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A Very Short IntroductionEssential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this   Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of...

This atlas describes the histologic changes relevant to the modern practice of forensic pathology. It guides the reader through the common questions that the forensic pathologist will need to answer in relation to the cause of death, such as: is this feature artifact or is this real? What does this signify? How old is this injury? The book focuses...

The Fifth Vital SignWhy is pain so poorly understood? Why do we still distinguish between mental pain and physical pain, when pain is always an emotional experience? How can it be that science is about to clone a human being but still can't cure the pain of a bad back? If pain is the reason why most people visit the doctor, why are most...

A Portrait of Jean Rhys (Bloomsbury Lives of Women)Jean Rhys was an artist of brilliance and fury best known for her late literary masterpiece, Wide Sargasso Sea. But she was also a woman in constant psychological turmoil, whose blazing talent rescued her time and time again from the abyss. Lilian Pizzichini follows Rhys from her girlhood in...

This book addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment, care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative. It argues that marriage discriminates against other forms of caring relationships and that, legally, restrictions on entry should be minimized....

W pierwszym tomie Betsy Taylor, nieco roztrzepana singielka, której największą pasją są drogie buty, została zmieniona w wampira. Ale nawet jako świeżo upieczona Królowa Wampirów nie zamierza rezygnować ze swojej przyjemności. Znajduje pracę w ekskluzywnym sklepie z butami i jest w siódmym niebie - dopóki ktoś nie zaczyna zabijać jej poddanych....