There is no accolade or major mystery award that has not already been bestowed upon Lawrence Block. His acclaimed crime novels are asintelligent, provocative, and emotionally complex as they are nerve-tighteningly intense. And perhaps the most respected of his myriad works are the Matthew Scudder books -- masterworks of suspenseful invention featuring a remarkable protagonist rich in conscience and character, with all the flaws that his humanity entails. This is the detective novel as high art. A Dance At The Slaughterhouse In Matt Scudder's mind, money ...

The Better Way is a book written by Charles Wagner and published in 1903. The book is a collection of essays that explore the idea of living a better life by embracing simplicity, kindness, and spirituality. Wagner argues that modern society has become too focused on material possessions and that true happiness can only be found by living a more meaningful and fulfilling life.Throughout the book, Wagner offers practical advice on how to live a better life, including tips on how to simplify one's daily routine, how to cultivate kindness and compassion towards ...

A Tale of Love and Revenge Set Against History's Bloody Backdrop... In the year 1060, young Brand Holgarsson's family are wiped out in a Viking raid arranged by Brand's treacherous uncle Malgard. Malgard is named thegn of the town of Stybbor in East Anglia while Brand is made outlaw and hunted through the woods by Malgard's men, determined to extinguish the last possible claim to Malgard's thegnship. Aided by a strange young woman, Valla, who claims to be 242 years old, Brand escapes and is befriended by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex ...

Originally published anonymously in 1914, “The Impersonal Life” is Joseph Benner’s classic work of Christian spiritualism which was influenced by the New Thought movement, a religious movement of the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. Central to the New Thought movement is the idea that God resides in all things and that through the power of positive thinking one can attract the success and contentment that one desires. It is Benner’s intent to bring to the reader’s attention “the true spirit ...

Le traitement du rétrécissement aortique de la personne agée a été révolutionné ces dernières par l'émergence des valves à positionnement percutané. Le sujet de cet ouvrage est de donner un aperçu de l'expérience en terme d'implantation d'endovalves Edwards Sapien par voie transfémorale ou transpapicale à L'Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel de Lyon. Il permet de retrouver les résultats encourageants mais aussi les limites habituelles ...

Endodontic mishaps encompass a range of complications that can occur during root canal treatment procedures. These mishaps may include procedural errors, instrument fractures, perforations, and inadequate obturation, among others. Such occurrences can compromise the success of the root canal therapy and potentially lead to treatment failure or complications for the patient. Understanding the causes, prevention strategies, and management approaches for endodontic mishaps is crucial for dental professionals to optimize treatment outcomes and ensure patient ...

Leider scheinen wir der Idee erlegen zu sein, dass die Geschichte unserer Kunst, Literatur und Kultur geschrieben werden sollte, nachdem ihre Hauptprotagonisten gestorben sind. Ebenso haben wir uns daran gewöhnt, dass der Prozess ein Produkt der Archivrecherche ist und somit als unzweifelhaft vertrauenswürdig gilt. Wir sind es nicht gewohnt, Geschichte während ihrer Entstehung zu schreiben. Wir haben nicht die Gewohnheit, unsere Zeitgenossen zu befragen, sie zu interviewen, in ihre Ateliers zu gehen und so Teil des Prozesses zu werden und sie ...

Problema diagnostiki i lecheniya bol'nykh s metastazami zlokachestvennykh opukholey bez vyyavlennogo pervichnogo ochaga, na dolyu kotorykh prikhodyatsya 5-6% bol'nykh s vpervye zaregistrirovannym diagnozom zlokachestvennogo novoobrazovaniya yavlyaetsya ves'ma aktual'noy i ne reshennoy na segodnyashniy den'. Otsutstvie obshcheprinyatoy klassifikatsii, slozhnosti diagnostiki i, tem bolee, lecheniya etikh patsientov, a takzhe, v osnovnom, neudovletvoritel'nye rezul'taty spetsial'noy terapii, vyzyvayut u bol'shinstva onkologov pessimizm v otnoshenii dannoy kategorii ...