The first comprehensive study of the late music of one of the most influential composers of the last half century, this book places Elliott Carter's music from 1995 to 2012 in the broader context of post-war contemporary concert music, including his own earlier work. It addresses Carter's reception history, his aesthetics, and his harmonic and rhythmic practice, and includes detailed essays on all of Carter's major works after 1995. Special emphasis is placed on Carter's settings of contem...

The updated edition of the essential resource for the 250,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each yearBreast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from thirty-five to fifty-four years of age, and few things are as terrifying and confusing as a diagnosis of this disease. The fifth edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual is a concise, information-packed guide that is newly revised to contain all of the latest findings to help the woman facing...

One of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on breast cancer treatment and survival, completely revised and updatedThe sixth edition of Breast Cancer Survival Manual provides essential updates on treatment and care, enhancing the basic information that has made this the most trusted guide for women diagnosed with breast cancer for the past two decades. This edition includes the most current advice on:· The new genomic classification of breast...

Golf has been around for over 600 years, its origins tracing back to the links in Scotland in the fifteenth century. Since then, the game has spread worldwide, with millions of fans and players from all walks of life.Born on the Links: A Concise History of Golf encompasses the entire history of this popular sport, from the fifteenth century up to the present. It covers the development of golf equipment, rules, and playing fields, and shows how the game changed from a pastime exclus...

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One man's "poignant and revealing" quest to uncover the roots of his family's obsession with golf-in Ireland, Scotland, and the American heartland.In Ancestral Links, senior Sports Illustrated writer John Garrity takes readers on a fascinating golfing odyssey. First he returns to the majestic seaside Carne Golf Links in a remote corner of Ireland, from which his great-grandfather left for America. Next he visits Musselburgh, Scotland, where his ma...

This is the story of the search for human origins - from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is the part played by fossils - first, in establishing the age of the Earth; then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible 'Missing Links' that would establish whether or not humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor. John Reader...

Es un ensayo escrito en 1869 por el filósofo, economista político y funcionario público británico John Stuart Mill, cuyas ideas fueron realizadas en conjunto con su esposa Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill entregó el manuscrito finalizado junto con su obra colaborativa Sobre la libertad (1859), y luego continuó trabajando en La esclavitud de la mujer hasta su conclusión en 1861. En el momento de su publicación, el argumento del ensayo sobre la igualdad entre sexos fue considerado una afrenta ante ...

A genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”“In my opinion, [John] Wyndham’s chef d’oeuvre . . . a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies . . . I myself had a dream about a highly intelligent nonhuman baby after reading this book.”—Margaret Atwood, Slate...

An anthology of zombie short fiction from some of the biggest names in horror and speculative fiction - including Stephen King, George R. R. Martin and Neil GaimanWhen there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west.Gathering together the best zombie l...

Wer ermordete Nia Johnes?"Wer ermordete Nia Johnes?" ist ein fesselnder Medizin-Krimi, der sowohl unterhält als auch zum Nachdenken anregt. Die Geschichte entfaltet sich an der Silicon Valley Universität für Evolutionäre Computerforschung (SUEC) in Kalifornien, wo die junge Forscherin Dr. Nia Johnes auf mysteriöse Weise ermordet wird. Die scheinbar idyllische Gemeinschaft der Universität gerät in Aufruhr, als FBI-Agent Terrel Wright, CIA-Agentin Dr. Annya Segond und Radiologin Dr. ...

In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly financed research and development (R&D). The authors argue that economic theory should be the guiding criterion for any method of program evaluation because it focuses attention on the value and the opportunity costs of the program. The evaluation methods discussed and illustrated are both economics and, for comparison, non-...