Elaine: 1438 books

The accessible guide to the principles behind new, more targeted drug treatments for cancer Written for anyone who encounters cancer patients, cancer data or cancer terminology, but have no more than a passing knowledge of cell biology. A Beginner's Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatments provides...

Computability, Complexity, and Languages is an introductory text that covers the key areas of computer science, including recursive function theory, formal languages, and automata. It assumes a minimal background in formal mathematics. The book is divided into five parts: Computability, Grammars...

Deconstructing Tara is the story of a girl who apparently has everything but who is unable to negotiate the perils of her times. She becomes a woman during the mid-1970s, but she was raised in a much less frenzied environment, one in which time seemed to stand still. Sex left the bedroom and the bordello...

Prevent, evaluate, and manage diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries with The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. This pragmatic, pocket-sized resource equips medical providers with the knowledge they need to offer effective aid, covering key topics in pre- and...

An estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from Chronic Heartburn, also known as Acid Reflux or GERD. Many people simply dismiss this condition--the symptoms of which can include sleeplessness, chronic sore throat, heartburn, hoarseness, and dental problems--as something to learn to live...

Did you know that burning certain cookware or feeding avocado could kill your precious pet bird? Here are 15 safety tips every pet bird owner must know to help our birds live a long, healthy life. A short, no-fluff, no-filler, article originally published in the 15th anniversary edition of Bird Talk magazine, with updated material for the 21st century.

This book offers research evidence documenting the significant impact of low literacy skill on adolescents' processing of oral L2 input and acquisition.

Teachers in any subject area must have a basic understanding of how language is learned and used in educational contexts because language impacts teaching and learning across all subjects. This book is written specifically for those teachers and teacher traineeslearning to teach who want to know more...

I qualified to write this book because it is my personal life story, I lived through each physical sickness and emotion that an individual can possibly endure, a death sentence on my life being diagnosis with a life threaten disease of Lupus and my fathers death of colon cancer plus also the death...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States whether they are caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or American Indian. In 2005, 652,091 people died of heart disease—27.1% of all U.S. deaths. There have been hundreds of new discoveries regarding...

The days are growing shorter, but on Sunny Hill Farm Mr and Mrs Evans are working as hard as ever, looking after the animals and bringing in the last of the year's harvest. Meanwhile preparations are under way for a wedding in Rosehill village - Chris, the vet, is marrying his assistant, Tracy, and everyone...

This book is an answer to my prayers of trying to reach someone who might have been in similar experience as mine, it's written for the purpose to help, the reader in knowing life is at challenge, to say our problems sometimes can be used as stepping stones to opportunities as you' read this book...

In the summer of 1970, the members of the New Orleans Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals understood clearly the realities of race in the South. Houston, Texas, like other Southern cities, had made haste toward racial school desegregation as slowly as the White Southern Federal courts would allow. When the...

A hands-on and fun-filled resource for teaching science to middle and high school students New in the 5-Minute Fundamentals Series, The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 6-12, includes 180 easy, five-minute hook or sponge activities to capture learners' attention and introduce lessons....