P C C : 1000 books

In his fourth collection, C. P. Boyko turnshis keen eye to the question of power—in schools and on campuses, in doctor’s offices and boardrooms, in triage tents and on the battlefield. A high-school math teacher tries too hard to be liked; childhood friends grow up and go to war for very different...

Understanding of the pathology and causation of anorectal diseases is constantly increasing. This has led to changes in how treatment is cho­ sen. There is almost no anorectal condition for which some new thera­ peutic approach has not been recently tried, and several of these do not involve surgery...

EXTRAIT: Inconnu du public qui lira ou qui ne lira pas ces quelques lignes, je me vois dans une position assez difficile. Si j’avais plus d’expérience, si j’étais moins jeune, il m’en coûterait moins de faire connaître publiquement les résultats d’un travail qui intéresse le...

Esponenti della cultura, non solo cattolica, riflettono sulla straordinaria figura di Giovanni XXIII. Il testo si presenta come una serie di interviste attraverso le quali si cerca di descrivere il pontefice da varie angolazioni: religiosa, politica, umana. Emergono vari aspetti del suo carattere,...

- What is an Apollo knot? - Who wore a Welch wig? - When were Zouave jackets the height of fashion? This new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. Featuring over 60 new and revised entries...

A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic. This groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the...

A proven program to help busy executives get Fit to Lead. Are you a leader at work, at the expense of your health? Did you give up exercise after college, and stop watching your diet when you made it to senior partner? Are too little sleep, fast food, and a hectic, catch-up lifestyle all you...

In 1935, the editor of Fantasy Magazine asked five prominent science fiction writers and five prominent fantasy writers to write two "round-robin" stories, both called The Challenge From Beyond. The authors of the fantasy version were C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard...

One man’s insurgent is another man’s freedom fighter… From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to The Hunger Games, everyone enjoys a good rebellion. There is something compelling about a group (or individual) who throws caution to the wind and rises up in armed defiance against oppression,...

La trilogía que ha reinventado la novela negra, ahora reunida en un solo ebook. Descubre a Augusto Ledesma. Descubre «Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne». La investigación del cruento asesinato de una joven ecuatoriana que aparece junto a unos misteriosos versos ocupa las primeras...

Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award Novelists: the soul of an age, certainly. Brilliant? Perhaps. Yet aren’t they also doddering, petulant, pedantic, knockkneed, skittish, and thunderingly insecure-resentful, awkward, annoying-demanding, deluded, and vexingly indifferent to reality?...

Tras el éxito de la trilogía «Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne» vuelve César Pérez Gellida con su novela más negra, protagonizada por el concienzudo inspector de policía Ramiro Sancho. Primer libro de la trilogía «Refranes, canciones y restos de sangre». Lastrado por...

Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world. This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary...

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos “Reminiscences of a TA officer of the 1st Hertfordshire who served 22 months in France as company and battalion commander and finally brigade commander. When war broke out the author, a...