Lester: 659 books

A fresh, compelling approach to establishing a sustainable, results-driven nonprofit business plan. Nonprofits often use the terms “strategic planning” and “business planning” interchangeably, but a good business plan goes beyond the traditional strategic plan with its focus on mission...

Once upon a time . . . How else do you start a story on a white blank screen? Do you open the tale with some far-out statement that you, the author, have to maintain chapter by chapter? Or do you leave the writer some leeway to spin his or her story? Once upon a time gives the author that privilege....

This is a story about intelligent robots, a friendly alien, and their adventures at Manchester Airport. Then there is a twist at the end. It has an optional extra chapter, The Science behind the Story. This asks questions like these: Could robots eventually become conscious? What exactly is the difference...

Un roman à découvrir dans une édition spécialement adaptée aux lecteurs dyslexiques. La vraie langue de l’amitié est le chocolat ! Quand Nadima, une nouvelle élève, arrive dans son école, Jaz est ravie. Elle a enfin quelqu’un à côté de qui s’asseoir en classe. Le seul...

When Dad Died takes a gentle, honest and straightforward approach to death in the family. The pictures tell the story of the death of a parent in a simple but moving way. The approach is non-denominational. This book will be helpful to adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities as well...

Each volume in this richly illustrated series, sponsored by the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, provides an organ-based approach to the cytological and histological diagnosis of small tissue samples. Benign, pre-malignant and malignant entities are presented in a well-organized and standardized...

This is a story about an alien who stumbles on planet Earth and gets lost at Manchester Airport. Then there is a twist at the end. It has an optional extra chapterThe Science Behind the Story. This asks questions like, Could intelligent life forms evolve on planets other than our own? Could they travel...

Marjorie Dean is all grown up and gets married.

The Nobel Prize was awarded in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 to Louis J. Ignarro, Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad for demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the few gaseous signaling molecules and is a key biological messenger that plays a role in...

This book emerges from a three-year Australian Research Council-funded study that asks how the formation and (d)evolution of leadership has impacted on public environmental debate. To do this, it draws on extensive news text analysis and public opinion survey data, as well as qualitative interviews...

These new volumes of Methods in Enzymology (554 and 555) on Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling continue the legacy established by previous volumes on another gasotransmitter, nitric oxide (Methods in Enzymology volumes 359, 396, 440, and 441), with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field of hydrogen...

Quinones are members of a class of aromatic compounds with two oxygen atoms bonded to the ring as carbonyl groups. This volume covers more clinical aspects of quinines, such as anticancer properties, as well as their role in nutrition and in age-related diseases. Mitochondrial Ubiquinone and...

Part of the highly regarded Diagnostic Pathology series, this updated volume is a visually stunning, easy-to-use reference covering all aspects of head and neck pathology. Outstanding images—including gross and microscopic pathology, a wide range of stains, and detailed medical illustrations—make...

All the world loves a lover, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Then why doesnt all the world love God? Because God, correctly understood, is a lover. He is not just any lover, but also the original lover, the worlds best lover, and the origin of all lovers. Obviously, God has not been correctly...