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A comprehensive, down-to-earth guide for anyone diagnosed with
breast cancer. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and
confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider,
and important decisions to make, all while trying to carry on with
work, family, and life. The Breast Cancer Book can't reverse a
diagnosis or make breast cancer disappear, but every page can
inform and empower you or your loved ones, no matter where you are
in the breast cancer experience. Written by three trusted
experts-an oncologist, a breast surgeon, and a two-time breast
cancer survivor-this multidisciplinary book walks you through
everything you need to know about breast cancer so that you can
make the best decisions about diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
care. In plain, easy-to-understand language that illuminates all
the facets of this disease, the authors draw on their professional
experience and the most current scientific knowledge to * describe
the risk factors for breast cancer; * explain the various tests
used to detect cancer; * clarify the full range of treatment
options, from surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation to newer
combination therapies; * provide insight from experts in genetics,
radiation oncology, and breast reconstruction; * present
inspirational true stories of breast cancer survivors; and *
simplify complex concepts with detailed graphics, tables,
illustrations, and photographs. A crash course on breast cancer
that will help get you or anyone you love through the physical and
emotional challenges of the disease, The Breast Cancer Book will
also help readers communicate with their cancer team. Packed with
information, this compassionate guide is the most up-to-date book
available.
This extremely detailed two volume set gives an overall statistical
summary of 8th Air Force fighter operations during World War II.
Covering the period of September 1942 through the end of the war in
May 1945, the story of the 8th's fighters is presented in an easy
to read format. Each volume also contains over 170 photographs of
the pilots and their aircraft. Over the years, many books have been
written about the 8th Air Force, but none have combined all the
details that appear in these volumes - volume one combines the 8th
Air Force's day-to-day operations with individual unit histories;
volume two lists all scores and ace details. Kent Miller's books
are an invaluable aid to the researcher and historian.
Increase your awareness of the concerns facing the black disabled
community! Disability and the Black Community addresses physical,
mental, and learning disabilities experienced across age, gender,
and ethics groups by the black race in the United States. This
unique book works to increase understanding and awareness of those
working with the disabled by mobilizing advocates, providing
alternatives for successful intervention and planning, and
encouraging research in disability and rehabilitation. A
distinguished panel of researchers and practitioners provide
commentary on topics that include selected physical disabilities,
disabled children learning and program concerns, welfare reform,
public housing issues, domestic violence, and disability curriculum
contentall in accordance with the broadening of the definition of
disability as supported by the American Disabilities Act.
Disability and the Black Community raises the level of
understanding and awareness of the complex and diverse concerns
facing the disabled and their families in the community and the
workplace. The book is at once motivational, influential, and
empowering, examining social and political issues that compound the
ordeals confronting the black disabled. Topics addressed include:
learning disabilities, academic achievements, and mental health
issues of children health disparities and access to care welfare
reform, disability, and race practice, program, and curriculum
models and much more! Disability and the Black Community is an
essential resource for health professionals and advocates who work
with the black disabled. The book keeps practitioners up to date on
what is needed in terms of funding, facilities, and resources in
order to keep the larger society and significant resource systems
appraised of the needs of the disabled.
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn
into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be
when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an
average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach
dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore.
Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and
gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of
books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book
includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps
parents and teachers find the books that students really like to
read.
This book presents a new window on the legal system of Ancient
Israel. Building on the understanding that Israel was a society
where writing was the medium for some forms of discourse but not
others, where written texts were performed orally and rewritten
from oral performances, Robert D. Miller II, OFS, examines law and
jurisprudence in this oral-and-literate world. Using Iceland as an
ethnographic analogy, Miller shows how law was practiced,
performed, and transmitted; the way written artifacts of the law
fit into oral performance and transmission; and the relationship of
the detritus of law that survives in the Hebrew Bible, both Torah
and Proverbs, to that earlier social world.
