This comprehensive manual provides all the detail any clinician would need to focus on geriatric rehabilitation. There are 7 units, dealing with general physiological health, psychological health and a new paradigm that focuses on concepts of wholeness and uniqueness vs. the traditional medical model. Pathokinesiology is addressed along with therapeutic interventions. Sensory losses are addressed also, a great book for the novice gerontologist or one with experience to have information at one's fingertips.

This, folks, is the reference book for my A Level Students.

A Level is the main exam route taking in the UK for entry into Universities.

The continual rapid development of computer technology means it is a nightmare trying to keep up with terminology and acronymns. This glossary has the defintions the examiners will accept. Very useful when different text books all have their own definitons.

The 4star rating rather than 5 is a reflection of the date of issue of this glossary. There must be another one on its way soon, we sure need it.

The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas presents the first detailed state-wide survey results for breeding birds. Detailed species accounts are provided for more than 150 birds known to breed in Iowa. These are accompanied by maps showing the distribution of the birds. Several introductory chapters summarize information about the vegetation, geologic origins, and history of the state. Summary statistics include tables showing the most common species, the most frequently confirmed breeding species, and correlations between species groups and the different landforms. The data in this volume includes key information on both common and rare species. This book is an excellent reference for anyone interested in birds or bird atlases. The species accounts are extremely well-written and informative. I highly recommend this book.

The subtitle of this book tells it all -- THE TRUE STORY OF THE APPALACHIAN MURDER THAT INSPIRED ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR BALLADS. The author has done meticulous research into the murder of Laura Foster which was popularized by the Kingston Trio. He uses court records, newspaper accounts, and other documents to authenticate his findings about her murder and the trial, conviction, and execution of Tom Dooley. I have read many accounts of the crime, but none were so well documented, and this time I feel that I have an understanding of what really happened. The reader gets to know not only the facts of the case, but also the central figures, their families and neighbors, and the law and court officials. The background information also provides a picture of life in the foothill of North Carolina during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Even though the account sometimes reads like a history book and gets bogged down with details, it is a fascinating book and should be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in history and who has ever hummed along with "The Ballad of Tom Dooley."

Basically, a well annotated primary source, the book: 'LOG OF THE UNION: John Boit's Remarkable Voyage to the Northwest Coast and Around the World 1794-1796' (c.1981) edited by Edmund Hayes; is the sloop's log of a two year circumnavigation by a nineteen year old sea captain during the initial stages of the American republic just after the revolutionary war. The UNION was a 65' 5", 94 ton topsail sloop with a crew of 22, heavily armed with cannon, and was fitted out in Newport, RI for a two year voyage to the fur trade in the Pacific northwest, then to the tea & porcelan market in Canton China, and a return trip to Boston. The development of the maritime fur trade along the northwest coast was one of many incentives for that coast's early exploration in the late 1790s.

Primarily of interest to the scholar, the LOG OF THE UNION contained no lessons or instruction in ship handling or navigation, but a word-for-word transcription of a fascinating account of a topsail sloop's journey around the globe. The LOG OF THE UNION is of special interest because it documented the first American sloop to sail around the world; and described, in meticulous detail, an extended sea voyage that was undertaken just before then president George Washington signed the naval act of March 1794 which authorized the construction of America's six original frigates (the USS CONSTITUTION; USS CONSTELLATION; USS UNITED STATES; USS CHESAPEAKE; USS CONGRESS; and the USS PRESIDENT).

The age of captain Boit was not particularly noteworthy in an era where the average lifespan was just twenty-four years old; a nineteen year old merchant sea captain would not have been unusual. British subjects became midshipmen in Her Majesty's Navy at age ten, then became lieutenants at age sixteen. Lord Nelson at age twenty-four was a full captain (equivalent to an Army colonel) of a fifth rate frigate.

