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Designed to answer any question a reader might have concerning the opportunities, requirements, responsibilities and expectations associated with careers in health care, this book presents material in an easy-to-understand way.

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A comprehensive guide to technical careers, this reference covers in depth 110 jobs with information that will answer any question a reader might have concerning the opportunities, requirements, responsibilities and expectations associated with each career.

Aimed at high school, college and general readers, the books in this series provide up-to-date career information. Written in an accessible style, the comprehensive series surveys a wide array of commonly held jobs and is arranged into volumes organized by specific industries and interests.

Based on statistics from the US Department of Labor, the 25 jobs profiled in this book pay the most, grow most quickly and hire the greatest number of people. Each article contains an overview of the job, explains how to break into the field and discusses what to expect.

Organized to complement an introductory course in political science research methods, this work aims to help students understand research as it is actually practiced. Each chapter opens with an explanation of basic concepts and methods of political research.

The International Migration of the Highly Skilled examines the scale and significance of international flows of highly skilled workers. The contributors give a broad range of perspectives on the global market for high-skilled labor and examine the legal history of skilled immigration to the U.S. and Canada, and changes in immigration policy.

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Telling the interracial love story of an English professor and a traditional woodcarver from a tiny Nigerian village, this memoir follows one woman on her journey back into parts of her life where unresolved conflicts remain like landmines on her path.

A study of the political and religious situation in the province of Valencia in eastern Spain, focusing primarily on the 6th century AD.

The Middle Kingdom (c. 2000 - 1500 BC) is in many respects the classical period of ancient Egyptian history and culture. During the two main periods of this era there were profound changes in administration and material culture. The office of the treasurer was established in the Early Middle Kingdom as one of the highest offices at the royal palace. As a result of recent finds of stelae and other material, this volume presents an in-depth stud...

Aegean prehistory has developed over the 20th century into a distinctive and vibrant area of archaeological research. The past few decades, in particular, have seen a dramatic reorientation and expansion of goals and methods as well as a flood of new fieldwork in the Aegean. Keeping abreast of these new developments has become a daunting task. Aegean Prehistory: A Review contains detailed syntheses of research, originally published in the Amer...

This delightful, beautifully illustrated book showcases hundreds of dolls and accessories made in the United States and Canada during the 1930s and 1940s, all highly collectible today. Shown are dolls made of composition, cloth, rubber, and painted bisque, each with full descriptions and current market values. Many advertisements of the era are included to help establish dates for the dolls pictured. Company products shown include those made b...

This book addresses the idea that the recent rise in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalism, and the interactions of the three, endanger peace in the Middle East. It fully examines the thesis that apocalyptic fundamentalists -- Christians in America, Jews in Israel and America -- are working together to hasten the coming of the Messiah by instigating a Holy War in the Middle East.Several chapters focus on three U.S. political figures -- ...

Increasing global economic integration and recent military interventions in the name of human rights have forced questions of global justice into political discussions. In presenting a systematic acco

This volume shows how "fictional histories" of discovery and conquest, independence and early nationhood, and the authoritarian past were purposeful revisionist collisions with received national versions.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive description of the social demography of the American family. Looking at family continuity and change in the latter half of the 20th century, this book explores such topics as the growth in cohabitation and changes in childbearing and how these trends affect family life. Other topics include the changing lives of single mothers, fathers, and grandparents and increasing economic disparities among f...

If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy-the author who made "hackers" a household word-comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"—nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters—teamed up with corporate interes...

Damaged Bonds explores W. R. Bion's writings on dream-work growing within damaged bonds and concerns dramas revolving around difficulties in psychic digestion and clinical work in the trenches.