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  • Multi-Species Dementia Studies

    Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach

    by Ann Madeline Toohey, David B. Hogan, Stuart Woods, Anne Crilly, Gail Davies, Richard Gorman, Richard Milne, Elizabeth Peel, Jennifer Hewson, Jayne Beselt, Damien Riggs, Lorena Sordo, Anne Rankin, Vanessa Ashall, Melanie Rock, Nik Taylor, Fiona L. Henriquez ...
    Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world but often think about dementia in mono-species ways. From the lab to the living room, other beings are “on the scene” and our relations with them affect how we understand, experience, and respond to ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • More-than-Human Aging

    Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life

    by Cristina Douglas, Cristina Douglas, Andrew Whitehouse, Andrew Whitehouse, Susan McHugh, Vanessa Ashall, Katie Brittain, Ardra Cole, Cathrine Degnen, Carrie Friese0, Ruud Hendriks1, Larissa Hjorth2, Samantha Hurn3, Ike Kamphof4, Joanna Elizabeth Latimer5, Daniel López Gómez6, Susan MacLeod7, Ingrid Richardson8, Nete Schwennesen9, Lesley Sharp0 ...
    Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
    What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the social sciences in purely human terms. This is the first collection of original work that considers ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (Third Edition)

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    "Robert M. Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time."—Oliver SacksThe author of New York Times Bestseller Determined offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print.Now in a third edition, the renowned primatologist Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Immortal Mind

    A Neurosurgeon's Case for the Existence of the Soul

    by Michael Egnor, Denyse O'Leary ...
    A neuroscientist and surgeon makes an argument for the existence of a spiritual human soul in this eye-opening book.Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death. We are not spiritual in any respect. We are made up of cells and tissue, and completely controlled by a material organ in our heads: the brain. In this ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Depression

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mary Jane Tacchi, Jan Scott ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they diagnosed and how are they treated? Can a small child be diagnosed with depression and treated with antidepressants - and should they be? Covering depression, manic depression, and bipolar disorder, this Very Short Introduction gives a brief account of the history of these concepts, before focussing on the descriptions and understanding of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Medical Nihilism

    by Jacob Stegenga ...
    This book argues that if we consider the ubiquity of small effect sizes in medicine, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods, and if we employ our best inductive framework, then our confidence in medical interventions ought to be low. ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Trans and Disabled

    An Anthology of Identities and Experiences

    Edited by Alex Iantaffi ...
    To be trans and disabled means to have experienced harassment, discrimination, loneliness, often poverty, to have struggled with feeling unworthy of love.To be trans and disabled means experiencing ableism within our trans communities and transphobia within our disabled communities.To be trans and disabled means to love our fellow trans and disabled people harder than we could ever love ourselves ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine

    by Thomas R. Freeman ...
    Highly acclaimed in its first three editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice, McWhinney's defines the principles and practices of family medicine as a separate and distinct field of practice. The fourth edition presents six new clinical ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Posthumanism

    by Pramod K. Nayar ...
    Series series Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature
    This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants.Nayar first maps the political and philosophical critiques of traditional humanism, revealing its exclusionary and ‘speciesist’ politics that position the human as a distinctive and dominant life form. ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • e-Pedia: Asperger Syndrome

    Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests

    by Wikipedia contributors ...
    Series series e-Pedia
    This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. As a milder autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it ... Read more

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  • Academic Writing: An Introduction - Fourth Edition

    by Janet Giltrow, Richard Gooding, Daniel Burgoyne ...
    Academic Writing has been widely acclaimed in all its editions as a superb textbook—and an important contribution to the pedagogy of introducing students to the conventions of academic writing. The book seeks to introduce student readers to the lively community of research and writing beyond the classroom, with its complex interactions, values, and goals. It presents writing from a range of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Gerontology

    Edited by Ian Stuart-Hamilton ...
    With the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming no prior expert knowledge and avoiding jargon, this book will guide students through all the main subjects in gerontology, covering both traditional areas, such ... Read more

    $52.49 USD