Advances in Biomedical Engineering provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments, innovations, and research in the rapidly evolving field of biomedical engineering. This book covers a broad spectrum of topics, including medical imaging, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, and healthcare technologies. - Explores the latest developments and trends across all major areas of biomedical engineering, including biomaterials, medical imaging, biomecha...

The Law of Conservation is a poetry collection intensely attuned to landscape, both geographic and metaphorical.Borders blurred as cities cede to rural land; the body as a changing place on an equally unstable map; the subsoil of sexuality; the terrain of memory, both rich and painful; new countries traveled and new roots set down as an adult, navigating desire, loneliness, and love.In the context of gender and sexual identity, Spada’s work pays su...

Now in its fifth edition, the award-winning How Languages are Learned has established itself as an indispensable introduction to research in language acquisition and its relationship with classroom practice. Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada have worked for over four decades in second language research and education. They are highly respected worldwide for making theory and research about language learning accessible and relevant to classroom teaching. This widely acclaimed book remains essen...

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of c...

Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she had starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (i.e. Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won an Oscar for Best Actress in The Country Girl and also won and welcomed the amorous attentions of legendary actors Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, William Holden and Ray Milland. Then, at the age of 26, she marri...

The seminal biography of legendary actor Peter Lawford. As Publisher's Weekly writes: From Bobby-Sox idol to Kennedy spouse and Marylin Monroe intimate, his life was a dizzying whirl of sex, scandal, an secrets even the tabloids dared not print... Once, Peter Lawford seemed to have it all: a handsome face, a sophisticated wit, a talent that won him overnight stardom and entree into a world of beautiful, powerful people. Veteran of film roles in Easter Parade, Little Women, Good News, and T...

An utterly fascinating read about an utterly fascinating star. Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (like Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Country Girl and ALSO won the amorous attentions of legendary movie stars Gary Cooper, Bing C...

Thriller set in Turin (Italy) and Montevideo (Uruguay).A new figure of detectiveA series of events brings keen amateur detective Sandro Serino, to set about solving the disappearance of his friend Giovanni. The trail eventually takes him as far as Uruguay, where he finds himself drawn into a complex web of financial intrigue and personal affairs.The reader is swept along with the narrator on his thrilling search, every page bringing a new revelation. Until Sandro, a yo...

America, This Is Our Moment to Take Our Country Back; Peacefully, Lawfully, Together.For decades, Washington, D.C., has operated for the benefit of a powerful few. The 85 wealthiest families, not the people.Corruption isn't an accident. It's a system. And to this day, no one has offered a realistic, lawful way for ordinary citizens to combat corruption.Spada does.As you read these pages, you'll see, clearly and fact by fact, how corruption w...

California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards.Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of ...

Put your baseball expertise to the test with over 600 trivia questions, accompanied by entertaining illustrations capturing your favorite baseball moments throughout history.Quiz yourself or compete with your friends! With challenging questions from baseball history, The Baseball Ultimate Trivia Book is the perfect way to show off your knowledge and prove your superfan status. Arranged by MLB team, with additional quizzes at the end covering baseball histo...

This book aims at presenting a synthetic but self-contained theory of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), firmly grounded on physics and mathematics. However, at the same time, it also describes various phenomenological aspects, making it appealing also to a broad audience of Earth scientists not having a technical background. The interest on GIA is motivated by the entangled processes involved, reflecting interactions between the solid Earth, the oceans, and the cryosphere. In the context...