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Audition: A Memoir»rank: 354by: Barbara Walters
: :Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers, inspirational figures, and celebrities of all kinds, Barbara Walters has turned her gift for examination onto herself to reveal the forces that shaped her extraordinary life.Barbara Walters’s perception of the world was formed at a very early age. Her father, Lou Walters, was the ... |
Big Pumpkin»rank: 986842by: Erica Silverman
: :Scarce Scholastic cassette features song sung by Steven Blane, Candace Walters, and others. |
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Rules for Writers 5e & Comment for Rules for Writers 5e & Hacker Research Pack»rank: 1768278by: Diana Hacker, Walter Creed, Douglas P. Downs, Barbara Fister
: :Scarce Scholastic cassette features song sung by Steven Blane, Candace Walters, and others. |
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery»rank: 2770908by: Marie J. Rhodes, Barbara J. Gruendemann, Walter F. Ballinger
: :ALEXANDER'S CARE OF THE PATIENT IN SURGERY, considered the standard in perioperative care for over 50 years, is a comprehensive reference for students and practitioners alike. Unit I covers basic principles and patient care requisites. Unit II details step-by-step procedures for over 400 general and specialty surgical interventions. The unique needs of ambulatory, pediatric, geriatric, and trauma surgery patients are discussed in Unit III. New features include highlighted patient education and discharge planning, sample critical pathways, expanded coverage of endoscopic/minimally invasive procedures, and internet resources. A new chapter, Surgical Modalities, addresses today's technologically advanced perioperative environment. |
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How to Talk with Practically Anybody about Practically Anything»rank: 759363by: Barbara Walters
: :ALEXANDER'S CARE OF THE PATIENT IN SURGERY, considered the standard in perioperative care for over 50 years, is a comprehensive reference for students and practitioners alike. Unit I covers basic principles and patient care requisites. Unit II details step-by-step procedures for over 400 general and specialty surgical interventions. The unique needs of ambulatory, pediatric, geriatric, and trauma surgery patients are discussed in Unit III. New features include highlighted patient education and discharge planning, sample critical pathways, expanded coverage of endoscopic/minimally invasive procedures, and internet resources. A new chapter, Surgical Modalities, addresses today's technologically advanced perioperative environment. |
The Sculptress»rank: 759363by: Minette Walters
: :English writings of a Tamil litterateur and Indian freedom fighter. Review:Convicted of the brutal ax murders of her mother and sister, Olive Martin spends her days in prison carving tiny human figures out of wax. Rosalind Leigh is a best-selling author whose publisher jolts her out of writer's block by telling her to research a book about Olive and the murders, or else. Though repelled by the idea at first, Rosalind soon becomes intrigued by her subject and begins to believe she may be innocent. She soon uncovers plenty of reasons to doubt the official police version of the killings and with Olive's help, untangles a sinister cover-up. The Sculptress won ... |
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Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques»rank: 246644by: Barbara H. Estridge, Anna P. Reynolds, Norma J. Walters
: :This newly revised, performance-based text covers the theory and techniques of basic clinical laboratory procedures. Workers in physicians' office laboratories, small clinics, hospital laboratories, public health departments, and point-of-care testing facilities will find this guide a useful resource covering the procedures they perform. The procedures are presented in an easy-to-follow format that includes a step-by-step performance guide and worksheets when appropriate. Procedures include CLIA-waived tests as well as some more complex tests, and incorporates current CLIA and OSHA safety regulations. Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques is a comprehensive guide for all laboratory technicians who want to review the essential laboratory techniques. |
Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)»rank: 221705by: Bernhard Walter Scholz
: :The most comprehensive contemporaneous record of the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire |
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Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country»rank: 606113from: Duke University Press
: :Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds explores the critically neglected intersection of Native and African American cultures. This interdisciplinary collection combines historical studies of the complex relations between blacks and Indians in Native communities with considerations and examples of various forms of cultural expression that have emerged from their intertwined histories. The contributors include scholars of African American and Native American studies, English, history, anthropology, law, and performance studies, as well as fiction writers, poets, and a visual artist. Essays range from a close reading of the 1838 memoirs of a black and Native freewoman to an analysis of how Afro-Native intermarriage has impacted the identities and federal government classifications of certain New England ... |
Shrinking Cities: Volume 1»rank: 812000by: Dave Haslam, Wolfgang Kil, Walter Prigge, Klaus Ronneberger, Thomas Sugrue, Stan Douglas
: :From Great Britain, Belgium, Finland and Italy to Russia, Kazakhstan and China, cities are shrinking--while urban-planning debates focus on the growth of the megalopolis, many of the worldís existing population centers are watching their citizens walk away. Between globalization, deindustrialization, suburbanization, the transition to post-Socialism, high unemployment and, in some cases, wider national population losses, the phenomenon is growing. Shrinking Cities Volume 1: International Research, a publication of the Germany-based Shrinking Cities initiative, examines this phenomenon's causes and dynamics on an international level for the first time, exploring examples including Manchester and Liverpool, Detroit, Russiaís Ivanovo, and Germanyís Halle and Leipzig. Each site represents a specific issue: in Detroit, the consequences of ... |