The Complete World of Greek Mythology

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

by Richard Buxton
A full, authoritative, and wholly engaging account of these endlessly fascinating tales and of the ancient society in which they were created. ...

The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

The Bread Baker's Apprentice:
Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

by Peter Reinhart
Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniperโ€�s Bakery in Sonoma, California, author of the landmark books Brother Juniperโ€�s Bread Book and Crust & Crumb, and distinguished instructor at the worldโ€�s largest culinary school, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in Americaโ€�s artisanal bread movement for over fifteen years. Never one to be content with yesterdayโ€�s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for perfect bread. In THE BREAD BAKERโ€�S APPRENTICE, Peter shares his latest bread breakthroughs, arising from his recent pilgrimage to study in several of Franceโ€�s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary academy kitchen with his students. First youโ€�ll peer over Peterโ€�s shoulder as he learns from Parisโ€�s most esteemed bakers, people like the brothers Poilรขne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose pain ancienne has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Peter then walks readers throug...

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

Catching Fire:
How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard Wrangham
...

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

The Backyard Homestead:
Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.

From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts.

Bakerman's ABC's of Interpretive Laboratory Data

Best interpretive lab data book out there!
I have used this WONDERFUL book since my medical training days and find it to be invaluable. I have several other well known books on lab analysis and they don't come close to this book. It's unbelievable to me that so much information can be packed into such a small volume. I HIGHLY recommend it for all Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioners, MD's, Lab Techs, and anyone else in the medical/laboratory field!

There's a new edition for this excellent book!
This book goes beyond a "lab" book, encompassing etiologies, algorithms on further evaluation, and pathophysiology. Inside you can find, for example, the incidence of neonatal conjunctivitis in mothers with chylamydial infections, clinical features of primary biliary cirrhosis, and diagrams of the red blood cell reactions in indirect vs direct Coombs reactions. I first bought this book as a medical student when I spent over an hour doing a lit search on immunoglobulins and the intern found a better answer the next day in one second by opening this book. Definitely worth the purchase price! There is a 2002 version of this book and it includes reference articles after each lab test entry. P.S. Now exists in a PDA version, too.

concise and thorough
This book provides a quick, 1 page glance at lab value interpretation. Indexed in alphabetical order, the reference ranges are given for adults, and pediatrics, followed by the significance of high or low lab values. The book is small, easy to carry and loaded with information.

About Bakerman's ABC's of Interpretive Laboratory Data detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24738 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 580 pages

Bakerman's ABC's of Interpretive Laboratory Data Description

Phoenix Children's Hospital, AZ. Pocket-sized outline for residents, medical students, nurses, laboratory personnel, and professionals. Alphabetically lists 500 common and uncommon tests and test panels. Includes specimen, reference range, method, and interpretation. A new section, selected reference, has been added. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover.

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible

Marijuana Horticulture:
The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible

by Jorge Cervantes
With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the most complete cultivation book available. The Fifth Edition of the former Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible was originally published in 1983, when it immediately became a best seller. More than 500,000 copies of the Indoor Bible are in print in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters make this a book both indoor and outdoor growers will keep under thumb. The other 15 chapters (17 total) are all updated with the most current information, completely rewritten and significantly expanded. For example, Dr. John McPartland contributed an all new medical section - The books credits list more than 300 contributors and reads like a who's who in the world of cannabis cultivation.

The Sibley Guide to Trees

The Sibley Guide to Trees

by David Allen Sibley
Book Description
The man who revolutionized the field guide to birds now brings his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the more than six hundred tree species of North America. Similar in size and format to The Sibley Guide to Birds, the layout for this guide is another triumph of logic and concision. Species are arranged taxonomically, not by features such as leaf shape (as in most other guides), which will enable the user to browse the images to find a match for an observed tree in the same way a birder uses the bird guide. And all pages will follow the same format, allowing the user to pinpoint particular information with ease. David Sibleyโ€�s meticulous, exquisitely detailed paintings illustrate the cycles of annual and lifetime development, and reveal even the very subtle similarities and distinctions between like elements of different species: bark, leaves, needles, cones, flowers, fruit, twigs, and silhouettes. More than four hundred ...

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The Omnivore's Dilemma:
A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan
A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain usโ€” whether industrial or organic, alternative or processedโ€”he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.

Eating Animals

Eating Animals

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood-facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf-his casual questioning took on an urgency His quest for answers ultimately required him to visit factory farms in the middle of the night, dissect the emotional ingredients of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his most primal instincts about right and wrong. Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits-from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth-and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting. Marked by Foer's profound moral ferocity and unvarying generosity, as well as the vibrant style and creativity that made his previous books, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredi...

