Sataloff (otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Drexel U.) et al. supply residents, fellows, otolaryngologists, laryngologists, nurses, speech-language pathologists, voice and acting teachers, and academics with 176 brief cases that demonstrate differences among various vocal functions and dysfunctions. Otolaryngologists, voice specialists, surgeons, speech-language pathologists, and others from the US, Europe, and Asia use cases and color photos and b&w drawings to illustrate normal vocal folds, imaging and evaluation techniques, congenital and idiopathic conditions, inflammation, infections, trauma, vascular problems, masses and lesions, impaired vocal fold mobility, neoplasms, and complications. This edition adds new diagnostic information, new clinical observations, new and updated images, and 73 new chapters on techniques in vocal fold imaging, genetic anomalies, masses, infection, trauma, hemorrhage, neoplasm, and complications of laryngeal surgery. No references are provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

How acting a little crazy and thinking outside of the box can get you the job you want

Ever hear of a job candidate stretching out on the interviewer's floor to fill out an application? Or an applicant who sees nothing wrong with texting during the interview? Securing a job interview is a golden opportunity. The crazy-bad behavior described above will not net a job offer. Crazy Good Interviewing shows readers that crazy-good behavior, however, can make an applicant stand out favorably in a sea of mediocrity. Take the candidate who created a keynote presentation on his iPad to show what he could bring to the job or the one who created a DVD highlighting her abilities.

Crazy Good Interviewing is a book geared toward those who are looking for work in this tough economy.

• Addresses how slightly eccentric behaviors can tip the scales in the applicant's favor
• Delves into how to access your three key strengths, how to use body language effectively, how to prepare a five-sentence history that builds a bridge to the interviewer, and more

Turn just plain crazy into crazy-good, and land the job at your next interview.

Atlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy uses over 500 incredibly well-executed and superb dissection photos and illustrations to guide you through all the key structures you'll need to learn in your gross anatomy course. This medical textbook helps you master essential surface, gross, and radiologic anatomy concepts through high-quality photos, digital enhancements, and concise text introductions throughout.

• Get a clear understanding of surface, gross, and radiologic anatomy with a resource that's great for use before, during, and after lab work, in preparation for examinations, and later on as a primer for clinical work.
• Learn as intuitively as possible with large, full-page photos for effortless comprehension. No more confusion and peering at small, closely cropped pictures!
• Easily distinguish highlighted structures from the background in each dissection with the aid of digitally color-enhanced images.
• See structures the way they present in the anatomy lab with specially commissioned dissections, all done using freshly dissected cadavers prepared using low-alcohol fixative.
• Bridge the gap between gross anatomy and clinical practice with clinical correlations throughout.

• Master anatomy efficiently with one text covering all you need to know, from surface to radiologic anatomy, that's ideal for shortened anatomy courses.
• Review key structures quickly thanks to detailed dissection headings and unique icon navigation.
• Access the full text and self assessment questions at studentconsult.com.

Get a clear understanding of the human body through surface, gross and radiologic anatomy all in one place.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings. Reading a literary work doesn’t mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com. IN THIS AUDIOBOOK • Learn about the Life and Background of the author • Hear an Introduction to The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings • Explore themes, character development, and recurring images in the Critical Commentaries • Learn new words from the Glossary at the end of each Chapter • Examine in-depth Character Analyses • Acquire an understanding of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings with Critical Essays • Reinforce what you learn to further your study online at www.cliffsnotes.com

"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." —Rene Magritte

D.B. Johnson writes and illustrates the surreal story of famous surrealist painter Rene Magritte and his very mysterious (and mischievous!) hat. While the art reflects some of Magritte's own work, the text sets readers on a fun and accessible path to learning about the simpler concepts behind Mr. Magritte's work.

This delightful picture book captures the playfulness and the wonderment of surrealist art. Four transparent pages add yet another level of surrealism to the illustrations as pictures can be altered with the turn of a page.

This book presents an extension of the biopsychosocial model, which the editors call the 'integrated sciences model.' Offering numerous brief Q&A chapters in 10 sections, the book reviews the latest research from behavioral genomics, cognitive neuroscience, psychoneuroendocrinology, and other interdisciplinary fields related to healthcare. Early sections of the book review the human nervous system, the homeostatic systems, the stress response, and human development. Later sections explore psychological principles and bio-behavioral mechanisms involved in cognition, emotion, and social interaction, and examine the influence of culture and other social factors on health and healthcare, looking at contemporary problems such as obesity and homelessness. The book also provides an overview of the organization and economics of the healthcare system in the US and the rise of alternative medicine. The final section describes common psychiatric disorders. The book includes chapter review questions, plus an appendix of 350 additional multiple choice questions and explained answers. Sahler is affiliated with the University of Rochester's School of Medicine. Carr is affiliated with the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Cardiac Surgery: Operative Technique, by Drs. Donald B. Doty and John R. Doty, is your essential source on how to perform today's full range of cardiac surgical techniques. Over 1,000 crisp illustrations and expert, evidence-based discussions guide you step by step, equipping you to perform all of the latest procedures and get the best outcomes.

