Pursued by Bolivian security agents, Gonzalo Mamani, a Bolivian physician and spy for the CIA, and Paul Morgan, an authority on tuberculosis, and Gonzalo’s North American mentor, colleague, and friend, must elude pursuers to reach safety in the Peruvian coastal town of Salaverry within ten days. Leaving La Paz, Bolivia, they race around Lake Titicaca and across the intermountain Andean plateau to Huatahata, Copacabana, Tiawanacu, Puno, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and points in between. In their...

This is a study of changing attitudes—of patients, the medical community, and society in general—towards tuberculosis, over the course of a century and a half. As TB became better understood scientifically, treatment of the disease changed for the better, and the attitudes became more hopeful. This book illustrates these changing attitudes with the life stories and sample works of well-known writers—novelists, essayists, and poets. Not all of these writers had TB themselves, but they al...

Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom. In Small Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference—many of which can be put into practice in a single cla...

In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This collection presents the raw moments where his expertise in medical ethics and pediatrics are ...

A memoir for the bookish-inclined, using personal stories to demonstrate how books have a magical way to move a person from one stage of life to the next."This is a small gem of a book, tender, humble, loving." —Mary Gordon"Sweeney makes a charming companion, telling stories in joyful reflection." —Jeff Deutsch, author of In Praise of Good BookstoresFormer bookseller, longtime publisher, and author Jon M. S...

For most on Earth the war was over. For him, it's just beginning . . .Jake Adlar's goals in life were simple—possibly nonexistent. All he wanted was to fly a desk. Hence, he'd joined the Space Force, the service with the most extensive array of Earth-side clerical specialties.All he needed to make him happy was an office, a computer, his favorite coffee mug, and a never-ending pile of requisitions.Then a pretty woman came along. Perhaps a drink or t...

Magic doesn't exist, but something else does . . .Given the chance to at last snag the hot office assistant he's been after, Jake sets into motion a snowball of events that lead him to strange new worlds—some not of this realm—and to truths not meant to be discovered.With it, humanity dares to challenge the ancients.Now Earth's Legions must fight for all.

Branded a hero after the victory on Atlas, Jake Adlar is honored with a personal introduction to the Legion's Legate.Easy. What could possibly go wrong?Then he'd be free to confront the deranged, body-snatching Centurion in league with the Synths and save some lives.Meanwhile, the sleeks, who showed up as Earth's saviors only to make humanity their slaves, have enlisted the Legion's services in a mercenary gig.The Synths have broken their contract a...

The July/August 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Daniel H. Wilson, R.S.A. Garcia, Steph Kwiatkowski, Lee Mandelo, Natalia Theodoridou, Lavie Tidhar, and Vajra Chandrasekera. Reprint fiction by C.L. Polk. Essays by Del Sandeen, Lizbeth Myles, Suzanne Walker, and Natania Barron, poetry by Beth Cato, Emily Jiang, Sodïq Oyèkànmí, and Valerie Valdes, interviews with R.S.A. Garcia and Lee Mandel by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Elaine ...

Conversations about faith and work often miss an important truth: limitations are not a problem; they're a key part of what it means to be human. Work has always been part of humanity's purpose, but we’re no longer in the perfect Garden of Eden, nor are we in the future new heavens and new earth. To truly address the challenges of work, we need a new theological perspective.In Worth Doing, David Buschart and Ryan Tafilowski embrace the realities of limitations, challenging...

3D Bioprinting for Reconstructive Surgery: Techniques and Applications examines the combined use of materials, procedures and tools necessary for creating structural tissue constructs for reconstructive purposes. Offering a broad analysis of the field, the first set of chapters review the range of biomaterials which can be used to create 3D-printed tissue constructs. Part Two looks at the techniques needed to prepare biomaterials and biological materials for 3D printing, while the final se...

In Go Long, authors Dennis Carey, Brian Dumaine, Michael Useem, and Rodney Zemmel take you behind-the-scenes to witness the business decisions that are enabling leading organizations to outsmart and outlast the competition.● Why did CEO Larry Merlo allow CVS to take a 2 billion dollar hit—on purpose?● How did CEO Alan Mulally maneuver Ford's 48 billion dollar turnaround?● How did director Maggie Wilderotter and her fellow board members engage top management...