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Quick and Easy Medical Terminology (6th Edition)

Make learning medical terminology faster and more fun with Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 6th Edition! Featuring CDs with interactive games and audio pronunciations, this book helps you begin reading, writing, and speaking medical terms in the shortest time possible. Small chunks of information are always followed immediately by exercises, so students will be learning "every minute!" The many puzzles, activities, and games make it easier to understand and remember terminology. Written in a clear, conversational style by Peggy C. Leonard, MT, MEd, this book gives you the tools to communicate effectively in the health care environment. A companion CD reinforces learning with fun, interactive exercises, including medical reports and Hear It/Spell It exercises. Two audio CDs let you listen to correct pronunciations of medical terms and encourage you to pronounce each term aloud. A flexible, body systems organization lets you go through the material in any order after completing the orientation chapters, making it easy to coordinate your study with other courses such as anatomy and physiology. The programmed learning approach presents content in small blocks called 'frames' that allow you to learn the content and get immediate feedback on your progress before proceeding. Diverse learning styles are accommodated by a wide variety of exercises -- labeling diagrams, writing terms, choosing pronunciation accents, recognizing misspelled terms, matching word parts, interpreting terms within health reports, and categorizing terms. Unique! A conversational writing style makes the book more readable and enjoyable. Unique! Thorough explanations of terms help you understand and remember the material by presenting terminology in a medical context. A consistent format to body systems chapters uses categories to simplify the learning of terms, with each chapter including function; structure; diseases, disorders, and diagnostic terms; and surgical and therapeutic interventions. Healthcare reports and case studies allow you to apply your knowledge to real-life situations. A review of anatomy and physiology at the beginning of each body systems chapter provides a context for understanding the medical terminology. Drug information is integrated into the body systems chapters, with detailed information on specific drugs on CD. Caution boxes alert you to confusing terms. Spanish translations of key terms are listed in each chapter to help you communicate with Hispanic patients; glossaries are included in the appendix. Comprehensive end-of-chapter reviews correspond to the learning objectives at the beginning of the chapter. A bookmark includes a quick-reference guide to pronouncing terms plus a list of pronunciation symbols. A companion Evolve website includes study tips, electronic flashcards, Body Spectrum coloring pages, an English/Spanish glossary, learning activities that include Spanish term exercises, updates, and links to related sites. More short exercises include Find the Clue and Connections puzzles, letting you check your learning more often and stay on track. Procedures and terminology updates keep you current with new technologies and terms you'll encounter in the workplace. Quick Tips in the margins add essential information and interesting, fun facts. Games add fun and competition to exercises on the companion CD. More medical reports with exercises are included on the CD, allowing you to use terms in real-life situations.

Copyright: 2011

The Quotable Thoreau

by Henry David Thoreau Jeffrey S Cramer

Few writers are more quotable than Henry David Thoreau. His books, essays, journals, poems, letters, and unpublished manuscripts contain an inexhaustible treasure of epigrams and witticisms, from the famous ("The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation") to the obscure ("Who are the estranged? Two friends explaining") and the surprising ("I would exchange my immortality for a glass of small beer this hot weather"). The Quotable Thoreau, the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations ever assembled, gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker. Including Thoreau's thoughts on topics ranging from sex to solitude, manners to miracles, government to God, life to death, and everything in between, the book captures Thoreau's profundity as well as his humor ("If misery loves company, misery has company enough"). Drawing primarily on The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, published by Princeton University Press, The Quotable Thoreau is thematically arranged, fully indexed, richly illustrated, and thoroughly documented. For the student of Thoreau, it will be invaluable. For those who think they know Thoreau, it will be a revelation. And for the reader seeking sheer pleasure, it will be a joy.Over 2,000 quotations on more than 150 subjects Richly illustrated with historic photographs and drawings Thoreau on himself and his contemporaries Thoreau's contemporaries on Thoreau Biographical time line Appendix of misquotations and misattributions Fully indexed Suggestions for further reading

Copyright: 2011

Raising Writers

by Ruth E. Shagoury

With the guidance of children's writing enthusiast Ruth Shagoury, teachers will learn to listen toalltheir students and look at their written work with a new and appreciative lens-one that also helps them anticipate and encourage students in developing new skills appropriately. Drawing on her many years of primary classroom teaching and research, Ruth offers primary teachers, early childhood specialists, and caregivers strategies to nurture connections between oral and writing skills at every stage of children's development for today's multicultural classroom. Ruth's thorough exploration of how young children learn written language presents teachers with the necessary tools to understand the growth and development of written language in a literate culture. Filled with a wealth of resources for extending learning beyond the classroom, Raising Writers: Understanding and Nurturing Young Children's Writing Development includes interviews with the author and book study questions making this a perfect book for book club study groups. Help your students make the transition from oral to written language! Explores the written language development of pre-school through primary school age children. Addresses important topics such as the role of the culture of literacy, how drawing and writing go hand-in hand, and the developmental path of spelling and conventions. Identifies the parallels between oral and written language development with the use of a developmental continuum chart. In addition, the book includes an annotated guide with research foundation for the continuum. Includes numerous samples of children's work and photos to bring the information in the book to life. Offers book recommendations for spelling programs and additional writing instruction resources, as well as picture book suggestions for multicultural classrooms. Includes a book club study guide at the end of the book.

