There have been a number of significant changes in transfusion science in the last five to ten years & this new edition of Transfusion Science covers these in some detail. * A new chapter introduces readers to the current applications of emerging techniques in transfusion science. * Platelet immune disorders & haemolytic anaemias are now covered. * The need for leucodepletion & methods for pathogen reduction are described. * The latest nomenclature for blood group genes has been adopted. * Current practice in blood group serology is reviewed. * Recent legislative changes for quality assurance in transfusion in the UK are now also covered. Case studies & colour photographs are now provided to illustrate concepts & to aid understanding & a revised series of self-assessment questions & learning outcomes are also provided. An understanding of transfusion science is vital for all biomedical science students. Transfusion Science second edition explains all the basic principles alongside descriptions of the applications now possible as a result of modern analytical techniques. This book is essential reading for all students studying courses on transfusion & transplantation. ...

Caro gallant & adventurous is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long & hopelessly by young scientist Ted Tice she is to find that love brings passion sorrow betrayal & finally hope. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage. But as the decades pass & the characters weave in & out of each others lives love death & two slow-burning secrets wait in ambush for them. ...

Imagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds that hangs suspended between triumph & catastrophe the dismantling of the Wall & the fall of the Twin Towers in the shadow of suicide terrorism & global financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh an unkillable assassin who journeys between the high passes of Nepal a version of Victorian London & a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish restlessly greedy City trader; & the Philosopher a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times. ...

The translation of law has played an integral part in the interaction among nations in history & is playing a greater role in our increasingly interconnected world today. The book investigates legal translation in its many facets as an intellectual pursuit & a profession. It examines legal translation from an interdisciplinary perspective covering theoretical & practical grounds & linguistic as well as legal issues. It analyses legal translation competence & various types of legal texts including contracts statutes & multilateral legal instruments presents a comparative analysis of the Common Law & the Civil Law & examines the case law from Canada Hong Kong & the European Court of Justice. It attempts to demonstrate that translating law is a complex act that can enrich law culture & human experience as a whole. ...

The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded & rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal & cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. ...

Written by Warren Ellis Art by Darick Robertson & Rodney Ramos Cover by Darick Robertson In this second volume of TRANSMETROPOLITAN which now has been reconfigured to collect issues 7-12 renegade journalist Spider Jerusalem targets three of societys most worshipped & warped pillars: politics religion & television. When Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions he finds himself fleeing a group of hit men/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wifes frozen head a distorted creature alleging to be his son & a vicious talking police dog. Advance-solicited; on sale May 20
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Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son & mistress & must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer is Philip K. Dicks last completed novel & a learned moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief. ...

The heir to Martina Cole's crown with a story of murder the underworld violence & treachery. The Butlers are the kings of the East End. Vinny & Roy Butler are the apple of their mum's eye & although Queenie knows they can play dirty when it comes to family they look after business & make her proud. Nothing & no one can bring the Butler's down. But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person & his cards are marked. & with the brothers joined at the hip Roy may just be in the firing line too... One bloody night sets Vinny on the path of desperate vengeance but will the Butlers emerge stronger than ever or is the East End code of honour as good as dead? ...

Sometimes one hero isn't enough
- sometimes you need a full dozen. Mack's search for his dazzling dozen continues in the second
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After twelve years of secret training Atticus OSullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice Granuaile to the earth & double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that hes still alive & they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice Atticus his trusted Irish wolfhound Oberon & Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge
- but hell have to get in line behind an ancient vampire a band of dark elves & an old god of mischief who all seem to have KILL THE DRUID at the top of their to-do lists.
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