The classic step-by-step guide to learning how to perform the diagnostic neurologic examination -- now in full color "This is an excellent book that will be very useful for learning the neurologic examination. It is easy to read, well illustrated, and interactive. The art and science of neurology is[...]

Increase productivity using the power of RESPECT The Respect Effect reveals the transformational power of respect in the workplace through neuroscience applied to employee engagement. It provides extensive research showing that the brain performs at the highest level when treated with respect, but [...]

How and why does each of us grow up to be the person we are? What role do genes play in shaping our behaviour and personalities? Are our characters fixed, or can we change as adults? How does early experience affect our sexual preferences? This title deals with these questions.[...]

The fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry updates this widely used reference as the study and understanding of soil biota, their function, and the dynamics of soil organic matter has been revolutionized by molecular and instrumental techniques, and information technology. Kno[...]

Millions of investors are struggling to build a nest egg in the face of today's brutal market realities. For many of them, dividend investing represents the perfect low-risk approach. Over the past 80 years, dividends have accounted for over 44% of the S&P's total returns. Now, there's an up-to-date[...]

In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy), Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, po[...]

This is a punchy, humorous, and probing look at the nature of religious belief, by the author of the massively successful "Whatever You Think Think the Opposite". In a series of brilliant visual episodes, Paul Arden investigates the questions that have persisted since our earliest days. As ever, he [...]

Jerry Delfont is a travel writer with writer's block. When he receives a letter from an American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son's, he is intrigued. Who is the dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room? How did he die? And why? As Delfont becomes [...]

A management consultant and meditation practitioner combines her theory on systems change and her spiritual beliefs to explain the role of understanding oneself in implementing personal change, outlining a seven-step process by which readers can bring order into life while staying true to personal v[...]

Hailed as "a sprawling, fierce, vulgar display" ("The New Republic") and "exhilarating, skillful, savvy" ("The Times Literary Supplement") when it made its first appearance in the mid- 1980s, "Money" is Martin Amis's hilarious portrait of one man's relentless pursuit of pleasure.
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Spanning three generations, and illuminated by marvelous flights of lyricism and wit, "Moon Palace" follows an orphan child of the sixties as he seeks the key to his past and the answers to the riddle of his fate.
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