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Antibiotic Basics for Clinicians: The Abcs Of Choosing The Right Antibacterial Agent (Point (lippincott Williams And Wilkins) Ser.)
by Alan HauserPublisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Popular as a classroom text, for review, and as a clinical quick-reference, this time-saving resource helps me... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2013 -
Prayers for the Living
by Alan CheusePrayers for the Living is a novel both grand in its vision and loving in its familiarity. Presented in a series of conversations between grandmother Minnie Bloch and her companions, Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio commentator on All Things Considered, unfolds a layered family portrait of three g... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1986 -
Paradise, or, Eat Your Face: A Trio of Novellas
by Alan CheuseFrom acclaimed author Alan Cheuse -- National Public Radio's longtime "Voice of Books" -- comes a trio of provocative novellas. In the title piece, "Paradise, or, Eat Your Face," we meet travel writer Susan Wheelis and follow her exotic journey to Bali, and into her own frustrated soul. "Care" cente... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
An Authentic Captain Marvel Ring and Other Stories
by Alan CheuseThe very best short stories and novellas from National Public Radio's Alan Cheuse are brought together in a quintessential collection. Countless listeners depend on the book reviews from Cheuse, America's "voice of books," and many of those listeners also follow his own critically acclaimed fiction ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2013 -
A Trance After Breakfast: And Other Passages
by Alan CheuseA collection of lyrical travel writings from celebrated writer and NPR commentator Alan Cheuse. ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Song of Slaves in the Desert
by Alan CheuseBased on historically accurate roots, this novel explores one New Yorker's involvement in his family's rice plantation and the wild tensions involved as he tries to right the wrong he sees at work in his family. Tracing the thread of slavery from 1500s Timbuktu up to the Civil War, Songs of Slave... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
The Fires
by Alan CheuseFinely-honed portraits of hope and change, these two novellas are linked so skillfully that they achieve the intensity of a single novel in which some characters succeed and others fail on separate but equally compelling quests. In "The Fires," Gina Morgan makes a pilgrimage to Uzbekistan to carry o... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Listening to the Page: Adventures in Reading and Writing
by Alan CheuseWhen he sold his first short story to The New Yorker in 1979, Alan Cheuse was hardly new to the literary world. He had studied at Rutgers under John Ciardi, worked at the Breadloaf Writing Workshops with Robert Frost and Ralph Ellison, written hundreds of reviews for Kirkus Reviews, and taught along... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2001 -
To Catch the Lightning: A Novel of American Dreaming
by Alan CheuseThe critically acclaimed winner of the Grub Street National Book Prize for Fiction. Until someone tells you, you never know in whose dreams you appear... -from the prologue. Beginning in the late 1890s, Edward Sheriff Curtis embarked on an overwhelming odyssey to document and photograph the fading w... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Big Citizenship: How Pragmatic Idealism Can Bring Out the Best in America
by Alan KhazeiThe story of the realization of one manOCOs vision: of how much greater America would be if people from all walks of life joined together in a shared act of national service... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2010 -
Literature: Craft and Voice (2nd Edition)
Bringing writers to readers brings readers to writing. Today's students do read--we know that they read a significant amount of email, text messages, web pages, and even magazines. What many do not do is read in a sustained way. Many do not come to college prepared to read long texts, nor do they... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
Literary Washington, D.C.
by Alan Cheuse • Patrick AllenThe public face of Washington-the gridiron of L'Enfant's avenues, the buttoned-down demeanor Sloan Wilson's archetypal "Man in the Grey Flannel Suit," the monumental buildings of the Triangle-rarely gives up the secrets of this city's rich life. But, beneath the surface there are countless stories t... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
Literary Washington, D.C.
by Alan Cheuse • Patrick AllenThe public face of Washington-the gridiron of L'Enfant's avenues, the buttoned-down demeanor Sloan Wilson's archetypal "Man in the Grey Flannel Suit," the monumental buildings of the Triangle-rarely gives up the secrets of this city's rich life. But, beneath the surface there are countless stories t... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
Under the Covers and between the Sheets
Bibliophiles, grab your glasses! Here is a compendium of interesting--and often scandalous--facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien's Middle- earth to Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, you'll sections such as: You Don't Say?: Comm... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
The Underground City
by H. L. Humes • Alan CheuseBack in print after nearly fifty years-the acclaimed fiction debut of novelist H. L. Humes, co-founder of The Paris Review"Immensely intelligent and energetic, intensely dramatic and melodramatic, heroically overwritten yet sharp, insightful, and precise, The Underground City is an astonishing book ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1958 -
Managing Crises Overseas
The book examines crisis management for operations located outside of a corporation’s normal confines, particularly in regions which might be overtly threatening or hostile to multinational corporations and their people and assets overseas. Outlining proper operating procedures, planning, implementa... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2017 -
Modern Times: Reflections on a Century of English Modernity
by Mica Nava • Alan O’SheaConfronting the contemporary poststructuralist debate from the perspective of cultural of cultural historiography, this book presents an historical study of race and ethnicity. Specifically, it provides an account, both theoretical and applied, of the combination of sexual, racial and ethnic underpi... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1995 -
Getting Started in Health Research
By the time you've read this book, you'll be ready to design your own research project Not everyone in clinical research is a scientific investigator. In fact, a large proportion of health professionals undertaking a research project are working in clinical care, as junior doctors, nurses or allied... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals
For over two decades, On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals has prepared students for successful careers in the culinary arts. Clear and comprehensive, this best-selling text teaches the “hows” and “whys” of cooking and baking principles, while providing step-by-step instructions, visual... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Historic Hatchville: Horse and Farm Country on Cape Cod
The village of Hatchville on Cape Cod boasts a rich history that began in 1740 with the first Hatch settler. Join author Les Garrick on a journey from the founding of Hatchville to the rise of the cranberry, poultry and dairy industries. Against all odds, the village has preserved this heritage, and... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
The Global Partnership Against WMD: Success and Shortcomings of G8 Threat Reduction since 9/11 (Whitehall Papers)
The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on. The potential acquisition and use by terrorist groups of such weaponry was suddenly a much increased threat. The G8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapon... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2010 -
Understanding Clinical Papers
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and it goes on to provide explanations of important research... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2020 -
Understanding Clinical Papers
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-relate... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
The Seismoelectric Method: Theory and Applications (Analytical Methods In Earth And Environmental Science Ser.)
The seismoelectric method consists of measuring electromagnetic signals associated with the propagation of seismic waves or seismic sources in porous media. This method is useful in an increasing number of applications, for example to characterize aquifers, contaminant plumes or the vadose zone. Thi... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
Slap Shot Science: A Curious Fan's Guide to Hockey
by Alain HachéA fast-paced look at the fascinating science that explains the game of hockey.From the moment the first player steps onto the ice, every conceivable principle of science is in play. To understand hockey—fully understand it—Alain Haché argues that you must first learn how ice reacts to a passing blad... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2015