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A cabinet of ancient medical curiosities: strange tales and surprising facts from the healing arts of Greece and Rome
(Oxford University Press, 2017)There are few disciplines as exciting and forward-looking as medicine. Unfortunately, however, many modern practitioners have lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires ... -
Cain
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)“Suitably disturbing and a pleasure to read.” The Scotsman In this, his last novel, Jos? Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative The Gospel According to ... -
Cairo & the Nile
(Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2011)DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide Cairo & The Nile will lead you straight to the very best of this historic place. Whether you're looking to visit the iconic Pyramids and Sphinx, ride in a hot air balloon over The Nile or ... -
Cairo: Histories of a City
(Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo: Histories ... -
Cajal and de Castro’s Neurohistological Methods
(Oxford University Press, 2016)Cajal and De Castro's Neurohistological Methods provides the first English translation of Fernando de Castro's 1933 publication "Elementos de Técnica Micrográfica del Sistema Nervioso." A student of the famed founder of ... -
Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats
(Chronicle Books, 2010)What's cuter than a cupcake? A cake pop, of course! Wildly popular blogger Bakerella (aka Angie Dudley) has turned cake pops into an international sensation! Cute little cakes on a stick from decorated balls to more ambitious ... -
Cake, I Love You. Decadent, Delectable, and Do-able Recipes
(Chronicle Books, 2017)What better way to celebrate lifes big and small achievements than with cake? This love letter to a classic indulgence offers 60 divinely decadent recipes home bakers will want to make right away. Organized by flavor profile ... -
Calculus AB 2017 Cross-Platform Prep Course
(McGraw-Hill Education, 2016)Congratulations! You are an AP Calculus student. Not too shabby! As you know, AP Calculus is one of the most challenging subjects in high school. You are studying mathematical ideas that helped change the world. Not that ... -
Calculus with applications
(Pearson, 2017)Calculus with Applications, Eleventh Edition by Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, is our most applied text to date, making the math relevant and accessible for students of business, life science, and social sciences. Current ... -
Cambridge Young Learners English Practice Tests Plus Movers Students' Book
(Pearson Education , 2012)Cambridge Young Learners English Practice Tests Plus Movers Students' Book -
The Cameron Delusion
(Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010)Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong. By the time it has become conventional, it has ceased to be wisdom and become cant. Its smug cousin, received opinion, is just as bad. This is not really opinion at all, but the ... -
Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections
(Pearson, 2017)Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections continues to introduce pedagogical innovations, which motivate students not only to learn, but also engage with biology. This bestselling textbook is designed to help students ... -
Can Microfinance Work?: How to Improve Its Ethical Balance and Effectiveness
(Oxford University Press, 2016)Microfinance began with the noble aim of alleviating poverty through the extension of small loans to poor---mostly female---borrowers, and has grown to now serve over 200,000,000 borrowers. The subject of many hyperbolic ... -
Cancer Cytogenetics. Methods and Protocols
(Humana Press, 2010)A collection of key cytogenetic and FISH techniques used by modern clinical laboratories in the genetic analysis of human malignancies. The book's practical advice and methods are suitable for use at every level of expertise, ... -
Capital Budgeting Valuation: Financial Analysis for Today's Investment Projects
(Wiley, 2011)An essential guide to valuation techniques and financial analysis. With the collapse of the economy and financial systems, many institutions are reevaluating what they are willing to spend money on. Project valuation is ... -
Capital in the twenty-first century
(Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014)What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart ... -
Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises
(Oxford University Press, 2016)Orthodox economics operates within a hypothesized world of perfect competition in which perfect consumers and firms act to bring about supposedly optimal outcomes. The discrepancies between this model and the reality it ... -
Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery
(Cornell University Press, 2012)With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single ... -
Capturing Contemporary Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty
(University of Hawaii Press, 2014)This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class ideals once considered the ... -
Carbon Capture
(MIT Press, 2018)A concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2), and these CO2 emissions are a major ...
