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Text and photographs depict various aspects of life in one of the world's most unusual cities built on the mud banks and islands of the Venetian lagoon. Includes information about its history, famous sites, markets, daily life, festivals and celebrations, and modes of transportation in a city whose principal streets are canals. ... Read more

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Practical and easy to use, this superbly illustrated text will provide the trainee with diagnostic and surgical guidance, tips and tricks, and a good solid background to the use of minimally invasive urological surgery techniques.

The editors, all experts in urological laparoscopy, have chosen an elite team, mainly from the USA and Germany, to present their practical surgical expertise in a clearly written, instructive book which also includes an extensive section on pediatric operations.

With laparoscopy training now incorporated into many urology training programmes, this is undoubtedly a highly useful and important reference for trainees in the field. ... Read more

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The strange and evil night wind began in Los Angeles, touching lonely dog-walkers and lovers on park benches.It did not kill them, for death would have been a mercy.Instead, it tore their minds and souls from their collapsing bodies and deposited them on an impossible plateau beyond infinity -- where weird hog-beast guardians imprisoned them in shrieking agony... and then the wind blew on...Professor John Zanthar was at work in his laboratory when it happened.He knew that his old enemy Fu Cong, to further his dreams of conquest, had created the wind through his evil manipulations of an electronic discovery.And once more Zanthar journeyed into the terrifying unknown -- his mission, to pierce the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds and confront the Master in his incredible lair! ... Read more

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What happens when Icarus joins the circus, Orestes has trouble with a credit application, and Frankenstein’s monster hires a private investigator? In So Rarely in Our Skins, classical and pop culture collide as Robert Moore turns his witty and ironic eye on everything from art history and fairy tales to gender relations and the true meaning of wristwatches.

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I happened to hear this poet read a couple of years ago in Prince Edward Island and I was so impressed I bought his book.The freshness of voice, the skill with which he casts idiosyncratic forms of feeling, and especially the humour I remembered from the reading are all present in these remarkable poems.The range of the work is really quite incredible, ranging from genuinely moving to the playful to the playfully obscure.These poems constitute a blast of fresh air through the stuffy classrooms in which most poets tend to ply their trade. The best poetry I've read (or heard) in ages.Highly recommended. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. ... Read more

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Free of The Organization, Michael Nelson becomes James Collins and settles into the idyllic town of Durango, Colorado. Although Durango appears to be a peaceful community, life moves along, and sometimes life calls for the special skills he possesses, bringing him back to the world he thought he had left behind.His quiet existence as a bookstore owner is shattered by his being found, necessitating another move - this time to the hectic world of Las Vegas, where a new name and a new life lead to adventure, intrigue, and love. He plunges headlong into confrontations with the worst the neon sin city has to offer, some of them appreciate him, others fear him, and still others want him gone - permanently. ... Read more

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Interesting read
Definitely fun to read. I would reccomend it for the men in your life as Moore's hero is a former government hitman, outdoorsman, lady's man... you see where I am going with this. While the story has great moments (Jim encounters an old friend from Nam) sometimes it drags. Still a good read and worth the time you put into it. ... Read more

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According to most histories of French archives and libraries, the nineteenth century was a period of slow but steady recovery from the trauma of the revolutionary era. In contrast, Moore argues that the organization of archives and libraries in nineteenth-century France was neither steady nor progressive. By following the development of the Ecole des Chartes, the state school for archivists and librarians, Moore shows that conceptions of "order" changed dramatically from one decade to the next. More important, she argues that these changing notions of "order" were directly connected to contemporary shifts in state politics. Since each new political regime had its own conceptions of both national history and public knowledge, each one worked to "restore order" in a different way. ... Read more

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Offers concrete recommendations for modernizing the physical chemistry lecture and laboratory curriculum and provides tested modern experiments that are now in use at a variety of institutions across the country. Presents broadly organized essays on the content and presentation of topics in modern computational chemistry, state-to-state collision dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and solid-state chemistry and its interfaces with gases and liquids. Contains sections on specific lecture materials (examples and demonstrations), specific problems which may be solved outside the classroom, and general laboratory experiments appropriate for undergraduates without access to research-level laboratories. ... Read more