Dead Man's Wharf (Detective Inspector Andy Horton)

 

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (May 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847511325
• ISBN-13: 978-1847511324

The new Detective Inspector Horton mystery - Horton and Cantelli are called to a nursing home where a resident claims she’s been attacked by an intruder. Ready to dismiss it as senile ramblings, Horton then discovers that her room-mate has died, the dead woman’s belongings are missing and her son, convicted for armed robbery, has been found dead in his cell. Soon Horton is caught up in a complex investigation that has far-reaching international implications.

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Naturally Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Biology, Botany, Nature and Zoology, Second Edition

 

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750306815
• ISBN-13: 978-0750306812

Synopsis Naturally Speaking is the largest compilation of published quotations on the natural world available. It is designed to be entertaining and informative. The purpose of the book is to present quotations so that the reader can get a feel for the depth and breadth of natural history and the life sciences. Readership Scientists, administrators, and librarians working in the Life Sciences, Natural History, General readers with an interest.

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Contract Theory in Historical Context

 

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: BRILL (April 27, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004184252
• ISBN-13: 978-9004184251

These essays carefully show that classic social-contract theory was an ancien regime genre. Far more than is commonly realized, the local horizon was built into Hobbes's and Locke's theories and the genre drew on the absolutism of Bodin and Grotius.

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Kraken

 

With this outrageous new novel, China Miéville has written one of the strangest, funniest, and flat-out scariest books you will read this—or any other—year. The London that comes to life in Kraken is a weird metropolis awash in secret currents of myth and magic, where criminals, police, cultists, and wizards are locked in a war to bring about—or prevent—the End of All Things.In the Darwin Centre at London’s Natural History Museum, Billy Harrow, a cephalopod specialist, is conducting a tour whose climax is meant to be the Centre’s prize specimen of a rare Architeuthis dux—better known as the Giant Squid. But Billy’s tour takes an unexpected turn when the squid suddenly and impossibly vanishes into thin air.As Billy soon discovers, this is the precipitating act in a struggle to the death between mysterious but powerful forces in a London whose existence he has been blissfully ignorant of until now, a city whose denizens—human and otherwise—are adept in magic and murder.There is the Congregation of God Kraken, a sect of squid worshippers whose roots go back to the dawn of humanity—and beyond. There is the criminal mastermind known as the Tattoo, a merciless maniac inked onto the flesh of a hapless victim. There is the FSRC—the Fundamentalist and Sect-Related Crime Unit—a branch of London’s finest that fights sorcery with sorcery. There is Wati, a spirit from ancient Egypt who leads a ragtag union of magical familiars. There are the Londonmancers, who read the future in the city’s entrails. There is Grisamentum, London’s greatest wizard, whose shadow lingers long after his death. And then there is Goss and Subby, an ageless old man and a cretinous boy who, together, constitute a terrifying—yet darkly charismatic—demonic duo.All of them—and others—are in pursuit of Billy, who inadvertently holds the key to the missing squid, an embryonic god whose powers, properly harnessed, can destroy all that is, was, and ever shall be. 

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; Book Club edition (June 29, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034549749X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345497499
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches 

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Gravitation, Electromagnetism and Cosmology: Toward a New Synthesis

 

 

• Paperback: 177 pages
• Publisher: Apeiron (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968368964
• ISBN-13: 978-0968368961

Collection of papers originally presented at an international conference on Redshifts and Gravitation in a Relativistic Universe, held Sept. 17-20, 1999, in Cesena, Italy. Topics covered include the nature of physical law, the mechanism of gravitation, alternatives to the Big Bang model based on the physics of the microcosm, flaws in the thermodynamics of the Big Bang, the enigma of redshift quantization, the conceptual and mathematical foundations of special relativity and electromagnetism, empirical tests that contradict standard relativity theory.

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The Story of Mankind

 

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Book Jungle (June 8, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438519141
• ISBN-13: 978-1438519142
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.

