Brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in bioethics, sports, law, and philosophy to examine the need for regulating such athletic performance-enhancing technologies as steroids and gene doping. Exploring the culture and policy issues surrounding doping in athletics, this title details the history and state of drug use in sports.

Presents the history of the cosmetic industry in France that examines the evolution of popular tastes and standards of beauty during the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. This title introduces readers to the social and economic world of cosmetic production and consumption and examines how producers and retailers responded to evolving fashions.

The printed book is one of life's most frequently encountered technologies. This work surveys the evolution of this technology, tracing its development across many centuries and cultures. It reveals how profoundly information and media have shaped history and how vital the technology of the book has been to cultural and intellectual change.

Presents the history of father-daughter incest in the United States that explains how cultural mores and political needs distorted attitudes toward and medical knowledge of patriarchal sexual abuse at a time when the nation was committed to the familial power of white fathers and the idealized family.

In the 19th century, the new field of medical bacteriology identified microorganisms and explained how they spread disease. This book relates the history of this discipline to the biography of one of its founders, Nobel Prize - winning German physician Robert Koch (1843-1910).

Using The Soldier and the State as a point of departure, this title asks what has been learned and what more needs to be investigated in the relationship between civilian and military sectors in the 21st century.

Because health care works best when patients assume greater responsibility for their own health, community outreach and patient education have taken on increased importance. This title describes an approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programs targeted at the prevention and management of disease.

The year is 1622. Anxiety is high in the city of Venice. Rumors of treason flourish. The noble Antonio Foscarini stands accused and pays the ultimate price. Gerolamo Vano, General of Spies, provides the evidence. But who is really guilty?

Analyzes cinematic treatments of the Middle Ages within a diverse range of popular and artistic films. This book offers medievalists, literary and cultural theorists, and film theorists and buffs a fresh approach to understanding how popular culture interprets and makes use of the past through the medium of film.

Explains how Venice went from an isolated city completely dependent on foreign suppliers for wood to a regional state with a sophisticated system of administering and preserving forests. This title focuses on how cultural conceptions about nature influenced political policies for resource conservation and land management in Venice.

Addresses various aspects of orgasms: how they happen, why they don't, and what can be done to enhance sexual experiences. This book provides answers to more than 80 common questions, including: Can orgasms cause a heart attack? Does childbirth affect orgasms? What is the G spot? And, how can I tell if my partner is faking orgasm?

Offers parents fresh perspectives and simple skills to encourage good behavior in children and reduce stress for the entire family. This book demonstrates how parents must allow their children to decide for themselves whether they will cooperate and how they will act.

Ever wonder how many kinds of turtles there are? Or if they have teeth? Why so many turtles have yellow stripes on their neck? If it is wise to feed turtles in your neighborhood pond or lake? This book provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about the more than 300 turtles, tortoises, and terrapin species of the world.

Explores the intersection of postcolonial theory and medievalism. This title discusses medievalism in regions as wide-ranging as the United States, India, Latin America, and Africa. It demonstrates that writing the Middle Ages has been key in colonial and postcolonial struggles over racial, ethnic, and territorial identity.

Students of color face alienation, stereotyping, low expectations, and lingering racism even as they actively engage in the academic and social worlds of college life. This title examines the experiences of African American collegiate women and the identity-related pressures they encounter both on and off campus.

Presents a history of the US Public Health Service's efforts to educate Americans about sex. This title draws on medical research, news reports, the records of the Public Health Service, and interviews with former surgeons general to examine this history from that early initiative through the administration of George W Bush.

Passengers who dined on the Baltimore and Ohio during the heyday of American railroading received five-star service: white tablecloths, china, and silver; food cooked from scratch; and the undivided attention of skilled waiters. This book combines many of B&O's recipes with historical photos to capture the elegance of dining car experience.

Discusses the science behind American football, soccer, cycling, swimming, diving, long jumping, and a host of other competitive sports. This book explains the basic physical properties involved in amazing and everyday athletic endeavors.

An illustrated tour of the black railroad experience from slavery to Amtrak. It presents a survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic influence of African Americans on railroads and of railroads on the black community.

Incorporating the baffling world of assisted living, this book focuses on the psychological, emotional, and practical aspects of helping family members and seniors make a difficult transition. It focuses on the family member's role in solving problems, obtaining good-quality care, and visiting. It is suitable for social workers and nurses.