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Durch des 16-jährigen Hans' Schuld brennt das Haus seiner Eltern nieder, er flüchtet auf See. Sein Schiff sinkt, er gerät mit einem Freund in die Hände von Malaien und Sklavenjägern und dann von Abenteuer zu Abenteuer.

“In the Shadow of the Pyramid” by H. W. Moss.An historical fiction novel about the whaling vessel Niantic. She was less than a year out of Warren, Rhode Island, on a three year voyage when she pulled into Paita, Peru, in 1949 and was asked by the American Consul in Panama to turn into a passenger...

This book represents the second, fully revised edition of the original volume published in 1982. Experience in neuroradiology has confirmed the outstanding value of computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of space-occupying lesions within the skull and orbit. It might be assumed, then, that the...

32 rediscovered authentic postcards sent out from Nazi Germany unfold the dramatic fate of a German Jewish family before deportation. From the outbreak of the Second World War to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, these postcards tell the story of the end of two love affairs, the one between Liesbeth...

Within MUSINGS AND AMUSINGS author W.E. Brower Jr. weaves worlds where the lines of reality and insanity blur in the middle. A doctor new to his residency at a psychiatric clinic has his judgment clouded by his first client whose delusions of grandeur echo with elements of reality in “Mental Vacation.”...

Explore the world of the Fairies through stories, eye witness accounts, art, folk tales, Fairy tales, and legends. The author's involvement with the Faeries began with a simple group meditation exercise which changed his life. It began with laughter and progressed to poetry, stories, some amazing...

Quand la nuit tombe fut publié en 1856. W. Wilkie Collins réunit six nouvelles de jeunesse qui ont pour fil conducteur le journal de Leah. Celle-ci est l’épouse de Mr Kirby, un peintre atteint de cécité, obligé de gagner sa vie en écrivant des contes qu’il dicte à sa femme à la tombée...

From the moment James met Corrine as they traveled the Oregon Trail, in Smith's best-selling debut novel Leaving Independence, he couldn’t resist trying to win the sharp-mouthed beauty’s affections.  Now, as the core group of pioneers in Colonel Dotson’s wagon train begins to settle...

Do you find flossing a hassle? Have you tried to come up with a reasonable alternative? Something comfortable and easy to do? Guess what? There isn't one. No really. So let Dr. Benjamin Young show you in this fun little book how easy it to floss correctly -- something you may have never seen before....

Die große Halle hatte sich jetzt fast geleert; nur noch ein paar Zuschauer befanden sich auf der Galerie am gegenüberliegenden Ende und bewunderten die geschickt angelegte Mondlandschaft. Eddie arbeitete sich durch den falschen Bimsstein, den Kopf gesenkt, die Hände in den Taschen. Seltsam:...

During the past few years, a considerable number of monographs on bone tumors have been published. They are mainly restricted to bone tumors as clinical-pathological entities, since their diagnosis, more than that of other tumors, requires the interdisciplinary cooperation between orthopedic specialist,...

Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major physiological and behavioral factors affecting human reproduction. In attempting to identify the most important causes of variation...

During World War II, Luis W. Alvarez participated in the Allies’ development of radar at the MIT Radiation Laboratory, and of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. He then worked as an experimental physicist on cyclotrons, particle accelerators and bubble chambers at UC-Berkeley with Ernest Lawrence. Later...

In commissioning this volume of Current Topics in Pathology, the editor of the series, Prof. Sir Colin Berry, asked me to produce something "which is aimed at the general pathologist but from the point of view of the neuropathologist who knows what is not being done well". This was easier...