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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Women are valued for their ability to bear children in many
cultures. The birth process, though supposedly the most painful
experience of a woman's life, is seen as a necessary evil to
achieve the end goal of children and motherhood. And yet, in the
face of a typically masculinized Christianity that nevertheless
professes that women are equally created in the image of God,
shouldn't childbirth--a uniquely feminine experience--itself shape
Christian women's souls and teach them about the heart of the God
they love and follow? Drawing on her own experience of giving birth
and motherhood--and the conflicting assumptions attached to them,
by Christians and the culture at large--Aubry G. Smith presents a
richly scriptural exploration of common conceptions about pregnancy
and childbirth that will not only help mothers and soon-to-be
mothers understand how to think biblically about birth, but also
walks them through how to put the ideas into practice in their own
lives. Along the way, she shows all readers how to see God's own
experience of the birth process--and how childbirth leads to a
deeper understanding of the gospel overall.
Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship,
World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and
local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and
images, along with other special pedagogical features that
highlight the lives and voices of the world's peoples, make this
synthesis accessible and memorable for students-all at an
affordable low price.
When are legislators inclined to cast votes in cooperation with
their parties, and when do they go their own way? When and why do
nations contend with each other, and when are they more likely to
cooperate? Thematically arranged around the interplay of contention
and cooperation, A Comparative Introduction to Political Science
encourages students to explore causal factors and consequences
related to political phenomena to become knowledgeable and
resourceful citizens of their nations and the world. Alan Smith
covers how patterns of contention and cooperation-and the resulting
government policies-may be affected by such factors as the
surrounding political framework, the distribution of influence, and
political motivation, including values as well as material
interests. To expose students to the politics of specific nations,
each chapter concludes with two country case studies that
illuminate the theme of the chapter. Students emerge with a sense
of what is going on in the world today. Pedagogically, the book
employs careful sequencing of topics and concepts for clarity and
to introduce politics in a natural, logical, synchronized way. At
times Smith goes beyond sharp, night-and-day terminological
distinctions to add accessible, ordinary language-based terminology
that better captures the real-world spectrum between the extremes.
A Comparative Introduction to Political Science: Contention and
Cooperation provides a comprehensive teaching and learning package
including these ancillaries: *Test Bank. Available for adopters to
download, the Test Bank provides multiple-choice, true/false, and
essay questions for each chapter. *Testing Software. This
customizable test bank is available as a Word file or in Respondus
4.0-a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be
printed out or published directly to the most popular learning
management systems. Exams can be created offline or moved from one
LMS to another. Respondus LE is available for free and can be used
to automate the process of creating printed tests. Respondus 3.5,
available for purchase or via a school site license, prepares tests
to be uploaded to an LMS. Click here:
http://www.respondus.com/products/testbank/search.php to submit
your request. *Companion Website. The open-access Companion Website
is designed to engage students with the material and reinforce what
they've learned in the classroom. For each chapter, flash cards and
self-quizzes help students master the content and apply that
knowledge to real-life situations. Students can access the
Companion Website from their computers, tablets, or mobile devices.
*eBook. The full-color eBook allows students to access this
textbook anytime, anywhere. The eBook includes the entire print
edition rendered in vibrant color and features direct links to the
Companion Website. *PowerPoint Slides. For every chapter, art
slides of all figures and tables are available for adopters to
download.
This groundbreaking book reflects the accomplishments of an
internationally recognized leader of innovation, which utilized
simulation and interprofessional clinical learning. Based on the
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System corporate university
experience, this book describes how simulation was used to
successfully tackle the major interprofessional health issue of our
time: Patient Safety. The health system created a simulation center
for nurses, doctors, and related health professionals whose work in
clinical teams has resulted in measurable improvements in all
aspects of clinical decision-making, critical thinking, teamwork,
and communication skills.
The book presents a clear, pedagogical model for use in all
simulation centers and laboratories. It addresses theoretical and
practical dimensions, including the business case for change,
educational strategies, program blueprints, and curriculum and
assessment tools in print and digital formats. Woven throughout are
exemplary clinical simulations for SimMan and standardized
patients. The book is an affirmation that financial and
intellectual capital can by designed, through simulation, to
systematically improve patient safety in a large health care
system, while being cost-effective. It will be of value to health
care leaders in nursing, medicine, and related professionals in
practice, education, and business.
