Acute appendicitis is caused by inflammation of the vermiform appendix and usually causes pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant, referred rebound tenderness, overlying muscle spasm and cutaneous hyperesthesia. This disease is common and occurs with an annual incidence of 0.25 per cent in the no[...]
Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent. Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. But they now prepare to open the Concent's gates to the outside wo[...]
Across the globe, millions of computer screens flicker with the artfully coded world of T'Rain - an addictive internet role-playing game of fantasy and adventure. But backstreet hackers in China have just unleashed a contagious virus called Reamde, and as it rampages through the gaming world spre[...]
Neal Stephenson's staggering techno-thriller is now in paperback: 'Fantastic stuff' Sunday Times, Books of the Year[...]
I den virkelige verden leverer Hiro pizza for Onkel Enzoâs CosaNostra Pizza Inc, men i Metaverset er han en krigerprins. Han kaster seg hodestups inn i gåten rundt et nytt virus som slår ned hackere overalt, han raser langs de neonopplyste gatene på et selvmordsoppdrag for å finne den mysti[...]
Anden verdenskrig, 1943. De allierede har knækket nazikoderne. De ved, hvor militærkonvojerne går hen og hvor fjendens u-både skjuler sig. Men hvis britiske destroyere begynder at finde og sænke nazi-u-bådene hver eneste gang uden problemer, så vil tyskerne regne ud, at deres koder er blevet [...]
From his triumphant debut with "Snow Crash" to the stunning success of his latest novel, "Quicksilver, " Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic political thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a savagely witty, chillingly topical tale set i[...]