75 years after the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of international scholars offers new perspectives on this event and the history, development, and portrayal of the utilization of atomic energy: in military and civilian industries, civil nuclear power, literature and film, and the contemporary world. What lessons have we learned since the end of the Second World War? Can we avoid disasters such as Chernobyl and...

Kendall’s Muscles: Testing and Function, with Posture and Pain, 6th Edition, transforms this landmark Physical Therapy classic to prepare you for unparalleled clinical success in today’s practice. Timeless coverage of manual muscle testing, evaluation, and treatment meets the latest evidence-based practices, engaging imagery, and dynamic digital resources to create a powerful resource you will reference for years to come. The extensively revised 6th Edition of this proven classic details n...

Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist was named a Robert F. Sibert Honor book by the ALA. This is the enthralling biography of the nineteenth-century Dutch painter known for pioneering new techniques and styles in masterpieces such as Starry Night and Vase with Sunflowers. The book cites detailed primary sources and includes a glossary of artists and terms, a biographical time line, notes, a bibliography, and locations of museums that display Van Gogh’...

Enjoy this explosive, pulse-pounding action thriller series by USA Today Bestselling author Steve P. Vincent…Retirement sounded so good.When Mitch Herron’s plans go up in flames, he hunts down the crime cartel responsible, but his simple quest for vengeance soon twists into an unpredictable and deadly game.With his future and his identity on the line, Herron is forced to deal with old friends and new enemies down the barrel of a gun. Yet none of the...

Enjoy this explosive, pulse-pounding action thriller series by USA Today Bestselling author Steve P. Vincent…The hunter is now the hunted.To save millions of innocent people from a brutal terrorist attack, Mitch Herron disobeyed his mission. Herron knows the cost of breaking faith with his employers – death, no matter what it costs them or how long it takes.Now, with elite killers on his tail, Herron faces his toughest test yet. Except, this time, h...

This critical and forward-looking book features:An assessment of the impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on the telecom industry’s revenue streamsIoT-based business models in the telecom industryA PESTLE (political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, legal, and environmental) analysis of the industry in relation to IoTKey technological drivers.It also features a case study of Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) Inc., which highlight...

Médecine et Santé de l'Adolescent est un ouvrage de référence qui aborde les problématiques médicales, somatiques, psychologiques et psychiatriques, sociales et culturelles de l'adolescent.Il s'adresse à tous les professionnels des équipes médicales et soignantes, mais aussi à ceux accompagnant les adolescents dans différents contextes (Aide Sociale à l'Enfance, Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse), milieux sociaux et médico-sociaux, Éducation nationale, Justice, associations. Il leur fou...

Labyrinth meets Beauty and the Beast in this spellbinding, sexy romantasy debut about a woman with a broken heart, the seductive immortal who imprisons her, the magical labyrinth that may be her salvation, and the dangerous attraction that could destroy them both.Her freedom or her heart…in forty-eight hours, she'll lose one foreverWhen a brutal betrayal leaves Nell heartbroken and alone, she makes a desperate wish for love, reckl...

Common Grace is often considered Abraham Kuyper's crowning work, an exploration of how God expresses grace even to the unsaved. Kuyper firmly believed that though many people in the world will remain unconverted, God's grace is still shown to the world as a whole. In this third and final volume of Common Grace, Kuyper brings his argument to its logical completion by turning to practical implications. With detailed explorations on matters of church and state, family, upbri...

Digital, visual media are found in most aspects of everyday life, from workplaces to household devices - computer and digital television screens, appliances such as refrigerators and home assistants, and applications for social media and gaming. Each technologically enabled opportunity brings an increasingly sophisticated language with the act of pursuing the int**rasensorial ways of perceiving the world around us - through touch, movement, sound and vision - tha...

Vinnie Mac grew up in the streets as a nickel-and-dime hustler. He left his hometown of Long Beach and went to Job Corps in Utah. That trip would change his life forever. Vinnie, having his first baby at seventeen years old, went to Job Corps to finish his last year of high school and learn a trade. He became a cook; in the meantime, his first love and his baby momma couldn't stand him being gone, and she found herself another man. Vinnie decided to become a pimp. Through trial and error, ...

Enjoy this explosive, pulse-pounding action thriller series by USA Today Bestselling author Steve P. Vincent…There’s a new terror in paradise…Mitch Herron has left his past behind. With his evil masters destroyed and his sins absolved, he’s found peace in the South Pacific. But when he’s drawn out of the shadows, Herron is snared in a deadly trap.Soon, Herron finds himself in the middle of a brutal civil war between two corrupt factions. To escape a...