Key Features: Describes in detail a groundbreaking system of
achieving patient safety through use of simulation in an
interprofessional clinical learning environment Fulfills core
competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice for the
Health Resources and Services Administration Presents simulations
scalable to any size organization Includes theoretical foundations
and practical applications for teaching and learning
Corruption is a global phenomenon with costs estimated to be in the
trillions of dollars. This source of original research and policy
analysis deals with the most important concepts and empirical
evidence in foreign corrupt practices globally. Handbook of Global
Research and Practice in Corruption includes research from all
continents and provides a critical analysis of the key issues of
corruption and its control. Through rigorous analysis and
theoretical foundations, this book provides a multi-disciplinary
and international account of corruption from the perspectives of
public policy, criminal law and criminology, as well as considering
principles of prevention and control in both the public and private
sectors. With original and empirical analyses, this unique book
will appeal to academics, researchers and students in international
business and international law, staff of crime and corruption
commissions and police integrity agencies, as well as international
organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, Transparency
International and the World Economic Forum. Contributors include:
J.S. Albanese, S. Basu, L. Botterill, J.E. Campos, D. Chaikin, D.
Chappell, C. Davids, I. Dussuyer, L. Elges, M. Felson, S.A.
Fritzen, L. Gray, A. Graycar, R.G. Hearn, F. Heinrich, R. Hodess,
P. Jorna, M. Joutsen, L. de Koker, P. Larmour, W.B. Magrath, B.
Michael, S. Moss, R. Mulgan, S. Mumford, G.P. Noone, N.L. Piquero,
K. Polk, F. Recanatini, G. Schubert, I. Scott, D. Siegel, R. Smith,
G. Sullivan, J. Wanna, G.T. Ware
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The story of Medicaid comes alive for readers in this strong
narrative, including detailed accounts of important policy changes
and extensive use of interviews. A central theme of the book is
that Medicaid is a "weak entitlement," one less established or
effectively defended than Medicare or Social Security, but more
secure than welfare or food stamps. In their analysis, the authors
argue that the future of Medicaid is sound. It has the flexibility
to be adapted by states as well as to allow for policy innovation.
At the same time, the program lacks an effective mechanism for
overall reform. They note Medicaid has become a source of perennial
political controversy as it has grown to become the largest health
insurance system in the country. The book's dual emphasis on
politics and policy is important in making the arcane Medicaid
program accessible to readersand in distinguishing policy grounded
in analysis from partisan ideology. This second edition features a
new preface, three new chapters accounting for the changes to the
Affordable Care Act, and an updated glossary.
Cast iron cookware is an increasingly hot item in the antique
marketplace. Collectors are scouring antique shops, shows, and flea
markets searching for treasures to add to their collections; and
hunting for more information about the products' history and
manufacturers. In response to this growing demand, David Smith and
Chuck Wafford have created another authoritative guide to
collectible cast iron. This book continues where The Book of
Griswold & Wagner left off-illustrating hundreds of items not
included in the previous book. With over 845 photographs of cast
iron pieces from the Wagner, Griswold, Lodge, Vollrath, Excelsior,
and Martin manufacturing companies, this book delves into the
histories and products produced by these manufacturers. Complete
with pattern numbers, catalog list numbers, price guide, index, and
much more; this book is a must-have for all cast iron cookware
collectors.
Based on the scholarship of a global team of diverse authors, this
wide-ranging handbook surveys the history and current status of
pro-women thought and activism over millennia. The book traces the
complex history of feminism across the globe, presenting its many
identities, its heated debates, its racism, discussion of religious
belief and values, commitment to social change, and the struggles
of women around the world for gender justice. Authors approach past
understandings and today’s evolving sense of what feminism or
womanism or gender justice are from multiple viewpoints. These
perspectives are geographical to highlight commonalities and
differences from region to region or nation to nation; they are
also chronological suggesting change or continuity from the ancient
world to our digital age. Across five parts, authors delve into
topics such as colonialism, empire, the arts, labor activism,
family, and displacement as the means to take the pulse of feminism
from specific vantage points highlighting that there is no single
feminist story but rather multiple portraits of a broad cast of
activists and thinkers. Comprehensive and properly global, this is
the ideal volume for students and scholars of women’s and gender
history, women’s studies, social history, political movements and
feminism.
As World War I rages, there are evils—both living and dead—that
only a witch can see in a spellbinding novel by the Amazon Charts
and Washington Post bestselling author of The Raven Spell. With her
husband off fighting at World War I’s eastern front, Petra
Kurková embraces her fleeting freedom, roaming the city at night
with her camera. A born witch, she’s discovered that she can
capture the souls of the dead on film. Her supernatural skills
don’t go unnoticed by the enigmatic Josef Svoboda. He’s
recruiting a team of sorcerers to infiltrate the front lines, where
the bloodshed of combat has resurrected foul creatures. Petra’s
unique abilities will be needed against the most dangerous enemies
of all—those ever present, undead, and unseen. Deep in the cursed
Carpathian Mountains, the ragtag team meets with an emissary of an
ancient organization founded to maintain balance between worlds.