Van Loon was a Dutch/American historian. His The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. Van Loon's writing style is full of antidotes and a casual delivery suited to young readers. The Amazon.com review is as follows. "Anyone who can chronicle world history from 500,000 B.C. to present times--and do so in a lively, entertaining style--deserves a medal. Luckily, the bestowers of the very first Newbery Medal in 1922 thought so, too. The warm, personable tone of Hendrik Willem van Loon's writing lends itself to true learning in a way that stern, dry textbooks never do. In the introduction, he describes climbing a tower in Rotterdam in his youth. Years later, the perspective at the top inspired the author to develop a metaphor of history as a "mighty Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. This genuinely enjoyable charmer, for history buffs and the historically challenged alike, covers human history from prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors were learning to communicate with grunts, right through to the issues of the latter 20th century: gay rights, Arab-Israeli conflicts, and health and fitness. Revised and updated several times since 1921, van Loon's inviting classic is filled with stories (and witty parenthetical asides) that bring history alive. His pen-and-ink illustrations, maps, and animated chronology contribute to the cozy, round the fireplace aspect of the book. (Ages 12 and older)"
Anyone who can chronicle world history from 500,000 B.C. to present times--and do so in a lively, entertaining style--deserves a medal. Luckily, the bestowers of the very first Newbery Medal in 1922 thought so, too. The warm, personable tone of Hendrik Willem van Loon's writing lends itself to true learning in a way that stern, dry textbooks never do. In the introduction, he describes climbing a tower in Rotterdam in his youth. Years later, the perspective at the top inspired the author to develop a metaphor of history as a "mighty Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages." This genuinely enjoyable charmer, for history buffs and the historically challenged alike, covers human history from prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors were learning to communicate with grunts, right through to the issues of the latter 20th century: gay rights, Arab-Israeli conflicts, and health and fitness. Revised and updated several times since 1921, van Loon's inviting classic is filled with stories (and witty parenthetical asides) that bring history alive. His pen-and-ink illustrations, maps, and animated chronology contribute to the cozy, round the fireplace aspect of the book. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter

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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, 20th Anniversary Edition

 

• Hardcover: 246 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (December 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071359168
• ISBN-13: 978-0071359160

Ries and Trout taught me everything I know about branding, marketing, and product management. When I had the idea of creating a very large thematic community on the Web, I first thought of Positioning....--David Bohnett, Chairman and Founder of GeoCities A handsome edition of the original 1981 text, this 20th Anniversary Edition makes available to business and marketing professionals--including tens of thousands of Ries and Trout groupies, worldwide--the work that forever changed the way marketing strategy is done. This new edition features commentary from the authors that offers fresh insight into why positioning a product in a prospective customer's mind is still the most important strategy in business, and includes numerous examples of campaigns that followed, or didn't follow, Ries and Trout's thinking.

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The West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Geography of Occupation

 

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (20 April 2006)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 041538544X
• ISBN-13: 978-0415385442

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Written in a clear and easy-to-follow style, this revealing text examines the contemporary political geography of the West Bank and Gaza strip.
Descriptive in nature, it documents the changes and developments since 1967 right up to the disengagement from Gaza. The book is supplemented by numerous maps and covers issues including demography, Jewish settlements, water and natural resources, transport infrastructure, planning, partition plans for Jerusalem, settlement policy and the Separation Fence.
One of the first books to tackle this contentious subject from a geographical rather than a political or historical perspective, The West Bank and Gaza Strip will be of huge interest to both undergraduate and graduate students studying the Israel-Palestine question.

About the Author

Elisha Efrat is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Tel Aviv University. He has held posts in Israel's Ministry of the Interior as Head of the Department of National and Regional Planning and has written more than 200 articles on Israeli issues. His previous publications include Israel - a Contemporary Geography (1996) and Physical Planning Prospects in Israel during 50 Years of Statehood (1998).

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Introduction to Plasma Technology: Science, Engineering and Applications

 

 

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (November 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3527327630
• ISBN-13: 978-3527327638

Book Description

Publication Date: November 23, 2010 | ISBN-10: 3527327630 | ISBN-13: 978-3527327638 | Edition: 1

Written by a university lecturer with more than forty years experience in plasma technology, this book adopts a didactic approach in its coverage of the theory, engineering and applications of technological plasmas.
The theory is developed in a unified way to enable brevity and clarity, providing readers with the necessary background to assess the factors that affect the behavior of plasmas under different operating conditions. The major part of the book is devoted to the applications of plasma technology and their accompanying engineering aspects, classified by the various pressure and density regimes at which plasmas can be produced. Two chapters on plasma power supplies round off the book.
With its broad range of topics, from low to high pressure plasmas, from characterization to modeling, and from materials to components, this is suitable for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in the field.

