This memoire recounts a man's life journey during pivotal years of his career as a young surgeon blooming into an internationally renowned force. Being a private man, very few have had the privilege to benefit from his personal reflections until today. This publication is riveting in its honesty, complexity and depth; no reader will be left untouched or indifferent.The thoughts shared within this text are developed into philosophical musings that challenge the reader to reflect on i...

The celebrated mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras left no writings. But what if he had and the manuscript was never found? Where would it be located? And what information would it reveal? These questions are the inspiration for the mathematical mystery novel Pythagoras' Revenge. Suspenseful and instructive, Pythagoras' Revenge weaves fact, fiction, mathematics, computer science, and ancient history into a surprising and sophisticated thriller.The intrigue be...

Could fungal pathogens outsmart us before we find ways to combat them?Humans and fungi share nearly 50 percent of the same DNA. Because we're related, designing drugs to combat the varieties that attack us is a challenge. Meanwhile, in an ever hotter, wetter world, fungi may be finding new ways to thrive, queueing up global outbreak potentials for which no vaccine and woefully few medications exist; some fungi are already beginning to resist treatment. Among other ...

Alliances and friendships are strained as Ernum's evil influences appear in unexpected places. His might is further revealed as he unleashes another unforeseen advantage.Dunen continues his efforts to overcome the enemy but with wavering support.

Ernum unleashes his armies to conquer the regions as he viciously and relentlessly searches for the legendary sword of Teranda.Dunen and his companions ride to great perils to save their people, while revelations of spiritual failures come to light.

"A lost masterpiece that helped launch a legion of writers . . . May it win many new readers." —Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times –bestselling author"Rivers, rivulets, fountains and waters flow, but never return to their joyful beginnings; anxiously they hasten on to the vast realms of the Rain God."A beloved Southwestern classic—as beautiful, subtle and profound as the desert itself—Arturo Islas...

In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most design—from consumer goods and digital technologies to built environments—currently serves capitalist ends, Escobar argues for the development of an “autonomous design” that eschews commercial and modernizing aims in favor of more collabor...

In Pluriversal Politics Arturo Escobar engages with the politics of the possible and how established notions of what is real and attainable preclude the emergence of radically alternative visions of the future. Reflecting on the experience, philosophy, and practice of indigenous and Afro-descendant activist-intellectuals and on current Latin American theoretical-political debates, Escobar chronicles the social movements mobilizing to defend their territories from large-scale extra...

On September 11, the United States were destroyed.That is, September 11 of the Year of Our Lord 1620.In this alternate history, the Mayflower was lost at sea, and the English Separatists were disheartened from further colonization of North America. The United States were never born. The centuries that follow will see the emergence of rival empires that will split up the world between them. One will become the terror of the seas. One will rampage with carriages of s...

In the early days of Earth's history, humanity grew in numbers and quickly spread across the lands subduing everything before them even the great dinosaurs.With increasing imagination of the arts and the shaping of stone, they built great cities of magnificent splendour. They mastered the forging of steel and the making of great weapons of war.They gathered into armies and conquered with war. Slowly they forgot their maker as their pride led to evil desires.As the s...

The bestselling, go-to guide to the dermatologic conditions most often encountered in primary care—updated to reflect the latest developments in the fieldA Doody's Core Title for 22023, 2024 & 2026!For more than three decades, Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology has remained one of the bestselling dermatology books in the world. This concise, quick-reference guide has virtually defined the field ...

Ernum’s desire for the sword of Teranda did not diminish through the years and has once again set forth evil plans to obtain it. During a long period of peace, sin and treachery suddenly bring war and death to the royal family of Teranda. King Dunen is forced to make his most difficult decision between love and life.