"Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice", by Drs. Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker, and Peter F. Weller, delivers the expert, encyclopedic guidance you need to overcome the toughest clinical challenges in diagnosing and treating diseases caused by infectious agents from[...]
Have you ever wondered why Black characters get killed in movies? Did you ever notice that there are no people of color in "The Wizard of Oz" or "The Lord of the Rings"? Were you surprised to find out that America had become post-racial after the election of President Obama? Were you even more surpr[...]
This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition. The 10th edition of Hallidays Fundamentals of Physics building upon previous issues by offering several new features and additions. Examples include a new print component will revised to conform to the Version 5 design; chapter sections organized and nu[...]
This feel-good picture book assures kids there's plenty of love to go around-the-clock. This is a book that is generous with love, and full of the sweetest illustrations you've ever seen. It is suitable for children age 5 and under. When is it time for a hug? Anytime! This feel-good picture book ass[...]
For successful African-American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, and three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip[...]
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In 2006, "Resilience Thinking" addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the scientific community and the general public. [...]
Inspired by Florida's famed Mai-Kai restaurant, Bill Sapp and Lee Henry opened the Kahiki Supper Club in 1961. They set out simply to build a nice Polynesian restaurant and ended up establishing the most magnificent one of them all. Patrons lined up for hours to see the celebrities who dined there--[...]
Aldrig förr har den mänskliga civilisationen stått inför ett klimat under så snabb och ursinnig förändring. Hotet är överhängande, och i takt med att vår medvetenhet om problemet ökat har också mängden larmrapporter, artiklar och debattinlägg växt lavinartat.[...]
Hur uppstod idén om Amerika, hur har den omformats genom historien, vart är den på väg? Kring dessa och liknande frågor kretsade Engelsbergsseminariet 2009. Vilka är komponenterna i den amerikanska idén? Hur förvaltas de i dagens USA? Hur reagerar resten av världen på dem?
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