Parigi. Rodolphe e Max, amici e artisti bohèmien, parlano di arte e di vita. Durante la conversazione, Max confessa di avere un'infatuazione per una donna, la signora Thillard-Ducornet. Si tratta della sua vicina di casa, una giovane vedova di un agente di cambio, annegato nella Senna. Successivamente, mentre passeggia in un parco, Max si imbatte in Clément, un amico di gioventù. Si stupisce nel trovarlo molto cambiato: è ben vestito, ma sembra nascondere qualcosa. Qualcosa che ha a che fare con il passato, forse, e che lui e la moglie cercano disperatamente di dimenticare... Ma la coscienza presenterà il conto a Clément e a sua moglie, prendendo le sembianze inquietanti del loro primogenito. 'L'omicidio di Pont-Rouge' è un libro dimenticato sia in Francia, dove è rimasto nell'ombra per molto tempo dopo il suo successo iniziale, sia in Italia, dove in realtà non è mai arrivato. Eppure, il romanzo ha probabilmente ispirato i più grandi autori francesi dell'Ottocento e non solo. Spesso, gli elementi reali e sovrannaturali si uniscono all'interno della stessa opera, motivo per il quale Barbara viene considerato come uno dei precursori del realismo magico.

This third edition of Barbara McPake and Charles Normand’s textbook confirms it as providing the only properly international treatment of health economics on the market. A key tenet of the book is its analysis of comparative health systems across borders, and the text has been updated and revised to take account of changes in a host of countries.

Barack Obama’s reforms in the United States are considered alongside the provision of healthcare in China, providing a unique overview of these different approaches. The introduction of performance related payment in various forms is appraised, with the experience of developing countries such as Cambodia, Rwanda and Uganda important in this regard.

An overview of the range of mathematical techniques available to perform economic evaluation in healthcare is also introduced, although the text avoids becoming too technical. In all, the text builds on the success of the first edition and provides the perfect introduction to the fast changing world of health economics.

This third edition of Barbara McPake and Charles Normand’s textbook confirms it as providing the only properly international treatment of health economics on the market. A key tenet of the book is its analysis of comparative health systems across borders, and the text has been updated and revised to take account of changes in a host of countries.

Barack Obama’s reforms in the United States are considered alongside the provision of healthcare in China, providing a unique overview of these different approaches. The introduction of performance related payment in various forms is appraised, with the experience of developing countries such as Cambodia, Rwanda and Uganda important in this regard.

An overview of the range of mathematical techniques available to perform economic evaluation in healthcare is also introduced, although the text avoids becoming too technical. In all, the text builds on the success of the first edition and provides the perfect introduction to the fast changing world of health economics.

James Baldwin in Turkey shares rarely seen photographs of James Baldwin in Turkey, taken by his friend Sedat Pakay. Piercingly intimate and beautifully candid, these images capture the vibrant world of acquaintances, friends, and collaborators Baldwin cultivated while living intermittently in Turkey from 1961 to 1971.

Following publication of Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin's literary star approached its peak during the turbulent 1960s. His burgeoning role as celebrity, prophet, and leader heaped an unsustainable amount of pressure and responsibility onto his slight frame in an American landscape that doubly punished Baldwin for being both black and gay, and he often turned to Turkey for sanctuary. Bearing Witness to Another Place includes essays by writers and scholars who use his sojourns to Turkey as a lens to understand Baldwin as a human being and his need for sanctuary in order to continue to bear witness to America's dream of racial equality.

Charles Johnson is the author of Middle Passage and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. Other contributors include Brian J. Carter, Michael S. Harper, Resat Kasaba, David Leeming, Howard Norman, Nancy Rawles, and Magdalena J. Zaborowska.

'Describes deadly bugs and what makes them dangerous'--Provided by publisher.

The third and final book in the Carbonel trilogy

“There are many kinds of magic...and once magic is in your blood it attracts more magic,” says the royal cat Carbonel at the start of Carbonel and Calidor. Sure enough, Carbonel's human friends Rosemary and John soon encounter magic in the form of a ring set with a fiery red stone that grants wishes to whoever wears it. And it's a lucky thing, too, because Carbonel needs Rosemary and John's help. It seems that his son Calidor has rejected his princely status for the love of a streetwise cat named Wellingtonia (also known as Dumpsie). Even worse, Calidor has apprenticed himself to the witch-in-training Mrs. Dibdin. With all this going on, it's just a matter of time before Carbonel's old nemesis Grisana—accompanied by her slyboots daughter Melissa—hatches a plan to take control of Carbonel's kingdom once and for all.

