An extensively illustrated surgical atlas from pioneers of the technique!In Wolfgang Koos' final work, a lifetime of experience in the surgical treatment of the acoustic neurinoma is presented in the style of the brilliantly successful Koos-Spetzler microneurosurgery series.Diagnosis is a strong point of this atlas, as surgical strategies are planned according to the anatomic location and growth pattern of these tumors.The preoperative cons...

Clinical cases are a key component in modern medical education, assisting the trainee or recertifying clinician to work through unusual cases using best practice techniques. Dermatology is an important discipline in this regard since it is a highly visual subject requiring the reader to describe often very subtle differences in the presentation of patients and define accurately the diagnostic and management criteria to base their clinical decision-making on. This is particularly the case i...

Face the challenge of change in the global agricultural trade market!This insightful book presents a comprehensive overview of the trade situation facing agriculture in the 21st century. This esteemed collection of the field?s foremost researchers evaluates anticipated changes to the agricultural trade market and the competitiveness of commodities and products resulting from existing and potential international policies. Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium provides an in-dept...

Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, offers critical inquiry into how identity is constructed, deconstructed, performed, and perceived on social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, and LinkedIn. The presentation of identity is key to success or failure in the Information Age, especially because SNSs are becoming the dominant form of communication among Internet users. The architecture of SNSs provide opportu...

The Sandman Stories by Koos Verkaik is an exciting collection of stories for the young ones. The stories will take you on an adventure with the Mighty Sandman, the magic gnome who travels around the world helping people with its magical sand. From kings to dragons, from raging knights to miserly innkeepers, from exhausted gatekeepers to timid mayors, from clowns to all sorts of animals, these stories will enable your children's imagination and keep them thoroughly entertained.

Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have fascinated South Africans for years. Now one of these elite soldiers has written a tell-all book about the extraordinary missions he embarked on and the nail-biting action he experienced in the Border War. Shortly after passing the infamously gruelling Special Forces selection course in the early 1980s, Koos Stadler joined the so-called Small Teams group at 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. This subunit was made...

"Arthur Croft, a great rocket engineer, will send a special capsule into space hoping that it will be intercepted by extraterrestrial creatures. Then he commits suicide! Croft and many others who deal with space travel strongly believe that UFO's arc a reality. Jasper Froch, an American hippie, learns how to control the phenomenon of synchronicity and finds out that all kinds of coincidences lead him in a certain direction. A Swiss psychiatrist asks Jasper to make friends with a special pa...

"In Silver and the Ghost Horse, Book 3 of Saladin series, Angie and her wonder horse Silver plunge into another dangerous adventure when a sly counselor and a giant soldier decide to destroy the camp of Robin Hood. The giant soldier, Buck Bains, and the counselor work with the evil Prince John to create a super army to find Angie, force her to bring them to the camp to arrest Robin Hood, and bring Angie and the two wonder horses, Saladin and Silver to the Prince."

"King Clover is in a merry mood. His three sons, the giants Prime, Dozen and Ruff Rumble are allowed to make a wish. They all want to go to the… mysterious Downhills! Giants and humans are not allowed to go there. One should leave all monsters and dragons in peace. But the King decides to make an exception for his sons. “My will is law! Halo the magician will see to it that you get there!” Of course, the three giants turn the Downhills upside down – and Alex and Ludo the wolpertinger have ...

In the fog-choked town of Nordholm, immortal detective Finn Parker uncovers a conspiracy that’s claimed lives for a decade. Two cops are dead—one framed, the other with a past that won’t stay buried.Teaming up with billionaire Leon Chase, Finn begins to unravel hidden ties to a long-forgotten incident—one that may hold the key to everything.As the mist thickens and unseen eyes watch from the dark, Finn must rely on four thousand years of wisdom to uncover a truth that refus...

It is a rough time in England, where Prince John sits temporarily on the throne of his brother, Richard the Lionhearted. When Angie, a poor Saxon girl, who takes care of the horses for Lord Baltimore, attempts to save her beloved colt, Silver, she is plunged into a series of wild adventures as she tries to keep a colt out of the greedy hands of the prince. While on the run, she meets a mysterious knight who grants her his horse - Saladin, a magical black stallion from a faraway, unknown co...

"Alex travels through the mysterious Downhills, in the company of Shabby Tabby Chum the cat, Spark the daredragon and of course… Ludo the wolpertinger! On their way to magician Fabulus, they run into the most miraculous creatures! Dragons and monsters, but also dangerous groundrats and airmice…Polar Pots, a kingfisher, flies our friend to the land of the dwarfs. When Alex finally meets Fabulus, the magician tells him that he has to make this journey one more time.He has to br...