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Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This guide provides a unique source of information on food, nutrition, food labels, and associated legislation, organizations, and diseases and conditions. Coverage includes various topics related to nutrition and food labels.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This encyclopedia is a source for medical information that covers common and rare disease and medical conditions, immunizations and drugs, procedures, and developmental issues related to pregnancy and childbirth. It particularly addresses women's concerns about their health and their children's health from before birth through age 18.
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents information on numerous diseases and conditions. Articles include a definition of the disease or condition, an explanation of how it works in the body, information on causes, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment or cure, and lifestyles.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents statistics on numerous NAICS classifications in the manufacturing, wholesaling and retail industries. Compiled from the most recent government publications. Covers input-output data by industrial sector when available as well as classifications of leading public and private corporations in each industry.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides comprehensive information on sources of education-related financial aid sponsored and administered by private organizations and companies. Covers a variety of programs in all educational areas, including area and ethnic studies, business, computer science, education, liberal arts, medicine, physical sciences, theology and religion, and more. Intended for students and others interested in education funding.
Publisher
St. James Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This work provides thorough coverage of the literature of the supernatural across the canon, covering such works as Shakespeare's Hamlet, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Language
English
Description
Reviews movies that are available on DVD or tape. Each entry includes title, alternate title, one-to four-bone rating, year released, MPAA rating, brief review, length, format, country of origin, cast, technical personnel, awards and made-for-television/cable/video designations.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents easy-to-understand information on more than 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This resource provides readers with key data to understand the roots of the issues that make contemporary migration and immigration so contentious around the globe. It explores the social, political, and cultural factors that impact, and are affected by, immigration and human migration, and includes such hot-button topics as undocumented immigration/unauthorized residents, asylum seekers, refugees, the refugee crisis in Europe, and more.
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Provides worldwide coverage of important legal topics of the day. Each chapter begins with an overview by a legal scholar, providing a framework for understanding the issue. Each overview is then followed by twelve essays on different countries around the world. The essays discuss laws in those countries, as well as the historical and cultural contexts in which those laws came about.
Publisher
St. James Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This encyclopedia examines the history and contributions of hip hop to American and global culture, including the music, dance, and visual arts that are its artistic expressions. Entries also examine hip hop's influence in other arenas such as fashion, film, and poetry; its impact on education, politics, social activism, racial and ethnic identity, and globalization; and its many contributions to American, urban, black, and Latino cultures.
Author
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This work observes the lives of working Americans of various ages, locations, and social backgrounds whose professions and passions have taken them into the political arena The text is written in an easy-to-read bulleted format, and dozens of images offer strong visuals of political life.
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