Language in Theory is a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual frameworks which underpin the study of language. It approaches theories of language through themes such as gender, race, creativity and cognition, allowing students to investigate language theory in practice, and provides classic readings by key names including Cixous, Derrida, Foucault and Lakoff.
Compartment Syndromes: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications
Written by an internationally recognized expert, this book provides a comprehensive text for physicians, nurses, and physiotherapists treating patients with acute and chronic compartment syndromes. Taking a mutlidisciplinary approach, the author delineates difficult material in a clear, concise manner that provides an easier understanding of this technical subject. The text includes the most current research and data on compartment syndromes. It presents in-depth coverage of acute and chronic compartment syndromes, considerations of interstitial space, intramuscular pressure recordings, and limb edema.
Physician's Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2008 (Jones and Bartlett Series in Oncology) Completely revised and updated for 2008, this practical handbook is an up-to-date guide to all aspects of cancer chemotherapy. The book provides a comprehensive, easy to use catalogue of over 100 drugs-both on- and off-label-commonly used in cancer treatment. A section on Common Chemotherapy Regimens provides a quick reference to management of specific cancers, arranged alphabetically.
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Becoming a Translator provides the information and advice that translators really need, such as how to translate faster and more accurately, how the job market works, and how to deal with stress. Organized in a user-friendly style, the book provides translators creative activities and exercises designed to speed the learning of both theory and practice.
Spanning more than 4,000 years, from the Early Bronze Age to 325 B.C.E., this Encyclopedia provides an overview of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran/Persia, the Arabian Peninsula and more. This 4-vol. set is fully illustrated, and including sidebars, marginal definitions and maps, this set provides an accurate, comprehensive and accessible research reference for students, and is modeled Ancient Greece and Rome and The Middle Ages.
