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The result of a rigorous two-year investigation that took Robin across three continents, Our Daily Poison documents the many ways in which we encounter a shocking array of chemicals in our everyday lives — from the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our food — and their effects on our bodies over time. Gathering...

In addition to the issues constituting the basis of microbial biotechnology, such as microorganisms culturing or their use in industry and environmental protection, Microbial Biotechnology in the Laboratory and Pr – Theory, Exercises, and Specialist Laboratories includes modern analytical techniques known as "omics", as well as digital techniques used to record adverse changes in the environment those resulting from the...

Galen of Pergamum (129–?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, and medical historian, a theoretician and practitioner, who wrote forcefully and prolifically on an astonishing range of subjects and whose impact on later eras rivalled that of Aristotle. Galen synthesised the entirety of Greek medicine as a basis for his own doctrines and...

A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughs. Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion. Land of Wondrous Cold tells...

John Derian Paper Goods: The Library Notepad is crafted by John Derian, an artist and designer whose work with printed images of the past transports the viewer to another time and place. Take the journey with him through this notepad, perfect for jotting down lists, ideas, and important notes with colourful style. Features include: 80 easy tear-off pages 4 different...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images of the past transports the viewer to another time and place. Take the journey with him in this John Derian Paper Goods: Heavenly Bodies Notepad, perfect for jotting down lists, ideas, and important notes with colourful style. 80 easy tear-off pages 4 different designs repeat throughout

In our modern, digital age, data security experts advise keeping a hard copy of all difficult passwords; and this Internet Password Logbook (Black Leatherette) is the perfect record for them. This beautifully bound journal is a valuable resource in the age of the hacker. This essential notebook maintains your personal and financial safety, allowing you to record the necessarily complex...

Richard Straub's Health Psychology shows students how psychology and health are interconnected. Using real-world examples, Straub encourages students to make meaningful connections between the science of health psychology and their own everyday experience. The text is comprehensive in its approach and incorporates the latest research as it examines the field’s main ideas and models a scientific way of thinking about...

Learn to use ArcGIS Pro confidently, quickly, and effectively with the newest edition in this best-selling series. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 introduces readers to ArcGIS Pro, the world's most powerful desktop GIS. Geographic information system (GIS) software provides mapping and analytic capabilities that give people and organisations powerful location intelligence. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 walks readers...

Learn from the best with this popular book on creating successful maps with any GIS or illustration product, written by an expert cartographer. For more than 18 years, Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users has been essential reading for all mapmakers who use geographic information system (GIS) technology across industries and sectors, including government, commercial, creative, and education....

Bringing together 50 of the V&A’s most adorable, stylish and charming cats, this set of postcards features a whole family of cat genres. From the Edwardian eccentricity of Louis, to the whimsy of early Victorian Christmas cards; from the fish-stealing moggies of sixteenth-century genre painting to the sophisticated felines of 1920s Paris – enjoy a cat postcard for every mood...

Take your first steps on the path to stellar mental and physical health. In The Astrological Self-Care Journal, reflect on how to nurture your mind, body, and spirit according to the wisdom of the stars. Astrology allows us to understand the nuances of who we are, but can also play a pivotal role in helping us optimise our vitality and...

Dedicated to Grandma, this memory album takes her on a narrative journey full of personal stories, memories, and anecdotes. From childhood to today, each page provides space for writing, thoughtful prompts, and sections to keep photographs and family tales. A gift that connects generations: Grandma becomes the narrator of her own story, creating a legacy of love and wisdom that...

YAMADA’S Textbook of Gastroenterology For over 25 years, Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology has been the most comprehensive gastroenterology reference book, combining an encyclopedic basic science approach to GI and liver disease with the latest clinical thinking, especially in diagnostic and therapeutic developments. It is universally respected across the globe. The original outstanding editorial team was led by Tadataka Yamada, MD,...

Working in a World of Hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals, and prison camps. The writings by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, and other medical personnel reveal the spectrum of their...

