William Maples was a groundbreaking criminal anthropologist. From a skeleton, a skull, or a mere fragment of bone, he could deduce the age and sex of a corpse and the manner in which the victim met its death. Numerous brutal and vicious murders were solved through his skill in reading the bones of the dead. "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" reveals the ...
God demonstrated his creativity even in our personalities. People view events from different perspectives and presuppositions. Whether it is conflict resolution, goal achievement, or completing a specific task, a systems-sensitive leader will be able to recognize the differences in people and help them to work together toward common objectives. ...
In this memoir by one of the world's greatest forensic investigators, Maples shares his gift for reading tales written on the bones of the dead. Now he recalls his strangest cases, from baffling dismemberments to the identification of long-buried skeletons. Photos. The sole feature on 48 Hours Halloween week.
This anthology of German verse in English translation covers a period that includes perhaps two-thirds of the superlative poets of the German language. Here are 147 poems representing 27 poets from Matthias Claudius to Friedrich Nietzsche. The selection is representative, including both the universally known (Goethe, Schiller, Holderlin) and the ...
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and its gene products have a major impact on health and disease through their central role in the regulation of the immune response. While the MHC has evolved as part of the host's defense strategy to protect against infection with pathogenic microorganisms, its gene products also form the major targets ...
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