Research into metabolic bone disease has made remarkable progress over the last 20 years, with the identification of numerous new molecules and pathways regulating bone cells as well as their plasma milieu.
This in-depth series of literary portraits studies celebrities who died in famous and tragic ways-ways that still resonate as archetypal death scenarios in present day.
Buon Natale -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats filled with ancient churches, plates piled high with pasta, flowing wine, shimmering gifts and plenty of style.
Malaysia's political stability and economic prosperity have contributed towards its growing population comprising of residents and an influx of laborers from other countries including Indonesia, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
"e;[This] richly documented book is the definitive study of the decisive role mountain men played in the exploration and expansion of the Western frontier.
'Utterly gorgeous' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies'Sad, funny, juicy and prickly with deep and secret thoughtful places' Mary Gaitskill, author of This is Pleasure_____As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name.
How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide.
Hannah is the true story of a woman who grew up in a dysfunctional family and overcame significant learning disabilities, drug addiction, and relationship tragedies to finally discover the power of Jesus Christ and her worth and purpose as a child of God.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLO GRACE MORETZ A ';captivating' (The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a powerful account of one woman's struggle to recapture her identity.
Ulric Dahlgren was a brilliant, ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of twenty-one, yet died before his twenty-second birthday.
On his deathbed, Alex Roy's father dropped tantalizing hints about the notorious Cannonball Run of the 1970s, the utterly illegal high-speed non-stop races from New York to LA.
Der Lebensweg der Habsburger war von Geburt an vorgeschrieben: Sie hatten der Monarchie zu dienen – sei es als regierende Kaiser, Erzherzoge mit militärischen oder repräsentativen Aufgaben, als Erzherzoginnen oder als unterstützende Ehefrauen und Mütter im Dienste der Erhaltung der Dynastie.
This book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence.
This book presents three later works by the German social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein, translated into English in full for the first time: Social Democracy and International Politics: Social Democracy and the European Question; League of Nations or League of States; and International Law and International Politics: The Nature, Questions, and Future of International Law.
In der Biographie des preußisch gesonnenen, konservativen und jüdischen Religionshistorikers Hans Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980), der seit seiner Jugend Mitglied der bündischen Jugend gewesen ist, 1938 emigrierte und schon 1946 heimwehkrank nach Deutschland zurückkehrte, zeigen sich beispielhaft jene Wünsche, Widersprüche und Enttäuschungen, die deutsche Juden im Zwanzigsten Jahrhundert hegten und verarbeiten mussten.
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship.
Africa: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South African on the Atlantic coast.
The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature.
Charlotte Bronte: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronte's life and work.
The first in-depth look at one of the world's richest-and most secretive-businessmen Though his wealth is certainly no secret, the world's fourth richest man remains an enigma.
Una epidemia nutricional marcará el siglo XXI: las enfermedades infecciosas han dejado de ser la principal causa de mortalidad y en su lugar aparecen como primera causa las enfermedades derivadas de una mala nutrición.
Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines, the concept of "e;magic"e; has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating the relation of religion to science.
The core of what we refer to as the project of modernity is the idea that human beings have the power to bring the world under their control, and hence it is based on a kinetic utopia : the movement of the world as a whole reflects the implementation of our plans for it.
This book provides a critical overview of analytical methods used for the determination of pesticide residues and other contaminants in food and environmental samples by modern instrumental analysis.
Named "e;Television's First Lady"e; by Walter Ames of the Los Angeles Times, actress Beverly Garland (1926-2008) is also regarded as a Western and science-fiction film icon.
The name Ada Lovelace perhaps is not a name that you would automatically link to computer science but she was in fact the first person to create a computer algorithm.
Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle for black freedom through the history of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
