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True Atlas, brilliantly illustrated.Succint review of surgical techniques, including minimally invasive approaches for GERD. Step by Step descriptions of 13 operative procedures in esophageal surgery.Significantly lower priced than it's competitors.Educed from Chassin's Operative Strategies in General Surgery, bound to be a classic.

Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round...

Of particular interest are Farmer's discussions of society's responses to men and women who were disabled to the point of being incapable of any work at all.

The military transformed itself during the late 1940s and the 1950s from a group of anticolonial guerrilla bands into the professional force that seized power in 1962. The army edged out all other state and social institutions in the competition for national power. Making Enemies draws upon Callahan's interviews with former military officers and her archival work in Burmese libraries and halls of power. Callahan's unparalleled access allows he...

Instructional Patterns:á Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning examines instruction from the learnersÆ point of view by showing how instructional patterns can be used to maximize the potential for students to learn. This book explores the interactive patterns that exist in todayÆs classroom and demonstrates how teachers can facilitate the interactivity of these patterns to match their goals for student learning. These interactive patterns...

Build student-centered learning into your standards-based curriculum and instructional practice! Educators expect learners to solve problems, think critically, communicate effectively, and collaborate well. These complex processes require an approach to learning that is much more than memorizing facts. To truly succeed, young learners need to engage in active learning and understand that their own experience is the foundation for new learnin...

Koi im Gartenteich Der König unter den Teichfischen ist auf dem Siegeszug - auch in deutschen Gartenteichen. Seine ganz besondere Ausstrahlung fasziniert mittlerweile selbst fern seiner eigentlichen Heimat Japan immer mehr Tierfreunde und lässt den Koi fast schon zu einem Kultobjekt avancieren. In den vorliegenden zwei Bänden erläutern ausgewiesene Fachleute und Koi-Spezialisten alles Wissenswerte rund um die wertvollen Fische. Der erste Band ...

<, P>, The interface between Buddhist Studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies has attracted a growing interest from scholars and researchers of both Buddhism and psychology. This book examines the origins and expressions of Buddhist thought, and how it is now being utilized by psychologists and social scientists. The basic tenets of Buddhism and contemporary Buddhist-based empiri...

Schildkröten im Gartenteich? Sicher haben auch Sie sich schon gefragt, ob es nicht möglich ist, eine Schildkröte im Gartenteich zu pflegen. Es ist möglich! In diesem Buch werden u. a. alle Wasserschildkrötenarten vorgestellt, die auch ganzjährig im Garten leben können. Sie finden wertvolle Tips zur Gestaltung des Schildkröten-Biotops, zur Fütterung, zur Vergesellschaftung der Tiere sowie zum Thema Überwinterung. Was tun, wenn Ihre Schildkröte ...

Schier unermesslich ist die Literatur für Klavier zu vier Händen, ebenso groß die Zahl der Klavierspieler, die sich mit Begeisterung dem vierhändigen Klavierspiel widmen, sei es im Konzert, im Unterricht oder einfach zum Vergnügen. Die ersten Stücke entstanden bereits im Frühbarock, und der Bogen der reichhaltigen Literatur spannt sich über Diabelli, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms und Schubert bis hin zu Strawinsky und Ligeti. Bis heute wird eifrig...

This volume examines current deficiencies in chronic illness care and explores ways to improve it. Addressing the challenges of shifting from the primacy of acute illnesses to the predominance of chronic conditions, the authors identify the components necessary to reorganize and reform health care: properly prepared health care workers, involved patients and families, appropriate use of new technologies, especially information systems, an appr...

<, div>, With a recent burst of feature films, documentaries, and books on strippers, the business of exotic dancing is hotter than ever. Over the last decade there has been a steadily expanding interest in exotic dance, from its role as an "art form" to its benefits as a means of exercise. While the breadth of discussion generated on this topic has expanded, the fundamental debate remains the same: are female strippers empowering themselv...

The Virgin Tramp--she was a lurid front-page homicide, a girl who had the goods on the pimps, promoters, hookers and hoods. Maybe she even knew something about Tom and Des Spellacy--a cop and a priest. Tom wants answers. Des wants power. But the Virgin Tramp wants revenge--even in death.

In today's high-stakes environment, standardized test scores determine much more than student performance. Scores are linked to school status, the amount of funding a school receives, and ultimately a teacher's job security. Which means teachers not only need to teach their students how to write well for practical purposes-they must also teach them how to write well on timed tests. Luckily, it is possible to do both using one curriculum. Thi...

2 Homogeneous superconducting state 210 3 Superconducting phases with broken space symmetries 213 4 Flavor asymmetric quark condensates 219 5 Concluding remarks 221 Acknowledgments 222 References 223 Neutral Dense Quark Matter 225 Mei Huang and Igor Shovkovy 1 Introduction 225 2 Local charge neutrality: homogeneous phase 226 3 Global charge neutrality: mixed phase 234 4 Conclusion 238 References 238 Possibility of color magnetic superconductiv...

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Around the age of twenty, I've been blessed with the opportunity to enjoy a substantial, globe trotter experience. That was twenty five years ago. Ever since, I have been fascinated by the global, political situation. To the point of, often, feeling the urge to publicly express my opinions on the subject. Yet, I have always retreated in the face of the hassles that the endeavor presents. But as the tragic events of September eleven 2001 trigge...

Family, say it slowly with me, family. It's a word and a half word. It rolls off of the tongue easily, yet leaves an after-taste that is both sweet and bitter. It is the common denominator that defines us. We all have one. We're all linked by birth to at least two others. We spend our lives running to and running from the safety or confines of this uniquely social phenomenon. We live and die for those to whom we are connected within this forma...

Family, say it slowly with me, family. It's a word and a half word. It rolls off of the tongue easily, yet leaves an after-taste that is both sweet and bitter. It is the common denominator that defines us. We all have one. We're all linked by birth to at least two others. We spend our lives running to and running from the safety or confines of this uniquely social phenomenon. We live and die for those to whom we are connected within this forma...

What does it, mean? Only creativity knows. The minds of seven creative people wonder what it means. They know only what they can know. Definition limits, but what limit is there to creativity? They know who they are. But in the end, they know what it means. Do you know what it means?