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Containing nearly 10,000 entries written by nurses or medical specialists, this reference provides detailed coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing profession. Definitions of terms are accompanied by a pronunciation guide.Book...

This revised edition picks up where the previous edition left off, providing more than 4500 political quotations ranging from the rhetorical to the downright rude. This edition features many new entries from earlier periods which have come to light...

This best-selling dictionary has sold over 250,000 copies in previous editions. Fully revised and up-to-date, it is indispensable both as a home medical guide and as an aid for those working in the medical and allied professions. The entries are clearly...

The sixth edition of this best-selling dictionary, which has already sold over 340,000 copies in previous editions, has been fully revised and updated with all recent medical advances. It is indispensable both as a home medical guide and as an aid for...

The fourth edition of this nurses dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions, explaining all the terms and concepts likely to be encountered by nurses, therapists, radiographers and those in...

The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme is the first book to be written for doctors on the new UK Foundation Programme. It has been written by junior doctors with specific reference to the different style of training offered by the new changes...

"The Oxford Handbook of Oncology" is a practical guide to the clinical consultation in oncology. Covering the scientific basis, as well as diagnosis, it includes investigations, management and palliative care issues in cancer. It has been extensively...

After a brief introductory chapter, the main part of this textbook deals with the preparation and chemical properties of the principal types of organosulfur compounds. In choosing examples to illustrate the text, the guiding principle has been that the...

Quanta provides a non-mathematical and highly visual account of the concepts of quantum mechanics widely encountered in chemistry and related disciplines. Entries - ordered alphabetically - range in length from one paragraph to several pages, and...

The seventh edition of this highly acclaimed Oxford Handbook covers all the major specialties not covered in its companion handbook, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. It continues to provide all the ideas and facts essential to those who will or...

Teleost (bony) fishes represent the most abundant taxonomic group of vertebrates. They are found in all conceivable types of aquatic environment and are extremely diverse behaviourally. This diversity is in large part due to the group's striking...

Many people know more about the planets Venus and Mars than they do about our home planet, Earth. Unique in our solar system, and so far as we know in the Universe itself, the Earth has been evolving for the past five billion years, and is the result of...

As the 20th century draws to a close, the fundamental elements of matter and life - the particles of the atom and the decoding of the nucleus of the cell - have been discovered, and one of the great chapters of scientific discovery has drawn to a close...

Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home...

Kinship Foster Care: Policy, Practice, and Research assembles the thinking and research of experts from several professional fields concerning what has become the fastest growing type of substitute care for children by the state. The editors have...

Providing a context for understanding and evaluating the common consequences of mild brain injury, this text focuses on practical suggestions for helping individuals adjust to, and compensate for, residual difficulties.Book InformationISBN...

Of immense significance to three major religions and cultures, the Holy Land has attracted visitors since the fifth century BC. This guide provides: coverage of all the main sites in the city of Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land; 150 high-quality...

Written by a team of political scientists from Warwick University, this authoritative reference features 1,500 entries that provide international coverage of major political institutions, thinkers and concepts. There are many entries on new and thriving...

Collected here in a single volume for the first time, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection of Women show Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain vital today...

Thomas Paine was perhaps the first international revolutionary. His "Common Sense" was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his "Rights of Man" was the most famous defence of the French. His ideas still capture broadly the beliefs...

William Henry Davies's working tour of the USA brought him into contact with the harsher side of American life and some of its more remarkable characters. Back in Britain, though resident in various doss-houses, he became the darling of the London...

'Now the sport begins!' An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. Collier describes...

You think you're human. But what does that mean? How can humanity be defined? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto takes us on an enlightening journey through the history of humankind to reveal the challenges to our most fundamental belief - that we are, and have...

Making Sense examines the philosophical issues and disputes that lie behind the news headlines of the day. We read about what is happening in the world, but how do we know what the truth is, or whether there is one 'truth' at all? A president has his...

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of sociology available in a single volume. Compiled by an expert team of sociologists under the editorship of Gordon Marshall, this new edition has been fully revised and updated. Ideal for...

This wide-ranging dictionary of earth sciences has been compiled with the help of a team of specialist contributors, and has been substantially revised and updated for this new edition. It is intended as a reference for all students of the subject,...

A companion volume to the "Concise Medical Dictionary", this new dictionary is a source of reference on the wide range of medicines available today. It contains 5000 entries and covers a full range of over-the-counter, pharmacy, and prescription...

"No home should be without one" certainly applies to this splendid medical dictionary.' Journal of the Institute of Health Education . `Excellent layout and jargon-free style should commend it to a wide variety of readers.' Nursing Times. This superb new...

Now in its fourth edition, this bestselling dictionary has been fully revised by a team of computer specialists, making it the most up-to-date dictionary of computing available. It provides comprehensive coverage of computer applications in industry, the...

Authoritative and reliable, this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university. Nearly 1,000 entries have been added for this second edition, and the dictionary provides clear definitions, with...

COMPREHENSIVE, AUTHORITATIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE. IDEAL FOR BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGISTS. With over 4,000 entries covering the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language, this up-to-date dictionary is the...

"Science Magic" is a series of four paperbacks for children, that make science fun! Find out about everyday science, while performing as a magician, and dazzle your friends and family. Each book uses objects to be found in a different room in the house,...

The new edition of this highly successful text will once again provide the ideal introduction to free will. This volume brings together some of the most influential contributions to the topic of free will during the past 50 years, as well as some notable...

This textbook is the final volume of a five-volume series on human geography. It draws attention to the process of political fragmentation within and between states taht is happening alongside the emergence of supranational institutions, transnational...

Traces the history of more than a thousand proverbs that are still in current useBook InformationISBN 9780198661313Author John SimpsonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University Press

This is the most comprehensive paperback dictionary of botany available. With over 5,500 clear and concise entries and helpful cross-referencing throughout, it is invaluable to students, amateur botanists and naturalists, and everyone with an interest in...

In this wide-ranging collection Bryan Wilson explores the complex relationships between religious sects and contemporary Western society. He examines the controversial social, political, and religious issues that arise as sects seek to pursue a way of...

Under what conditions do people seek and grant one another access to their physical selves? This is a book about the politics of heterosexual sex, a book about the law - the rules of sexual engagement - and a book about the history of sexual relations...

From acid rain, CFC's, and the greenhouse effect to the food-chain and the gene bank, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology provides 5,000 up-to-date entries on all aspects of ecology and the environmental sciences. With many entries derived from the...

Do there really exist laws of Nature, waiting to be discovered? How did this notion of laws of Nature arise? And are these laws the ultimate reality or merely pieces of temporary legislation enacted by ourselves to guide us through the jungle of...