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  • Amos and the Cosmos

    A Rollicking Journey Through America's Heart and Soul

    by Alan Schwartz ...
    Born with a passion to feel the breath behind Americas handwritten words of old, Amos discovers an inscribed photo in the attic of his childhood home, that leads him to doubt his Jewish dads heritage.So starts Amos memoirs, a rollicking journey through the heart of America. His search for some truth in the universe is propelled by meeting his mentor, Ben, a savvy and astute observer of human folly ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Art of War for Parents

    by Alan Schwartz ...
    The Art of War has been described as the "the oldest military treatise in the world". Recent research, however, suggests that Sun Tzu wrote it to celebrate his youngest child obtaining gainful employment and (finally) moving out of the house. Thinly veiled as a manual for military leaders, this crowning achievement in classical Chinese literature has now been restored to its original purpose: ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Listening for What Matters

    Avoiding Contextual Errors in Health Care

    by Saul J. Weiner, MD, Alan Schwartz, PhD ...
    The best clinicians take into account the life challenges of their patients when planning their care, a process Drs. Weiner and Schwartz refer to as "contextualizing care." Failures to contextualize care, when they results in care plans that seem appropriate from a narrowly clinical perspective but are nevertheless unlikely to achieve their intended aims represent "contextual errors." Prescribing ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Practical UNIX and Internet Security

    Securing Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux & Free BSD

    by Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Alan Schwartz ...
    When Practical Unix Security was first published more than a decade ago, it became an instant classic. Crammed with information about host security, it saved many a Unix system administrator from disaster. The second edition added much-needed Internet security coverage and doubled the size of the original volume. The third edition is a comprehensive update of this very popular book - a companion ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Listening for What Matters

    Avoiding Contextual Errors in Health Care

    by Saul Weiner, Alan Schwartz ...
    Effective health care requires physicians tailor care to patients' individual life contexts, including their financial situation, social support, competing responsibilities, and cognitive abilities. Physicians, however, are poorly prepared to consider patients' lives when planning their care. The result is measurably harmful to individuals and costly to society. Listening for What Matters: ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Medical Decision Making

    A Physician's Guide

    by Alan Schwartz, George Bergus ...
    Decision making is a key activity, perhaps the most important activity, in the practice of healthcare. Although physicians acquire a great deal of knowledge and specialised skills during their training and through their practice, it is in the exercise of clinical judgement and its application to individual patients that the outstanding physician is distinguished. This has become even more relevant ... Read more

    $88.59 USD

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    by Alan Jay Schwartz, MD ...
    Series Book Volume 32-1 - The Clinics: Internal Medicine
    The approach to anesthesia in children poses specific challenges such as acute emotional fear and distress, fluid imbalances, greater risks for dangerous upper respiratory infections, and most importantly, dosing requirements. The guest editors on this issue are the leaders in this field and will collect the best contributors to address new research advances in perioperative and postoperative ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • Disenchanted

    Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack

    by Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken ...
    (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This matching folio features seven songs written by Alan Menken ( Little Mermaid ) and Stephen Schwartz ( Wicked ) from the long-awaited sequel to Disney's Enchanted . Each song is arranged for piano and voice with chord symbols. Titles include: Badder * Even More Enchanted * Fairytale Life (After the Spell) * Fairytale Life (The Wish) * Love Power * The Magic of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The Stage Musical Songbook

    by Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken ...
    (Vocal Selections). 17 songs from the stage musical adapted from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel of the same name and the music from the 1996 Disney animated feature film. This collection includes vocal line arrangements with piano accompaniment for the songs: The Bells of Notre Dame * Esmeralda * Flight into Egypt * God Help the Outcasts * Hellfire * In a Place of Miracles * Made of Stone * Rest and ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Tip-of-the-Tongue States and Related Phenomena

    Edited by Bennett L. Schwartz, Alan S. Brown ...
    When the memory retrieval process breaks down, people wonder exactly why and how such a thing occurs. In many cases, failed retrieval is accompanied by a 'tip-of-the-tongue state', a feeling that an unretrieved item is stored in memory. Tip-of-the-tongue states stand at the crossroads of several research traditions within cognitive science. Some research focuses on the nature of the retrieval ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • All Our Brothers and Sisters

    Jews Saving Jews during the Holocaust

    Edited by Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Alan Schneider ...
    The book focuses on the heroism of Jews throughout Europe who risked their lives to save their coreligionists under Nazi rule. The contributors discuss and analyze the actions of Jews who rescued other Jews from the hands of the Nazis. These actions took place, to different degrees, in Germany, in Axis states and all across Nazi-occupied Europe, from the early stages of persecution until the war’s ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation

    Edited by Adam I. Levine, Samuel DeMaria Jr., Andrew D Schwartz, Alan J. Sim ...
    The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation is a cohesive, single-source reference on all aspects of simulation in medical education and evaluation. It covers the use of simulation in training in each specialty and is aimed at healthcare educators and administrators who are developing their own simulation centers or programs and professional organizations looking to incorporate the ... Read more

    $116.09 USD