The present volume constitutes an attempt to compile contem porary features of diagnosis and treatment of renal and adrenal tumors. A thorough survey of the field is ensured by the authors' considerable scientific experience. Tumors of the kidneys and the adrenal glands are being diagnosed and treated by physicians of different medical disciplines. For both types of tumor, the pathologic cellular substrate is of crucial importance in diagnosis and therapy. In recent years significant diagn...

A GUARDIAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The most exquisite kind of literature... I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that demand to be revisited every now and then. 'OLGA TOKARCZUK, author of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead'Could not be more timely... It's funny and absurd, but it's also frightening, because even as Gospodinov plays with the idea as ficti...

Ce pays est pris en tenaille. Impossible de parler de la Géorgie sans avoir en tête l’aspiration d’une grande partie de sa population à rejoindre l’Union européenne, face aux tentatives d’imposer le modèle russe. Cette étreinte du Caucase est celle que la vaillante et hospitalière Géorgie s’est toujours efforcée de desserrer. Un regard tourné vers la mer Noire et l’Occident, et l’autre vers Moscou, cette capitale impériale où l’un de ses fils, Iossif Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, alias Sta...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1998SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZEWINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE WH SMITH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDWhen Master Georgie - George Hardy, surgeon and photographer - sets off from the cold squalor of Victorian Liverpool for the heat and glitter of the Bosphorus to offer his services in the Crimea, there straggles behind him...

Casting off the trappings of Boston society, Georgina Crownshield flees a feckless husband and domineering mother-in-law. In the small town of Cheyenne Springs, Wyoming, she hopes to start a new life as Georgie Steadman. But it is not to be. Hounded by a Pinkerton detective, she must face her past. With an irrepressible spirit and considerable charm, Georgie overcomes all obstacles and finds true love for herself and others. Told with gentle humor, "Georgie" is an easy read and leaves one ...

Georgie Pie by Mike Brennen is a beautifully told story about family, identity, and finding your place in the world. Set between the colorful streets of Nassau and the sunny shores of Florida, it follows Georgia Collins, known as Georgie Pie, a strong, independent woman trying to balance her career, family, and the complicated ties that bind her.Growing up in the Bahamas, Georgie enjoys simple pleasures like her mother's handmade clothes and fresh conch fritters, but her l...

Fourteen-year-old Georgie hasn't spoken in years. Withdrawn, isolated and full of rage, no one trusts him and no one gets close to him.But then he is moved to a new home in the Welsh countryside. Instead of an empty room with a bare mattress on the floor, he has a proper bed, a music system, a mirror. There even seems to be someone here who might want to be his friend.Is this the place where Georgie can finally overcome his fears and start to unlock the secrets of his past?...

The brilliant new heart-warming story from Luke Scriven, author and illustrator of The Little Fear.All Georgie wants to do is play with his big brother, who ALWAYS comes up with the best games and adventures! But recently, all Georgie hears is the same phrase, time and again – ‘Maybe later, Georgie’. Will later ever arrive?Luke Scriven turns his focus to the wonderful bond between siblings in this memorable and simply illustrated story about brotherly love, bound t...

La Lower East Side di New York degli anni Trenta era simile a un palcoscenico di teatro: gli immigrati recenti, provenienti da paesi diversi, ma soprattutto kikes (ebrei) e wops (italiani) si arrangiavano con lavori modesti imparati nei paesi di origine, così come Mr Vevrik, il padre di Georgie. Tutti questi immigrati, compreso Mr Vevrik, coltivano il sogno quasi impossibile di un figlio laureato, soprattutto se medico. Ma la maggior parte dei giovani immigrati, folgorati dalle luci del nu...

'Magnetic, witty, and expansive. The world is going to fall hard for this deliciously whimsical and captivating story' ALI HAZELWOOD**'Perfect for Emily Henry fans. [This] is the love story that proves you can go home again . . . so rich and wonderful' JULIA QUINN on The TODAY Show'Outright perfection!' CHRISTINA LAUREN**Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. So when an unexpected upheaval...

Our time on Earth is meant to be not only a great deal of fun, but also a period of learning and growth. In modern life it is easy to become distracted and these aims can fall by the wayside. How to Live Your Life brings readers back to a place of understanding, demonstrating what we were put on Earth to achieve, how it can be done and how it is possible to live an enjoyable and fulfilled life.Channelled from Georgie, in spirit, How to Live Your Life provides an i...

Will someone kill to keep their secret?Almost two years have passed since wildfires ravaged the tiny town of Bullock, and Melbourne journalist Georgie Harvey is on assignment in the recovering town to write a feature story on the anniversary of the tragedy.Across the state in Daylesford, police officer John Franklin is investigating a spree of vandalism and burglaries, while champing to trade his uniform for the plain clothes of a detective.When Georgie's s...