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Therapeutic Chair Massage offers detailed, illustrated instructions on the appropriate massage strokes, stretching techniques, and therapeutic routines to use in seated massage for both relaxation and specific therapeutic applications. The book also provides foundational information on equipment, hygiene, sanitation, safety, contraindications, communication and documentation, body mechanics, and establishing a seated massage business. Each chapter includes hands-on Experiential Exercises; Case Studies with critical thinking questions; Clinical Tips from the author's experience; and Of Special...

The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys Edited by C. Ralph Stephens In 1953 Flannery O'Connor was so pleased by Brainard Cheney's review of her much misunderstood first novel "Wise Blood" that she wrote the reviewer to thank him. What Cheney, himself a novelist, had said about the book was right on target. Very soon a friendship between this rising star of southern literature and Brainard and Frances Cheney was flourishing. Over the next eleven years there was a spirited exchange of letters and visits. Whenever possible, the Cheneys stopped by Andalusia, the O'Connor...

Classic, comprehensive, and up-to-date

Metal Fatigue in Engineering

Second Edition

For twenty years, Metal Fatigue in Engineering has served as an important textbook and reference for students and practicing engineers concerned with the design, development, and failure analysis of components, structures, and vehicles subjected to repeated loading.

Now this generously revised and expanded edition retains the best features of the original while bringing it up to date with the latest developments in the field.

As with the First...

This volume brings to broader notice a writer who, though long acclaimed by critics, has received far too little attention from the public. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize, two PEN American Center awards, an O. Henry Award, a Ritz Hemingway Award, and numerous fellowships, Peter Taylor surely merits such attention for his contribution to American literature.
This book contains twelve essays by scholars and critics, four reminiscences, and a recent interview with Taylor. Some of the pieces presented here grew out of a symposium on Peter Taylor sponsored by Essex Community College in April 1991;...