This third and final volume of the Carbonel series is as full of enchantment and adventure as its predecessors, Carbonel and The Kingdom of Carbonel. Read individually, or in sequence, Barbara Sleigh's fantastic and fantastical trilogy casts an unforgettable spell.

Doyle, Sullivan and Todd respectively serve as the research consultant, curator and vice president of the Middleton Place Foundation, and they have assembled this beautifully illustrated volume to document the preservation and history of this South Carolina plantation. Written for historians and general readers, this book is intended to be a companion piece for the actual exhibit and provides a history of several generations of the Middleton family as well as the African-American slaves who served them. A detailed list of all of the servants, including the price paid for them, is included. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'The Power of Humility is a remarkable book that presents profound tools for changing your life in simple, practical steps. . . . It will help us see the solutions that were there all the time, hidden from view by our own habits.'
-Bruce Greyson, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine

• Do you shy away from conflict?
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From four of America's top experts on emotional healing, spirituality and recovery, comes a new approach to solving the conflicts that cause us both physical and emotional stress. Bestselling author Charles Whitfield and three leading experts explain that having humility doesn't mean being a doormat or turning the other cheek - it's about being authentic, open and understanding.

Using case studies, cutting-edge clinical research and compelling narrative, they show you how to harness the power of humility in your own life—at home, at work and in your community. By doing so, you will be able to speak your mind, get things accomplished more harmoniously and feel more satisfied with yourself and your relationships.

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Although he was a successful businessman in Newark, Ohio, prior to the Civil War, Charles Dana Miller understood the necessity of leaving his business and his home to take part in one of the nation's most tragic conflicts. His account of what he saw, how he felt, and the hardships he endured as a soldier in the 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry are presented in The Struggle for the Life of the Republic.
Brevet Major Miller served as the regimental adjutant and rose in rank to captain. His experiences in the western theater are accurately and vividly detailed as he describes the hardships and routines of camp life and the battles from Fort Donelson to Jonesboro, providing political insight into the events of the times. This postwar memoir includes descriptions and impressions of such important leaders as Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman and detailed accounts of the Ohio 76th Volunteer Infantry and the Army of the Tennessee's movements. Miller's narrative provides a rare firsthand account, from the perspective of an officer, of the battle at Arkansas Post, an obscure engagement for which there is little documentation.
Miller's memoir is an important addition to Civil War history and a welcome primary source of knowledge on the war's western theater.

This Norton Critical Edition presents the work of one of America's foremost poets. It moves well beyond the scope of its predecessor, Adrienne Rich's Poetry (1975), in giving proper recognition to Rich's extraordinary achievements in both poetry and prose in recent years.

The result is a judiciously edited, sensibly annotated volume ideally suited for classroom study of one of our most distinguished working writers.

In both poetry and prose, the editors have chosen selections intended to give readers a clear sense of Rich's evolution and accomplishment. Many of the poems in this expanded collection are from Rich's five recent volumes--The Dream of a Common Language (1978), A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far (1981), Your Native Land, Your Life (1986), Time's Power: Poems 1985-1988 (1989), and An Atlas of the Difficult World (1991).

Prose selections include 'When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision,' Rich's canonical statement on feminism; 'Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence,' on being a lesbian in a heterosexual world; Rich's interview for American Poetry Review, which presents a full and frank discussion of her work; and her previously unpublished commentary on the genesis of the poem 'Yom Kippur 1984.'

The editors have also taken into account the many essays on Rich and reviews of her work that have been published since 1975.

Some earlier biographical selections have been replaced with works that focus on the quality of Rich's writing and her place in twentieth-century American literature--not just as a poet, but as a woman, a lesbian, and a mother.

Criticism includes thirteen reviews and interpretations of Rich's work by W. H. Auden, John Ashbery, Margaret Atwood, Helen Vendler, Judith McDaniel, Adrian Oktenberg, Charles Altieri, and Joanna Feit Diehl, among others.

A second recent study by Albert Gelpi traces the events in Rich's life from which her work evolves.

An updated Chronology and Selected Bibliography, as well as an expanded Index, are included.