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Novella Express #2

By: Carole Hamilton,Jen McGregor,Douglas Bruton

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Novella Express #2

By: Carole Hamilton,Jen McGregor,Douglas Bruton

Edition #2 of Novella Express featuring: • The Hardest Winter by Carole Hamilton • Heaven Burns by Jen McGregor • Just Like Him To Die by Douglas Bruton Novella Express is a book series publishing novellas submitted from around the world. CONTRIBUTING TO EDITION #2: Carole Hamilton writes stories which often focus on individuals who live in the fringes of our society Jen McGregor is a playwright who specialises in using horror tropes to explore painful experiences, and will tell anyone who holds still long enough about her journey from gothic heroine to monster. Douglas Bruton has won many prizes for his short fiction. His children's novel, The Chess Piece Magician was published by Floris Books (2009); his literary fiction debut, Mrs Winchester's Gun Club, was published by Scotland Street Press (2019); and Blue Postcards, longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2022, was published by Fairlight Books (2021). THE NOVELLAS IN EDITION #2: THE HARDEST WINTER by Carole Hamilton The Hardest Winter by Carole Hamilton is a beautifully and realistically drawn novella, showing the hardships of farming life in Scotland today. Fiona and Drew live and work on a Scottish cattle farm. Beauty contrasts with the never ending chores and muck. Fiona is suffocated by the monotony of the endless tasks both in the farmhouse and outside. The continual preparation of meals, cleaning, feeding calves and helping with farm chores leaves her exhausted. Birth and death infiltrate her life till the harshest of winters with painful circumstances arrive. With this adversity there is always hope of a new future just as winter will always turn to spring. The ritual of the farming year, ploughing, planting and harvesting are linked to love, loss and new life. Fiona's life is caught in this exquisite and intricate web. HEAVEN BURNS by Jen McGregor Heaven Burns is a historical novella, dramatizing one of the most barbarous practices prevalent in Restoration Scotland. It is 1662 and Scotland suffers a scourge of witches. What else could explain the wars, the plagues, the storms? Runaway housewife Isobel has a duty to do, acting as clerk to John Dixon, the finest witchpricker in the country. She's sure it's what God wants her to do. She's sure she can keep her growing feelings for Dixon in check. When a stranger appears telling wild tales of stolen names and false identities, Isobel's loyalty is put to the test. Is the stranger telling her of a great wrong to be put right, or sent from Hell to thwart the witch hunts? JUST LIKE HIM TO DIE by Douglas Bruton Just Like Him To Die by Douglas Bruton tells of the last days of Dylan Thomas as he lies unconscious and dying far from his Welsh home in a hospital bed in New York's Saint Vincent Hospital. Dylan Thomas was a womanizer, a drunk, a bad husband, parent and friend, but Just Like Him To Die makes an effort to redeem him. In this new novella from Douglas Bruton, Dylan Thomas remembers ― albeit imperfectly ― episodes from his life which he transmutes these into gentle Under-Milk-Wood-like stories which are full of fun and word-play pyrotechnics. Weaving in and out of the poet's thoughts and recollections are the voices of those gathered around him at the end. At the poet's death, everyone forgives Dylan Thomas his failings and remembers only the soft and the warm and the good things about him. Just Like Him To Die is subtitled 'a short novel for voices' which mirrors the subtitle for Under Milk Wood: (a play for voices)

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1914090543

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Heaven Burns

By: Jen McGregor

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Heaven Burns

By: Jen McGregor

Heaven Burns is a historical novella, dramatising one of the most barbarous practices prevalent in Restoration Scotland. It is 1662 and Scotland suffers a scourge of witches. What else could explain the wars, the plagues, the storms? Runaway housewife Isobel has a duty to do, acting as clerk to John Dixon, the finest witchpricker in the country. She's sure it's what God wants her to do. She's sure she can keep her growing feelings for Dixon in check. When a stranger appears telling wild tales of stolen names and false identities, Isobel's loyalty is put to the test. Is the stranger telling her of a great wrong to be put right, or sent from Hell to thwart the witch hunts? * The background to Heaven Burns is very real. Research estimates that between 1590 and 1622, around 1,000 women may have been executed in Scotland for witchcraft, and many more tried. In Scotland, under the second King Charles, and especially after the passing of the 1649 Witchcraft Act, local religious leaders began hunt and execute witches. Once a woman had been accused of witchcraft, all that was needed by the local minister was a confession. Instead of a confession however, women could be condemned through the use of witchpricking. Just as it sounds, witch pricking was a vicious practice, which involved pricking accused women with various needles in order to obtain proof of witchcraft. The cover and interior illustrations of Heaven Burns show an imaginative rendering of some of the witchpricker's accoutrements and chattels As well as being brutally drawn in places, Heaven Burns is also a story of passion. It is excellently researched, for anyone interested in historical fiction, especially around the period of Scottish witch hunting.

