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'Being Alive Well': Health and the Politics of Cre...
$9.80
'Being Alive Well': Health and the Politics of Cree Well-Being is a critical medical anthropological analysis of health theory in the social sciences with specific reference to the James Bay Cree of northern Quebec. In it the author argues that definitions of health are not simply reflections of phy..
A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning (Publicatio...
$12.44
"Culture" and "meaning" are central to anthropology, but anthropologists do not agree on what they are. Claudia Strauss and Naomi Quinn propose a new theory of cultural meaning, one that gives priority to the way people's experiences are internalized. Drawing on "connectionist" or "neural network" m..
A World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum ...
$10.80
From the camera lucida to the latest in digital image making and computer manipulation, photographic technology has dramatically changed throughout its nearly 200-year history, as succinctly explained and powerfully illustrated in A World History of Photography. Thanks to the unique immediacy with w..
Abcdrive!: A Car Trip Alphabet
$11.51
From School Library JournalPreSchool-K-A serviceable alphabet book with pleasing illustrations and an ever-popular theme that seems to mesmerize young children. From A to Z, there are 11 types of vehicles identified, 5 traffic signs featured, and 10 related items named to suit the remaining letters...
Advanced Community Health Nursing Practice
$93.89
Advanced Community Health Nursing Practice is the only resource to cover the depth of all aspects of current advanced community practice and the processes used in practice. Chapters contributed by experts in the field, integrate key concepts throughout. Coverage includes foundations of practice, com..
Alexander Graham Bell : Making Connections (Oxford...
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Alexander Graham Bell forever changed the world. The telephone and his many other landmark inventions rank among the most transforming and enduring of the modern era. But it was his work with the deaf, teaching as well as inventing tools to ease communication, that he considered his life's work. The..
Art of the Ancient Near East
$37.32
An historical survey of the development of sculpture, architecture, painting, and ornament in the cultures of ancient Syria, Iran, Babylon, and Sumeria Author: Richard, Naomi Noble Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810906384 ISBN-13: 9780810906389..
Chakras a Beginners Guide (Headway Guides for Begi...
$8.96
The body's energy centers, or chakras, can act as gateways to healing and self-knowledge. This book introduces the reader to working with chakras. Author: Ozaniec, Naomi Publisher: Headway Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0340742445 ISBN-13: 9780340742440..
Dirt and Disease: Polio Before FDR (Health and Med...
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"Will have an enthusiastic audience among historians of medicine who are familiar, for the most part, only with later twentieth-century efforts to combat polio." --Allan M. Brandt, University of North CarolinaDirt and Disease is a social, cultural, and medical history of the polio epidemic in the Un..
Disobedience: A Novel
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*NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND RACHEL MCADAMS*AUTHOR OF ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FAVORITE READS OF 2017When a young photographer living in New York learns that her estranged father, a well-respected rabbi, has died, she can no longer run away from the truth, and soon sets out..
Random House Books for Young Readers
Elmo and Abby's Wacky Weather Day (Sesame Street)
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It's a beautiful spring day on Sesame Street: the sun is shining in a cloudless sky, flowers are blooming everywhere, and leaves are filling in on the trees. But Elmo has just unearthed his sled and he asks fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby to magically bring back winter so he can play. This funny stor..
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Ethics for Disaster (Studies in Social, Political,...
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Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, plane crashes, Avian Flu pandemics, and other disasters. Naomi Zack explores how these catastrophes illuminate the existing inequalities in society. By employing the moral systems of utilitarianism, deontology, an..
Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal (Oxford ...
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Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman appointed to a U.S. cabinet post and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. Perkins had a long and illustrious record as a social activist: she reorganized New York state's factory inspections system, advocated the Workmen's Compensation Act,and promo..
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Habibi
$8.46
An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi Shihab Nye.The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis al..
Haiku: One Breath Poetry
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An exploration of the traditional Japanese three-line poem examines the art form's history and explains how images and moments are captured in seventeen syllables. Author: Wakan, Naomi Beth Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Binding: paperback Language: english ISBN-10: 0893468460 ISBN-13: 9780893468460..
Himalayan Herders
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This first general case study about the Sherpa people in the Yolmo region of Nepal helps to place the more familiar Sherpa of the Solu-Khumbu region of Mt. Everest in comparative context. This study provides an ethnographic description of a village within the broad context of human adaptation to mou..
Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose
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“Nye’s sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through.”-Kirkus ReviewsA moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people around us-fa..
How Mothers Love: And How Relationships Are Born
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The importance of intimacy between a mother and her baby and how this can impact a child's ability to develop relationships early in lifeFor more than 20 years, Naomi Stadlen has listened to hundreds of mothers talking at her weekly discussion groups. Here she offers unique insights into how mothers..
Human Patient
$20.13
Draws on actual case studies and the results of five years of research by professionals in the humanistic health-care movement to present a practical program for solving problems that result from ignoring the human factor in medical treatment Author: Remen, Rachel Naomi Publisher: Anchor Books Bindi..
Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in ...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • Anyone-even you!-can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.Don’t miss the authors’ TED Talk, “Why great leaders take humor seriously,” onl..
Introduction to Special Education: Making a Differ...
$124.38
The seventh edition of Introduction to Special Education; Making a Difference, reflects a vision of what all schools should provide to students with special needs: schooling that is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of individuals with special needs and their families. When educators use..
Introduction to Special Education: Making A Differ...
$96.25
With Making a Difference as its central theme, the Seventh Edition of this bestselling text recognizes that more than ever before, educators have the opportunity and ability to make a real difference in the educational experiences of their students with disabilities.Students and teachers have long r..
Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My...
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What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals..
League of Dragons (Temeraire)
$12.48
With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other, combining the high-flying appeal of Anne McCaffrey’s Pern saga and the swashbuckling derring-do of Patrick O’Brian’s historical seafaring adventures. Now, with League of Dra..
Marie Curie: And the Science of Radioactivity (Oxf...
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Marie Curie discovered radium and went on to lead the scientific community in studying the theory behind and the uses of radioactivity. She left a vast legacy to future scientists through her research, her teaching, and her contributions to the welfare of humankind. She was the first person to win t..