Rehabilitation Techniques for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training with Laboratory Manual and eSims Password Card (Rehabilitation Techniques in Sport

Good
This book has helped me a lot with the rehabilitation aspect of Athletic Training, which is my major at school. Two of the grad assistance have it and loved it, so I decided to get the book! So far it has been the best move, I have learned new exercises to help with athlete's that I didn't know about prior to this book. The only downfall was I bought it used from someone whom claimed the book had "NO writing or Highlighting" inside and once I received the book it was filled with highlighting. If it doesn't bother you when other people have highlighted information that you might not want highlighted than go ahead and buy it used. If not than I really recommend buying it new, especially if you are in a physical therapy or sports medicine field.

About Rehabilitation Techniques for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training with Laboratory Manual and eSims Password Card (Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine (Prentice Hall)) detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #320698 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 720 pages

Rehabilitation Techniques for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training with Laboratory Manual and eSims Password Card (Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine (Prentice Hall)) Description

Designed for the athletic trainer and sports therapist, this is the definitive guide to the management of sports injuries. Experts from the field of sports medicine have contributed to this comprehensive, updated edition, which addresses all aspects of rehabilitation, including protocols for rehabilitating the wide variety of injuries athletes are prone to receive. Pros and con of various rehabilitative modalities are discussed, as well as currently accepted techniques. This text is recognized as a handbook for any practitioners who manage rehabilitation programs for injured athletes.

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Inside of a Dog:
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

by Alexandra Horowitz
What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human....

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth:
The Evidence for Evolution

by Richard Dawkins
In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time....

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The National Parks:
America's Best Idea

by Dayton Duncan
The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War

Americaโ€�s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nationโ€�s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the worldโ€�s first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.

The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splend...

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
(P.S.)

by Steven D. Levitt

...

Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures

Make it an addition to your medical library
Auseful tool to find normal values and aceptable levels of every element of body fluids. Abrief desciption of each test is followed by lists of medical conditions that may influence the result.The design of professional considerations add more value to this book, since abnormal results not necessarily reflect abnormal medical conditions, they may as well come from various mistakes when preparing or handling the test, or influenced by the patient's previous medications. The text is well organized with plain English. A very useful book that I'd like to recommend it to every medical student.

The best lab text ever!
I've taught nursing for the past 22 years and this is by far the best lab book I've ever used. At first glance it may appear intimidating, but it is very user friendly. The first few pages are medical diagnoses and their common labs with the most critical few astericked. The majority of the text is alphabetized by lab name and includes not only the values, but panic values, highlighted boxes for signs and symptoms of toxicities and treatments for each, and an extensive list of causes for high and low levels. There is much more to this text, but these are the qualities I love most. If you want to prevent patient's problems or at least identify them early, this text is a must and it will make you look like a genius in the process! I won't leave home without it.

Darlene A. Franklin RN MSN
Tennessee Technological University

An excellent and concise reference
I find myself referencing this paperback over and over again for both personal and professional help. The information is organized and written in a very simple, easy to locate, and understandable fashion. It is very handy to have on your shelf.

About Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395824 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1232 pages

Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures Description

Look no further for quick, complete answers to questions such as which laboratory tests to order or what the results might mean. Laboratory Tests And Diagnostic Procedures, 5th Edition covers more tests than any other reference of its kind, with over 900 lab tests and diagnostic procedures in all. In Part I, you'll find a unique, alphabetical list of hundreds of diseases, conditions, and symptoms, including the tests and procedures most commonly used to confirm or rule out a suspected diagnosis. Part II presents key information on virtually every laboratory and diagnostic test available. All test entries are up-to-date, concise, complete, and consistently presented, making this resource the perfect choice for students or practitioners who need fast, accurate information on diagnostic tests.

• Over 600 diseases and symptoms are listed in Part I, with the most relevant tests identified for each.
• More than 900 laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures are included in Part II, more than any other reference!
• Organized alphabetically, with printed A-to-Z thumb tabs that make it easy to turn to appropriate sections in the book.
• Alternative test names and acronyms are cross-referenced to help you quickly find what you're looking for.
• Tests for toxic substances are included, along with Panic Level Symptoms and Treatment for dangerously elevated levels.
• Age and gender-specific norms are provided, giving you complete lifespan coverage.
• Risks and Contraindications are highlighted to help you safeguard your patients and provide effective care.
• Minimum volumes for blood samples are included, helping you diagnose patients for whom blood preservation is essential. You'll also see whether blood specimens can be drawn during hemodialysis.
• Special consent form requirements are indicated for appropriate tests.
• Guidance for client and family teaching helps you offer useful instruction concerning test preparation and follow-up care.

