2004, ISBN: 9780393019568

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Ecco, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x1x9. Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overn… Más…

Ecco, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x1x9. Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more., Ecco, 2004, 5, Paperback / softback. New. &quot;Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,&quot; said Stamford, introducing us. &quot;How are you?&quot; he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. &quot;You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.&quot; &quot;How on earth did you know that?&quot; I asked in astonishment. &quot;Never mind,&quot; said he, chuckling to himself. At that first sight of Watson, Sherlock Holmes made brilliant deductions. But even he couldn't know that their meeting was inaugurating a friendship that would make himself and the good Doctor cultural icons, as popular as ever more than a century after their 1887 debut. Through four novels and fifty-six stories, Arthur Conan Doyle led the pair through dramatic adventures that continue to thrill readers today, offering an unmatched combination of skillful plotting, period detail, humor, and distinctive characters. For a Holmes fan, there are few pleasures comparable to returning to his richly imagined world--the gaslit streets of Victorian London, the companionable clutter of 221B Baker Street, the reliable fuddlement (and nerves of steel) of Watson, the perverse genius of Holmes himself. It's all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes, the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world's only consulting detective. Within these pages readers will find a quotation for every day of the year, drawn from across the Conan Doyle canon. Beloved characters and familiar lines recall favorite stories and scenes, while other passages remind us that Conan Doyle had a way with description and a ready wit. Moriarty and Mycroft, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson; the Hound, the Red-Headed League, the Speckled Band, and the dread Reichenbach Falls--it's all here, anchored, of course, in that unforgettable duo of Holmes and Watson. No book published this year will bring a Holmes fan more pleasure. Come, readers. The game is afoot., 6, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 6 427. ""If oil, smoke, and nerve gas didn't cause Gulf War Syndrome, what did? Following the 1991 Persian Gulf war, thousands of U.S. military veterans developed illnesses that medical science was unable to understand. Ten years later many veterans still suffer, and the investigation has become bitterly polarized. Through five compelling case histories,&hellip, W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, 3<

2014, ISBN: 9780393019568

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California: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2014. ------------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 245 pages, b&w photos, ---… Más…

California: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2014. ------------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 245 pages, b&w photos, ---"On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a beating—and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt -and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations. Turkiyya Hasan left the Swedish Salaam Mission with scratches on her legs and a suitcase of evidence of missionary misdeeds. Her story hit a nerve among Egyptians, and news of the beating quickly spread through the country. Suspicion of missionary schools, hospitals, and homes increased, and a vehement anti-missionary movement swept the country. That missionaries had won few converts was immaterial to Egyptian observers: stories such as Turkiyya's showed that the threat to Muslims and Islam was real. This is a great story of unintended consequences: Christian missionaries came to Egypt to convert and provide social services for children. Their actions ultimately inspired the development of the Muslim Brotherhood and similar Islamist groups. In The Orphan Scandal, Beth Baron provides a new lens through which to view the rise of Islamic groups in Egypt. This fresh perspective offers a starting point to uncover hidden links between Islamic activists and a broad cadre of Protestant evangelicals. Exploring the historical aims of the Christian missions and the early efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood, Baron shows how the Muslim Brotherhood and like-minded Islamist associations developed alongside and in reaction to the influx of missionaries. Patterning their organization and social welfare projects on the early success of the Christian missions, the Brotherhood launched their own efforts to "save" children and provide for the orphaned, abandoned, and poor. In battling for Egypt's children, Islamic activists created a network of social welfare institutions and a template for social action across the country -the effects of which, we now know, would only gain power and influence across the country in the decades to come"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6w x 9h Inches., Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2014, 4, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 6 427. ""If oil, smoke, and nerve gas didn't cause Gulf War Syndrome, what did? Following the 1991 Persian Gulf war, thousands of U.S. military veterans developed illnesses that medical science was unable to understand. Ten years later many veterans still suffer, and the investigation has become bitterly polarized. Through five compelling case histories,&hellip, W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, 3<