The 18th edition of this classic dermatology book, formerly published as Roxburgh's Common Skin Diseases, has been thoroughly revised and updated and continues to be an essential core text for the busy general practitioner and the dermatology trainee.Presented in a colourful, reader-friendly way with over 400 detailed illustrations, the text presen
This volume is a follow up to the account of the voyage of MOTLEY ONE to Antigua. On arrival the Hope family had to find a place to establish themselves to finance the continuation of their intended world cruise. They found a Hotel to use as a base, to take guests out for day sailing cruises, while living aboard their floating home. There were difficulties and near disasters but after a year they were ready to move on. After a tour through some of the Islands they ventured across to Panama, about to take on the challenge of the Pacific ocean.
Practical advice on procedures for examination, photography, microscopy, tissue culture and allergy testing, as well as the treatment procedures themselves.
This is not simply the story of a voyage. It is about the way of life assumed by a family because of a desire to sail the oceans. They learnt from questions asked by people taken sailing while working in Antigua, how difficult it is for those who live all their lives ashore to imagine how family life must be, travelling around the world in a small boat. Technologies for Navigation, Communication and Weather Information have changed dramatically since the Motley One crew made their voyage but the stresses and needs of family life afloat have not. These few pages will inform, enthuse and encourage readers to make their own journeys across the Oceans, in their own sailing homes. Much more will be available in the full story of MOTLEY ONE but this short collection of articles is surely a ' Must Read' for yachting families with an ambition to go Ocean Cruising
Have you ever thought about how to grow your fruits and veggies without taking up space? Do you think that all farming techniques except soil-based cultivation are expensive? This book is going to give you an answer. If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading Indeed! You can also grow your own fruit and vegetables, even when you don't have a large backyard. And no, no! You don't even have to spend lots of money setting up. For some time in our lives, we would like to depend on nature when it comes to growing various plants. It's got everything to do with the way our ancestors lived. They ate only what they've already captured or what they had grown. But, if you stay in an apartment that doesn't have a large yard, or if you have one, but you're not physically powerful enough to work in the field every day, there's a way to grow your own plants easily. The solution to this is HYDROPONICS. Hydroponics is a technique for cultivating plants in a soil-free system. Hydroponics system of cultivation is very easy and operate by connecting the roots of the plant to the nutrient solution diluted in water. With the chapters of this book, you will learn The difference between hydroponics and conventional farming The difference between hydroponics and aquaponics (no, they're not the same method) The different types of hydroponics. The basics of hydroponics Inorganic compounds and nutrient solutions and why use them How to create your own nutrient solutions How to set up your own hydroponics system Best plants to cultivate Benefits of Hydroponics How to sustain and manage your hydroponics system Have you ever thought about growing plants using this method and just given up because you felt it would be too difficult and expensive? Well, this book teaches you that hydroponics system of cultivation is pretty easy, and starting one doesn't require investing too much money. The beauty of hydroponics is the fact that it helps you to use your creativity. Plus, you'll be able to expand your produce all year round. That's going to save you a lot of time. Get going right now! Stop worrying, take ACTION, buy this book!
This book tells of the first part of the voyage the Hope family undertook aboard their sailing catamaran MOTLEY ONE. It covers their journey from England to Antigua. This is not simply the story of a voyage. It is about the way of life assumed by a family because of a desire to sail the oceans.They learnt from questions asked by people taken sailing while working in Antigua, how difficult it is for those who live all their lives ashore to imagine now family life must be, travelling around the world in a small boat. Technologies for Navigation, Communication and Weather Information have changed dramatically since the Motley One crew made their voyage but the stresses and needs of family life afloat have not. Much more will be told in the next book, recounting their experiences in the Caribbean and onward to Panama. The MOTLEY ONE story will inform, enthuse and encourage readers to make their own journeys across the Oceans, in their own sailing homes. and is surely a ' Must Read' for yachting families with an ambition to go Ocean Cruising After Panama came the Pacific voyage, to New Zealand, and then the author sailed home, single handed, non stop.
