Roy: 2801 books

July always gets in trouble. This time, she might have bitten off more than she can chew. Getting an experimental back-room procedure to radically change her body was probably a bad idea. As she crashes at Ed's apartment, she involves him in a vast and frankly bizarre story about alien technology...

Lo que siempre quisiste saber, sin necesidad de preguntar. Escrito con un estilo claro, sensato y desinhibido, Verdad y mentiras en el sexo es el manual perfecto sobre temas sexuales. Dividido en tres partes que abarcan el cuerpo y el sexo, los tópicos y las medias verdades, y un gran «De...

When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social...

This book fills a major gap in the practice literature for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychosocial care for their patients suffering from chronic pain or illness. Up to now there has been little published material on evidence-based medicine in this field. Roy’s book at last provides...

The Year Book of Sports Medicine brings you abstracts of articles carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Editor-in-Chief Roy Shephard states: ". . . Not only does...

Buddhist philosophy is fundamentally ambivalent toward language. Language is paradoxically seen as both obstructive and necessary for liberation. In this book, Roy Tzohar delves into the ingenious response to this tension from the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism: that all language-use is metaphorical....

This book is based on the principles of mnemonics and laws of controlled association, and if you apply the principle you will be able to bestride both the world of memory, and world of knowledge simultaneously, giving yourself greater self-confidence, a growing mastery of imagination, improved creativity,...

Discussion of Israeli policy toward Palestinians is often regarded as a taboo subject, with the result that few people - especially in the US - understand the origins and consequences of the conflict. This book provides an indispensable context for understanding why the situation remains so intractable.*BR**BR*The...

Kent Murder and Mayhem takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way. Cut-throats and poisoners, murderous lovers, desperate wives and husbands, violent thieves, boy killers, infanticides - almost every type of murder...

The development of air transport in the early 20th Century led military strategists to examine the concept of inserting light infantry at key points behind enemy lines by air landing and air drop. The Germans were first off-the-mark with assaults in Norway and at Eben Emael in 1940. Crete saw...

The organs of the gastro-intestinal tract play an essential role in sustained physical activity, but their consideration in exercise-related literature has, to this point, been limited. Physical Activity and the Gastro-Intestinal Tract is the first book to explain the function and response to exercise...

We know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell? Yes, in Roy R. Gould’s account. Heoffers a compelling narrative of how the universe—with no instruction other than its own laws—evolved into billions of galaxies and gave rise to life, including humans...

This work aims to help primary and secondary teachers to recognize and teach mathematically able pupils. Roy Kennard reviews the characteristics of the very able pupils and shows how these characteristics are reflected in the National Curriculum for Mathematics. He goes on to show how: mathematically...

En este libro Roy Peter Clark, un reconocido profesor de escritura de Estados Unidos, nos enseña una forma de leer que permite penetrar más allá de la superficie de los textos literarios y observar el proceso interno que los convierte en obras maestras. Leer con rayos X: 25 obras maestras que mejorarán...