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Scholar and diplomat Brian L. Evans gives us the first English-language biography of Chester A. Ronning (1894-1984): diplomat, politician, educator, and one of Canada's major public figures. This fascinating story depicts Ronning, the man who received many honours, and deepens readers' knowledge of...

Stillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own...

- Includes over 200 delicious snacks and small plate meals, each with a low GI rating. - Offers recipes for each part of the day, including vegetarian andvegan alternatives.

This is the story of a guy who started life in an ordinary way … but adversity and hardships prepared him for an extraordinary destiny. A fickle-minded youth, without really meaning to, becomes a graphic designer. Despite having passion to execute something incredible, he loses his path and becomes...

Nanoscience is of central importance in the physical and biological sciences and is now pervasive in technology. However nanomagnetism has a special role to play as magnetic properties depend uniquely on both dimensionality and lengthscales. Nanomagnetism is already central to data storage, sensor...

This book covers the crucial aspects of theoretical and experimental approaches for Si-based spintronic materials. The theory parts emphasize on two first-principles methods — the GW method to improve the insulating gaps of the half metals which are a class of materials ideal for spintronic applications,...

Whitney is sure she has a connection with Wylie—a real life Cinderella story—when she visits her best friend, Indie, in Florida. The sparks seem to fly when things get heated, but just as quickly fizzle out. Three months later, Whitney makes the move to Florida, and is immediately submersed in...

Cheyenne owns the well-known Horse Haven Ranch it’s been in her family for over a hundred years and she takes great pride in carrying on the tradition and keeping up the family’s good name. She just gave an interview over the phone and she can only hope she’s made the right decision in hiring...

Allyn Bellows was the picture of responsible respectability and worried he was growing old long before his time. The only woman he loves is the one woman he can never have. He was all wrong for her and she for him but he'd loved her since she was out of college. It would take something dramatic for...

En este libro, Raúl Verduzco explora tres aspectos fundamentales en la literatura latinoamericana de finales del siglo XX: el sujeto en sus múltiples acepciones, la memoria como herramienta y eje, y la resistencia como uno de los complementos de la memoria misma. Tomando como referente ejemplos...

It is a pleasure to have the privilege of writing the foreword for a book edited by Dr. Francis F. Foldes. Dr. Foldes has collected in one convenient place a discussion and description of enzyme systems of use to the anesthesiologist and to those other individuals, such as undergraduate and graduate...

Peter Dumas, a bon vivant clairvoyant with uncanny insights and revelations, lights up the Chicago and L.A. teams investigating a series of Realtor (R) murders. With an ex-NFL linebacker and an attorney, now police detectives, the group uncovers eight brutal killings in real life situations on the...

Peace was all well and good, but what was it truly worth without freedom? Ever since the Aspect of Love had learned how to control the creatures that roamed the Wastelands, the Aspects hadn't been in any real danger. Love had been so worried about her life as an Aspect leading to her death,...

*"I don't think destiny is meant to be kind. It is a cruel master." * Donald Baines sees ghosts.  Nobody believes him, except for the mysterious stranger who shows up to save his life every time he's in danger. And nobody believes him about the stranger, either.  When...