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This book presents a selection of some of the most significant
critical work written on Andre Gide during his lifetime and since.
As a major writer of the twentieth-century, his life and creative
output, as well as his role as a leading intellectual, attracted
comment from prominent contemporaries and continues to have
relevance today. Containing a substantial introduction and
overview, this compilation offers a variety of illuminating
perspectives that will inform and guide the general and specialist
reader.
This book presents a selection of some of the most significant
critical work written on Andre Gide during his lifetime and since.
As a major writer of the twentieth-century, his life and creative
output, as well as his role as a leading intellectual, attracted
comment from prominent contemporaries and continues to have
relevance today. Containing a substantial introduction and
overview, this compilation offers a variety of illuminating
perspectives that will inform and guide the general and specialist
reader.
Introducing a book on global infectious diseases is a daunting
challenge. Modern developments in molecular research, newly
available opportuni ties for earth-orbiting, satellite-based
surveillance as a means of predicting certain regional epidemics,
and the introduction of remarkable new anti biotics which can cure
some awesome problems such as river-blindness would each have
astonished even the most jaded reader only a few decades ago. Just
the same, even with these laudable advances, malaria is still with
us and both poliomyelitis and tuberculosis are growing worldwide
problems. As a holdover from my own medical school days, I must
confess to an affection for the older term of "tropical medicine"
and its historic context, in preference to the more popular present
name which is the title of this book. A century or two ago the
motives to study tropical medicine were obvious: nations having
enormous amounts of maritime trade with distant lands established
colonial empires where health in the colonies was a con cern for
both the natives and the colonists. It is unsurprising that the
great institutes for such studies sprang up in London, Amsterdam,
Hamburg, New York and New Orleans, but few of these centers and
other similar ones have continued to flourish or even to survive,
perhaps because the days of empires have gone."
Through and Beyond, TOGETHER Scary things that happen in childhood
do not have to affect you forever. It was bewildering for this four
year-old boy to leave my happy family in wartime "to be safe " To
be nearly shipwrecked made me terrified, then fearful throughout
childhood. My parents never stopped loving us from afar, and
praying. Our new American family had faith and love too. Peace did
come. We did return to England There we moved to Ilford, Young
fun-loving Christian friends there accepted stuttering little me.
As I grew up still feeling fragile, they pushed me to apply for
college when I often felt worthless. When God heard my cries of
desperation in a phone box outside the college, He healed me
amazingly. I began to feel that the Creator was guiding me towards
a very creative career. Jesus said "Ask." I prayed to be shown His
Way. He had heard and guided through and beyond difficult times. So
God gave fresh courage to go on to work with criminals and others
who struggled with life. I learnt that those who really want to
change can be helped. So, led by the Wonderful Counsellor I found
myself starting a new Christian helping service called "Listening
Post." This book is about my travelling companions through life. It
tells how we learned together to help struggling people to move
from despair to peace. Best of all are accounts offered by nine
people who found lasting freedom beyond their struggles. Christians
of all denominations put theological differences aside by coming
TOGETHER to set up Christian Counselling services. Through
describing these stories, we hope others like you will be
encouraged. Please, put differences aside. Be single-minded. Listen
to God. He hears you. He will help you listen to learn and learn to
listen. Then find that real change is possible today, "With God all
things are possible"
Through and Beyond, TOGETHER Scary things that happen in childhood
do not have to affect you forever. It was bewildering for this four
year-old boy to leave my happy family in wartime "to be safe " To
be nearly shipwrecked made me terrified, then fearful throughout
childhood. My parents never stopped loving us from afar, and
praying. Our new American family had faith and love too. Peace did
come. We did return to England There we moved to Ilford, Young
fun-loving Christian friends there accepted stuttering little me.
