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CK-12 Biology I (with image descriptions)
by Ck-12 FoundationOpen source biology textbook from CK-12.
Psychoanalytic Theories of Development: An Integration
by Phyllis Tyson Robert L. TysonThorough review of psychological development starting at infancy going through adulthood with emphasis on major developmental milestones.
Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Will Transform America and the World
by Peter G. PetersonHow Aging is changing our world.
How Do I Grow?
by Robert CarolaAll children have curiosity about their bodies and how they work. Here are simple, straightforward answers to the how, what and why questions children ask.
The Real Meaning of the Zodiac
by D. James KennedyThis book explains the real meaning of the Zodiac. The history of the signs are traced, and their means are drawn from ancient sources. The book contains a bibliography of aditional references.
Struggling to Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda
by Human Rights WatchThe 58-page Human Rights Watch report, "Struggling to Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda," investigates the persistent weaknesses in the Rwandan legal system that hamper the investigation and prosecution of sexual violence. The report also documents the desperate health and economic situation of rape survivors. Many of the women who were raped became infected with HIV. Women who were raped during the Rwandan genocide and afterwards are still struggling to find justice. Rwanda's legal system remains ill-equipped to address sexual violence cases. Weaknesses in the legal system include insufficient protection for victims and witnesses, lack of training for authorities on sexual violence crimes, and poor representation of women among police and judicial authorities. Genocide survivors, including women and girls who were raped in 1994, have not been able to obtain reparations such as monetary compensation or other assistance for the human rights abuses they suffered. The report recommends that the Rwandan government enact pending legislation to provide reparations in the form of monetary compensation or other assistance, which would allow rape victims to seek the care they require. The government should also better train doctors and other medical personnel to collect medico-legal evidence, and it should regularly train prosecutors and judges on how to prosecute and try cases of sexual violence.
Nancy Kimball, Nurse's Aide
by Carli LaklanIt was Nancy's first day as a Nurse's Aide at big Mercy Hospital. Would she be chosen to stay on after her trial period? Not the way she was starting off, Nancy thought. But she had to make good. There was nothing Nancy had ever wanted as much as this chance to be a part of hospital life, to take care of the sick, to run errands for the doctors whose skilled hands made so many well again. Nancy learns that there are good reasons for all the rules; a life can depend on whether or not the least important rule is broken. As she realizes the importance of knowing how to handle responsibility, she finds herself growing up--not only in her own eyes but in those of Ned Collins, the good looking high school senior who wants to become a doctor himself. Even stern Nurse Simms decides, "Nancy, you will be a good nurse, if you study and work hard." And Nancy knows she has received high praise.
Weight Watchers Shortcut Cookbook
by Holley C. JohnsonAlso includes a special supplement at the end of the file.
Onflow: Dynamics of Consciousness and Experience
by Ralph PredPred supplies an account of the nature of consciousness that grapples with; the raw unverbalized stream of experience. Pred's analysis deals with the elusive and commonly neglected continuities in the stream of consciousness.
