During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organization was committed to action in Southeast Asia even before the major build-up of U.S.

Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth\'s surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector. Bringing together world-class experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of peatlands from

This third edition of a popular text introduces healthcare students and professionals to a wide range of health beliefs and practices in world religions. Chapters on various religions are written to offer an insider\'s view on the religion\'s historical development, key beliefs and practices, including ideas of health, sickness, death, and dying. The chapters include case studies, advice on what to

Strap on your boots and discover the Dolomites on foot with the Sunflower Dolomites walking guide which includes 35 long and short walks with detailed maps and GPS. This guide covers the Centre and East from Val Gardena to

Lippincott\'s Review Series: Pediatric Nursing, Fifth Edition End the confusion: the answers to all your pediatric nursing questions are here--in the brand-new edition of Pediatric Nursing, 5th edition . This indispensable Lippincott Review Series text will fill you in, whether you are preparing for certification as a pediatric nurse, need backup support for your pediatric nursing class, or seek on-the-spot

Nabokov Noir places Vladimir Nabokov\'s early literary career, from the 1920s to the 1940s, in the context of his fascination with silent and early sound cinema and the chiaroscuro darkness and artificial brightness of the Weimar era, with its movie palaces, cultural Americanism, and surface culture. Luke Parker argues that Nabokov\'s engagement with the cinema and the dynamics of mass culture more

A timely and provocative essay about the parallel lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt and their mission for a more humane society \"[A] short but moving book . . . Even better, the volume\'s advice is not only pragmatically political--necessary during a time of threats to democracy and mounting failures to deal with the climate crisis--but modestly uplifting.\"--Bill Marx, Arts Fuse \"An intimate

The international phenomenon that is the Submissive series continues with an enticing new

This practical guide provides a focus on the implementation of healthcare simulation operations, as well as the type of professional staff required for developing effective programs in this field. Though there is no single avenue in which a person pursues the career of a healthcare simulation technology specialist (HSTS), this book outlines the extensive knowledge and variety of skills one must cultivate

Laser Dentistry: Current Clinical Applications by the World Federation for Laser Dentistry (WFLD) is a comprehensive guide the state of the art, principles and practices of laser dentistry. This collection of articles were compiled by Professor Aldo Brugnera Junior DDS, MS, PhD and Professor Samir Namour, DDS, MS, PhD, is written for all those interested in the clinical use of laser technology related

Jamila is in a new country, at a new school, starting a brand new life. Will she find her voice?Jamila wants to fit in, but it\'s hard when you miss your very best friend back home in Iraq, and you\'re worried about your dad\'s safety, and your mum need your help with the simplest of tasks. When she joins the school choir, Jamila believes she may just have found somewhere to belong. Soon, she finds

Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as \'belief\', \'faith\', and \'mystery\' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found

Illustrating the art of war with dozens of medieval images from books and manuscripts, this new edition is completely revised with a selection of new content from the British Library\'s

Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context. Acknowledged as a standard text in its first two editions, this fully revised and updated third edition offers a broader sweep, stronger theoretical foundation, and a new concluding chapter on the possibilities of schooling. Instructors,

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students\' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities

More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a doula. This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors\' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula

\'You won\'t need to read another self-help book again...The self-help book to end all self-help books\' GuardianWhat is the secret behind happiness?In an attempt to find out, Burkeman tackles a range of subjects from stress, procrastination, laughter, time management and