the increasing prevalence of robotic surgery for these procedures. The Atlas offers an essential guide for practitioners and trainees, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgeons, and experienced esophageal surgeons who are preparing to change to minimal invasive techniques for the management of esophageal carcinoma.

There are approximately 150 million people of African descent in Latin America yet Afro-descendants have been consistently marginalized as undesirable elements of the society. Latin America has nevertheless long prided itself on its absence of U.S.-styled state-mandated Jim Crow racial segregation laws. This book disrupts the traditional narrative of Latin America\'s legally benign racial past by comprehensively

In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the People as described in the traditional stories of W sashk c hk, or Elder Brother, that outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship

EAN: 9780802839855Schlinder David L.William B Eerdmans Pub Co

bStrengthen your core and boost your confidence with 5-minute exercise routines for seniors b pHaving a strong core can improve mobility, reduce aches and pains, prevent falls, and build everyday confidence. i5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniorsi makes it easy to incorporate daily exercise for seniors, with a collection of 40 individual movements and 25 quick routines for strengthening the major core

EAN: 9784895854443Zemach DorothyMacmillan Education 2002

This pioneering volume illuminates the practice of giving, endowing and exchanging gifts in the early Middle Ages, from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world. Focusing especially on the language associated with medieval gift giving, this important new work examines how people visualized and thought about gift giving and, importantly, how they distinguished between the giving of gifts and other social,

Joseph went through it for 15 years. David went through it for 20 years. Jesus went through it for 30 years. What is it THE PROCESS OF PURPOSE. Once we realize that God has an incredible plan for our lives, we must understand the journey of purpose and the stages we go through to obtain it. There are essential tools that we need to survive the journey of purpose and achieve that which God has intended

This updated and augmented third edition of this landmark encyclopedia contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics adorned with full color pictures. This unique reference

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EAN: 9781480948631O\'Brien JohnDorrance Pub Co Inc

This book sets out to correct received accounts of the emergence of art history as a masculine field. It investigates the importance of female writers from Anna Jameson, Elizabeth Eastlake and George Eliot to Alice Meynell, Vernon Lee and Michael Field in developing a discourse of art notable for its complexity and cultural power, its increasing professionalism and reach, and its integration with other

pAfter a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980 In this

bb pbBetween the betrayals, lies, and relentless body drops, everything is on the line in national bestselling author and urban lit superstar Kiki Swinson\'s explosive new series set in South Beach and featuring the gritty, fierce, unforgettable Kira from Swinson\'s bestselling Wifey novels . . .bbrb bbrb bbrKira\'s every icy instinct told her that killing her father would finally get the heat off

EAN: 9781628082463Nova Science Publishers Inc 2013

Young readers who love a swashbuckling yarn will be captivated by iThe Dark Frigate, i winner of the 1924 Newbery Medal as the year\'s most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Abounding in intrigue, battles, and acts of derring-do, the story takes place in the 17th century and charts a course from England to the Caribbean. The hero, Philip Marsham, lost his mother at an

EAN: 9780985621520Lickel Lisa J.Lightning Source Inc

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...Roxy is a hot, sexy woman unmatched with a gun... Roxanne Louise Doyle, Roxy is Lady Gunsmith, the daughter of Gavin Doyle. The early legend of Roxy Doyle begins when her mother is killed on a wagon train, leaving her father to raise and care for his little girl. Before her father disappears, he leaves his daughter to be raised by a Mormon family. At age fifteen, Roxy leaves her foster family to

An introduction to one of the most powerful psychological techniques available today and how you can use it to make positive changes in your life. pIn this book, leading life coach, therapist, presenter and bestselling author Ali Campbell explains how all our behaviour is a product of our state of mind. He presents techniques for making small changes on the inside that will make huge differences on