Illness was ubiquitous in early modern society. Health was constantly threatened and medicine often proved powerless. Based on his analysis of... contemporary autobiographical writing, of thousands of letters which the sick and their relatives sent to physicians of the time and of a wide range of other sources, Michael Stolberg describes how early modern people coped with pain and disease, how they interacted with physicians and other healers and how they tried to make sense of their suffering. He presents the ideas and imagesthat peopleassociated with commonly diagnosed diseases such as phthisis, gout, cancer, dropsy or fever. The first thorough and comprehensive overview of the early modern experience and lay interpretation of illness, Stolberg also traces the impact of new medical theories on ordinary people's medical views.

This introductory level textbook offers students a framework to begin building their intercultural communication skills. Experiencing Intercultural... Communication: An Introduction provides a number of pedagogical aids to help students achieve fluency in these skills, including chapter outlines, chapter objectives, suggested websites and other resources for further learning, key terms, activities in each chapters, bulleted chapter summaries, and more. As an introductory text, the material is accessible and encourages students to seek out more information. By giving the students a framework to begin understanding the complexities of intercultural interaction, students begin the process of learning about both other cultures and their relationships with their own culture.

This exercise and project book supplements an international business/management course. The feature of the book is that it contains country, company and... individual profiles so that the exercises and projects should be useful. This edition now includes business as well as management and the book is appropriate for use in courses with both business and management focus. New exercises have been added to reflect reviewers comments.

This exercise and project book supplements an international business/management course. The feature of the book is that it contains country, company and... individual profiles so that the exercises and projects should be useful. This edition now includes business as well as management and the book is appropriate for use in courses with both business and management focus. New exercises have been added to reflect reviewers comments.

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Experiencing Jazz, as the title suggests, provides an immersive experience using an integrated text, CD-ROM, and audio CD anthology designed for the... non-musician or musician whose primary focus is not jazz. Listening to seminal recordings, learning about how musicians create the music, and hearing the music first hand through an interactive companion CD-ROM rich in helpful tutorials as well as audio and video examples helps the non-musician to fully appreciate and become involved in the jazz experience. The CD-ROM offers excerpts of interviews with many of the performers who made jazz history, as well as other valuable information designed to create active, informed and discerning listeners. The textbook helps to place important musical trends in a larger cultural and historical context, helping the reader to relate jazz history to other familiar events. It does not overwhelm with long lists of musicians, but focuses on the primary innovators who moved the music in new directions.

A useful and thorough presentation of the most important dimension of a supervised ministry program written by experienced and competent leaders in the... field.

In the 21st Century, every business professional must be able to envision ways to gain a competitive edge using information systems, and the latest... edition of Experiencing MIS prepares readers to do just that. KEY TOPICS: IS and You; Using Information Technology; Using IS for Competitive Advantage; Information Systems Management MARKET: Compiled in a modular and question-based format, this text explains to readers how information systems are used to solve business problems.