As a long-time fan of rock and a resident of Enid, Oklahoma, Richard Galbraith has attended countless concerts since the early ‘70s, and documented most of them with his photography. Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and Black Sabbath (among many others) have all passed through the lens of Mr. Galbraith. In his first-ever photo book, ‘Richard Galbraith Photography Presents KISS,’ the reader is offered a glimpse of almost every single major concert the masked quartet played in Oklahoma from 1976 through 1986 (close to 100 never-before-seen pix), along with notes from Richard. Get ready to rock!
Deals with the law that dictates who has the right to be housed, primarily through local authorities and housing associations, and subsequently their rights and duties as tenants, and their obligations with regard to repairs and improvements, and costs.
This fast-paced sequel to Smuggler's Blues is a harrowing and at times comical journey through the criminal justice system at the height of America's War on Plants. Captured in the lobby of the Sheraton Senator Hotel at LAX following a fifteen-year run smuggling marijuana and hashish as part of the hippie mafia, Richard Stratton began a new journey. Kingpin tells the story of the eight years that followed, through two federal trials and the underworld of the federal prison system, at a time when it was undergoing unprecedented expansion due to the War on Drugs. Stratton was shipped by bus from LA's notorious Glass House to jails and prisons across the country, a softening process known as diesel therapy. Resisting pressure to falsely implicate his friend and mentor, Norman Mailer, he was convicted in his second trial under the kingpin statute and sentenced to twenty-five years without the possibility of parole. While doing time in prisons from Manhattan's Criminal Hilton to rural Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and New York, he witnessed brutality as well as camaraderie, rampant trafficking of contraband, and crimes by both guards and convicts. He first learned the lessons of survival. Then he learned to prevail, becoming a jailhouse lawyer and winning the reversal of his kingpin sentence and eventual release. Kingpin includes cameos by Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, and John Gotti, and an account of the author's friendship with mafia don Joe Stassi, a legendary hitman from the early days of the mob who knew gangsters Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Abe Zwillman and has insights into the killing of Dutch Schultz and the Kennedy assassination. Kingpin is the second volume in Richard Stratton's trilogy, Remembrance of the War on Plants.
Nelson Algren was a renowned Chicago writer known for his social commentary and his novels like The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Although he continues to be remembered almost exclusively for his novels, this book aims to highlight the value and influence of his short form works. Before he died in 1981, Algren had amassed a genre-defying body of work, including short stories, articles, poems and book reviews. The present book features a comprehensive analysis and discussion of Algren's lost literature, including everything but his novels. One of the pieces covered is a masterpiece of race relations written in 1950, more than 60 years before the galvanization of the Black Lives Matter movement. Another is a scathing poem about Algren's transatlantic love affair with Simone de Beauvoir. Both items are reprinted in the book courtesy of the Algren estate. This book also includes references to Algren's works that have yet to be studied by Algren scholars.
William St. George is a tough-talking lobbyist for gun rights who hides a dark side from everyone but those in his inner circle. As a writer for the Socratic Rag, Matt Tyson wants nothing more than to peel back the man's slick veneer and reveal the naked truth. But moments after Tyson's interview with St. George begins, a bomb threat evacuates the building. It seems the journalist's one chance to get the dirt behind the world of guns and big money in America has just slipped through his fingers. Armed with a list of possible suspects who hate the NRA, FBI Agent Alex Martini immerses himself in the bomb threat investigation. But when a US Senator and a Supreme Court Justice are found murdered, it becomes evident that a radical anti-gun group and the NRA are embroiled in a vicious struggle that threatens the security of the nation. Even so, the real power may be in the hands of Tyson, whose drive to write a good story soon leads him into dangerous territory. In this political thriller, an FBI agent and an investigative reporter uncover a sinister plot involving the NRA, billionaire twins with a political agenda, and a maniacal West Coast lawyer--and only one of them will have the last word.
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