The present volume constitutes an attempt to compile contem porary features of diagnosis and treatment of renal and adrenal tumors. A thorough survey of the field is ensured by the authors' considerable scientific experience. Tumors of the kidneys and the adrenal glands are being diagnosed and treated by physicians of different medical disciplines. For both types of tumor, the pathologic cellular substrate is of crucial importance in diagnosis and therapy. In recent years significant diagn...

This revised edition of Patrick Baert's widely acclaimed Social Theory in the Twentieth Century, now benefitting from the collaboration of Filipe Carreira da Silva has been brought right up-to-date with cutting-edge developments in social theory today. It offers an easy-to-read but provocative account of the development of social theory, covering a range of key figures and classic schools of thought. The authors bridge the gap between philosophy and social theory, locating the the...

A healer's touch. A berserker's curse. One blood-slick kiss under the moon that changes everything.Finn just wanted to patch up wounded warriors and outrun his past, until the savage Jarl who rules the Bjornklo clan pins him against an ancient pine. Ragnar's rage is legendary, his control razor-thin, and the beast in his blood is done being caged.When Finn's forbidden gift calms the monster for one breath-stealing moment, Ragnar brands him mine, and a singl...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015Jean-Paul Sartre is often seen as the quintessential public intellectual, but this was not always the case. Until the mid-1940s he was not so well-known, even in France. Then suddenly, in a very short period of time, Sartre became an intellectual celebrity. How can we explain this remarkable transformation?The Existentialist Moment retraces Sartre�s career and provides a compelling new explanation of his me...

In 2014 a new progressive party, Podemos, emerged on the Spanish political scene. Within just over two years it had become the country’s third-biggest party, winning a slew of seats in parliament and regularly making headline news. While some see Podemos as the saviour of Spanish democracy, others have accused it of corrosive populism. But what few have noticed is that behind its distinctive rhetoric lies a thinker closely associated with Germany’s Third Reich: Carl Schmitt.Why has...

El Cuaderno de la Oración Viviente es uno de los recursos más completos y prácticos que existen sobre la disciplina de la oración. Esta guía de estudio, de seis semanas de duración provee a lector o a grupos pequeños: * Información pertinente sobre la naturaleza, el significado y las ilimitadas posibilidades de la oración * Oportunidades para la reflexión personal * Sugerencias para hacer de su peregrinaje personal de la oración una vida de amistad y compañerismo con Dios

Examining an intramural conflict that erupted within the English Faculty at Cambridge University in the early 1980s, this book develops a theoretical analysis of disputes as they unfold within the academy and explores the broader historical shifts within Higher Education and how these related to developments in Continental Europe.

EdricI've been stoned for three hundred years. Not drugs. Not metaphorically. Literally stone, stuck on a cathedral, watching the world change while I can't move, can't speak, can't touch.When the curse finally cracks, I'm free. But freedom means running from hunters who want me dead, and I'm so tired of running. Then I find the cove. A hidden sanctuary protected by ancient magic, where a witch offers shelter and monsters can finally stop hiding. It's every...

Due to the enormous progress in multidetector CT technology as well as in magnetic resonance angiography, non-invasive coronary imaging has matured to become a clini cal tool in daily radio logic practice. Therefore this book is a timely addition to the series Medical Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on alI aspects of non- invasive visualization of the coronary arteries that is currently available. The very latest develop ments in the field...