The Swiss writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, 'If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place', Robert Walser (1878-1956) is only now finding an audience among English-speaking readers commensurate with his merits - if not with his self-image. After a wandering, [...]
These two novellas by the groundbreaking, fearless, and immeasurably influential Robert Coover are dirty, funny and brilliant. In "Briar Rose" a sleeping beauty is trapped in an enchantment for a hundred years, dreaming of stories in which someone like her wakes up disappointed, or becomes a mother,[...]
Robert Walser gibt in dieser Sammlung, auf eigenartig heiter-melancholische Weise Beobachtungen und Phantasien seiner Spätzeit wieder. Diese Miniaturen, Kurzgeschichten, literarischen und humoristischen Betrachtungen sind das letzte Werk, das er noch selbst herausgegeben hat.[...]
Gives students a unique advantage in understanding the mechanisms and clinical management of acid-base disorders. This book presents the information needed to understand renal and electrolyte physiology and also reviews the etiology, diagnosis, pathohysiology and treatment rationale for acid-base an[...]
This up-to-date textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of motor control and motor learning. The authors integrate knowledge from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience to provide students with a more complete understanding of the multilevel processes that contr[...]