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"Knee replacement is bound to fail-providing the patient lives long enough". There is some truth in this hoary cliche, so why write books on the subject? I think the answer is that knee replacement has at last become established and even respectable. The more absurd surgical extravaganzas...

Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development...

Consisting of a bibliographical account of this early Sufi master's childhood, youth, and years as a teacher and spiritual leader, as well as of translations of a selection from his books and treatises, this work traces the life and teachings of Abdullah Ansari - from poverty and destitution as a...

El incremento creciente de la competencia en los mercados hace que la búsqueda de la lealtad del cliente sea uno de los objetivos prioritarios de cualquier organización preocupada por la innovación que ayude a conseguir mejores resultados empresariales, para lo que es clave el diseño de estrategias...

Biophysical Chemistry covers the physical chemistry of biological macromolecules and the experimental techniques used to study them. Topics covered include: an introduction to biological molecules; spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and hydrodynamics of macromolecules; a ""bluffer's guide""...

When I went to sleep that night, I expected a restless nap or a few nightmares at worst. But that morning I woke up in the grass. Alone. In the puddle. Now, stranded in the wilderness, attacked by wild animals, I had the only way to survive. To stay with a strange nude man who lives in the...

Herein are 29 Armenian Fairy Tales and legends. Some of these stories may have a familiar ring and others will be entirely “new” to the reader despite them being millennia old. Here you will stories like: The Golden Maiden The Betrothed Of Destiny The Fairy Nightingale The Dreamer The Bride Of The...

Dakota Willow is a beautiful, tattooed girl with extraordinary hair and piercings, and Lola is fascinated by her. The young woman is on a road-trip following the Mississippi when she stops off in Covington, Tennessee and meets the stunning blonde lady who invites her over for dinner. The tattooed...

The Exposure Games. The most daring, indecent, scandalous event ever broadcast. The first season had been a great success. Its second season then surpassed all expectation, especially the final episode in which a young woman named Penny's exciting games concluded in an even more thrilling, gasping...

Detective Sergeant Guy Poole's mother is missing, presumed kidnapped, but with no ransom demand, for what purpose? Kept away from the case, Detective Inspector Sam Brock is instead landed with a seemingly impossible murder as a man is found stabbed in a locked room surrounded by witnesses who...

Excerpt: "I took a garden fork just now and went out to dig up the artichokes. When Jemima saw me crossing the orchard with a fork he called a committee meeting, or rather a general assembly, and after some joyous discussion it was decided nem. con. that the thing was worth looking into. Forthwith,...

Lizzie Bennington is on the brink of winning her first title in a mixed doubles match at the Boca Raton tournament when Jack Archer, Lizzies competitor across the net, stops play complaining of leg cramps. As she watches the trainers hands move up Jacks muscular loin, Lizzie tries to keep her composure,...

MICHAEL F.A. WOODRUFF Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh This book grew out of a very successful conference on Organ Transplantation held in Kuwait in December 1982. The material presented at the conference has been expanded and brought up to date, and the result is a well written...

A disturbing journey into the mind of a killer, and potential killers. Or are they? Who is the true evil? A murder, a suspect, an abuser, his destroyer. We all wear masks. A dark, psychological thriller about murder, mental illness and the consequence of evil acts.