"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide range of subjects and different dis ciplines. The topics covered include surgical and investi...

"Carter's writing is on target." - Publishers WeeklyA curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when they're being charitable.After his wife's brutal murder in New York, and Gage himself is beaten nearly to death, the crippled private investigator retreats three thousand miles to the quaint coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. He spends the next five years in a convalescent stupor, content to bide ...

Rosie Thompson is an eighteen-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her. The Homecoming Dance is just one night away and she can already feel the weight of the crown upon her head. But when she leaves her home that Friday night, it's for the very last time. When her body is found in a park the next morning, a whole town is turned upside down and a family is torn apart.Fifteen years later, Olivia still hasn't moved on from her sister's murder. Not only does she still see the gh...

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward PinesThe first book in the AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series from an international bestselling author.AFTER: THE SHOCKA massive solar storm erases the world's technological infrastructure and kills billions. While the remaining humans are struggling to adapt and survive, they notice that some among them have...changed.Rachel Wheeler finds herself ...

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war.In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A br...

**Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe!**Discover the truth in book one of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty.The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives.Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually...

"Carter's writing is on target."—Publishers WeeklyFormer FBI agent Karen Pantelli lives by a simple philosophy: never, ever care. Three years after a tragic mistake ends her once-stellar career, she drifts from one dead-end job to another, quickly moving on when she finds herself getting too attached. A new city. A new life. A new way of forgetting and being forgotten.Until one chilly night behind a seedy bar, when a frightened girl leaps out of the back of...

**Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe!**Discover the truth in book six of Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.The Location: The home of the Elders.The Time: The last day of Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel's long existence.The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world...

“Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”—The Wall Street Journal“Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading.”—Atlanta MagazineA missing God.A library with the secrets to the universe.A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.Carolyn's n...

**From the #1 bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, two formidable men collide in this heartpounding thriller about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend—a doctor accused of murder."A brilliant courtroom chess match." —David Baldacci, #1 bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls"The king of legal thrillers." —Wall Street Journal**At eighty-five years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant def...

**Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe!**Discover the truth in book two of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.The Enemies: Dr. John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli.Their Plan: Steal the rest of what Nicholas Flamel has fought to protect.John Dee has the Book of Abraham the Mage, which means the world is on the brink of...

'If you haven't read it, you should' Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind'Fresh, original and engrossing' George R.R. Martin, the phenomenon behind A Game of ThronesLocke Lamora is a legend. But not under his own name.They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he has a hand in everythi...