Subject(s): Mortenson, Greg -- Anecdotes | Taliban -- History | Girls' schools -- Afghanistan | Girls' schools -- Pakistan | Humanitarian assistance, American -- Afghanistan | Humanitarian assistance, American -- Pakistan | Peace-building -- Afghanistan | Peace-building -- Pakistan Summary: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg

Subject(s): Cardiac catheterization Summary: "The aim of this textbook is to provide the reader with a reference that is at the same time both clinical and practically oriented, covering interventional techniques of special interest, and focusing on those common problems/dilemmas that beset the cathlab operator. The primary goal is to descr

Subject(s): Married people -- Fiction | Pregnant women -- Fiction | North Carolina -- Fiction Summary: Jeremy Marsh is now living in Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, and awaiting the birth of their daughter, but, just when things are looking good, an unsettling and mysterious message brings trouble from the past.

Subject(s): Orphans -- Juvenile fiction -- Korea | Potters -- Juvenile fiction -- Korea | Korea -- Juvenile fiction -- History -- Koryo period, 935-1392 Summary: Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.

Subject(s): Functional foods | Vegetables in human nutrition | Fruit in human nutrition Summary: "While everyone knows fruits and vegetables are beneficial to good health, it's increasingly seen as important to know which ones can be effective in treating specific illnesses. Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health: Fruits and Vegetables bri

Subject(s): Brain -- Popular works | Neurosciences -- Popular works | Learning -- Popular works | Memory -- Popular works Summary: In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain

Subject(s): Crops and climate | Climatic changes | Crop yields | Food supply -- Environmental aspects Summary: Climate change is directly linked to the human activities, according to the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC (2007). In last two decades of 20th Century, accelerated anthropogenic activities pushed up the atmospheric abundance of green

Subject(s): Molecular virology | Virus diseases -- Molecular aspects Summary: "Viruses: Biology, Applications, and Control is a concise textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and is an updated and expanded version of the Second Edition of David Harper's Molecular Virology. Focusing on key mechanisms and developments,

Subject(s): Nanotechnology | Biotechnology Summary: "The impact and importance of nanotechnology continues to grow, and nanomedicine and biotechnology have become areas of increased development. Biomedical engineers who work with biological processes and structures must have a deeply rooted understanding of the role of bionanotechnology, a

Subject(s): Head -- Radiography | Neck -- Radiography Summary: "Written and edited by acknowledged masters in the field, this two-volume full-color text is the most comprehensive and current reference on head and neck radiology. It features more than 10,000 images and covers every disorder in every region of the head and neck. The first two