Photographing the escalating horrors is beyond anything Petra
imagined. So are the secrets among her fellow witches. But Petra
can’t turn back. Not before she discovers her husband’s fate
and the myriad ways her magic is manifesting. To defeat an occult
foe, Petra must release the power she’s been concealing for so
long, or risk damning a war-torn world to ashes.
For accounting students enrolled in a governmental and nonprofit
accounting course. This is a comprehensive textbook that is written
through the eyes of the learner to prepare them for professional
government and not-for-profit accounting practice and the CPA exam.
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The Prospective Payment System and the Medicare Fee Schedule, two
of the most effectively sustained and successful efforts at policy
innovation in history continue to shape decisions about Medicare
and cost containment efforts. Smith shows how particular policy
alternatives were developed; why chosen or rejected; and how
provider interests and American political institutions have shaped
their design and implementation. David G. Smith is professor of
political science at Swarthmore College. He has been a board member
on many health-related organiations. His main teaching areas
include health policy, Constitutional law and jurisprudence,
American government and politics, and political theory.
Uatu the Watcher, a mysterious being who observes mankind from the
Moon, is dead. Nick Fury leads a cosmos-spanning investigation into
the murder, forging unlikely alliances and sending Marvel's
mightiest heroes to the farthest corners of the universe. To
uncover the truth, Doctor Strange and the Punisher must cross
deadly dimensions, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Moon Knight and the
Winter Soldier head into deep space, and Emma Frost, Ant-Man and
Black Panther journey to the center of the Earth. All the while,
Unseen forces gather, and just when the Avengers think they've
cornered their murderer, everything explodes-unleashing the Marvel
Universe's greatest secrets and rocking the heroes to their core!
In this novelization of the epic storyline by Jason Aaron and Mike
Deodato Jr., truths will come tumbling into the light and the
original sins of our heroes will be exposed for all to see.
Based on the scholarship of a global team of diverse authors, this
wide-ranging handbook surveys the history and current status of
pro-women thought and activism over millennia. The book traces the
complex history of feminism across the globe, presenting its many
identities, its heated debates, its racism, discussion of religious
belief and values, commitment to social change, and the struggles
of women around the world for gender justice. Authors approach past
understandings and today's evolving sense of what feminism or
womanism or gender justice are from multiple viewpoints. These
perspectives are geographical to highlight commonalities and
differences from region to region or nation to nation; they are
also chronological suggesting change or continuity from the ancient
world to our digital age. Across five parts, authors delve into
topics such as colonialism, empire, the arts, labor activism,
family, and displacement as the means to take the pulse of feminism
from specific vantage points highlighting that there is no single
feminist story but rather multiple portraits of a broad cast of
activists and thinkers. Comprehensive and properly global, this is
the ideal volume for students and scholars of women's and gender
history, women's studies, social history, political movements and
feminism.
Creating Excellence: Becoming an A+ School is intended to be used
by first year principals who have inherited a school that is
failing or not achieving to a desired level, as well as by seasoned
principals who are struggling to improve their school's academic
performance. It can also be used effectively as a textbook for
graduate students preparing for a career in educational leadership.
The book is straightforward in its presentation of practices and
strategies supported by research and theory. It has been written to
share the knowledge base, impart the technical skills, and
highlight the interpersonal skills recommended to enable
educational leaders to create excellence and enable their school to
become an A+ school. Within the chapters, tools, techniques, and
concrete examples are offered. Educational leaders are encouraged
to select, revise, and adjust proposed actions based on their own
judgement and according to their local conditions, faculty, staff
and other stakeholders. Regardless, improving instruction in order
to increase student learning must be the focus.
Creating Excellence: Becoming an A+ School is intended to be used
by first year principals who have inherited a school that is
failing or not achieving to a desired level, as well as by seasoned
principals who are struggling to improve their school's academic
performance. It can also be used effectively as a textbook for
graduate students preparing for a career in educational leadership.
The book is straightforward in its presentation of practices and
strategies supported by research and theory. It has been written to
share the knowledge base, impart the technical skills, and
highlight the interpersonal skills recommended to enable
educational leaders to create excellence and enable their school to
become an A+ school. Within the chapters, tools, techniques, and
concrete examples are offered. Educational leaders are encouraged
to select, revise, and adjust proposed actions based on their own
judgement and according to their local conditions, faculty, staff
and other stakeholders. Regardless, improving instruction in order
to increase student learning must be the focus.
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