A Sunday Times Book of The Year A Mail on Sunday Book of The Year An Independent Book of The Year A The Times Book of The Year  During the US book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his New York hotel room to excoriating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later write in the first of a series of deeply moving Vanity Fair pieces, he was being deported 'from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady.' Over the next year he underwent the brutal gamut of modern cancer treatment, enduring catastrophic levels of suffering and eventually losing the ability to speak.   Mortality is the most meditative collection of writing Hitchens has ever produced; at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer etiquette, and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose. In this eloquent confrontation with mortality, Hitchens returns a human face to a disease that has become a contemporary cipher of suffering.

Mortality

Variant: Mortality

Warehouse 200

Life in hard mode for "villain" Penelope Eckhart means with every step forward, she's shoved five steps back. Just as things were looking (relatively) better between her and the brothers, she finds herself coming to blows with Reynold, who insists on dredging up the past-an affront Penelope won't take lying down. To make matters worse, she ends up attending the hunting tournament hosted by the crown prince, and Callisto + weapons = a recipe for DANGER...!

Villains Are Destined To Die. Vol. 3

Variant: Villains are destined to die. Vol. 3

Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.

Mega-Urban Regions in Pacific Asia

Variant: Mega-urban regions in Pacific Asia

On the surface, the Circus of Dreams travels around the Continent of Eiliron entertaining the people of the seven kingdoms with their frivolity and sleights of hand. But beloved ringmaster and head puppeteer, Master Jeskil, is soon manipulating more than puppet strings when he is drawn into a wicked plot of greed and desire in the kingdom of Corraçao. After years of marriage, the King and Queen of Hearts have no heir: a fact not lost on the Kings first counselor, Vikar Revin, who hears the courts gossips whispering in the shadows, forming factions of allegiance, and plotting treasonous schemes. At the heart of these conspiracies is the charming and ambitious Roxanna Talian of Feracia who has set her sights on replacing the Queen. In spite of the mounting evidence of malign influences from outside as well as within, Revin is determined to protect Corraçao. With the help of his cousin Jeskil, and some wholly unexpected allies, Revin must find a way to thwart the enemies of the state and preserve whatever he can of the crippled Corraçian monarchy. Magic, love, death, and intrigue beset the kingdom the effects of which ripple through for generations to come.

Circus of the Greats

Variant: Circus of the greats

This board book full of squares and clever cut-outs is a wonderful way to introduce babies and toddlers to shapes. Is it a door? A book? A train or a present? Read aloud and create a clever guessing game about shapes that will delight and stimulate the youngest readers. Squares and rectangles are everywhere, and the shapes and colors found in everyday objects come to life when the pages of the book are turned.  Learning shapes is a lot of fun when there are surprises involved-this die-cut board book from master artist and designer Yusuke Yonezu is full of them.

Squares

Variant: Squares

Jackson teaches a simple 'net' construction system- a one-piece 2-D configuration of card seen when a 3-D package is opened out and flattened - which enables the designer to create a huge number of very strong 3-D packaging forms that are both practical and imaginative. Each chapter concludes with photographs and net drawings of 6-10 creative examples of packaging designs made using the principles outlined in the preceding chapter. Structural packaging gives the reader an understanding of the underlying principles of packaging construction and the technical knowledge and confidence to develop a greater number of their own unusual and innovative designs than any comparable book.

Creative Packaging

Variant: Creative packaging

The use of silver as an antibacterial agent has been known for thousands of years. This effect can be amplified by simply reducing the size of silver particles to the nanoscale, with the added advantage of a reduction in cost and toxicity. Application of silver nanoparticles to textiles can bring considerable advantages, especially for medical support materials or for materials that cannot be washed daily. This book describes a novel synthesis method that the author calls in situ, in which these nanoparticles are obtained directly on materials. The method is simple and easy to apply and can also be considered green because the reducing agent involved is ascorbic acid, commonly known as vitamin C. It neither requires special modifications in the industrial equipment nor special pressure or temperature conditions. It can be used to grow other metals or metal oxides on a material. The book showcases studies carried out on silver nanoparticles by the author over several years, not only in terms of the synthesis but also the morphological characterization of the substrate to which they were applied. It exhibits SEM images displaying the homogeneity of the silver coating, highlighting that sometimes the simplest way is the best way.

Silver Nanoparticles

Variant: Silver nanoparticles

This manual gives the solutions to all problems given in the book by A Das and T Ferbel. The problems are discussed in full detail, to help both the student and teacher get a better grasp of the issues brought up in the text and in the associated problems.

Introduction To Nuclear and Particle Physics

Variant: Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics

'Modern Art of Southeast Asia: Introductions from A to Z' features 60 concise and accessibly written accounts of the key ideas and currents underlying modern art in the region. These are accompanied by over 250 beautifully reproduced artworks from the collection of National Gallery Singapore, and other public and private collections in Southeast Asia and beyond. The book offers an informative first encounter with art as well as refreshing perspectives, and is a rewarding resource for students.