The Tellington Ttouch: A Revolutionary Natural Method to Train and Care for Your Favorite Animal
by Linda Tellington-Jones Sybil Taylorfrom the book Jacket: A simple, circular touch can make a dramatic difference in the way an animal feels and acts, accomplishing everything from repairing a horse's injured leg to quieting a compulsively barking dog. The Tellington TTouch combines many of the advantages of traditional veterinary medicine and therapeutic bodywork in a unique form of animal healing and training anyone can use on cats, dogs, birds, horses, even reptiles and other exotic animals. Along with accounts of her extraordinarily successful experiences performing the Tellington TTouch and solid how-to advice, distinguished animal trainer Linda Tellington-Jones offers advice for solving problems common among pets, including fear of the veterinarian, difficulties with training, and fear of contact. The Tellington TTouch opens our eyes to an innovative, effective method of improving our animals' health and temperaments. "This book has made a positive difference in how I relate to my horses. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind having the Tellington TTouch done on me."-Jane Fonda
Black Like Me
by John Howard GriffinFrom the book Jacket: John Howard Griffin undertook in the fall of 1959 a personal assignment to find out the hard way, possibly the only way a white man can, what it is like to be a Negro in the South. He decided to darken his skin and travel through several southern states. Black Like Me is the record, offered in all its crudity and rawness, of this dangerous and often terrifying mission. Mr. Griffin found a doctor in New Orleans who was willing, with some misgivings, to give him the necessary medication (a drug used in the cure of vitíligo) . By accelerated treatments and the use of a sun lamp, he was able to make the change in five days. From November 7 to December 14 he hitchhiked, walked, and rode the buses through Mississippi, Alabama, back to New Orleans, and finally to Atlanta, living always on the dark side of towns, in rooming houses and cheap hotels. He learned what it was like to search for miles across a city for a glass of water or a bathroom, to buy a ticket, to try to cash a traveler's check. I walk the streets at night as a bald Negro - through a land hostile to my color, hostile to my skin." Mississippi and Alabama were a terrison; Atlanta was a ray of hope. '"Atlanta changed my mind. Atlanta has in proving that 'the Problem' can be solved and in showing us the way to do it." It was a far cry from the enlightened leaders, both white and Negro, in the Atlanta city administration to the Mobile plant foreman who said, when asked by the author for a job, "No use trying down here. . . . We're gradually getting you people weeded out from the better jobs at this plant. We're taking it slow, but we're doing it. Pretty soon we'll have it so the only jobs you can get here are the ones no white man would have." This report is a shocking confirmation of the enormous wall of hostility between the two races, a wall that is growing higher as some groups of Negroes are learning to hate back as viciously as they have been hated by some whites. Mr. Griffin is careful to emphasize the decency and kindness of most Southern whites, and blames institutions rather than individuals for the continuing abrogation of human rights. His book is a document of despair and darkness, but he found light in Georgia and in the hope that keeps Negro leaders from blowing the dangerous situation sky high.
Dear Kilroy: A Dog to Guide Us
by Nora Vitz HarrisonFrom the Book Jacket: Dear Kilroy reminds us that some of the best teachers in this world have four legs and bark. Nora Vitz Harrison weaves the tender and wise humor of Kilroy and Riley, two canine correspondents, among heart-tugging essays on the magical relationship between people and dogs. The true-life stories follow a few special dogs and the human lives they change. The loss of a loved one or a relentless disease are made more bearable with a tail-wagging companion. Even if you have never been owned by a dog, you will be moved by this joyful yet bittersweet guide to life. NORA VITZ Harrison is a long time volunteer for Guide Dogs for the Blind and active in animal-welfare organizations. She has been a writer for corporate America since 1979. Her human-interest essays have appeared in The Oregonian newspaper and other publications. She lives in Oregon with her husband, Jon, and her dog, Riley. When she is not writing, she loves to hike, which is Riley's favorite hobby, too. Find out more about Nora and her canine friends at www.dearkilroy.com "The author of this lovely book is well aware of that spot deep within us that sometimes only dogs can find. The dogs in these stories touch that spot and make it glow." - Betty White actress/author 'As the dogs in Dear Kilroy strive to fulfill their potential, whether to become a guide for the blind or to become the best, most-trusted pet of someone in need, they inspire us to become better human beings. This book will lift your spirits and touch your soul." - Bob Phillips, CEO Guide Dogs for the Blind 'Harrison's delightful book reminds us that dogs serve as guides to the sighted as well as the blind. Open this book and your heart be opened, too." - Nancy Peterson The Humane Society of the United States
The Exercise Book for People Who Don't Exercise
by Stanford Center for Research in Disease PreventionExercise is fun. Exercise is safe. There's a form of exercise for everyone (including those who are not enthusiastic about the idea of climbing into running shoes) You'll be hooked within a few months, and wouldn't give up your exercise for anything.
