The classic "gripping account" of three young doctors in training at a New York City hospital, updated with a new preface and afterword ( The New York Times Book Review).While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly describe their real-life lessons in treating very sick children; confronting child abuse and th...

Someone is killing county prosecutors, state attorneys, county probation officers, and the criminals they allow to go free. Is an old serial killer using Native American warrior justice after five long years, or is this a new killer that has authorities baffled?Of the two last potential suspects, from the original murder cases, one is in Arizona State Prison. The other is a former Navy SEAL, a man frustrated with the American Justice system that is corrupt and broken, and someone w...

A dying man from a dying planet returns to the roots of his Native American ancestors. Tana-Waka is called by the Foothills Tribe over the vast distances of space to a land where two powerful tribes must again become one people, or their wars will cause their own destruction. In the first book of the Tana-Waka series, Tana-Waka is summoned from his withering planet Earth to another world by a desperate people. In hopes, he can end an ongoing war and unify enemies who were long ago ...

A 57 year old widower travels to the Philippines to honor a promise made to his dying wife to find her Hawiian familie's Filipino ancestore. He travels with a International Dating Compant's tour to Cebu, Philippines. There he meets a 42 year old Filipina whom he briefly corresponded with. Both of them had high hopes and expectations for their first meeting. Since that meeting, they have not been apart. Experience with them the months of living in the Philippines, serious mediacal problems,...

Through time people have lived with darkness. Archaeology shows us that over the whole human journey people have sought out dark places, for burials, for votive deposition and sometimes for retreat or religious ritual away from the wider community. Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities, from...

In the first book of the Tana-Waka series, Tana-Waka is summoned from his dying planet Earth to another world. An earthlike world with two moons inhabited by a native people not unlike the Native American peoples of Earth. He is their hope to end an ongoing war and unify two enemies who were once one people. This is the second book of this otherworldly series.The Anaka dreamer White Dove has prophesied the Inu attack of the peaceful Maka people. As the Maka villages are decimated b...

This completely revised and updated sixth edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meanings of popular music in the post-digital age.Reflecting the breadth of scholarship within popular music studies and charting key elements of popular music culture in the post-digital age, this new edition has been expanded and comprehensively updated to offer an essential guide t...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald BretnorCAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. DelanyEXPEDITER, by Mack ReynoldsONE-SHOT, by James BlishSHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando BinderZEN, by Jerome BixbyLANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson BondSENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderso...

"The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack" presents a terrific mix of science fiction stories, new and old, including a Hugo Award-winning story by Lawrence Watt-Evans, a Hugo Award nominee from Mike Resnick, and classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many more. Almost 700 pages of great reading!Included are:ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, by Mike ResnickA BRIEF DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, by Michael KurlandGRANDPA?, by Edward M. LernerTO E...

Set against the backdrop of rigid societal hierarchies, *Forbidden Love Across Class Divides – 3 Classic Social Divide Romances* presents a poignant exploration of love's enduring conflict with social conventions. The anthology houses a variety of literary styles, ranging from the vividly descriptive to the psychologically incisive, capturing the essence of romance across societal barriers. Each narrative unfolds a distinct tale of passionate defiance, where characters transcend class barr...

After becoming attuned to the songs of the forest and setting up a successful social media nature channel, Alberta Bracken and Mikki Watanabe are determined to pull out all the stops to save their local grove of trees in this thoroughly enjoyable novel for young readers.NOTABLE BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger ReadersEleven-year-old Alberta Bracken is having a terrible summer. After a bike-riding accident, caused by the local bully,...

This book tackles the contentious issue of whether and how thinking should be taught in schools. It explores how best to help children become effective thinkers and learners. The book also examines whether there is one set of underlying cognitive skills and strategies which can be applied across all the curriculum subjects and beyond. Its main thrust, however, is a detailed examination of approaches to developing cognitive skills which are specific to the National Curriculum. The book prov...