Tony Sarg (1880–1942), an American artist born in Guatemala to a
diplomatic family, first achieved professional success as an
illustrator in London and New York. But in the 1920s, he gained
even greater renown for his touring puppet shows based on classic
tales like Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe. Fusing the
time-honoured craft of traditional marionette shows with a playful
modern sensibility, Sarg’s productions were foundational to
American puppetry: Jim Henson can be considered a direct artistic
descendant. Yet this was only one facet of Sarg’s varied
accomplishments: he was also a pioneer in animated films and
children’s books, and, as a longtime designer for Macy’s, he
invented the gigantic balloons used in the firm’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade. (He also employed one of his parade balloons in the
famous Nantucket Sea Serpent hoax of 1937.) This abundantly
illustrated volume, published to coincide with a major exhibition
organised by the Norman Rockwell Museum, is the first to survey
Tony Sarg’s protean career. It brings together imagery and
artifacts from numerous public and private collections, and
includes special sections on Sarg’s long association with the
island of Nantucket and his influence on American puppetry. Tony
Sarg: Genius at Play will be essential reading for anyone with an
interest in the history of popular culture.
Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical
investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body,
drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a
constructive resource for reimagining politics and society. Daniel
Miller argues that this metaphor has consistently expressed a
desire for social and political order, grounded in the social
body's imagined normative shape or morphology. The consistent
result, from the "concord" discourses of the pre-Christian Stoics,
all the way through to contemporary nationalism and populism, has
been the suppression of any dissent that would unmake the social
body's presumed normativity. Miller argues that the conception of
embodiment at the heart of the metaphor is a fantasy, and that
negative social and political reactions to dissent represent
visceral, dysphoric responses to its reshaping of the social body.
He argues that social body's essential queerness, defined by
fluidity and lack of a fixed morphology, spawns queer democracy,
expressed through ongoing social and political practices that aim
to extend liberty and equality to new social domains. Queer
Democracy articulates a new departure for the ongoing development
of theoretical articulations linking queer and trans theory with
political theory. It will appeal to both academic and non-academic
readers engaged in research on political theory, populism, US
religion, gender studies, and queer studies.
Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical
investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body,
drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a
constructive resource for reimagining politics and society. Daniel
Miller argues that this metaphor has consistently expressed a
desire for social and political order, grounded in the social
body's imagined normative shape or morphology. The consistent
result, from the "concord" discourses of the pre-Christian Stoics,
all the way through to contemporary nationalism and populism, has
been the suppression of any dissent that would unmake the social
body's presumed normativity. Miller argues that the conception of
embodiment at the heart of the metaphor is a fantasy, and that
negative social and political reactions to dissent represent
visceral, dysphoric responses to its reshaping of the social body.
He argues that social body's essential queerness, defined by
fluidity and lack of a fixed morphology, spawns queer democracy,
expressed through ongoing social and political practices that aim
to extend liberty and equality to new social domains. Queer
Democracy articulates a new departure for the ongoing development
of theoretical articulations linking queer and trans theory with
political theory. It will appeal to both academic and non-academic
readers engaged in research on political theory, populism, US
religion, gender studies, and queer studies.
From the German Black Forest to the Romanian and Ukrainian shores
where it flows into the Black Sea, Europe's second longest river
connects ten countries, while its watershed covers four more. The
Danube serves as an artery of a culturally diverse geographic
region, frustrating attempts to divide Europe from non-Europe, and
facilitating the flow of economic and cultural forms of
international exchange. Yet the river has attracted surprisingly
little scholarly attention, and what exists too often privileges
single disciplinary or national perspectives. Adopting a
multidisciplinary approach to the river and its cultural
imaginaries, the anthology Watersheds: Poetics and Politics of the
Danube River remedies this neglect and explores the river as a site
of transcultural engagement in the New Europe. Contributions by
Katherine Arens, Micaela Baranello, Marijeta Bozovic, Robert
Dassanowsky, Dragan Kujund, Jessie Labov, Robert Lemon, Amanda
Lerner, Tomislav Longinovi, Juliana Maxim, Matthew D. Miller,
Robert Nemes, Tanya Richardson, Karl Solibakke, Jennifer Stob,
Henry Sussman.
