In 1973, Sandra purchased four anatomical woodcuts from a dealer in London. These had been removed from an early edition of Vesalius’s de Humani Corporis Fabrica. This led to learning more about this early sixteen century anatomist. After emigrating to the USA as a Professor of Surgery, the collection of early anatomical books began with purchases from auction houses and well-established rare book dealers in the USA, Europe and the United Kingdom. This monograph is part of a much larger co...

This catalogue gives detailed description of 220 miniature books divided into eight sections located in the library of Dunderave Castle in Scotland. The three major sections include Rare Books, Almanacs and Thumb Bibles followed by five minor sections which include Prayer Books, the Koran with other works from 18th, 19th Centuries, post 1900 and Objets d’Art. The collection at Dunderave Castle consists of two collections purchased at auction. The initial was from the Dutch book dealer Nico...

For fans of The Bad Guys series, this is the origin story of the terrifying group known as The Fluffle: three bad-bunny kingpins. A brand-new chapter book series for ages 6 to 9.This story starts, as stories often do, with a tragedy.Three bunnies are left without their mother when she goes off to Brazil to learn jiujitsu.The bunnies, Flop, Biggie and Boingy, learn some hard truths about life pretty quick: squirrels will take over your cozy nest as s...

The Fluffle Bunnies are back for the second installment in their bad-bunny kingpin saga. A brand-new chapter book series for Bad Guys fans ages 6 and up.Biggie, Boingy and Flop have the park under control, and life is grand, if maybe a bit . . . boring.When they see a festival pop up nearby, they decide to investigate, and when they have a run-in with a group of city rats, their little park suddenly seems like small carrots.The Fluffle sets their si...

In every area of human endeavor, technology has opened the door for new advancements to occur. Much of the progress in medicine over the last few years is due, in large part, to new technological tools made available to clinicians and researchers. Laser is an expanding technological discipline in medicine that will ultimately contribute to a broad and rapid expansion of both diagnostic and treatment procedures. Laser is to light what music is to noise. Those physicians who wish to be most ...

A raw, startling, genre-defying novel of friendship, sex, and love in the new millennium—a compulsive read that's like "spending a day with your new best friend" (Bookforum) This program is read by the author.Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. When Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist, enter her life, Sheila hopes that through c...

Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564 By Stephen N. Joffe, M.D. Vesalius was the foremost pioneer of modern anatomy. Born in Brussels, he came from a family of physicians. Educated in Louvain, he studied medicine in Montpelier and Paris, returning to Louvain to teach anatomy. In 1535 he went to France to be an army surgeon to King Charles V and two years later became a professor of anatomy in Padua, Italy. Subsequently he became a physician to the court of Philip II of Spain. On a pilgrimage to Jerus...