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Breakthrough!: How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World

 

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (March 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137137486
• ISBN-13: 978-0137137480

Book Description

Publication Date: March 7, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0137137486 | ISBN-13: 978-0137137480 | Edition: 1

"A wonderfully clear account of the great moments in medicine and a powerful reminder of the possibility of improvement in the fight against illness."  -–Matt Ridley, author of Genome

10 World-Changing Revolutions in Medicine...and the Remarkable Human Discoveries That Made Them Possible

•     The unforgettable life-or-death stories behind antibiotics, vaccines, DNA, X-rays, and more

•     What happened, how it happened, and what it means to you today

•     A colorful cast of characters whose discoveries were often driven not only by personal tragedy, curiosity, and hard work, but petty bickering, dumb luck, and a healthy dose of humor

•     For anyone interested in science, medicine, and beyond...

Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven’t just changed the way we treat disease, they’ve transformed how we understand ourselves and the world we live in. In Breakthrough!, Jon Queijo tells the hidden stories behind 10 of history’s most amazing medical discoveries. This isn’t dry history: These are life-and-death mysteries uncovered, tales of passionate, often-mocked individuals who stood their ground and were proven right. From germs to genetics, the ancient Hippocrates to the cutting edge, these are stories that have changed the world–and, quite likely, saved your life. 

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Coherent Semiconductor Optics: From Basic Concepts to Nanostructure Applications

 

 

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2006 | ISBN-10: 3540325549 | ISBN-13: 978-3540325543 | Edition: 1

This book introduces the basic theoretical concepts required for the analysis of the optical response of semiconductor systems in the coherent regime. It is the most instructive textbook on the theory and optical effects of semiconductors. The entire presentation is based on a one-dimensional tight-binding model. Starting with discrete-level systems, increasing complexity is added gradually to the model by including band-structure and many-particle interaction. Various linear and nonlinear optical spectra and temporal phenomena are studied. The analysis of many-body effects in nonlinear optical phenomena covers a major part of the book.

• Hardcover: 333 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540325549
• ISBN-13: 978-3540325543

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Last Light (Restoration Series #1)

 

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2005

Today, the world as you know it will end. No need to turn off the lights. Your car suddenly stalls and won't restart. You can't call for help because your cell phone is dead. Everyone around you is having the same problem . . . and it's just the tip of the iceberg. Your city is in a blackout. Communication is cut off. Hospital equipment won't operate. And airplanes are falling from the sky. Is it a terrorist attack . . . or something far worse? In the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, your family faces a choice. Will you hoard your possessions to survive---or trust God to provide as you offer your resources and your hearts to others? Yesterday's world is gone. Now all you've got is your family and community. You stand or fall together. Like never before, you must rely on each other. But one of you is a killer. #1 bestselling suspense author Terri Blackstock weaves a masterful what-if novel in which global catastrophe reveals the darkness in human hearts---and lights the way to restoration for a self-centered world. Last Light is the first book in an exciting new series.

 

• Paperback: 381 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (September 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310257670
• ISBN-13: 978-0310257677

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Jamaican Americans (The New Immigrants)

 

• Library Binding: 144 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (February 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791087905
• ISBN-13: 978-0791087909

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Faulkner and Material Culture (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series)

Faulkner and Material Culture (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series)

 

 

• Hardcover: 155 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi (May 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578069394
• ISBN-13: 978-1578069392

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 2007 | Series: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series

