Die 49-jährige Silke fristet an der Seite eines Bankers ein ereignisloses Dasein, einziges Highlight sind die erotischen Eskapaden ihrer besten Freundin Irene, die ihr regelmäßig davon erzählt. Bei einem gemeinsamen Golfurlaub trifft Silke auf die jüngste Eroberung Irenes: den deutlich jüngeren und verführerischen Marc, der die bisher treue Silke von einer Überraschung in die nächste stürzt, denn er ist alles andere als der harmlose Lebenskünstler, für den ihn alle halten....

In einer Zukunft, in der Janis Joplin die Leadsängerin der Rolling Stones ist und Afrika die herrschende Supermacht, während das unterentwickelte Europa in Elend dahinsiecht, begibt sich ein Team von Wissenschaftlern auf die Spuren eines Zeitreiseteams aus einer früheren Epoche. Sie stellen fest, dass dabei etwas gewaltig schiefgegangen ist und ihre Zeitlinie nicht unbedingt die best mögliche aller denkbaren Varianten ist und machen sich daran, den Fehler zu beheben ... Diese Zeitreise ist...

Der deutsche Künstler Michael hat ein einjähriges Kunststipendium in New York erhalten. Während er versucht die Schatten seiner Vergangenheit zu bewältigen und endlich den künstlerischen Durchbruch zu erlangen, gerät er immer tiefer in das ihn umgebende Milieu von Hell's Kitchen, dem New Yorker Stadtteil, in dem er wohnt. In seinem Bemühen die kleine Tochter einer heroinabhängigen Nachbarin vor den Übergriffen krimineller Nachbarn zu schützen, verstrickt er sich in eine schier ausweglose S...

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Emergency Medicine**For nearly 40 years, Rosen's Emergency Medicine has provided emergency physicians, residents, physician assistants, and other emergency medicine practitioners with authoritative, accessible, and comprehensive information in this rapidly evolving field. The fully revised 10th Edition delivers practical, evidence-based knowledge and specific recommendations from clinical experts in a clear, ...

**A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeles’s KoreatownA Penguin Classic**Kim Ronyoung (Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth ce...

Ron Tank gained national attention and recognition when he was profiled with his brother in Investor's Daily after submitting his astounding 3,460% gain. When Ron shared the beginnings of this book with a good friend and pastor, the response was, "Ron, it just sounds...too good to be true." Ron smiled and replied, "God's grace sounds too good to be true, too, doesn't it?" The pastor smiled and agreed.THIS BOOK SIMPLIFIES THE STOCK MARKETWhether you are new ...

**A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeles’s KoreatownA Penguin Classic**Kim Ronyoung (Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth ce...

Based on the highly-regarded Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management and part of the Manual of Emergency Medicine series envisioned by leading authority in emergency medicine, Dr. Ron M. Walls, Manual of Neurologic Emergencies provides evidence-based, easy-to-read coverage on the diagnosis and management of neurologic emergencies. Through the direction and expertise of editors Drs. Andy S. Jagoda and Christopher A. Lewandowski, this reference is a practical guide to approaching the pat...

Plant cell walls are complex, dynamic cellular structures essential for plant growth, development, physiology and adaptation. Plant Cell Walls provides an in depth and diverse view of the microanatomy, biosynthesis and molecular physiology of these cellular structures, both in the life of the plant and in their use for bioproducts and biofuels.Plant Cell Walls is a textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as a professional-level refer...

Ramp up your knowledge of the clinical trials and evidence that laid the groundwork for current emergency practice with Emergency Medicine Evidence: The Practice-Changing Studies. Brief, easy-to-read, and accessible, this time-saving quick-reference allows you to quickly familiarize yourself with the 100 most practice-changing clinical trials in emergency medicine. Features Master key information through one-page synopses of the 100 most-practicing changes clinical trials in emergency medi...

The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping brazen innovations over the past three decades, learned how to manufacture it.Until August 2007, when that confidence finally began to crumble.In this gripping and brilliantly reported book, Ron Suskind tells the story of what happened next, as Wall Street struggled to save itself while a man with little experi...

Witness Ron’s amazing story of how he turned a few thousand dollars into millions— only to lose it all. Find out how God rescued Ron and put him back on the path to living abundantly by revealing a powerful biblical secret, hidden in plain sight and encoded into the DNA of every living creature on earth. (You’ll be surprised at how simple it is!) In June 2014, Ron netted a gain of 1,124% in only seventeen days.The Moses of Wall Street reveals his proven Triple Tank System, ...