The Absent Hand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Absent Hand write by Suzannah Lessard. This book was released on 2020-03-17. The Absent Hand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Of beach plums, ramps, and Ramada Inns: a quietly sensitive eminently sensible consideration of the landscapes of our lives . . . A gift." —Kirkus Reviews Following her bestselling The Architect of Desire, Suzannah Lessard returns with a remarkable book, a work of relentless curiosity and a graceful mixture of observation and philosophy. This intriguing hybrid will remind some of W. G. Sebald’s work and others of Rebecca Solnit’s, but it is Lessard’s singular talent to combine this profound book–length mosaic— a blend of historical travelogue, reportorial probing, philosophical meditation, and prose poem—into a work of unique genius, as she describes and reimagines our landscapes. In this exploration of our surroundings, The Absent Hand contends that to reimagine landscape is a form of cultural reinvention. This engrossing work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings—cities, countryside, and sprawl—exploring change in the meaning of place and reimagining the world in a time of transition. Whether it be climate change altering the meaning of nature, or digital communications altering the nature of work, the effects of global enclosure on the meaning of place are panoramic, infiltrative, inescapable. No one will finish this book, this journey, without having their ideas of living and settling in their surroundings profoundly enriched.
Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis
Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis write by Benjamin Joseph. This book was released on 2015-06-12. Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book presents a problem-based, rational approach to the diagnosis of orthopaedic problems in children. It is divided into four sections based on the age at which specific problems may be encountered; the newborn and infant, the toddler and the pre-school child, the child in the school-going age and the adolescent. The authors outline a systematic approach to arrive at a tentative diagnosis by asking relevant questions related to the presenting symptom and then performing a thorough clinical examination. They then suggest the most appropriate investigations to confirm the diagnosis. Each chapter deals with the common conditions that may lead to the problem; the rarer causes of the problem are listed at the end. This feature would make the book a practical manual and a high quality reference source. An important feature of the book is the number and quality of illustrations and video clips in the electronic version.
The Absent Body
The Absent Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Absent Body write by Drew Leder. This book was released on 1990-07-20. The Absent Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The body plays a central role in shaping our experience of the world. Why, then, are we so frequently oblivious to our own bodies? We gaze at the world, but rarely see our own eyes. We may be unable to explain how we perform the simplest of acts. We are even less aware of our internal organs and the physiological processes that keep us alive. In this fascinating work, Drew Leder examines all the ways in which the body is absent—forgotten, alien, uncontrollable, obscured. In part 1, Leder explores a wide range of bodily functions with an eye to structures of concealment and alienation. He discusses not only perception and movement, skills and tools, but a variety of "bodies" that philosophers tend to overlook: the inner body with its anonymous rhythms; the sleeping body into which we nightly lapse; the prenatal body from which we first came to be. Leder thereby seeks to challenge "primacy of perception." In part 2, Leder shows how this phenomenology allows us to rethink traditional concepts of mind and body. Leder argues that Cartesian dualism exhibits an abiding power because it draws upon life-world experiences. Descartes' corpus is filled with disruptive bodies which can only be subdued by exercising "disembodied" reason. Leder explores the origins of this notion of reason as disembodied, focusing upon the hidden corporeality of language and thought. In a final chapter, Leder then proposes a new ethic of embodiment to carry us beyond Cartesianism. This original, important, and accessible work uses examples from the author's medical training throughout. It will interest all those concerned with phenomenology, the philosophy of mind, or the Cartesian tradition; those working in the health care professions; and all those fascinated by the human body.
The Care of Congenital Hand Anomalies
The Care of Congenital Hand Anomalies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Care of Congenital Hand Anomalies write by Adrian E. Flatt. This book was released on 1994. The Care of Congenital Hand Anomalies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications
Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications write by Bruno Bissonnette. This book was released on 2006-08-10. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Essential medical facts on over 2,000 genetic syndromes. Organized alphabetically, this book provides comprehensive medical coverage for each syndrome, from genetic basis to manifestations to related medical considerations.