Essays by Charles S. Aiken, Katherine R. Henninger, T. J. Jackson Lears, Miles Orvell, Kevin Railey, D. Matthew Ramsey, Joseph R. Urgo, Jay Watson, and Patricia Yaeger
Photographs, lumber, airplanes, hand-hewn coffins--in every William Faulkner novel and short story worldly material abounds. The essays in Faulkner and Material Culture provide a fresh understanding of the things Faulkner brought from the world around him to the one he created.
Charles S. Aiken surveys Faulkner's representation of terrain and concludes, contrary to established criticism, that to Faulkner, Yoknapatawpha was not a microcosm of the South but a very particular and quite specifically located place. Jay Watson works with literary theory, philosophy, the history of woodworking and furniture-making, and social and intellectual history to explore how Light in August is tied intimately to the region's logging and woodworking industries.
Other essays in the volume include Kevin Railey's on the consumer goods that appear in Flags in the Dust. Miles Orvell discusses the Confederate Soldier monuments installed in small towns throughout the South and how such monuments enter Faulkner's work. Katherine Henninger analyzes Faulkner's fictional representation of photographs and the function of photography within his fiction, particularly in The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!
Joseph R. Urgo is dean of the faculty at Hamilton College. Ann J. Abadie is associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.

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Patterson's Allergic Diseases (Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis & Management (Patterson)) 

 

 

• Hardcover: 848 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Sixth edition (March 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781723868
• ISBN-13: 978-0781723862

 

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0781723868 | ISBN-13: 978-0781723862 | Edition: Sixth

Revised, updated, and expanded for its Sixth Edition, this highly acclaimed volume is a complete, current, and practical clinical reference on allergic disorders. It will remain the first-choice resource for residents and practitioners who need guidance to identify an allergy, confirm a diagnosis, or find effective therapies.Twelve new chapters in this edition cover latex allergy; radiologic evaluation of allergic diseases; physiologic assessment of pulmonary allergies; evaluation of eosinophilia; inhaler devices; glucocorticoids; beta agonists; other antiallergic drugs; novel therapies; immunodeficiency workup; allergic disorders and psychiatric dysfunction; and chronic sinusitis. Areas of expanded coverage include drug allergies and ICU management of asthma.
A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

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Poucher's Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps

 

 

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 10th ed. edition (May 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0751404799
• ISBN-13: 978-0751404791

 

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0751404799 | ISBN-13: 978-0751404791 | Edition: 10th ed.

Poucher's Perfumes Cosmetics and Soaps has been in print since 1923 and is the classic reference work in the field of cosmetics. Now in a fully updated 10th edition, this new volume provides a firm basic knowledge in the science of cosmetics (including toiletries) as well as incorporating the latest trends in scientific applications and legislation which have occurred since the 9th edition. This edition will not only be an excellent reference book for students entering the industry but also for those in specialized research companies, universities and other associated institutions who will be able to gain an overall picture of the modern cosmetic science and industry. The book has been logically ordered into four distinct parts. The historical overview of Part 1 contains an essay demonstrating William Arthur Poucher's influence on the 20th Century cosmetics industry as well as a chapter detailing the long history of cosmetics. Part 2 is a comprehensive listing of the properties and uses of common cosmetic types, ranging from Antiperspirants through to Sunscreen preparations. There are an increased number of raw materials in use today and their chemical, physical and safety benefits are carefully discussed along with formulation examples. The many additions since the last edition demonstrate the dramatic recent expansion in the industry and how changes in legal regulations affecting the development, production and marketing of old, established and new products are operative almost worldwide. Information on specialist products for babies and others is included within individual chapters. The chapters in Part 3 support and outline the current guidelines regarding the assessment and control of safety and stability. This information is presented chemically, physically and microbiologically. Part 3 chapters also detail requirements for the consumer acceptability of both existing and new products. Those legal regulations now in force in the EU, the USA and Japan are carefully described in a separate chapter and the remaining chapters have been extensively updated to explain the technical and practical operations needed to comply with regulations when marketing. This information will be invaluable to European Union and North American companies when preparing legally required product information dossiers. The final chapters in Part 4 contain useful information on the psychology of perfumery as well as detailing methods for the conduct of assessment trials of new products. As ingredient labelling is now an almost universal legal requirement the International Nomenclature of Cosmetics Ingredients (INCI) for raw materials has been used wherever practicable. The advertised volume is the 10th edition of what was previously known as volume 3 of Poucher's Cosmetics and Soaps. Due to changes in the industry there are no plans to bring out new editions of volume 1 and 2.

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Schaum's Outline of Immunology

 

 

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071373667
• ISBN-13: 978-0071373661

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0071373667 | ISBN-13: 978-0071373661 | Edition: 1

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?
Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.
This Schaum's Outline gives you

• Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
• Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
• In-depth review of practices and applications

Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!
Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.

