Adam K: 42 books

Too often, observers of globalization take for granted that the common ground across cultures is a thin layer of consumerism and perhaps human rights. If so, then anything deeper and more traditional would be placebound, and probably destined for the dustbin of history. But must this be so? Must we...

Be careful who you trust, for wolves lie in sheep's clothing, and lions are but little lambs... Where do you turn when your world is ripped from the solid ground beneath you? Michael Anderton finds himself in such a situation when he is forced to go up against the national police force in an...

"Beyond the Global Culture War" presents a cross-cultural critique of global liberalism and argues for a broad-based challenge that can meet it on its own scale. Adam Webb is one of our most exciting and original young scholars, and this book is certain to generate many new debates. This...

We have all heard the noises that go bump in the night. Most of us tend to ignore them due to our fear of what it may be. Many other people see things or feel things and are not fazed by them. They tolerate it and move along. Its very intriguing when you think about how many incidents occur. Call...

Escrita por los prestigiosos fisiólogos, Susan Mulroney y Adam Myers, de la facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Georgetown, esta práctica obra cuenta con unas magníficas ilustraciones y diagramas de la colección Netter, que ayudan a mejorar la comprensión de la fisiología. De fácil lectura,...

Physics MCQs for the Part 1 FRCR is a comprehensive and practical revision tool for the new format Part 1 FRCR examination, covering the complete physics curriculum. Key features: • Contains 300 questions that reflect the style and difficulty of the real exam • Covers basic physics, radiation...

Listed for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. 'Day of the Jackal' meets 'Gorky Park' in present day New York. It's November 2016 and the USA has elected a hugely controversial new President. A drone, an owl and a bomb are used in a deliberately complex and public attempt...

Jacob Curzo Crawley believes he is a less than interesting construction worker living in the heartland. He thought he was destined for greater things after he saved the life of a classmate in high school, but the opportunities did not present themselves as he had hoped. On a typical ride to work one...

Esta práctica obra ha sido diseñada para que el estudiante comprenda los conceptos más complejos de la fisiología así como los aspectos esenciales de cada subdisciplina, necesarios para los grados de enfermería, medicina u odontología. Comienza con los compartimentos líquidos, los mecanismos...

X Marks the Spot is a slender anthology produced to celebrate the first ten years of NewCon Press. It includes original fiction from Adam Roberts, Rozanne Rabinowitz, and Paul Melhuish, a poem by Donna Scott, aand a collaborative short story written by Ian Whates, Ian Watson, Hal Duncan, Chaz Brenchley,...

How could an urban American Indian tribe, having survived relentless earlier governmental attempts to declare its culture extinct, be once again on the verge of extinction? The Tigua of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo dwell in the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, where the infamous Jack Abramoff was in the news...

Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects. The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation, revealed at the Nuremburg trials,...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...

Sirens are beautiful, dangerous, and musical, whether they come from the sea or the sky. Greek sirens were described as part-bird, part-woman, and Roman sirens more like mermaids, but both had a voice that could captivate and destroy the strongest man. The pages of this book contain the stories of...