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Burford Books, Inc., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Welty answers questions about sailing for those who navigate sailboats, connecting the questions to basic scientific principles and explanations based on his knowledge of physics and math. In a question and answer format, he discusses concepts such as floating, navigation and piloting, force, torque, engines, waves, light and optical phenomena, and conservation. B&w photos and illustrations are incorporated throughout. Welty is a retired teache... more information

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Wilderness Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Unlike team sports which relegate parents to the role of chauffeur or coach, "extreme" sports let adults join their children in the emotional, mental, and physical challenges of outdoor adventuring. This book introduces the reader to more than 20 extreme (and not so extreme) outdoor sports for adventurers of all levels. Chapters cover the hows and whys of taking kids on outdoor explorations, including recommendations on equipment to keep the... more information

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Manas Pub., 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Begun as a simple narrative recounting of American foreign policy from 1989 through the invasion and occupation of Iraq, this work by Venezuelan academic Ramirez-Faria became an extended meditation on the role of American exceptionalism in the post-Cold War era. He argues that American exceptionalism is a myth, both in terms of US physical power and in terms of its moral qualities. He suggests that the United States come to terms with a multipolar world in ... more information

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Sterling Publishing Co., 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Business and history writer Axelrod is author of 60-plus books, and has appeared on numerous television and radio stations in the U.S. including MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, and NPR. Analyzing decisions made by leaders from a variety of fields--diplomacy, agriculture, economics, politics, war, business, and technology--he demonstrates how the best and boldest decisions, producing the most impressive results, were made with a full awareness of key factors ... more information

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Council/Research in Values..., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Ten academics and administrators from Africa and the U.S. contribute nine chapters exploring Nigeria's challenges in developing universities that strike a balance between ancient cultural wisdom and traditions and the present global age. Coverage includes the struggles faced by Nigerian universities over the past 50 years in building a university system in the midst of a population explosion, a civil war and a revolution in the very n... more information

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Áccent Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This is the personal account of a Welshman's kidnapping from the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia (where he was working as an adviser for the Agro-Business Bank) by a paramilitary group and his subsequent 141 days confined in a small cell until his eventual escape. His narrative focuses on his own struggle to endure the physical and mental torture and on the efforts to locate him by British and American government officials. Distributed in the US by... more information

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Kogan Page, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Taking a self-coaching approach, Palmer (director, Center for Stress Management, UK) and Cooper (organizational psychology and health, Lancaster University) guide readers through identifying and managing the causes and effects of stress in and out of the workplace. After two introductory chapters on the nature of stress and a model of stress, the rest of the book can be read in any order, with chapters on noticing and replacing stress-inducing thoughts and ... more information

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Oxford U. Press, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Developed for the Intermediate First Year Physics Course, this text helps students understand the concepts underlying physics equations and encourages them to improve their problem solving skills. Topics include (for example) scalars and vectors; equations of motion; light and optics; and heat and thermodynamics. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and is followed by questions for class discussion and a set of quantitative problems. A... more information

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Handbooks in Health Care, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Acute myocardial infarction occurs in more than 1 million Americans each year. The increasing success of current therapies means that an increasing number of patients--now more than 600,000 annually--become survivors of acute MI, at increased risk for recurrences of cardiac events. Cardiologists Amsterdam (U. of California, Davis) and Liebson (Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago) provide guidance for physicians with post-M... more information

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Health Communications, Inc., 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This resource for expectant parents, and for adults wishing to change their names, provides 5,000 names from 37 African cultures and from over 70 different ethnic and language groups. Names are organized by meaning and theme, including religion, birth circumstance, physical characteristics, and desired characteristics, and come with notes on origin, pronunciation, and gender. An introductory section explores the spiritual, social, and polit... more information

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National Museum of Denmark, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The valley is in northern Peru, and is part of the humid montane forest belt that stretches north-south along the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range. Schjellerup, an anthropologist and archaeologist with the National Museum of Denmark, and four colleagues identified only by name began fieldwork there in August 2004 on how people have impacted the environment in the valley over the past 2,000 years. After describing the physical featu... more information

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English Heritage, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The port city on England's west coast boasts an extensive network of historic open spaces, parks, gardens, cemeteries, and squares. Layton-Jones and Lee provide modern color and historic monochrome photographs along with discussions of how the various places began and how they fit into the physical and social landscape. Their topics include prospects and pleasure gardens, botanic and zoological gardens, public facilities and park maintenance, tour... more information

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Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this guide for general readers, two MDs overview the anatomy of the back and explain the most common causes of back pain and how to avoid them or minimize them. They offer a tour of diagnostic processes used for back pain, including X-rays, MRIs, and other tests and studies, and describe methods of nonsurgical pain management, with a chapter devoted to physical therapy. They also offer advice on deciding whether back surgery is appropriate, a... more information

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Inner Traditions International, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Polastron is best known for Books on Fire, his volume on the destruction of libraries throughout history, and he addresses the digitization of books and the "dematerialization of knowledge" that can result from a lack of physical text. The author questions the authenticity of the flow of information within virtual libraries, and notes that a growing commercial domain may limit access to "free reading." General readers... more information

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U. of Georgia Press, 2004. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In a series of short pieces, AgosÍn--a human rights activist, writer, and teacher (Spanish, Wellesley College)--records moments from personal, spiritual, and physical voyages across four continents, contemplating exile and refuge. "I navigated without maps or precise schedules," she begins. "I eschewed directions and travel times. I understood that no one awaits a true traveler. Day and night were contained within me. I looked... more information

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Dutton Books, 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The satirists behind collegehumor.com present this print version of their online magazine. Readers will be initiated with the Ten Commandments of College ("thou shalt eat easy mac"), be prepared for dorm closet wars and contraband searches, learn easy recipes ("ham and cheese wafflewich"), and learn the true meaning of easy sounding class titles like "Physics 1" (physics-1, you-0). (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Jones & Bartlett, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Written for both patients with valvular heart disease and the practitioners who treat them, this guide is designed simply to answer the 100 most frequently asked questions about this medical condition. Pai and Varadarajan (Loma Linda U. Medical Center) offer these answers to give a sense of empowerment to patients by arming them with solid facts about surgical procedures, non-invasive techniques, drug therapy and general treatment guidelines. The ... more information

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American Cancer Society, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Some turn to a higher power, some turn to friends and family, but all turn to belief in survival, although some take a bit longer than others. Fellow survivor Silver (physical medicine and rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School), who has written well and often of her own and others' experiences, understands individual coping mechanisms and the practical steps patients need to cope. Along with encouraging comments and quotes from survivors, ... more information

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Parkway Publishers, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Eleven geographers explore the region's historical, cultural, and physical landscapes, revealing the patterns, processes, and connections at work in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. Early chapters cover climate and physical geography, providing a foundation for later chapters on settlement, historical development, and 20th-century changes in population, rural-urban patterns, agriculture, and manufacturing. There is also material ... more information

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Demos Medical Publishing, Inc., 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Intended for the average adult, this handbook describes the basic structure and function of the musculoskeletal system of the human body, and the painful conditions that can develop in each part of the body from rigorous exercise. Saidorf, who is a physical therapist, and Apfel (neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) explain the causes and symptoms of the most common complaints, and recommend several approaches to treatment and ... more information

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