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The Twinless Twin

A tale of bereavement and enlightenment for those who have lost their twin...

by J. H. Lutz ...

Many wonderful books have been written for children on the death of a family member, but this is the first of its kind to be written for twins who have lost their other half. Often, the surviving twin feels lonely and abandoned without understanding why. In some cases, the family isn't even aware of the trauma that the survivor faces. This precious story tells about one identical twin and what she ... Read more

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Many wonderful books have been written for children on the death of a family member, but this is the first of its kind to be written for twins who have lost their other half. Often, the surviving twin feels lonely and abandoned without understanding why. In some cases, the family isn't even aware of the trauma that the survivor faces. This precious story tells about one identical twin and what she
... Read more
Manual of Ultrasound

Translated by T.C. Telger, W.E. Pohl ...

by H. Lutz, R. Meudt ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Building upon scientific discoveries of past years, B-scan ultrasonography has become a widely accepted diagnostic procedure that has assumed particular importance in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, and urology. The early and liberal use of the method, even for outpatients and in outlying hospitals, is in accordance with the safety and the relatively low costs of ... Read more

$80.09 USD

Building upon scientific discoveries of past years, B-scan ultrasonography has become a widely accepted diagnostic procedure that has assumed particular importance in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, and urology. The early and liberal use of the method, even for outpatients and in outlying hospitals, is in accordance with the safety and the relatively low costs of
... Read more
Faces of Resistance

Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity

by S. Ashley Kistler, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Allen J. Christenson, Stephanie J. Litka, Christopher H. Lutz, Judith M. Maxwell, Betsy Konefal, W. George Lovell, Abigail E Adams, Ixnal Ambrocia Cuma Chávez0, Kevin Young1, David Carey Jr.2 ...

Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and powerIn the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community in peace to protect his people from almost certain violence. Today, he is revered as a powerful symbol of Q ... Read more

$39.59 USD

Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and powerIn the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community in peace to protect his people from almost certain violence. Today, he is revered as a powerful symbol of Q
... Read more
“Strange Lands and Different Peoples”

Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala

by W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer, William R. Swezey ...

Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took ... Read more

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Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took
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Strike Fear in the Land

Pedro de Alvarado and the Conquest of Guatemala, 1520–1541

by W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer ...

Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is long overdue, one that calls for us to reconsider events and circumstances in the light of not only ... Read more

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The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is long overdue, one that calls for us to reconsider events and circumstances in the light of not only
... Read more
Philosophy and Poetry

Continental Perspectives

by Ranjan Ghosh, Lutz Koepnick, Cecilia Sjöholm, Jean-Michel Rabaté, François Noudelmann, Daniel O'Hara, Raoul Moati, Claire Colebrook, Bruno Bosteels, Jean-Philippe Deranty, Dean of School of Humanities Georges Van Den Abbeele, Professor of English Roland Vegso, Professor of Philosophy James Risser, Lecturer Thomas H. Ford, Ph.D. Daniel Rosenberg Nutters, Professor of Philosophy Galen Johnson, Professor of French & Gender Studies Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Professor Emeritus of Literature Leslie Hill, Head of French Department Ian James, Senior Lecturer in English Carol M. Bove, Justin Clemens ...

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical ... Read more

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Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical
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Philosophy and Poetry

Continental Perspectives

by Ranjan Ghosh, Ranjan Ghosh, Lutz Koepnick, Cecilia Sjöholm, Jean-Michel Rabaté, François Noudelmann, Daniel O'Hara, Raoul Moati, Claire Colebrook, Bruno Bosteels, Jean-Philippe Deranty0, Dean of School of Humanities Georges Van Den Abbeele1, Professor of English Roland Vegso2, Professor of Philosophy James Risser3, Lecturer Thomas H. Ford4, Ph.D. Daniel Rosenberg Nutters5, Professor of Philosophy Galen Johnson6, Professor of French & Gender Studies Anne Emmanuelle Berger7, Professor Emeritus of Literature Leslie Hill8, Head of French Department Ian James9, Senior Lecturer in English Carol M. Bove0, Justin Clemens1 ...