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1914090691

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Homeland Security and Private Sector Business

Corporations' Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Second Edition

By: Chi-Jen Lee,Cheng-Hsiung Lu,Lucia H. Lee

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Homeland Security and Private Sector Business

Corporations' Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Second Edition

By: Chi-Jen Lee,Cheng-Hsiung Lu,Lucia H. Lee

Addressing mandates and legislation introduced since the first edition, this new edition of an essential text identifies the role the private sector plays in securing our homeland and offers strategies to aid in the fight against national and international threats. It includes updates to the NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan), new case studies of both proper security policies and procedures in practice versus costly security breaches, a toolkit for improving a company‘s security posture, and new measures to assess and address vulnerabilities and threats.

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CRC Press

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148224859X

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Building Literacy Through Pop Culture in the ELA Classroom

Strategies for English in High School and College

By: Jen McConnel

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Building Literacy Through Pop Culture in the ELA Classroom

Strategies for English in High School and College

By: Jen McConnel

Designed to support English-teaching faculty across high schools and universities, this practical guide presents novel ideas for integrating pop culture into ELA classroom instruction. By establishing a theoretical framework rooted in critical and digital literacies, this book provides a solid foundation for preservice and college teachers to tap into the pop culture that inspires and engages students and teachers alike. Enacting as an essential text for courses in literature instruction and ELA methods, McConnel offers strategies and research-based tools to blend film, fanfiction, and other popular multimodal texts in ways that will reenergize the curriculum, meet standards-based goals, and motivate students. Building Literacy Through Pop Culture in the ELA Classroom is an innovative textbook that belongs on the shelves of current and aspiring English instructors.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040216439

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Trivia Why's, Volume 1

By: Robert Jen

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Trivia Why's, Volume 1

By: Robert Jen

More than 2,000 questions with short answers are each accompanied by a related factoid in this excellent supplement to trivia board games. Answers are hidden from view while the questions are being read. Updates and corrections will be posted to the triviawhys.com web site.

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Sebesta Enterprises, Inc.

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0974900362

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Digital Futures for Learning

Speculative Methods and Pedagogies

By: Jen Ross

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Digital Futures for Learning

Speculative Methods and Pedagogies

By: Jen Ross

Digital Futures for Learning offers a methodological and pedagogical way forward for researchers and educators who want to work imaginatively with "what’s next" in higher education and informal learning. Today’s debates around technological transformations of social, cultural and educational spaces and practices need to be informed by a more critical understanding of how visions of the future of learning are made and used, and how they come to be seen as desirable, inevitable or impossible. Integrating innovative methods, key research findings, engaging theories and creative pedagogies across multiple disciplines, this book argues for and explores speculative approaches to researching and analysing post-compulsory and informal learning futures – where we are, where we might go and how to get there.

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1000770230

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Remote Virtue

A Christian Guide to Intentional Media Viewing

By: Jen Letherer

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Remote Virtue

A Christian Guide to Intentional Media Viewing

By: Jen Letherer

This introduction to media literacy from a Christian perspective provides the tools to find and assess the beneficial—or harmful—ideologies depicted in notable films, programs, and trends. Television and movies shape popular culture, with audiences often unaware of how media messages influence the way they think, act, and view the world. In this enlightening guide, author Jen Letherer interprets film and television shows from a Christian standpoint, revealing how beliefs and values portrayed on the big and small screens often impact the moral conduct of daily viewers. This book provides the tools for Christians to discern the implicit and explicit messages found within this medium, and shows how motion pictures can improve or erode religious principles and a spiritual way of life. In a conversational tone, the work combines classic film theory, an assessment of story structure, and faith-based film criticism to delve into meaning and interpretations of popular movies and shows. Highlighted television programs include Top Chef, Modern Family, Downton Abbey, and The Walking Dead. The book also features films like Citizen Kane, Thelma and Louise, Star Wars, Inception, and The Hunger Games. This fascinating critique prompts media consumers to analyze the messages that their favorite broadcast programs send, consider if those messages are in line with their own values, and align their viewing choices with their personal beliefs.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The Bookshop Book

By: Jen Campbell

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The Bookshop Book

By: Jen Campbell

Every bookshop has a story We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops. Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that's invented the world's first antiquarian book vending machine. And that's just the beginning. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world. 'A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference' David Almond (The Bookshop Book includes interviews and quotes from David Almond, Ian Rankin, Tracy Chevalier, Audrey Niffenegger, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeanette Winterson and many, many others.)