In a neighbourhood facing massive redevelopment, racialised residents speak about stigma, social mixing, and what the island community means to them. Based on rich interviews, photographs, and archival research, Julie Chamberlain rejects the usual silence in German urban studies around racialisation and examines how constructing some groups as "not belonging" has shaped Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg's past and present. For racialised long-time residents,...

Humankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumption are disastrous for wildlife and humans alike. The alarm bells ringing about biodiversity loss are growing louder, and...

Philosophy of science puts science itself under the microscope: What exactly is science? How do its explanations of the world differ from those of other subjects, including so-called "pseudo-sciences"? How should we understand and evaluate scientific methods? What, if anything, can science tell us about the nature of physical reality? Dean Rickles guides beginners through the central topics in philosophy...

A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundations What is a complex system? Although complexity science is used to understand phenomena as diverse as the behaviour of honeybees, the economic markets, the human brain, and the climate, there is no agreement about its foundations. In this introduction for students,...

Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex—with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to ribbons—was undoubtedly the fiercest carnivore to roam the Earth. Yet as What Bugged the Dinosaurs? reveals, T. rex was not the only killer. George and Roberta Poinar show how insects—from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites—dominated life on the planet...

Ireland is famous - or notorious - for its wet and mild climate. Because on average more water precipitates than evaporates, the island is rich in wetlands - marshes, swamps, fens, bogs, lagoons, floodplains and wet meadows, to name but a few. Many place names in Ireland refer to wet places. Words derived from the Irish language are used to...

Scientific practices of removing waste in mega-cities of the global South are embedded in socio-cultural belief systems which reproduce existing social hierarchies. Thus, going beyond a techno-managerial approach in waste management, Sneha Sharma critically interrogates the politics around urban waste disposal in Mumbai, India. She undertakes an ethnographic journey to the city's most unwanted space, a dumping site, to reveal...

Since the publication of the first edition of Volcanoes in 2010, our world of volcanology has changed in exciting ways. Volcanoes have continued to erupt (some 61 eruptions with VEI magnitudes greater than 3 have taken place since 2010), and in this revised and updated edition, the authors describe the largest of these, and the ones that have had the...

Record your innermost thoughts in this stunning Tradition (Blank Lined Journal) from Bushel & Peck, where for every journal we sell, we donate a children's book to kids in need! Lined, cream-coloured pages provide ample space for writing or taking notes. And at 5.5 x 8.5 in size, this smooth, beautifully designed hardcover notebook is perfect for tucking into a...

Widely acclaimed insight on the human condition, updated to view modern issues through a sociological lens Now in its third edition, Thinking Sociologically continues to offer a stimulating exploration of the underlying assumptions and tacit expectations which structure our view of the world. This best-seller has been translated into 12 languages to bring key sociological concepts to students and general...

The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilisation. Written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch’I-Po on questions of health and the art of healing, it is the oldest known document in Chinese medicine. Ilza Veith’s extensive introduction and monumental translation, first...

Addresses both social and cultural geography in a single volume, authored and edited by leading authorities in the fields. The Companion to Social and Cultural Geography provides reliable and up-to-date coverage of both foundational topics and emerging themes within two vibrant and increasingly interconnected subdisciplines of geography. Building upon the Companion to Cultural Geography first published in 2013, editors Ishan...

Everybody can be a thinking person when it comes to climate change, and this book is a perfect roadmap. Start a web search for “climate change” and the first three suggestions are “facts,” “news,” and “hoax.” The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change is rooted in the first, up to date on the second, and anything but the last. Produced...

Why collaborations in STEM fields succeed or fail and how to ensure success: Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents. These collaborations can be powerful, but they also demand new ways of thinking....