The LOG OF THE UNION documented the typical sailing strategy employed by 18th century sea captains in capturing all the prevailing winds, seasons, and ocean currents during the age of sail. To get to the Pacific northwest, the sloop UNION left Newport in January 1794; sailed across the Atlantic to the Canary Islands; down the coast of Africa to the Cape Verde Islands, then crossed the Atlantic again; sailed down the South American coast to the Falkland Islands. The sloop UNION made the bumpy passage around Cape Horn and steered north to reach the Pacific northwest and then landed on Vancouver Island. After completing her trading business in 1795, she steered for the Hawaiian Islands from the Vancouver Islands. From Hawaii the UNION sailed to Canton China to sell its furs (150 sea otter; 300 beaver; and other land furs), pick up a consignment of tea and porcelan, and to recondition the ship for the trip to Boston, Massachusetts. She departed Canton for Boston in January 1796, down the China sea; through the Strait of Sunda, past the 18th Parallel; south in the Indian Ocean; then sailed directly west to take advantage of the south east trades and the south equatorial current. Upon leaving Mauritius, she passed south of Madagascar, around the Cape of Good Hope; up the west coast of Africa, until she entered the northeast trades which pushed her across the Atlantic to Boston.

Of special note are all the detailed drawings by artist Hewitt Jackson showing the UNION, stern to, with her sweeps extended, and all of the sail plans and points of sail of captain Boit's ninety four ton topsail sloop. Hewitt Jackson recorded all of the structures and details of the UNION's ground tackle, armament, storage capabilities, long boat, various cross sections of the hull, and of crewman (the 'people') engaged in various duties as briefly described in the captain's log.

Not only do the excellent drawings by Hewitt Jackson enhance the LOG OF THE UNION, but more importantly are the photostatic copies of the actual pages of the log itself. Captain John Boit had a fine 'round' hand and kept an impeccable record of the two year voyage in copperplate penmanship. The traditional 1794 era handwriting itself would make the LOG OF THE UNION a valuable historical artifact let alone its informational content. There are also copies of John Boit's hand drawn charts of the Falkland Islands complete with soundings.

To add to the scholarly interest, the editor, Edmund Hayes, saw fit to explain the 18th century grammar found in the log. Throughout the journal is found captain John Boit's use of the familiar 'ye': e.g. log entry Nov. 2nd 1795: "Caulker on ye main-deck.", which is actually a contracted form of 'the' and it is pronounced the same. And 'ye' is an ancient runic letter (known as 'thorn') which designated the 'th' sound in English. (Only the Quakers in America have been known to pronounce 'ye' as 'yee'.)

The editor included interesting incidental information in subsequent chapters such as the method of keeping the log at sea (p. 135) or the short comings of the 18th century use of tangential arcs when ship builing (p. 129). Similar to other ship journals, the brevity of the UNION log entries is typical of the seagoing profession (where the less said, the better) and captain John Boit's two longest journal entries for the entire voyage are found in photostat on page seventy-one.

After the completion of his successful two year voyage in 1796, John Boit was still a sea captain when he passed away in 1829. The LOG OF THE UNION is a fascinating account of life at sea during the initial inception of the young American republic. The captain of the sloop UNION, who completed the commercially successful two year trip without a single loss of life, is generally regarded by historians to be one of the outstanding sea captians produced by the early republic and his log is mute testimony to that talent.

The LOG OF THE UNION is a brilliant document which should be read by both scholar and practical sailor alike. Its only shortcoming is that the editor, Edmund Hayes, should have included much more photostatic copies of the original sloop's log alongside the transcription for readers to learn and compare from captain John Boit's own handwriting itself.

This non book expansion card set for the non-book game of Munchkin adds 112 new cards. More wierdness and tounge-in-cheek humor for old D&D players and young alike.

I still don't know why these are listed as books but it still doesn't matter, buy them. Remember this is an expansion deck, you should own Munchkin before buying this game. (Yes game NOT BOOK)

But you CAN read the cards.....