• 12 new test entries present the latest tests and procedures available, including: Procalcitonin; Calcium scoring; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy; RD1 interferon assays for tuberculosis; and OraQuick rapid HIV test.
• Larger trim size and improved design make vital information easier to locate.

Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives, Third Edition (Reproductive Medicine and Asst. Reproduction)

About Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives, Third Edition (Reproductive Medicine and Asst. Reproduction) detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #941770 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1004 pages

Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives, Third Edition (Reproductive Medicine and Asst. Reproduction) Description

Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technologies is a truly comprehensive manual for the whole team at the IVF clinic. Information is presented in a highly visual manner, allowing both methods and protocols to be consulted easily. The text provides clinical and scientific teams with the A to Zs of setting up an embryology laboratory, gives research fellows insight into technical developments, and supplies seasoned professionals with a review of the latest techniques and advances.

New to the Third Edition:

• fully revised and expanded chapters, with new information on:

• single embryo transfer


• artificial gametes


• pharmacogenetics

On Call: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Good Quick review for CP calls
Nice quick review. With excellent tables. Good value.

About On Call: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #981681 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 334 pages

On Call: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Description

ON CALL LABORATORY MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY is a handy pocket reference for pathologists on call to help with common questions and problems in laboratory medicine and pathology. The first section deals with general issues that are critical to formulating appropriate responses to questions, including communicating with colleagues, identifying problems, and the strengths and limitations of laboratory measurements. The section on Clinical Pathology covers the various "on-call" situations and responses encountered in transfusion medicine. It also provides an approach to calls in Anatomic Pathology. The entire book and appendices are replete with useful tables and charts presenting frequently needed facts in a user-friendly fashion. The material discussed has been chosen based on the author1s experience with "on-call" situations over the years. Specific problems encountered during interactions with resident and attending pathologists are discussed, and an attempt has been made to stay away from the traditional textbook format.

Essential Laboratory Mathematics: Concepts and Applications for the Chemical and Clinical Laboratory Technician

Laboratory Math
This book is an excellent reference book for Laboratory Mathmatics. It provides the formulas needed and easy-to-understand explainations. I would recommend it for a beginning student or a student like myself who is taking continuing education.

Not...quite what you might think.
I have complained for years about a lack of a mathematics for chemists book. This looked like just what I was looking for. I first saw it advertised by a chemical company. When I got it, however, I found it to be either too shallow, or too specific. It spent a great deal of time discussing things like accuracy versus precision and the like. Then suddenly it switches to calculating concentrations of urea. Instead of being an overall guide to the mathematics of a laboratory, it was instead a guide to calculating values as a professor in an undergraduate biological analysis lab. Really not how it presents itself. That said, it's okay for what it is. But rather than attempt to use labs as specific examples of fundamental concepts and use those for widely varying applications, it instead explains the math found in a few typical experiments, and that's all.

EXCELLENT BOOK CONDITION
The book I got was in excellent condition. I really trust Amazon, because it never let me down. The books I bought was cheap as well as it looked new. This book is essential book for all medical maths and I really appreciate your job of making it available to everyone in lower price.
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About Essential Laboratory Mathematics: Concepts and Applications for the Chemical and Clinical Laboratory Technician detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #531516 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Essential Laboratory Mathematics: Concepts and Applications for the Chemical and Clinical Laboratory Technician Description

This manual offers clear and complete coverage of the mathematical topics most often used in clinical and medical laboratories and provides a solid foundation for subsequent courses in the laboratory sciences. The softbound workbook design enables users to solve problems and take notes directly on the pages Practice problems and review questions are found throughout. Application problems and hands-on laboratory exercises at the end of each chapter reinforce material and give users the opportunity to assess their mastery of the presented skills.

Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (6th Edition)

A "MUST HAVE"
Where was this resource during my first two semester in nursing school?! This is a wonderful, concise tool, and it has made life so much easier! Information is well-organized and detailed with all the information that you could ever need right at your fingertips!

awesome diagnostic book
Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (6th Edition)

This book has been incredibly helpful with my nursing work load. Basically this book give you all the different lab or diagnostic tests used, and then give you the normal ranges for those tests, explains how the tests work, and if they are abnormal why that could be. It been great having answers in my clinical.

About Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (6th Edition) detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45482 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

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Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (6th Edition) Description

Organized alphabetically by tests, this reference pocket guide provides easy access to information on more than 500 laboratory and diagnostic tests. It has an emphasis on reference values and normal findings, descriptions, purposes, procedures, clinical problems and drug affects, factors affecting tests results, nursing implications and client teaching. New to the 6th edition are: 30 new laboratory and diagnostic tests, such as antisperm antibody test, breast cancer genetic testing, and endoscopic ultrasound; Updated data for HIV tests such as glucose results, Cardiac catheterization tests, mammography tests, and nuclear scan tests; updated Health Problems with Laboratory and Diagnostic tests presenting 40 frequently identified health problems; and updated screening and tests, including nurse's function in educating and testing school children.

The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine)

About The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine) detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #122754 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-21
• Released on: 2005-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 928 pages

The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine) Description

This second edition features updated information on a variety of topics including: rat genetics and genomics, both spontaneous and induced disease; state-of-the-art technology for housing and husbandry; occupational health, and experimental models. A premier source of information on the laboratory rat that will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate, graduate students, post-docs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research.

* At least 50% new information than first edition
* Includes topics on rat genetics and genomics, occupational health, and experimental models
* The premier source of information on the laboratory rat

Fundamental Laboratory Approaches for Biochemistry and Biotechnology

A decent lab manual for Biochemistry
I used this book as a lab manual for my Biochemistry class in college. The book itself is well organized in most respects. However, there are some parts that were well explained in the manual when it came to trying to answer the problems at the end of each experiment. Some of the examples given in the pre-lab didn't apply to the questions being asked so it would lead our class to having to nag the professor for some answers on how to solve the problem. Overall though the techniques employed are relative and effective when it comes to the biochemistry field.

book was ok, but i have everything you need
This book doesnt explain things 100% but I do. I am selling the old lab reports that I have, past exams and the powepoints. Everything is guarenteed to give you an A. I am selling it with the lab book for $50. Check it out

i sold this book after i graduated college
now i'm in a field where i wish dearly that I still had it. it's pretty general, and that's why i like it.

About Fundamental Laboratory Approaches for Biochemistry and Biotechnology detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298251 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Fundamental Laboratory Approaches for Biochemistry and Biotechnology Description

Ninfa/Ballou/Parsons is a solid biochemistry lab manual, dedicated to developing research skills in students, allowing them to learn techniques and develop the organizational approaches necessary to conduct laboratory research.

Ninfa/Ballou/Parsons focuses on basic biochemistry laboratory techniques with a few molecular biology exercises, a reflection of most courses which concentrate on traditional biochemistry experiments and techniques. The manual also includes an introduction to ethics in the laboratory, uncommon in similar manuals. Most importantly, perhaps, is the authors' three-pronged approach to encouraging students to think like a research scientist: first, the authors introduce the scientific method and the hypothesis as a framework for developing conclusive experiments; second, the manual's experiments are designed to become increasingly complex in order to teach more advanced techniques and analysis; finally, gradually, the students are required to devise their own protocols. In this way, students and instructors are able to break away from a "cookbook" approach and to think and investigate for themselves.

Suitable for lower-level and upper-level courses; Ninfa spans these courses and can also be used for some first-year graduate work.

Laboratory Management: Principles And Processes

It's a friggin' Textbook
At least it's small enough to fit in a backback already crammed full of other books.

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Book is new, no problems, and I saved money on shipping.

About Laboratory Management: Principles And Processes detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93761 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 372 pages

Laboratory Management: Principles And Processes Description

The laboratory environment is changes in response to trends in healthcare. Laboratory managers who can create solutions to today's problems and effectively manage change are in high demand.

Here is a problem-based approach to teaching the principles of laboratory management. The text focuses on presenting underlying managerial concepts and how to successfully apply theoretical models to real-life situations.

- Each chapter includes one or more illustrative cases presenting a management problem; thought-provoking questions to enhance critical thinking skills, outlines, and educational objectives
- Internet references and website resources guide the learner to advanced and current information in each of the major topic areas
- Problem-based learning activities at the end of each chapter serve as a guide for instruction and reinforcement of the content
- Two chapters are unique to this text, Education and Training and Ethical Issues in Laboratory Management
- Chapters are divided into five major areas of management: Basic Principles and Organizational Structure • Human Resources • Finance • Operations • Strategies for Career Success
- Glossary of key terms
- The twenty-five contributors include academicians, laboratory managers, medical technologists, and laboratory consultants