This all-encompassing work provides both clinicians and academicians with information they need to treat and study kidney disorders. Combining basic and clinical sciences, the book provides authoritative, concise, and readily accessible information. About 200 international authorities, guided by a t[...]

An excellent learning tool for anyone who deals with horses. Covers one area of anatomy at a time using language that even intermedia 4-H members can understand, but also recommended for students in undergraduate anatomy courses as well as horse horse owners or veterinary assistants and technicians.[...]

Experience may be a leader's best teacher - but there's a hitch. Two people can have identical experiences, but one blossoms while the other is depleted. The same can be said for any pair of fired CEOs, unsuccessful political candidates, or rookie supervisors. In "Crucibles of Leadership", Robert J.[...]

In IMHOTEP THE AFRICAN, Egyptologist, Robert Bauval, and astrophysicist, Thomas Brophy, uncover the mystery of Imhotep, ancient Egyptian superstar, pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, Bauval and Br[...]

An updated edition of "In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies".

Rushing to marketing, reducing costs, and accelerating lead times are vital in todays competitive environment. This guide illustrates how to integrate Lean, Six Sigma, and Logistics into a cohesive process that will help organizations improve profit margins and eliminate unnecessary inventory while [...]

In this ground-breaking book, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, and ancient Egyptian superstar, pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, Bauval [...]

Literary utopias are a vehicle for a special kind of cultural communication. Literary visions are of particular importance in anticipating the future and in contrasting reality and possibility in the context of thinking about the future. The antitheses implicitly or explicitly relate to the current [...]

Thomas Robert Malthus räknas som en av de mest inflytelserika klassiska ekonomerna. I sin berömda En avhandling om befolkningslagen (1798) - som hjälpte Charles Darwin att formulera teorin om det naturliga urvalet - tecknar han en dyster bild av framtiden. Befolkningen ökar med förbättrad levn[...]

Fringed by the two great rivers of Central Asia, the Oxus and the Jaxartes, Tajikistan can boast not only of breathtaking mountain scenery, but also 3,000 years of history. The land where Alexander the Great fought desperately against the Scythian nomads, his most formidable adversaries, Tajikistan [...]