The so-called “Bone Wars” of the 1880s, which pitted Edward Drinker Cope against Othniel Charles Marsh in a frenzy of fossil collection and discovery, may have marked the introduction of dinosaurs to the American public. However, the second Jurassic dinosaur rush, which took place around the turn of the twentieth century, brought the prehistoric beasts back to life. These later...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The realities of autonomous weapons are a complex blend of both existing military technologies and visions of their future capabilities. The expected ramifications are profound and always point to the interplay between fact and fiction, actual developments and creative imagination. The Realities of Autonomous Weapons explores how these realities shape and become themselves...

France, officially, is a secular nation. Yet Catholicism is undeniably a monumental presence, defining the temporal and spatial rhythms of Paris. At the same time, it often fades into the background as nothing more than “heritage.” In a creative inversion, Elayne Oliphant asks in The Privilege of Being Banal what, exactly, is hiding in plain sight? Could the banality of...

Urban Chinatowns are dynamic, contested spaces that have persevered amid changes in the American cityscape. These neighbourhoods are significant for many, from the residents and workers who rely on them for their livelihoods to the broader Chinese American community and political leaders who recognise their cultural heritage and economic value. In The Power of Chinatown, Laureen D. Hom provides a...

The Pathogens of Finance is an exploration of how the rising power and profits of Wall Street underpin the contemporary increases in and inadequate responses to vector-borne disease. Over the past fifty years, insects have transmitted infectious diseases to humans with greater frequency and in more unexpected places. To examine this phenomenon, Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin take...

Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science. Distinguished scholar Amos Funkenstein explores the metaphysical foundations of modern science and shows how, by the 1600s, theological and scientific thinking had become almost one. Major figures like Descartes, Leibniz, Newton, and others...

PEATE’S BODY SYSTEMSTHE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM A CONCISE, ILLUSTRATED, AND ACCESSIBLE GUIDE TO THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Each of the twelve volumes in Peate’s Body Systems series is rooted in the belief that a deep and thorough understanding of the human body is essential for providing the highest standard of care. Offering clear, accessible and up-to-date information on different body...

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The...

A groundbreaking account of the origin and place of meaning in the earthly biosphere What is meaning? How does it arise? Where is it found in the world? In recent years, philosophers and scientists have answered these questions in different ways. Some see meaning as a uniquely human achievement, while others extend it to trees, microbes, and even to the...

A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world “An epic work of breathtaking scope and moral power, The Long Land War offers the definitive account of the rise and fall of land rights around the world over the last 150 years.” —Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and...

Smash the patriarchy in style with The Little Box of Feminist Flair! With fabulous, fearless females like Michelle Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gloria Steinem, and Beyoncé—rendered as graphic, cross-stitch style portraits—and empowering slogans, this kit brings a quirky spin to the feminist resistance. Learn about these inspiring women in a 48-page miniature book filled with punchy biographies, and add a...

The updated and authoritative reference to medications used in dental practice The revised and updated second edition of The Dentist's Drug and Prescription Guide offers a practical and quick reference to medications commonly prescribed in dental practice. With contributions from experts on the topic, this comprehensive book takes an accessible question-and-answer format, providing answers to common questions dentists ask about...

On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred metres—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 metres, the oceans offer 99% of the space on Earth where life can develop. The deep sea, which...

At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book, Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world centre for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched...

A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities. An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital, two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple causes of this...

For thousands of years, we’ve found ways to scorch, scour, and sterilise our surroundings to make them safer. Sometimes these methods are wonderfully effective. Often, however, they come with catastrophic consequences—consequences that aren’t typically understood for generations. The Chemical Age tells the captivating story of the scientists who waged war on famine and disease with chemistry. With depth and verve,...

Celebrate thirty years of Blizzard Entertainment with the Blizzard 30th Anniversary Pin Portfolio Binder with exclusive Merchy the Murloc pin! This three-ring binder includes: Exclusive enamel Merchy the Murloc pin! Three pin pages with felt backing and three pin backing board pages. Refillable with pages from the Blizzard 30th Anniversary Pin Portfolio Refill Pack and Blizzard 30th Anniversary Print Portfolio...

