Healthcare Spaces No.2 (Good Idea)

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Healthcare Spaces is a showcase of impressive new work by some of the leading architects and interior designers serving the nation> '> s health care institutions. More than 50 design firms present 170+ projects with over 650 color images in this 420-page, four-color book.

Health care administrators, physicians, medical planners and their architects and interior designers will find this an excellent way to assess how public and private institutions are coping with the opportunities and challenges of managed care, advances in medical science and technology, aging populations and the drive towards patient-focused care.

In projects ranging from neighborhood clinics, surgery centers and medical offices to replacement hospitals and vast medical campuses, a profound change in the delivery of health care is revealed. America> '> s determination to contain health care costs, for example, is hastening the shift from inpatient care to ambulatory services, specialization to target specific needs of service area populations, and consolidation by independent institutions into regional networks.

Organized alphabetically by design firm, Healthcare Spaces No. 2 is user friendly, with each project indexed for easy reference. In this book, health care professionals as well as architects and interior designers serving public and private health care institutions will find exciting new to approaches to their work.

650 pages 9" x 12" 650 color photos 1-58471-045-4

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thank you!.......2007-01-21

i accepted my purchased book.
i like very beautiful design and interesting contents.
if there is other chance, i'd like to purchase your good books.

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new publication - 1998 or 1999.......1999-04-26

I am looking for a place to buy the new publication. The new author might be Mark Lockwood. Publisher is same - American Birding Association

Juan N. Cortina and the Struggle for Justice in Texas

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Juan N. Cortina

Juan N. Cortina and the Struggle for Justice in Texas
Carlos Larralde , and Jose Rodolfo Jacobo
Manufacturer: Kendall-Hunt
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0787271047

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Juan N. Cortina.......2006-09-25

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was born on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande in 1824. Known as "The Red Robber of the Rio Grande", the author recasts Cortina as a protector of Tejanos from the abuses of the Texas Rangers in the years following the United States - Mexico War of 1846-48. In 1848 he established La Raza Unida, originally a secret organization. He organized and armed the local Mexican population and in 1859 led 500 to 600 men in an attempt to establish control of the land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This became known as the Cortina Rebellion.

Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest

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Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest
JosÃ© A. Rivera
Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0826318592

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Conflicts between Hispanic farmers and developers made for compelling reading in The Milagro Beanfield War, the famous novel of life in a northern New Mexico village in which tradition triumphs over modernity. But as cities grow and industries expand, are acequias, or community irrigation ditches, a wise and efficient use of water in the arid Southwest? JosÃ© Rivera presents the contemporary case for the value of acequias and the communities they nurture in the river valleys of southern Colorado and New Mexico.

Recognizing that "water is the lifeblood of the community," Rivera delineates an acequia culture based on a reciprocal relationship between irrigation and community. The acequia experience grows out of a conservation ethic and a tradition of sharing that should be recognized and preserved in an age of increasing competition for scarce water resources.

"A worthwhile contribution to the future management of water resources."--Professor Michael C. Meyer

Lays out the contemporary legal and administrative status of these ancient irrigation institutions, suggesting public policy measures to keep the system alive.

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FINE WORK!!

Del Rio: Queen City of the Rio Grande (TX) (Making of America)
Douglas Braudaway
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Val Verde County (TX) (Images of America)

ASIN: 0738523879

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Del Rioís roots grew in the sandy soil by San Felipe Creek along with the myths and dreams of the old Wild West, where the mighty Rio Grande dances through the dusty lands of the Lone Star State. Ancient nomads left their mark in the riverside canyons of this border country long before the springs at Del Rio became a lonely waystation providing water and rest to travelers, merchants, and soldiers marching the long, hot, and dry San AntonioñEl Paso Road. When the products of ranching began riding the rails to eastern markets, Del Rioís population exploded and the town became known as the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World. ÝÝDel Rio: Queen City of the Rio Grande tells tales of the starry nights and shimmering sunlight of the storied Texas frontier, with vivid images detailing the gripping drama and unique memories chronicled here. From the U.S. Armyís experimental Camel Corps to the worldís most powerful radio stations in the 1930s and the U-2 spy planes involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Del Rio, seat of one of the largest counties in Texas and sister to the thriving Mexican border city Ciudad Acu"a, has played a part on the world stage. Those stories and more, including the little known ìItalian Colonyî of West Texas and landmark civil rights court cases, are told here. ÝÝ

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FINE WORK!!.......2007-03-08

I was really glad to see someone write about Del Rio and was glad to see that sufficient research was done to give a fair and balanced review of the "life" of Del Rio! Of course, there were certainly surprises for me as I lived there in the 40s and 50s but totally enjoyed the work!!

