Christine Bruce: 8 books

In 2011, Christine Bruce interviewed nearly one hundred and fifty bicycle riders, among them couriers, activists, mechanics, politicians, bike builders and more. She talked to “anyone who wanted to tell a bike story.” The resulting book—a collection of sixty of these stories—is a celebration...

Eating fish is like playing russian roulette with your life Ciguatoxins are amongst the deadliest mammalian poison known to us, volume for volume, 1000 times more potent than arsenic. THIS FRIGHTENING POISON has been around for centuries - WE ARE NOT INFORMED WHAT IT IS OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO...

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...

The Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition, closely parallels Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition, and presents the essential information found in the larger text in a concise, portable format. Extensive changes made to the parent textbook are reflected in the Handbook; chapters have been...

Children and Adolescents in Trauma presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential children's homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools. The contributors describe a wide range of approaches, including art therapy and literature, and how creative...

This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.

From the popular and highly respected Clinical Anesthesia family of titles comes a new resource that clearly and simply explains the core concepts of anesthesiology that you need to know. From physiology and pharmacology to anatomy and system-based anesthesia, it uses full-color graphics, easy-to-read tables, and clear, concise text to convey the essential principles of the field.