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical
... Read more
How To Start A Fire

by Lisa Lutz ...

Three college women are united by a single night that shaped them all in a novel that will "keep you captivated from beginning to end" ( Town & Country )."Whip smart and cunning, deeply funny and profoundly moving . . . A knockout." — New York Times– bestselling author Megan AbbottWhen college roommates Anna and Kate find Georgiana passed out on a lawn, th... ... Read more

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Three college women are united by a single night that shaped them all in a novel that will "keep you captivated from beginning to end" ( Town & Country )."Whip smart and cunning, deeply funny and profoundly moving . . . A knockout." — New York Times– bestselling author Megan AbbottWhen college roommates Anna and Kate find Georgiana passed out on a lawn, th...
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The Honorable Traitors

by John Lutz ...

Series Book 1 - A Thomas Laker Thriller
The New York Times –bestselling author who "knows how to make you shiver" pits a legendary US spy against a cunning terrorist (Harlan Coben).She was once part of a famous Washington, DC, power couple. Now, she's been killed in an explosion that will bury her secrets with her. But Thomas Laker won't let that happen . . .On the books, the former college football player is an NSA consultant. Off of ... Read more

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The New York Times –bestselling author who "knows how to make you shiver" pits a legendary US spy against a cunning terrorist (Harlan Coben).She was once part of a famous Washington, DC, power couple. Now, she's been killed in an explosion that will bury her secrets with her. But Thomas Laker won't let that happen . . .On the books, the former college football player is an NSA consultant. Off of
... Read more
The Spellman Files

Document #1

by Lisa Lutz ...

Series Book 1 - The Spellman Series
From the award-winning author of The Accomplice and The Passenger comes the first novel in the Spellman Files series, featuring sharp-tongued private investigator Isabel “Izzy” Spellman—a quirky, rule-breaking PI with a talent for trouble and a family that’s even more dysfunctional than her clients.At twenty-eight, Izzy Spellman works for her parents’ San Francisco–based private investigation firm ... Read more

$13.99 USD

From the award-winning author of The Accomplice and The Passenger comes the first novel in the Spellman Files series, featuring sharp-tongued private investigator Isabel “Izzy” Spellman—a quirky, rule-breaking PI with a talent for trouble and a family that’s even more dysfunctional than her clients.At twenty-eight, Izzy Spellman works for her parents’ San Francisco–based private investigation firm
... Read more
Bonegrinder

by John Lutz ...

A suspense thriller set in the Ozarks from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Caller, who "knows how to make you shiver" (Harlan Coben).When the men find him, the boy's legs look like they were run through a wood-chipper. He's bleeding heavily and near death, but he still has strength to tell them of the monster that attacked him: a dark, massive creature that emerged from the ... Read more

$8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A suspense thriller set in the Ozarks from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Caller, who "knows how to make you shiver" (Harlan Coben).When the men find him, the boy's legs look like they were run through a wood-chipper. He's bleeding heavily and near death, but he still has strength to tell them of the monster that attacked him: a dark, massive creature that emerged from the
... Read more
Spellman Six

The Next Generation

by Lisa Lutz ...

Series series The Spellman Series
"Raymond Chandler meets Arrested Development. Zany, witty, and full of dark surprises, Lisa Lutz's novel is pure fun—and Izzy Spellman, PI, tops the list of 'Fictional Characters I'd Like to Meet for a Bourbon'"(Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl).Isabel Spellman, PI, is used to being followed, extorted, and questioned—all occupational hazards of working at her family’s ... Read more

$15.99 USD

"Raymond Chandler meets Arrested Development. Zany, witty, and full of dark surprises, Lisa Lutz's novel is pure fun—and Izzy Spellman, PI, tops the list of 'Fictional Characters I'd Like to Meet for a Bourbon'"(Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl).Isabel Spellman, PI, is used to being followed, extorted, and questioned—all occupational hazards of working at her family’s
... Read more

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