Month: August 2013

Editor: Esther M. Wilkins. Contributing editor: Charlotte J. Wyche Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 1147 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani I rarely comment on the price-versus-value proposition when reviewing books, but on this one, I must say that the purchasers are getting a huge bargain. This is a large book of more than a thousand pages covering numerous subjects within dentistry and dental hygiene. It has often been referred to as “the bible of dental hygiene,” and rightfully so. With eight sections, 69 chapters and seven appendices, the amount of information available in this...

Authors: Lynn S. Bickley and Peter G. Szilagyi Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 417 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani A whole lot of information, with full-color charts, photos, sidebars, sub-heads, tables and other types of illustrations is packed into 20 chapters in this compact, highly practical, useful guide. This is an amazing, must-have tool for the busy medical practitioner, be he or she an intern, resident, full-fledged physician or specialist in a given area. Easy to carry around in a pocket and store in a locker, there is so much at-a-glance help that it...

Author: Deborah Boehm Publisher: New York University Press – 178 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar This book is different from others on the issue of immigration of Mexicans into the United States in that it provides a human perspective to it. Before you start thinking that this is merely a personal account of the author’s experience with people who have crossed the United States – Mexico border, this work is based on years of research based on a structured foundation of important financial and emotional issues that affect families. Its basis is well thought-out questions on critical issues...

Author: C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press – 1,032 pages This book was brought to publication with the generous support of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Herpetologists’ League. Book Review by: Deekay Daulat An extensive study of 106 species of frogs is contained in this well-researched two-volume text, with color and black-and-white photographs, and information on: Conservation and management Diseases, parasites, and threats from toxic substances Landscape ecology and evolution Life history and demography Past and present distribution Reproduction and diet These frogs in North...