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A revolution in American medicine is in full swing, with the race from fee-for-service to fee-for-value at the front line in an epic battle that will transform healthcare delivery for decades to come. In America’s Healthcare Transformation, eminent physician leader Robert A. Phillips brings together...

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars?  As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind.  Alien artifacts:  what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

Icelanders have the highest literacy rates in the world. This is largely due to the rich literary tradition developed in this region. In this book, August Nemo brings seven short stories from different authors and periods so that you have an interesting overview of the story in Iceland. The Story...

In the tradition of Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and David Goodis, Héctor Aguilar Camín brings us a hard-boiled account of sex, corruption, and murder, where the line between memory and madness is blurred. The setting is Mexico. While attending the funeral of an old acquaintance, dissolute writer...

Unlike other typical princesses you have read from other fairy tales, our Princess Niya was different, she was lazy, spoiled, selfish and didn’t like to smile; no on liked her.On her 12 years old birthday, her parents, King and Queen decided to give her a gift that was going to change her life forever.

4 YA novels in 1: Joshua's Tree by N.W. Harris...Chased by flesh-eating mutants and aided by an overbearing warrior princess, brainy Joshua must save the future—from himself. Relocated by Margaret Fieland...On planet Aleyne, a teenage boy discovers a terrorist plot and learns more than his own life...

- DEUXIEME EDITION REVUE ET CORRIGEE - Glavâ, de la tribu des Tsoh, décide de s'enfuir avec sa sœur Amhao pour échapper à un mariage qui la répugne et empêcher sa sœur de mourir sacrifiée. Profitant d’un tremblement de terre, elles gagnent la forêt pendant la nuit. Leur destin croise...

Dans un futur lointain, la Terre est devenue, du fait de sa surexploitation par l'espèce humaine, un immense désert desséché. Les quelques communautés restantes limitent les naissances et incitent les humains à pratiquer l'euthanasie pour obtenir une mort plus rapide. Targ, sa femme, sa sœur,...

Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory. Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditional philosophical debates concerning the nature of...

More than 90 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD or autism have nutritional or metabolic inefficiencies. Find out if your child is one of those suffering from this condition today, and learn how you can drastically improve your child’s symptoms and wellbeing with The ADHD and Autism Nutritional...

Recipes for using Tofu and Soy products. Six sections of recipes for Dips, Dressings, Main Dish or Entree, Soups, Desserts, and Beverages. This book contains some pictures of the recipes featured in the book, this is Volume One as there will be several others to follow. Creative and delicious recipes...

Investigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science. The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technology research. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War technoscientific...