Have you ever walked into a massive shopping mall or a casino to buy one specific thing, only to wander aimlessly for an hour and leave with bags of unplanned purchases? You didn't lose your focus; the architecture actively stole it from you. Named after architect Victor Gruen, the Gruen Effect is a deliberate strategy of retail design. By eliminating windows and clocks, deploying confusing layouts, and bombarding the senses with specific lighting and muzak, stores intentionally induce a s...

As Americans struggle with the dual problems of exploding health care costs and ensuring access to health care for the uninsured, health care rationing has moved to the center of the public policy debate. A prime example of this is the intense public discussion surrounding the proposal by the state of Oregon to provide universal health care at a price: the explicit rationing of which diagnoses and treatments will be covered. Focusing largely on the Oregon proposal, this volume examines a w...

The third edition of Cardiopulmonary Bypass offers a comprehensive, and up-to-date reference text to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support. This book provides a clinically-focused tutorial with chapters spanning the technical aspects, patient related considerations, and human factors essential to contemporary practice of cardiopulmonary bypass. Written concisely to allow the reader to gain and apply critical knowledge to the clinical setting and featuring artwork that has been extensively...

David Attenborough reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine.J. A. Baker’s classic of British nature writing was first published in 1967. Greeted with acclaim, it went on to win the Duff Cooper Prize, the pre-eminent literary prize of the time. Luminaries such as Ted Hughes, Barry Lopez and An...

We have some wonderful short stories and novellas form steampunk to military science fiction. I hope you enjoy all the stories.

Hi my name is Robert Baker and I am a tinnitus survivor. I used to suffer from tinnitus for years without even knowing it As soon as I found out the reason why my ears was ringing, I went up and searched for the cure, the natural remedies. At first it was like a huge giant maze but I kept striving to find the answers and then I found the answers. Now as a survivor, I want to help other people. I've put a clear and concise and easy to read book about tinnitus cure Inside you'll find: -what ...

About the Book:Young Santa In Training is about when Santa teaches his son to take over the sled and also reveals some secrets of the North Pole.About the Author:I am from Slidell, Louisiana which is about a half hour from New Orleans. I have 4 wonderful children whom help to inspire me to write this book and an upcoming book “Young Santa’s First Flight. I grew up and still live in Slidell. I was in the U. S. Army .

A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical paternalism.We live in an age of moral revolutions in which the once morally outrageous has become morally acceptable, and the formerly acceptable is now regarded as reprehensible. Attitudes toward same-sex love, for example, and the proper role of women, have undergone paradigm shif...

The little-known stories of the people responsible for what we know today as modern medical ethics.In Making Modern Medical Ethics, Robert Baker tells the counter history of the birth of bioethics, bringing to the fore the stories of the dissenters and whistleblowers who challenged the establishment. Drawing on his earlier work on moral revolutions and the history of medical ethics, Robert Baker traces the history of modern medical ethics and its bioethica...

Poetry of Mine presents a collection of verses by poet Robert Baker. With them he seeks to grip the heart and stir deep-seated emotions with force enough to create an emotional whirlwind.Each poem shares a story that takes us on an adventure of the mind; some are mellow, while others are full of passion. He explores topics such as his children and the love of his life, as well as broader themes that touch us all. From the wistful Star of My Life to the hea...

Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander is widely celebrated as a love poet, a meditative poet, and a poet of ecological awareness. He has always been a writer drawn to cross-cultural encounter, as active in translation as any poet of his generation. This collection of essays on his work brings together an international range of poets, novelists, critics, and translators, including Charles Altieri, Stephanie Burt, Julia Fiedorczuk, Jorie Graham, and Jeanette Winterson.The collection f...

Angel in the Fire tells the story of a fifteen-year-old boy living in Griffinsburg, Virginiaenjoying life, loving school, and loving his family and community. All this came to an end on Thursday in May of 1966. This book tells that fifteen-year-old boys extraordinary story, his tragic life, and near-death experience. Angel in the Fire also tells an inspiring story of Gods mercy and blessings.FOR IT CAME TO PASS,WHEN THE FLAME WENT UP TOWARD HEAVENTHAT THE ANGEL OF T...