Robbins Basic Pathology" delivers the pathology knowledge you need the way you need it from the name you can trust! This medical textbooks unbeatable author team helps you efficiently master the core concepts you need to know for your courses & USMLE exams." ...

All is not well in the crumbling castle high above the mountain village of Fracture. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a new robe. It is a very expensive new robe. To get the cash she will stop at nothing including kidnapping blackmail & more than a little black magic. But she reckons without the heroic Gracie Gillypot not to mention a gallant if rather scruffy prince two chatty bats the wickedest stepsister ever a troll with a grudge
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Paradise Massachusetts is gearing up for the busy summer season when a spate of car thefts places its quiet tourist-friendly reputation in jeopardy. Jesse Stone fears an automobile theft gang has set up shop in town & the silver-tongued heavy-handed police chief vows to put a stop to their activity. Almost as soon as he starts tackling this threat another materializes: one of a more personal nature. An old enemy hell-bent on revenge is fresh out of prison. Thus begins a tale of proactive policing & personal paranoia in which Stone finds himself defending himself his patch &
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- his latest squeeze. In Killing the Blues Michael Brandman combines all of Parkers tried & tested ingredients to create a highly enjoyable & authentic Jesse Stone thriller.

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Drawing together more than 30 articles by leading critics & scholars interviews & commentaries by important contemporary filmmakers & a recent symposium on the director Robert Bresson (Revised) is an invaluable resource for better understanding the beauty of Bressons singular body of work. James Quandt reproduces essential contributions from the original edition such as essays by Susan Sontag Andre Bazin P. Adams Sitney & Kristin Thompson. He also

Includes:: new material by David Bordwell Mark Rappaport Shigehiko Hasumi Jonathan Rosenbaum Serge Daney Jean-Michel Frodon Colin Burnett & Richard Suchenski & by filmmakers Jean-Pierre Gorin & Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne.

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In this series a contemporary poet selects & introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems & by the personal & critical reactions they express in their prefaces the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible & passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Ae fond kiss & then we sever; Ae farewell & then for ever! Deep in heart-wrung tears Ill pledge thee Warring sighs & groans Ill wage thee
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Robert Capa" is one of four new titles published this September in Thames & Hudsons acclaimed Photofile series. Each book brings together the best work of the worlds greatest photographers in an attractive format & at an easily affordable price. Hailed by " The Times" as finely produced the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains some sixty full-page reproductions together with a critical introduction & a full bibliography." ...

A pop-up book that lets you load & tip a dumper truck or plough a field with the tractor. It shows why giant cranes dont fall over & figures out how bulldozers flatten roads. From farms & factories to quarries & building sites it covers 28 big machines. ...

A guidebook for walking in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson as he travelled through France's Velay & Cevennes regions from Le Puy to St Jean de Gard accompanied by his faithful donkey Modestine. At 140km this route is ideal for people new to walking holidays. Early one morning in the autumn of 1878 Stevenson set out from the sleepy village of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille to traverse the Velay & Cevennes & his account of his trek has long captured the imagination of walkers & lovers of literature alike. Today the RLS Trail has become a classic route across the hills & along the valleys of this delightful region of rural France. The route which is well served by accommodation of all types is divided into 12 day-stages in the guide so that the Trail easily fits into a fortnight's holiday. The book

Includes:: details of the facilities for the traveller & places of interest en route together with a detailed route description & an account of Stevenson's adventures with Modestine. For those with more time available trails that link the beginning & end of the route are also described making it possible to walk all the way from the historic town of Le Puy to Ales. Packed with snippets of fascinating information about this historic region the guide is also of use to cyclists & motorists keen to trace a parallel road route following in the footsteps of Stevenson & Modestine.

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On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai a photographer records cargo being secretly loaded. Hes brutally killed & his camera destroyed. Two weeks later on the dangerous high seas the U.S. Navy covertly tracks a Chinese ship rumoured to carry tons of chemicals to create biological weapons of mass-destruction. The President cannot let the ship reach its destination
- a rogue Middle East nation. But he doesnt want the navy to attack & board it either because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Covert-One operative Jon Smith is brought in to find solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Then an agent is murdered & vital evidence destroyed. Smith must find the truth about the ship a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party...
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When a U.S. Special Forces team is wiped out by a group of normally peaceful farmers in Uganda Covert-One operative Jon Smith is sent to investigate. Video of the attack shows even women & children possessing almost supernatural speed & strength consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain fear & all but the most devastating injuries. Smith finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity & then going dormant. This time though its different. & as Smith & his team are cut off from all outside support they begin to suspect that forces much closer to home are in play... ...