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In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had done much to promote, and demonstrating the gradual enlargement over the years of his...

Patients with pain disorders pose many clinical challenges for the attending        physician. Even experienced clinicians occasionally arrive at the point where        diagnostic, work-up, treatment, or prognostic thinking becomes blocked.Pain teaches        the reader to recognize and appropriately treat a variety of pain disorders using...

A Theory of Trust, Authority, and Autonomy in BeliefIn this book Zagzebski gives an extended argument that the self-reflective person is committed to belief on authority. Epistemic authority is compatible with autonomy, but epistemic self-reliance is incoherent. She argues that epistemic and emotional self-trust are rational and inescapable, that...

Holocaust Testimony and its TransformationsAtina Grossmann, Konrad Kwiet, Wendy Lower, Jurgen Matthaus, and Nechama Tec        analyze the testimony of one Holocaust survivor, Helen "e;Zippi"e; Spitzer Tichauer.          This book's new, multifaceted approach toward Zippi's unique story combined with the        authors' analysis of key...

A guide to practical managementThis pocketbook provides an overview of the management of patients with long-term        pain for primary care clinicians. Written in a distinct yet informal style, the book        will cover the science underlying common pain syndromes and their modern        management....

Combining readability with authority, this book covers Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where it may be going in the future....