He is a brilliant math professor, with a peculiar problem--since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper with a 10-year-old son who is hired to care for the professor. Between them, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms.
Tired of the stale ale, bland beer, and lackadaisical lagers mass-produced by the commercial lavels, people are discovering the many advantages of brewing their own batch of that beloved beverage. This volume's features include: updated data on liquid yeasts, which have become a hot topic for brewers; 30 recipes in each of the classic beer styles ...
Master of horror Stephen King has collected four chilling novellas here. "Secret Window, Secret Garden," in which a writer confronts a deadly antagonist who claims the writer has stolen his work, was made into a 2004 film (simply called SECRET WINDOW) starring Johnny Depp, and "The Langoliers," about an airplane trapped in a fragment of time, was ...
Whether you filed bankruptcy several years ago or last week, this book will show you how to make a dramatic and lasting recovery. Stephen Snyder and his wife, Michele, each had their Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharged in 1993. They were both so cash poor at the time that they had to borrow money from their families to file. Then, within six months ...
From Akutagawa Prize-winning author Ogawa comes a trio of novellas about love, motherhood, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures contain a hairline crack of cruel intent.
Originally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant renderings of Tokyo in the early years of modern Japan. Stephen Snyder offers the first English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrated as one of the most convincing and sensually ...
As two orphans grow up--one to become a pole vaulter, the other a rock star--their bizarre lives begin to spiral drastically out of control. Their strange circumstances, while alienating them from most people, bring them closer together as they hunt for the mothers they believe have abandoned them.
Green living begins at home, and "The New Green Home" tells you how. Most of the energy-derived pollution we produce comes as a direct result of our homes - how we heat them, how we cool them, how we keep them well lit and full of things that make our lives so comfortable. The good news is that we have tremendous power to create change. Renewable ...
You can establish mainstream credit after bankruptcy.in less than eight months. Whether you filed bankruptcy several years ago or last week, this book will show you how to make a dramatic and lasting recovery. Stephen Snyder and his wife, Michele, each had their Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharged in 1993. They were both so cash poor at the time that ...
Shiro Kikutani is released from jail at the age of 50, where he had been serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife--among other things. Overwhelmed by freedom, he tries desperately to lead a normal life, but is unable to feel remorse for his deeds, a situation that leads to further violence. This existential tale of crime, punishment, and ...
"The End of Inequality" takes a close look at Baker v. Carr, the pivotal Supreme Court case that established the right to equal representation in state legislatures for every American. Stephen Ansolabehere and James Snyder detail the history of 'one person, one vote' in American political theory and politics, and tell the story of the people - ...
The literary career of Nagai Kafu is generally seen as an act of nostalgia, the quintessential return to Japan in the form of a long search for the traditional past in a rapidly modernizing Tokyo. Kafu is best known as a lyrical writer of elegies to a vanished Tokyo, whose work is stylistically rich yet lacks intellectual depth. Rather than focus ...
This text surveys the accomplishments of Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo and other writers of the post-war generation, while looking further to examine the literary parameters of the "post-Oe" generation. It includes essays on Endo Shusaku, Hayashi Kyoko, Kanai Mieko, Kurahashi Yumiko, Murakami Haruki, Murakami Ryu, Nakagami Kenji, Oe Kenzaburo, ...
The literary career of Nagai Kafu is generally seen as an act of nostalgia, the quintessential return to Japan in the form of a long search for the traditional past in a rapidly modernizing Tokyo. Kafu is best known as a lyrical writer of elegies to a vanished Tokyo, whose work is stylistically rich yet lacks intellectual depth. Rather than focus ...
For the discriminating beer drinker, a guide to beers and the breweries that produce them, including history, tasting notes, and categories like Top Ten Holiday Beers and World's Strongest Beers.
Handbook of the Aging Brain brings together diverse scientific disciplines to cover the most recent research findings in an easy-to-read summary. Scientists and clinicians will find a wide spectrum of subjects including gerontology, neurology, psychology, molecular biology, and cellular biology. The book includes general chapters on the ...
This text presents practical applications of arthroscopic surgical techniques on the shoulder. The introductory chapters cover: the history and early development of arthroscopic procedures in general, with special application to the shoulder; the learning of shoulder arthroscopy; and basic shoulder arthroscopy set-up and equipment for the ...
A leading shoulder specialist in arthroscopic surgery authors this comprehensive teaching tool. Highly illustrated, it shows techniques procedurally in a step-by-step formatted approach. Topics covered include patient preparation and counseling for shoulder arthroscopy, operating room set-up and equipment needs, basic techniques needed for ...
Shoulder Arthroscopy and MRI Techniques is an authoritative text on the various techniques in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder joint. International experts in the field cover the whole spectrum of the state of the art. Clear and self-explanatory illustrations depict the operative procedures in a step-by-step manner. The authors communicate ...
Offering an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural examination of East Asian culture, these essays include readings of film, television and visual and literary texts which reflect the historical condition as well as the impulses driving East Asian culture today.
Narrated by an Italian companion of the Signore, this is the story of the charismatic and tragic warlord of Napoleonic ambition and complexity whose brilliant but short life changes Japanese history.
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