Once again the National Dairy Council has produced the industry
reference on the important role of dairy foods in health. Packed
with the latest information from the Council's notable scientists,
the Handbook of Dairy Foods and Nutrition, Third Edition makes the
case for the beneficial role of dairy foods in a variety of
conditions and disease states. The handbook begins with a
comprehensive overview of the nutritional content and benefits of
milk and milk products including cheese and yogurt. The authors
explain the effects of dairy intake on cardiovascular health and
hypertension. The Dairy Council continues its research review by
providing the most up-to-date information on the relationship
between dairy intake and colon, breast, and prostate cancers. An
entirely new chapter is devoted to addressing recent research about
the role of dairy foods in weight management. Supporting the
age-old advice that milk gives you strong bones and teeth, this
handbook has chapters examining the evidentiary relationship
between dairy intake and bone and dental health. A full chapter
addresses the condition of lactose digestion, distinguishing
lactose intolerance from lactose maldigestion, as well as providing
research-based strategies to improve milk tolerance. A summary of
dairy's contribution to health throughout the life cycle from
childhood and adolescence into adulthood and old age, rounds out
this latest installment of the Dairy Council's authoritative
reference on the importance of dairy foods in the American diet.
Continuing to provide state-of-the-art information on dairy
products and nutrition, the Handbook of Dairy Foods and Nutrition,
Third Edition is a useful resource for nutrition scientists,
dietitians and other health professionals, educators, dairy
researchers, and the food industry.
Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by
young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they
have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and
what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their
part, find that they are treated as one of the family, and would
they even want to be? After a year of careful research, this book
shows how most of our assumptions and expectations about au pairs
are wrong.This is the first book devoted to the lives of au pairs,
their leisure as well as their work time. We see this world from
the eyes of the visitors, and their unique perspective on what lies
at the heart of our family life. The book does not flinch from
documenting the realities of the situation o the racism and the
problematic behaviour of the au pairs themselves, as much as the
ignorance and exploitation they can be subject to. The book is a
case study in how to come to feel modern life empathetically from
the viewpoint of one of those many migrant groups we take for
granted and rely on but rarely try to understand.
A comprehensive, down-to-earth guide for anyone diagnosed with
breast cancer. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and
confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider,
and important decisions to make, all while trying to carry on with
work, family, and life. The Breast Cancer Book can't reverse a
diagnosis or make breast cancer disappear, but every page can
inform and empower you or your loved ones, no matter where you are
in the breast cancer experience. Written by three trusted
experts-an oncologist, a breast surgeon, and a two-time breast
cancer survivor-this multidisciplinary book walks you through
everything you need to know about breast cancer so that you can
make the best decisions about diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
care. In plain, easy-to-understand language that illuminates all
the facets of this disease, the authors draw on their professional
experience and the most current scientific knowledge to * describe
the risk factors for breast cancer; * explain the various tests
used to detect cancer; * clarify the full range of treatment
options, from surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation to newer
combination therapies; * provide insight from experts in genetics,
radiation oncology, and breast reconstruction; * present
inspirational true stories of breast cancer survivors; and *
simplify complex concepts with detailed graphics, tables,
illustrations, and photographs. A crash course on breast cancer
that will help get you or anyone you love through the physical and
emotional challenges of the disease, The Breast Cancer Book will
also help readers communicate with their cancer team. Packed with
information, this compassionate guide is the most up-to-date book
available.
Paul D. Miller offers a tough minded critique of recent trends in
American grand strategy. He rejects retrenchment but also the
excesses of liberal internationalism. He prescribes a conservative
internationalist grand strategy to preserve the American security
and leadership in the world while avoiding overstretch. Originally
written before the 2016 US presidential election, this first
paperback edition contains a new preface that repositions the
book's argument for the Trump era. Miller explains why President
Trump's nationalist vision for American grand strategy damages US
interests and world order. Miller blends academic rigor with his
experiences as former member of the National Security Council and
intelligence community to offer prescriptions for US grand
strategy. He advocates for narrowing regional priorities and
focusing on five strategic objectives: balancing against the
nuclear autocracies, championing liberalism to maintain a favorable
balance of power, thwarting the transnational jihadist movement,
investing in governance in weak and failed states, and
strengthening homeland security. This book is a must read for
scholars and students of international affairs and for anyone who
is concerned about America's role in the world.
