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Ethical Approaches to Human Remains: A Global Challenge in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology [Book]
Combines international perspectives on the current ethical considerations and challenges facing bioarchaeologists in the recovery, analysis, curation, and display of human remainsThe first up-to-date book to focus on the ethics in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology in the last 12 yearsThe only book that deals with the current state of play with regard to international ethical considerationsProvides new perspectives on ethical issues and new in-depth case studies from around the world
Classic Horror Foil Bookmark Set | Handmade Gift for Gothic Book Lover | Purple, Red, Green & Silver Tassel | Alternative Bookworm Birthday
🧟 Silver foil detailing 🌕 Cut-out and layered design 🦇 Silky tassel 🔮 Handmade 💀 Available loose or packaged for giftable options Delve into the depths of classic horror literature with our Classic Horror Bookmark Set. This 3-pack features iconic designs inspired by timeless tales of werewolves, Dracula, and Frankenstein's monster. Whether it's a birthday, anniversary, or Valentine's gift for the goth, emo, or alternative bookworm in your life, these bookmarks offer a touch of dark and myst
How Dead Languages Work [Book]
What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing readers to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts f
Dying to be Ill: True Stories of Medical Deception - 9781138063839
Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness. By playing sick, we gained sympathy, care, and attention, and were excused from our responsibilities. Though doing so on occasion is considered normal, there are those who carry their deceptions to the extreme. In this book, Dr. Marc Feldman describes people's strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. Doctors, family members, and friends are lured into a costly, frustrating, and potentially deadly web of deceit. From the mother who shaves her child's head and tells her community he has cancer, to the co-worker who suffers from a string of incomprehensible "tragedies," to the false epilepsy victim who monopolizes her online support gr
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill [Book]
An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society ar
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI: Harari, Yuval Noah: 9780593734223: Amazon.com: Books