Copyright: 2009

The Random House Handbook (Sixth Edition)

by Frederick Crews

The Random House Handbook, Sixth Edition offers a comprehensive guide to writing and style, as well as special applications.

Copyright: 1992

Random House Roget's Thesaurus (4th Edition, Revised and Updated)

by Random House

Containing more than 11,000 main entries, this handy, alphabetically arranged thesaurus offers more than 200,000 synonyms and antonyms grouped by meanings, fields of interest, and levels of formality, as well as more than 400 synonym studies and a section of new words.

Copyright: 2001

Rating the Presidents: A Ranking of United States Leaders from the Great and Honorable to the Dishonest and Incompetent

by William J Ridings Stuart B Mciver

Each of our Presidents is rated by a panel and its ratings are explained.

Copyright: 2000

Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You'll Ever Read

by Howard Mittelmark Sandra Newman

Ever been betrayed by a pretty cover and a pair of alluring blurbs? Rest assured: Read This Next will never hurt you. The 500 book recommendations contained within these pages have all been carefully vetted and approved by two literary professionals with discerning taste and witty wit. Arranged into delightful thematic lists, these suggestions cover the best of literature high and low, from page-turning classics to mind-expanding fluff; from murder mysteries and post-apocalyptic visions to historical fiction and bathroom books. Each book is paired with deeply insightful, deeply hilarious discussion questions, perfect for book groups or for readers who just enjoy talking to themselves. In a world where so many books disappoint- robbing you of your time and money, promising more than they can deliver-Read This Next is the wickedly smart, faithful, and attractive partner you've always dreamed would bring you true and lasting reading happiness.

Copyright: 2010

Reader's Digest Who's Who in the Bible: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary

by The Editors Of The Reader's Digest

From prophets and kings to servants and beggars, the Bible is filled with fascinating characters whose stories make captivating reading. This comprehensive, A-Z arranged reference helps readers sort out these compelling and colorful personalities.

Copyright: 1994

The Readers Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts With Supplement

by William Rose Benét

Original entries on established authors of the past have been enlarged, with modern treatment. Full advantage has been taken of all the most modern reference books. More attention has been given to obscure works and figures in literature both of the distant and recent past. And, in line with the methodological advance in literary criticism of the past fifteen years or so, "whereby an author is interpreted not only in terms of the literal content of his works and the facts of his biography, but also in terms of the general intellectual forces of his time," entries have been chosen of significant figures, movements, and terms in aesthetics, science, philosophy, economics, and politics. Freud, Jung, Karl Marx, Lenin, The New Deal, the stream-of-consciousness tendency in fiction, and even futurism and surrealism have received due consideration. The fields of art and music are now extensively covered, incorporating important twentieth-century additions.

Copyright: 1955

Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology

by Jeffrey Ousborne

Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology is a current, compact, inexpensive collection that taps into students' passionate engagement with popular culture in order to help them to become better writers. Its focus on themes of consumption, advertising, identity, technology, television, movies, and new media prompts composition students to think and write about issues they care about. This volume in the popular Bedford/St. Martin's series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers a trademark combination of high quality and great value.

Copyright: 2013

Rebert's Rules of Ordure

by J. L. McClellan

A guidebook to the social and political language of our times. The author of this book donated a digital copy to Bookshare.org. Join us in thanking J. L. McClellan for providing his accessible digital book to this community.

Copyright: 2000

Recent Reference Books in Religion (2nd edition)

by William M. Johnston

Recent Reference Books in Religion provides incisive summaries and evaluations of more than 350 contemporary reference works on religious traditions ancient and modern that have been published in English, French and German. For maximum usefulness to readers, Professor Johnston has broadly defined religion to include not just the world religion of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism but also such alternative approaches as mythology, folklore, and the philosophy of ethics. Each entry, analyzing a particular work, includes full bibliographic details as well as commentary: outstanding articles and contributors are highlighted, strengths and weaknesses are carefully noted and weighed. Readers are directed to volumes whose strengths and weaknesses are carefully noted and weighed. Readers are directed to volumes whose strengths complement the weaknesses of others. An indispensable guide in any religious studies collection,Recent Reference Books in Religion: 2nd Edition includes works published through the end of 1997. It also includes a Glossary that describes types and functions of reference books, and five indexes: Titles, Authors, Topics, Persons and Places.

