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The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
A “timely and compelling” analysis of America’s bitterly divisive partisan politics (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)In recent years American politics has seemingly become much more partisan, more zero-sum, more vicious, and less able to confront the real problems our nation faces. What has happened? In The Second Civil War, respected political commentator Ronald Brownstein diagnoses the electoral, demographic, and institutional forces that have wreaked such change over the American political landscape, pulling politics into the margins and leaving precious little common ground for compromise. The Second Civil War is not a book for Democrats or Republicans but for all Americans who are disturbed by our current political dysfunction and hungry for ways to understand it—and move beyond it..
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Accessible Home Design: Architectural Solutions for the Wheelchair User
What must I do to install an elevator in my two-story home? Can I retrofit my master bathroom to include a spacious roll-in shower? How can my flower garden be made more accessible? The architecture staff of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) has been solving these and other issues related to accessible design for decades. Accessible home projects have always involved intricate planning and design, but their construction is often compromised because builders are unfamiliar with the specialized concepts and techniques. The need for expert information on this area of design is critical, and in response, PVA offers this revised and expanded second edition of Accessible Home Design. Each chapter addresses accessibility related to specific building components. Subjects include entrances, residential elevators and lifts, kitchen design, bath and toilet room plans, plumbing fixtures, grab bars, doors, windows and outdoor rooms, and garden paths. With careful planning and Accessible Home Design as your guide, you can develop attractive and functional designs that not only improve accessibility, but also increase the comfort and enjoyment of your home..
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome: From Diagnosis to Recovery (American Academy of Neurology)
Guillain-Barré Syndrome causes the body's immune system to attack the peripheral nervous system, producing feelings of tingling and weakness that increase in intensity until the patient is almost totally paralyzed. Claiming thousands of new victims each year, GBS can strike anyone at any age, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Fortunately, most patients have a good recovery, but the pathway to this goal can be slow and frightening. Written by two experts in the field — one a GBS survivor himself — Guillain-Barré Syndrome addresses all aspects of the condition, including initial symptoms, diagnostic evaluation and criteria, general and illness-specific treatments, and typical outcomes. The book covers a wide range of issues, including pain without injury and other abnormal sensations unique to GBS; the rehabilitation process; workplace adjustment with incomplete recovery; sexual dysfunction; guidelines for caregivers; and much more. Written in laymen’s terms, this practical, reassuring book helps patients manage this puzzling illness..
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The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life
One Tuesday afternoon Allen Rucker, Hollywood comedy writer and family man, wakes from a nap to find himself paralyzed from the waist down. Shocking? Yes. Unfair? Absolutely Reality? Inescapably Rucker is shaken up and angry, but soon realizes he's stuck in a wheelchair forever. He begins to reevaluate everything in his life, from the simplest bodily functions to the mysteries of the universe. Luckily, he's invited us along on the bumpy, poignant, and often hilarious road to recovery that leads him to completely redefine his life. The Best Seat in the House is Rucker's unpretentious, unapologetic, refreshingly comic, and powerfully heartfelt paean to life and its fragility, and to the resilience and adaptability of a single, normal, very funny human being. .
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Paralyzed but Not Powerless: Kate's Journey Revisited
Kate's Journey is a touching story of a woman's survival and recovery from a double brain-stem stroke. The book provides information on the warning signs of stroke and teaches us how to meet life threatening challenges with grace and valor. Kate's determination, humor and wisdom are inspiring. Her lessons are a model for anyone who struggles with a terminal illness to reach beyond the pain and fear to over come and celebrate life..
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Paralyzed: A Mystery Cocktail of Medicine and Murder with a Twist of Golf
Dr. Michael Patrick, a career emergency physician, was enjoying the best time of his life. He had risen to the highest rank in national amateur golf, had landed a dream job as an emergency department director in San Francisco and had fallen in love with a beautiful woman. Everything was finally going so well for him until he learned of activities he wasn't supposed to know. The knowledge of these illegal activities led to his attempted murder. The failed effort left him with a brain injury, a broken neck, no memory and paralyzed! This is a story of Michael Patrick's struggle to regain his memory and fight for his life, which was still in danger. It is a unique tale of the politics and subterfuge of the medical profession with a dramatic ending you will enjoy..
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Nightkill
Jack Nacht knows how to take risks and believes in justice, even if it's of the skewed sort. he's one of the best at what he does--and what he does is kill people for a living. But it's a young man's game and he wants out. And his instincts are right. When Jake reluctantly agrees to go on one last hit, he's double-crossed, and ends up completely paralyzed. The mob thinks he's done a deal. But what they don't know is that a brilliant doctor has developed a dangerous and deadly new technique. And if he succeeds, Jack Nacht will not only walk away again--but might also get a shot at revenge. .
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Divide and concur: bipartisanship in Washington is dead. Maybe now we can get something done.(The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed ... review): An article from: Washington Monthly
This digital document is an article from Washington Monthly, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2089 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Divide and concur: bipartisanship in Washington is dead. Maybe now we can get something done.(The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America)(Book review) Author: Mark Schmitt Publication:Washington Monthly (Magazine/Journal) Date: November 1, 2007 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 39 Issue: 11 Page: 42(3) Article Type: Book review Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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