"I believe in the kindness of others, and that I must love them without fear."--Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio is the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first to take the name Francis, after Saint Francis of Assisi, the thirteenth-century friar known for hi[...]

This resource details the role played by analytical techniques in clinical research, from fundamental studies to practical applications. Chapters report on the progress made in developing fit-for-purpose instrumentation, and identify continuing challenges for laboratory analytical techniques.[...]

Sergio Larrain (1931-2012) crossed the photographic universe like a meteorite. After much travelling, his concern for purity and his attraction to meditation led him to withdraw to the Chilean countryside and live self- sufficiently. From there he began to write concerned as he was about the need to[...]

Chilean photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012) published very few books during his lifetime, but perhaps the most feted among them was Valparaiso. He photographed this Chilean seaport throughout his career, but it was in the early 1960s, when he returned to his homeland after travelling the world f[...]

'We desire all and only those things we conceive to be good; we avoid what we conceive to be bad.' This slogan was once the standard view of the relationship between desire or motivation and rational evaluation. Many critics have rejected this scholastic formula as either trivial or wrong. It appear[...]

Groundbreaking 'spaghetti westerns' such as the "Dollars" trilogy (starring Clint Eastwood as 'The Man With No Name'), and the magisterial "Once Upon A Time In The West", made Sergio Leone one of the most popular directors in world cinema. Christopher Frayling's biography of Leone (the first) loving[...]

Quantitative approaches to evolutionary biology traditionally consider evolutionary change in isolation from an important pressure in natural selection: the demography of coevolving populations. In "Analysis of Evolutionary Processes", Fabio Dercole and Sergio Rinaldi have written the first comprehe[...]

Sergio Aragones is considered "MAD's" most popular cartoonist and is one of the most beloved figures in the world of comics - this book includes rare features such as original new art, and a pull-out poster. Sergio Aragones personally presents his greatest work from his five-decade association with [...]