Discover a bleak, alternative Cold War history in "Long May Our Crimson Flag Inspire"! Join little Alice as she struggles to cope with terrible, mysterious noises in her bedroom when she should be asleep in "A Noise at Night"! Experience true despair as you sit down for lunch in the dreadful, eponymous eatery in "Eat 4 Lunch"! Find out what it's really like to live with psychic powers in "Psychonought"! And finally, remember to attend your local church for Christmas in "The Midnight Servic...

A fairy tale by prolific Japanese author, Kyuusaku Yumeno (originally released under the pen name Midori Kagatsuchi). First published in Japanese in 1925 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.In a certain country, there lived a girl known as Chatty Princess, the only king and queen's only child. This princess loved to chat and she filled her days chattering from dawn to dusk about any little thing to anyone she c...

The momentous first volume of "NASH!", a 4-panel gag manga which illustrates the computer-based club activities and everyday lives of a group of high school girls who belong to the "Electronic Research Information Club".In this volume: "It's the day before the school festival and the EIRC girls realise that, frankly, their exhibition isn't even slightly ready! How is it the club members' fate to get plunged into a crunch time death march?!" That's the feeling in the clubroom......

A short story by Nankichi Niimi, an author sometimes referred to as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan. First published in Japanese in 1943 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.One night, a group of children travel from their home village to a festival in the next town over, but one boy struggles with the trip because of his oversized geta sandals. As he acquires a new pair, a strange old woman gives the group...

A short, supernatural tale set in Taisho era Japan, first published in Japan in 1953 and now translated into English.As a young boy, the author moves with his family into a new house in Tokyo's Akasaka district, surrounded by spacious gardens and dominated by a large well set into the wall of the kitchen. For the low price paid the property seems too good to be true, but are the new occupants as alone as they think in their outwardly refined new home...?

The Guest Editors have assembled an international list of top experts to present the most current information to pediatricians about patient safety. The issue has a primarily clinical focus with a few articles addressing the business and practice of patient safety. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Developing performance standards and expectations for safety; The role of CPOE in patient safety; The role of smart infusion pumps on patient safety; Abstracted detection of adverse ...

Emergency Medicine Review: Preparing for the Boards, by Richard Harrigan, Matthew Tripp, and Jacob Ufberg, uniquely combines a comprehensive, bulleted review of all required subjects with a thorough practice exam of board-style questions, giving you all the tools you need to be prepared and confident during the American Board of Emergency Medicine's qualifying exam and beyond! - A comprehensive, bulleted review section allows you to efficiently brush up on every area tested on the exam. - ...

Long Term Results of BHR and Lessons Learned, Effect of Patient Selection and Surgical Techniques on Outcome Results of Conserve Plus, Results and Use of Mono Block Cups (Thick vs Thin), Changes in High Activity After Resurfacing, Incidence and Prevention of Complications for Resurfacing, A Survey of Incidence of Pseudotumors with MOM Hip Resurfacing in Canadian Academic Centers, Effects of Component Orientation, Coverage, and Design on Ion Levels and ALTR After Hip Resurfacing: A Multi-Ce...

The Atlas of Liver Pathology, by Drs. Gary C. Kanel and Jacob Korula, provides the visual guidance you need to accurately diagnose all forms of liver disease. Organized by disease type, it points out major histological features, updates disease parameters with new images and diagrams, and helps you understand the clinical aspects of each disease. It provides quick and convenient reference to virtually all of the liver disorders commonly seen today. Nine-hundred-plus high-quality, full-colo...

Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing's notable series, The Year of the Cat, felines of all stripes pounce and play and stalk through 100 cat stories in genres ranging from light romance to dark crime and everything in between.Entertaining cats, loving cats, even super-talented and time-traveling cats grace the pages of these twelve volumes edited by ...

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

Verunsichert. Bockig. Auf dem Rückzug. Wir alle haben Denk- und Verhaltensweisen, die uns stören oder gar schaden. Wenn wir im Leben immer wieder in dieselben Fallen tappen, liegt das daran, dass wir unbewussten Mustern folgen: dem ängstlichen oder zornigen Kind in uns – oder dem strengen Richter, der mit Strafen und Liebesentzug droht.Die Psychotherapeutin Gitta Jacob zeigt, dass es auch anders geht: Zahlreiche Übungen und Impulse helfen, sich von Ängsten und Zwängen zu befreien, u...