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Medicine, Rheumatology




Pearls & Myths in Rheumatology

	EDITOR:	John Stone, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
	ISBN-13:	978-1-84800-933-2
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 500 p., 100 illus., 70 in color, Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $99.99
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

Rheumatic diseases pose enormous challenges for most clinicians. Important strides have been made in understanding the pathophysiologic basis of many inflammatory conditions in recent years, but rheumatology remains a discipline in which diagnosis is rooted in the medical history skillfully extracted from the patient, the careful physical examination, and the discriminating use of laboratory tests and imaging. Moreover, selection of the most appropriate therapy for patients with rheumatic diseases also remains heavily reliant upon clinical experience.

SELLING POINTS:

Pools together the clinical wisdom of seasoned, expert rheumatologists who participate in the care of patients with autoimmune diseases, systemic inflammatory disorders, and all other rheumatic conditions Contributers are all experts in their fields Contains concrete pieces of clinical know-how that are not found in traditional texts

MARKET:

All primary care clinicians, as well as specialist rheumatologists and dermatologists

SUBJECTS:

Rheumatology; Internal Medicine; Imaging / Radiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Medicine, Rheumatology

RELATED TITLES:

Klippel, Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases (978-0-387-35664-8, 2007, $79.95) Hunder, Atlas of Rheumatology (978-1-57340-210-1, 2005, $119)

COMPETITION:

West, Rheumatology Secrets (Hanley & Belfus, 1560534745, 2002, $49.95) Adelman, Rheumatology: Questions and Answers (Merit Publishing, 1873413726, 2007, $34.95)

Medicine, Surgery




Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

	AUTHOR:	Michael Jugenheimer, Krankenhaus Herrenberg
	ISBN-13:__978-3-540-92961-1_____PAGES/ILLUS'>ISBN-13:	978-3-540-92961-1
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 80 p., Softcover
	PRICE:__$49.95_____AVAILABLE_(US)'>PRICE:	$49.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	February 2009

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy provides excellent photographic step-by-step guidance to the surgical procedure. It has been produced to describe the operation in the simplest manner possible without over-symplifying. The core of the Operation Primer is the section on the Nodal Points where the surgical key steps are described in detail. This surgical guide book proves essential reference material to surgeons wishing to update in this specific area.

SELLING POINTS:

Provides one means of understanding and learning the now largely standardized procedure of laparoscopic cholecystectomy through a series of clearly defined individual steps (the so-called Nodal Points) Following this systematic procedure is an important step towards the avoidance of complications

MARKET:

Surgeons

SUBJECT:

Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Medicine, Surgery

RELATED TITLES:

Rosser Jr., Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Patient Education (978-0-387-14243-2, 1997, $217) Rosser Jr., Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Surgical Procedure (978-0-387-14241-8, 1997, $250)

COMPETITION:

Janes, Clipless Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Harmonic (Euromed Communications, 1899015620, 2006, $40.24) Buchler, Five Years of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (S. Karger Publishers, 3805562713, 1996, $159.25)

Philosophy




New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Resistance and Spiritual Practices

	EDITOR:	Pamela Sue Anderson, Oxford University, UK
	ISBN-13:__978-1-4020-6834-8_____PAGES/ILLUS'>ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6832-4
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 350 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $219.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

Having enjoyed about a decade of lively critique and creativity, feminist philosophy of religion still needs to be kept alive as a vital field of inquiry with new input and new voices from women and men informed by, but also critically engaged with, the rich traditions of philosophy of religion. This twenty-first century volume on feminist topics in philosophy of religion seeks to maintain such vitality. The basic premise is that old models of God, of relations between human and divine, and between gendered subjects, will no longer ‘simply do’ for feminist philosophers. The volume will sketch possibilities for feminist philosophy of religion in relation to the creation of sacred space, including the divine in everyday life and the sacred as vocation. Contributors to this volume critically engage with a range of western philosophers including Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, Iris Murdoch, Martin Heidegger, Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir, Emmanuel Levinas, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Michele Le Doeuff, bell hooks, Judith Butler and Grace M. Jantzen.