Copyright: 1998

Recipes for Art and Craft Materials (2nd Edition)

by Helen Roney Sattler

From the book jacket: Experience the fun and joy of starting from scratch with Helen Roney Sattler's newly revised top-seller,Recipes for Art and Craft Materials. With this book you can make: BROWN BREAD MODELING DOUGH [which is] Excellent for creating jewelry and holiday decorations. LIQUID RICE PASTE: Use it to make great collages [or mend torn pages]. MILK POSTER PAINT: Just the thing for painting scenery and murals. WATERCOLORS: Start with white vinegar, baking soda, and cornstarch. A perfect rainy-day project And Many more exciting craft recipes in this informative book. This is a must own copy for anyone with children, grandchildren, who is an artist on a budget, or someone who is a teacher, coach, scout leader, or anyone who needs quick and proven recipes for arts materials.

Copyright: 1987

Recommended Dietary Allowances (10th edition)

by National Research Council Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs

Nutrient allowances for healthy people

Copyright: 1989

Recreating The Past: A Guide to American and World Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults

by Lynda G. Adamson

Spanning grades 1-10, this annotated bibliography of 970 recommended American and world titles published through early 1994 includes adult titles suitable for young adult readers, with some 200 of the titles being award winners. Geographical sections are divided into historic time periods within which entries are organized alphabetically by author. Each entry contains both reading and interest grade levels, a short annotation about the historical event, setting, plot, protagonist and theme, current publication availability, and awards won. Seven appendices allow for a variety of search parameters. Originally announced as Historical Fiction for Children. . . . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc. , Portland, Or.

Copyright: 1994

Recyclopedia: Games, Science Equipment and Crafts from Recycled Materials

by Robin Simons

This vaulable resource gives us another chance to look at junk that would normally be thrown out and turn it into something truly beautiful.

Copyright: 1976

Reference Library of American Men, Volume 2 (E-J)

by Jennifer Mossman

A guide to reference library for all men in America. This volume is E through J.

Copyright: 2002

Reference Library of American Men, Volume 3 (K-P)

by Jennifer Mossman Bridget Travers

A guide to reference library for all men in America.

Reference Library of American Men, Volume 4 (Q-Z)

by Jennifer Mossman Bridget Travers

A guide to reference library for all men in America.

Reference: Oxford Surveys in Semantics and Pragmatics

by Barbara Abbott

This book introduces the most important problems of reference and considers the solutions that have been proposed to explain them. Reference is at the centre of debate among linguists and philosophers and, as Barbara Abbott shows, this has been the case for centuries. She begins by examining the basic issue of how far reference is a two place (words-world) or a three place (speakers-words-world) relation. She then discusses the main aspects of the field and the issues associated with them, including those concerning proper names; direct reference and individual concepts; the difference between referential and quantificational descriptions; pronouns and indexicality; concepts like definiteness and strength; and noun phrases in discourse. Professor Abbott writes with exceptional verve and wit. She presupposes no technical knowledge or background and presents issues and analyses from first principles, illustrating them at every stage with well-chosen examples. Her book is addressed in the first place to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics and philosophy of language, but it will also appeal to students and practitioners in computational linguistics, cognitive psychology, and anthropology. All will welcome the clarity this guide brings to a subject that continues to challenge the leading thinkers of the age.

Relief from Chronic Backache

by Edmund Blair Bolles

Here is the tested, proven regimen that will ease the pain that holds you hostage and restore your back to full physical function. Here is the book that debunks the myths about backache. Complete with self-exams that test your attitude toward pain, an extensive glossary, and much more to help you ease your back pain and put you in charge of your life -- for good!

Religion: A Cross-Cultural Dictionary

by David Levinson

Religion is about the relationship between human beings and the supernatural world. Of the dozens of definitions of religion that have been suggested by theologians, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and others, this one cuts to what is common to all religious systems. The term religious system is used here to mean all of the shared religious beliefs and practices that comprise the human-supernatural relationship of a particular indigenous culture or a particular world religion. A world religion is a religious system whose adherents are spread widely around the world and/or a religious system that has significantly influenced other religious systems. The term indigenous religion is used here to mean the religious system of a non-industrialized, non-Western society. This volume focuses on both world religions and indigenous religions. Sixteen major world religions are described in separate entries, a chronology of world religions is provided, and topical entries cover various aspects of world religions such as missionary activity and monotheism. The purpose of these sixteen world religion articles is to provide a basic profile of each religion, with a focus on the official beliefs and practices of each religion.

Religions of Asia

by John Y. Fenton

This text explores major religions of the Asian continent.

Religious Sites in America

by Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Profiles the diversity of American religious expression, encompassing active religious centers and some 160 worship groups in all 50 states, from cathedrals to store-front chapels. Entries give information on each site's location, origin, and history, as well as its size, accessibility, purpose, and influence. Telephone, fax, and electronic contacts are also given. A multitude of beliefs and practices are represented, including Navajo sand painting, Messianic Judaism, ki healing, evangelism, and peyotism. Includes a detailed timeline charting the growth of religious expression in America, a glossary, and b&w photos for many entries.

The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History and Culture

by Joseph M. Kitagawa

From the Encyclopedia of Religion the history of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam in Asia.