Nursing Now - Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Trends 5th Ed.
Prepare for the rapidly evolving world in which they will practice. The thoroughly revised and updated 5th Edition of this popular text examines the issues and trends that are shaping the profession of nursing now and in the future. The author explores the evolution and history of nursing, and examines the impact of reform, the legal system, and politics. New information and updates are posted online annually to keep the text current.
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Audiobook, MP3)
For over forty years the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been obscured. This book releases us from a crippling distortion of American history. This extraordinary and historic book required twenty years to research and write. The oft-challenged findings of the Warren Commission—Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, shot and killed President John F. Kennedy—are here confirmed beyond all doubt. But Reclaiming History does much more than that.
British History Seen Through Art CD AUDIO (pre-intermediate)
A stimulating cross-curricular approach to British history and art. Significant events in the history of Britain are described simply and clearly. Each chapter in the book is lavishly illustrated with works of art which cast light on periods, events, characters. Perceptive commentaries describe the works of art and place each in its cultural context.
PET-style exercises after each chapter and PET-style exit test at the end of the book!
The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing.
For many historians, military history began in Classical Greece. Chronologically, however, half of recorded military history occurred before the rise Greeks rose to military predominance. In this groundbreaking and fascinating study, William J. Hamblin synthesises current knowledge of early ancient Near Eastern military history in an accessible way, from the Neolitihic era until the Middle Bronze Ages.