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Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System, 2e

 

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 2 edition (January 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072160241X
• ISBN-13: 978-0721602417

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2004 | ISBN-10: 072160241X | ISBN-13: 978-0721602417 | Edition: 2

The 2nd edition of this popular text emphasizes the fundamental concepts and principles of human immunology that students need to know, without overwhelming them with extraneous material. It leads the reader to a firm understanding of basic principles, using full-color illustrations; short, easy-to-read chapters; color tables that summarize key information clinical cases; and much more-all in a conveniently sized volume that's easy to carry. The New Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the many advances that are expanding our understanding of the field.

• Presents all of the most important principles that govern the function of the immune system.
• Extrapolates key concepts from the vast amount of experimental data that has emerged.
• Focuses on cellular interactions in immune responses rather than describing in detail many of the underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms.
• Emphasizes immune responses in human rather than experimental animals, drawing upon parallels with experimental situations only when necessary.
• Uses clear, crisp illustrations, diagrams, figures, charts and tables to highlight important principles.
• Illustrates how the principles of immunology may be applied to common human diseases through clinical cases in the Appendix.
• Features an easy-to-read layout; summarizes chapter content in bulleted lists accompanied by review questions; and offers a list of selected readings.

• all of the scientific advances that are expanding the knowledge base in this rapidly evolving field.

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Handbook of Clinical Drug Data

 

 

• Paperback: 1104 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 10 edition (Sep 11 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071363629
• ISBN-13: 978-0071363624

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Review

"The Notes section is very helpful, in many cases summarizing significant studies, allowing pharmacists to cite clinical research results in making recommendations. "Comparison charts are used appropriately and are well labeled, quickly orienting readers to the information being presented. "Information...concise and easily navigated. "Overall this book is an excellent condensed drug information reference for clinical pharmacists. Information is organized and presented in a way that makes it more appropriate for use as a therapeutic decision-making tool than similar references. "This book would be useful addition to the collection of any drug information center, medical library, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, or clinical pharmacy practitioner."--American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education )

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This handbook, which in its early lustrous years served physicians, pharmacists, and pharmacy students, is unlike any other drug reference book in that it allows readers to compare and contrast various drugs within drug categories, thereby enabling them to make decisions on which drug to administer. All other drug reference books merely repeat the drug manufacturers' literature, with no analysis of that information. Nor are there any reports from the published literature concerning use and efficacy of the drugs listed. The clinical drug information with part II contains chapters on drug induced diseases, drug interactions and interferences, drug use in special populations, immunization, medical emergencies, and nutrition support. There are also appendices that contain useful conversion factors, anthropometrics, and laboratory indices.
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Leukemias: Principles and Practice of Therapy

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (December 21, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405182350
• ISBN-13: 978-1405182355

