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Hardcover. A guidebook for anyone who must attend to the needs of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Members of caregivers' support groups speak candidly about the challenges they have faced at every step in the caregiving process. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBP; MJND; VFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826514790
ISBN
9780826514790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.95

Paperback. A guidebook for anyone who must attend to the needs of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Members of caregivers' support groups speak candidly about the challenges they have faced at every step in the caregiving process. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBP; MJND; VFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826514806
ISBN
9780826514806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardcover. The failure of long-term care is the US' embarrassing secret. Robert L. Kane, a physician and gerontologist, and his sister, Joan C. West, tell the painful story of what happened to their mother after she suffered a debilitating stroke and spent the last years of her life in rehabilitation, assisted-living facilities, and finally a nursing home. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826514875
ISBN
9780826514875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.61

Paperback. The failure of long-term care is the US' embarrassing secret. Robert L. Kane, a physician and gerontologist, and his sister, Joan C. West, tell the painful story of what happened to their mother after she suffered a debilitating stroke and spent the last years of her life in rehabilitation, assisted-living facilities, and finally a nursing home. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826514882
ISBN
9780826514882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.25

Paperback. In a series of interviews, 32 men and women describe the ways in which they have responded to their spinal cord injuries. They discuss their sex lives, their beliefs about God, how they want others to treat them, and their hopes of walking again. This book explores the impacts of both physical impairment and the social environment. Num Pages: 368 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: MBP; MNS; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515353
ISBN
9780826515353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Based on advice given by Dr Spence to the more than 16,000 at-risk patients, this book aims to prevent strokes. It is divided into two sections - "What Your Doctor Can Do" and "What You Can Do." It provides a collection of gourmet "anti-stroke" recipes that Dr Spence prepares for himself. Num Pages: 200 pages, 32 figures, glossary bibliography, index, recipes. BIC Classification: MJN; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515377
ISBN
9780826515377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Paperback. One night, social workers brought a baby girl to the author's home, and her life as a foster mother began. This title offers her anecdotes and reflections about race: acceptance and prejudice from others; the feelings of her two children about having a sibling of a different race; and efforts to maintain links to the culture of the child's origin. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515490
ISBN
9780826515490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72

Paperback. Why is depression bad for heart disease? And how does heart disease contribute to depression? And why is treatment for depressed people with heart disease so often inadequate? Through scientific explanations and medical illustrations, this title traces the vicious cycle of depression and heart disease and points the way to better care. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 figures, 3 tables bibliography, index. BIC Classification: VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515612
ISBN
9780826515612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Hardcover. Enlists the practical inspiration of Water-Moon Kuan Yin, a Buddhist goddess associated with compassion, to aid in the mundane challenges of caring for her aging father - transferring his health insurance, struggling with a wheelchair van, managing adult diapers, or playing in the fictions of his dementia. Num Pages: 96 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VFG; VFJG; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515865
ISBN
9780826515865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.86

Paperback. For many women around the world, their greatest risk of HIV infection comes from having sex with the very person with whom they are supposed to have sex: their spouse. This title situates marital HIV risk within an exploration of marital and extramarital sexuality in five diverse settings: Mexico, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHBK5; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826516831
ISBN
9780826516831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Follows the trajectory of the polio eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last four countries in the world with endemic polio. Journeying from vaccination campaigns in rural Pakistan to the center of global health decision making at the World Health Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w photos, references, index. BIC Classification: MBP; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826517098
ISBN
9780826517098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map, references. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
11/15/10
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826517180
ISBN
9780826517180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MJGD; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1 Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826517333
ISBN
9780826517333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardcover. "Presents the everyday experience of disease in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Explores the factors structuring ill health, the tactics individuals use to negotiate these realities, and the ways in which sickness is invoked to construct, manage, and challenge race relations"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826519207
ISBN
9780826519207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBP; MQ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826519887
ISBN
9780826519887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, black & white tables, graphs. BIC Classification: KFFN; LNTM; MBN; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826520036
ISBN
9780826520036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.26

Paperback. Demonstrating that the family is both distinctive in its own right and deeply interwoven with other institutions, this title examines the roles of education, work, leisure, consumption, legal regulation, public administration, and biology in shaping the ways we court and marry, bear and raise children, and make and break family bonds. Editor(s): Tipton, Steven M.; Witte, John, Jr. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010666
ISBN
9781589010666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

Paperback. Includes stories some humorous, some haunting, and some just late-night terrifying, gathered by two Texas tellers, span a rich cultural heritage from the earliest Spanish explorers to the present, from "La Llorona (the Weeping Woman)" to the "Vanishing Hitchhiker". This title is suitable for tellers, teachers, readers, and collectors. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896725263
ISBN
9780896725263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.17

Hardcover. Presents the tales of sorcerers, fiendish witches, La Llorona, the vanishing hitchhiker, ghostly apparitions, and balls of fire that demonstrate how the magical world of witchcraft and the supernatural connects Spain to Latin America and Latin America to North America. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726079
ISBN
9780896726079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.11

Paperback. Confronting the paradox of a faith that seals loved ones as families for eternity but casts them as outlaws in the here and now, this title traces the events that culminated in the author's father's 1977 assassination, a tragedy that rocked all Utah. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726468
ISBN
9780896726468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

Paperback. "A model for personal and professional development based upon the story and characters of The Wizard of Oz and the life of its author, L. Frank Baum. Discusses the intellectual, moral, and ethical value of lifelong learning, loving, and serving others with humility and a focus on the future"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JNK; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896727403
ISBN
9780896727403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VFJJ; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hunter House Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897934008
ISBN
9780897934008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Three Rivers Press United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400074204
ISBN
9781400074204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.02

Hardcover. Series: Marriage Saver. BIC Classification: HRCV4; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
109
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414300146
ISBN
9781414300146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.00

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