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Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Epidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to documenting the impact of diet, the environment, and exercise on general health, to tracking the origin and spread of new epidemics such as Swine Flu. It is truly a vital field, central to the...

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture.

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Film Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Film Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability of movies around the world.
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Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840. Ever...

Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

The 21st-century world is a fundamentally interdependent place. Globalization has expanded, intensified, and accelerated social relations across world-time and world-space. The digital revolution has served as a catalyst for the creation of sprawling information and communication networks that enmesh individuals, states, and businesses alike....

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Modernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubism, and Dada, to the novels of James Joyce and Franz Kafka, to such provocative works as Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain." But Modernism also left many people puzzled in its wake. How can a routine bathroom fixture be considered a work...

Oxford American Handbook of Sports Medicine
Oxford American Handbook of Sports Medicine

Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered. Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common...

The Woman Who Decided to Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine
The Woman Who Decided to Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine

Advances in medical technology force us to struggle with new and often gut-wrenching decisions. How do we know when someone is dead and not just in a coma? Should a convicted felon qualify for a new heart? In The Woman Who Decided to Die, novelist and medical ethicist Ronald Munson takes readers to the very edges of medicine, where...

Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911
Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911

This comprehensive account of the history of Chinese lexicography is the first book on the subject to be published in English. It traces the development of Chinese lexicography over three millennia, from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). Revealing how the emergence of lexicographical culture in ancient China...

Better PowerPoint (R): Quick Fixes Based On How Your Audience Thinks
Better PowerPoint (R): Quick Fixes Based On How Your Audience Thinks

Presentations: We´ve all sat through them, wondering why we´re there; or we´ve given them, wondering whether the audience cares. This is a book about how to make presentations effective and therefore more interesting to the audience members.

Years ago, I was at a conference where one of the most...

Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology
Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology

During the past decade, technology has become more pervasive, encroaching more and more on our lives. Computers, cell phones, and the internet have an enormous influence not only on how we function at work, but also on how we communicate and interact outside the office. Researchers have been documenting the effect that these types of...

Simulating Humans: Computer Graphics Animation and Control
Simulating Humans: Computer Graphics Animation and Control

The decade of the 80's saw the dramatic expansion of high performance computer graphics into domains previously able only to irt with the technology. Among the most dramatic has been the incorporation of real-time interactive manipulation and display for human gures. Though actively pur- sued by several research groups, the...

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