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Unlock the secrets of the human body in record time-and ace your NCLEX-RN with confidence! If you're a nursing student drowning in thick textbooks and confusing lectures, this book is your life raft. Concise Notes on Anatomy & Physiology for Nursing Students gives you exactly what you need-no fluff, no filler-just clear, high-yield information to help you learn smarter, study less, and pass faster. Why this guide is a must-have for every nursing student: High-Yield, Bite-Sized Notes - Focus on what actually matters for the NCLEX-RN with laser-sharp summaries of key A&P concepts.

It's 1989, and in a small town on the Austria-Hungary border, nobody talks about the war; the older residents pretend not to remember, and the younger ones are too busy making plans to leave. The walls are thin, the curtains twitch, there is a face at every window, and everyone knows what they are not supposed to say. But as thousands of East German refugees mass at the border, it seems that the past is knocking on Darkenbloom's door. Still, though, nobody talks about the war. Until a mysterious visitor shows up asking questions.

It was the turning point before he became a bestselling author: Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police in September 1925, following repeated cases of embezzlement to finance his alcohol and morphine addiction. At the time, a court-appointed doctor was assigned to assess the extent to which Fallada could be made accountable. This expert opinion, thought to have been lost, was only recently rediscovered. It is an extraordinary find, because it includes unpublished and rewritten stories by Fallada that focus on hitherto taboo topics such as abortion.

Sophie Atherton knows a liar when she sees one. Perhaps because she's so skilled at deception herself. Searching for clues to a string of mysterious deaths, the secret operative for the Crown has connived her way into a phony medium's confidence. When a dashing archaeologist seeks out the charlatan's services, Sophie suspects he's after more than a long-lost heirloom. Their electric attraction storms her defenses, but loving the rakish scholar would threaten her investigation and the life she's crafted.

“A Pandora’s box of demons. . . . High-stakes espionage, family drama, double crosses, noble gestures . . . it’s all here.” — Kirkus Reviews “An ambitious thriller that. . . delivers a deeply satisfying conclusion. . . . Code 6 features some of Grippando's most compelling characters...

When Dash and his classmates start coming down with blue spots all over their faces, nobody knows what's going on. But Dash has his suspicions. Does it have something to do with the Face-Pulling Championships later in the day? Dash needs to act, and fast!

It’s already been a rough year for first-rate journalistic sleuth, Deuce Mora. After two agonizing investigations—one of which won her a Pulitzer, the other of which forced her to kill a man—she claims she’s sworn off action-packed chases that cause nightmares. Still … from the moment she hears the earliest details of the first fire, her detective-instincts say the pieces don’t fit, and every other instinct tells her she can’t walk away from the story—even though she knows she’ll regret it.

Every pastor's wife is a faithful servant and leader in her own right. She has great influence on her church, her community, her family, and her husband, and she finds joy in seeing God move in the lives of others. Yet she also faces unique challenges that too often go unnoticed and unaddressed.

Are we alone or are there intelligent life-forms out there? Or are they already amongst us? Can we even know the truth? Exploring the myths, stories, history, and facts of documented encounters, mysterious experiences, and unexplained visitors, Real Visitors, Voices from Beyond, and Parallel Dimensions by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger examines the “other” forms, entitie,s and beings inhabiting our Universe.

Jewelry Making for Beginners not only highlights the basics of making various types of jewelry, it also goes just a bit further into the process without making it overwhelming for the beginner. The aim is to inform and educate and make the overall process as easy as possible to execute. The individual that has no concept at all of what jewelry making entails can listen and not only get an overview of the jewelry making process but also details on using metal or beads or gems and stones.

Have you ever wondered about reincarnation and the possibility of having lived many former lives? Specially trained hypnotherapists can use past-life hypnosis sessions to assist you to access previous lives. This, in part, can enable you to understand and deal with any traumas you may have experienced in those previous existences and which may be causing present-life fears and phobias, to empower you to heal them. For instance, a person who fears the water could have drowned during a past life and carries the fear with him or her from life to life.

Dark clouds and chaos descend lower upon America as the war rages around them; threatening all they hold dear. Carrie and Robert are once more pulled apart, and Carrie finds herself the target of a hostile group of men determined to stop her from providing medical care for black residents of Richmond. How long can she continue to save other people's lives at the risk of her own? Aunt Abby is sucked into a violent riot in the North, while Matthew faces the greatest challenge of his life.

Souvent la vie s'amuse. Elle nous offre un diamant, caché sous un ticket de métro ou le tombé d'un rideau. Embusqué dans un mot, un regard, un sourire un peu nigaud. Il faut faire attention aux détails. Ils sèment notre vie de petits cailloux et nous guident.

Pursuing the family name as the finest silk producer in Lyon, the young Huguenot Rachelle Dushane-Macquinet is thrilled to accompany her famous couturier Grandmere to Paris, there to create a silk trousseau for the Royal Princess Marguerite Valois.The Court is magnificent; its regent, Catherine...

Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Jane Austen's contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen's birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature, and archives.

Mary never thought an afternoon at the library would change her life—until a quiet stranger sparks her fascination. The circumstances that led her to the library hardly matter (though they might involve the sudden but expected demise of an overweight dachshund). As someone who spends her days wiping sticky fingerprints and suspiciously urine-coloured spills from indoor playground equipment, Mary never expected to become her workplace's reluctant carbon monoxide safety expert. But saying "no" has always been her weakness, especially when someone needs help.

Written by a board-certified anesthesiologist with 15+ years of experience, Getting Ready for My Adenoid Surgery is an audiobook that helps your little one understand everything about their adenoids and what to expect from their surgery and recovery.

Emily Starr is now seventeen years old and a high school graduate. With her newfound freedom, she grows as a writer and waits day in and day out for the return of her friend Teddy Kent, who went on to continue his education away from the town of New Moon. As her life unfurls, Emily is faced with heartache and newfound opportunities.

In The People's War, John Willis unearths untold stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming community, that guide us through the years of the Second World War. From soldiers in North Africa and prisoners of war in East Asia, to evacuees in the British countryside and women in the factories, The People's War is a truly ambitious and comprehensive journey through a devastating and pivotal period of our history, as you've never read before.

Book five in the hilarious and action-packed Total Mayhem series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar, starring Dash Candoo, an ingenious problem-solver, with fantastic friends and a bottomless backpack of brilliant gadgets.