SELLING POINTS:

Reflects the vital field of feminist philosophy of religion with new input and new voices from scholars critically engaged with the rich traditions of the field Addresses the feminist struggle with and beyond oppressive aspects of God, especially gender specific conceptions of the divine Goes into the question of how ethnic, racial, sexual, social and material differences can lead to more just configurations of religion and the divine Includes both Western non-Western feminist philosophy of religion

MARKET:

Students, Philosophers

SUBJECTS:

Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Philosophy

RELATED TITLES:

Long, Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion (978-1-4020-0167-3, 2002, $109) Hackett, Philosophy of Religion for a New Century (978-1-4020-2073-5, 2004, $154)

COMPETITION:

Anderson, Feminist Philosophy of Religion (Routledge, 0415257506, 2003, $44.95) Anderson, A Feminist Philosophy of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell, 0631193839, 1997, $34.95)

Philosophy




Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Power in Knowledge

	EDITOR:	Heidi Grasswick, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
	ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6834-8
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 290 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $189.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

Having enjoyed more than twenty years of development, feminist epistemology and philosophy of science are now thriving fields of inquiry, offering current scholars a rich tradition from which to draw. In addition to a recognition of the power of knowledge itself and its effects on women’s lives, a central feature of feminist epistemology and philosophy of science has been the attention they draw to the role of power dynamics within knowledge-seeking practices and the implications of these dynamics for our understandings of knowledge, science, and epistemology. Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Power in Knowledge collects new works that address today’s key challenges for a power-sensitive feminist approach to questions of knowledge and scientific practice. The essays build upon established work in feminist epistemology and philosophy of science, offering new developments in the fields, and representing the broad array of the feminist work now being done and the many ways in which feminists incorporate power dynamics into their analyses.

SELLING POINTS:

Third generation feminist work on today's key challenges for a power-sensitive feminist approach to questions of knowledge and scientific practice Goes beyond the classic divisions of feminist empiricism, feminist standpoint theory, and feminist postmodernism, offering new interpretations and new applications of these approaches Includes a contribution from feminist epistemology pioneer Sandra Harding

MARKET:

Students, Philosophers

SUBJECTS:

Epistemology; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Philosophy

RELATED TITLES:

Harding, Discovering Reality, (978-1-4020-1318-8, 2005, $135) Nelson, Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science (978-0-7923-4162-8, 1996, $149)

COMPETITION:

Duran, Philosophies Of Science: Feminist Theories (Westview Press, 0813333253, 1997, $38) Haely, Objectivity in the Feminist Philosophy of Science (Continuum, 0826499546, 2008, $130)

Philosophy




Feminist Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art: The Power of Critical Visions and Creative Engagement

	EDITOR:	Lisa Ryan Musgrave, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, USA
	ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6836-2
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 290 p., 20 illus., 10 in color, Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $189.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

While much feminist philosophy is enjoying third- and fourth-wave developments and can build on its scholarly roots forged in the 1960’s and 1970’s, feminist contributions have taken what seems an exceptionally long time to break into the stubborn areas of aesthetics and philosophy of art. Some feminist scholars might reasonably consider aesthetics to be a back-burner issue: if we take feminism mainly to be a movement seeking equality and strategies to address social, economic, and political inequities, views on art practices or values have tended to seem less important than work in the sister area of feminist social and political theory. The truth is, however, that areas of aesthetic value, political value, ethical value—even scientific value and religious value—intersect in meaningful and complex ways, both in practices of oppression and liberatory strategies. The authors in this volume explore the connections between these value spheres that are too often separated. Feminist Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art addresses this dearth in the field, and seeks to build on those prior foundational perspectives in feminist aesthetics/philosophy of art.

SELLING POINTS:

Gives insight in how gender matters to creative making and appreciation practices Addresses the question whether there is such a thing as feminist art A volume on third generation feminist aesthetics gathering work from scholars who have been able to both build on previous groundwork Includes both Western non-Western feminist aesthetics and philosophy of art

MARKET:

Students, Philosophers

SUBJECTS:

Aesthetics; Philosophy; Arts

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Philosophy

RELATED TITLES:

Alanen, Feminist Reflections on the History of Philosophy (978-1-4020-2488-7, 2004, $109) Fløistad, Volume 9: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (978-1-4020-5068-8, 2007, $159.95)

COMPETITION:

Korsmeyer, Gender and Aesthetics: An Introduction (Routledge, 0415266580, 2004, $99.95) Nye, Feminist Impact on the Arts and Sciences Series - Philosophy and Feminism (Twayne Publishers, 0805797785, 1995, $23.00)