A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
ISBN: 0060838655 Binding: Paperback Edition: Later printing Author(s): Howard Zinn Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Number of Pages: 768
Known for its lively clear prose as well as its scholarly research A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women factory workers African-Americans Native Americans working poor and immigrant laborers
This PS edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book including author interviews recommended reading and more
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 10th Edition
ISBN: 0781780586 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Tenth Author(s): Lynn S. Bickley Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Number of Pages: 992
The Tenth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examinations and taking patient history The book features a beautiful full-color art program and a clear simple two-column format with highly visual step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters with new and revised national guidelines pertinent screening tools and more information about ways to help patients prevent disease and optimize their health across all settings and age groups Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey vital signs and pain chapter A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care Evidence-based content has been increased with pertinent findings avenues for research and referencessuggested readings added across the entire book More than 50 new line drawings and photos have been added A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website include 5 Approach to Patient videos 15 Head-to-Toe Examination videos 25 Assessment videos heart and breath sounds the Center for Disease Control's pediatric growth chart journal articles Nursing Professional Roles and Responsibilities and the fully searchable text An Instructor's Resource DVD-ROM and online instructor resources are also available
A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
ISBN: 1595230327 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Larry Schweikart, Michael Allen Publisher: Sentinel Trade Number of Pages: 960
For the past three decades many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way Americas past is taught These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism sexism and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of Americas patriots and the achievements of "dead white men" As a result more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin A Patriots History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases In this groundbreaking book Americas discovery founding and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue personal liberty and private property that make this nation uniquely successful This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of Americas true and proud history
Art History, Volume 1 (4th Edition) (MyArtsLab Series)
ISBN: 0205744206 Binding: Paperback Edition: 4 Author(s): Marilyn Stokstad, Michael Cothren Publisher: Prentice Hall Number of Pages: 648
ART HISTORY provides students with the most student-friendly contextual and inclusive art history survey text on the market These hallmarks make ART HISTORY the choice for instructors who seek to actively engage their students in the study of art This new edition of ART HISTORY is the result of a happy and productive collaboration between two scholar-teachers (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren) who share a common vision that survey courses on the history of art should be filled with as much enjoyment as erudition and that they should foster an enthusiastic as well as an educated public for the visual arts Like its predecessors this new edition seeks to balance formal and iconographic analysis with contextual art history in order to craft interpretations that will engage a diverse student population Throughout the text the visual arts are treated as part of a larger world in which geography politics religion economics philosophy social life and the other fine arts are related components of a vibrant and cultural landscape
ISBN: 0471699020 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 4 Author(s): Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 592
Now in its Fourth Edition this unrivaled seminal work continues its long tradition of providing balanced insight and thorough historical background Under the new authorial leadership of Alston Purvis this authoritative book offers more than 450 new images along with expansive coverage of such topics as Italian Russian and Dutch design It reveals a saga of creative innovators breakthrough technologies and important design innovations
ISBN: 076790818X Binding: Paperback Edition: First Edition Author(s): Bill Bryson Publisher: Broadway Number of Pages: 560
One of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer
In A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well most of it In In A Sunburned Country he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer Now in his biggest book he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and if possible answer -- the oldest biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us To that end he has attached himself to a host of the worlds most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists anthropologists and mathematicians travelling to their offices laboratories and field camps He has read (or tried to read) their books pestered them with questions apprenticed himself to their powerful minds A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest and it is a sometimes profound sometimes funny and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge as only Bill Bryson can render it Science has never been more involving or entertaining
ISBN: 0312535031 Binding: Paperback Edition: Sixth Edition Author(s): Mary Lynn Rampolla Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Number of Pages: 160
A portable and affordable reference tool A Pocket Guide to Writing in History provides reading writing and research advice useful to students in all history courses Concise yet comprehensive advice on approaching typical history assignments developing critical reading skills writing effective history papers conducting research using and documenting sources and avoiding plagiarism enhanced with practical tips and examples throughout have made this slim reference a best-seller Now in its sixth edition the book offers more coverage of working with sources than ever before
ISBN: 0393931250 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Eighth Edition Author(s): J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Number of Pages: 986
The Eighth Edition of A History of Western Music is a vivid accessible and richly contextual view of music in Western culture Building on his monumental revision of the Seventh Edition Peter Burkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation of students placing people at the center of the story The narrative of A History of Western Music naturally focuses on the musical works styles genres and ideas that have proven most influential enduring and significantbut it also encompasses a wide range of music from religious to secular from serious to humorous from art music to popular music and from Europe to the Americas With a six-part structure emphasizing the musics reception and continued influence Burkholders narrative establishes a social and historical context for each repertoire to reveal its legacy and its significance today
ISBN: 1161455590 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): James Johonnot Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC Number of Pages: 174
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