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Constable

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1472116704

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No Place Like Home

By: Jen Calonita

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No Place Like Home

By: Jen Calonita

After her brilliant run on Broadway and surviving the harsh concrete jungle of New York City, seventeen-year-old Hollywood "It Girl" Kaitlin Burke is back in LA starring in a sitcom with her former-nemesis-now-BFF, Sky. The show is a huge success! In fact, maybe a little too huge, Kaitlin realizes, after a bad run-in with aggressive paparazzi that puts her boyfriend Austin in danger. Once again, she wishes that she could have a normal life. But what Kaitlin doesn't realize is that her Hollywood life has had a positive influence on just about everyone she loves, and it takes a minor car accident and a nasty concussion to truly grasp how lucky she is. In Jen Calonita's sixth and final Secrets of My Hollywood Life novel, Kaitlin learns at last about the price of fame, the unending upside of friendship, and that there really is no place like home - even if it's Tinseltown.

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Poppy

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0316122874

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The Camping Bible

The Complete Guide to Life Under Canvas

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

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The Camping Bible

The Complete Guide to Life Under Canvas

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

Slow down. Simplify. Sleep with your ear to the earth. This is the ultimate guide to the art and joy of living outdoors, under canvas. Whether it's a fast-and-light backpacking adventure, a sea kayak safari, a family camping trip, or simply living and cooking outside in your garden, camping can do it all. Offering an escape from the stresses of everyday life, the art of camping lies in living simply, well. It's about paring back our busy, hyperconnected modern lives and embracing the many joys of living more slowly and connecting more meaningfully. The Camping Bible is the complete reference for newcomers and lifelong campers alike. Discover new adventures and clever hacks for Proper Camping, sleeping close to the earth in a shelter of stretched fabric held taught by pegs and guy lines, surrounded by the sounds of nature. It includes: - a complete introduction for beginners: tent selection; pitching tips; setting up portable kitchens - family-friendly advice: making the tent a home; entertaining kids in bad weather - glamping with bell tents and tipis: how to create a luxurious experience - ideas and advice for seasoned campers: 'The Art of the Tarp', camp cookery; sustainability Written by passionate and highly experienced outdoor experts, The Camping Bible is packed with wisdom, step-by-step instructions, tried-and-tested advice, top tips, recommended gear, adventure ideas, and beautiful photography and illustrations.

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1844866297

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Secrets of My Hollywood Life

By: Jen Calonita

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Secrets of My Hollywood Life

By: Jen Calonita

For fans of The Princess Diaries and Famous in Love, an engrossing look behind the velvet ropes of stardom from a former Teen People Senior Editor who has seen it all. What if your picture was taped inside teenage boys' lockers across America, your closets were bursting with never-worn designer clothing, and the tabloids constantly asked whether you were losing your "good girl" status? It's a glamorous life, but 16-year-old Kaitlin Burke, co-star of one of the hottest shows on TV, is exhausted from the pressures of her fame. So she decides to spend two months undercover as an ordinary high school student. But could it be that real life high school is just as harsh as cutthroat Hollywood?? Don't miss the first book in the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series from Jen Calonita, author of the Fairy Tale Reform School series.

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Poppy

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0316049263

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9780316049269

Fundraising Principles and Practice

By: Adrian Sargeant,Jen Shang

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Fundraising Principles and Practice

By: Adrian Sargeant,Jen Shang

Adopt an organized approach to fundraising planning In it’s third edition Fundraising Principles and Practice is a unique resource for students and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of fundraising in the current nonprofit environment. Based on emerging research in economics, psychology, social psychology, and sociology, this book comprehensively analyzes the factors that impact the fundraising role in the nonprofit sector. Readers will explore donor behavior, decision making, and social influences on giving. Building upon that background, authors Adrian Sargeant and Jen Shang then describe today's fundraising methods, tools, and practices. A robust planning framework helps you set objectives, formulate strategies, create a budget, schedule, and monitor activities, with in-depth guidance on assessing and fine-tuning your approach. With updated case studies and examples, this book helps you develop a concrete understanding of the theory and principles of fundraising. A companion website offers additional opportunity to deepen your learning and assess your knowledge. Updates to this Third Edition include the latest research and new content in rapidly changing areas of fundraising, such as digital and social media. Learn the common behaviors and motivations of donors Master the tools and practices of nonprofit fundraising Manage volunteers, monitor progress, evaluate events, and more Fundraising Principles and Practice provides working nonprofit professionals, as well as postgraduate students studying fundraising, with a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the field, including in-depth coverage of today's most effective approaches.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394190263

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9781394190263

Smart Running

The ultimate guide to becoming a fitter, stronger, more confident runner

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

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Smart Running

The ultimate guide to becoming a fitter, stronger, more confident runner

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

Have you ever wondered about the secret to becoming a better runner? Has your training plateaued and you don't know why? Do you keep getting injured or are you struggling to get back into running after some time out? Have you done a few shorter races but want to progress up to a marathon? Smart Running by Jen and Sim Benson will cut through the jargon and answer all your running questions, helping you to become a fitter, faster and stronger runner. Jen and Sim delve into the science of physiology, psychology, training and nutrition before carefully and clearly explaining how to build yourself a bespoke and customisable training plan – one that moulds around your life and will help you smash your running goals. Thorough workout descriptions are included, so you'll be confident in your training and get the results you're after. The science behind recovery, hydration, and strength and conditioning work is explained, along with how to choose the best and most sustainable kit for your adventures. Tips for race-day nerves, psychological skills to help your running, how to prevent and deal with injuries, running in the heat and cold, and finding the best routes are all covered, along with specific considerations for female and older runners.