As I grew up still feeling fragile, they pushed me to apply for
college when I often felt worthless. When God heard my cries of
desperation in a phone box outside the college, He healed me
amazingly. I began to feel that the Creator was guiding me towards
a very creative career. Jesus said "Ask." I prayed to be shown His
Way. He had heard and guided through and beyond difficult times. So
God gave fresh courage to go on to work with criminals and others
who struggled with life. I learnt that those who really want to
change can be helped. So, led by the Wonderful Counsellor I found
myself starting a new Christian helping service called "Listening
Post." This book is about my travelling companions through life. It
tells how we learned together to help struggling people to move
from despair to peace. Best of all are accounts offered by nine
people who found lasting freedom beyond their struggles. Christians
of all denominations put theological differences aside by coming
TOGETHER to set up Christian Counselling services. Through
describing these stories, we hope others like you will be
encouraged. Please, put differences aside. Be single-minded. Listen
to God. He hears you. He will help you listen to learn and learn to
listen. Then find that real change is possible today, "With God all
things are possible"
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice,
by Drs. Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker, and Peter F. Weller,
delivers the expert, encyclopedic guidance you need to overcome the
toughest clinical challenges in diagnosing and treating diseases
caused by infectious agents from tropical regions. Sweeping updates
to this 3rd edition include vaccines, SARS, hepatitis A-E,
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, tick-borne encephalitis and
Omsk hemorrhagic fever, human papilloma virus, and mucormycosis.
New full-color images throughout allow you to more accurately view
the clinical manifestations of each disease and better visualize
the life cycles of infectious agents. And, full-text online access
at www.expertconsult.com enables you to perform quick searches and
rapidly locate and download images. Definitive, state-of-the-art
coverage of pathophysiology as well as clinical management makes
this the reference you'll want to consult - online and in print -
whenever you are confronted with tropical infections, whether
familiar or unfamiliar! Obtain complete and trustworthy advice from
hundreds of the leading experts on tropical diseases worldwide,
including cutting-edge summaries of pathophysiology and
epidemiology as well as clinical management. Get the latest answers
on vaccines, SARS, hepatitis A-E, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
virus, tick-borne encephalitis and Omsk hemorrhagic fever, human
papilloma virus, mucormycosis, and much more. Implement best
practices from all over the world with guidance from almost twice
as many international authors - over 100 representing more than 35
countries. Accurately view the clinical manifestations of each
disease and visualize the life cycles of infectious agents with new
full-color images throughout. Access the complete contents online
at www.expertconsult.com, rapidly searchable; rapidly locate and
download all of the images in either PowerPoint or JPEG format; and
follow links to PubMed abstracts for most references. Reference the
book more easily thanks to a new streamlined, single-volume format,
with all of the references online. Be fully prepared to treat both
the expected and the unfamiliar with Guerrant, Walker and Weller's
ultimate encyclopedic guide to tropical medicine.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
At a time when the world is contemplating the depletion of
non-renewable natural resources, the consumer society is
increasingly being called into question. This is nowhere more
acutely evident than in France, where since its beginnings in the
nineteenth century, the consumer revolution, extending market
forces into every area of social and private life, has been
perceived as a challenge to core elements in French culture, such
as traditional artisan crafts and small businesses serving local
communities. Cultural historians and sociologists have charted the
increasing commercialisation of everyday life over the twentieth
century, but few have paid systematic attention to the crucial
testimony provided by the authors of narrative fiction. Consumer
Chronicles rectifies this omission by means of close readings of a
series of novels, selected for their authentic portrayal of
consumer behaviour, and analysed in relation to their social,
cultural and historical contexts. Walker's study, offering an
imaginative interdisciplinary panorama covering the impact of
affluence on French shoppers, shopkeepers and society, provides
telling new insights into the history and characteristics of the
consumer mentality.
This book tells the story of one of the deadliest infectious
diseases known: Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Originating as an
emerging infectious disease on the western frontier that killed up
to 90 percent of infected persons, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is
caused by a curious organism, Rickettsia rickettsii. ""Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever"" explains what a rickettsia is, how it
lives in nature, and how, when, and where ticks transmit the
bacteria to humans. The features of the disease and its potential
cures are described in language accessible to persons with little
scientific background, making this book a terrific resource for the
general reader.
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