We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you think. As ancient as the pyramids, its history is even more surprising. In Spare Parts, cultural historian Paul Craddock takes us on a fascinating journey and unearths incredible untold stories, from Indian surgeons regrafting lost noses in the sixth century BC, to the...

Over the last years the online trade is growing rapidly. Web stores are selling more and more goods and the principles of merchandising are finding new soil for further development. We are witnessing an online technological boom of web stores and especially the techniques and elements of presenting goods in an online environment. This technological development is giving birth to a new...

"Es gab keinen Ghostwriter für dieses Buch. Das bin alles ich. Keine literarische Prosa, sondern meinen eigenen Worte. Zusammen mit meiner persönlichen fotografischen Sammlung sind sie eine intime Reise durch den Queen-Kosmos." (Brian May) Die erste offizielle Queen-Autobiografie von Gründungsmitglied und Leadgitarrist Brian May: Aufrichtig und detailreich schildert er seine...

Despite significant advances in Bruckner scholarship, many problems persist. Although the relationship between Bruckner's music, post-Wagnerian ideology and, ultimately, Nazism has been carefully reconstructed, questions of how such matters should condition our responses to the music remain unaddressed. This important study isolates problematic issues of interpretation, analysis, reception,...

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. It begins between the Creation and Noah’s Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the earth, to the founding of Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, the birth of Christ, the...

Containing both medical and legal perspectives, Criminal Abortion is an important document from the early decades of the anti-abortion crusade. Dr. Storer led the medical campaign against abortion during the second half of the nineteenth century. His efforts were supported by Heard, a notable jurist and legal scholar. The motivations for both men were primarily racist, xenophobic and sexist....

2020 marks 250 years since Beethoven's birth Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist at heaven. Beethoven by Oxford professor Laura Tunbridge cuts through the noise in a refreshing way. Each chapter...

Get the most comprehensive coverage of the FASB Codification and the latest FASB updates in a single volume Wiley GAAP 2018: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is a thorough study and analysis of all US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) set forth in the pronouncements of the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) Codification. All...

As the market consolidates under fewer and larger companies, it's increasingly in the interest of private companies to behave like nations. And when the government is bogged down in bureaucratic negotiations and culture wars, people begin to look to nimble, powerful companies to solve society's problems - and to be our moral standard-bearers. It shouldn't be like this. New York Times...

Kraków to miasto bliskie sercu każdego Polaka. Jest on wspaniałym świadkiem dziejów naszego narodu, jego kultury i sztuki. W albumie znajdziecie Państwo miasto starych murów, historii, muzeów jak również współczesne oblicze miasta. Album w wersji francuskojęzycznej.

With over 50 years of experience in Wing Chun Kung Fu, Sifu Francis Fong is recognized as one of the top Wing Chun instructors and martial artists in the world. A Path of Mastery contains lessons taught to Senior Instructor Jim Brault through thousands of hours of training over more than two decades. These lessons can no doubt help you to improve your ...

Magdalena Ruta explores the virtually unknown area of Yiddish literature created in Poland after World War II. She unravels before general readers and future researchers numerous texts and analyses them in a lucid and captivating manner. The book should appeal to readers from various disciplines as well as to a non-scholarly audience as it touches upon difficult and complex problems that...

Przedstawione w tym tomie artykuły i studia są rezultatem wieloletniej współpracy środowiska historyków działających w Komisji Historyków Polski i Rosji. Zainteresowania autorów odzwierciedlają w znacznym stopniu obszary badawcze, które skupiają na sobie uwagę historyków obu stron....

In February 1991, Robert Maxwell made a triumphant entrance into Manhattan harbour on board his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine. He had come to complete his purchase of the ailing New York Daily News. Crowds lined the quayside to watch his arrival. Taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand, children asked for his autograph and when Maxwell went to dine in the most fashionable Chinese...

“Road Seeking” is one of a series of novels relating how the Chinese entrepreneurs in Poland seek roads to their dreams, and start business in Poland. This book is a narration offered to Xiao Yao by her Boss Dong Er, head of GD business and service company, who unfolds his turbulent life story starting from a very difficult childhood and stretching to the time spent in Poland to study. After...

Tłumaczenie na język angielski zbiorowego wydawnictwa opublikowanego przez IPN w 2019 r. pt. Antykomunizm Polaków w XX wieku. Obrazuje postawy Polaków wobec działalności komunistów, jak i wobec samej komunistycznej ideologii w dwudziestym stuleciu.

Niemieckie tłumaczenie polskich ustaw o podatku dochodowym od osób fizycznych i prawnych. Publikacja ułatwia zrozumienie specyfiki polskiego systemu podatkowego. Jest niezastąpioną pomocą dla osób i firm zajmujących się doradztwem na rzecz inwestorów z krajów niemieckojęzycznych.

„Studia Romanica Posnaniensia” to czasopismo naukowe poświęcone szeroko pojmowanym badaniom nad językiem i literaturą. Wydawane od 1971 r, publikuje artykuły autorów krajowych i zagranicznych z renomowanych ośrodków uniwersyteckich, jak również prace młodych badaczy. Obecnie ukazuje...

Drugi tom bibliografii Gdańsk w literaturze obejmuje siedemnastowieczne dzieła, w których został utrwalony obraz miasta budzącego podziw wspaniałością i urodą, ale także zazdrość swoim bogactwem. Przekazują one wyidealizowany obraz Gdańska, ale również rzetelnie opisują miasto i jego mieszkańców; nie brak tez utworów o wysoce krytycznym charakterze. Literatura piękna dokumentuje wydarzenia...

Based on the phenomenal artwork found in the 4th edition of Gray's Anatomy for Students, this set of over 400 flashcards is the perfect review companion to help you test your anatomical knowledge for course exams or the USMLE Step 1. It's portable, concise, and simply the best way to study anatomy. Key Features Study efficiently while being confident in your mastery of the most...