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Vertebrate Publishing

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1839812117

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As If!

The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew

By: Jen Chaney

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As If!

The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew

By: Jen Chaney

Will we ever get tired of watching Cher navigate Beverly Hills high school and discover true love in the movie Clueless? As if! Written by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, Clueless is an enduring comedy classic that remains one of the most streamed movies on Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes even twenty years after its release. Inspired by Jane Austen's Emma, Clueless is an everlasting pop culture staple. In the first book of its kind, Jen Chaney has compiled an oral history of the making of this iconic film using recollections and insights collected from key cast and crew members involved in the making of this endlessly quotable, ahead-of-its-time production. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Emma influenced Heckerling to write the script, how the stars were cast into each of their roles, what was involved in creating the costumes, sets, and soundtrack, and much more" --

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Simon and Schuster

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1476799083

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9781476799087

Short Runs in Beautiful Places

100 Spectacular Routes

By: Jen and Sim Benson

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Short Runs in Beautiful Places

100 Spectacular Routes

By: Jen and Sim Benson

From ancient woodland to wildflower blanketed meadows, lace up your trainers and explore the British countryside in 100 short runs. Following on from the National Trust's bestselling walks books, this has 100 short runs at NT properties and places around Britain. The routes travel through beautiful countryside of all kinds, from ancient woodland and meadows studded with wildflowers to rugged headlands with uninterrupted views of the sea. The runs are ideal for beginners as well as experienced runners looking for a more relaxed route. They range from 1 to 10 miles, with the vast majority being 6 miles (10k) max. Information on terrain and facilities is included, as are interesting points of history and natural history to look out for. The book also includes a section on training, gear and avoiding and dealing with injuries for beginners.

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National Trust

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1911657186

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The Wild Year

a story of homelessness, perseverance and hope

By: Jen Benson

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The Wild Year

a story of homelessness, perseverance and hope

By: Jen Benson

This book tells the uplifting true story of a family who left their old life behind to spend a year living wild in a tent around Britain. With a baby and a toddler, mounting debt, work demands and stress trampling over their desire to spend time together as a family in nature, Jen and Sim Benson move out of their rented accommodation, sell up their possessions and decide to live in a tent for a year as nomads around rural Britain. This is the story of that year – the highs and the lows – the doubts, epiphanies and the weather. Detailing one family's search for a life in the wild, away from the screens and stresses of modern life, this captivating memoir is a must read for nature lovers or anyone who has dreamed of a life outdoors. It’s nature writ large with the joys and challenges of each season experienced under canvas, a story of ultimate freedom in the beautiful landscapes of Britain.

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Aurum

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0711267324

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9780711267329

Cardiac Imaging

By: Charles S. White,Linda B. Haramati,Joseph Jen-Sho Chen,Jeffrey M. Levsky

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Cardiac Imaging

By: Charles S. White,Linda B. Haramati,Joseph Jen-Sho Chen,Jeffrey M. Levsky

Based on the learning goals of the Society of Thoracic Radiology Curriculum in Cardiac Radiology, Cardiac Imaging presents core knowledge that must be learned to accurately and effectively interpret cardiac imaging studies. This book imparts essential facts about all imaging modalities and the basics of interpretation and technique in a concise and readable format. Part of the Rotations in Radiology series, this book offers a guided approach to imaging diagnosis. Each pathology is covered within a targeted discussion that reviews the definition, clinical features, anatomy and physiology, how to approach the image, what not to miss, differential diagnosis, clinical issues, key points, and key references. The book's manageable size is ideal for Residents' use during training on a specific rotation and for exam review, or as a quick refresher for the established Radiologist.

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Oxford University Press

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0199346488

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Heaven Burns

By: Jen McGregor

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By: Jen McGregor

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Leamington Books

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1914090691

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Haunted Voices

An Anthology of Gothic Storytelling from Scotland

By: Rebecca Wojturska

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Haunted Voices

An Anthology of Gothic Storytelling from Scotland

By: Rebecca Wojturska

Haunted Voices -- a bold and ambitious anthology in both text and audio -- showcases some of Scotland's best oral storytellers, from archived stories of past masters to the work of contemporary performers, and their most disturbing tales of terror.

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1916234720

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