THE WORLD'S #1 SURGERY TEXT--UPDATED TO INCLUDE STATE-OF-THE-ART EVIDENCE-BASED SURGICAL CARE AND LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE FOR TRAINEES AND PRACTICING SURGEONSThe Tenth Edition of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery maintains the book's unmatched coverage of the foundations of surgery while bringing into sharper focus new and emerging technologies. We have entered a new era of surgery in which minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, and the use of computers and genomic info...

This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements:110 true and false questions and answers45 active learning questions with detailed explanations36 active learning exercises based on real-world situationsflash cards for key termsjournal entry prompts that give readers a moment to pause and reflect on the material and record their thoughtsThought and Knowledge applies...

1469, England. For almost ten years, Edward IV has ruled with the Earl of Warwick's support, but now rebellion threatens England's fragile peace. With the Midlands in uproar, the last thing King Edward needs is potential trouble in the form of an unwed heiress. But, strong-willed and single-minded, Isobel Fenton is determined that nothing will separate her from her beloved manor of Beaumancote, even if she does have to marry to stay there. Isobel is unaware of the importance she and her la...

In the last decade, the significance of siblings in children's development and adjustment has been widely recognized, and research on brothers and sisters has increased dramatically. Bringing together exciting research on siblings by leading developmental psychologists and clinicians, this volume's contributions were originally presented at the First International Symposium on Siblings held in Leiden. This book focuses on both the significance of siblings as influences on individual develo...

Have you ever found yourself in a no-win situation? A young Greg encountered a mysterious stranger who urged him to steal a Vatican relic on display at his friend’s church. If he refused, he would endanger the lives of his mother and best friend, Robert. This stranger couldn’t walk on holy ground and needed Greg to enter the church and steal it. Despite his fear, Greg agreed. The cost of his cooperation was steep, forever altering his life. Years later, Greg has transformed from a once mee...

The BEST EDITION yet of the #1 text for surgical practice and educationA Doody's Core Title for 2022, 2024 & 2026!For half-a-century, no other text has provided such a solid grounding in basic science, anatomy, operative techniques, and more recently, professional development and leadership training, as Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery. Written by the world’s foremost surgeons, this landmark reference offers distinctly mod...

"I didn't just survive-I came back for my soul."Heidi Carter's life was set on fire by trauma-rape, silence, addiction, and abuse that threatened to consume her from the inside out. In the darkest corners of her past, she was stripped of her voice, her safety, and her sense of worth. For years, she lived in survival mode, caught in the grip of meth and the needle, convinced that love meant pain and that healing was for other people.But this is not just a story of pain. This...

The only review based on the field’s cornerstone text: Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, Tenth Edition"It will be particularly helpful to those in general surgery training programs, to general surgeons facing their board exams or recertification exams, and to all those subspecialty trained surgeons who must first qualify in general surgery and maintain their certification....This is a really high-quality review book."--Doody's Review Service (revi...

England is in turmoil as the battle between supporters of the Yorkist king, Edward IV, and the old Lancastrian king, Henry VI, escalates. And for Isobel Fenton, the war is personal. Her father's death made her heiress to Beaumoncote Manor, a desirable estate in the midlands. But as conflict threatens England's unstable peace, Isobel and her lands become the focus of bitter tensions and a long-held feud. Taken from her manor, Isobel becomes the unwilling mistress of an in...

Less than five years after naval aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs argued that the new Air Force could do anything naval aviation might be required to do. Meanwhile, the naval aviation mishap rate soared. The very survival of naval aviation was at stake. It took fifty years to turn ...

Carey is a promising grad student at Old Dominion University, trying to live up to her successful family's high expectations. Unfortunately, she has a useless boyfriend too wrapped up in his own ambitions. Her friends on the surface are supportive, providing the outlet she needs to manage daily stressors until one night they invite an old evil into our world. Carey's friends are working with this evil from a faraway land for the purpose of taking Carey's life away so it will live again.

Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience and others. Here is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisciplinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged masters in the field, Thomas Rossing.Researchers and students benefit from the comprehensive contents spanning: animal acoustics...