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The Ethics of Organ Transplants

Caplan, Arthur L. / Coelho, Daniel C.
The Ethics of Organ Transplants
No one argues the need for transplants. The debate centers on how to satisfy the great need for healthy organs. Advances in medical technology and science have made organ procurement, or the search and transfer of organs and tissue from one body to another, a very important issue. Since the demand for healthy organs far exceeds the supply, many questions enter this debate, blending medicine with politics, ethics, research, religion, and other ...

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Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period

Longenecker, Richard N.
Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi texts, and new Targums has left biblical scholars increasingly interested in the relationship between the New Testament and first-century Judaism. This critically acclaimed study by Richard Longenecker sheds fresh light on this relationship by exploring the methods the earliest Christians used to interpret the Old Testament. By comparing the first Christian writings with Jewish documents f...

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Embodied Image

Harrist, Robert E
Embodied Image
The Embodied image new perspectives on the beauty, offers power, and art of the written word in China. Containing many never-before-published masterpieces from the third century to the modern period, all from the premier John B. Elliott Collection, this volume accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition of Chinese calligraphy ever seen outside China.Whether brushed on silk, cast on bronze, or engraved in stone, Chinese calligraphy evokes the...

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Easy

Flint, Roland
Easy
The seventh book by the retired Georgetown professor advertises itself truthfully: it's easy-going, easily understood, and full of easy rhythms and rhymes. As the title poem about his happy marriage avers, "how / easy it is, the times like this, when it's simple." Flint's plain and folksy verse stays true to its humble intentions: in short-line forms, ballads, odes, and elegies, he records moments of joy. "Take the Moment: Thursday Aubade" rem...

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Discover Texas Dinosaurs

Finsley, Charles E / Langston, Wann
Discover Texas Dinosaurs
Go behind the scenes and into the vaults of Texas dinosaur study. Through photos and narrative, many of Texas' most dedicated scientists show you actual specimens of native and nonnative dinosaur material. This book features photos of the fossilized bones of Texas dinosaurs and the dinosaur exhibits in every major museum in Texas.

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Don's Nam

Rast, Franklin D.
Don's Nam
Don's Nam is a vivid first-person account of war in Vietnam centered around the daily activities of the Orient Express, it is a story unlike any other account of the war. Written from a diary, and documented with operational reports, eyewitness accounts, journals, and photos, Rast eloquently and passionately takes the reader on a gut-wrenching roller coaster ride of horror, courage, and sacrifice that the headlines and TV news never saw. It is...

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Don't Die of Embarrassment

Barrie, Barbara
Don't Die of Embarrassment
Building on the common wisdom that people are born with their personalities intact, Taylor Hartman offers an exciting tool for determining which motivators shape actions and feelings.

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The Density of the Present: Selected Writings

Gutierrez, Gustavo
The Density of the Present: Selected Writings
Part One includes reflections on Pope John Paul II's encyclical on work as well as an overview of a century of Catholic social teaching in relation to the "option for the poor." In Part Two, Gutierrez examines the journey of the church in Latin America, including the landmark bishops' meeting in Medellin, Colombia (1968), the more recent bishops' meeting in Santo Domingo (1992), the meaning of the fifth centenary of the conquest of the America...

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Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

Barry, Dave
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
TAKE YOUR TRAVEL TIPS FROM DAVE BARRY, A GUY WHO IS REALLY GONE! Complete with maps, histories, quaint local facts (France's National Underwear Changing Day is March 12), song lyrics, helpful hints on how to get through Customs (all insects must be spayed), and tidbits from Dave Barry's own fond vacation nightmares, DAVE BARRY'S ONLY TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED is just that. You'll find everything you need to know in this incredibly comprehe...

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Curing Cancer

Waldholz, Michael
Curing Cancer
Waldholz describes the search for the cause of cancer and the process of looking for a cure--including the science, the politics, and personalities that are shaping its course.

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Dark Nadir

Norman, Lisanne
Dark Nadir
The fifth book in Lisanne Norman's Sholan Alliance long-running science fiction series of alien contact and interspecies conflictThe world of Jalna had revealed many secrets to the Sholan-Human teams sent there on a rescue mission. They had discovered one of the methods Valtegans used to control other races, had learned how deceitful one of their own allies had been, and were about to begin negotiations for an alliance with several newly met r...

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Death at Rottingdean

Paige, Robin
Death at Rottingdean
For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of 100-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected of plying its illicit trades of the past. And with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, they're about to discover something rotten in Rottingdean.

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Roughnecks

Cochran, Thomas
Roughnecks
Once in a while you get a second chance. For Travis Cody this is one of those times. His team, the Oil Camp Roughnecks, is facing the Pineview Pelicans for the state championship. Travis will have forty-eight minutes head-to-head with rival Jericho Grooms. Forty-eight minutes to redeem himself for letting Grooms break him on the play that cost the Roughnecks an undefeated season. Forty-eight minutes to prove he isn't a quitter.

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Crewel World

Ferris, Monica
Crewel World
When Betsy's sister is murdered in her own needlecraft store, Betsy takes over the shop and the investigation. But to find the murderer, she'll have to put together a list of motives and suspects to figure out this killer's pattern of crime.

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