Written by a skilled trainer, speaker, former college professor, and author, this clear and focused book operates on the premise that students or employees aspiring to succeed in the workplace will achieve their goals more easily if they know how to speak persuasively and effectively. Throughout the[...]

What does E=mc2 really mean? What is DNA? What was the big bang? These scientific concepts have changed our perception of the world...but for many of us they remain mysteries, bits and pieces of information retained from classroom lectures but never truly understood.
Now we can finally grasp th[...]

The black sheep of fallbrook is back . . . And he's in for the surprise of his life.Former bad boy, now-decorated Army Ranger Brody McBride is home and on a mission: Find the woman he never should have left behind and right the wrong he did eight years ago.When the man she loved broke her heart and [...]

Offering a scientific approach to nutrition, this book describes the function of nutritional requirements at the cellular and molecular level. It includes a discussion of relevant aspects of physiology, food chemistry, toxicology, pediatrics, and public health.[...]

A practical guidebook that details the organizations and content of clinical trials, including trial design, safety, endpoints, subgroups, HRQoL, consent forms and package inserts. It provides information on both US and international regulatory guidelines and features concrete examples of study desi[...]

The product of six years of collaborative research, this fine biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anaesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography, and public health. It modifies the conventional rags to riches portrait of John Snow by synthesising fresh information abou[...]

With contributions from leading faculty, this new edition provides a clear and concise overview of the most important aspects of pharmacology necessary for a basic understanding of the subject. It reviews the concepts, clinical applications and side effects of pharmacology, emphasising practical app[...]

Being America's favorite heiress is a dirty job...but someone's gotta do it. Lexington Larrabee has never had to work a day in her life. After all, she's the heiress to the multi-billion-dollar Larrabee Media empire. And heiresses are not supposed to work." "But then again, they're not supposed to c[...]

Drawing on a multitude of data sets and building on analyses carried out over more than a decade, this book offers a major new theoretical explanation of how ordinary citizens figure out what they favour and oppose politically. Reacting against the conventional wisdom, which stresses how little atte[...]

In this account of hunter/gatherer culture gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the salmon-fishing tribes in the Canadian Northwest, the author reaches through everyday realities to reflect on the human condition.[...]