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Common Symptom Answer Guide

Common Symptom Answer Guide


John H. Wasson Timothy B. Walsh Mary C. Labrecque Harold C. Sox



From the Back Cover Your family’s first line of defense! Provides expert medical advice on more than 100 common ...
The 5th Inning (Busboys and Poets)

The 5th Inning (Busboys and Poets)


E. Ethelbert Miller



Review "Beautifully written, every sentence is extremely well-crafted and labored over. Each sentence is another peek int...
Make, Volume 11 : Technology on Your Time

Make, Volume 11 : Technology on Your Time


Mark Frauenfelder O'Reilly



About the Author Mark Frauenfelder is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles, and the editor of MAKE. He is the cof...
Conquering Headache: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding the Treatment and Control of Headache

Conquering Headache: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding the Treatment and Control of Headache


Alan M. Rapoport, Fred D. Sheftell, Stewart J. Tepper



From the Publisher Empowering Press is dedicated to empowering patients with practical information about their chronic ...
Stereotype Dynamics: Language-Based Approaches to the Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Stereotypes

Stereotype Dynamics: Language-Based Approaches to the Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Stereotypes


Klaus Fiedler, Peter Freytag, Yoshihisa Kashima



Review "I think it is critically important for social psychologists to focus more on the influence of language and communic...
Constructing the Child Viewer: A History of the American Discourse on Television and Children, 1950-1980

Constructing the Child Viewer: A History of the American Discourse on Television and Children, 1950-1980


Carmen Luke



Review “For those interested in the topic matter, Constructing the Child Viewer is a handy reference book with an ...
The Supportive State: Families, Government, and America's Political Ideals

The Supportive State: Families, Government, and America's Political Ideals


Maxine Eichner



Review "The Supportive State is a groundbreaking analysis of how to rethink the relationship between the state and the fa...
The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time

The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time


Professor Chris Rojek



Review As ever Rojek's spotlight on the world of leisure is so bright that it makes the rest of leisure studies fade to g...
Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults

Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults


Rachelle K. Sheely, Steven E. Gutstein



About the Author Clinical Psychologists and husband/wife team Steven Gutstein and Rachelle Sheely are founders of the int...
Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Wellness for Women Over Fifty (Wellness for Women)

Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Wellness for Women Over Fifty (Wellness for Women)


Maria A. Fiatarone Singh



Review This book would make an excellent addition to the library of all health care professionals as it lays out a bluepr...
The American Family: Across the Class Divide

The American Family: Across the Class Divide


Yasushi Watanabe



Review 'A fascinating look inside the lives of Boston's elite and working class families. Only a stranger's eyes could di...
Sport and Corporate Nationalisms (Sport Commerce and Culture)

Sport and Corporate Nationalisms (Sport Commerce and Culture)


David L. Andrews, C. L. Cole, Michael L. Silk



Review "The organization of the collection is exemplary ... [It] addresses issues that are or certainly should be of cent...
Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear

Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear


Claudia A. Black



From the Author When I wrote It Will Never Happen To Me in the early 1980's it was a major revelation for those raised wi...
All About Fibromyalgia: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

All About Fibromyalgia: A Guide for Patients and Their Families


Daniel J. Wallace, Janice Brock Wallace



From Fibromyalgia, a syndrome rather than a disease, is more widely accepted by the medical profession now than it was a...
Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn't Last Can Lead You to the One that Will

Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn't Last Can Lead You to the One that Will


J. M. Kearns



Review "Read it, people. J.M. Kearns's new book called Better Love Next Time... The book's main premise is that people of...
Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna (The Great Hispanic Heritage)

Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna (The Great Hispanic Heritage)


Brenda Lange



Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna (The Great Hispanic Heritage)...
New Choices, New Families: How Lesbians Decide about Motherhood

New Choices, New Families: How Lesbians Decide about Motherhood


Nancy J. Mezey



Review A multiracial feminist analysis of how lesbians make choices about motherhood. This book should be required reading ...
Just Married: Thoughts on Love and Partnership

Just Married: Thoughts on Love and Partnership


Alastair Williams



Just Married: Thoughts on Love and Partnership...
Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream

Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream


Reuben May



From Publishers Weekly In his study of the soaring myths and ugly realities surrounding the world of high school basketba...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit


Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen



Amazon.com Review It's like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill and heals the ill. This collection of 101 stories...
Understanding Skin Problems: Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis and Related Conditions

Understanding Skin Problems: Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis and Related Conditions


Carl Walker, Linda Papadopoulos



Review "…The book is written by leading psychologists amd is packed full of top tips for sufferes…" (The Wa...
Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Healing Power (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)

Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Healing Power (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)


Paul Brodwin



Review "This book enlarges our interpretive framework for understanding the symbolic dimensions of therapeutic choice. It...
Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome


Emil Pascarelli



About the Author EMIL PASCARELLI, M.D., is one of the world’s leading experts on repetitive strain injury. He is c...
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization


Franklin Foer



Amazon.com Review The global power of soccer might be a little hard for Americans, living in a country that views the gam...
Final Exit (Second Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying

Final Exit (Second Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying


Derek Humphry



From Publishers Weekly Controversy should erupt anew when Humphry's suicide manual for the terminally ill, newly revised ...
The Joy of Ex

The Joy of Ex


Vicky Edwards



About the Author Vicky Edwards is a writer and broadcaster. She is also the not-so-proud owner of a back-catalogue of dis...
All About Joints: How to Prevent and Recover from Common Injuries

All About Joints: How to Prevent and Recover from Common Injuries


Irwin M. Siegel



Review ... a popular account of what bone is, what it does, and how it goes wrong ... -- Booklist About the Auth...
African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families: An Introduction

African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families: An Introduction


Patricia Dixon



Review "Dixon’s text may well become the text on African American relationships, marriages, and families. It&#x...
Deadbeat Dads: A National Child Support Scandal

Deadbeat Dads: A National Child Support Scandal


Joel Friedman, Marcia M. Boumil



Review .,."well researched and provides a great deal of information on such topics as the effect of fault and nofault div...
Wilderness Navigation Handbook

Wilderness Navigation Handbook


Fred Touche



About the Author Fred Touche is a technical writer and has been an avid hiker, skier, kayaker, and mountain climber for 3...