Recipes for Your Heart's Delight: The Stanford Guide to Healthy Cooking
by The Stanford Heart Disease Prevention ProgramAll the recipes are low in salt, fat and sugar compared to regular recipes of their type, but are still delicious.
Even Little Kids Get Diabetes
by Connie White PirnerA young girl tells of how she was diagnosed with diabetes and what it means for her and her family.
Let's Talk About When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's Disease
by Elizabeth WeizmanA simple, factual book that talks about what will happen when someone a child loves has this degenerative disease. Very matter of fact and very much on a kids level.
Thendral Aug 2009
by Chitra Vaitheeswaran Radha MohanThendral is a monthly magazine for Tamilians. It has an interesting collection of articles featuring a health column, a cooking column, religion, etc
Ego States: Theory and Therapy
by John G. Watkins Helen H. WatkinsDescribes techniques of brief hypnoanalysis that the authors have developed based largely on the psychoanalytic ego psychology of Paul Federn.
The Comprehending Hand
by Lilli NielsenIn this monograph, originally published in 1976, Nielsen sets down the basic premises of her active learning approach toward blind infants. She notes the typical developmental stages of sighted infants and suggests ways to help blind infants achieve the same milestones. Nielsen emphasizes the importance of offering the blind child an environment which is interesting and challenging through touch and sound.
Women and Families: Feminist Reconstructions
by Kristine Baber Katherine AllenFamilies--often a source of satisfaction, growth, and fulfillment for women--can also be an arena of domination, abuse and pain. This volume uses a postmodern feminist perspective to elucidate women's myraid experiences in the family, providing an integrated analysis of critical aspects of intimate relationships, sexuality, childbearing decisions, caregiving, and work. Throughout, the book focuses on the nature of the choices women must make as thei attempt to meet their own needs while nurturing and sustaining their intimate and family relationships. Challenging the traditional definitions of the family, the authors incorporate feminist thinking and research from a variety of diciplines to illuminate both the commonalities and the differences in the experiences of diverse women. Action-oriented, the book stresses themes of economic autonomy, choice and equality, reproductive freedom, and education for critical awareness, and presents pragmatic recommendations for empowerment.
The Light of Egypt: The Science of the Soul and the Stars, Volume 2
by Thomas H. Burgoyne Belle M. WagnerSections on the zodiac, the planets, alchemy, magic wands and the penetralia etc.
Ghost Stories of Pennsylvania
by Dan AsfarFrom the Book Jacket: The rich history of Pennsylvania is filled with the unexplained: frightening specters, mysterious apparitions and haunted buildings. Join Dan Asfar as he recounts the Keystone State's most intriguing ghost stories: phantoms materialize and eerie lights flash at historic Gettysburg, America's most famous-and haunted-battlefield in a fountain at the notorious Baleroy Mansion in Philadelphia, a young boy sees a skull in place of his own reflection-a strange premonition of his sudden death a month later every New Year's Day, the spirit of colonial war hero Anthony Wayne wanders Route 322, still frustrated that his earthly remains were buried in separate graves a three-year-old girl takes a fatal fall while her father paints her portrait, causing it to be inexplicably possessed by her forlorn spirit while painting a mural on the walls of a Millvale church, renowned painter Maxo Vanka is visited by the terrifying specter of a long-dead priest two mysterious suicides cause a spike in paranormal activity in Tamaqua's haunted Elks Club under the influence of an otherworldly force, a backwoods recluse kills a man, initiating a bizarre chain of events on Hawk Mountain deceased convicts, driven to insanity by abuse, return to haunt the Eastern State Penitentiary, the first prison where solitary confinement was used plaintive choral strains waft over Loyalsock Creek near Williamsport-lasting reminder of a young woman's death. With strange and often terrifying consequences, Pennsylvania ghosts appeal in Pittsburgh, Radnor, Newtown, Lancaster, Hollidaysburg, Bedford, Altoona New Hope, London Britain Township and more.