Casualties of war come in many forms. During the Vietnam War, our servicemen and women left the battlefield and returned home to a new, horrific suffering. 'The Prodigal Patriot' is the true story of a young man, Jim Kirkpatrick, who never saw combat. While trying to perform his duties as a lower-ranking Airman, Jim was keeping his eye on what was happening in Vietnam, and it was making him crazy. A turbulent childhood with an abusive father, years of substance abuse, and witnessing the ef...

The Nixon presidency was extraordinary, noteworthy and forlorn. This presidency contained the essential elements of a true American tragedy — an administration of the most extraordinary triumphs followed by complete and utter despair. In events unlike anything in the American political experience, nearly all of the field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, utilizing the talents of several hundred special agents, were involved in the massive nationwide Watergate investigation — ...

A timely update to a timeless model.Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers whether they rely on the model's four levels Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results in their practice, and you'll get an enthusiastic affirmation.But how many variations of Kirkpatrick are in use today? And what number of misassumptions and faulty practic...

Medical Crises in Eating Disorders provides medical clinicians as well as others with an acute awareness of the critical and potentially lethal medical outcomes they may have to face when managing those with eating disorders.This book shares multiple blended patient stories that cover a wide range of medical crises and present a realistic clinical-like experience. The reader will gain insight into the most threatening medical risks described in medical terms and many of th...

Taking a Detailed Eating Disorder History educates health care clinicians of all backgrounds on how to best acquire a detailed eating disorder history and expands the clinical standard and effectiveness of history taking for a more thorough treatment of eating disorders. It describes the vast permutations and possible combinations of over 100 eating disorder behaviors as well as their connections to emotional and social triggers. Readers will also gain a stronger understanding of complicat...

Get Productive Fast with AutoCAD 2022: Master the Newest AutoCAD Features and InterfaceIn this guide, expert AutoCAD instructors and practitioners show how to efficiently use AutoCAD 2022's powerful features in any interior design, architecture, or space planning project. Covering both 2D and 3D drawings, the authors walk you step-by-step through using AutoCAD 2022 prompts and commands, and fully mastering AutoCAD's current interface, including the revised Start ta...

Comprehensive Biomaterials brings together the myriad facets of biomaterials into one, major series of six edited volumes that would cover the field of biomaterials in a major, extensive fashion:Volume 1: Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric BiomaterialsVolume 2: Biologically Inspired and Biomolecular MaterialsVolume 3: Methods of AnalysisVolume 4: Biocompatibility, Surface Engineering, and Delivery Of Drugs, Genes and Other MoleculesVolume 5: Tissue and Organ EngineeringVolume...

LEADERSHIP CAN BE anything one says it is—that is until a person or group has to do something complex with it. For the most part, leadership development remains an exercise of the abstract ostensibly possessed by the heroic or gifted few and disconnected from the multifaceted real-world challenges of everyday life. Throttle Up represents a departure from the traditional perspective in which leadership resides in the traits or behaviors of individuals in leadership roles. Instead, Throttle ...

The New York Times bestselling history of the private relationships among the last thirteen presidents—the partnerships, private deals, rescue missions, and rivalries of those select men who served as commander in chief.The Presidents Club, established at Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration by Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, is a complicated place: its members are bound forever by the experience of the Oval Office and yet are eternal rivals for history’s fav...

How to Look After Your Breath provides scientific facts about halitosis, along with the true stories of patients treated by doctor Jonas Nunes. Doctor Nunes, PhD in Halitosis, is a well-known researcher and the Director of the Breath Institute as well as the Halitosis Unit of the prestigious Teknon Hospital in Barcelona. The e-book consists of 230 pages that allow the reader to easily get to know the most important aspects of halitosis, still a taboo in modern society: its psychological ef...

Krita is a free painting tool designed for concept artists, illustrators, matte and texture artists, and the VFX industry. It has been in development for over 10 years and has had an explosion in growth recently. It offers many common and innovative features to help the amateur and professional alike.Discover how assistants can speed up your creative process.Understand the powerful brush engine system.Includes illustrations teaching how individual concepts...

The revised edition of this renowned and bestselling title is the most comprehensive single text on all aspects of biomaterials science. It provides a balanced, insightful approach to both the learning of the science and technology of biomaterials and acts as the key reference for practitioners who are involved in the applications of materials in medicine. - Over 29,000 copies sold, this is the most comprehensive coverage of principles and applications of all classes of biomaterials: "the ...