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Wolfsangel. M. D. Lachlan

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Publisher: Pyr
Language: English
Page: 355
ISBN: 1616143576, 9781616143572

From Publishers Weekly

Sorcery and savagery fuel this rousing historical fantasy, the first volume in a planned multivolume epic. Acting on the witch Gullveig's prophecy, Viking raiders kidnap two infant brothers from a village. Wily and clever Vali is groomed to be Viking king Authun's heir, while Feileg is raised ferally as Gullveig's werewolf protector as she schemes against the god Odin. The boys enjoy adventures peculiar to their different upbringings until their mutual affection for farmer's daughter Adisla draws them together as comrades in arms as well as rivals in love. Lachlan (a pseudonym for Mark Barrowcliffe) keeps supernatural inflections to a minimum, opting instead for a colorful and credible evocation of the Norse world as one where the paths of gods and men frequently cross. Vivid in its rendering of the primitive historical past, this entertaining adventure will have readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the series. (Mar.)
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Review

"Savage, dark, strange, and unpredictable." --Joe Abercrombie

"Genuinely strange, eerie, evocative. A classic." --Adam Roberts

"A unique take on the werewolf mythos, on the Norse pantheon and on magic itself. An enthralling, mesmerizing book." --Mike Carey

"Superior thunderous and full-blooded historical fantasy, broiling and smoking with mystery, beautifully written." --Graham Joyce

"A hardcore fantasy epic, mixing Norse saga with brutal violence, uncompromising action and an original take on the werewolf mythology. The intricate plotting had me hooked from the start, and the book ends on a bang that will leave you desperate for more! Now, where can I buy a Moonsword?" --Andy Remic

"A fresh take on the werewolf myth that savages your expectations at every turn. Brutal and relentlessly original." --Chris Wooding

"Sent chills down my spine. Dark, bloody and dangerous, you can almost smell the sweat and iron coming off the pages. There are a lot of werewolves coming our way this year, but Wolfsangel could well be the standard by which they will be judged for some years to come." --Stephen Deas

"A spellbinding and unputdownable fusion of historical and fantasy fiction that is sure to enchant devotees of both genres." --RJ Ellory

Easy Kana Workbook Rita Lampkin, R. Lampkin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The

Budgerigars: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, and Training (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) Hildegard Niemann
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated

Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson

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Sexual Healing Jill Nelson ebook
Publisher: Pocket Books
Page: 496
ISBN: 9780743492843

Break the Bipolar Cycle: A Day-by-Day Guide to Living with Bipolar Disorder by Elizabeth Brondolo, Xavier Amador

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Break the Bipolar Cycle: A Day-by-Day Guide to Living with Bipolar Disorder Elizabeth Brondolo, Xavier Amador
Language: English
Page: 304
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0071481532, 9780071594066
Publisher:

About the Author

Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in bipolar disorders. She has been practicing in New York City for more than fifteen years. She is a nationally known researcher in stress and health and a professor at St. John's University.

Xavier Amador, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who was on the faculty at Columbia University Medical School for fifteen years. He is a nationally known researcher on bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, the author of I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help, and past director of research at the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar. Gilda Nissenberg

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Language: English
Page: 386
ISBN: 0071422706, 9780071422703

Now beginners can master Spanish grammar with the proven Practice Makes Perfect method!

Combining clear presentation, exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills has proven a winning formula for the Practice Makes Perfect workbook series. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar builds on the series' success with a similarly interactive approach, embracing all aspects of Spanish grammar that you need to master. This engaging guide offers: An extensive grammar review, highlighted by illustrative examples Dozens of exercises, including fill-ins, translations, and creative writing Time saving thematic vocabulary panels to cut down on dictionary drudgery Boxed summaries of key grammar points for focused learning Detailed answer keys for progress checks

From the Back Cover

The effective way to master Spanish grammar

The only way to build your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. Featuring the proven Practice Makes Perfect approach, this workbook is an indispensable tool to practice and perfect all aspects of Spanish grammar.

From present tense regular verbs to double object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all aspects of Spanish grammar that learners need to master. Focusing on the practical aspects of Spanish as it's really spoken, each unit of Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar features crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of engaging exercises. Wherever appropriate, explanations include comparisons with English grammatical conventions, making it easier for learners to understand the basic logic behind the rules and to remember correct usage. And the exercises come in a variety of formats--including multiple choice, fill-in sentences and passages, sentence rewrites, and creative writing--designed for every learning style.

Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar makes mastering Spanish grammar easy with:

Clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-follow explanations that make even the most complex principles easy to understand Dozens of exercises in formats suited to every learning style Time-saving thematic vocabulary panels that cut down on dictionary drudgery "Running commentary" answers that help you avoid common mistakes A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks

Offering a winning formula for getting a handle on Spanish grammar right away, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to learn to speak Spanish the way the natives do.

