Offering authoritative information about what to expect if you have been recently diagnosed with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes, this resource includes facts about blood sugar monitoring and other commonly used medical tests. The book discusses the roles of insulin, diabetes medications, nutrition, and lifestyle adjustments in disease management. It features details about preventing diabetes-related complications, and it reports on recent research and innovations in treatment.

When Your Doctor Says Diabetes: A Guide to Regaining Control Over Your Health and Well-Being

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

KWS Publishers

Providing practical guidance about what to do next if you have suffered a heart attack or received a diagnosis of a heart condition, this book explains the diagnostic tests and monitoring procedures used to evaluate heart function and describes the various medications used to regulate heart rhythm, lower blood pressure, control cholesterol, and improve the efficiency of the heart. Lifestyle issues related to restoring heart health are reviewed, along with suggestions for coping with changes in diet and activity levels.

When Your Doctor Says Heart Disease: A Guide to Regaining Control Over Your Health and Well-Being

Diseases & Physical Ailments

For patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, this book acts as a guide through the next steps. Aiming to demystify the postdiagnosis process and alleviate fears, it outlines the different types and stages of breast cancer as well as the appropriate treatment choices—including different kinds of surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. Fully indexed and supplemented with resource directories, this comprehensive handbook not only provides an overview of current breast cancer research, statistical data, and additional support, it also offers follow-up care tips and recommendations for future cancer prevention.

When Your Doctor Says Breast Cancer: A Guide to Regaining Control Over Your Health and Well-Being

Widely known to professional researchers, writers, and editors, Ruffner’s Allusions is a thematic dictionary that traces the cultural, literary, religious, and historical allusions found in the works of Shakespeare; the Bible and other religious texts; Greek mythology; American, European, and Eastern legends; and in music, the arts, business, comics, movies, radio, and television. Now in paperback for the first time, this new edition contains 3,500 new entries—making a grand total of 13,000 allusion entries divided into 730 thematic categories—and will be a helpful, authoritative resource for students and general readers interested in understanding the meaning of the many allusions found in everyday reading and speech.

Ruffner’s Allusions: Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary

Reference

Urdang, Laurence

Ruffner Jr., Frederick G.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Renowned lexicographer Laurence Urdang’s final reflections on the current state of the English language are recorded here; he died soon after completing the manuscript. All scholars, librarians, editors, students, and general readers with an interest in the English language will enjoy this fascinating account of, in Urdang’s words, “a life devoted to all aspects of language.”

The Last Word: The English Language: Opinions and Prejudices

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

The events of December 7, 1941—the day the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor military base, prompting the United States to declare war on Japan and to enter World War II—are provided in this account. The strike, the events that led up to it, and its consequences up to the present day are explored in detail. Collier Hillstrom’s extensive research is presented in three distinct sections: narrative overview; biographies, which includes background on principal figures from both the Japanese and American sides; and primary sources. Additionally, the volume includes a glossary of important people, places, and terms, as well as a chronology of events, a subject index, and an annotated list of sources for further study.

Defining Moments: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

History

Collier Hillstrom, Laurie

Americas

Providing a detailed overview of the 1890 massacre of more than 250 Native American men, women, and children by the United States Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, this account analyzes the conditions that led to this horrific event and its effect on the country’s political, cultural, and social landscape—then and now. The research presented here is arranged in three distinct sections: narrative overview; biographies, which includes background information on principal figures involved in the massacre; and primary sources. This unique and comprehensive volume also includes a glossary of important people, places, and terms, as well as a chronology of events, a subject index, and an annotated list of sources for further study.

Defining Moments: American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee

When Your Doctor Says: Learning Disabilities (KWS Publishers - When Your Doctor Says)

Medical Books

Medicine

Detailing the emergence and development of the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, this factual account explores the factors that transformed Harlem into the Capital of Black America in the 1920s. It explains how civil rights activism of the early 20th century made the Renaissance possible and discusses the myriad ways in which African American literature, art, and music from the era illuminated black culture and changed the course of American race relations. Biographical information is provided on leading figures involved in the movement, including civil rights philosopher W. E. B. du Bois, controversial actor and singer Paul Robeson, jazz legend Duke Ellington, and Langston Hughes, the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. A primary source section presents essential documents from the period such as Hughes's famous manifesto of artistic independence, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain;" dancer Frankie Manning's recollections of the glamorous Savoy Ballroom; Alain Locke's influential essay "Enter the New Negro;" and a selection of poems written by some of the movement's leading literary voices.

Defining Moments: The Harlem Renaissance

Hillstrom, Kevin

For anyone interested in having a handy and attractive reference guide covering Christmas, New Year's, and related days of observance from around the world, this book includes more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries. It discusses folk and religious customs as well as the history, legends, and symbols associated with the holidays. The book is abundantly illustrated and features guides for further reading and an extensive, easy-to-use index.

Christmas from A to Z

Gulevich, Tanya

Religion & Spirituality

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