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Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna: Making Art (History) presents the art of Mantegna as challenging the parameters of the history of art in the demands it makes upon historical interpretation, and explores the artist’s potentially transformative impact on the study of the early Renaissance. Features an array of new methodologies for the study of Mantegna and early Renaissance art Critically addresses the question of iconography and “literary” art, as well as the politics of the monographic exhibition Includes translations of two seminal accounts of the artist by Roberto Longhi and Daniel Arasse, key texts not previously available in English Explores the Mantegna’s potentially transformative impact on the study of the early Renaissance
Joust in Times
For Dorothea Rioann, life sucks big time. A summer in England riding horses sounds great, but the reality is far from ideal. Her grandfather's farm is threatened by a centuries old treaty, while her mother is oblivious to the fact her daughter is being bullied by Annabel, who controls the town's clique. Frustrated, Dorthea runs away only to end up in the "Witch's House". After a series of unusual incidents, she awakens in Medieval England, where she must use her 21st century smarts and ingenuity in her role as a female jouster and a lady-in-waiting before she discovers there's no place like home.
Creative Engagement
An activity book to help caregivers improve the quality of life of people who have dementia. Whether they are cared for at home or in an assisted living community, adults living with dementia should be offered a life that is interesting and fun. But what can you do to enhance the everyday experience of a loved one who is losing interest in or is unable to participate in their old hobbies and pursuits? In Creative Engagement, dementia activity expert Rachael Wonderlin and developmental psychology professor Geri M. Lotze provide dozens of creative, hands-on ways to engage with people living with cognitive loss. Teaching caregivers how to find dementia-friendly daily activities and introduce th...
Hip Replacement
A quick yet comprehensive guide for anyone considering hip replacement surgery. Each year, more than 300,000 adults in the United States undergo hip replacement surgery. What can the many people experiencing hip pain in this country expect before, during, and after surgery? Hip Replacement—part of a new series of Johns Hopkins University Press books on specific surgical procedures—is designed to provide quick answers to all of the most common questions individuals have about hip surgery and the recovery process. Focusing on the patient experience, this frank and easy-to-use book highlights real patient experiences with hip pain, diagnosis, and treatment. The book • discusses basic hip ...
Public Health and Human Rights
Provides critical evidenced based assessements and tools with which to investigate the role of rights abrogation in the health of populations.
Current Issues in Molecular Virology
This book is a collection of chapters dealing with examples of RNA and DNA viruses, and issues such as how these gene packages have learnt to take advantage of their hosts, molecular recognition events that hosts may use to counterattack the viruses, and how researchers have developed strategies to use viruses or their parts as tools for different purposes.
China in Comparative Perspective
China in comparative perspective -- Empire and bureaucracy -- The great divergence; industrial revolution -- Demographic transition -- Religion and civilisation -- Statehood and national independence -- Revolution and Maoism -- Socialism -- Post-socialism -- Property relations and China's contemporary economy -- The countryside and migration -- The city -- The family and gender -- Schooling -- Civil society -- Rule of law -- Democracy
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes
A comprehensive and easy-to-read guide to diabetes. The authors will help you understand the disease, and work with your care team to maintain good health.
Planning Parenthood
Aims to guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. This work describes fertility assistance, surrogacy, and adoption, clearly outlining the requirements of each strategy. It compares the medical, emotional, financial, and legal investments and risks involved with each of these options.
Prescribing by Numbers
Physician-historian Jeremy A. Greene examines the mechanisms by which drugs and chronic disease categories define one another within medical research, clinical practice, and pharmaceutical marketing, and he explores how this interaction has profoundly altered the experience, politics, ethics, and economy of health in late-twentieth-century America.