J. B. Jackson, the founder and longtime editor of the journal LANDSCAPE, helped readers appreciate, and understand, the modern American landscape--parks and cemeteries, to be sure, but also commercial strips and house types, roads and streetscapes--in all of its marvelous complexity. This short volume contains a number of Jackson's vintage essays. The first and last chapters explain the author's approach to the landscape. Other essays include discussions of gardens and sacred groves, the domestication of the garage, and keys to reading streetscapes. The title essay, "The Necessity for Ruins," begins as a reverie on the importance of public monuments before wryly concluding that history has fallen victim to preservation and the heritage industry. These engagingly written essays are the product of an enquiring mind determined to find meaning in our everyday surroundings..

This is quite a different memoir from others I have read. Worsham, who appears to have been a tremendously organized individual, gives minute tactical detail relevant to his company for almost every engagement he was in -- the Valley Campaign, First Winchester, Kernstown, Williamsport, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, etc. etc. As far as I can tell, he's generally pretty accurate, with the exception of the end of Third Winchester, during which he was wounded and not on the field. (He was disabled from then till the surrender and was left behind in Richmond when the city fell.) Worsham also follows up the fate of his company and of many of its members, giving a useful picture of what happened to the many people who left their original units during the war. I wish authors of regimental histories, in particular Reidenbaugh, would learn from this! On the other hand, Worsham's account is rather lacking in personal information, to the point where he quite often refers to himself in the third person. He had a very good career, being steadily promoted through first sergeant and to adjutant, but tells us rather little about this. His memoir is short on the sort of amusing or touching anecdotes that fill many other accounts. Because of that, this might not be the most congenial memoir for someone who just wants something fun to read, but its value to the historian is inestimable.

Written in 1854 and published the next year,this book is fascinating in providing personal sketches of distinguished Americans Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson,Henry Clay and John Randolph with many references to other prominent men who were their contemporaries. The author's
analysis is interesting not only in the spirited description of the individuals profiled but in his comparison of each of them with their political antagonists. The unique perspective he brings a man whose life overlapped some of these figures is worth a read for history or politics buffs. His admiration and defense of some he buttresses with argument. His passion is clear.
His oratorical style is typical of the time yet conveys a vivid impression of his subjects, and reminds one of a time before soundbites and simple words geared to a mass audience.

While the focus here is on one of our fur trade pioneers, David Jackson, the reader also gains insight as to the many economic and geopolitical strategies which went on between American and British fur companys. However, I must point out a few controversial issues. First of all, the author seems to portray two of the fur trade's icons as somewhat greedy, heartless and callous individuals: William Ashley for financial and economic gains and Jedediah Smith for exploration fame and glory. So be it. There is not enough space here for a debate. Secondly, the author is quite adamant in his view on the presence of alcohol during the first mountain rendezvous of 1825 while evidence refutes this. The only mention of alcohol in Ashley's diary of commodities during that first rendezvous is, according to Dale Morgan's scholarly work "The West of William Ashley", footnoted as future orders for the following year. In agreement with Morgan are other historians such as Fred Gowans ("Rocky Mountain Rendezvous"); Richard Clokey ("William Ashley: Enterprise and Politics in the Trans-Mississippi West"); Linda Hasselstrom ("Journal of a Mountain Man: James Clyman); and Jack Tykal ("Etienne Provost: Man of the Mountain") to name a few. I believe the author may be conjecturing on this issue. Thirdly, there is mention that Bridger floated down the Green River to taste the salt of an inland lake. Is he referring to, as one would suppose, the Great Salt Lake? Maybe I am reading this wrong, but how could he float down the Green, (which empties into the Colorado River), and then into Salt Lake? According to Bridger's biographer, J. Cecil Alter, Bridger went down the Bear River (and possibly by horse, due to the time of year) which does in fact empty into Salt Lake. Overall a good book with a stellar bibliography.