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The Man Who Would Be King, Large Print

The Man Who Would Be King, Large Print

Two former British soldiers who were sent in the early 19th century to British controlled India to search for adventure end up becoming kings of Kafiristan. This story is inspired by Josiah Harlan, an American adventurer who claimed the title of Prince of Ghor after leding a military force into Afghanistan in the mid-19th century.

Travel Medicine, Proceedings of the First Conference on International Travel Medicine, Zürich, Switzerland, 5–8 April 1988

Travel Medicine, Proceedings of the First Conference on International Travel Medicine, Zürich, Switzerland, 5–8 April 1988

Almost 50 million persons visit another continent each year. It is mainly those 15-18 million travelers from industrialized nations who visit or reside in developing countries that are at increased health risk. To develop effective health protection advice, the health risks of travel and the benefits of prophylaxis (vaccines, new and old drugs, behaviour modification,…

Erotic Art in the 19th Century

Erotic Art in the 19th Century

EROTIC ART IN THE 19TH CENTURY by Cassidy Hughes The history of erotic art in the 19th century is explored in this detailed and fully illustrated survey. The major erotic artists of the nineteenth century are featured: Thomas Rowlandson, Jean Baptiste Dominique Ingres, Felicien Rops, Pierre Renoir, Gustave Courbet, J.M.W. Turner, Edgar Degas, Gustav Klimt,…

Third Class Superhero

Third Class Superhero

“A compulsively readable collection” of short fiction from the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Publishers Weekly). With deadpan humor and originality, Charles Yu spins Kafkaesque tales of modern identity and insecurity in this whip-smart debut. In 401(k), a couple living in the Luxury Car Commercial subdivision are disappointed when…

Atlas of Trichoscopy, Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease

Atlas of Trichoscopy, Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease

The aim of this atlas is to provide detailed and comprehensive, easy-to-use information, sufficient to perform trichoscopy in clinical practice. From basics to advanced knowledge, everything in one book. In this sense it is rather an “illustrated textbook” than solely an atlas. It includes evidence based information, acknowledged algorithms, which help easy diagnosis and “take…

Data-Centric Business and Applications, ICT Systems-Theory, Radio-Electronics, Information Technologies and Cybersecurity (Volume 5)

Data-Centric Business and Applications, ICT Systems-Theory, Radio-Electronics, Information Technologies and Cybersecurity (Volume 5)

This book addresses the challenges and opportunities of information/data processing and management. It also covers a range of methods, techniques and strategies for making it more efficient, approaches to increasing its usage, and ways to minimize information/data loss while improving customer satisfaction. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the Service Systems associated with them have…

I Am Not a Number

I Am Not a Number

When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns who are in charge at the school and who tell her that she is…