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Godfrey C. Luyt's work covers themes such as loss of innocence,traumatic life experience,suffering and survival through a range of topics including the devastation of Apartheid-entrenched poverty,the personal impact of HIV/AIDS,familial & societal disintegration.He writes about homelessness,street life and often ponders negative extremes in relation to childhood,offspring and the redeeming powers of love and friendship. In this debut anthology,the author explores his constant search of "the truth" in a world,which he regards as a delusional reality.The author also touches on everyday issues,such as love and loss.His humanitarian and social activist nature comes out strongly in his poetry.Some of his poems might come across as controversial,but the author should be commended for his honesty and directness.Considering English is not the author's first language,this might not be a literary work of genius,but the messages will touch everyone who will read these poems.
Presents a comprehensive analysis of research on content-related media harm and offense. This book brings together findings on both established and newer interactive media. In today's media and communications environment, pressing questions arise regarding the media's potential for harm, especially in relation to children. This fully revised edition offers a unique and comprehensive analysis of the latest research on content-related media harm and offense. For the first time, a balanced, critical account brings together findings on both established and newer, interactive media.Arguing against asking simple questions about media effects, the case is made for contextualizing media content and use within a multi-factor, risk-based framework in order to guide future research and policy formation.
In Deciphering Reality: Simulations, Tests, and Designs, Benjamin B. Olshin takes a problem-based approach to the question of the nature of reality. In a series of essays, the book examines the detection of computer simulations from the inside, wrestles with the problem of visual models of reality, explores Daoist conceptions of reality, and offers possible future directions for deciphering reality. The ultimate goal of the book is to provide a more accessible approach, unlike highly complex philosophical works on metaphysics, which are inaccessible to non-academic readers, and overly abstract (and at times, highly speculative) popular works that offer a mélange of physics, philosophy, and consciousness.
The latest and most accurate, peer-reviewed information on the role of vitamins and minerals in health and disease An Evidence-Based Approach to Vitamins and Minerals: Health Benefits and Intake Recommendations is a trusted resource for the health professional who needs to interpret the explosion of studies on the role of micronutrients in health and disease and who is concerned about the proliferation of dietary supplements now available to the consumer. This evidence-based reference, now in a second edition, presents the most current scientific, epidemiological and clinical research on the role of vitamins and minerals in preventing disease and promoting optimal health. Organized by micron...
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