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Beebe does the Rio Grande

Rio Grande: mainline of the Rockies,
Lucius Morris Beebe , and Charles Clegg
Manufacturer: Howell-North
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Beebe does the Rio Grande.......2007-01-04

yet another of the Master's works. Even if you have
no interest in trains, his style of writing will capture
you. If you have an interest in railroading, this is
the guy who really started the popular railfan book genre,
and invented the photographic style. No one else before him
did as much - the travelogue of Frimbo maybe (but no
pictures), or "Slow Train to Yesterday" which belongs on the same shelf.

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest

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from the Medical Herbalism journal
Excellent guide to herbal uses of native Southwestern plants

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest
L. S. M. Curtin
Manufacturer: Western Edge Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1889921017

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from the Medical Herbalism journal.......2000-08-31

Laura Curtin lived and worked among the curanderas and Native Americans of Northern New Mexico during the early part of the twentieth century. She fell in love with the plants and their lore, and later, at the prompting of a friend, decided to record them. Healing Herbs was first published in 1947, at a time when interest in traditional healing in Northern New Mexico was in decline. It helped preserve traditional information for a new generation -- when editor Michael Moore arrived in Santa Fe in the 1960s he found copies of Curtin's book as a prized possession in many traditional households. The book is unique in the literature of ethnobotany in that it was written essentially by an insider in the tradition, rather than by an observer doing interviews.

Excellent guide to herbal uses of native Southwestern plants.......1999-02-21

Living in the Southwestern Chihuahuan desert, I am always on the search for sources of information regarding local flora and particularly ethnobotanical uses of plants. This is an excellent guide originally published in 1947 and edited by Michael Moore who I consider to be an expert on herbal uses of native southwestern plants. For anyone interested in this subject, a fabulous resource to have in your library!

GREAT RIVER ~ The Rio Grande In North American History - Volume One: Indians and Spain and Volume Two: Mexico and the United States (both volumes in one book)

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Great Book but NOT a "Quick History"
Paul Horgan's best
Most complete introduction to the Rio Grande Valley
Horgan's masterpiece history of the Rio Grande river.

GREAT RIVER ~ The Rio Grande In North American History - Volume One: Indians and Spain and Volume Two: Mexico and the United States (both volumes in one book)
Paul Horgan
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0030293057

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Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize for History, Great River was hailed as a literary masterpiece and enduring classic when it first appeared in 1954. It is an epic history of four civilizations--Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American--that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Now in its fourth revised edition, Great River remains a monumental part of American historical writing.

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Great Book but NOT a "Quick History".......2006-02-02

The level of detail amassed by Horgan for this book is nothing short of incredible. Roughly half the book is dedicated to historical events; the other half covers culture, the role of religion, native living conditions, and a hundred other nuances of day-to-day living by peoples (both native and the later Spanish/American cultures) along the Rio Grande.

Readers who want a VERY in-depth history of the Rio Grande can't do any better than this book. However, readers looking for a more general overview of events might want to consider other sources.

I probably fell into the latter category; I found myself skipping 2-5 pages at a time because I just wasn't that interested in knowing every single detail of (for example) how the Indians dressed and meticulously prepared bits of food for a ceremony to welcome the growing season. Or details covering 5 pages of how Spanish missionaries held a typical mass in the settlements in 1650.

That said, I recognize that this book is about as complete a works as could be published. I'd much rather skip over detail than have an account which isn't thorough.

Paul Horgan's best.......2003-09-14

This book is the best ever written on the history of the southwest along the Rio Grande. Horgan manages to capture the shared history of New Mexico, Texas and Mexico as no other historian/writer has ever done. This one will be around as long as readers want to understand history in the borderlands.

Most complete introduction to the Rio Grande Valley.......1998-11-03

This two-volume series was my inroduction to Paul Horgan who became one of my favorite authors. It is interesting to note he and Frank Waters ('the Man who Killed the Deer') died recently just two weeks apart. They were both 92, and among the greatest authors who dealt with the Rio Grande. Mr. Hogan's dedication to detail set him apart from Willa Cather whose fame rests upon her book 'Death comes to the Archbishop,' using Lamy as her subject. She rejected the aproach of Paul Horgan who at the time was writing his own history, 'Lamy of Santa Fe.' Willa Cather was a novelist; Paul Horgan an historian, and of the two I prefer the truth. Anyone interested in the history of the Rio Grande will be delighted with Paul Horgan's two-volume introduction to it.

Horgan's masterpiece history of the Rio Grande river........1995-11-08

One of the major materpieces of American historical writing. The two volumes are a continuing delight, far better than any historical novel. Scene succeds scene, filled with movement, passion and unbelievable heroism. Won the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes for History, and is considered the greatest history of the Rio Grande from pre-Columbian time to mid 20th century.

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Patrick O'Grady shows little mercy in this amusing poke at his fellow cyclists. One hundred of his best cartoons and some of his zippiest columns sling humorous arrows at road cyclists, weekend warriors, and cyclo-cross fanatics. Targeting everyone from the "old guys who get fat in winter" to his "mud stud" - the bike shop mechanic who can turn a bicycle into a guided missile - O'Grady's acerbic wit is unsurpassed.