• Focus on the practical how-tos you need to perform each operation.
• Know what to do, what to avoid, and how to manage complications with the authors' discussions of their preferred methods.
• Benefit from the seasoned expertise of two master cardiac surgeons with decades of experience.

• Keep your skills current with state-of-the-art coverage of coronary artery surgeries, heart-lung transplantation, lung transplantation, and much more - including the latest evidence for each procedure.
• Know what to look for and how to proceed with over 1,000 remarkable illustrations and photographs - many new, many in full color - that capture exactly what you will see during surgery.
• Access the complete contents and illustrations online, fully searchable.

Step-by-step surgical guidance for cardiac operations!

This is a course manual incorporating 28 disaster medicine and public health competencies for the Advanced Disaster Life Support course (ADLS v3.0). The course builds on the combined framework of the Predisaster Paradigm, the Disaster Program from the Core Disaster Life Support course, and the guidelines for all-hazards clinical management of disaster casualties from the Basic Disaster Life Support course. The course manual presents a framework for mass casualty management and population based response, then presents material on triage for disasters and public health emergencies, health system surge capacity, and community health emergency operations. Other subjects covered are legal and ethical issues, personal protective equipment, casualty decontamination, and mass casualty management. Chapters include bullet points, checklists, summaries, and websites. A glossary, a chart of competencies, and a list of acronyms and abbreviations are also included. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Prestigious and authoritative, this fully updated thirteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic Medicine remains a classic, world-leading introductory text in the field of forensic medicine.

It presents all that the generalist or student needs to know about the interface between medicine and the law, including: forensic toxicology, forensic science, forensic odontology, forensic anthropology and both the legal obligations and ethical responsibilities of those involved in the forensic setting.

*Clear, concise and comprehensive text, illustrated with colour photographs of the highest quality help you find key information at a glance

* It concentrates on key principles and is relevant to you whatever your legal system or country of origin

* New authors bring you a fresh, modern and a totally up to date perspective
* Now there is full and expanded coverage of forensic toxicology and forensic science as well as many important subspecialties of forensic medicine

Simpson's has a long and respected history, having been read by many of today's leading forensic practitioners at the start of the career. It remains the most indispensable guide to the practice of forensic medicine worldwide.

This updated and expanded second edition of a much lauded work provides a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests. The authors also investigate past, present and future climatic influences on the ecosystems with the highest biodiversity on the planet.Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change, Second Edition, looks at how tropical rain forest ecology is altered by climate change, rather than simply seeing how plant communities were altered. Shifting the emphasis on to ecological processes, e.g. how diversity is structured by climate and the subsequent impact on tropical forest ecology, provides the reader with a more comprehensive coverage. A major theme of the book is the interaction between humans, climate and forest ecology. The authors, all foremost experts in their fields, explore the long term occupation of tropical systems, the influence of fire and the future climatic effects of deforestation, together with anthropogenic emissions. Incorporating modelling of past and future systems paves the way for a discussion of conservation from a climatic perspective, rather than the usual plea to stop logging. This second edition provides an updated text in this rapidly evolving field. The existing chapters are revised and updated and two entirely new chapters deal with Central America and the effect of fire on wet forest systems. In the first new chapter, the paleoclimate and ecological record from Central America (Lozano, Correa, Bush) is discussed, while the other deals with the impact of fire on tropical ecosystems. It is hoped that Jonathon Overpeck, who has been centrally involved in the 2007 and 2010 IPCC reports, will provide a Foreword to the book.

Co-written by the “Godfather of the Airgun Industry,” Dr. Robert D. Beeman, as well as John B. Allen, longtime associate editor for the Blue Book of Gun Values, the new 9th Edition Blue Book of Airguns contains most popular 2011 and vintage makes and models, detailed descriptions, over 1,200 B&W images identifying most popular makes and models, with up-to-date pricing. Sections on such vintage trademarks as Daisy, Crosman, Benjamin, and Feinwerkbau have also been greatly expanded. Also included for this edition is a color Photo Grading System™ that allows readers to stop guessing at airgun condition factors. After all, if the condition factor isn't right, the price will be wrong! Additionally, a greatly expanded Trademark Index is provided with the most current information available on modern manufacturers and trademarks.

Urologic Surgery for the Gynecologist and Urogynecologist, by John B. Gebhart, MD, MS, is the ideal way to enhance your skills in this key area of gynecologic surgery. In this volume in the Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series, edited by Mickey Karram, MD, hours of video footage, together with detailed discussions and illustrations, clarify how to most effectively perform a variety of pelvic operations and manage complications. Case-based videos take you step by step through how to avoid and manage urethral injuries, bladder injuries, sling complications, and ureteral injuries, demonstrate how to perform vesicovaginal fistula repairs, and more.

