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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Deluxe Version))

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Total reviews: 118 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Tried and true 5 out of 5 stars.
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Taber's has been around for years. My es-husband got my old one and now I have the 20th edition. It is reliable and loaded with information. Don't leave home without it.

Excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
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I needed this for a class I am taking and it is wonderful. Almost everything I need is in there. I recommend this book to who ever is in some medical training or even if they already are in the medical profession. It is wonderful

Excellent coverage of material 5 out of 5 stars.
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I was very pleased with the purchase of Tabers Cyclopedic. I never thought that this 8th edition would be so indebt with the information I was looking for.

It is one of the best medical dictionaries out there.

awesome! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I was really pleased with my order. I received it within 4 days of purchasing so that was awesome. The quality of my product was amazing and brandnew... overall, im very happy with my purchase.

Very Detailed 5 out of 5 stars.
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So far my husband and I have found this book to be very helpful, we have only had it a month and are both taking medical terminology. He's taking the class for a biology degree, and I'm taking the class for massage therapy. Every time we have looked up a word, it has been there. If it needs a picture, there is one. It always gives you the root word with prefix and suffix separated and what language the word came from. The thumb index makes it much easier to find pages quickly than the books that don't have them. The definitions are easy to understand and are oftentimes more helpful than the definitions in either of our textbooks.

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...the Deluxe edition is bound in simulated leather with gilded edges and a silk ribbon marker.

Frankenstein (Broadview Literary Texts)

Mary Shelley

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Total reviews: 318 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Choose the 1818 version 4 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Most editions of Mary Shelley's landmark book available today follow the heavily revised 1831 version. The impulse behind this trend is an honorable one (to present what is seemingly an author's "final revision"),but the 1818 version is preferable for many reasons. Looking back on her creation in later life, Shelley felt obliged to alter the book's focus in significant ways, adding what critic Marilyn Butler accurately describes as "long passages in which her main narrator, [Victor] Frankenstein, expresses religious remorse for making a creature..." The author sought to make the 1831 edition less controversial and thereby more palatable to the tastes of the reading public. The 1818 version is closer to Mary Shelley's original intentions, though it too, unfortunately, was filtered through the sensibilities of her husband, the poet Percy Shelley, who took many of his wife's rather straightforward passages and rendered them into his own more ornate and Ciceronian style. Still, the 1818 version remains more vital, more original, and less constrained by what the author believed would be acceptable to readers in 1830s England.

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Mary Shelley was only 19 when she composed this chilling fable of a scientist and his misshapen creation. The novel was a bestseller upon its publication in 1818, and it is now revised to collate the texts of 1818 and 1813 in a new, definitive edition.

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

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Total reviews: 202 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.

In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became, during his 84-year life, America's best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard's Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation's alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution.

Above all, Isaacson shows how Franklin's unwavering faith in the wisdom of the common citizen and his instinctive appreciation for the possibilities of democracy helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues and values of its middle class.

The Elements of Moral Philosophy with Dictionary of Philosophical Terms

James Rachels

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Total reviews: 31 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Asking All The Right Questions 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

"The Elements of Moral Philosophy" is a fabulous, non-technical introduction to ethics. The writing is clear and historically informed, the main schools of thought are covered, and Rachels doesn't pretend that he's found all the answers to very difficult questions. I can't think of a better book for a college student who is new to philosophical ethics and wants to get a feel for how philosophers approach these issues.

I was struck by the handful of super-negative Amazon reviews. I suspect they were written by students who were forced to read the book for a class and either expected something else or were put off by Rachels' respectful but negative treatment of religious-based ethics. Ignore them.

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Firmly established as the standard text for undergraduate courses in ethics, this concise, lively book combines clear explanations of the main theories of ethics with discussions of interesting examples. Topics covered include famine relief, homosexuality, and the treatment of animals. The text's versatility allows it to be widely used not only in ethical theory courses, but also in applied ethics courses of all kinds.

Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish (Student Edition)

Marty Knorre, Thalia Dorwick, Ana María Pérez-Gironés, William R. Glass, Hildebrando Villarreal

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

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As the best-selling introductory Spanish textbook in the United States, Puntos de partida has long been a favorite of instructors across the country. For this new edition, the authors and editors of Puntos have turned to those very instructors to help formulate a plan that would respond to the needs of a changing discipline. We reached out to more than 275 students and instructors across the country, and the result is a thoroughly revised edition that we are confident will address new needs and preferences while continuing to provide the solid foundation in communicative language development that is the hallmark of Puntos de partida.

Puntos de partida is available with CENTRO a portal learning management system through which various digital components, including Quia™ Workbooks and Laboratory Manuals and Quia e-books, are delivered. This McGraw-Hill exclusive system offers a single log-in authentication for students and a single gradebook for instructors.

With Puntos de partida student and instructors will benefit from several online resources available in CENTRO:

For students:

Quia e-book

Voice Board

Quia Workbook

Quia Lab Manual (includes the full laboratory audio program)

Puntos de partida video program (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)

Puntos de partida ActivityPak (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)

Spanish Grammar Tutorials (free with purchase of any of the Quia products)

Link to the Online Learning Center: http://www.mhhe.com/puntos8

For instructors:

Grammar PPT slides

Overhead transparencies of line art from the textbook

PDF version of the Instructor’s Manual/Resource Kit

Customizable Word-file version of the Testing Program

Cultural PPT slides of the 21 countries of the Spanish-speaking world

Image Bank including more than 100 photos of the Spanish-speaking world

Anatomy and Physiology Revealed Version 2.0 CD

Medical College of Ohio

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

great for the visual learner 5 out of 5 stars.
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I lost track of a previous version of this software and was very excited to find this again. The previous version was seperated onto multiple discs and less efficient with crossover between the body systems. This is a good investment for any visual learner who needs to learn or review gross anatomy. There are a number of views and/or animations for most of the subjects. My only criticisms are: a shortage of material for the reproductive systems and the program can require a large amount of system resources.

