For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with volume CT scanning, further progress in ultrasonography in the form of color duplex Doppler, and magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore we had the idea of publishing an up-to-date treatise on rad...

Haiti in den 1950er Jahren. Jean-Raoul ist sechs Jahre alt – dann zerbricht jäh seine unbeschwerte Kindheit. Bei einem brutalen Überfall der paramilitärischen Garden des Diktators François Duvalier werden seine Eltern getötet. Ein Freund der Familie rettet den Jungen in die Schweiz, wo ein ihm völlig unbekanntes, erschreckendes Leben beginnt. Er vermisst seine geliebte Mutter und fühlt sich fremd in einer Welt, die nicht seine eigene ist. Das Aufwachsen im Milieu des begüterten Basler Bürg...

A feminist reading of how Heidegger may have responded to an unanswered questioned he posed in 1923, "Problem: What is woman?" while using his thought to better understand how contemporary society replies to questions in the realms of law, bioethics, pedagogy, and politics.This book begins with an unexplored and unanswered question that Martin Heidegger raises in a 1923 Freiburg course: "Problem: What is woman?" Yet, why should we care that Heidegger raises this "p...

“A cracking good yarn . . . sheer storytelling power . . . James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. . . . Anyone who thinks there’s nothing left to be said about the Lewis and Clark expedition should read this book.”—John Sugden, author of Tecumseh: A LifeFollowing the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the newly acquired territory. To survive, the two captains need ...

I Remember Being Called Sarah -- is a thought-provoking look at the world of some adopted children showing the different way they relate to their environment and their selected world. Imagine not being able to trust anyone in your personal arena and existing day to day wondering who is reliable and honest, thereby confusing your very existence. Sarah had a few memories when adopted at three years old, but no one seemed interested in them. No one seemed to realize that a little child could ...

Sammi Evans must use her special supernatural talent to stop the overthrow of the government of the state.

The story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village—and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore“We do this because telling where you are from is just as important as your name. It helps tie us together and gives us a strong and solid place to speak from. It is my hope that the stories of Chippewa City will be heard, shared, and remembered, and that the story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa will continue to grow. By bein...

Sammi Evans must use her special supernatural talent to stop the overthrow of the government of the state.

The story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village—and a vital chapter of the history of the North ShoreAt the turn of the nineteenth century, one mile east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, you would have found Chippewa City, a village that as many as 200 Anishinaabe families called home. Today you will find only Highway 61, private lakeshore property, and the one remaining village building: St. Francis Xavier Church. In Walking the Old Road

George Morrison, a skilled Ojibwe artist, grew up on the shores of Lake Superior, and by the age of nine was known for his drawing and creative talents. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and went on to create paintings and sculptures that were exhibited in galleries nationally. One of his sculptures was installed at the White House. From painting to traveling and teaching other artists, learn all about the life of modernist artist Morrison.

Part memoir, part cultural history, these memories of seven aunts holding home and family together tell a crucial, often overlooked story of women of the twentieth centuryThey were German and English, Anishinaabe and French, born in the north woods and Midwestern farm country. They moved again and again, and they fought for each other when men turned mean, when money ran out, when babies—and there were so many—added more trouble but even more love. These are the au...

Nancy Douillard, a widowed, retired judge returns to her 55+ community after a frustrating meeting at a local law firm. Nancy is angry at being patronized as if her "use-by date" had expired when offering her services. She hoped being of service again would give more of a purpose to her life. Joining the Happy Hour crowd on the deck of the Cup and Vine to meet with her childhood friend, Bess, she finds an ambulance removing the body of her friend, Hilda. The death at-home case detective, N...