Modern Southeast Asian Art From A To Z

Variant: Modern Southeast Asian art from A to Z

Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first half of the twentieth century. Her poetry and dramatic work symbolically ushered in a new era in Jamaica's literary landscape and her efforts in championing early Jamaican literature, as well as her avid support for Caribbean writers in Britain and the region, made her a key proponent of the development of a nationaland West Indian literary canon. She challenged racial inequality, affirmed standards of black beauty and black identity, and explored the complexities of gender, religious discrimination and class/economic exploitation. She did not frame her work around a single cause but, instead, she was mindful of the multiple intersections of oppression. Britain's hold on Jamaica's cultural imagination would finally be challenged by artists like Marson who were eager to free their nation of colonial authority and cultural dominance. In the end, through her advocacy and pioneering work, Marson achieved a voice for the oppressed.

Una Marson

Variant: Una Marson

This book is a compendium of signs and symptoms that paediatricians may encounter in everyday clinical practice. Divided into 102 signs and symptoms, each one is presented in a step by step approach, with a brief introduction, a clear description of the indication, its prevalence in practice, history taking guidance, analysis tips and probable aetiology.   Causes of each sign and symptom are listed sequentially from most common, to less common, and rare. The comprehensive text is highly illustrated with tables and clinical photographs to assist learning. This invaluable manual serves as a practical, ready reckoner for quick and accurate diagnosis, for practising and trainee paediatricians.

Signs and Symptoms in Pediatrics

Variant: Signs and Symptoms in Pediatrics

En su 8.ª edición, Cloherty y Stark. Manual de neonatología sigue ofreciendo un abordaje práctico y conciso para el diagnóstico y tratamiento médico de los problemas en el recién nacido. El formato esquemático y de fácil lectura proporciona a los lectores un acceso rápido a grandes cantidades de valiosa información sobre problemas maternos, fetales y neonatales, así como sobre procedimientos neonatales habituales. Características principales: Populares apéndices sobre temas como guías de medicación para la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales, los efectos de la medicación materna en el feto y los problemas neonatales, así como la administración de medicaciones durante la lactancia.También se presentan guías de intubación/sedación y una guía de reanimación neonatal que proporcionan información fundamental en un formato rápido y accesible.Contenido de apoyo familiar: lactancia materna, cuidados para el desarrollo, duelo, y toma de decisiones y dilemas éticos.Escrito por autores expertos de los principales programas de neonatología en todo los Estados Unidos. Novedades con respecto a la anterior edición: Completamente actualizado para mostrar las últimas tendencias en el campo.Nuevos puntos clave en cada capítulo que proporcionan orientación adicional.Nuevos capítulos sobre hidropesía fetal y anomalías vasculares no inmunitarias.Nueva sección sobre endocrinología.Inclue eBook gratuito con la adquisición del libro impreso.

Cloherty Y Stark. Manual De Neonatología

Variant: Cloherty y Stark. Manual de neonatología

Erotic, explicit comic book based on the ancient myth of minotaur. The story takes place mostly in Knossos Palace of mythological King Minos, ruler of Create and surrounding seas during Minoan times around 1800 B.C. The subtitle refers to three daughters of the king - Phaedra, Ariadne and Akkele. The minotaur is a terrifying beast which is held in a secret dungeon called Labirynth. The plot takes place some time before the arrival of brave and heroic prince Theseus of Athens. Minotaur is a full grown up deadly beast, the daughters are young adult women. Phaedra is a powerful woman aiming to be the ruler after her father, Ariadne is a gorgeous beauty, but naive and dreaming just of a wonderful prince who will marry her, Akkele is an adventurer girl sneaking out the palace to learn secrets of others. The colour style of the comic book was inspired by red figure vases paintings from ancient Greece. The details of items, interiors, architecture, costumes are based on real artifacts seen by the author in situ in museums around the world, especially on Crete (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Palace of Knossos) as well as in Athens (the National Museum). The story is build on the myth described by many scientists. The author of the comic book just added some plot on the white pages of the myth.

Minotaur

Variant: Minotaur

The book is aimed at all readers not just those who are interested in the esoteric. It introduces accessibly and surprisingly clearly the causes of the toxic relationships that arise between people and ghosts. It contains a large dose of psychology of the soul, testimony to the author's spiritual maturity. Ghosts are the souls of people who, after the death of their physical body, have not resolved to pass through to the other side of death's curtain. The reason for that is that, for various reasons, they overlooked their own deaths, didn't have the courage to go through to the other side or were detained or even pulled away from their road by those mourning the souls of their near ones. When they remain in the world of the living they possess people which can be the cause of very unpleasant and sometimes even tragic experiences. Starting with the mildest -- the presence of ghosts in a person causes severe mood swings ranging from powerful explosions of negative energy to deep depressions. They bring out severe states of anxiety, they tempt those possessed to commit suicide, they have a powerful influence on the psyche and are the cause of psychiatric illnesses. In addition, the diseases of the dead person very often transfer through the ghost to the person possessed. Wanda Pratnicka is an exorcist and psychotherapist of world renown. Over the past thirty years she has helped many thousands of patients throughout the world.

