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The Last Days of Winter is a collection of poetry consisting of the poet's memories, reflections and observations. Salzer encourages the reader to look within in order to find peace and silence, even in the midst of a busy, turbulent world.
When nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict is sent to a new orphanage, he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances - and a mind-bending mystery. Luckily, he has one very important thing in his favour: he's a genius.
Telekinetic The apocalypse has come and gone. The people of the world are divided. The Advanced: those with powerful abilities that mutated from a treatment given them. The Humans: those who would rather see the Advanced dead than have to live without their own advancements. The Purists: those who wish to remain completely human. They are at war. Reem Kahrin, telekinetic soldier, has been branded the savior of her people, the one thought to end the war that has covered the world for centuries. She is sent to the Advanced city of Athena with teleporter Jameson Willow on a secret assignment and completes a task for which her people then brand her as treasonous. Jameson teleports her from the city to save her life, and together they are on the run. Now Reem and Jameson must fight to survive and to keep the dream of peace alive with them
Lord Nicholas Kendall is tired of living in his twin’s shadow. His brother is the first-born and will inherit the dukedom one day. Nicholas isn’t not jealous, just bored. He has no desire to have that particular responsibility. He has more adventurous aspirations. He wants to travel, and not to another country, he wants to go to the future. He intends to uncover how his family has moved through time in the past, and in turn, explore it all. Peyton Drake is recovering from a long illness that she thought she’d eventually die from. Thanks to her long lost sister, and the miracle of modern medicine she is in remission. She is enjoying her new lease on life and intends to enjoy every second of it. Anything is possible now that she has a future she can plan for. The question is: What should she do with her life? Neither Nicholas nor Peyton expected they’d find each other. They each have secrets that they don’t want to share with the world. Love blooms in the most unlikely places and sometimes it takes traveling a couple centuries into the future to find it.
No longer merely a subspecialty, pediatric anesthesia is now a professional entity in its own right, as is amply demonstrated in this comprehensive addition to the medical and surgical literature. Pediatric Anesthesia: Basic Principles-State of the Art-Future comprises the contributions of 150 experts in the field from all over the world, providing this book with a truly global perspective. This textbook will help anesthesiologists already interested in pediatric anesthesia to the knowledge and skills inherent to the safe practice of anesthesia for infants and children.
Today's headlines shine light on the growing trend toward the legalization of marijuana, a psychoactive drug derived from the cannabis plant whose use cuts across diverse classes of people. In this compilation of articles, readers encounter a journalistic history of cannabis use. Successive phases of fear (often coupled with racist attitudes toward Mexicans and Latinos) and embrace (by hippies, U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, and other segments of the counterculture) have often clouded sound judgment about the benefits and risks of the drug. These articles explore every facet of these diverse approaches, highlighting an array of medical, economic, and social perspectives on marijuana and those who use it.