MICHAEL F.A. WOODRUFF Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh This book grew out of a very successful conference on Organ Transplantation held in Kuwait in December 1982. The material presented at the conference has been expanded and brought up to date, and the result is a well written and authoritative account of many aspects of organ transplantation by a distinguished team of contributors drawn from many countries. A unique feature of the book is the account it contains of...

Die Bedürfnisse nach Berührung, Sexualität, Zärtlichkeit und Zuwendung lassen auch bei Menschen mit einer Demenz nicht nach. Gleichzeitig kann der mental nur noch eingeschränkt kontrollierte Drang nach Befriedigung sexueller Bedürfnisse zu herausforderndem und provozierendem Verhalten führen. Das Praxishandbuch der erfahrenen Sexualberaterin Elaine White - bietet Aufklärung über Mythen und Fakten bezüglich Sexualität bei Menschen mit Demenz - klärt Auswirkungen einer Demenz auf die Sexuali...

King Edward of England looks to secure his annexation of Wales and resolves to put the heir to Gwynedd’s throne, the orphaned infant Princess, Gwenllian, out of mind, secure and forgotten in a Lincolnshire Priory. The lady Rowena, ever loyal, undergoes many an ordeal to find, comfort and protect the miserable child, whose real identity has been cruelly kept from her.Eighteen years later when the King conceives a plan to settle any question of Welsh succession and news of the Princess leaks...

Claim Forfeit contains three newly-written tales of Black Simon of Norwich, Captain of the Men-at-Arms to Sir Nigel Loring - a character originally brought alive by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, better known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes.Along with a scene-setting prologue, the tales contained within this collection are:-How Black Simon’s Heart Darkened-How Black Simon Captained the Men-at-Arms Under William de Bohun at the Battles of Brest & Morlaix During the War of Breton Succession-Black...

This book examines how Hip Hop, far beyond its musical aspects, represents a powerful force for social, economic, and cultural transformation in America. Through detailed analysis and real-world examples, it demonstrates how Hip Hop’s innovative spirit and collaborative mindset are already improving fields like education, healthcare, technology, and community building. The author challenges mainstream media’s narrow portrayal of Hip Hop culture and argues that its methodologies and philoso...

This study of Voss by the Anglo-Australian Patrick White analyses the historical novel, set in the 1850s and concerning Voss’s exploration of the interior of Australia, as a parable of the writer’s exploration of the Australian historical, social and cultural context of the 1950s. The study employs a variety of critical apparatus including a post-structuralist and postcolonial approach, which also encompasses linguistics, sociolinguistics and comparative studies. This multi-level ...

In Nazi Germany, young Manfred is hardly aware of the influence that draws him into the existing political system. After the War he changes his name and builds up a new career, starting a family, first in the States, later in Britain. While his friends and family have no idea of his activities during the War, his daughter Nora and his grandson Andrew, being interested in recent history, begin to suspect their (grand-) father’s dark secret. How far does moral responsibility go? Can really h...

Assembling Japan focuses on Japan’s modernization as a long-term process that is reliant on changing technology and that has led to the nation’s full engagement with the global system. This process forms a complex field of tensions, full of interesting dynamisms and synergies that can be best understood through the book’s methodology: anthropological analysis combined with historical contextualization.The approaches in this collection are manifold. Some chapters examine the...