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Best Cycling Humor Yet!.......2000-05-24

If you even look at a bicycle, you'll love this book. If you are, or once were a cycle racer ... even more so. I think you might find yourself in the pages somewhere...

Subversive cycling at its best.......2000-05-11

Patrick O'Grady is guerrilla cartooning at its finest. Whether he is poking holes in the traditional whipping posts of cycling (the IOC, Society du Tour de France, USCF, etc...) or the cyclists themselves (Old Guys Who Get Fat In Winter, the Mud Stud), O'Grady is always there to lob a grenade into the midst of the peloton. If you own more than 3 article made of Lycra (provided you were not a member of Whitesnake or Bon Jovi), you must own this book.

Handful of locals help to shape Chargers.(Sports)(Josh Harbert will be among the area players on the roster when the season starts Friday) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Handful of locals help to shape Chargers.(Sports)(Josh Harbert will be among the area players on the roster when the season starts Friday) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000FDE47M
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on April 6, 2006. The length of the article is 1126 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Handful of locals help to shape Chargers.(Sports)(Josh Harbert will be among the area players on the roster when the season starts Friday)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 6, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Pauley has earned reputation in rotation.(Sports)(Second season: Just 19, the righty has led Eugene to a 6-2 record when he starts.) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Pauley has earned reputation in rotation.(Sports)(Second season: Just 19, the righty has led Eugene to a 6-2 record when he starts.) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009FQX6G
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on August 4, 2002. The length of the article is 1058 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pauley has earned reputation in rotation.(Sports)(Second season: Just 19, the righty has led Eugene to a 6-2 record when he starts.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: August 4, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: D1

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This unique book portrays the evolution of Meiji Japan through the life of crusading journalist Edward H. House (1836-1901). In chapters that alternate between history and biography, James Huffman, shows how one man bridged continents--shaping American at

A Yankee in Meiji Japan: The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House.(Book Review): An article from: Pacific Affairs

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A Yankee in Meiji Japan: The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House.(Book Review): An article from: Pacific Affairs
Robert Eskildsen
Manufacturer: University of British Columbia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009GSBCY
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by University of British Columbia on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 687 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A Yankee in Meiji Japan: The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House.(Book Review)
Author: Robert Eskildsen
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Volume: 77 Issue: 2 Page: 342(2)

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As a hospice nurse Marilyn Azevedo had seen how disease could ravage a person's body and spirit, and how it could cripple friends and family with grief. She knew about life and death. Yet, nothing could prepare her for the journey she would face when her youngest child, Andy, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 16.

In this powerful memoir, readers share Azevedo's painful journey-from the days when she felt strong and powerful, to the days she just wanted to stay in bed and pull the covers over her head. But Azevedo's battle is more than a fight for her son's life as she takes on the health insurance bureaucracy and lobbies Congress to reform inequities. Sadly, reform comes too late to save Andy, but their efforts result in legislation preventing insurance companies from denying certain types of medical care.

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Powerful story! HMO's would not want this book published!.......2001-04-23

A powerful gripping account of a battle for life againt a money hungry business and a all consuming cancer. A family togehter faces the greatest challenge anyone could face. READ this book. Give it to someone with cancer! Pray this never happens to someone you love, and if it does realize you can do something!

A gift from Azevedo.......2001-03-22

When trajedy strikes, many people draw deeper into themselves. A few rare individuals will allow their emotion to be given as a gift to others in similar turmoil. In clear and blazingly honest language, Marilyn Azevedo shares her experiences as a way of making others feel less alone. Anyone who has suffered loss will benefit from this book, as well as anyone who has ever fought a valiant fight against that which can't be overpowered.

This is a beautifully written and worthwhile book, hearbreaking and uplifting in equal measures.

She did defend Andy!!.......2001-03-20

This well written thought provocating book is written beautifully from the heart. Not only is it a book about extreme unimaginable loss but is also a story of strength and love under undue circumstances. Marilyn Azevedo epitomizes a mothers unconditional love for her child and the length this mother went to keep him living among us. She articiulates succintly the battles patients, families, health care providers are raging with this unjust disease CANCER. Kudoos to her in her first literary masterpiece. My only regret is that Andy cannot share in this incredible achievement.

She did defend Andy!!.......2001-03-20

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Defending Her Son (Prose Series 51)
John O'Meara
Manufacturer: Guernica Editions Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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Shakespeare scholar and anthroposophist, John O'Meara in this memoir traces the main patterns of his life experience through and beyond the publication of his associated works, Otherworldly Hamlet and Othello's Sacrifice.

Defending Andy : One Mother's Fight to Save Her Son from Cancer and the Insurance

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Defending Andy : One Mother's Fight to Save Her Son from Cancer and the Insurance

Manufacturer: Health Communications, Incorporated
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H50PBM

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