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Knee surgeons world wide have been aware that a beautifully illustrated book on diagnostic evaluation of the knee existed. What we in the English speaking world did not appreciate was the superb quality of the text that ac companied these splendid illustrations. Now, Dr. Michael Strobel and Dr. Hans-Werner Stedtfeld's work, Diagnostic Evaluation of the Knee, has been translated by Mr. Terry Telger into an English text that is clear and cogent. The authors' message is comprehensive and straight forward. They show how diagnosis of knee disorders lends itself to a disciplined, orderly thought pro cess based on a substantial body of scientific knowledge. This book, through effective illustration...
Destiny and time are the themes of this novel. Can we really alter time? Would we or could we change any details of our lives if we had the opportunity to go back in time? Michael Grant, who flirts with suicide, is given this opportunity. The ending may be surprising!
This a true account of an interesting and marvelous man. This story of a sad beginning and a good life and all kinds of emotions in between. Stacie tells the story of her alter ego, Michael Eriksson and how their lives have effected others and how their lives were effected by others. Read the story that can be only told by the one person that lived it.
Spiritual Abuse is a three part novel about two teenagers from two different families who are the victims of abuse. Teaming up to investigate their parents' pasts in order to learn the reasons for their parents' behavior, they discover shocking secrets that force them into a world of worse physical and mental dangers that they never imagined possible. Violence, sex, lies, drugs, kidnapping, murder and deception are but a few of the many obstacles that these two teens must deal with before reaching the goal of finding out what is going on. What they find is so shocking that nearly every second in this period of their lives ticks by with mystery. Each character in this novel is unique with a role to play in the intricate web of child abuse and relationships. Hopefully, this novel will arouse some to take action to finally eradicate all forms of abuse from the face of this planet forever.
The House of Santos is a family saga, filled with characters who people the US western landscape in the Arizona territory from 18221898. The House of Santos grows from three families who join together to create a heritage from their strengths, love, and ambitions. They have a passion for life, for moving forward, and for growing as they change. If they fulfill their dreams, it is because of their human endurance, love, understanding, and stubborn striving for success and stability.
This book addresses the need for improved diagnostic and treatment guidelines for patients in whom total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has had an unsatisfactory outcome. It opens by discussing the basics of TKA and the various causes of failure and pain. Diagnostic aspects are considered in detail, with attention to advances in clinical investigation, laboratory analysis and in particular, imaging techniques. In addition, helpful state of the art diagnostic algorithms are presented. Specific pathology-related treatment options, including conservative approaches and salvage and revision TKA strategies, are then explained, with identification of pitfalls and key points. A series of illustrative cases cover clinical scenarios frequently encountered in daily clinical practice. The evidence-based, clinically focused guidance provided in this book, written by internationally renowned experts, will assist surgeons in achieving the most effective management of these challenging cases.
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Michael Thomas is a world-traveling successful artist. When a client offers him a free stay at his winter home in Carmel, California, a haven for creative painters like himself, he enthusiastically moves in. A believer in destiny, he feels drawn toward this town, uncertain of the reasons yet hopeful of a prosperous visit. Here, in this cozy beach town, Angelina Serracino works as a waitress in her father's Italian restaurant. Her fiance, a practical man, has recently died. Everybody thought they were perfect for each other, especially her fiance's mother, who had been like family to Angelina. Michael prepares to immerse himself in his artistic work, but when he meets Angelina, he finds her intriguing and irresistible. Angelina longs for the romance she has never known, and becomes caught between the guilt of her past and the lure of a promising future. The story of Moonlight at Monterey Bay will embrace you with its power. This is a remarkable novel about being honest in love, no matter the consequences.
Congo Free State, 1888 On a mission deep in the jungle, Oxford anthropologist James Litchfield comes face-to-face with a local legend: a wild man who wanders with mountain gorillas and lives as one of their own. The chance encounter with the savage, whom James calls Michael, leads to a game of observation and exploration. Their mutual curiosity turns to an attraction—one that Michael has never experienced and James is desperate to deny. When members of the expedition unearth James's secret discovery—a living specimen of man at his most primitive—Michael becomes a pawn in their quest for fame. As their relationship deepens, James is compelled to protect Michael from the academics who would treat him as nothing more than a scientific acquisition and London society, which threatens to destroy their passionate bond... 85,000 words
This gripping, suspenseful novel of two brothers and their abusive father explores questions of faith and forgiveness. After a gruesome murder, Phillip must finally face Michael alone for the first time in several months. His greatest fear is whether he can find any forgiveness for the years he remained silent, allowing his younger brother to suffer at the hands of Tony, their sadistic father. Years before the killing, Tony accidentally discovered a letter written to his wife, proving that she had had a passionate relationship with someone named Samuel. Considering the humiliating possibility that Michael might not be his son, and consumed with rage, Tony's only ambition was to destroy the p...