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This remarkable monograph offers practical direction on assessing and managing agitation in patients with dementia. It identifies and diagnoses the multiple types of agitation in dementia patients. It also explains how to look for and treat the underlying medical etiologies, and recommends treatment and management techniques.

Jill Frayne's long-term relationship was ending and her daughter was about to graduate and leave home. She decided to pack up her life and head for the Yukon.Driving alone across the country from her home just north of Toronto, describing the land as it changes from Precambrian Shield to open prairie, Jill finds that solitude in the wilds is not what she expected. She is actively engaged by nature, her moods reflected in the changing landscape...

The influence of Eastern ideas on Western thought has become an increasingly vexed issue in recent times. Opinion is divided between two main schools: those who believe that Oriental ideas have exercised a considerable influence on Western thought, and those who, for a variety of reasons, believe that such influence has remained negligible. A. L. Macfie suggests that the reality lies somewhere between these two extremes, and that the interest ...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes an unforgettable tale of luck and love in which the fortunes of three siblings depend on a simple twist of fate…When the Lusitania sank, one survivor became a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief-but keeping the small silver statue he lifted, a family heirloom to future generations. Now, nearly a century later, that priceless heirloom, one of a long-separated set of three...

Historical Essays provides an authoritative critical, annotated edition of Carlyle's essays on history and historical subjects.

DerKatalog erschließt auf der Grundlage des Handschriftenkatalogs von Paul Kast aus dem Jahr 1958 die Mikrofiche-Edition Musikhandschriften der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin preußischer Kulturbesitz, Teil 1: Die Bach-Sammlung. Der Band enthält detaillierte Beschreibungen der Handschriften, welche Werke sich innerhalb einer Partitur auf welchen Seiten befinden, Angaben zu den Schreibern und Possessorenvermerke. Die Angaben im Katalog von Paul Kas...

In his newest book, leading social theorist Jonathan H. Turner offers a creative, richly grounded reinterpretation of social evolution.

Abraham Drassinower takes a fresh look at Freud, countering his prevalent image as a man pessimistically renouncing the possibility of social, political, and cultural change.

In December 1991, the Soviet Union passed into history as a legal entity, breaking apart into 15 successor states. This work explains why. It points out that support for dissolution was limited to a handful of republics that included only a small portion of the Soviet population.

When the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to Hawaii, it's for more than a vacation--they're in search of a fourth kind of magic for Morgan. On the way they help an island community survive a tidal wave and, of course, take some time out to surf. Illustrations.

Was wir bekämpfen, ist nicht dieser oder jener Gegner, der mit atomaren Mitteln attackiert oder liquidiert werden könnte, sondern die atomare Situation als solche. Da dieser Feind aller Menschen Feind ist, müssten sich diejenigen, die einander bisher als Feind betrachtet haben, als Bundesgenossen gegen die gemeinsame Bedrohung zusammenschlissen.

Ludwig Wittgenstein ist einer der großen europäischen Philosophen und einer der wichtigsten dieses Jahrhunderts. Wenige Denker interessieren und faszinieren so wie er nicht nur Philosophen. Seine Werke gehören über den Textbestand der Philosophie hinaus zur Weltliteratur. Sie beeinflußten Literaten, Künstler, Psychologen und Sozialwissenschaftler. Dabei sind seine Schriften alles andere als populär geschrieben. Wittgenstein ging weder in seine...

Headstrong heiress Sharisse Hammond wants no part of the New York society marriage that has been arranged for her. So she heads west across a vast and dangerous land -- with no intention of honoring her agreement to become the mail-order bride of a rugged Arizona rancher.But Lucas Holt needs a wife -- "any wife" -- if his plan to destroy his most hated enemy is to succeed. And this gullible Eastern lady would do quite nicely. However, their se...

Newly widowed after a shockingly brief marriage to an elderly British lord, Jocelyn Fleming still aches with the pain of unexplored desire. And now her restless heart is leading her far from the protective bosom of polite London society to the perilous beauty of the American West . . .and to Colt Thunder.Breathlessly exciting but dangerously unpredictable, Colt is a loner whose Cheyenne blood burns hotter than the blistering Arizona sun. Jocel...

A Lady's ScornWrongly branded a spy, the dark and handsome Viking lord Selig Haardrad suffered greatly in the dungeons of Lady Erika of Gronwood. And as he hung in chains, his magnificent body wracked with pain and fever, one thought sustained him: revenge!A Viking's VengenceNow Destiny's great wheel has turned--and Selig's exquisite, hone-haired tormentor has been delivered into the Norseman's hands. Now it is Selig who is the master, bound a...

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Niemand hat entschiedener und mit größerem kognitiven Pathos "seine Zeit in Gedanken erfaßt" als Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831). Hans Friedrich Fuldas Einführung in Leben und Werk des Hauptvertreters des Deutschen Idealismus will den authentischen Hegel präsentieren und möglichst genau zeigen, "wie Hegel es sah". Fulda hebt Hegels Gedanken von späteren Mißdeutungen ab, erläutert alle Hauptwerke des Philosophen und gibt eine Anleit...

Basbanes's "A Gentle Madness" focused on the obsessive lives of book collectors. Now, in "Patience & Fortitude, " he considers the more comprehensive concept of book culture--and the continual relevance of books in our lives. Two 16-page inserts.

The United States Army's top-secret and highly elite Delta Force is the front line of defence against terrorists. It accepts a mission, forms its team, and gets the job done in utter silence, with devastating results to those wishing to do the US harm. In this, the second in the series, it is once again up to the Delta Force team to find and eliminate a terrorist threat, saving many lives in the process.