Contributors.
Preface.
Part 1: Background and Diagnostic.
1. Stem Cell Biology in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis (Amer Zeidan and Meir Wetzler).
2. Epidemiology and Etiology of Leukemias (Andrew Fletcher, Annika Whittle and David Bowen).
3. Traditional Diagnostic Approaches (Hartmut Koeppen, Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos and Sergej N. Konoplev).
4. Diagnosis of Leukemias - New Diagnostic Modalities and Implications for Classification (Maher Albitar).
5. Non-cytogenetic Markers and Their Impact on Prognosis (Eric Schafer and Donald Small).
Part 2: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
6. Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Pathophysiology (Steven D. Gore and Erica Warlick).
7. Myelodysplastic Syndromes - The Role of Cytogenetic and Molecular Abnormalities for Classification and Risk Assignment (Ulrich Germing).
8. Myelodysplastic Syndromes (William Stevenson and Guillermo Garcia-Manero).
Part 3: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
9. Presentation and Diagnosis: Novel Molecular Markers and their Role in the Prognosis and Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Wolfgang Kern, Torsten Haferlach, Susanne Schnittger, Claudia Haferlach, and Ulrike Bacher).
10. Induction Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Martha Wadleigh and Daniel J. DeAngelo).
11. Salvage Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Current Strategies and Emerging Therapies (Keith W. Pratz and Judith E. Karp).
12. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (Gheath Alatrash and Marcos de Lima).
Part 4: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL).
13. The Pathophysiology of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (Francesco Lo-Coco and Syed Khizer Hasan).
14. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL): Manifestations and Therapy (Sylvain Thépot, Lionel Ades, Pierre Fenaux).
Part 5: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
15. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Presentation, Diagnosis and Classification (Sandeep Gurbuxani and John Anastasi).
16. Induction Therapy in Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Xavier Thomas).
17. Salvage Therapy of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Nicola Gökbuget and Dieter Hoelzer).
18. Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Current Treatment Status and Perspectives (Olga Sala-Torra and Jerald P. Radich).
19. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adolescents and Young Adults (Michael E. Rytting).
20. The Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Partow Kebriaei).
Part 6: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML).
21. Pathophysiology of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia(Agnes S. M. Yong and Junia V. Melo).
22. Therapy of Newly Diagnosed and Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (Andreas Hochhaus).
23. Therapy of Advanced Stage and Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Devendra K. Hiwase and Timothy P. Hughes).
Part 7: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
24. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Manifestations, and Prognostic Markers (Thorsten Zenz, Hartmut Döhner, Stephan Stilgenbauer).
25. Therapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – Frontline and Salvage (Valentin Goede, Barbara Eichhorst, and Michael Hallek).
26. The Role of Stem Cell Transplantation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Simon Hallam and John G. Gribben).
27. Special Situations: Management of Elderly Patients and CLL Transformation (Wei-Gang Tong and Alessandra Ferrajoli).
Part 8: Other Leukemic Disorders.
28. Hairy Cell Leukemia (Farhad Ravandi).
29. Therapeutic Approaches to the Mature T-cell Lymphoproliferative Leukaemias (Nnenna Osuji and Claire Dearden).
30. Philadelphia Chromosome Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (Ruben A. Mesa and Srdan Verstovsek).
Part 9: General Treatment Principles and Clinical Developments.
31. Management of Emergencies in Leukemias (Olga Frankfurt).
32. Management of Infectious Complications in Patients with Leukemia (Marcio Nucci, Nair Bijay and Elias Anaissie).
33. Transfusion Support and Hematopoietic Growth Factors (Paolo Rebulla).
34. New Designs for Clinical Trials: AML as an Example (Elihu Estey).
Index.
The color plate section.

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Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide

Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide [Paperback]

 

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2005

'Ace on the River' is no ordinary poker book. This is the first truly "advanced" guide aimed at improving your game. Written in an easy-to-read, bare bones conversational style and designed to help anyone interested in increasing their understanding of the game, this book is ideal for those new to the game or winning professionals. The fundamental philosophies presented go beyond the green felt and can be applied in all competitive ventures. While most poker books focus on basic rules and strategies, the book's advanced perspective addresses elements that effect both game play and the player. Focusing on a variety of subjects, such as the psychology of poker, money management, family issues, and sex, this book gives the reader a rare chance to look beyond the cards to see the poker world through someone who lives it. The unique you-make-the-call-play by play section will challenge the reader again and again. This is a review and guide to the world of high-stakes poker as seen by one of the most well-known and well-respected players of all time. From the beginning of 2003 until the middle of 2004, Barry Greenstein won seven poker tournaments and came in second five times, including winning a World Poker Tour event and a World Series of Poker bracelet. Known as the Robin Hood of Poker, Barry has donated nearly three million dollars of his tournament winnings to charity.

 

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Last Knight Publishing Company (June 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972044221
• ISBN-13: 978-0972044226

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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence

Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence": The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence [Hardcover]

 

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: PublicAffairs; 1 edition (3 April 2008)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1586483218
• ISBN-13: 978-1586483210

Product Description

"Energy independence" might sound appealing, but as veteran energy reporter Robert Bryce shows in this smart and surprising book, it's neither achievable nor desirable.For more than three decades, politicians have been promising to make America energy independent, a self-sufficient. They reason that energy independence will mean a thriving economy, a positive balance of trade and a stronger, better country.Except it won't. Despite the rhetoric, which is coming from both Democrats and Republicans as well as from tree-hugging greens and war-mongering neo-cons, energy independence is neither doable nor desirable. In "Gusher of Lies", leading authority Robert Bryce debunks the idea that the US can free itself from foreign energy and why it will be importing oil, natural gas, coal, gasoline, uranium and other energy commodities for decades to come.This book exposes the ethanol scam for what it is: one of the longest-running robberies of taxpayers in US history. From nearly any standpoint - subsidies, food prices, air quality, water use or greenhouse gas emissions - ethanol is a losing proposition.The booming economy, combined with increasing energy demand from China, India and other developing countries, combined with increasing concern about the need to reduce C02 emission, have made the world ever more interdependent. "A Gusher of Lies" shows why America must drop the rhetoric of energy independence and embrace interdependence.