• Case-based videos, narrated by the authors and with a professional voiceover introduction, take you step by step through how to avoid and manage urethral injuries, bladder injuries, sling complications, and ureteral injuries; demonstrate how to perform vesicovaginal fistula repairs; and more.
• Highly illustrated, quick-reference chapters discuss all of the possible diagnoses for which each procedure is indicated.
• Case studies describe the clinical history surrounding each case featured in the videos.

Avoid injury and manage disease during gynecologic procedures with step-by-step visual guidance.

How to rewire your brain to improve virtually every aspect of your life-based on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology on neuroplasticity and evidence-based practices

Not long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you would ever possess. Your brain was thought to be “hardwired” to function in predetermined ways. It turns out that's not true. Your brain is not hardwired, it's "softwired" by experience. This book shows you how you can rewire parts of the brain to feel more positive about your life, remain calm during stressful times, and improve your social relationships. Written by a leader in the field of Brain-Based Therapy, it teaches you how to activate the parts of your brain that have been underactivated and calm down those areas that have been hyperactivated so that you feel positive about your life and remain calm during stressful times. You will also learn to improve your memory, boost your mood, have better relationships, and get a good night sleep.

• Reveals how cutting-edge developments in neuroscience, and evidence-based practices can be used to improve your everyday life
• Other titles by Dr. Arden include: Brain-Based Therapy-Adult, Brain-Based Therapy-Child, Improving Your Memory For Dummies and Heal Your Anxiety Workbook
• Dr. Arden is a leader in integrating the new developments in neuroscience with psychotherapy and Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente for the Northern California Region

Explaining exciting new developments in neuroscience and their applications to daily living, Rewire Your Brain will guide you through the process of changing your brain so you can change your life and be free of self-imposed limitations.

The past 30 years have seen an explosion in the number and variety of baseball books and articles. Following the lead of pioneers Bill James, John Thorn, and Pete Palmer, researchers have steadily challenged the ways we think about player and team performance--and along the way revised what we thought we knew of baseball history. This book by the authors of Understanding Sabermetrics (2008) goes beyond the explanation of new statistics to demonstrate their use in solving some of the more familiar problems of baseball research, such as how to compare players across generations; how to account for the effects of ballparks and rules changes; and how to measure the effectiveness of the sacrifice bunt or the range of the Gold Glove-winning shortstop.

Neurological disorders in children are common: families want to know what is wrong, why it happened, and whether it will happen again. Management and treatment depend on establishing the diagnosis, which usually requires investigations, but the number of possible neurological investigations is now very large indeed, and uncritical investigations may be seriously misleading and often costly. This book, based on the authors' vast combined personal experience, gives practical guidance on how to target any specific condition with the minimum of tests.

Part 1 is a brief distillation of advice on clinical history and examination, introducing the problems that beset those who deal with neurological disorders in childhood. Part 2 outlines the investigations available to solve these diagnostic problems. Part 3 takes a problem-oriented approach to the most appropriate investigations in the various clinical scenarios that may present to the practitioner: the starting point is the patient's presentation, not the diagnosis. Throughout, vignettes of real cases help to illustrate the use of the tests in different clinical situations.

The authors co-wrote the hugely popular Handbook of Neurological Investigations (“the Blue Book”) 20 years ago. This new book, while closely following the highly successful approach of the earlier title, is thoroughly up to date, with fresh material, new case vignettes, and additional investigations covered.

Instantly diagnose 100 of the most commonly seen symptoms in adults and children!

"This is a book of lists to help inexperienced healthcare providers hone their skill at progressing from symptoms to a differential diagnosis to treatment decisions. This is a necessary step in a student's development and this book goes a long way in assisting in this process. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service

The Common Symptom Guide is the most trusted and easy-to-use reference for quickly and accurately evaluating and treating patients based on presenting symptoms. The Guide includes lists of pertinent questions, physical findings, and differential diagnosis for more than 100 of the most common adult and pediatric symptoms so you can instantly diagnose and treat the complaint.

Turn to The Common Symptom Guide forimportant guidelines on:

• Patient and family history
• Physical examination
• Diagnostic considerations
• Medications
• Environmental history
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  • Outstanding indexing and cross-referencing to help you quickly arrive at a diagnosis
  • Increased number of evidence-based medicine references
  • Updated medical information throughout
  • More references to key websites
  • Additional information on the author's website (www.howsyourhealth.org) that provides valuable patient
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Designed for the busy clinician, this text features 29 chapters to aid practitioners in diagnosing and treating children and adolescents more efficiently while improving outcomes. The text features contributions by 51 academics, researchers, and practitioners--all but one from the U.S.--covering pediatric neurologic evaluation, general pediatric neurologic diseases and disorders, and common pediatric neurologic problems. Also included to facilitate a physician's use of the text are nosologic diagnosis tables, "pearls and perils" boxes, "consider consultation when. . ." boxes, selected annotated bibliographies, and a complete bibliography. The third edition includes a new "Key Clinical Questions" feature incorporated throughout the text; other specific revisions to the third edition are not stated. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)