Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, raises concerns about the nature of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same shape around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts explores how re[...]
An ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador. It shows how having children through biotechnological intervention is not only tolerated, it is embraced by the population, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation by the Catholic Church.[...]
Describing high temperature corrosion of ceramics, this book studies pure single crystals or CVD materials, typical engineering materials of various purities.[...]
Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Loza has carefully crafted his World War II experiences with U.S.-provided Sherman tanks into a highly readable memoir. Between the fall of 1943 and August 1945, Loza fought in the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. He commanded a tank battalion [...]
Wayne Miller's photographs chronicle a black Chicago of fifty years ago: the South Side community that burgeoned as thousands of African Americans, almost exclusively from the South, settled in the city during the Great Migration of the World War II years. The black-and-white images provide a visual[...]
IHS "Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence" provides comprehensive profiles of land-based artillery and air defense platforms currently in development and under production around the world. IHS "Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence" provides detailed global profile[...]
A powerful collection of new commentary on the Holocaust by international writers from nine disciplines. The book forms a response to the Holocaust's demands on memory and on thought, and is an occasion to encounter the Holocaust both as history and as possibility. Contributors provided essays on ar[...]
This enlarged 1933 edition of a 1931 biography reflected and furthered the growing worldwide recognition of the 'father of immunology'.[...]
This book is designed to be concise with a consistent format so that the clinician can focus on a specific area. This edition has had major modifications and embraces evidence-based medicine. The format includes the CPT codes for billing purposes, short description of the condition, etiology/inciden[...]
This book explains a new discovery that lack of water in the body-chronic dehydration-is the root cause of many painful degenerative diseases, asthma, allergies, hypertension, excess body weight, and some emotional problems, including depression. the book explains the damaging effects of dehydration[...]
The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your healthWith new health studies and advice bombarding us every day, few people know much about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout the miraculous system that is the human anatomy.YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconce[...]
Step into the WardrobeThis peerless companion has served as an adventurer's passport to the land of Narnia for twenty-five years and was used by the cast and crew of the major motion picture The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. From Aslan, the Great Lion, to Zardeenah, th[...]
A new edition of a popular health-care primer features new chapters on fitness-bolstering workouts and understanding the liver and pancreas, in a guide that also provides an updated Q&A section and additional recipes. 300,000 first printing.[...]
An easy-to-understand, well-illustrated introduction to the clinically-important aspects of microbiology! NOW in full color! A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This book provides a comprehensive overview of medical microbiology in a well organized and practical[...]
The new 12th edition of "Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology" solidifies its reputation as the classic text in the field of microbiology. This new edition features the same comprehensive, authoritative content - and adds new and updated material throughout. The team of authors includes three we[...]
An intimate, engaging, and insightful guide to coping with Asperger's-from one of the condition's most passionate advocates.
Michael John Carley was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at thirty-six-when his young son received the same diagnosis. This fascinating book reveals his personal experi[...]
Quantum theorist Erwin Schrö dinger invented his now-famous cat to illustrate the apparently impossible conundrums associated with quantum physics. The cat lives in an opaque box with a fiendish device that randomly feeds it either food, allowing it to live, or poison, which kills it. But in the qu[...]