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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia»rank: 221394by: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia»rank: 132646by: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia»rank: 801606by: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Broken Spears: A Maasai Journey»rank: 996343by: Elizabeth L. Gilbert
: :'A skilled, intimate, and remarkable portrayal of an enigmatic culture that goes well beyond the usual stereotypical treatment of the Maasai. Gilbert's work is a valuable contribution to the honorable photographic tradition of tribal studies.' Peter Matthiessen When photojournalist Elizabeth Gilbert first came into contact with the Maasai over ten years ago, their images were everywhere in Africa. Pictures of warriors were printed on postcards, T-shirts, safari advertisements, and hotel logos, but in reality their traditional life was disappearing. So Gilbert set out on a four-year journey to photograph what was left of traditional Maasailand.Broken Spears is the stunning result of that remarkable journey. Over 120 images capture the rituals, secret ceremonies, ... |
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Tribes of the Great Rift Valley»rank: 412061from: Abrams Books
: :Tribes of the Great Rift Valley is a celebration of the traditional peoples who occupy the lands of the Great Rift Valley, from the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Eritrea, across the Ethiopian highlands, and down to the great lakes and plains of Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi. Here are the proud, majestic warriors of the Maasai and Samburu, the Mursi with their jutting lip-plates, the guinea-fowl-painted faces of the Karo, the bull jumpers of the Hamar, and the honey seekers of the forests, the Batwa, among many other tribes. These fascinating peoples of the Rift Valley are remarkably diverse, yet sadly, nearly all of these communities face extinction in the ... |
Eat, Pray, Love. One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, Indonesia»rank: 423307by: Gilbert Elizabeth
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Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery»rank: 200867by: Elizabeth S. Gilbert
: :With today's technologic advances and the help of knowledgeable nurses, women have a better chance of having a positive outcome of even a high risk pregnancy and delivery than ever before. Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery, 4th Edition provides the user with comprehensive information in a concise, accessible format. The book presents various problems in a consistent format that includes incidence, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical management with protocols for nurse practitioners. It also addresses collaborative problems and desired outcomes.Includes current AWHONN Standards of Practice.Current information on domestic violence and multiple gestation, including nutritional needs and preterm management.Features comprehensive coverage of substance abuse and STIs, including implications for both mother ... |
Manual of High Risk Pregnancy & Delivery (3rd Edition)»rank: 833424by: Elizabeth S. Gilbert, Judith S. Harmon
: :Grand Canyon Univ., Phoenix, AZ. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#251). Manual, for students and nurses, provides current and comprehensive coverage of the care of women and their families. Emphasizes health promotion, risk screening, and prevention of complications in pregnancy. Includes a new chapter on complementary therapies. P.E.: c1998. Softcover. |
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Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care: An A-Z Guide»rank: 1936913by: Henry G. W. Paw, Gilbert R. Park, H. G. W. Paw
: :This concise, clear, pocket-sized text explains how to use drugs safely and efficiently in the management of the critically ill patient. It is also an invaluable quick reference for the doctor and nurse working in the intensive care unit. In addition to concise notes on important topics such as routes of drug administration, drug metabolism, drug interactions, monitoring, pharmacology in the critically ill and advanced life support, amongst others, the book includes an A-Z listing of the most widely used drugs and for each, outlines their key features, uses, administration, adverse effects and interactions/cautions in a standardised format for ease of quick reference. |
Parkett # 60: Chuck Close, Diana Thater, Luc Tuymans»rank: 776261by: Sara Arrhenius, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Regina Hasslinger, Hans Rudolf Reust, Laura Hoptman, Gerardo Mosquera, Richard Shiff, David Bunn, Chuck Close, Paul Etienne Lincoln, Elizabeth Peyton, Diana Thater, Luc Tuymans
: :Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations and editions with leading international artists, Parkett No. 60 features Chuck Close, Diana Thater, and Luc Tuymans, three artists from very different backgrounds whose works have all moved towards painting's basic elements of light and dark. Contributing writers include Francine Prose and Richard Shiff on Close; Sara Arrhenius, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe and Regina Hasslinger on Thater; and Laura Hoptman, Gerardo Mosquera and Hans Rudolf Reust on Tuymans. This issue also contains essays on David Bunn, Jeremy Deller, and Paul Etienne Lincoln, as well as a conversation between Chuck Close and Elizabeth Peyton and an interview with Close by Bice Curiger. |