From the Introduction of this 134 page book: "'The Consolation of Philosophy' was one of the most popular and influential books in Western Europe from the time it was written in 524, until the end of the Renaissance. Its doctrine was a cornerstone of medieval humanism, its style a model of much important philosophical poetry in the late Middle Ages. The subject of the work is human happiness and the possibility of achieving it in the midst of the suffering and disappointment which play so large a part in every man's experience. [This book] can still be read with interest in the twentieth century, not only because it is a landmark in the history of Western thought, but because its subject is of no less concern now than it was then. And, since the problem and its solution are presented poetically as well as doctrinally, succeeding ages have found Boethius' work a remedy against desolation of the spirit which has never lost its curative power."

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Green, Richard H.

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Two works from the father of modern philosophy. In Discourse on Method, he formulated a scientific approach comprising four principles, including to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct." In Meditations, he explores the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the existence of God, and the essence of material things.

Descartes: Discourse On Method and the Meditations

Lafleur, Laurence

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Presenting relevant coverage with scenarios, special interest sections and learning tools, this work includes a pharmacology chapter with a list of common home medications, as well as a revised Behavioural Emergencies chapter.

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Intended for use in an introductory course on biomaterials, taught primarily in departments of biomedical engineering. The book covers classes of materials commonly used in biomedical applications, followed by coverage of the biocompatibility of those materials with the biological environment. Finally, it covers some in-depth applications of biomaterials. It does all of this with an overall emphasis on tissue engineering.

Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science

Science & Math

Temenoff, Johnna

Mikos, Antonios

Biological Sciences

The book discusses the Asian economic crisis and its impact on marketing activities in the region. This second edition captures the new challenges for regional marketers and proposes fresh ways of thinking about them. At the same time, it continues to build on the fundamental features of the first edition. The book includes illustrations of Asian advertisements to inform and challenge the reader; new marketing examples, particularly from China, Hong Kong, and India; more country-by-country analyses of specific issues; updated material and empirical data on the functioning and behavior of Asian consumers and markets; expanded discussion of pertinent issues in Asian marketing; and new end-of-chapter concept applications, many of them dealing with actual marketing challenges facing real businesses in Asia. For working managers, executives and marketers.

Marketing Management: An Asian Perspective (2nd Edition)

Business & Money

Philip Kotler

Swee Hoon Ang

Chin Tiong Tan

Siew Meng Leong

Management & Leadership

Extensive textbook for emergency medical technical-basic students. Includes alternative methods to allow for state-to-state differences in curriculum. Based on the 1994 U.S. DOT EMT Basic National Standard Curriculum. New features include a CD-ROM containing case studies and activities, brief anecdotes, case studies, and special notes. Prev. ed.: c1998. Soft, hard avail.

Emergency Care (9th Edition)

Bergeron, J. David

Grant, Harvey D.

Murray, Robert H.

Allied Health Professions

Designed to help readers learn how to think like evolutionary biologists, this 4-color book approaches evolutionary biology as a dynamic field of inquiry and as a process. Using a theme-based approach, it illustrates the interplay between theory, observation, testing and interpretation. It offers commentary on strengths and weaknesses of data sets, gives detailed examples rather than a broad synoptic approach, includes many data graphics and boxes regarding both sides of controversies. Introduces each major organizing theme in evolution through a question--e.g., How has HIV become drug resistant? Why did the dinosaurs, after dominating the land vertebrates for 150 million years, suddenly go extinct? Are humans more closely related to gorillas or to chimpanzees? Focuses on many applied, reader-relevant topics--e.g., evolution and human health, the evolution of senescence, sexual selection, social behavior, eugenics, and biodiversity and conservation. Then develops the strategies that evolutionary biologists use for finding an answers to such questions. Then considers the observations and experiments that test the predictions made by competing hypotheses, and discusses how the data are interpreted. For anyone interested in human evolution, including those working in human and animal health care, environmental management and conservation, primary and secondary education, science journalism, and biological and medical research.

Evolutionary Analysis (2nd Edition)

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Written by a paramedic with experience teaching at all levels (EMT-P, nurses, etc.)–this user-friendly text presents a practical, easy-to-understand system for 12-Lead ECG interpretation and assessment. Based on the nationally reknown 12-lead ECG workshop, "Multi-Lead Medics." A focus on the “need to know” information and a large number of practice cases–with over 400 actual 12-leads–provides students with the solid background and extensive hands-on practice that will help them gain confidence and build competence quickly.

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