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  • CONTRACEPTION ACROSS CULTURES
    ANDREW RUSSELL / ‎MARY THOMPSON / ‎ELISA J. SOBO
    Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention. This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by coll...

    $1,100.00

  • VENOUS ACCESS MADE EASY
    JAMES FORSYTH / AHMED SHALAN / ANDREW THOMPSON
    This book provides simple and practical instructions on how to perform safe and easy venous cannulation, and how to insert midlines and PICC lines using ultrasound. It aidsunderstanding of the relevant anatomy, shows how to use the ultrasound machine, and how to insert such lines using ultrasound guidance. Readers will feel confident and well prepared to deal with patients requ...

    $960.00

  • EXCESSIVE MEDICAL SPENDING
    NORMAN J. TEMPLE / ANDREW THOMPSON / ANWAR KHAN
    This work contains a Foreword by Merrill Goozner, Author and Director, Integrity in Science, Center for Science and the Public Interest, Washington DC. This book exposes why healthcare costs have been rapidly increasing and includes a close examination of over-priced drugs. It contains a detailed explanation of how the drug industry takes billions of dollars from society each y...

    $1,340.00

  • THE DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
    PHIL GUNSON / GREG CHAMBERLAIN / ANDREW THOMPSON
    First published in 1991, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean provides a guide to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The countries covered include Mexico, Guatamala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Domi...

    $700.00

  • THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK?
    ANDREW S. THOMPSON
    `The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain.  In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa, Asia and America had been subsumed. Britannia's tentacles had stretched both wide and deep. Culture, Religion, Health, Sexuality...

    $1,420.00

  • IMPERIAL BRITAIN
    ANDREW S. THOMPSON
    This new study considers the impact of the empire upon modern British political culture. The economic and cultural legacy of empire have received a great deal of attention, but historians have neglected the effects of empire upon the domestic British political scene. Dr Thompson explores economic, demographic, intellectual and military influences and he shows how parliamentary ...

    $1,420.00

  • ORIGINS OF ARABIA
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    In full colour, Origins of Arabia describes the first origins and subsequent adventures of the Arabian peninsula, taking the story right up to recent times. It offers a basic explanation of some of the geological principles and forces behind these changes, and weaves in the fossil record and the changing climate in building up the picture of the area. As the story reaches m...

    $1,480.00

  • CBT FOR APPEARANCE ANXIETY
    ALEX CLARKE / ANDREW R. THOMPSON / ELIZABETH JENKINSON / NICHOLA RUMSEY / ROBERT NEWELL
    This clinical manual provides a CBT-based psychosocial intervention for use with individuals distressed about their appearance due to a disfigurement from birth, accident or illness, or those coping with another visible difference.   Contains a wealth of case material with specific relevance to physical health conditions that affect appearance, practical advice on assessment, a...

    $1,573.00

  • AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
    CHARLES P. THOMPSON / JOHN J. SKOWRONSKI / STEEN F. LARSEN / ANDREW L. BETZ
    Providing an unusual perspective on self and social memory different from the norm in social cognitive research, this volume describes the results of the authors' diary research now in progress for more than 15 years. It investigates the topic of autobiographical memory through longitudinal studies of graduate students' diaries. Recalled and examined in this volume, a recent co...

    $1,480.00

  • MANAGING PEOPLE
    MICHAEL RILEY / ANDREW THOMPSON
    This new second edition of 'Managing People' provides a practical approach to applying up-to-the-minute management techniques, and is a vital source of information for professionals in the hotel and catering industry responsible for personnel and training.Riley explores how aspects such as labour cost, utilization, labour market behaviour and pay are inseparable from the skills...

    $1,320.00

  • CHANGING EUROPE
    DAVID DUNKERLEY / LESLEY HODGSON / STANISLAW KONOPACKI / TONY SPYBEY / ANDREW THOMPSON
    Europe has changed significantly and is now facing even more dramatic transformations with the enlargement of the European Union, the introduction of the euro and its increased role as a global actor in world affairs. This clear and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the key issues now shaping the new Europe and its citizens.The book features:* a history of the ide...

    $1,320.00

  • ALONG PREHISTORIC LINES
    STEVE THOMPSON / ANDREW POWELL
    An excavation in 2010–12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies immediately north-east of the Stonehenge part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The significant discoveries made during the excavation include a re...

    $185.51

  • SPIDERS, CLOWNS, AND GREAT MOLE RATS
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    An encyclopedia of over 160 frightening phobias from the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You? It is human nature to be curious about things that scare us—that's why we love scary movies and true crime podcasts. But what about our deepest, most specific phobias?  Spiders, Clowns and Great Mole Rats presents a fascinating, friendly and even funny look at 160 fear...

    $179.00

  • CAN HOLDING IN A FART KILL YOU?
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    The bestselling author of Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red share more than 150 baffling, bizarre, and enlightening facts in the fun trivia collection. This curious, captivating collection of trivia will surprise and intrigue readers with amazing answers to questions like: • Is Jurassic Park possible? • What causes "the shakes" after drinking a lot of alcohol? • Why do dogs...

    $200.00

  • HAIR OF THE DOG TO PAINT THE TOWN RED
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    Discover hundreds of entertaining and often hilarious etymological journeys, by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You? English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including: • Read between the Lines • Cat Got Your Tongue? • Put a Sock in It • Close...

    $159.00

  • WHY DO ROLLER COASTERS MAKE YOU PUKE?
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    A fun and fascinating trivia book with a wide range of intriguing questions and entertainingly written answers from a bestselling author. Perfect for trivia junkies everywhere, this new collection will surprise readers with fascinating answers to age-old curiosities, such as: • Does a goldfish’s memory really only last a few seconds? • Do plants feel pain? • Why do cats’ eyes g...

    $159.00

  • WHY DOES BRIGHT LIGHT MAKE YOU SNEEZE?
    ANDREW THOMPSON
    More than 150 new fun facts to delight, befuddle and amaze, from the bestselling author of Why Do Roller Coasters Make You Puke?   This bizarre and baffling trivia collection with delight and intrigue readers, with answers to age-old questions like who was Dr. Pepper and what causes new-car smell? Written by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?, this new co...

    $159.00