This acclaimed text has been fully revised and updated, now incorporating issues including aging of the reproductive system, and updates on the chapters on conception and Gamete Transport and Fertilization, and Pregnancy.Human Reproductive Biology, Third Edition emphasizes the biological and biomedical aspects of human reproduction, explains advances in reproductive science and discusses the choices and concerns of today. Generously illustrated in full color, the text provides current info...

The fourth edition of Human Reproductive Biology—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association—emphasizes the biological and biomedical aspects of human reproduction, explains advances in reproductive science and discusses the choices and concerns of today. Generously illustrated in full color, the text provides current information about human reproductive anatomy and physiology. This expansive text covers the full range of topics in huma...

On a cold, drizzly fall afternoon in 1958, a trio of duck hunters stumbled on the charred remains of Cincinnati resident Louise Bergen. When investigators learned that her estranged husband was living with an older divorcee, Edythe Klumpp, they wasted no time in questioning her. When she failed a lie detector test, Edythe spilled out a confession. Although it did not fit the physical evidence, she was found guilty and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Governor Michael V. DiSalle pu...

Discover more about the secret lives of insects in 10 captivating essaysInsects, also known as the widely misunderstood small things that in reality control everything. Whether you find insects frightening, or fascinating, these tiny critters loom large in the imagination. How small are they? How many of them are there? Why should we care?In order to understand our place in the world, we need to study the world...which is mostly made up of insects. Learn ho...

Fear Has a Way of Speaking Loudly.It speaks when the future feels uncertain, when life changes faster than we can prepare for, and when the world around us feels unstable. But fear was never meant to be in charge of your life.Hope and Faith Over Fear is a practical guide for learning how to live with courage, peace, and steadiness in an uncertain, ever-changing world. In this book, Richard Jones presents hope, faith, and fear as a powerful ...

First Christians feared and avoided the modern practice of psychotherapy. Then many uncritically embraced it. This book represents an emerging third stage in the complicated relationship between faith and psychology. That stage is the critical, theologically informed appropriation of psychotherapy.Stanton Jones and Richard Butman, respected Christian scholars and experienced clinical psychologists, survey the thirteen most significant psychotherapies now in use. They fair-mindedly introduc...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Testosterone is more commonly known as the male hormone. It drives maleness. It is what makes a male a man. It maintains the reproductive organs, as well as drive libido. It is also one of the hormones that contribute to that male aggressiveness and drive to achieve something. It is also present in much smaller amounts in women.This hormone is not just all about sex and reproductive organs. T hormone also plays ...

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series.The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology and behaviour. But they are not commonly known, outside of specialist circles.Richard Jones’ groundbreaking New Naturalist volume on shieldbugs encourages those enthusiasts who would otherwise be put off by the, to date, rather technical literature that has dominated the field, providing a...

‘A truly excellent account’ British WildlifeBeetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world, with nearly half a million beetle species described and catalogued in our museums, more than any other type of living thing.This astonishing species diversity is matched by a similar diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology and behaviour. Beetles occur everywhere, and do everything. And yet they form a clearly discrete ...

Deep inside a tall grandfather clock live two unlikely friends: Caraticus, a cheerful cricket who wants to believe in everything, and Bob, a bookworm who questions almost everything.When Christmas Eve fills the house with lights, music, laughter, and the glow of a shining tree, the two tiny friends sneak out to discover what all the fuss is about. What they find is more than decorations and carols: it is a gentle lesson in wonder, friendship, and the quiet magic of believing.

A STUNNING NEW PICTURE BOOK CELEBRATING THE ART OF STORYTELLING FROM ACCLAIMED AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR RICHARD JONES!At the foot of one magical tree, two kind children find a lost little moon dragon. They climb for three long days to try to reunite the little one with its family.Will they succeed? Find out in one amazing story!A simple but effectiv...

New worlds, new civilizations.What will we find out there when we go looking? Who might find us?Join us as we go looking for life beyond the farthest star.Be sure to pick up the whole set of Boundary Shock Quarterly at your favorite retailer.