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       July, 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                E-newsletter
 

New Books

 

 Law and Ethics for Medical Careers

by Karen Judson, Sharon Hicks,  Carlene Harrison

This book provides an overview of the laws and ethics you should know to help you give competent, compassionate care to patients that is within acceptable legal and ethical boundaries. The text can also serve as a guide to help you resolve the many legal and ethical questions you may reasonably expect to face as a student and, later, as a health care practitioner. The text features pertinent legal cases, anecdotes, and sidebars related to health-related careers. Content has been updated and special attention has been paid to legislation affecting health care.
(From Publisher)

 

 

Great Answers! Great Questions! for Your Job Interview

by Jay A. Block, Michael Betrus

 

This thorough guide provides answers for almost any question you can imagine-plus, it arms you with smart questions hiring managers want you to ask. From pre-interview research to follow -up calls, the authors walk you through every step of the interview process, providing the tips and tools you need to succeed in every interview. (From publisher)


 

 

 

 

To Want to Learn: Insights and Provocations For Engaged Learning

by Jackson Kytle


Lack of learner motivation is the single greatest challenge before American schools and colleges. When students are self-motivated, they invest more and work harder at learning even if resources are inadequate. Jackson Kytle's provocative book argues that students and teachers waste time and human energy because the conventional curriculum rests on flawed mental models. Hope for change requires a searching critique of modernity as well as expanded theories of human motivation and learning based on advances in neurobiology and cognitive studies. After consideration of existentialism and choice of life purposes, and the dynamics of psychological involvement, Kytle closes his ambitious, interdisciplinary book with ten considerations for better learning. (From Publisher)

 

 

Book Of the Month

 

Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

by George Crile

Charlie Wilson's War is the story of a bachelor congressman from Texas, Charlie Wilson, whose fun-loving exterior masked an extraordinary political mind and passion for the underdog. In the early 1980s, the underdogs were the Afghan "freedom fighters", or mujahideen, whose country had been invaded by the Russians. Encouraged by his longtime friend, patron, and sometimes lover, Joanne Herring, Wilson partnered with CIA agent Gust Avrakotos in an outrageous scheme to funnel billions of dollars of aid to the mujahideen, making it possible for the Afghans to defeat the Soviet forces. A compelling account of the last battle of the Cold War, this incredible tale is the key to understanding two of the most important events of our time - the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. (From Publisher)


 

 

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Bookworms

The book for June is

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

Suggested Reading

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

 

Stunning lilies, globe thistles, and other perennials bloom in the Mixed Perennial Border this month. Water lilies and sacred lotuses begin to flower on Lily Pool Terrace.

 

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