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Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, edited by Drs. Clifford S. Deutschman and Patrick J. Neligan, provides objective data and expert guidance to help answer the most important questions challenging ICU physicians today. It discusses the clinical options, examines the relevant research, and presents...

Ischemic colitis is becoming increasingly one of the most important conditions involving the colon. This is due to a combination of multiple factors: (1) increasing age of the world population due to improved public health conditions and advances in medicine; (2) diagnostic advances in recognizing...

Poisons have long been the weapon of choice of nefarious ne'er-do-wells seeking to inflict harm on others. In this gripping true-crime compendium, author C.J.S. Thompson offers a concise history of poison as an instrument of murder and serves up a number of detailed case studies of instances in which poisons were put to use in the service of evil.

How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Scientists and artists collaborated during the half-century prior to the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species to produce the first images of dinosaurs and the world they inhabited. Their interpretations, informed by recent fossil discoveries, were...

Life is fragile in the county jail when gang bangers decide they own the pod. But one ex-Marine steps in to make things right. Can he pull it off by himself?

Jail is a perilous place when you are a judge. Especially when people you convicted and cheated are locked up with you. But Bruce Evans is a man with a sense of justice and some freaky abilities. This is paranormal jail at its best.

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - edited by Sherrell J. Aston, MD, Douglas S. Steinbrech, MD and Jennifer L. Walden, MD - brings you the masterful expertise you need to achieve breathtaking outcomes for every cosmetic surgery procedure, including MACS lift, endoscopic mid and lower face rejuvenation, lid/cheek...

In order to use rare earths successfully in various applications, a good understanding of the chemistry of these elements is of paramount importance. Nearly three to four decades have passed since titles such as The Rare Earths edited by F.H. Spedding and A.H. Daane, The chemistry of the Rare Earth...

Kate is a mother who has made all the right decisions and personal sacrifices required to raise a family and maintain a healthy relationship with her husband. However, it is her ability to inspire and endure after giving up so much that is her true gift.

The emperor of the Nine Hundred Worlds has died, and the power falls to his son. Just long enough for an assassin’s weapon to find him.Evangeline, the emperor’s daughter, is thrust to the throne. From there nothing is as it seemed. Hypocrisy and corruption have tainted her family legacy....

Sixteen ordinary souls. Sixteen not-so-ordinary tales. Ordinary Souls is an anthology about ordinary people. This new collection from J. S. Bailey features an archaeologist in the future who meets a resurrected woman from long ago, a spaceship crew stranded on a distant world, a wealthy divorcee...

This work is the only bilingual (Chinese/English) compilation of all legal texts applicable to the area of competition law in China. It includes the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China (AML) as well as all other laws that have relevant provisions. It also incorporates the regulations...

If you are a parent or teacher of a child who struggles with writing and you think he or she is simply lazy, unmotivated, or defiant, you might be overlooking a learning disability called developmental dysgraphia and you should read this book. Developmental Dysgraphia is a life-long, learning...

Researchers commonly ask subjects to self-identify their race from a menu of preestablished options. Yet if race is a multidimensional, multilevel social construction, this has profound methodological implications for the sciences and social sciences. Race must inform how we design large-scale data...