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Editors: Hugh D. Allen, David J. Driscoll, Timothy F. Feltes and Robert E. Shaddy Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 1,683 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The latest – eighth – edition of this authoritative text on the heart and associated diseases   in younger humans ranging from infants to young adults, presents some of the most valuable and latest information from leading specialists in this area of medicine and surgery. The pediatric cardiologists who edited this two-volume book and the 150+ physicians who  contributed articles on many aspects of this medical specialty have added chapters...

Author: Susan Scott Ricci Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 928 Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a large, hardbound book that can be used as an ideal comprehensive reference guide by nurses caring for pregnant women and newborn infants.       This book consists of eight large units named below: Introduction to Maternity, Newborn, and Women’s Nursing Women’s Health Throughout the Lifespan Pregnancy Labor and Birth Postpartum Period The Newborn Childbearing at Risk The Newborn at Risk Each of the units named above has several chapters, with a total of 24. Each chapter...

Author: A.A. den Otter Publisher: University of Alberta Press – 438 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar A.A. den Otter presents in this book the views of different people through history on how they understood and defined the words ‘civilization’ and ‘wilderness’ particularly in relation to Canada, but also the United States. Basically most of these people viewed ‘civilization’ as a positive value, but some, who were witnessing specific actions, viewed it as a negative and even undesirable expectation characterizing it as ‘exploitation’ of natural resources as well as displacement of the natives from the lands where they used...