No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through.Now war is coming, and we’re not ready. We’re going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us.And that’s saying something in a world filled with bloodthi...

Value, Capital and Growth was written as a mark of honor to Sir John Hicks on the occasion of his retirement as Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. As the title implies, most of the essays are directed to the development of the three great topics of modern economic theory to which he contributed--Value, Capital, and Growth. More specifically, there are important papers on general equilibrium, aggregation, and index numbers-- all topics of deep interest in i...

COVID-19 is the most severe pandemic the world has experienced in a century. This book analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of the World Health Organization and other international bodies during this time. The authors examine notable legal challenges to public health measures enforced during the pandemic, such as loc...

Heathcliff, Moriarty, and Poe's raven have a problem.Ever since they were yanked from the pages of their respective novels by the cursed magic of Nevermore Bookshop, literature's three most infamous villains have been living their best not-so-quiet lives in the sleepy village of Argleton—drinking tea they didn't pay for, committing light recreational mischief, and absolutely not admitting they're bored out of their brilliant, brooding minds.Then

Soylentville (Faith, episode #1)What would you do... in a world where people are killing each other on a daily basis?... in a world where you cannot trust your own family?... in a world where even children are not safe?... in a world where your colleagues steal from you every day, or they attack you, just because they had a rough morning?... in a world where no one will protect you?... when instead of protecting you, the government starts b...

Soylentville (Faith, episode #1)What would you do... in a world where people are killing each other on a daily basis?... in a world where you cannot trust your own family?... in a world where even children are not safe?... in a world where your colleagues steal from you every day, or they attack you, just because they had a rough morning?... in a world where no one will protect you?... when instead of protecting you, the government starts b...

The most authoritative, comprehensive, and clinically focused guide to operative thoracic surgery – updated with the latest techniques and technologiesA Doody's Core Title for 2023 & 2026!Adult Chest Surgery, Third Edition is a thorough, hands-on guide to the modern practice of general thoracic surgery. Broad in scope and straightforward in style and presentation, this classic is an outstanding reference for any clinician ...

STRUGGLING TO REMEMBER LAB VALUES EFFICIENTLY?Are you looking for just the right amount of information & physiology so you remember a simple, step by step approach to Lab values interpretation?MASTER THE LAB VALUES FOR NURSES TODAY WITHOUT MEMORIZATION!CONFIDENTLY REMEMBER LAB VALUES IN A SYSTEMATIC WAYThis book gives you a clear and simple roadmap for approaching any LAB VALUES and leaves out the jargon and...

The year is 0011NE, and mankind is under attack. Hostile forces from other worlds have come to Earth, their motivations a mystery, their objectives unknown. In the face of the alien threat, a global military called the Earth Defense Network--EDEN--was created.Dawn of Destiny begins the story of Scott Remington, a new graduate of EDEN Academy. It is the first chapter in an epic that will carry him to the ends of the Earth, challenging the very faith he clings to as he confronts a pu...

Orthodox economics operates within a hypothesized world of perfect competition in which perfect consumers and firms act to bring about supposedly optimal outcomes. The discrepancies between this model and the reality it claims to address are then attributed to particular imperfections in reality itself. Most heterodox economists seize on this fact and insist that the world is characterized by imperfect competition. But this only ties them to the notion of perfect competition, which remains...

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when we speak about 'public health'? In this Very Short Introduction Virginia Berridge exp...

This classic text has introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour. Written by 2015 Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton and John Muellbauer, the book begins with a self-contained presentation of the basic theory and its use in applied econometrics. These early chapters also include elementary extensions of the theory to labour supply, durable goods, the consumption function, and rationing. The rest of the book is divided into three parts. In the first of these th...