In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the myths regarding the birth of Asclepius god of medicine She outlines the procedures which took place to bring about the miraculous healing of the sick & disabled & lists some of the miracle cures which took place there It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet All you need to know about the sacred site its myths legends & its gods ...

What is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease & its main aim is to improve the health of populations It's a vital field central to the health of society to the identification of causes of disease & to their management & prevention Epidemiology has had an impact on many areas of medicine; from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking & lung cancer to the origin & spread of new epidemics However it is often poorly understood largely due to misrepresentations in the media In this Very Short Introduction Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials & explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease He also looks at the ethical & political issues related to obtaining & using information concerning patients & trials involving placebos ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

' If you're one of those terribly serious readers now is a good time to leave' The poet we call Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis lived by his wits in first-century Rome Pounding the mean streets of the Empire's capital he takes apart the pretensions addictions & cruelties of its inhabitants with perfect comic timing & killer punchlines Social climbers & sex-offenders rogue traders & two-faced preachers
- all are subject to his forensic annihilations & often foul-mouthed verses Packed with incident & detail Martial's epigrams bring Rome vividly to life in all its variety; biting satire rubs alongside tender friendship lust for life beside sorrow for loss Gossipy clever & above all entertaining they express amusement as much as indignation at the vices they expose This selection brings Martial to a twenty-first century readership in a prose translation that pulls no punches & presents him in all his moods It establishes his originality as a literary author & the significance of his achievement as the poet who conquered epigram for Rome ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more
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EPILOGUE gathers fantastic artists from across the Middle East & showcases original works drawn from both their international influences & their own cultures Inside you’ll find concept artists illustrators 3D artists painters & cartoonists from the fields of video games animation & film EPILOGUE is an art gallery in a book bursting with skill passion & dedication ...

A paranormal investigation television series gears up for its 50th episode after spending the previous three seasons debunking claims of supernatural activity & contact Expecting more of the same the crew turn their cameras on an old abandoned hospital & discover a terrifying entity that could change their minds about the existence of ghosts ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Matt Le Blanc plays a deliciously outrageous version of himself in this laugh-out-loud comedy from creators David Crane (Friends) & Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You) Episodes offers a peek behind the curtain at the insanity of Hollywood You&ll never watch TV the same way again Sean (Stephen Mangan) & Beverly (Tamsin Grieg) are a happily married English couple who are also the successful creators of a hit British TV show Their life seems complete That is until a hugely powerful & charismatic US network president persuades them to move to LA to remake their show for American television He&s full of praise & promises "not to change a thing" However things begin to unravel as soon as Sean & Beverly arrive in LA They discover that the network president has never even seen their show To make matters worse he insists that they replace their brilliant lead actor (Richard Griffiths) an erudite Royal Shakespeare veteran with Matt Le Blanc! Sean & Beverly are appalled But the decision is out of their hands Matt comes on board & soon Sean & Beverly find themselves in a complicated triangle which threatens to destroy not just their TV show but also their marriage Actors Joseph May Tamsin Greig Matt Le Blanc William Hope Bruce Johnson Stephen Mangan Mircea Monroe Kathleen Rose Perkins & Rhashan Stone Director James Griffiths Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Matt Le Blanc plays a deliciously outrageous version of himself in this laugh-out-loud comedy from creators David Crane (Friends) & Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You) Episodes offers a peek behind the curtain at the insanity of Hollywood You&ll never watch TV the same way again Sean (Stephen Mangan) & Beverly (Tamsin Grieg) are a happily married English couple who are also the successful creators of a hit British TV show Their life seems complete That is until a hugely powerful & charismatic US network president persuades them to move to LA to remake their show for American television He&s full of praise & promises "not to change a thing" However things begin to unravel as soon as Sean & Beverly arrive in LA They discover that the network president has never even seen their show To make matters worse he insists that they replace their brilliant lead actor (Richard Griffiths) an erudite Royal Shakespeare veteran with Matt Le Blanc! Sean & Beverly are appalled But the decision is out of their hands Matt comes on board & soon Sean & Beverly find themselves in a complicated triangle which threatens to destroy not just their TV show but also their marriage Actors Joseph May Tamsin Greig Matt Le Blanc William Hope Bruce Johnson Stephen Mangan Mircea Monroe Kathleen Rose Perkins & Rhashan Stone Director James Griffiths Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English ...

This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice' the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives & provide meaning to their existence Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge & wisdom that had been in existence in the global South She contends that today it is imperative to recover & valorize the epistemological diversity of the world Epistemologies of the South outlines a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism in which conviviality solidarity & life triumph against the logic of market-ridden greed & individualism ...

Since the late 1980s queer studies & theory have become vital to the intellectual & political life of the United States This has been due in no small degree to the influence of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's critically acclaimed " Epistemology of the Closet" Working from classic texts of European & American writers
- including Melville James Nietzsche Proust & Wilde -Sedgwick analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally & historically looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic & its influence on the text
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New & thoroughly updated Epistemology An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive & authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge Concentrates on the central topics of the field such as skepticism & the Pyrrhonian problematic the definition of knowledge & the structure of epistemic justification Offers coverage of more specific topics such as foundationalism vs coherentism & virtue epistemology Presents wholly new sections on ' Testimony Memory & Perception' & ' The value of Knowledge' Features modified sections on ' The Structure of Knowledge & Justification' ' The Non-Epistemic in Epistemology' & ' The Nature of the Epistemic'

Includes:: many of the most important contributions made in recent decades by several outstanding authors

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