Editorial Review:

Anatomy & Physiology Revealed is the ultimate interactive cadaver dissection experience. This state-of-the-art tutorial uses cadaver photos combined with a layering technique that allows the student to peel away layers of the human body to reveal structures beneath the surface. Anatomy & Physiology Revealed offers animations, radiologic imaging, audio pronunciations, and a comprehensive quizzing tool. This tutorial can be used as part of any one or two semester undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology course; it is available as a stand-alone or can be combined with any of McGraw-Hill's Anatomy & Physiology textbooks.

Dos mundos Student Edition with Online Learning Center Bind-in Passcode (McGraw-Hill World Languages)

Tracy D Terrell, Magdalena Andrade, Jeanne Egasse, Elías Miguel Muñoz

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

pretty good 3 out of 5 stars.
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this is not a bad spanish book. i don't know if i would say it is great. lots of group activities that are helpful, but they are pretty simple and repetitive. they need to be a little more thoughtful and put in lots of DIFFERENT activities. one last, quite frustrating thing, there is only a spanish-english dictionary in the back. extremely irritating because this is a spanish 1-2 book, and anytime you want to look up a word, you'll need to consult another dictionary.

Editorial Review:

Based on the Natural Approach, Dos mundos stresses the use of engaging activities and interesting readings in a natural and spontaneous classroom atmosphere. In this comprehension-based approach to learning language, the development of communicative language skills is the central goal, with formal grammar presentation and grammar practice at the service of communication. The text is designed so that class time can be devoted to exposing students to Spanish through creative activities and readings, allowing grammar explanations and exercises to be studied outside the classroom.

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary: Deluxe)

W. A. Newman Dorland

List Price: $102.00 By: W.B. Saunders Company Amazon Marketplace: 1 new & used starting at $32.35

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Total reviews: 36 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent Medical Reference 5 out of 5 stars.
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My wife and I purchased this book as a graduation present for our daughter who recently graduated from the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Masters in Speech Pathology program. She loved the book and keeps it in her office for quick reference. She found it immensely helpful and easier to access than the internet. lol

Dorland's Medical Dictionary 31st Edition 4 out of 5 stars.
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Great dictionary! The pictures are clear and detailed. It came with a CD that was broken so I called the 800 number listed in the book...they were very nice and mailed a new one to me asap (at no cost to me). The book is very large and heavy so you need to be at a desk or table when using it. I am very satisfied.

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Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#156) and Brandon Hill Allied Health selection (#75). Text includes more than 118,000 entries defining more than 122,000 terms, with more than 600 new entries added. Leather-bound deluxe edition with goldleaf-edged pages, thumb indexed. Standard edition available and listed in approval week 2003-24. DNLM: Dictionaries--medical.

Exploring Medical Language

Myrna Lafleur Brooks

List Price: $49.00 By: Mosby Elsevier Health Science Amazon Marketplace: 2 new & used starting at $22.50

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

great text 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a great way to learn medical terminology. It's easy to understand, interesting and presented in a way that makes it easier to learn than just straight memorization. I am planning on keeping this book and not reselling it, because I think it will be a great reference for future classes as well.

Execellent book 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book was very easy to use. It was just like vocabulary books you had in middle school. You start off learning things like prefixes, root words, suffixes etc. Then they start putting words together. It will help you understand medical terms when you break them down. The flash cards also help.

A bit too simplistic 2 out of 5 stars.
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I took a course in medical terminology as part of an online degree program, and the course utilized this textbook which, after a chapter or two, bored me to tears.

The information is good if medical terminology is something you're unfamiliar with. However, I work as a medical transcriptionist and am quite familiar with many medical terms. I've also taken both high school and university-level classes in anatomy and physiology, so much of the information here simply felt like a retread of what I already knew.

I didn't use the CD or flash cards that came with the textbook but, for the beginner, they might prove useful. For me, however, the book was too simplistic.

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GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ. Text/workbook, with CD-ROM and flashcards, for courses in medical terminology. CD-ROM contains exercises. System requires: Windows 3.1+, 8MB RAM, 486 MHz; Mac System 7+, 8MB RAM, 68030 or faster. Softcover.

Workbook to accompany Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish

Alice A. Arana, Oswaldo Arana, Marty Knorre, Thalia Dorwick, Ana María Pérez-Gironés, William R. Glass, Hildebrando Villarreal, Ana Maria Perez-Girones, William Glass

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Puntos de Partida Workbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book was delivered to me very quickly and in extremely good shape. I would buy books again!!! I had a very good experience.

EXELLENT, HELPFUL WORKBOOK 5 out of 5 stars.
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Excellent workbook to accomany your learning of Spanish. Very clear in English how to proceed. The seller sent me a pristine book.

Workbook to accompany textbook 1 out of 5 stars.
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This workbook was recommended to accompany the most recent edition of my Spanish Textbook (which I also ordered from Amazon). My professor required that we purchase the workbook, however the one Amazon recommended was not the correct workbook edition. I had to go through a lot of trouble and wasted a great amount of time and money by returning the books to Amazon and having to purchase them in a package from my local textbook store.

Exact Item 5 out of 5 stars.
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This time I ordered the correct workbook. I chose the free shipping method and I believe it arrived within a week or week and a half. I would buy again

YOU SENT THE WRONG BOOK! 1 out of 5 stars.
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The book lists was volume 7.
They sent volume 8 which is no help when the class is using volume 7!