D R: 1699 books

Recent technological developments have broadened considerably the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of liver pathology. Today, MR imaging is not looked upon merely as a problem-solving technique but is widely considered the principal imaging modality for both the detection and accurate...

In the ski resort of Pinetree, Colorado, a middle-aged lawyer collapses and dies. At first, the explanation seems obvious. There are just a couple of loose ends that don't quite make sense. But the more the police and his next of kin try to build a picture of how Matthew Chambers died, the...

Couched in the form of extracts from the diary of a young female poet, D. R. Evans carries us intimately from her earliest memories through her college career as a scholarship winner at an elite Oxford college, engagement and marriage, emigration to America, and her eventual death of cancer in South...

What happens to the hero of a classic role-playing game once his adventure is over: given he has no education, job training, or peace-time skills? One year after defeating the demon king and saving the world, the aptly named Hero Generic is now jobless, homeless, and has a rap sheet longer...

Karen J. Nolan, Jo-Ann Heslin, and Annette B. Natow, registered dietitians and authors of Pocket’s many phenomenally successful Counter books, bring their astounding expertise to a superb encyclopedia of food values. The essential reference for everyday use, The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition...

Travis McGee & Me is D. R. Martin’s book-by-book personal take on the famous boat bum hero created by John D. MacDonald. The twenty-one McGee novels have been continuously in print since their original publication dates, from 1964 to 1985. Not only have they been tremendously popular with readers,...

Summary of The Book ClubSix year old Walter lives with his older brother and sister in a cold loveless orphanage, doomed to a life of endless chores and misery, constantly tormented by their cruel guardians, the Geechers.In a desperate quest for fun, Walter signs up for a “free” book club. But...

The first Books of "IS", is full of contemplative designs and graftics, along with rhythmic writings. All are created to move gently, your sences, and your brain, to "stiring" you "awake", and into thinking, sensing and obseving the life within you and around you. The...

Described by Ashis Nandy as the foremost non-Brahmin intellectual to emerge from Indias vast non-English speaking world, D.R. Nagaraj (19541998) was a profound political commentator and cultural critic.Nagarajs importance lies in consolidating and advancing some of the ideas of Indias leading Dalit...

New Zealand has some interesting ghost stories. 'A Flax Rope' is a Maori ghost story where the guardian warriors of the iwi (Tribe) are called upon to save their people.The ghost waka (canoe) is a long established tradition and they have been seen by sensible people when something threatens the iwi..

Is there time to avoid humanity’s extinction? Practically everything that has ever lived is extinct; we will be no exception unless we work very hard to be an exception. Wrestling with that problem led to a chilling, undeniable conclusion: the human species is ultimately doomed on Earth and we have...

Named one of BBC History Magazine's "Books of the Year" in 2010 In this groundbreaking study, D. R. M. Irving reconnects the Philippines to current musicological discourse on the early modern Hispanic world. For some two and a half centuries, the Philippine Islands were firmly interlinked...

The year is 1650, and Sangwa Dorje, Buddhist adherent, is about to die. Lost in a snowstorm high in the mountains, his fate is sealed...until a beastly scream announces that he is not alone in the wilderness. At the roof of the world, where the slightest misstep means death, he must struggle for survival;...

This book unfolds the gripping story at once fascinating and grim of perhaps the first case of assassination of a world-class leader by a human bomb.There was a general demand for explanation and action. The totally blind case with enormous ramifications needed skilled, dexterous and professional investigation....