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On the 75th anniversary of the Harrison Narcotic Act that unleashed the federal anti-drug crusade, historian Richard Lawrence Miller explores the origins, purposes, and effects of America's drug war.

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(Hardback)

Points out how the increasing need for scientists in the USA can be lessened by utilizing a long overlooked pool of scientific talent in those persons who are scientifically oriented but who happen to have physical or sensory disabilities.

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In this period of upheaval of our nation's health care system, this timely work serves to increase awareness of and knowledge about the problems of societal living among the chronically disabled elderly.

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(Hardback)

A critical, quantitative look at the future supply and demand of surgical specialists that may foretell rationing of surgical services.

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A complete guide to good skin care, including targeted recommendations for addressing specific problems and keeping skin healthy and beautiful.

From one of the foremost experts on skin care comes the first science-based resource to explore, in laypersons terms, the full range of dermatological conditions, remedies, and treatments.

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Leading scholars summarize the current research on risk, protection, and resilience in the context of youth violence and its implications for practice with children and families.

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Norman Geras discusses a central aspect of the experience of the Holocaust with a view to exploring its most important contemporary implications. Geras's argument focuses on the figure of the bystander to consider the moral consequences of looking on without active responses at persecution and great suffering. -- .

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For many years I harbored anger and resentment toward some who have really hurt me. This anger caused issues in my life with health, depression and relationships, to name a few. That is not the story. We have all been hurt, let down or disappointed at some point in our lives. This story tells of my talks with Jesus and how I made the choice to let go of the cords that bound me.

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Investigates the attitudes various groups have held toward the Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act. In doing so, the author reveals much about the attitudes officials hold toward problems that primarily affect poor communities, and demonstrates how these attitudes directly affect policymaking and policy enforcement.

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Explores the economic, political and social costs of inequality through a discussion of the experience of Latin America - one of the most unequal regions in the world

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Explores the economic, political and social costs of inequality through a discussion of the experience of Latin America - one of the most unequal regions in the world

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Skinner reveals how the Roman Catholic Church, through its agency, the National Legion of Decency, dominated the American film censorship scene in tandem with the Production Code Administration.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

A "one size fits all" approach to health care doesn't work well, especially for America's extremely diverse population. This book provides a lively and accessible discussion of how and why a more flexible and culturally sensitive system of health care can-and must be-achieved.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

A "one size fits all" approach to health care doesn't work well, especially for America's extremely diverse population. This book provides a lively and accessible discussion of how and why a more flexible and culturally sensitive system of health care can-and must be-achieved.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Explores what can go awry when we put our humanitarian yearnings into action on a global scale - and what we can do in response. This book examines campaigns for human rights, refugee protection, economic development, and for humanitarian limits to the conduct of war.

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Examines the history and current status of antisemitism in the United States as well as the organizations committeed to fighting antisemitism.

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(Hardback)

Demonstrates that the three major Western religions share the ancient notion that history and the human soul are caught in a cosmic conflict between good and evil, or God and devil, which cannot be resolved without violence, a cataclysmic final solution such as the extermination of nations, the execution of humans, or the death of God's own son.

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