The Road Back to Nature: Regaining the Paradise Lost
Fukuoka’s reflections on his trips to Europe and to America, his sense of shock at seeing the destruction wreaked in the name of agriculture. A collection of his lectures, articles and essays which outline his thinking on nature, God and man and his underlying optimism that good sense can still prevail and we can still turn it all around.
Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Settings
Grounded in state-of-the-art research, this book explores how English language learners develop both the oral language and literacy skills necessary for school success. Chapters examine the cognitive bases of English acquisition, and how the process is different for children from alphabetic (such as Spanish) and nonalphabetic (such as Chinese) language backgrounds. The book addresses a key challenge facing educators and clinicians: identifying students whose poor English skills may indicate an underlying impairment, as opposed to still-developing language proficiency. Implications for diagnosis, intervention, and instruction are highlighted throughout.
Statistics is Easy! (Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics and Statistics)
This book presents a distribution-independent approach to statistics based on a simple computational counting idea called resampling. This book explains the basic concepts of resampling, then systematically presents the standard statistical measures along with programs (in the language Python) to calculate them using resampling, and finally illustrates the use of the measures and programs in a case study.
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tenth Edition
The leading single-source book in women's health care, reproductive medicine, and pelvic surgery # Thorough review of all of obstetrics & gynecology # Covers more than 1,000 diseases and disorders # The latest screening and management guidelines # More than 450 clear clinical photos and illustrations in two colors # Formatted to facilitate quick retrieval of information # Concise, current coverage of treatments for common gynecologic infections
Critical Care Medicine is an "essentials" text intended for students and residents, though it is also read by practitioners and critical care nurses. It concisely covers all of the major areas in critical care, with a unique focus on pathophysiology underlying clinical disorders and how pathophysiologic concerns affect treatment options.
