Critical Care Physiology
Robert H. Bartlett
From the preface: “Critical Care Physiology, as the companion piece to The Michigan Critical Care Handbook…provides the explanations, references, methods, and other supportive information to flesh out the essentials presented in the handbook. Critical Care Physiology is limited to discussion of four organ systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and neurologic) and four topics in integrative physiology (oxygen kinetics, fluids and electrolytes, host defenses, and metabolism and nutrition).”
The Michigan Critical Care Handbook
Robert H. Bartlett
From the introduction: “[The Michigan Critical Care Handbook] is truly a handbook. It contains no prose, only charts, tables, diagrams, and algorithms necessary for monitoring and managing critically ill patients. Background, discussion, and detailed references are presented in the Critical Care Physiology text.”
The Jews of Latin America
Judith Laikin Elkin
The Jews of Latin America examines the role played by Jewish communities in shaping the history of Latin America. It is an ambitious and groundbreaking work that analyzes and describes the varied ecology, ethnicity, traditions, and policies that characterize Jewish life in more than twenty Latin American nation-states. Inserting Latin America into Jewish history expands the traditional boundaries for surveying global Jewish diasporas. In counterpoint, as Professor Elkin writes, “….viewing LA societies from a Jewish perspective challenges the traditional notion of these societies as unalterably Hispanic and Catholic, a notion that perpetuates the nationalist view of Jews as disturbers of some ideal society. It is becoming more and more apparent that non-Latin, non-Iberian immigrants played a role in the evolution of the Latin American republics, and that their societies are increasingly pluralistic in reality if not in ideology. Jews are a part of this new reality, and uncovering their life stories reveals the modernizing dynamic they brought with them.”
Krishna Smiled: Assignment in Southeast Asia
Judith Laikin Elkin
Krishna Smiled: Assignment in Southeast Asia chronicles the impressions and experiences of Judith L. Elkin during her travels through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka while serving as one of the first female United States Foreign Service Officers.
The Possibility of Practical Reason
J. David Velleman
The Possibility of Practical Reason explores the foundational questions of moral psychology: How can any of our behavior qualify as acting for a reason? How can any considerations qualify as reasons for us to act? David Velleman argues that both possibilities depend on there being a constitutive aim of action–something that makes for success in action as such. These eleven essays discuss such topics as the relation between value and practical reasoning, the foundations of decision theory, freedom of the will, shared intention, and the motivational role of the imagination.
Be in Charge: How to Stay on Top
Alexander R. Margulis
Be in Charge is intended to guide managers through commonly encountered problems in handling people. Differences between leadership situations in business and academia are covered, as well as a range of topics such as dress, time management, gaining loyalty and respect, recruiting, and promotion, among others.
The Road to Success: How to Advance to the Top
Alexander R. Margulis
The Road to Success presents certain rules that can lead to career success and explains their importance. It serves as a guide and mentor to those looking to advance in their chosen career path, whether in business or academia.
Advanced Moroccan Arabic
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This five-part work is based on the author’s An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic. The thirty-eight texts of this book serve as an introduction to Moroccan ethnology, culture, history, folklore, and literature, in addition to giving the reader a more sophisticated exposure to the syntax of the language.
A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic. Volume 1: Conversations, Cultural Texts, Sociolinguistic Notes
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, A. Fathy Bahig, El-Said M. Badawi, Carolyn G. Killean
Designed for intermediate – advanced students. Part One consists of conversations in phonetic transcription and Arabic script (with translations), “texts” discussing one or more important ideas of each conversation and comprehensive sociolinguistic notes. Part Two includes 50 “cultural texts” discussing cultural points which are not dealt with in Part One. Part Three is an Appendix of useful information. Part Four is a System of Transcriptions. Part Five is a vocabulary list.
A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic. Volume 2: Proverbs and Metaphoric Expressions
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi, Zaki N. Abdel-Malek, Ernest N. McCarus
Designed for intermediate – advanced students; includes 695 proverbs and 276 expressions in transcription and Arabic script with translation and annotation.
A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic. Volume 3: A Reference Grammar of Egyptian Arabic
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi, Zaki N. Abdel-Malek, Ernest N. McCarus
Grammatical and linguistic terms in dictionary format.
A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic. Volume 4: Egyptian Arabic – English and English – Egyptian Arabic Lexicon
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi, Zaki N. Abdel-Malek, Ernest N. McCarus
Egyptian Arabic – English and English – Egyptian Arabic Lexicon arranged in 34 cultural categories.
