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If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions after Terri Schiavo
Every day, thousands of people quietly face decisions as agonizing as those made famous in the Terri Schiavo case. Throughout that controversy, all kinds of people--politicians, religious leaders, legal and medical experts--made emphatic statements about the facts and offered even more certain opin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
The Detective and the Devil
From the author of the acclaimed historical thriller Savage Magic comes The Veins of the Earth, a riveting tale of villainy, alchemy and murder. London, 1815: Constable Charles Horton of the River Police Office is called to investigate the brutal murder of a clerk and his family in London's East End... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The English Monster: or, The Melancholy Transactions of William Ablass
Two moments in England's rise to empire, separated by centuries, yet connected by a crime that cannot be forgiven . . . London, 1811. Along the twisting streets of Wapping, bounded by the ancient Ratcliffe Highway and the modern wonder of the London Dock, many a sin is hidden by the noise and glory ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Poisoned Island: A Novel
LONDON 1812: For forty years Britain has dreamed of the Pacific island of Tahiti, a dark paradise of bloody cults and beautiful natives. Now, decades after the first voyage of Captain Cook, a new ship returns to London from the Pacific, crammed with botanical specimens and laden also, it seems, wit... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The English Monster
INSIDE FRONT COVER - IF TOO MANY WE CAN DELETE - MIX THEM UP TOO IF YOU NEED 'Wonderful' Shelley Harris, author of R&J pick Jubilee 'An original, imaginative investigation into some of the most disturbing episodes of the nation's history' TLS 'Atmospheric, gruesome and compelling' Katie Ward, author... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Harmonious Hearts 2017 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge (Harmony Ink Press - Young Author Challenge #4)
by Arbour Ames • Frisk Gillespie • Olivia Anne Gennaro • Kat Blake • Claire Hekkala • Morgan Goolsby • Amy Carothers • Mattye Johnson • K. A. Maldonado • Sengtdavanh Kinnavong • Joey Scully • Lia Shepherd • Elliot Joyce • Malcolm Shearrion • Giulia Maggio-TremblayHarmony Ink Press is proud to present the winners of the fourth annual Young Author Challenge. This book contains the best of the best in short LGBTQ+ fiction by authors from age fourteen to twenty-one. They represent the future of both our literature and our community, and the future looks as brigh... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Power Converter Circuits (Electrical Engineering And Electronics Ser. #Vol. 119)
by William Shepherd • Li ZhangThis text reveals all key components of rectification, inversion, cycloconversion, and conversion circuits. It authoritatively describes switching, voltage and current relationships, and converter properties, operation, control, and performance as utilized in most practical applications. Authored jo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Harlequin Historical February 2022 - Box Set 1 of 2
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: TEMPTING A REFORMED RAKEBy Liz Tyner(Regency) Sophia Marland must ignore the longings sparked by her handsome benefa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Harlequin Romance September 2019 Box Set
Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4679 WEARING THE GREEK MILLIONAIRE’S RINGGreek Island Bridesby Jennifer FayeAboard a Mediterranean cruise, widow Stasia Marinakos’s chemist... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Harlequin Romance March 2022 Box Set
Harlequin Romance – March &‘22 – Box Set Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4795 REDEEMED BY HER MIDSUMMER KISSBy Liz FieldingHoneysuckle finds solace in her great aunt&’s c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Low-Carbon Energy in Africa and Latin America
This book offers a comprehensive overview of energy sectors in emerging African and Latin American nations, providing a one-stop source of information and analysis of energy sectors that differ radically from those of developed countries. It focuses on how indigenous energy sources can be used with... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Learning and Teaching Around the World: Comparative and International Studies in Primary Education
Learning and Teaching Around the World is a wide-ranging introduction to diverse experiences, practices and developments in global primary education. It explores different contexts for children’s learning, and methods and purposes of primary education, in settings across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Am... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Vintage Tablecloth Quilts: Kitchen Kitsch to Bedroom Chic
