NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD • BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"[An] entrancing new voice . . . Aaron John Curtis will be your new literary obsession." —Marion Winik, The Boston Globe**"An inspired novel by an author whose voice absolutely sizzles on the page.” ―Nathan Hill, author of Wellness and The Nix“With amazing dexterity, Aaron John Curtis’s moving debu...

Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories for a colony-turned-sovereign state, but the country's path to success was anything but assured. Its strategic location and natural resources both allowed Singapore to profit from global commerce and also made the island an attractive conquest for the world's naval powers, resulting in centuries of stunting colonialization. In Singapore: Un...

A saga of love and lust, personal tensions and rivalries, antagonisms and hatreds, The Flight of the Romanovs describes the last century of the Russian imperial dynasty, the Romanovs, from the youth of the future tsar Alexander III in the 1860s until the death in 1960 of his daughter, Olga Alexandrovna, the last grand duchess. John Curtis Perry and Constantine V. Pleshakov use a wealth of previously untapped sources, including unpublished diaries of many of the principal characte...

Emanuel Swedenborg became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell.At 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions. His experiences culminated in a "spiritual awakening" in which he received a revelation that Jesus Christ had appointed him to write The Heavenly Doctrine to reform Christianity.The New Church, a new religious movement originally founded in 1787 and comprising several historically-related Christian den...

Swedenborg here unfolds the laws governing the spiritual world; describes the condition of good and evil spirits; and exhibits the general arrangement and surroundings of the inhabitants of heaven and hell. He treats of the form of heaven, in general and in particular; of its immensity, and of the innumerable societies of which it is composed; of the correspondence between the things of heaven and those of earth; of the sun of heaven, and of the light and heat proceeding therefrom; of repr...

This work, originally published in 1763, treats of the operation of Divine love and Divine wisdom in the creation of the universe, including man as the chief end of creation. It explains the trinal distinction that exists in all created things, from the trinity in God, and shows how this is manifested in man, who is the image of the Divine. It unfolds the doctrine of Degrees, and explains the three discrete degrees of the human mind, showing how these are opened, and what is effected there...

This is a well-curated pictorial presentation of common anatomical variants that radiologists encounter in their day to day clinical practice organised by body system. Each variant is accompanied by images from multiple modalities including plain radiography, fluoroscopy, digital subtraction angiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging where relevant. The images are clearly labelled and annotated with a brief text description to provide context and tips ...

The book examines how The Art of War can be applied to make businesses more successful. Utilizing tactics that have worked in modern militaries and regimes. The focus of the book is primarily on building businesses and how to get the most out of the workforce, from the lower level workers like maintenance people to the boardroom.

A visionary masterpiece of Christian mysticism and theology.First published in 1758 under the Latin title De Caelo et Eius Mirabilibus et de Inferno, ex Auditis et Visis, this enduring work presents a profound and detailed account of the spiritual world. Drawing on his claimed visionary experiences, Emanuel Swedenborg describes the nature of heaven and hell, the condition of the soul after death, and the roles of angels, spirits, and devils in the divine o...

This laboratory guidebook provides step-by-step procedures that will aid in the dissection and collection of major organs and tissues of the most common species of small animals used in biomedical research. Through extensive use of photographs and illustrations, it guides dissectors through a complete necropsy of each species for the purpose of collecting organs and tissues routinely examined by pathologists. The techniques described enable technicians to perform necropsies on almost any m...

An important collection of eight essays on Ancient Persia (Iran) in the periods of the Achaemenid Empire (539-330 BC), when the Persians established control over the whole of the Ancient Near East, and later the Sasanian Empire. It will be of interest to historians, archaeologists and biblical scholars. Paul Collins writes about stone relief carvings from Persepolis; John Curtis and Christopher Walker illuminate the Achaemenid period in Babylon; Terence Mitchell, Alan Millard and Shahrokh ...

Emergency Radiology is a quick reference pocketbook for radiologists worldwide working in any emergency or acute care setting. It acts both as a checklist of presenting features to enable accurate interpretation of diagnostic imaging investigations and as a guide to understanding the basics of performing therapeutic or diagnostic interventional procedures. A wide range of emergencies are reviewed, giving all pertinent information in a concise presentation for on-call radiologists and train...