Nic: 155 books

Now in its second edition, Advanced Pediatric Assessment is an in-depth, current guide to pediatric-focused assessment, addressing the unique anatomic and physiological differences among infants, children, and adults as they bear upon pediatric assessment. The second edition is updated to reflect...

The residents of a North Carolina town weather Hurricane Hugo, and other kinds of storms, in this “smart and funny” collection of linked stories (Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish). The days leading up to the impending disaster are not at all unusual—no portents, no signs of impending...

We are creatures of social habit and we are desperately trying to satisfy all our survival needs. The world is a hostile place. We live fear-based lives and we do not understand why. We fear hunger, death, poverty, sickness, rejection and many more. In our struggle to overcome and control these obstacles...

This stunning cookbook combines beautiful photography and creative styling and design with excellent recipes that have been designed to make Japanese cooking accessible. It's also the story of Masu a Japanese restaurant in Auckland winning awards, including Metro Restaurant of the Year 2014, and much...

The problem is that the behavioural patterns of the world, including mine and yours, are fundamentally flawed. Our behavioural patterns stem from our decision-making abilities. Our decision-making abilities are totally inadequate.Our behaviour is very deeply rooted in the past; so are the decisions...

“Living the Life That You Are weaves together psychology, ancient wisdom, and honest personal reflections into a coherent and inspiring whole. If loneliness is the great disease of the modern age, then Nic’s heartfelt plea for self-love is much-needed medicine.” —Jeff Foster, author of Falling...

Creador de la exitosa serie «True Detective» y autor de Galveston —cuya traducción al castellano suscitó una formidable respuesta del público lector a ambos lados del Atlántico—, Nic Pizzolatto irrumpió en el panorama literario estadounidense con la publicación de esta serie de relatos...

Nic Schuck follows up his debut novel, Native Moments, with a gritty tale of family drama. Mostly set in the fictional lumber town of Sullivan, Florida, a sleepy forgotten place on the Florida-Alabama border, Panhandlers, a novel in stories, follows Hank Ackerman as he grows up in poverty and attempts...

With the death of Nero by his own shaky hand, the ill-sorted, ill-starred Iulio-Claudian dynasty came to an ignominious end, and Rome was up for the taking. This was 9 June, AD 68. The following year, commonly known as the 'Year of the Four Emperors', was probably one of Rome's worst. 

Nero's...

In einer weit entfernten Zukunft, in der sich die Menschheit über das gesamte All ausgebreitet hat, legt der Pilot Abram Pollux eine schwere Bruchlandung hin und verliert sein Gedächtnis. Als Pollux zurück zur Ghost Town kommt, sind Freunde mittlerweile zu Feinden geworden ...

From the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO crime series True Detective, comes a dark and visceral literary debut set along the seedy wastelands of Galveston. On the same day that Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he senses that his boss, a dangerous loan-sharking...

In the tradition of Defending Jacob or Drowning Ruth, this is a suspenseful debut that explores the ramifications of revenge, justice, and the aftermath of a terrible night in the lives of two families. It should have been just a quiet evening with friends. But Francis lost his brother that...

~ Veronica Summer is stuck in the dream job from hell. The spunky New York reporter is offered the network's morning anchor position, but she doesn't want it because she's a night person. Then the network plays a trump card, promising her the evening anchor chair in three years. So the fiery redhead...

She doesn't know him, but the symbol she draws on her skin has always been in his nightmares Emily Lindsey doesn't speak when they find her. Holding a hunting knife and covered in blood that is not her own, she communicates with a single, ominous drawing. Detective Steven Paul has had...