It's a doctor's duty to "do no harm," but in a world where healthcare is completely in the hands of the government, meet physicians whose main mission is taking life instead of giving it. Lieutenant Jaye Osgood is lucky to have a good government job. It offers him and his family of five all the comforts of a good life: security, money and access. Until now he had never questioned the tasks he carried out for the Ministry of Health: missions that tore families apart-all in the name of the g...

Due to its high impact on the cost of electricity and its direct correlation with customer satisfaction, distribution reliability continues to be one of the most important topics in the electric power industry. Continuing in the unique tradition of the bestselling first edition, Electric Power Distribution Reliability, Second Edition consolidates all pertinent topics on electric power distribution into one comprehensive volume balancing theory, practical knowledge, and rea...

It is no longer acceptable for utility engineers to make spending decisions solely because they make good engineering sense. In today’s environment, they must also demonstrate solid business acumen and show that recommendations make good business sense. With this goal in mind, Business Essentials for Utility Engineers systematically presents each business topic to arm engineers with the tools and vocabulary necessary to be more effective when interacting with senior manage...

'Ranger UP' gives the reader a behind the scene glimpse into the real life adventures of our multi-talented National Park Rangers that work in our parks across the U.S. This collection of true short stories includes high adventure incidents from all of the major disciplines of Protection Rangers which include Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, Fire and Emergency Management, while also providing the reader with advice on how to stay safe when visiting our Nation...

How does the brain regulate sexual behavior, or control our body weight? How do we cope with stress? Addressing these questions and many more besides, this thoroughly revised new edition reflects the significant advances that have been made in the study of neuroendocrinology over the last twenty years. The text examines the importance of the hypothalamus in regulating hormone secretion from the endocrine glands, describing novel sites of hormone release including bone, heart, skeletal musc...

In his writing, Purpose Passion & Pursuit, Peter E. Donaldson intelligently and quite eloquently stirs the nest of complacency and challenges us to make the rest the best: You are worth as much as you think you are worth. So why devalue yourself? In Chapter 5, Puzzle Pieces, he explores the concept and understanding of purpose by examining three rudiments being: Origin, Process, and Time. In this section, he brilliantly unfolds the truth that our purpose has everything to do with Gods divi...

When her parents have to take a trip to California, spoiled New York City girl Hildegarde Graham is sent to stay with her mother's old nurse in the country where she learns the value of simplicity, kindness, and a more democratic sensibility.

Although Slavery in The United States ended with the end of The Civil War, a new type of bondage developed to reinforce the old status quo and the caste order. Consequently, freedom did not truly occur in The United States until after the work of Civil Rights Activist, DR. Martin Luther King Jr., had been fi rmly entrenched with-in the society. Reinforcing the values of The Civil Rights Movement was the election to The Presidency of Barak Obama. The irony of the Barak Obama win, however, i...

Sliced Up Press is delighted to present its debut anthology, featuring sixteen sweetly sinister stories.Grab your fork and dig in to tales of tiered cakes and teary eyes, plump currants and sinister undercurrents, all-consuming hunger and bizarre gluttony. There's something for all tastes here, though you might think twice before ordering dessert...With all-new fiction from:Tiffany Michelle BrownV CastroBelinda FergusonDougla...

The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain MeadowsPublished in 2008, Massacre at Mountain Meadows was a bombshell of a book, revealing the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history, when settlers in southwestern Utah slaughtered more than 100 members of a California-bound wagon train in1857. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown examine the aftermath of this atrocity.Vengeance...

The Masters of Murder Mystery - Max Pemberton Edition gathers the author's contributions to late-Victorian and Edwardian crime fiction, where sensation, adventure, and detection meet in polished journalistic prose. Pemberton's mysteries often move through drawing rooms, laboratories, foreign capitals, and criminal underworlds, combining brisk plotting with an eye for social detail. His style is lucid, urbane, and dramatic, standing between the sensational inheritance of Wilkie Collins and ...

This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biology of ladybirds and their parasites, focusing on ecology in an evolutionary context. It provides the latest information, coverage of recent additions to the British list including the harlequin ladybird, and makes suggestions for further research, both short and long term, highlighting gaps in knowledge and showing readers how to get involved with recording and studying l...