"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."
"MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberly R.
Myers, Scott T. Smith. graphic storytelling and medical narrative 77 ... In 2012,
Tim Elliott and Brandon Strubberg, then graduate students in English at Texas
Tech University, conducted a rhetorical analysis of the themes found in four years
of these comics, focusing their attention on the depiction of the students'
interactions with both physicians and ..."
"This inaugural volume in the Graphic Medicine series establishes the principles of graphic medicine and begins to map the field. The volume combines scholarly essays written by the editorial team with previously unpublished visual narratives by Ian Williams and MK Czerwiec and includes comic avatars by a wide range of graphic medicine contributors all in an arresting format. The first section comprises essays by Scott Smith and Susan Sq ..."
"The poems in Natalie Shapero's Hard Child come as close as lyric poems can to
perfection. We feel the effect of them before noticing their machinery. Yet every
poetic instinct Shapero possesses, every decision of line, image, stanza, diction,
..."
"The highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry. Each year, the best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honoured with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious and richest literary awards. Since 2001 this annual prize has tremendously spurred interest in and recognition of poetry, focusing worldwide attention on the formidable talent of poets ..."
"Forty years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, how has the situation changed? We still have only one Earth but are we caring for and maintaining it? This book, written by leaders in the field, discusses the key environmental issues affecting the Earth today including atmospheric science, the marine environment, waste management and a specific chapter looking at changes in attitude to environmen ..."
"Forty years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, how has the situation changed? We still have only one Earth but are we caring for and maintaining it? This book, written by leaders in the field, discusses the key environmental issues affecting the Earth today including atmospheric science, the marine environment, waste management and a specific chapter looking at changes in attitude to environmen ..."
"Great Stories Written Badly includes: A Letter to Santa: For those who believe in the spirit of Christmas year-round, this is Susan's story. How a desperately ill child can suffuse her family with all the strength, they will need to go on without her. There is Lapland, snow, northern lights and magical animals but at the heart of it is her mother's wish for one last very special holiday.Driftwood: An escape-from-it-all holiday cottage ..."
Air Pollution Measurement, Modelling and Mitigation, Fourth Edition by Abhishek Tiwary, IanWilliams 696 Pages, Published 2018 by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4987-1948-3, ISBN: 1-4987-1948-1
"Measurement, Modelling and Mitigation, Fourth Edition Abhishek Tiwary, Ian
Williams. Babisch, W. ... Bennie, J., Davies, T. W., Duffy, J. P., Inger, R., and
Gaston, K. J. (2014) Contrasting trends in light pollution across Europe based on
satellite observed night time lights. Scientific ... Essentials of Environmental
Health, 1st ed."
Air Pollution(4th Edition) Measurement, Modelling and Mitigation, Fourth Edition (Hardback) by Abhishek Tiwary, IanWilliams Hardcover, 722 Pages, Published 2018 by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-1-138-50366-3, ISBN: 1-138-50366-5
Air Pollution(4th Edition) Measurement, Modelling and Mitigation, Fourth Edition by Abhishek Tiwary, IanWilliams Paperback, 722 Pages, Published 2018 by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4987-1945-2, ISBN: 1-4987-1945-7
"This established textbook offers a one-stop, comprehensive coverage of air pollution, all in an easy-reading and accessible style. The fourth edition, broadly updated and developed throughout, includes a brand-new chapter providing a broader overview to the topic for general reading, and presents fresh materials on air pollution modelling, mitigation and control, tailored to the needs of both amateur and specialist users. Retaining a qu ..."
Beijing Smog by IanWilliams Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2017 by Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78803-737-2, ISBN: 1-78803-737-5
"Set in contemporary China, Beijing Smog is a novel about deception. It is about the power of online ridicule and rumour in a society where truth and reality are about as clear as the thick smog, beneath which corrupt politicians struggle for power, spies stalk cyberspace, and a bubble economy is about to burst. It is the story of an image, which is posted online as a joke, goes viral, and ends up threatening the ruling Communist Party ..."
"of that era—Nation columnist Alex Cockburn, who described Orwell as “a whiner..
. a snitch, and informer to the secret police, Animal Farm's resident weasel”
springs to mind. Orwell, as so often, has the last word about such inquisitional
language when he says of the ... Orwell, Sonia, & Ian Angus, Eds, Collected
Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, George, Penguin Books 1970
CEJL IV, p. 94. 4. Orwell, Sonia, & Ian Angus ..."
Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell(1st Edition) British and American Views (Political Philosophy and Public Purpose) by IanWilliams Hardcover, 186 Pages, Published 2017 by Palgrave Pivot ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95253-3, ISBN: 1-349-95253-2
"This book analyzes George Orwell’s politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell’s place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators, exegetists, and detractors. Written by an ex “teenage Maoist” from Liverpool, UK, who now lives and writes in New York, the book points out how often the different strands of opinion derive fr ..."
Missile Defense 2020 Next Steps for Defending the Homeland (CSIS Reports) by Thomas Karako, IanWilliams, Wes Rumbaugh Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2017 by Center For Strategic & International Studies ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7989-6, ISBN: 1-4422-7989-3
"In policy pronouncements over the last two administrations, the protection of the American homeland was regularly identified as the first priority of U.S. missile defense efforts. Homeland missile defense today is provided by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program and other elements of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System. The limited defenses fielded today have advanced considerably since limited defensive operations began i ..."
"Philip Handler, Henry Mares, Ian Williams. The Carrier's Case is the first known
case in which the limitations of larceny were an issue, a mere three centuries ...
resting on no definite principle'.15 For George Fletcher in the 1970s, it remained
an 'enigma'. But the legal enigma is wrapped in factual mystery and itself
conceals a riddle. I. THE MYSTERY: THE FACTS Like many medieval cases, the.
8 Hall, Glanvill 128. 9 eg (1429) YB ..."
UNtold The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War by IanWilliams 176 Pages, Published 2017 by Just World Books ISBN-13: 978-1-68257-066-1, ISBN: 1-68257-066-5
"Through concise, lively text and whimsical cartoons, the author and illustrator explain how the United Nations is supposed to work, how it actually works, and why there is a difference."
UNtold The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War by IanWilliams Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2017 by Just World Books ISBN-13: 978-1-68257-089-0, ISBN: 1-68257-089-4
"Drawing on personal experience with the UN, this combination of informative text and whimsical cartoons describes how the organization is supposed to work, how it actually behaves, and why there is a difference. UNtold lets readers in on the quirks and mysteries of international diplomacy and global decision-making. Delightfully irreverent, the message is that this vital body really can represent “We the peoples of the world.” The book ..."