Possessed By Ghosts

Variant: Possessed by Ghosts

Klimawandel, Extremwetterlagen, Rückgang der Artenvielfalt, CO2- und Feinstaubbelastung in den Städten zwingen zum Handeln. Der gesellschaftliche Wandel hat bereits begonnen. Wie kann Architektur zu einem Paradigmenwechsel beitragen? Geht Architektur nicht nur rückbaubar und recyclingfähig, sondern auch grün? Kann Architektur auch Ökosystem sein? Was ist blau-grüne Architektur? Architektinnen und Architekten sind gefragt, brachliegende Potenziale auszuschöpfen und die Pflanzen als Entwurfsmittel zu entdecken. Sowohl bei der Entwicklung von Plätzen und Stadträumen, aber insbesondere am Gebäude selbst. Praxis »Grüne Fassaden&« liefert Architektinnen und Architekten das nötige Fachwissen, um entsprechend kompetent mit der lebendigen Architektur an der Gebäudehülle umzugehen. Das Buch soll Lust machen auf grüne Architektur, ein Katalog gelungener Projektbeispiele zeigt im Detail, wie rund um den Globus Entwurf und praktische Umsetzung von Vertikalgrün im urbanen Raum gelingen kann.

Grüne Fassaden

Variant: Grüne Fassaden

Saul Leiter has only in recent years been acknowledged as one of the great pioneers of colour photography. Like Robert Frank of Helen Levitt, he found his motifs on the streets of New York, but at the same time was visibly interested in abstraction. This long-awaited new edition of the book, first published to mark the major retrospective of Leiter's work at Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg in 2012, features, in addition to his early black and white and colour images, his fashion photography, the overpainted nudes, as well as his paintings and sketchbooks.

Saul Leiter

Variant: Saul Leiter

50 Designers You Should Know

Variant: 50 Designers You Should Know

Ed Watson, Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet for over 20 years is a unique talent; a widely celebrated collaborator in dance, photography and fashion.   Each illustrated essay of this gorgeous volume focuses on a distinct aspect of Watson's career. Leading art critic Sarah Crompton discusses his trajectory from young student to principal dancer and coach with The Royal Ballet. Wayne McGregor reflects on their long and fruitful collaboration. Longtime friend Charlotte MacMillan engages in a lively conversation with the man himself, while Gareth Pugh muses on the concept of duende.  Dozens of images by leading photographers-including Rick Guest, Nick Knight, Anthony Crickmay, Kosmas Pavlos, Nadav Kander, Paul Smith, Laurence Ellis, Teddy Iborra Wicksteed, Liz Seagrove, Paul Grover, and Johan Persson-depict Watson throughout his career, in rehearsal, on fashion shoots, in the dressing room, and in stills from his famed performances.  Together these words and images tell the story of a performer of extraordinary versatility, exceptional physicality, and a profound artistic sensibility.

Ed Watson

Variant: Ed Watson

The earliest artists wielded bones, pieces of ivory, and wooden sticks to create works that tell us much about how ancient civilizations lived and thought. Today artists are using found objects to make elaborate pieces that are equally revealing. Aimed at young readers, this fascinating book focuses on 13 kinds of artistic materials to trace the development of artistic expression throughout history. Illustrated spreads explore how precious metals and gems were used by ancient Egyptian artisans and how Greek sculptors created beautiful vessels out of clay. It reveals the importance of cast metals to the Romans, and glass to the builders of Gothic cathedrals and Byzantine mosaics. The book also shows how the same materials were used by artists centuries apart: paper as parchment for illuminated manuscripts but also for artist books. Chapters explore the intriguing histories of paint and drawing, ranging from ground pigment to acrylic and from charcoal sticks to pen and ink. Along the way readers will become familiar with celebrated and lesser-known works of art and the people who created them. Informative and entertaining, this latest addition to the 13 Children Should Know series for children reveals how resourcefulness and ingenuity are the artist's most precious tools.

13 Art Materials Children Should Know

Variant: 13 art materials children should know

This new volume in the highly successful 13A" series uses colourful reproductions, glossaries, and a timeline to explore milestones in the history of art. Kids will learn about important innovations in art while they discover answers to questions such as: Why was oil painting invented? What were the subjects of the first photographs? How do you depict the world on a flat canvas? Filled with accessible, fascinating facts as well as creative suggestions for independent art projects, this unique introduction to art history shows young readers how art is made as well as how to enjoy it.

13 Art Inventions Children Should Know

Variant: 13 art inventions children should know

Some of the world's most renowned pictures are also the most exciting to view and discuss. From Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon to the fall of the Berlin Wall; Lindbergh's historic landing in Paris to Nelson Mandela's release from prison; portraits of Albert Einstein, Princess Diana and the Beatles; the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico-these and other history-making photographs are presented in double-page spreads that offer stunning reproductions of the images themselves, helpful background information on the events and people they portray, and perspectives on the circumstances that inspired them. Paging through these photographs, children will learn not only about people and events that changed the world, but how photographs preserve and help us understand these important moments.