clinician respect the tenets of other faiths in a multicultural society.

Ethics for Life Scientists $3.4 Life sciences have huge controversial social implications. In doing experiments with animals, plants or humans the welfare of these living beings can be hampered; in communicating research results private and public interests can be harmed (patents!) or at least severely influenced; in being a member of a research group issues of human rights (such as discriminatory behaviour) can become prominent; individual and collective forms of responsibility because of controversial types of research can become urgent. Funding organizations can confront scientists and engineers with new ethical issues; the public at large or, as is the case with sustainability, future generations can challenge existing ways of doing research, and educating and teaching can confront scientists with new ethical issues. In this book, resulting from an expert workshop at Wageningen University and Research Centre, European and American experts discuss such topics and theories as the relationship between ethics, professional ethics and business ethics, the public responsibility of researchers and communicating, organizing, teaching and discussing ethical issues.