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Drawing together a wide range of material produced by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, managers and others, this text explores the working practices, attitudes and relations in the professional health care team. Both practical and educational aspects are addressed in detail, together with a range of topical issues. At a time of considerable change in the Health Service, this text aims to contribute to more efficient and harmonious patient-centred care.

Highlights the dramatic changes technology has made to the economic landscape & provides fresh, relevant examples for the new millennium in the changing world of economics. Text focuses primarily on micro economics. CD-ROM included.

Product Description: Highlights the dramatic changes technology has made to the economic landscape & provides fresh, relevant examples for the new millennium in the changing world of economics. Text focuses primarily on micro economics. CD-ROM included.

Product Description: Lately, life has been giving Franky the finger, and it isn't the index. He's lost the map to his life. What he needs is a getaway. A break from the city. But most of all, he needs a breather from Geena Piranha Pirelli, his domineering girlfriend and...read more

When Jeff's friends get lonely because their fathers are busy, Jeff loans them his father and his father's live-in friend, Joe, but soon regrets his offer

Product Description: The Girls Club is the coming-of-age story of a young, white, working-class woman. Set in the 1970s, the story revolves around Cora Rose as she copes with her emerging sexuality, an illness her sisters refer to as "the dreaded bowel disease," and the conflicts created by the growing disparity between her desires and her Catholic upbringing...read more

Product Description: In the wake of the post-9/11 sniper shootings, fragile love finds a stronghold in this intense, romantic novel from the author of Break and Invincible Summer.It's a year after 9/11. Sniper shootings throughout the D.C. area have everyone on edge and trying to make sense of these random acts of violence...read more

A guide to household self-reliance for women is filled with practical tips and friendly advice that cover such daily maintenance tasks as fixing a leaky faucet, framing pictures, and retrieving keys from a locked car. Original.

The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his dad, Hal’s, pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he’s been asked to join the League―the very organization of superheroes that spurned his father. The most painful secret of all is one Thom can barely face himself: he’s gay.But becoming a member of the League opens up a new world to Thom. There, he connects with a misfit group of aspiring heroes, including Scarlett, who can control fire but not her anger; Typhoid Larry, who can make anyone sick with his touch; and Ruth, a wise old broad who can see the future. Like Thom, these heroes have things to hide, but they will have to learn to trust one another when they uncover a deadly conspiracy within the League.To survive, Thom will face challenges he never imagined. To find happiness, he’ll have to come to terms with his father’s past and discover the kind of hero he really wants to be.“Perry Moore brings an enticing new genre to the world of young adult novels.” ―Maurice Sendak“Perry Moore’s genre-busting tale of a teenager with human emotions and superhuman powers is a true original.” ―James Howe“Truly a groundbreaking novel, its dedication reads: For everyone. And indeed it is.” ―Lloyd Alexander2008 Lambda Literary Award Winner2008 YALSA Best Book for Young Adults

Product Description: THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD Thom Creed wants is to add to his dad, Hal’s, pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he’s been asked to join the League ― the very organization of superheroes that spurned his father...read more

I don't see why I have to become this new person just because I like guys. Most of who I am has nothing to do with who I hump.Will's never been obvious about being gay. Not like Daniel, who takes the heat -- and the beatings -- at Spencer High. But then Will's best friend outs him on Facebook, and his small-town life starts to spin out of control. If he's not like everyone else, and he's not like Daniel, then who is he?[Fry reading level - 4.3

A guide to household self-reliance for women is filled with practical tips and friendly advice that cover such daily maintenance tasks as fixing a leaky faucet, framing pictures, and retrieving keys from a locked car. Original.

Product Description: Take a trip through South Asia with pa Publications' well-traveled team of writers and photographers. They provide a fresh and sensitive portrayal of the many peoples, places and adventures to be encountered on a thrilling journey through this remarkable region.

Product Description: Drawing together a wide range of material produced by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, managers and others, this text explores the working practices, attitudes and relations in the professional health care team. Both practical and educational aspects are addressed in detail, together with a range of topical issues...read more

A concise, paperback with an engaging writing style, current research, an applied focus, and a social policy emphasis. Knox and Schacht, authors of the hardcover CHOICES IN RELATIONSHIPS (now in its Sixth Edition) are well-known and respected in the field.

Product Description: Noah Nordstrom has been getting drunk at parties, eating crackers topped with apricot-hash jelly, and dissing the religious beliefs of his father, who hosts a popular Christian radio show and whom Noah accuses of spreading hate. When two local gay teens are murdered, Noah's antievangelism intensifies—he's convinced the killer is a caller on his dad's program...read more