by Liz Aneloski • Rose SheiferPreserve memories and create new family heirlooms—by transforming gorgeous vintage tablecloths into beautiful quilts! Dig into grandma&’s attic, visit a flea market, buy new reproduction panels…even old tablecloths with holes or stains can become part of a lovely quilt. With clear guidance and... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Advances in Powder and Ceramic Materials Science (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)
by Sergio Neves Monteiro • Bowen Li • Faqin Dong • Shefford P. Baker • Huazhang Zhai • Rajiv Soman • Jinhong Li • Ruigang WangThis collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, nonmetallic materials, and includes design, synthesis,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements
This book clarifies the nature and dynamics of social movements and provides a framework for organizing and building them and thus contributes to the effectiveness of social activism. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Photons and Quantum Fluctuations
by E R Pike; H Walther • I Abram • M Le Berre • C Fabre • E Giacobino • F Haake • A Heidmann • C K Hong • R Horowicz • R Loudon • L Mandel • G L Mander • Z Y Ou • E R Pike • J G Rarity • S Reynaud • Sarben Sarkar • T J Shepherd • P R Tapster • H Walther • M Wilkens • H P YuenBased on a special ONR seminar, Photons and Quantum Fluctuations draws together discoveries in nonclassical or "silent" light for research workers and postgraduates in quantum optics. With nonclassical light, noise is reduced in amplitude below that expected by previous applications of the uncertain... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
Meet Cute: Collected Stories
by Sara Shepard • Jocelyn Davies • Kass Morgan • Katie Cotugno • Jennifer L. Armentrout • Julie Murphy • Huntley Fitzpatrick • Dhonielle Clayton • Nicola Yoon • Meredith Russo • Ibi Zoboi • Emery Lord • Nina LaCour • Katharine McGeeWhether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Meet Cute is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of “how they first met” from some of today’s most popular YA authors. <P><P>Readers will experience Nina LaCour’s beautif... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Indigenous Knowledge: Enhancing its Contribution to Natural Resources Management (Indigenous Knowledge And Development Ser. #Vol. 39)
by David A. Cleveland • Roy Ellen • James Fraser • James Fairhead • Samara Brock • Melissa Leach • Christopher Shepherd • Patricia Howard • Johannes Lehmann • Delphine Renard • Daniela Soleri • Andrew Ainslie • Kojo Amanor • Jeff Bentley • Stephen Brush • Luisa Cortesi • Michael R Dove • Romain Duda • Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares • Sandrine Gallois • Chris Hebdon • Samuel Guindo • Sascha Huditz • Amy Leigh Johnson • Alder Keleman • J Stephen Lansing • Rosalinda Hidalgo Ledesma • Francis Michael Ludlow • Doyle McKey • Citlalli López Binnqüist • Paul Van Mele • Tom Van Mourik • Lars Otto Naess • Florencia Palis • Fortunata Panzo Panzo • Victoria Reyes García • Gede Sedana • Professor Paul Sillitoe • Dawit Solomon • Sidi Toure • Thérèse De Vet • Wayan Windia • Gérard ZoundjiIndigenous Knowledge (IK) reviews cutting-edge research and links theory with practice to further our understanding of this important approach's contribution to natural resource management. It addresses IK's potential in solving issues such as coping with change, ensuring global food supply for a gr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies
by Lisa Hinrichsen • Christopher Lloyd • Joseph Thompson • John Moran • Scott Romine • Jay Watson • Robert Azzarello • Evangelia Kindinger • Delia Byrnes • Sam Horrocks • Sarah McFarland • Joshua Myers • Scott Obernesser • Lucas Sheaffer • Jimmy Dean Smith • Daniel Spoth • Ila Tyagi • Jonathan VillalobosAs the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems—carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts—scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane
by Edgar Allan Poe • Lawrence Block • Ray Bradbury • Neil Gaiman • Jack Ketchum • Joan Aiken • John Skipp • David J. Schow • Richard Connell • William Gay • Jim Shepard • Amelia Beamer • Mercedes M. Yardley • Steve Rasnic Tem • Kevin L. Donihe • Norman Partridge • Leah Mann • Leslianne Wilder • Joe Lansdale • Laura Lee BahrThis collection of thirty-eight terrifying tales of serial killers at large, written by the great masters of the genre, plumbs the horrifying depths of a deranged mind and the forces of evil that compel a human being to murder, gruesomely and methodically, over and over again.From Hannibal Lecter (T... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1989