Dangerous Rhythms

Dangerous Rhythms

Author: T. J. English

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0063031434

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From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. "[A] brilliant and courageous book." —Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership. By offering artists like Louis Armstrong, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Ella Fitzgerald a stage, the mob, including major players Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, and Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, provided opportunities that would not otherwise have existed. Even so, at the heart of this relationship was a festering racial inequity. The musicians were mostly African American, and the clubs and means of production were owned by white men. It was a glorified plantation system that, over time, would find itself out of tune with an emerging Civil Rights movement. Some artists, including Louis Armstrong, believed they were safer and more likely to be paid fairly if they worked in “protected” joints. Others believed that playing in venues outside mob rule would make it easier to have control over their careers. Through English’s voluminous research and keen narrative skills, Dangerous Rhythms reveals this deeply fascinating slice of American history in all its sordid glory.


Dangerous Rhythm

Dangerous Rhythm

Author: Richard Barrios

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0199973849

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Going behind the scenes, Richard Barrios uncovers the rocky relationship between Broadway and Hollywood, the unpublicized off-camera struggles of directors, stars, and producers, and all the various ways by which some films became our most indelible cultural touchstones -- and others ended up as train wrecks.


A Dangerous Liberty

A Dangerous Liberty

Author: Mary Sheeran

Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.

Published: 2024-09-10

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13:

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Renowned composer and pianist Elisabeth Winters returns to the United States from Europe only to discover that her life is in danger. Although she wants nothing but to perform her concerts, she finds herself embroiled in layers of political and personal turmoil that have intertwined through the years she's been abroad - and her life is in jeopardy. As she invokes controversy on many levels, her world becomes more chaotic with the treachery she discovers taking place in her own inner circle. AS the daughter of a prominent abolitionist senator who was murdered many years before, she discovers that the powerful men who killed him are now out for her blood as well. When William de la Cuesta rescues her under extraordinary circumstances, she can't deny her feelings of trust for him. Yet there is something that disturbs her as well...a memory she can't quite grasp. He is suave, intelligent, and charming, but does he want to kill her?


Interpreting Difficult ECGs

Interpreting Difficult ECGs

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Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781582554471

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Interpreting Difficult ECGs: A Rapid Reference provides nurses and other health care professionals with systematic methods for interpreting difficult waveforms—from arrhythmias to ECG changes in acute coronary syndromes, bundle branch block, hypertrophy, and abnormalities caused by electrolyte disturbances and drugs. Chapters cover ECG fundamentals, interpreting rhythm strips, interpreting 12-lead ECGs, and understanding the effects of drugs, pacemakers, and other treatments on ECGs. The book contains more than 200 illustrations, including graphic waveforms, exact lead placement, and charts of key concepts such as selecting the best monitoring lead. A section of practice strips is included. Helpful quick-reference appendices cover major arrhythmias and antiarrhythmic drugs.


Documentation in Action

Documentation in Action

Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781582554129

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Designed for rapid on-the-job reference, Documentation in Action offers comprehensive, authoritative, practice-oriented, up-to-the-minute guidelines for documenting every situation in every nursing practice setting and important nursing specialties. Need-to-know information is presented in bulleted lists, charts, flow sheets, sidebars, and boxes, with icons and illustrative filled-in samples. Coverage includes documentation for care of patients with various diseases, complications, emergencies, complex procedures, and difficulties involving patients, families, and other health care professionals. Suggestions are given for avoiding legal pitfalls involving telephone orders, medication reactions, patients who refuse care, and much more. A section addresses computerized documentation, HIPAA confidentiality rules, use of PDAs, nursing informatics, and electronic innovations that will soon be universal.


The New Heart Disease Handbook

The New Heart Disease Handbook

Author: Christopher P. Cannon M.D.

Publisher: Fair Winds Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1616734515

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Take charge of your heart health today. The New Heart Disease Handbook provides you with all the information you need to safeguard your heart. And even after a heart disease has been diagnosed, this practical reference book can be used to take positive action—to control the illness, minimize its effects, and have a say in the selection of the best possible treatment. Written by Dr. Christopher Cannon, a leading cardiologist working at the forefront of heart research, it covers every aspect of heart health, care, and treatment. Clearly and simply, Dr. Cannon describes the most common heart diseases and exactly what steps you need to take to prevent or treat them. Drawing on the latest clinical studies, he sets out the risk factors, while suggesting easy ways to reduce those risks, from choosing heart-friendly foods and adopting relaxation techniques to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. He explains the uses and potential side effects of standard and new medications, and talks you through the most widely used tests, treatments, and surgical procedures so that you know exactly what to expect and how to prepare. The accompanying illustrations, quick-reference tables, and handy checklists of questions will further assist you to assess your own health, and make the most of your consultations with your doctor and specialists. Empowering and inspiring, positive yet practical, The New Heart Disease Handbook will help you not just maintain good heart health, but improve the quality of the rest of your life.


You Called an Ambulance for What?

You Called an Ambulance for What?

Author: Tim Booth

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.

Published: 2023-07-25

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1761268090

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Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be an adult man with a blocked nose. Far from beginner's luck, this turns out to be an omen for the rest of his paramedic career. Between the obligatory stories of objects lodged in body cavities and grown men who can't look after themselves when their wives are away, Tim finds that the promised life-saving moments are far outweighed by the trivial, frustrating and bizarre ambulance callouts. He and his colleagues battle fatigue, abuse and burnout - treated with coffee, occasional moments of heroism, and a healthy dose of dark humour. Told with cutting wit, pathos and disarming insight, You Called an Ambulance for What? is a comedic behind-the-sirens look at the challenges, absurdities and shocking reality of life as an Australian intensive care paramedic.


Textbook of Emergency Cardiology

Textbook of Emergency Cardiology

Author: Alan S Maisel

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9386322242

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of acute cardiovascular disorders. Divided into four sections the text provides detailed guidance on cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, and arrhythmias. Individual chapters cover cardiac imaging, biomarkers, and drug therapy. Written by renowned experts in the field, led by US-based Alan S Maisel and W Frank Peacock, the text is further enhanced by more than 300 clinical photographs, radiological images, tables and figures. Key points Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of acute cardiovascular disorders Covers cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, and arrhythmias Authored by recognised experts in the field Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, radiological images, tables and figures


New Orleans

New Orleans

Author: Berndt Ostendorf

Publisher: StudienVerlag

Published: 2013-03-25

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 3706557215

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Ralph Ellison once wrote that the rules of performance in American culture are jazz-shaped. This book explores the Afro-creole core culture of New Orleans as the mainspring of this energizing music. Much of the cultural capital of the city is buried in a complex, tripartite racial history, which threatens the binary logic of North American racism with all sorts of sensual transgressions. Its jazz-derived culture combines elements of African, French, Spanish and Anglo-American cultural practices which in their fusion have created a unique propulsive energy: Second line parades, jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians, Cajun and creole foodways, minstrelsy, dance, ragtime and jazz will be interpreted as the result of a set of historical circumstances unique to this Caribbean metropolis of the senses. Including a preface by Günter Bischof and pictures by Michael P. Smith