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Think Like a Super-GM is a unique collaboration combining the chess insights of an elite grandmaster with a scientific investigation into thinking at the chess board. 40 chess puzzles were shown to a panel of players ranging from occasional club players up to Super-GM and co-author Michael Adams. Researcher Philip Hurtado recorded not only the moves chosen, but also the detailed thought processes of every player in order to shed light on the mystery as to what exactly defines superior chess strength. This book offers a unique opportunity for readers to not only solve the puzzles, but also compare their thinking to that of club players, strong amateurs, IMs, GMs and Michael Adams himself. With an additional Bonus Puzzle section and a fascinating Eyetracker experiment showing where different players focused their attention on the board, this is a chess improvement book like no other.

History of the development, technology and stars of jukeboxes (unique coin- operated record players) with information on manufacturers, a photo chronicle of their evolution, and advice on collecting, maintaining and restoring jukeboxes from the '50s and '60s, plus an illustrated index of model numbers by manufacturer.

He contrasts it with modern-day rhetoric surrounding the War on Terror, while analyzing the real-world consequences that result from distorting the past, including the dangerous idea that only through (perpetual) military conflict can we achieve lasting peace.

In In Praise of Profanity, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we've oversimplified profanity by labeling it as taboo, and we consistently fail to appreciate it as a legitimate means of expressing ourselves, either within our social relationships or in popular culture.

Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula. Captured at Singapore he initially worked at Changi Hospital. Many moves and much worse capos in Thailand were to follow. He describes his life, work and the terrible conditions endured at the hands of the Japanese and Korea guards and worst of all, the Kempetai secret police.Illnesses such as dysentery, malaria, avitominosis, cholera and smallpox had to be treated with minimal or no medicines. Starvation was a fact of life.The author was frequently moved around and in 1945 took part in a march of many hundreds of miles which inevitably proved fatal to many of his fellow POWs.Liberation and repatriation are movingly described as, most significantly, is the whole process of settling back into normal life after so long in captivity of the worst kind.Healing in Hell is an exceptional account that demands reading.

For all courses on pharmacology in nursing programs. This up-to-date text helps nursing students master pharmacology by tightly linking it to therapeutic goals and patient wellness. Organized by body systems (units) and diseases (chapters), PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSES: A PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC APPROACH, 4/e provides complete information on the drug classifications used to treat each disease class. Students can easily locate all relevant anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology in the same chapter where each drug is discussed. Exclusive Nursing Process Focus features clearly and concisely relates pharmacotherapy to patient assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning patient outcomes, implementing patient-centered care, and evaluating the outcomes. This new Fourth Edition links pharmacology to patient care through exceptionally accurate, attractive graphics, rich media resources, extensive self-assessment tools, and features covering complementary medicine; diverse patient/lifestyle considerations; and evidence-based practice.It has been thoroughly updated to reflect current pharmacologic drugs, drug classes, processes, mechanisms, and warnings; and the newest QSEN competencies and NCLEX question formats.

Surrounding the war with an aura of nostalgia both fosters the delusion that war can cure our social ills and makes us strong again, and weakens confidence in our ability to act effectively in our own time.-Journal of Military History

"Ich denk an dich in der Stille unter den Bäumen" - so der ausführliche Titel des neuen und zweiten Buchs von Michael Adams, der als Autor, Dokumentarfilmer und Photograph seit einigen Jahren in Heimbach wohnt. "Es begann damit, dass ich die vielen Photographien durchsah, die ich mit meiner Mutter im Lauf ihrer letzten Lebensjahre gemacht habe: Im Rollstuhl, im Auto draußen auf dem Feld, in ihrem Zimmer im Pflegeheim. Es war fast wie ein dokumentarischer Film (meine ursprüngliche Profession), in dem das Hiersein und das Verschwinden in Zeitlupe eingefangen ist, das kaum Sichtbare, aber unaufhörliche Auflösen eines ganzen Lebens. Das Gefühl war eindeutig: Ich muss ein Buch daraus machen. Es ist nicht nur ein Buch über die Vergänglichkeit, Abschied und Traurigkeit daraus geworden, sondern auch ein Buch übers Glück des Zusammenseins. "Freier, leichter, mehr für andere" ist der Satz, den ich an dem Tag fand, als meine Mutter starb." \\\"In der Stille\\\" entwirft in 43 Photographien und 7 Kapiteln - Heimkehr, Abschied, Funkelnde Tristess, Sterben und Geborenwerden, Trauerzeit, Wenn Früher und Jetzt zusammenkommen, Ich denk an dich in der Stille unter den Bäummen - in Briefen, Gedichten und Erzählungen das Bild eines ganzen Lebens und des Abschieds.