Discover a detailed knowledge of concepts and techniques of this
unique multi-discipline Chemical Biology is devoted to
understanding the way that Biology works at the molecular level.
This is a problem-driven multi-discipline, incorporating as it does
Organic, Physical, Inorganic, and Analytical Chemistry alongside
newer emerging molecular disciplines. In recent years, Chemical
Biology has emerged as a vibrant and growing multi-discipline
distinct from Biochemistry that is focused on the quantitative
analyses of the structures and functions of biological
macromolecules and macromolecular lipid assemblies, at first in
isolation, then in vitro and in vivo. The second edition of the
Essentials of Chemical Biology begins with a thorough introduction
to the structure of biological macromolecules and macromolecular
lipid assemblies, before moving on to the principles of chemical
and biological synthesis, followed by descriptions of a
comprehensive variety of research techniques and experimental
methods. In addition, the second edition now includes new sections
on the behaviour of biological macromolecules and macromolecular
lipid assemblies in cells in vitro and in organisms in vivo. Given
this, the second edition of the Essentials of Chemical Biology
promises to cement itself as the leading introduction to Chemical
Biology, incorporating descriptions of cutting-edge research
wherever appropriate. Hence, readers of the second edition of the
Essentials of Chemical Biology will find: a general expansion in
understanding of basic molecular mechanisms in Biology moving
towards cellular and organismal mechanisms entirely new chapters
covering miniaturization and array technologies, Chemical Cell
Biology, and the interface between Chemical Biology and
Nanotechnology updates to chapters reflecting recent research
developments an increased engagement with medical applications
Essentials of Chemical Biology is ideal for advanced undergraduates
or (post) graduate students in Chemical Biology and adjacent
fields.
While communicating is a vital skill for managers at all
organizational levels and in all functional areas, human resource
managers are expected to be especially adept communicators, given
the important interpersonal component of their roles. Practitioners
and scholars alike stand to benefit from incorporating an updated
and more nuanced view of communication theory and practice into
standard human resource management practices. This book compiles
readings by thought leaders in human resource management and
communication, exploring the intersection of interests, theories,
and perspectives from the two fields to highlight new opportunities
for research and practice. In addition to covering the foundations
of strategic human resource management, the book: offers a critical
review of the research literature on topics including recruitment,
selection, performance management, compensation, and development
uses a communication perspective to analyze the impact of corporate
strategy on human resource systems investigates the key human
resource management topic of the relationship between a company's
human capital and its effectiveness directly discusses the
implications of communication literature for human resource
management practice Written at the cross-section of two established
and critcally linked fields, this book is a must-have for graduate
human resource management and organizational communication
students, as well as for high-level human resource management
practitioners.
The use of webcam, especially through Skype, has recently become
established as one more standard media technology, but so far there
has been no attempt to assess its fundamental nature and
consequences. Yet webcam has profound implications for many facets
of human life, from self-consciousness and intimacy to the
sustaining of long-distance relationships and the place of the
visual within social communications. Based on research in London
and Trinidad, this book shows how 'always-on' webcam is becoming an
entirely different phenomenon from the initial use of webcam as a
videophone. Webcam is examined within the framework of 'polymedia'
- that is, the new environments created by the simultaneous
presence of a multiplicity of communication technologies - and used
to exemplify a theory of attainment that accepts media technologies
as aspects of, rather than detracting from, our basic humanity.
