Foundations of Sport-Related Brain Injuries
Title | Foundations of Sport-Related Brain Injuries PDF eBook |
Author | Semyon M. Slobounov |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2006-08-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0387325654 |
In summarizing current insights and controversies over concussions in athletics, this book makes the vital point that symptom resolution does not necessarily mean injury resolution. Research shows that dysfunctional pathways continue for extended periods even after a minor concussion. Until the consequences of short-term perturbations and long-term residual brain dysfunctions are better understood, concussions must be treated with respect and given a higher priority for continued research activity.
B-17 Nose Art Name Directory
Title | B-17 Nose Art Name Directory PDF eBook |
Author | Wallace R. Forman |
Publisher | Specialty Press |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
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A product of years of statistical research, this detailed listing of over 7,800 Consolidated B-17s in all their variations from the WWII era, provides the aircraft's name and, where available, group, squadron and serial number.
BaZi - The Destiny Code (Book 1)
Title | BaZi - The Destiny Code (Book 1) PDF eBook |
Author | Joey Yap |
Publisher | Joey Yap Research Group |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2005-02-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9833332013 |
BaZi - The Destiny Code Understand the DNA Coding of Your Destiny Just like DNA to a physical body, BaZi dictates the Destiny Code - that are the talents, the hidden abilities, the character, strengths, weaknesses, challenges in life, and achievements - of an individual. In this introductory book on BaZi or Four Pillars of Destiny, Joey Yap ventures deep into the essence of Personality Analysis to foster a more accurate and informed understanding, beyond the conventional Chinese Astrology reading.
The Last Foundling
Title | The Last Foundling PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Mackenzie |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2014-03-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1447253264 |
A deeply moving memoir from one of the last children to be taken in by the Foundling Hospital, London. When she fell pregnant in London in 1938, Jean knew that she couldn’t keep her baby. The unmarried daughter of an elder in the Church of Scotland, she would shame her family if she returned to the north in such a condition. Scared and alone in a city on the brink of war, she begged the Foundling Hospital to give her baby the start in life that she could not. The institution, which had been providing care for deserted infants since the eighteenth century, allowed Jean to nurse her son for nine weeks, leaving her heartbroken when the time came to let him go. But little Tom knew nothing of her love as he grew up in the Foundling Hospital – which, during years of the Second World War, was more like a prison than a children’s home. Locked in and subject to public canings and the sadistic whims of the older boys, there was no one to give him a hug, no one to wipe away his tears. A true story of desertion and neglect, this is also a moving account of survival from one of the very last foundlings. It stands as a testament to the love that ultimately led a family back together.
Hell Is a Very Small Place
Title | Hell Is a Very Small Place PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Casella |
Publisher | New Press, The |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2014-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1620971380 |
“An unforgettable look at the peculiar horrors and humiliations involved in solitary confinement” from the prisoners who have survived it (New York Review of Books). On any given day, the United States holds more than eighty-thousand people in solitary confinement, a punishment that—beyond fifteen days—has been denounced as a form of cruel and degrading treatment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Now, in a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of isolation on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. As Chelsea Manning wrote from her own solitary confinement cell, “The personal accounts by prisoners are some of the most disturbing that I have ever read.” These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement. “Do we really think it makes sense to lock so many people alone in tiny cells for twenty-three hours a day, for months, sometimes for years at a time? That is not going to make us safer. That’s not going to make us stronger.” —President Barack Obama “Elegant but harrowing.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A potent cry of anguish from men and women buried way down in the hole.” —Kirkus Reviews
Guerrilla Marketing For Dummies
Title | Guerrilla Marketing For Dummies PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Margolis |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2008-10-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0470289678 |
'Guerrilla Marketing For Dummies' provides organisations with cutting-edge solutions that achieve maximum results from minimal resources.
The Thesaurus of Slang
Title | The Thesaurus of Slang PDF eBook |
Author | Esther Lewin |
Publisher | Checkmark Books |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780816036615 |
Includes jargon, sports slang, and ethnic and regional expressions