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  • The Quest for Sexual Health

    How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life

    by Steven Epstein ...
    Offering an entryway into the distinctive worlds of sexual health and a window onto their spillover effects, sociologist Steven Epstein traces the development of the concept and parses the debates that swirl around it.Since the 1970s, health professionals, researchers, governments, advocacy groups, and commercial interests have invested in the pursuit of something called "sexual health." Under ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Inclusion

    The Politics of Difference in Medical Research

    by Steven Epstein ...
    With Inclusion, Steven Epstein argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions.Formal concern with this issue, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, scientists often studied groups of white, middle-aged men—and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Quest for Sexual Health

    How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life

    by Steven Epstein ...
    Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 53 min

    Since the 1970s, health professionals, researchers, governments, advocacy groups, and commercial interests have invested in the pursuit of something called "sexual health." Under this expansive banner, a wide array of programs have been launched, organizations founded, initiatives funded, products sold—and yet, no book before this one asks: What does it mean to be sexually healthy?Conjoining ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528

    by Steven A. Epstein ...
    Set in the middle of the Italian Riviera, Genoa is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But Genoa was also one of medieval Europe’s major centers of trade and commerce. In Genoa and the Genoese, 958–1528, Steven Epstein has written the first comprehensive history of the city that traces its transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Speaking of Slavery

    Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy

    by Steven A. Epstein ...
    Series series Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
    In this highly original work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery. The author's findings about the surprising persistence of the "language of slavery" demonstrate the difficulty of escaping the legacy of a shameful past.For Epstein, language is ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Talents of Jacopo da Varagine

    A Genoese Mind in Medieval Europe

    by Steven A. Epstein ...
    Jacopo da Varagine (c. 1228–1298) is remembered today primarily for his immensely popular work The Golden Legend**, a massive collection of stories about the saints.** Compiled over the years 1260–67, The Golden Legend quickly eclipsed earlier collections of saints' lives. One indication of its popularity is the fact that so many manuscript copies of the work have survived—more than one thousand ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • School, Family, and Community Partnerships

    Preparing Educators and Improving Schools

    by Joyce L. Epstein, Steven B. Sheldon ...
    School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools, 3rd Edition prepares future teachers and administrators to conduct effective and equitable programs of family and community engagement that contribute to student success in school. Renowned authors Joyce L. Epstein and Steven B. Sheldon present the theories, research, policies, and practices that have been shown ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Purity Lost

    Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000–1400

    by Steven A. Epstein ...
    Series Book 124 - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
    Purity Lost investigates the porous nature of social, political, and religious boundaries prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean—from the Black Sea to Egypt—during the Middle Ages. In this intriguing study, Steven A. Epstein finds that people consistently defied, overlooked, or transcended restrictions designed to preserve racial and cultural purity in order to establish relationships with those ... Read more

    $53.29 USD

  • The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep

    by Steven Mardon, Lawrence Epstein ...
    Series series Harvard Medical School Guides
    Put your sleep problems to rest with this proven six-step planHow many times have you heard it's important to get a good night's sleep? It sounds simple, but it isn't always easy. Now one of the nation's leading sleep experts gives you a step-by-step program for overcoming sleep problems from insomnia and snoring to restless legs syndrome and sleep apnea.Dr. Lawrence Epstein of Harvard Medical ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion

    Small Animal Toxicology

    Edited by Lynn R. Hovda, Ahna G. Brutlag, Robert H. Poppenga, Steven E. Epstein ...
    Series series Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult
    Small Animal ToxicologyRespond rapidly to small animal poisonings with this up-to-date quick reference guideBlackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, Third Edition is an essential resource for managing poisonings in dogs and cats. Using the familiar Five-Minute Veterinary Consult format, the book makes it quick and easy to find the crucial details for ... Read more

    $111.00 USD

  • The Medieval Discovery of Nature

    by Steven A. Epstein ...
    This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what ... Read more

    $114.79 USD

  • School, Family, and Community Partnerships

    Your Handbook for Action

    by Steven Sheldon, Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Beth S. Simon, Karen Clark Salinas, Natalie R. Jansorn, Frances L. VanVoorhis, Cecelia S. Martin, Brenda G. Thomas, Marsha D. Greenfield, Darcy J. Hutchins, Kenyatta J. Williams ...
    Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success!When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents ... Read more

    $43.19 USD