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Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill

 

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 1 edition (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585623679
• ISBN-13: 978-1585623679

 

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1585623679 | ISBN-13: 978-1585623679 | Edition: 1

Psychiatric drugs are frequently used in the medically ill and are prescribed to nearly three-quarters of medically ill patients seen in psychiatric consultation. Primary care and other nonpsychiatric physicians account for more than one-half of prescriptions written for psychiatric drugs, typically to patients with complex medical illnesses. Appropriate use of psychopharmacology in the medically ill requires careful consideration of the underlying disease process and the potential for multiple complex interactions. Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill is a comprehensive yet practical guide to psychotropic prescribing for patients who are medically ill. Both basic and more specialized knowledge is covered, from fundamental principles of psychotropic prescribing to disease- and organ system specific issues. Designed to be useful to a broad range of specialists, this manual will equip clinicians with the detailed and directly relevant information they need to provide safe and effective psychopharmacological treatment for their patients with medical illness.

 

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference [Hardcover]

 

 

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316316962
• ISBN-13: 978-0316316965

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

This celebrated New York Times bestseller -- now poised to reach an even wider audience in paperback -- is a book that is changing the way Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

 

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Regenerative Dentistry (Synthesis Lectures on Tissue Engineering)

 

 

 

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Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Dental caries, periodontitis, tooth loss, and bone resorption are considered prevalent health problems that have direct affect on the quality of life. While, advances in stem cell biology and biotechnology have sparked hope for devastating maladies, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases {ldots}, etc., it also provides a strategy of regenerative therapy for dental tissues. From the prospective of tissue engineering, it is of utmost importance to understand and emulate the complex cell interactions that make up a tissue or organ. Unlike other tissues in the body, dental tissues are unique in their development, function, and even in their maintenance throughout life. The harmonized stimulations of biology and mechanical regulators to promote cellular activities have matured our understanding of the value of regenerative therapy of dental tissue versus the reparative treatment. In this book, we review the current knowledge available to regenerate alveolar bone, periodontal structure, and pulp/dentin complex. The book provides researchers with detailed information about development and functional characteristics of the dental unit with detailed protocols covering a comprehensive range of various approaches to engineer dental tissues: to use isolated cells or cell substitutes as cellular replacement, to use acellular biomaterials capable of inducing tissue regeneration, and/or to use a combination of cells, biomaterial and growth factors. We are well aware, with the concept changes in the field toward in-vitro biomimetics of in-vivo tissue development. The theoretical frame work integrating these concepts of developmental biology and developmental engineering is yet to be emphasized and implemented. Until this happens, we consider this book of regenerative dentistry as a call for scientists to achieve, researchers to innovate, practitioners to apply, and students to learn the art and science of regenerative therapy in dentistry. Table of Contents: Introduction to Regenerative Dentistry / Tissue Engineering Alveolar Bone / Tissue Engineering of the Periodontal Tissues / Dynamics for Pulp-Dentin Tissue Engineering in Operative Dentistry. Bookseller Inventory # AAR9781608452132

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The Bar and Beverage Book

 

 

 

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (October 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471647993
• ISBN-13: 978-0471647997

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0471647993 | ISBN-13: 978-0471647997 | Edition: 4

This revised Fourth Edition of The Bar and Beverage Book has the most up-to-date material you need for managing a beverage operation, including bar equipment, sanitation and bar setup, inventory control, and the importance of planning for profit. This edition features added coverage and expert advice on responsible alcohol service; marketing methods; staffing; the latest spirits, wine, and beer; management practices; and current updates in regulations.

