For anyone considering a career in nursing, this book is a must-read resource providing a unique look at the nursing profession. Personal accounts from men and women at all stages and in all specialties of nursing provide practical advice and realistic, often humorous perspectives on what it’s reall..
Provides a world view of mathematics, balancing ancient, early modern and modern history. Problems are taken from their original sources, enabling students to understand how mathematicians in various times and places solved mathematical problems. In this new edition a more global perspective is take..
A People and a Nation is a spirited narrative that challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Its thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the..
Observing the dramatic shift in world politics since the end of the Cold War, Peter J. Katzenstein argues that regions have become critical to contemporary world politics. This view is in stark contrast to those who focus on the purportedly stubborn persistence of the nation-state or the inevitable ..
How To Balance Your Work and Your LifeAddictive Entrepreneurship is like a businessmeditation guiding you to weigh both sides of criticalsuccess principles and discover how to make brilliantwork / life choices without getting emotionally distracted.The wisdom this book provides is a realistic anti g..
An ever-more diverse America is getting older, but American policies are not growing with the needs of our ethnic and aging society. Age Through Ethnic Lenses explores the distinct characteristics and unique social, political, economic, and cultural situations of America's aged, while highlighting t..
Book by Ka-tzetnik, Katzetnik Author: Katzetnik Publisher: Carol Pub Group Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0818401001 ISBN-13: 9780818401008..
Folding screens, known as byôbu in Japanese, are treasures within any museum’s collection and are beloved by the general public. This beautiful publication brings together the very finest screens from the world-renowned collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Saint Louis Art Museum. The ..
While paradigm-bound research has generated powerful insights in international relations, it has fostered a tunnel vision that hinders progress and widens the chasm between theory and policy. In this important new book, Sil and Katzenstein draw upon recent scholarship to illustrate the benefits of a..
Traces the history of relations between blacks and American Indians, and the existence of black Indians, from the earliest foreign landings through pioneer days. Author: Katz, William Loren Publisher: Atheneum Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689311966 ISBN-13: 9780689311963..
The author of Black Indians traces the history of African Americans in New York from the colonial period to the present day, capturing the people and events--from early slaves to the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement--that changed the course of America. Author: Katz, William Loren Publ..
After not being allowed to vote, testify in court, or send their kids to school, African Americans had to create a system of their own, in a book that examines the institutions they made and the struggles they faced to gain equality. Author: Katz, William Loren Publisher: Atheneum Binding: Hardcover..
Explores the many escape attempts slaves throughout the country made in order to break away, as well as the various battles fought by slaves against their captors in their struggle to be free. Reprint. Author: Katz, William Loren Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Binding: Paperback Language: English ISB..
Children everywhere wish for peaceInternational Peace Day is September 21. On this day and every day throughout the year, children all over the world wish for peace. Karen Katz takes readers on a bright and colorful journey around the globe to meet some of these children and learn about the many way..
One of The Care Bears, Bedtime Bear introduces this collection of twenty poems, prayers, and lullabies by such authors as A.A. Milne and Robert Louis Stevenson and such contemporary poets as Aileen Fisher, Margaret Wise Brown, and Lillian Moore Author: Bobbi Katz Publisher: Random House Binding: lib..
In City Trenches, Ira Katznelson looks at an important phenomenon of the sixties-the resurgence of community activism-and explains its sources, challenges, and failure. Katznelson argues that the American working class perceives workplace politics and community politics as separate and distinct sphe..
"The presentation is consistently excellent. One, the writing is lucid and organized in a way that should be very natural for the clinical reader. Two, the text requires no background in mathematics and uses a minimum of symbols. And, three, the methodological concepts and clinical issues are well i..
Now in its sixth edition, Colonial America is the most respected and well-known anthology of readings by top scholars in the field of early American history. The collection offers an insightful and critical view of the colonial period, and exposes students to the most significant developments in rec..
BASIC APPROACHIn the past ten years there has been a revolution in the practice of hardware design. Professionals now rely on CAD software, rapid prototyping, and programmable logic devices to streamline the design process. Contemporary Logic Design is the first text to address these changes - and t..
"What role should the Senate play in the selection and confirmation of judges What criteria are appropriate in evaluating nominees What kinds of questions and answers are appropriate in confirmation hearings How do judges interpret laws enacted by Congress, and what problems do they face And wha..
Reveals the strategies taught by the Princeton Review, a ten-week S.A.T. coaching course that encourages students to think like the test makers, and includes drills and a mail-in sample test. Author: John Katzman Publisher: Villard Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0394743423 ISBN-..
Custer in Photographs is a definitive study that identifies and investigates all of the well known and many recently discovered photographs of General George Armstrong Custer--The youngest Union general ever to fight in the Civil War and the most photographed man of his time. At no time during the h..
Too many amazing poems end up overlooked by the academy and excluded from the canon, remaining largely unknown to the poetry-reading public. Joy Katz and Kevin Prufer’s Dark Horses joyfully rediscovers dozens of these poems, recognizes their power, and illuminates their significance.Seventy-five est..
Through a selection of primary and secondary sources, Death by Design examines the uses of technology during the Holocaust and the specific ways in which scientists, architects, medical professionals, businessmen, and engineers participated in the planning and operation of the concentration and exte..
In Disciplining Old Age Stephen Katz gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rigorous approach to what gerentology does. He deftly and subtly combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, and the Althusser in his analysis of what he calls the "gerontological web."Katz explores how political and so..