The Invulnerable Child


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This groundbreaking volume thoroughly explores the intriguing and sometimes baffling phenomenon of positive adaptation to stress by children who live under conditions of extreme vulnerability. Examining the determinants of risk, the development of competence in the midst of hardship, and the nature of stress-resilience, THE INVULNERABLE CHILD will be of profound interests to psychiatrists, developmental and clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses, educators and social scientists, and all those involved in the psychosocial well being of children.




Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology Volume 2: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems


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Wonders of the Human Body, Volume Two, covers both the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. From the level of the cell to the organs themselves, we will examine these systems in depth. Here you will learn: The incredible design of the human heart and how it is really “two pumps in one!” How blood moves through an incredible network of arteries and veins What “blood pressure” is and the marvelous systems that help regulate it How the respiratory system allows us to get the “bad air out “ and the “good air in” Along the way, we will see what happens when things go wrong. We will also suggest things to do to keep the heart and lungs healthy. Although the world insists that our bodies are merely the result of time and chance, as you examine the human body closely, you will see that it cannot be an accident. It can only be the product of a Master Designer.




Walk-ins Welcome


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Adult education teacher, Alison Larkin has a second chance at love after her husband is killed in a car accident. Her new love interest comes in the form of a 20-year student called HB, whose reputation as a bad boy and poor student has everyone questioning her attraction to him. Alison finds him to be nothing like his reputation as a drug-dealer and trouble maker. Although HB has few high school credits to his name, he is flying through the coursework in adult education. Alison learns she and HB share a memory of a dramatic rescue at a local amusement park. HB has a secret he has yet to discover, but when he does, he must convince Alison to give him another chance at love.




Mothers' Journal


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H.E.M.O.G.L.O.B.I.N.


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Ajani Buhari is an impoverished seven-year-old adoptee anchored in his own troubles when he is thrown right into the middle of a vindictive plot to teach an arrogant, pompous, xenophobic billionaire a lesson. Unfortunately, this lesson will come by way of his own emotionally scarred, big-hearted, and cocaine-addicted daughter. Unbeknown to them all, Ajani possesses a phenomenon never discovered in any human being that has ever walked on the earth. Ajani's abnormality is haphazardly discovered by school nurse Sharon Adams, who was subsequently given a death sentence because of the onslaught of an extremely aggressive and malignant form of cancer. After Sharon aids Ajani with an injury after a classroom donnybrook, her life is turned upside down when she goes in for her scheduled chemo therapy session but the oncologist can find no trace of the cancer. No oncologist in the world can make any professional sense of her remarkable and completely unheard of recovery sparking a federal investigation the like no other. The United States government will stop at nothing to find, contain, and control what they don't quite yet understand but threatens the world's pharmaceutical industry ultimately altering humanity forever.










Maternal-Child Nursing Care Optimizing Outcomes for Mothers, Children, & Families


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It offers the perfect balance of maternal and child nursing care with the right depth and breadth of coverage for students in today’s maternity/pediatric courses. A unique emphasis on optimizing outcomes, evidence-based practice, and research supports the goal of caring for women, families and children, not only in traditional hospital settings, but also wherever they live, work, study, or play. Clear, concise, and easy to follow, the content is organized around four major themes, holistic care, critical thinking, validating practice, and tools for care that help students to learn and apply the material.




Disorders of Hemoglobin


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Completely revised new edition of the definitive reference on disorders of hemoglobin.