This book provides a comprehensive overview of the physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical management, and future therapies for tricuspid valve disease. It is divided into two sections. The first section covers the basics of the tricuspid valve, including anatomy, epidemiology, and clinical diagnosis with individual chapters focused on hemodynamics, echocardiography, MRI, and CT assessment. The second section examines current treatments for tricuspid valve disease incl...

The night sky was supposed to offer a spectacle. Instead, it delivers something far more terrifying. When a long-predicted celestial event finally reveals itself, its arrival reshapes the planet in hours, not centuries. Cities choke under unbearable heat, the seas turn violent, and the careful order of modern life collapses without warning. Amid the destruction, survival becomes less about escape and more about endurance as the natural world itself turns hostile.As the catastrophe ...

Annja has been sent on many assignments for her cable television show, to exotic locations all around the globe, this time she is sent to investigate a mystery less than an hour's flight from her home in New York City.But what starts out as a straight forward assignment to find a mysterious French-Canadian Wolfman, quickly turns into a deadly treasure hunt for the missing Crown Jewels of Marie Antoinette and mythic Green Diamond.The discovery of a mysterious silver box in a...

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows wil...

Although the exciting military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing plenty of combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet...and steered it into a full-blown war. Now the lessons she learned in that trial by fire are about to pay off - because this time, the war has come to her. Someone has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire. In short...

William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone deliver a special holiday gift for devoted fans of the Jensen saga--a warmhearted story of burning revenge, blazing bullets, and other Jensen family traditions...Like most families, the Jensens gather together to celebrate the holidays. This year, since half the clan is scattered across the American West, they've decided to split the difference and meet up in Tucson. Matt and Luke will be there, for sure, and maybe Ace and Chance, too. That l...

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works---something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris---now closely watched by the Gestapo---is to send in a personal courier.Russian EmigrE Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take hi...

The Lord Protector of Portland has continued to press his rule into every corner of the Willamette. Both Juniper and Havel know that war is coming, but their allies in the Free-state of Corvallis are less convinced.Sir Nigel continues his escape from mad King Charles with the aid of his new found Tasmanian allies, having to out race the legendary sailing ship the Cutty Sark and battle pirates off the coast of Africa.Mike and Signe go undercover as horse-traders to break up ...

Labor organizer Padma Mehta is on the edge of space and the edge of burnout. All she wants is to buy out a little rum distillery and retire, but she's supposed to recruit 500 people to the Union before she can. She's only thirty-three short. So when a small-time con artist tells her about forty people ready to tumble down the space elevator to break free from her old bosses, she checks it out -- against her better judgment. It turns out, of course, it was all lies.As Padma should k...

"Stay the Hell out of Fort Worth."Those were the last words uttered by a dying man who was the boomtown's most recent sheriff. Rail-thin and half starved, desperate cowpuncher Jess Casey ignores the travel advice. Instead, Jess not only enters Fort Worth, he becomes the new sheriff, inheriting the body-riddled little slice of heaven called Hell's Half Acre, the wide-open, deadliest piece of real estate on the American frontier.Hell's Half Acre is home to Kurt Koenig and his...

"Take them to Texas, gentlemen!"In a day and age where reliance on cellphones, computers, cable and fast food is essential, how many people actually have the chance to step back in time to experience a bit of our Western heritage? Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!, a lighthearted, present-day yarn for the entire family, offers a unique glimpse into our Western history.Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only gran...

This full-cast musical audio play is based on Lisa Monde’s original musical of the same name, which in 2009 received a prestigious International Award “Musical Heart of Theatre” in the nomination “Creation of the Best Musical for Children”.In 2025, the talented cast of performers from New York present this new audiobook, which is musical, educational, and fun for children of all ages and grown-ups who are ready to experience the fairy tale magic once again!