Authors:CHARLES WALSH SCHWARTZ, Elizabeth R. Schwartz,
Publisher: University of Missouri
Keywords: revised, second, missouri, mammals, wild
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2002-01-14
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0826213596
ISBN-13: 9780826213594

Prepared by two of Missouri’s most distinguished conservationists, The Wild Mammals of Missouri has been the definitive guide to mammals of this state for over forty years. Now the University of Missouri Press is pleased to release an updated edition, revised by Elizabeth R. Schwartz, reflecting the changes in Missouri’s mammalian fauna and including the latest taxonomic revisions. Maintaining the original’s successful format and the language that made the book accessible to both professional and lay readers, the revised edition incorporates throughout new knowledge of the va

Authors:R.R. Levine, C.T. Walsh, Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom,
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: sixth, reactions, actions, drug, pharmacology
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2000-04-15
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 185070497X
ISBN-13: 9781850704973

This is an updated, expanded new edition of Dr. Ruth Levine’s renowned Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions. It covers basic pharmacological principles and the general concepts of chemical-biological interactions and now includes important new material on molecular biology, updated clinical information, and added coverage of the newer drugs. For the sixth edition of this landmark book Dr. Levine is joined by co-authors Dr. Carol T. Walsh and Dr. Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom. Acclaimed for its exceptionally thorough coverage, superb presentation, and intelligent organization, the book g

Authors:Carol T. Walsh, Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom,
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: reactions, levine, actions, drug, pharmacology, amp, seventh
Number of Pages: 561
Published: 2004-12-22
List price: $179.95
ISBN-10: 1842142550
ISBN-13: 9781842142554

Completely revised and updated, this is the seventh edition of Levine’s classic pharmacology textbook. Known for it’s thorough coverage and intelligent organization, the book covers the basic principles of pharmacological interactions on the human body in a way that is useful for both undergraduate and graduate students. Beginning with historical perspectives, nomenclature and definitions, the topics broaden to include sites and mechanisms of drug actions and travel to sites of action, as well as termination and elimination. The book also includes drug response and time-response re

Authors:Phillip J. Walsh, Charles S. Dudney, Emily D. Copenh
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: quality, air, indoor
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1983-12-22
List price: $259.95
ISBN-10: 0849350158
ISBN-13: 9780849350153

Indoor Air Quality presents usable data and information on a range of subjects-from legislation to emission and ventilation rates-in tabular, graphical or schematic forms. Each chapter is thoroughly referenced so that readers can seek original documents as desired.This single volume collects the expertise of researchers in a range of disciplines, and presents it in a manner that is understandable to all professional working in the area. Readers have the opportunity to learn how chemists, biologists, physicists, engineers, physicians, epidemiologists, environmentalists, toxicologists, and pu

Authors:William A. Schwartz, Charles Derber,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: nuclear, study, group, boston, doesn, seduction, race, matter
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 1989-11-27
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0520061349
ISBN-13: 9780520061347

This study challenges current assumptions of the post-Cold War period that previous dangers concerning the arms race and nuclear war will fade into obscurity. It contends that today’s nuclear problems are based upon interventions by the USA and its allies in such areas as the Lebanon and Angola.

Authors:Aldo Leopold,  Charles W. Schwartz, Robert Fin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: essays, reflections, outdoor, sketches, county, almanac, sand
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1989-06-15
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 019505928X
ISBN-13: 9780195059281

Published in 1949, shortly after the author’s death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book’s pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his victim just as she was dying, "in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes.... I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought tha

Authors:Charles Derber, William A. Schwartz, Yale Magrass,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: new, mandarin, order, rise, professionals, highest, degree, power
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1990-06-21
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195037782
ISBN-13: 9780195037784

Lawyer, doctor, scientist--these are the jobs Americans commonly cite when asked to list the most prestigious occupations. The word "professional" today implies expertise, authority, and excellence. To do a job professionally is to do it well. Yet in a society in which knowledge has become a prized asset and an advanced degree the ticket to wealth and power, the rise of professionalism has a darker, more ominous side. Power in the Highest Degree, one of the most comprehensive studies of professionals ever undertaken, exposes professionalism as a double-edged sword; it illustrates how exper