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The sixth edition of Electrical Grounding has been thoroughly updated in accordance with the 2002 National Electrical Code (NECR), including a major reorganization of sections in Chapter 3 of the NEC
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Advises counselors and other helping professionals on working with gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals. Focus is on predicting potential challenges and developing clinical skil
POLITICAL THOUGHT: A GUIDE TO THE CLASSICS provides much needed historical background for featured thinkers while modeling the techniques of close reading in political theory by providing examples fro
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Herbert Goldenberg (California State U., Los Angeles) and Irene Goldenberg (U. of California, Los Angeles) offer instruction in working with families with varying backgrounds, circumstances, needs, an
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