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Language at Work eBook Series

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  • Medical Discourse in Professional, Academic and Popular Settings

    Edited by Pilar Ordóñez-López, Nuria Edo-Marzá ...
    Series Book 1 - Language at Work
    This volume investigates the features and challenges of medical discourse between medical professionals as well as with patients and in the media. Based on corpus-driven studies, it includes a wide variety of approaches including cognitive, corpus and diachronic linguistics. Each chapter examines a different aspect of medical communication, including the use of metaphor referring to cancer, the ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Hot Zone

    The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

    by Richard Preston ...
    The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are ... Read more

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  • Mountains Beyond Mountains

    The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 20th Anniversary Edition, with a new foreword by the author • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • The Colony

    The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

    by John Tayman ...
    In the bestselling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea, The Colony, “an impressively researched” (Rocky Mountain News) account of the history of America’s only leper colony located on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is “an utterly engrossing look at a heartbreaking chapter” (Booklist) in American history and a moving tale of the extraordinary people who endured it.Beginning in 1866 and continuing ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
    The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • The World Is Fat

    The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fatteningthe Human Race

    by Barry Popkin ...
    A compelling look at the global trends that have led to today's obesity crisisThe planet's 1.6 billion overweight people by far outnumber the 700 million who are undernourished. This figure would have seemed ludicrous just fifty years ago. As a result of unprecedented trends in technology, globalization, government policy, and the food industry that are changing how we eat, drink, and move, we now ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Globalization of Addiction

    A Study in Poverty of the Spirit

    by Bruce K. Alexander ...
    'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world. This book ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Unsafe Motherhood

    Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala

    by Nicole S. Berry ...
    Series Book 21 - Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
    “[S]heds light not only on the obstacles to making motherhood safer, but to improving the health of poor populations in general.”—Social AnthropologySince 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related causes, little progress has been made to combat this problem. This study follows the global policies that have been ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Raciolinguistics

    How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race

    Edited by H. Samy Alim, John R. Rickford, Arnetha F. Ball ...
    Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race and vice versa. The book brings together a team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-to share powerful, much-needed research that helps us understand the increasingly vexed relationships between race, ethnicity, and language in our rapidly changing world. Combining the ... Read more

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  • Off the Street

    Legalizing Drugs

    by W.A. Bogart ...
    Series Book 4 - Point of View
    An unflinching analysis of one of the major issues of our time — the shift from criminalization to regulation of recreational drugs.The “war on drugs” has failed. The cost of trying to control the production, sale, and use of recreational drugs through the criminal law is too high: unjust incarceration, illicit markets, tainted substances, exploited children, and an untaxed industry.But there is ... Read more

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  • Health Communication

    Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

    Edited by Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps ...
    Series Book 5 - Health Communication
    Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represents a concrete step in that direction by establishing a strategic framework for guiding global and ... Read more

    $185.99 USD

  • All About Drugs and Young People

    Essential Information and Advice for Parents and Professionals

    by Julian Cohen ...
    Packed with information, advice and learning activities, this book tells you what you need to know about drugs, young people's drug use, and how you can help them stay safe.It covers everything from what the effects are and why young people take drugs, to how to negotiate drug rules and ways to prevent and minimise harm. An easy to use section contains factual information about various drugs, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD