A Vietnam veteran recounts his challenging and painful journey back to health after his body was mutilated by a Bouncing Betty land mine near Tam Ky Author: Frederick Downs, Jr. Publisher: W. W. Norton Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0393017699 ISBN-13: 9780393017694..
For this carefully selected anthology, the author of Classical Music has chosen representative works from the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. All seventy-six selections--complete pieces, movements, or integral sections--are discussed at length in the companion text. All genres, styles, an..
"A superbly readable piece of cultural history. . . . Downs proves that graphics and narrative can be intertwined in an entertaining and informative historical presentation. . . . Delightful and intellectually enriching."--Southern Historian"Excellent. . . . Well-documented with both historical and ..
From the Bible, the Iliad, and the Republic to Civil Disobedience, Das Kapital, and Silent Spring, this revised and greatly expanded edition is a monument to the power of the printed word-an informative discussion of many of the most important works ever created. Author: Downs, Robert B. Publisher:..
This workbook/manual teaches K-12 school counselors-in-training how to build a comprehensive, results-based student support program that encourages collaboration among counselors, school psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other support staff working within the school to ensure student succes..
After finding less and less food in the alley where he lives, Charlie, a cat, decides to move to the country, where he can drink milk, climb trees, and play Tiger in the Grass Author: Downs, Diane Fox Publisher: Goldencraft Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0307602060 ISBN-13: 9780307602..
In this, the fourth volume in the Norton Introduction to Music History series, Philip Downs traces the rise and decline of the "Classical" style from the birth of Haydn (1732) to the death of Beethoven (1827). He demonstrates the enormous diversity and constant change that characterized every aspect..
Provides an up-close examination of the planet's volcanoes, geysers, and fountains of fire with factual tales about incredible past and present events, including Mt. Vesuvius and Old Faithful. Author: Downs, Sandra Publisher: Twenty First Century Books Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 076..
This work will draw upon the expertise of the editors as authors and various contributors in order to present several different perspectives with the goal of approaching and understanding when ethical lines are crossed. In order to achieve this goal, comparisons of various canons of ethics from rela..
Everyone disagrees on some things; this is inevitable. The question is, how can we disagree with those we love but increase the odds that we will live and love to fight another day In other words, how can we fight fair In this companion to One of Us Must Be Crazy... and I'm Pretty Sure It's You (a ..
This totally revised edition is a thoroughly referenced and an exhaustive description of the current state of knowledge on hearing and auditory disorders in infants, toddlers and young children. Presented with emphasis on medical aspects of pediatric hearing loss, it covers identification, evaluatio..
It was a crumbling city, like so many others. But in Hartford five gifted young men, who met as high school athletes, promised their lives to the hometown that shaped them even as it was coming apart. They intended to go far. They would, they pledged, bring back college degrees and commit themselves..
In Context is a thematically-organized reader which invites students to use reading and writing to participate in ongoing cultural conversations.In Context¿s units focus on four ongoing conversations that have an impact on events in the world and that affect the way we see ourselves. These units inc..
Product DescriptionIn More Than Victims, Donald Downs offers a sympathetic and powerful analysis of the problems attending the use of battered-woman syndrome as a legal defense, ultimately revealing how the syndrome's logic actually harms those it is trying to protect. A persuasive account of how co..
Author is the former editor of: Nursing Research. Collection of articles from Nursing Research offering a guide to today's research methodology. For students, researchers, and clinicians. Previous edition was entitled: Handbook of Research Methodology, c1988. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Research collec..
It's not just faulty products and poor fiscal results that can throw an executive into crisis. The more prevalent and pernicious problems are personal in nature. A manipulative or hierarchical boss may be suffering a crisis of confidence; a stressed-out or uninterested colleague may struggle with a ..
Teaching for Spiritual Growth deals with two important questions: 1) What does it mean to be spiritually mature and 2) What can the church do to help people grow spiritually These questions are explored from the perspectives of theology, developmental psychology, and educational learning theory. ..
A unique alphabetical list of 988 positive qualities--such as truth, goodness, and humor--that enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being provides a basic and entertaining guide to a richer, happier life. Original. Author: Downs, Jim Publisher: Grand Central Pub Binding: Paperback Languag..
Product DescriptionSuccessful leaders share one (and only one) common factor: They discover their own unique blend of talents and trust it completely.Executive success is really just that simple, according to Alan Downs, author of the incisive Corporate Executions. So what stops businesspeople from ..
The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexuality, and, encouragingly, unprecedented acceptability in society. Yet despite the progress of the recent past, gay men still find themselves asking, "Are we really better off " The inevitable byproduct ..
Whether he is flamboyantly fashionable with a body chiseled to perfection or chronically dissatisfied and without lasting relationships, the stereotypical extremes of male gay behavior are fueled by the same dark force: shame.The inevitable byproduct of growing up gay in a straight man's world, the ..