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From where I sit - Collaboration can be win-win
Tuberculosis has re-emerged as a serious health problem. Unless significant steps are taken to raise awareness and align prevention strategies across Europe, all the progress made in controlling the...
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Martin Turner, 1942-2009
Martin Turner, a leading British space scientist who was appointed CBE in 2004, has died.
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Advances in Tissue Engineering
Editor: Julia PolakCo-editors: Sakis Mantalaris and Sian E. HardingEdition: FirstPublisher: Imperial College PressPages: 948Price: £107.00ISBN 9781848161825This book is a kind of how-to guide for...
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Medicine round up
ObesityAuthor: Elliot BlassEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 300Price: £32.99ISBN 9780878930371This volume discusses the factors contributing to the obesity epidemic, including social...
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Musculoskeletal Examination
Authors: Jeffrey Gross, Joseph Fetto and Elaine RosenEdition: ThirdPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 472Price: £46.99ISBN 9781405180498The most memorable and effective teachers of clinical medicine...
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Clinical Skills and Examination: The Core Curriculum
Authors: Robert Turner, Brian Angus, Ashok Handa and Chris HattonEdition: FifthPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 384Price: £19.99ISBN 9781405157513Around ten years ago, white coats as worn by doctors...
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Read, Research and Write: Academic Skills for ESL Students in Higher Education
Author: Caroline BrandtEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 248Price: £60.00 and £19.99ISBN 9781412947367 and 7374Calling all lecturers: your jobs depend on books like this. You know that...
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Exploring the German Language
Author: Sally Johnson and Natalie BraberEdition: SecondPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 312Price: £55.00 and £19.99ISBN 9780521872089 and 692991This is an encyclopaedic survey of the...
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An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
Author: Andrew RadfordEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 456Price: £55.00 and £19.99ISBN 9780521516938 and 731904This is the "lite" (don't you hate that word?) version of...
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Analysing English Sentences: A Minimalist Approach
Author: Andrew RadfordEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 540Price: £65.00 and £25.99ISBN 9780521516976 and 731911With his characteristic energy and enthusiasm, Andrew Radford...
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Languages and linguistics round up
Words: A User's GuideAuthors: Graham Pointon and Stewart ClarkEdition: FirstPublisher: Longman PearsonPages: 456Price: £12.99ISBN 9781405859158This is an accessible and invaluable reference ideal for...
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Pathways to Scientific Teaching
Editors: Diane Ebert-May and Janet HodderEdition: FirstPublisher: Sinauer AssociatesPages: 206Price: £16.99ISBN 9780878932221When I first looked at this book, with a cover image of dozens of students...
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Biosciences round up
Plant Taxonomy: The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative DataAuthor: Tod F. StuessyEdition: SecondPublisher: Columbia University PressPages: 568Price: £71.00ISBN 9780231147125Synthesising current...
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Theories of Population Variation in Genes and Genomes
Author: Freddy Bugge ChristiansenEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 432Price: £54.00ISBN 9780691133676On a plane long ago, I asked the late John Maynard Smith why he chose to...