Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered. Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be invaluable resources for residents and students, as well as a useful reference for practitioners. P...

This is Errol R. Fish's book that explores the promptings of the spirit.

Where does one turn to satisfy an intense spiritual appetite or quench a spiritual thirst? Nephi concluded his record with the promise that when we "feast upon the words of Christ ..., the words of Christ will tell (us) all things that (we) should do" (2 Nephi 32:3). The Savior told the woman at the well, "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:...

In this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest editors Drs. Jonathan M. Davis and Errol R. Norwitz bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Perinatal Pharmacology. Top experts offer comprehensive, evidence-based insights into key topics pertaining to drug safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics in pregnancy, labor, and the immediate postnatal period, with the goal of improving maternal-fetal outcomes, minimizing risks, and enhancing treatment strategies for some of the most vulne...

In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Lucky Jain, Drs. Jonathan M. Davis and Errol R. Norwitz have put together a state-of the-art issue of the Clinics in Perinatology devoted to Perinatal Pharmacology. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Drugs for the prevention and treatment of preterm labor; Drugs for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Drugs to promote neuroprotection; Medications that cause fetal anomalies and poss...

Hypertensive disorders are among the most common medical complications of pregnancy, with an incidence of approximately 6-10%. This spectrum of conditions includes essential hypertension, pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. For patients with pre-existing hypertension, management ideally commences prior to conception, and continues through pregnancy to the postnatal period. This book provides information on the evidence-based management of women with hypertension throughout pregnancy, support...

Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of 20th and 21st century popular music in Puerto Rico. The essays in this volume, written by both local experts and leading scholars, contextualize under-researched areas of Puerto Rican popular music-making in relation to ideologies, aesthetics, and symbolism, and propose new ways of thinking about Puerto Rican musical cultures.A groundbreaking intr...

Beast Under Your Bed Vol. 1, consists of 19 different authors in horror, who came together to bring our youth newly inspired stories. Kids of horror grow up to be adults of horror, and this genre has been lacking in the YA field when it comes to the series we were familiarized with in the 90s and early 2000s.In this anthology, our curator, Megan Guilliams, has presented to you tales perfect for both teens and adults. Every piece carries a theme of its own: the monster in your close...

Eleven-year-old Rohan Hood has spent his life in The Cemetery – a bleak world where joy is forbidden and liking other boys is a dangerous secret. Everything changes when he rescues a wounded bat named Buddha and a mysterious black band appears around his wrist, leaving Rohan to wonder whether his people might still have a chance to make things right.When the ruthless leader, Dolbeanz, discovers Rohan’s secret, he is forced to flee. His escape leads him to Mirum Adventrum, a school ...

Filmmaker Errol Morris contemplates the lengths people may go to uncover--or deny--the facts in "There Is Such a Thing as Truth," his contribution to NPR's This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at ...

'The true advantage of Adaptive Safety lies in how it turns culture into capability. It allows coaching to foster courage, innovation to become continuous, accountability to unite teams, collaboration to generate shared purpose, and belonging to anchor performance in humanity. This is why performance cannot be reduced to process improvement or structural design. It is, at its core, a relational phenomenon; a function and a representation of how people feel, relate, and respond to one a...

This book offers detailed instructions and exercises to connect our comprehension of our essence or soul with existence itself, culminating in an understanding that links the physics, psychology, and transcendental experiences of the deepest meditative state, samadhi.The perceived difficulty in grasping this holistic comprehension stems solely from the illusion of separation between oneself and the everyday reality. In actuality, we have always been an inse...