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.

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...

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 ...

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...

THE MYSTERY OF THE SUITCASETwin brothers Tufty and Jonathan Lombardi are invited to Brazil by their uncle, Julio Lombardi, a well-known journalist who is working on a story for an international news agency. From the very beginning, it is clear that something is wrong. Uncle Julio does not meet them as arranged at São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, and when they arrive at the guesthouse, they discover that one of their suitcases has been exchang...

The Dead and the Restless: A selection of South African Ghost StoriesAcross the valleys, veld, and forgotten railway lines of South Africa, something stirs when the sun slips below the horizon. In the echo of an old mission church, in the mist over the Drakensberg passes, along the lonely Karoo roads where travellers still swear they see a figure thumbing a ride—legends live on.This chilling collection gathers hauntings from every corner of the country: res...

In the country’s changing threat environment, homegrown violent extremism (HVE) represents the next challenge in counterterrorism. Security and public policy expert Erroll Southers examines post-9/11 HVE – what it is, the conditions enabling its existence, and the community-based approaches that can reduce the risk of homegrown terrorism. Drawing on scholarly insight and more than three decades on the front lines of America’s security efforts, Southers challenges the misplaced counterterro...

Synopsis At an early age, a young girl met and fell in love with a good looking boy who often visited the Kingston wharf to swim with other boys. It was close to this area that Doreen met and fell in love with this boy known to others only as Roy. This boy was the oldest of the pack of boys who he often hangs out with at the wharf. She had no idea what would become of her life. It did not take long before the two became really close. Although Doreen was under age, she failed to follow her ...

A childs life can be transformed by the people he or she holds the most dearest to their heart. However, when a child is not given the opportunity to experience the world as any normal adult, the results and the damages it brings can be devastating. Having no proper guidance and love, Aaron, was a child who explored his world, discovered his family, and lived through physical and sexual abuse in a small village. He grew older never to understand the meaning of love, his rights to free will...