Only one hundred years ago, in even the world's wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers of diarrhoea, diphtheria, and measles, of scarlet fever and tuberculosis. Throughout history, culture has been shaped by these deaths; diaries and letters recorded them, and writers such as Louisa May Alcott, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Eugene O'Neill wrote about and mourned them....

A study of early Chinese maps using interdisciplinary methods. This is the first English-language monograph on the early history of maps in China, centring on those found in three tombs that date from the fourth to the second century BCE and constitute the entire known corpus of early Chinese maps (ditu). More than a millennium separates them from the next...

Hospitals monitoring is becoming more complex and is increasing both because staff want their data analysed and because of increasing mandated surveillance. This book provides a suite of functions in R, enabling scientists and data analysts working in infection management and quality improvement departments in hospitals to analyse their often non-independent data, which is frequently in the form of trended,...

An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly, this is the first history of how the Soviet Union's scientists became both the glory and the laughing stock of the intellectual world. Simon Ings weaves together what happened when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create...

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of America's most controversial experiments in police surveillance. In 2020, the Baltimore Police Department had an aerial surveillance plane that could supposedly photograph and track every person in public view. Spy Plane reveals what happened with this controversial policing experiment. Drawing from incredible access and direct observations inside the for-profit tech startup that ran...

Today we hear renewed calls for a dialogue between science and religion: why has the old question of the relations between science and religion now returned to the public domain and what is at stake in this debate? To answer these questions, historian and sociologist of science Yves Gingras retraces the long history of the troubled relationship between science and...

Paperblanks Safavid journal portrays a leather filigree pattern incorporating hand-tooled motifs, retaining the elegance and style of the Islamic Golden Age even in our modern context. Symmetry is the hallmark of this binding, which features medallions, a pentagonal envelope flap closure, and elaborately decorated doublures (interior covers). These are exquisite creations in cut-out leather and gilding.

For readers concerned about the roots of the public mistrust of science, get the book that Publishers Weekly says is "an ardent appraisal of what ails the scientific establishment." Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt is the product of Paul M. Sutter’s long career in the scientific community, both inside and outside academia. Interweaving his own experiences...

Bringing together the experience, perspective and expertise of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Arthur Kleinman, Reimagining Global Health provides an original, compelling introduction to the field of global health. Drawn from a Harvard course developed by their student Matthew Basilico, this work provides an accessible and engaging framework for the study of global health. Insisting on an approach that...

An illustrated keepsake journal, to be filled and given as a legacy to one's child. This journal offers a unique path for the writer and reader: It is intended not to be filled with pregnancy or infant development notes, but instead meant for thoughts, hopes, and aspirations for your baby. "What I thought when I found I was pregnant," "What...

Promising Care: How We Can Rescue Health Care by Improving It collects 16 speeches given over a period of 10 years by Donald M. Berwick, an internationally acclaimed champion of health care improvement throughout the course of his long and storied career as a physician, health care educator and policy expert, leader of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and...

The new edition of Preparing for Professional Practice in Health and Social Care is a welcome resource for students and newly registered Allied Health professionals, emphasising client-centred practice while clarifying expectations from regulatory bodies such as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). The book presents a range of topics—such as law, ethics, interprofessional working, leadership, equality and diversity, team...

Practical Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Understand periodontal diseases and their treatment with this practical guide. Practical Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Second Edition provides a fully up-to-date guide to the latest techniques, both surgical and non-invasive, for minimizing the impact of periodontal conditions. The Second Edition has been updated to reflect the new periodontal disease classification, thoroughly explaining the...

The Intervention Mapping bible, updated with new theory, trends, and cases Planning Health Promotion Programs is the "bible" of the field, guiding students and practitioners through the planning process from a highly practical perspective. Using an original framework called Intervention Mapping, this book presents a series of steps, tasks, and processes that help you develop effective health promotion and education...

When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Charles Vincent, one of the world's pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and every aspect clearly and compellingly. He reviews the evidence of risks and harms to patients, and he provides practical guidance on implementing safer practices in health care. The second edition...

Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in scientific demonstration that roiled the Late Renaissance world for decades. In...

Your perfect January read - Take a Break Nutrition Hacks is an essential well-being guide for anyone wanting to learn how to maintain good health and diet in simple, easy steps. Food trends and fad diets are a thing of the past; now, everyone agrees "good nutrition" is the key to a happy, healthy life. But what does this mean?...

Winner of the 2017 Brendan Gill Prize from the Municipal Arts Society of New York "The maps themselves are things of beauty . . . A document of its time, of our time." —Sadie Stein, New York Times "One is invited to fathom the many New Yorks hidden from history’s eye." —Maria Popova, Brain Pickings Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume...

Tales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the “long eighteenth century,” naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at...

This newly revised and updated edition of Paul U. Unschuld’s original 1986 groundbreaking translation reflects the latest philological, methodological, and sinological standards of the past thirty years. The Nan Jing was compiled in China during the first century C.E., marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial development stages of Chinese medicine. Based on the doctrines of the...

Discover Gary Grayson’s vibrantly detailed gardens in this Moon Garden Slim Lined Hardcover Journal design. A lifetime artist, Grayson’s affinity for both antique prints and modern graphic design is on display in this book cover. Grayson is an artist who defies the limitations of genre. May his boundless creativity so inspire your own expressions of imagination.

An overview of population monitoring issues that is accessible to the typical field biologist and land managers with a modest statistical background. Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations includes concrete guidelines for ecologists to follow to design a statistically defensible monitoring program.

Bring the life-changing benefits of mindfulness into your life with this beautifully designed 12-month undated planner. Each month features a unique mindfulness quote to inspire you, as well as space to plan your monthly priorities and record your weekly activities, intentions, habit tracking, and reflections. Start Planning Now: Fill in the months and days in this 12-month undated planner to...

Medical Statistics provides the necessary statistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understand evidence-based clinical research. It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research and interpreting statistics in the context of how the participants were recruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables were used, what effect size was found, and what the P values mean....

A critical reflection on the relationship between materials and the reproduction of medical knowledge. Medical knowledge manifests in materials, and materials are integral to the reproduction of medical knowledge. From the novice student to the expert practitioner, those who study and work in and around medicine rely on material guidance in their everyday practice and as they seek to further...

Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond...

Explore how the law shapes and influences public health In the newly revised second edition of Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a thorough primer on the problems that arise in legal epidemiology—and potential solutions to those problems. Following an introduction to the basic concepts of the field in Part One, the book offers a...

This textbook outlines the key areas of mental health practice for those in the early stages of their training, who may not necessarily come from psychology backgrounds. Learning About Mental Health Practice: Accompanies the lecturer’s book Teaching Mental Health Focuses on the 'Ten Essential Shared Capabilities' that have been developed by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health In partnership with...

Knowledge Translation in Health Care is a practical introduction to knowledge translation for everyone working and learning within health policy and funding agencies, and as researchers, clinicians, and trainees. Using everyday examples, it explains how to use research findings to improve health care in real life. This new second edition defines the principles and practice of knowledge translation and outlines...

Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky...

Scientific breakthroughs that changed the way we understand the world—and the fascinating stories of the scientists behind them Some of the most significant breakthroughs in science don't receive widespread recognition until decades later, sometimes after their author's death. Nobel Prizewinner Max Planck, whose black-body radiation law established the discipline of quantum mechanics, stated this as what has become known as...

Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis: A Handbook for Healthcare Research provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles and methods that healthcare researchers need when considering, conducting or using individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis projects. Written and edited by researchers with substantial experience in the field, the book details key concepts and practical guidance for each stage of an IPD meta-analysis...

Implementing the Mediterranean Diet: Nutrition in Practice and Public Health situates this ‘gold standard’ of diets within the wider food environment by bridging the gap between the evidence-based health benefits of the Mediterranean diet and its implementation. The text explores the many approaches that can be used by health professionals to help consumers adopt this healthy eating pattern, as well...