A Computerized Lexicon of Tamazight
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This is a dictionary in four parts: (1) alphabetical listing of Tamazight-English; (2) alphabetical listing of English-Tamazight; (3) alphabetically arranged cultural categories; (4) linguistic lexicon containing listings according to word origin and grammatical categories. Over 10,000 entries.
A Course in Levantine Arabic
Ernest N. McCarus
The present version, like the first edition, is designed for college students and business and government employees who intend to use Levantine Arabic for travel, business, or government service. This book does not presuppose any prior knowledge of Arabic. The book contains thirty lessons including a wide variety of dialogue topics, grammatical explanations, and exercises.
A Course in Spoken Tamazight
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This text is for students interested in learning one or both dialects (Ayt Ayache and Ayt Seghrouchen) of Middle Atlas Berber (Tamazight). The volume is in four parts, including units on phonology, texts dealing with everyday life of speakers of Tamazight and lexicons of the two dialects. The book is designed to be used in conjunction with A Reference Grammar of Tamazight.
First Level Arabic
Ernest N. McCarus, Raji Rammuny
Elementary Arabic: Literary Arabic for Secondary Schools.
An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This volume is a formal course text of Egyptian Arabic for college students. It consists of lengthy treatment of Egyptian Arabic phonology; Basic Units; Conversations; extensive Grammatical Notes and Drills; and word lists, tests, stories, anecdotes, proverbs, and an English-Arabic lexicon.
An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This volume consists of six parts: Phonology, basic Units, Conversations, Verb tables, Glossary of Technical and Grammatical Terminology and Lexicon (English – Moroccan Arabic and Moroccan Arabic – English). It is designed to serve as a formal course text for two semesters. It is intended as a textbook and a grammar for college students and as a manual for researchers in social sciences.
The Jihad and Its Times
Hadia Dajani-Shakeel and Ronald A. Messier, editors
The concept of jihad, or “holy struggle or war,” is examined from a number of sides and in various contexts in eight essays. Contributors address such topics as the role of the caliph in jihad, Muslim reactions to the Crusades and whether or not to wage jihad as a result, a study of fortifications in Cairo in medieval times, and a discussion of the notion of jihad in Islamic theology. Dedicated to Andrew S. Ehrenkreutz, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus of Medieval Islamic History.
A Reference Grammar of Tamazight
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This volume is subtitled “A Comparative Study of the Berber Dialects of Ayt Ayache and Ayt Seghrouchen. The seven sections deal with phonology, the numerical system, pronominal systems, the noun, particles, the verb, and sentences. It is designed to be used with A Course in Spoken Tamazight (Ernest T. Abdel-Massih).
A Sample Lexicon of Pan-Arabic
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
This volume includes 5,405 of the basic high-frequency spoken Arabic words compatible in form with Modern Literary Arabic — words that are widely and clearly recognizable with maximum applicability throughout the Arab countries and are an excellent means of communication for the user.
Studies in Middle Eastern Health
J. W. Brown and Robin Barlow, editors
This collection of articles stems from a two-day conference held in March of 1997 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The book offers a selection of conference papers, along with two new papers which the editors contributed. Topics include the history of epidemiological studies in Beirut, traditions in Islamic medicine, analysis of mortality rates of Arab Israelis, health care services in Gaza, re-use of wastewater, family planning in Egypt, and more.
Studies in Near Eastern Culture and History
James A. Bellamy, editor
Over 15 essays cover a variety of disciplines and topics in Near Eastern culture and history, including linguistics, literature, Islamic history, and Biblical studies, by a wide variety of scholars. Dedicated to the memory of former University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies Director and Professor of Arabic and Berber Ernest T. Abdel-Massih and includes a memorial by Ernest N. McCarus.
Verbal Idioms of the Qurían
Mustansir Mir
Although medieval Arabic is well represented by dictionaries composed by Muslim scholars in the Middle Ages, the language still presents many lexical difficulties for the student and the mature scholar alike. The source of most such difficulties lies in the extraordinarily large number of idioms, in particular idioms involving verbs, in which the language abounds.
Democracy
Carl Cohen
This book is a thorough analytical account of the six parts of the philosophy of democracy: the nature, presuppositions, instruments, conditions, intellectual defense, and prospects of democracy.