Oxford University Press

This invaluable guide to the GPVTS supports trainees from the process of        application, through to qualification and beyond. Written by a recently qualified        general practitioner, it combines a frank and friendly approach with a wealth of        insider knowledge to guide the trainee through each stage of the training process.         ...

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Europe and the Challenge of the CenturyAn ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America:        its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades        reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to        reconcile tradition and modernity under the...

Asthma is a familiar and growing disease today, but its story goes back to the        ancient world, as we know from accounts in ancient texts from China, India, Greece        and Rome. It was treated with acupuncture and Ayurveda.As Western medicine        developed, the nature of asthma became clearer, and its basis in the...

Jeff McMahan urges us to reject the view, dominant throughout history, that mere participation in an unjust war is not wrong. He argues powerfully that combatants who fight for an unjust cause are acting wrongly and are themselves morally responsible for their actions. We must rethink our attitudes to the moral role of the individual in war....

A concise, easy to read introduction for anyone working in the field of wetland        ecology. Besides updating and expanding the material in all chapters of the first        edition, the second edition includes new chapters on global climate change, invasive        species, and restoration and creation....