Amid the chaos and horror of the French Revolution, Blanche de la Force, daughter of smug unbeliever, enters a Carmelite convent. Blanche is so timorous that she seems unsuited to the rigors of religious life even at the best of times--and horribly misplaced as the Reign of Terror begins to stain Fr[...]
Spans twenty-five years of the author's writing career with both earlier works and original stories that explore betrayal, madness, and other reaches of human experience, in tales including "Intimacy" and "Boxes"[...]
This up-to-the-minute edition provides the latest in Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Digital Mapping, Spatial Information Systems, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), as well as comprehensive coverage of the surveying techniques, operations, and information professionals of every stripe need[...]
A beguiling, whimsical guide to the meaning and value of Chinese philosophy to Westerners, from gardening to taking a nap.[...]
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city. The sewers were his byways and a flea-ridden, rat-infested cellar his home. Although gifted beyond his peers, he was still but a nimble street urchin, a pickpocket with potential. Until the day he met Prince Arutha.Aiding the Pr[...]
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city.Though gifted beyond his peers, Jimmy is merely a pickpocket with potential--until he aids Prince Arutha in the rescue of Princess Anita from Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, and runs afoul of "Black Guy's" secret police. Facing a choice be[...]
The definitive survey of diagnostic dermatopathology--now extensively revised with expanded full-color art Includes Online Image Bank containing all the images in the book A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is an excellent textbook of dermatopathology in a highly competitive[...]
Brooks uses a tools-based approach that presents the key concepts of finance (or "tools") early on in the text, followed by an application of those concepts to various finance problems. By introducing key finance concepts with personal and business-related finance examples, this text helps readers u[...]
Brooks uses a tools-based approach that presents the key concepts of finance (or "tools") early on in the text, followed by an application of those concepts to various finance problems. By introducing key finance concepts with personal and business-related finance examples, this text helps readers u[...]
Brooks uses a tools-based approach that presents the key concepts of finance (or "tools") early on in the text, followed by an application of those concepts to various finance problems. By introducing key finance concepts with personal and business-related finance examples, this text helps readers u[...]
This is a puzzle book covering logic, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. It contains many puzzles and their solutions and aims to attract many readers in an age where computer science, logic, and mathematics are becoming increasingly important.[...]
Kurt Godel, the greatest logician of our time, startled the world of mathematics in 1931 with his Theorem of Undecidability, which showed that some statements in mathematics are inherently "undecidable". His work on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency [...]
This package contains the following components: 0132490935 / 9780132490931 MyFinancialLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Financial Management: Core Concepts 0136106293 / 9780136106296 Financial Management: Core Concepts, Student Value Edition[...]
Targeted radiotherapy relies on and exploits characteristics of cancer cells to attack tumors. "Monoclonal Antibody and Peptide-Targeted Radiotherapy of Cancer" helps readers understand this hot pharmaceutical field with up-to-date developments. Expert discussion covers a range of diverse topics ass[...]