 | Understanding Pathophysiology, 5e (Huether, Understanding Pathophysiology)
Publication Date: December 19, 2011| ISBN-10: 0323078915 | ISBN-13: 978-0323078917| Edition: 5 Learn the essential concepts of pathophysiology and stay up to date on treatments, manifestations, and mechanisms of disease with Understanding Pathophysiology, 5th Edition. Filled with vibrant illustrations and complemented by online resources that bring pathophysiology concepts to life, this easy-to-read text delivers the latest, most accurate information on the disease process across the lifespan, giving you the fundamental knowledge you need to move forward in your nursing education. Consis...
 |  | The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story
Release Date: December 29, 2009Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. Howard, the eldest brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; Forrest, the middle brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; and Jack, the youngest, has a...
|  | Among the Living
Publication Date: September 9, 2011The dead walk. Now the real battle for Seattle has begun. When a gas leak causes the National Guard to forcibly evacuate the neighborhood, Lester isn't going anywhere. The former dope pusher has a new clientele… the kind that require him to deal lead instead of drugs. Mike, a newspaper reporter, suspects a conspiracy lies behind the chaos. He’s driven to find the truth, even if it means dragging his beautiful co-worker into danger. Kate has a dark secret: she’s a budding young serial killer. As society collapses, her skill in dealing de...
|  | Woman at Point Zero
Release Date: August 7, 2007"All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up." --ExcerptThis is a new edition of the best-selling novel with a specially commissioned new Foreword by Miriam Cooke. ...
|  | The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers
Publication Date: April 1, 2002James Fenimore Cooper wrote many novels of sea adventure, and during his lifetime they were at least as famous as his stories of the frontier.The Sea Lions, originally published in 1849, tells of two ships seeking seals among the icebergs of Antarctica, and caught there during the long winter night.The first few chapters of The Sea Lions are set in Orient Point (at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York), where Cooper also spent time, and bought shares in a whaling vessel which sailed from Sag Harbor. ...
|  | The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Heart's Desires
Publication Date: October 1, 2003Once in a while, a book comes along that has the power and the wisdom to speak to the best part of us and awaken our highest selves to the miracle our lives were meant to be. In this truly unforgettable guide, Robin Sharma, author of the national bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and a man whose life lessons are currently transforming the lives of many thousands of people across the planet, will show you how to access your inner gifts and reshape your whole outer life in the process. With brilliant simplicity and remarkable insight, The Saint, the Surf...
|  | The Loner: Brutal Vengeance
Release Date: April 1, 2012| Series: The Loner In a land of legends The Loner has nothing to prove. That's usually when violence finds its way to him...For a posse chasing a murderous band of outlaws, a quiet kid with a lightning fast gun is good company. And when the outlaws turn around and attack the posse, The Loner doesn't have a choice: he's now caught up in a running gun battle across West Texas. The Loner knows the men he's fighting are bad to the bone - led by a merciless killer named Warren Latch. But what about the guys on his side? As men on both sides of the fight bite the dust, ...
|  | Whisper of Scandal (Scandalous Women of the Ton Trilogy)
Release Date: September 28, 2010| Series: Scandalous Women of the Ton Trilogy Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again but that doesn't stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, Joanna brazenly kisses Arctic explorer Alex, Lord Grant. Unable to deny the blazing attraction that flares, Joanna knows she's just set the gossip mill turning.After suffering countless infidelities during her marriage, she's accustomed to scandal. But nothing prepares her for the shocking news that her deceased husband has bequeathed his illegitimate child to her and h...
|  | The World of Myth
Publication Date: January 24, 1991Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself.Now, in The World of Myth, Lee...
|  | Verbum et Verbum (Salmon Poetry)
Publication Date: December 31, 1997| Series: Salmon Poetry In the best of these poems Micheal Fanning relives a South Kerry childhood dominated by the sea: 'the great comforter'. Images are simple and memorable: ""the horse gallops/into the lungs of the wind."" He moves from the subtle colours of this bird-filled landscape to apocalyptic scenes of massacre in Rwanda, famine in Ethiopia, Romanian orphanages, a fox hunt, a body riven with cancer. He depicts the early monk scribes who painted otters and griffins to illuminate their manuscripts, much as he seeks images to make sense of a world t...
|  | The confessions of J. Lackington,: Late bookseller, at the Temple of the Muses,
Publication Date: 1808This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808. Excerpt: ... "Having got him into his chair, they observed him change for death. But he, regardless of his dying body, said with a weak voice, ' Lord, Thou givest strength to those who can speak, and those who cannot. Speak, Lord, to all our hearts, and let them know that thou loosest tongues.' He then sung, "To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, "Who sweetly all agree"--"Here his ...
|  | Debate and Argument: A Systems Approach to Advocacy
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|  | The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Third Edition)(Vol. E)
Publication Date: March 6, 2012| ISBN-10: 0393913333 | ISBN-13: 978-0393913330| Edition: Third Edition A classic, reimagined.Read by millions of students since its first publication, The Norton Anthology of World Literature remains the most-trusted anthology of world literature available. Guided by the advice of more than 500 teachers of world literature and a panel of regional specialists, the editors of the Third Edition—a completely new team of scholar-teachers—have made this respected text brand-new in all the best ways. Dozens of new selections and translations, all-ne...
|  | The Story of Colors / La Historia de los Colores: A Bilingual Folktale from the Jungles of Chiapas (English and Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 1, 1999| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up This wonderful folktale reveals some of the down-to-earth wisdom of the indigenous peoples of Chiapas. At the same time, it provides us with a fresh perspective on the struggles of the people there. They fight to conserve their culture and a vision of the world which they see as flowering with holiness—a holiness that cannot be measured in dollars or defined by politics.The text for La Historia de los Colores is taken from the communiqué dated October 27, 1994 from Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos to the Mexi...
|  | I Love You To Death
Release Date: January 31, 2006"My Love Life is Killing Me": Newly divorced Alex Ramsay is ready to plunge back into the dating pool when her friend sets her up with a guy guaranteed to show her a good time. Just one look proves that Matt Crawford is worth every one of her pre-date jitters - until she discovers that he's really John Tanner, private investigator, and that her date is in the men's room...dead. Tanner isn't the type to mix business with pleasure - unless Alex can convince him that partnership definitely has its perks..."Dial M for Mortified": Anything for business is Darcy Benne...
|  | STRANGER IN TIME
Publication Date: August 20, 2010Daniel Rowland, a young farmer from colonial Connecticut, is mysteriously transported through time to the 21st century. Awed by technology and the lightning pace of modern life, he struggles against rejection as an imposter and experiences legal and medical problems. Ultimately, Daniel finds love with a Jamaican girl who befriends him. The novel contrasts present day society and culture with those of the 16th century, and details much of the history of the intervening years. ...
|  | The Blue Ghost (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Release Date: August 8, 2006| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Jack and the Beanstalk (Read-It! Readers: Fairy Tales Yellow Level)
Publication Date: August 1, 2002| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Corduroy's Trick-or-Treat
Release Date: August 26, 2002| Grade Level: P and up There are so many exciting things to do on Halloween-wearing a costume, having a party, and going trick-or-treating. Kids love all the festivity of Halloween, and this pumpkin-shaped board book is just right as they anticipate the holiday. Join Corduroy and his friends as they play pin-the-tail-on-the-black-cat, and decorate pumpkins. Maybe best of all are the delicious, creepy cupcakes. Happy Halloween, Corduroy! ...
|  | Crafty Canines: Coyotes, Foxes, and Wolves (Watts Library)
Publication Date: March 1, 2000| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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