Also in the Practice Makes Perfect series:

Spanish Verb Tenses

Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions

A Philosophy of Political Myth. Chiara Bottici

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Page: 294
ISBN: 0521876551, 9780521876551

It is certainly the case that morality governs the interactions that take place between individuals. But what if morality exists because of these interactions? This book, first published in 2007, argues for the claim that much of the behaviour we view as 'moral' exists because acting in that way benefits each of us to the greatest extent possible, given the socially structured nature of society. Drawing upon aspects of evolutionary game theory, the theory of bounded rationality, and computational models of social networks, it shows both how moral behaviour can emerge in socially structured environments, and how it can persist even when it is not typically viewed as 'rational' from a traditional economic perspective. This book also provides a theory of how moral principles and the moral sentiments play an indispensable role in effective choice, acting as 'fast and frugal heuristics' in social decision contexts.

Acute Stroke Care: A Manual from the University of Texas - Houston Stroke Team (Cambridge Pocket Clinicians) by Ken Uchino, Jennifer Pary, James Grotta

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Acute Stroke Care: A Manual from the University of Texas - Houston Stroke Team (Cambridge Pocket Clinicians) Ken Uchino, Jennifer Pary, James Grotta
Language: English
Page: 230
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0521674948, 9780521674942
Publisher:

Review

'... the authors reach their goal of guiding doctors through the vast amount of literature on stroke: the book is handy and very clearly written and will help general practitioners, residents and expert clinicians in their daily practice with stroke patients. We recommend the book to all doctors who are looking for a prompt access guide for diagnosis and treatment of stroke.' European Neurology

Book Description

You have just encountered a possible stroke patient. You ask yourself, what should I do first? How do I know it is a stroke? Is it too late to reverse the damage? How do I do the right things? This book will help you answer these critical questions.

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns. Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Page: 476
ISBN: 0471958697, 9780471958697

Amazon.com Review

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns looks at how patterns occur on three different levels--in software architecture, in everyday design, and in idioms (which describe how a particular design pattern is implemented in a programming language like C++). This synthetic approach is a little theoretical at times, but the authors also present over a dozen patterns and provide real-world examples wherever possible.

For architectural patterns, the authors look at the Layers pattern, used in operating systems such as Windows NT and virtual machines. They also consider Pipes and Filters, which process streams of data. (This pattern, the authors point out, is a lynchpin of Unix.) Their Blackboard pattern shows how a complex problem, such as image or speech recognition can be broken up into smaller, specialized subsystems that work together to solve a problem. (For recognizing words from a raw waveform input, a Blackboard approach might have separate processes to find phonemes, then words, then sentences.)

This book also looks at today's distributed systems in considering the Broker pattern, which is used on the Internet and in Microsoft's OLE technology. This section also presents several powerful patterns for building effective graphical user interfaces, such as Model-View-Controller.

The authors define several well-known design patterns, such as the Proxy and Command patterns, and also basic, far-reaching patterns, such as Whole-Part and Master-Slave, which are widely used throughout computing. Their survey ends with a discussion on the way objects can communicate (using such patterns as Forwarder-Receiver, Client-Dispatcher-Server, and Publisher-Subscriber), which many developers will recognize as familiar patterns, but are codified here as "official" patterns. The book then discusses some idioms in C++ and a more far-reaching role for patterns in software design and architecture. By fitting patterns into traditional software engineering practices, the authors of Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture successfully argue that the role for patterns will only continue to diversify and enrich tomorrow's software engineering tools and methodologies. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

This practical tutorial/reference demonstrates how patterns can enable users to create large-scale applications and solve recurring design problems. Contains a catalog of 25 patterns, described in a standardized format, that readers can use or adapt to their own development projects.

Measuring methane production from ruminants. Harinder P.S. Makkar, Philip E. Vercoe

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Page: 148
ISBN: 1402061323, 9781402061325

This book gives a comprehensive account of the methodologies for measuring methane from in vitro fermentation systems, and from stall-fed and grazing animals. The chapters have been contributed by experts in the field and methods and protocols have been presented in simple format for direct practical use. A variety of techniques for measuring methane emissions ranging from radio and stable isotopic methods, respiration chambers to the tunnel method and sulphur hexafluoride tracer technique, which can be used with animals in the field have been covered. In vitro fermentation systems which provide the opportunity to test new plants for their potential to reduce methane emissions and to help design new management and feeding strategies based on these measurements also form the subject of this book. This book will equip the readers to measure and monitor methane emissions accurately and to meet the challenge of improving productivity from ruminants without damaging the environment. The techniques and procedures described are also relevant and adaptable to other anaerobic systems such as biogas plants, manure storage and application systems, sludge systems, etc.