Why is it, that when it comes to getting offered opportunities, it's always the same dentists who get there first? There has never been a better time to be in dentistry. But what does the future hold?Learn how to:Be one step ahead of your clientsOffer what patients wantShrug off that white coat of the past and embrace the new youAvoid failures- learn from James mistakes and from mistakes of other dentistsIncrease your profile and...

Xavier Mina decidió en 1817 organizar una Expedición militar internacional –una de las primeras intervenciones exteriores en un conflicto interno– en apoyo del general Jose María Morelos, jefe de la insurgencia mexicana.Pero su objetivo fundamental no era sólo apoyar la independencia de México, sino la de toda la América insurgente como pieza inicial del derrumbe del absolutismo y de la opresión en América pero también en España. Para Mina, la liberación de la América española era l...

In response to the events following September 11, a number of leading cultural studies and interpretive qualitative researchers write from their own experiences and hearts. Their essays-by noted scholars Kellner, Fine, McLaren, Richardson, Denzin, Giroux and others-are collected in this volume, and were written in crisis within days and weeks of September 11. The immediacy of their writing is refreshing, and reflects the varied emotional and critical responses that bring meaning to this ca...

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic progress and prosperity, and scientists fear that we may be in the midst of a mass extinction event. Brian R. Chapman and William I. Lutterschmidt make the case that the effort to preserve animal...

Indigenous Knowledge (IK) reviews cutting-edge research and links theory with practice to further our understanding of this important approach's contribution to natural resource management. It addresses IK's potential in solving issues such as coping with change, ensuring global food supply for a growing population, reversing environmental degradation and promoting sustainable practices. It is increasingly recognised that IK, which has featured centrally in resource management for millenni...

Calligraphy is an ancient art that doesn’t grow old.Known in Japanese as Shodo (書道) the Way of the Brush, a proverb has it that Shodo promotes perpetual youth and longevity. Research has shown that indeed, the practice of Shodo improves posture, regulates breathing, and even calms the heartbeat, all of which indeed has been shown to extend life. In China, it was considered one of the Five Excellences for cultivating character: Calligraphy, Poetry, Painting...

A dental hygienist reveals that brushing your teeth is actually detrimental to oral healthcare.For five centuries children have been told to "brush your teeth" generation after generation by parents, grandparents, dentists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, teachers, schools, education departments, dental associations, health-related government agencies and even the World Health Organization. The list is endless. Children are brainwashed to brush their teeth fr...

When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned, Scotland's toughest cop is called in to solve the high-profile case...Skinner joins his old team in a complex murder investigation in the twenty-ninth gripping mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. Praise for Jardine's compelling novels: 'A masterclass in how murder-mysteries ought to be written' Scots MagazineWhen millionaire Leo Speight is found poi...

An inspirational guide for overcoming adversity and leading a fulfilled life, with contributions by more than two dozen experts on personal transformation.Trials and difficulties are a part of life. Whether these adversities are related to one's health, finances, career, or family, we all have burdens to work through. With wisdom from more than 25 transformational leaders, including *New York Times–*bestselling authors Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff and Chris At...

When Godiva winds up in the hospital after being poisoned on a TV cooking show, her twin sister Goldie hops on an Alaska Airlines plane and rushes to her side. The sisters' zany romp through the world of celebrity TV chefs begins when Goldie's daughter Ch

Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers and land hungry thugs.Monahan's fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school open range baron of the huge R Cross spread.With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent work, Rinehart wages a barbed w...

This is the story of G-Girls caught up in the danger and romance in Washington D.C. during World War II. It tells the adventures of several young women doing their part for the war effort. Most worked in relatively safe office jobs, but a select few go un