Soon after the first automobiles were introduced in the United
States, auto racing became a reality. Since that time, motorsports
have expanded to include drag racing, open wheel racing, rallying,
demolition derbies, stock car racing, and more. Motorsports have
grown to such an extent that NASCAR is now the second most watched
professional sport in America, behind only football. But
motorsports are about much more than going fast and finishing
first. These events also reflect our culture, our society, our
values, and our history. In Motorsports and American Culture: From
Demolition Derbies to NASCAR, Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller
bring together essays that examine the relevancy of motorsports to
American culture and history, from the late nineteenth century to
the present. Addressing a wide spectrum of motorsports such as
stock car racing, demolition derbies, land speed record pursuits,
and even staged train wrecks the essays highlight the social and
cultural implications of contemporary and historical moments in
these sports. Topics covered include gender roles in motorsports,
hot rods and the creation of fan and participant identities, the
appeal of demolition derbies, the globalization of motorsports, the
role of moonshine in stock car history, the economic relationship
between NASCAR and its corporate sponsors, and more. Offering the
most thorough study of motorsports to date from a diverse pool of
disciplines and subjects, Motorsports and American Culture will
appeal to motorsports and automobile enthusiasts, as well as those
interested in American history, popular culture, sports history,
and gender studies."
This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the
College of Education at Florida International University. It
discusses their pedagogical efforts to structure learning
environments consistent with the philosophical orientation in the
college's conceptual framework to call forth dispositions, or key
habits of mind that are consistent with reflective intelligence.
The rich history of African-American theatre has often been
overlooked, both in theoretical discourse and in practice. This
volume seeks a critical engagement with black theatre artists and
theorists of the twentieth century. It reveals a comprehensive view
of the Art or Propaganda debate that dominated twentieth century
African-American dramatic theory. Among others, this text addresses
the works of Langston Hughes, W.E.B Dubois, Alain Locke, Lorraine
Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, Sydney Poitier, and
August Wilson. Of particular note is the manner in which black
theory collides or intersects with canonical theorists, including
Aristotle, Keats, Ibsen, Nietsche, Shaw, and O'Neill.
Students of education are aware of the story of public education,
of legendary figures like Horace Mann riding from district to
district trying to improve the American school by establishing a
common school fund and developing teacher-training programs. Those
who followed worked hard to broaden the mission and refine the
institution. While advancing the distribution of textbooks,
developing curriculum materials and employing testing tools, even
as early as 1845, standardized testing was used to see if it all
worked. Advocates used the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) of 1965 to make accessible to all an education of worth for
social advancement. Yet today's No Child Left Behind Act, signed in
2002 is, ironically so, a reform driven not by the advocates, but
by public education's most ardent detractors. NCLB appears to be an
attempt to change the public education system fundamentally, from
the perspective that it is broken, its mission in need of radical
revision.
Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl's recent book Norms of
Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics (Penn
State University Press, 2005) is being received in philosophy and
political theory as an important and original defense of
liberalism. The book offers a neo-Aristotelian ethic of human
flourishing as a basis for a liberal conception of human rights.
One of the authors' central contentions is that a key problem for
any (liberal) political philosophy is how to establish a
political/legal order which in principle does not require that any
one person or group's well-being be given structured preference
over that of any other. This companion volume, an interpretive and
critical reader, features essays from both philosophers and
political scientists, as well as an omnibus reply by Rasmussen and
Den Uyl. Norms of Liberty makes challenging arguments about key
issues, which makes a multi-disciplinary reader a valuable asset
for both students and scholars. Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl is
designed both to explicate the book's arguments and to explore
possible objections.
Niagara Falling reveals what happens to a small community when it
is forced into the global economy. This case study of the effects
of "globalization in reverse," when foreign-based companies operate
in a community in the United States, takes the reader to Niagara,
Wisconsin, where the primary employer is the local paper mill,
currently owned by a new, foreign company. Miller examines whether
and how local government, civic engagement, education, and the
environment are affected by this reverse globalization. Has Niagara
changed because its main employer is now a huge, multinational
company based in Finland? Or are many of the changes it has
experienced simply the result of the natural progression of a small
town? Niagara Falling is an accessible work for sociology scholars
and students alike.
Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of
the history of political philosophy, and like every other such
masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many
readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any
contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life
and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address,
implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of
Arisotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written
by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the nine essays
in this volume will be a critical resource for newcomers to
Aristotle.
Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of
the history of political philosophy, and like every other such
masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many
readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any
contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life
and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address,
implicitly or explicitly, this very question about the relevance of
Arisotle's thinking in contemporary political philosophy. Written
by leading scholars in lucid and accessible style, the nine essays
in this volume will be a critical resource for newcomers to
Aristotle.
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