 

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Build dynamic mobile web applications for iPhone OS 3.0With the unparalleled success of iPhone and iPod touch, iPhone OS 3.0 has emerged as a compelling platform for which vast numbers of web developers are designing and building web-based mobile applications. This book explores the Safari and WebKit development platform that is built into iPhone OS 3.0 and takes you through the process of creating an iPhone web application from the ground up. You'll learn how to use existing open source frameworks to speed up your development time, imitate qualities of built-in Apple apps, cache data locally and even run in offline mode, and more. Whether you're eager to build new web applications for iPhone OS 3.0 or optimize existing web sites for this platform, you have everything you need to do so within these pages.

• Features coverage completely compliant with the new iPhone OS 3.0 and the enhancements to the Safari/WebKit browser
• Shows you how to design a user interface that is optimized for iPhone's touch-screen display
• Details the process of styling with CSS and reviews WebKit-specific styles that are useful when developing web apps for iPhone and iPhone touch
• Provides a code-level look at developing an iPhone web application interface
• Explains how web applications can integrate with core iPhone services, such as Phone, Email, and Google Maps

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• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (November 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470549661
• ISBN-13: 978-0470549667
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches 

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English with Games and Activities, Elementary

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: ELI s.r.l. (December 31, 2002)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 8881488213
• ISBN-13: 978-8881488216
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.2 inches 

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Writing Urbanism (A.C.S.A. Architectural Education)

Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader (The ACSA Architectural Education Series)

 

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (July 31, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415774381
• ISBN-13: 978-0415774383

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0415774381 | ISBN-13: 978-0415774383

Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour.
Distinguished by its broad scope and comprehensiveness on the subject of urban design, this new collection combines selected essays from both practitioners and academia.
Writing Urbanism is the ideal volume for both students, architects and urban designers.

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Elementary Behaviour of Composite Steel and Concrete Structural Members

 

Elementary Behaviour of Composite Steel and Concrete Structural Members 

 

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (February 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750632690
• ISBN-13: 978-0750632690

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0750632690 | ISBN-13: 978-0750632690

This book is aimed at developing elementary analysis skills, familiarity and an intuitive feel for composite construction that is required by undergraduate and graduate students, and by structural engineers. It does not require a prior knowledge of advanced analysis and design techniques, and builds on simple concepts such as statics and the mechanics of materials. A topic is first introduced by a brief description, with numerous carefully-chosen examples forming an integral part of the main text. Working through the examples allows the reader to gain a full understanding of the subject, as a technique is illustrated by its application to designing new structures, or in the important area of assessing and upgrading existing structures.

 

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The techniques described for the analysis of standard structures form a basis for understanding the way composite structures work, and these techniques are applied to many non-standard forms of composite construction that are not, or rarely, covered in national standards. The book is an essential purchase for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of structural/civil engineering and architecture, as well as all practising structural and civil engineers.



Covers practical applications not covered in codes, such as service ducts, splitting, upgrading existing structures and non-standard forms of composite construction
Topics are embellished by working through numerous unique and carefully-chosen examples that form an integral part of the subject material
Not orientated to specific codes, so that principles can be applied to any national design standard

 

Design of Wood Structures - ASD, 5th Edition

Design of Wood Structures - ASD

 

• Hardcover: 950 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 5 edition (September 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071379320
• ISBN-13: 978-0071379328

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2003

* The best-selling text and reference on wood structure design
* Incorporates the latest National Design Specifications, the 2003 International Building Code and the latest information on wind and seismic loads

 

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Urban Space And Representation

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pluto Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745313493
• ISBN-13: 978-0745313498

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0745313493 | ISBN-13: 978-0745313498

Theories of urban space have become the focus of a great deal of work by scholars in cultural geography, urban studies and critical theory. This volume contributes to that debate by analysing the relationship between theories of urban space and literary and visual representations of the city – an emergent area of confluence in literary, film and cultural studies. The contributors address themes such as visual culture and spectacle; class and capital; community and public space; and nation, diaspora and belonging. Cities covered include New York, Chicago, Jerusalem, Paris, London, Birmingham and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Artists and writers discussed include Piet Mondrian, Nella Larsen, Rudolph Fisher, Amos Oz, David Grossman, Sarah Schulman, Jonathan Larsen, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Paul Auster and Wayne Wang.

 

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