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Improving people's lives : lessons in empowerment from Asia /

Table of Contents: “…The rural support programme: empowering the rural poor in Pakistan / Ali Dastgeer -- The women crisis centre of Penang / Siti Hawa Ali -- The Satyodaya Centre: empowering Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka / Muthuvadivoo Sinnathamby -- The experience of Sahayi: capacity building for sustainable development / Gregory Placid.…”

The Old Testament : a very short introduction / by Coogan, Michael David

Table of Contents: “…-- Interpretive strategies -- The Old Testament and history -- The Old Testament and myth -- The exodus from Egypt: a deep probe -- "Keep my commandments": biblical law -- "Festivals of the Lord": ritual in ancient Israel -- Prophets and prophecies -- Hezekiah and Sennacherib: another deep probe -- Poetry and dissent -- "Let us now praise famous men"--and women -- The enduring significance of the Old Testament.…”

The pagan stone / by Roberts, Nora

Mass media and social change /

Table of Contents: “…--Wilson, S.J. The image of women in Canadian magazines.--Rosengren, K.E. Mass media and social change.…”

Africa and World War II /

Table of Contents: “…Mobilizing communities and resources for the war effort -- Women, rice and war: political and economic crisis in war-time Abeokuta (Nigeria) / Judith A. …”
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Laboratory manual for nursing health assessment : a best practice approach / by Jensen, Sharon, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…(Publisher-supplied data) Interview and Health History -- Overview of Physical Examination -- General Survey, Vital Signs, and Pain Assessment -- Nutrition Assessment -- Mental Health Assessment -- Skin, Hair, and Nails Assessment -- Head and Neck Assessment -- Eyes Assessment -- Ears Assessment -- Nose, Sinuses, Mouth, and Throat Assessment -- Thorax and Lungs Assessment -- Heart and Neck Vessels Assessment -- Peripheral Vascular with Lymphatics Assessment -- Breasts with Lymphatics Assessment -- Abdominal Assessment -- Musculoskeletal Assessment -- Neurological Assessment -- Male Genitalia and Rectum -- Assessment -- Female Genitalia and Rectum Assessment -- Adult Head-to-Toe Examination -- Pregnant Women -- Children -- Older Adults.…”

Africa : altered states, ordinary miracles / by Dowden, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Somalia -- Forward to the past: Zimbabwe -- Breaking apart: Sudan -- A tick bigger than the dog: Angola -- Missing the story and the sequel: Burundi and Rwanda -- God, trust and trade: Senegal -- Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone -- The positive women: AIDS in Africa -- Copying King Leopold: Congo -- Not just another country: South Africa -- Meat and money: eating in Kenya -- Look out world: Nigeria -- New colonists or old friends? …”

The underdevelopment of development : essays in honor of Andre Gunder Frank /

Table of Contents: “…Gills -- World-systems : similarities and differences / Christopher Chase-Dunn -- The art of hegemony / Albert Bergesen -- Social movements in the underdevelopment of development dialectic : a view from below / Gerrit Huizer -- Frank justice rather than Frankenstein injustice : homogenous development as deviance in the diverse world / Pat Lauderdale -- Women's interests and emancipatory processes / Virginia Vargas -- Underdevelopment and its remedies / Immanuel Wallerstein.…”

Routledge handbook of African politics /

Table of Contents: “…Suberu -- The rule of law and the courts / Peter VonDoepp -- Security and the privatization of force and violence / Rita Abrahamsen -- Neopatrimonialism and political regimes / Gero Erdmann -- The informal practices of civil servants / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Class politics / Bill Freund -- The politics of ethnicity / Gabrielle Lynch -- Autochthony and the politics of belonging / Peter Geschiere -- Religion and politics / Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar -- Muslim politics in West Africa / Leonardo A. Villalón -- Women in politics / Amina Mama -- Civil war / Philip Roessler -- Oil politics / Ricardo Soares de Oliveira -- Power-sharing / Andreas Mehler -- Post-conflict peacebuilding / Devon Curtis -- Transitional justice after atrocity / Phil Clark -- Electoral authoritarianism and multi-party politics / Nicolas van de Walle -- The power of elections / Staffan I. …”

Obstetrics and gynecology (accompanied by a CD-Rom available at the Multimedia) /

Table of Contents: “…Health care for women: obstetrics and gynecology as specialty and primary-preventive health care -- Ethics in obstetrics and gynecology -- Embryology, anatomy, and reproductive genetics -- Maternal-fetal physiology -- Antepartum care -- Intrapartum care -- Abnormal labor -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Immediate care of the newborn -- Postpartum care -- Isoimmunization -- Postpartum hemorrhage -- Postpartum infection -- Abortion -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Medical and surgical considerations of pregnancy -- Hypertension in pregnancy -- Multifetal gestation -- Fetal growth abnormalities -- Third-trimester bleeding -- Postterm pregnancy -- Preterm labor --.…”

Ethical issues in international biomedical research : a casebook /

Table of Contents: “…Malarone testing in pregnant women in Thailand. Neglected diseases: incentives to conduct research in developing countries -- Scientific validity. …”