Above the Din


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In 1999, a 49-year-old woman tended her garden outside of the Chicago suburban home she shared with her husband, daughter and pet dogs. Extended family lived close by. She had a job that she loved. Life didn't get any better than this. One phone call changed everything. A random blood test had just revealed that she had hepatitis C. She'd never heard of it before. Not only did she have it, but it had been swimming in her bloodstream for 30 years, contracted from a blood transfusion in 1969. Tests would reveal that her liver was engulfed in chronic active liver disease - almost cirrhotic. Hepatitis C in 1999 was a degenerative, often incurable and deadly disease. Something had to be done. The only treatment at the time offered less than a 50% chance for cure and came with a plethora of nasty side effects. It was a yearlong regimen of chemotherapy that could trigger flu-like symptoms. And those patients who didn't respond to this difficult protocol frequently found themselves immunocompromised when it was over and sicker than before. The "wonder drugs" were still a long way off. While waiting 15 years for a cure, Labar Laskie took extraordinary measures - except the chemotherapy - to keep her symptoms at bay, calm her fears, and lift her spirits. Above the Din is her story. Color images throughout this graphic memoir.




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Pearson's Magazine


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A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units


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This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Système International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. · Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background · Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature · Notes on associated terminology · Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time · Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International







Building with Steel


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Detail Practice: Building with Steel ist ein Handbuch für das schnelle, zielgerichtete Nachlesen und Umsetzen. Beispielprojekte erläutern gebräuchliche Regeldetails anhand großmaßstäblicher Detailzeichnungen. Grundlagen zur Tragwerksplanung helfen bei Entwurf und Planung. Ergänzend sind gängige Tragwerke an Beispielen wie Wohnungs-, Verwaltungs- und Hallenbau erläutert. Die im Stahlbau besonders relevanten Fragen zu Brandschutz und Bauphysik sind ebenso behandelt wie der Einsatz von Stahl als Material für Fassadenbekleidungen.




Unbelievable Adventures of Dr. Credo


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To the Future of Mars is a fast-paced, cinematic, and adventurous scientific fiction book for children. This action-packed, interplanetary, mysterious story presents the world’s most creative scientist Dr. Credo, a doctor of inventions who lives in the faraway country of Bezinia and travels in time and space. Credos’ journey is filled with fun and excitement! It sparks the imagination and creativity! While making his unbelievable inventions, Dr. Credo engages his reader to travel with him to discover a secret cave laboratory on the mysterious Red Island and accidentally get pulled into a vortex, which transports him to the future of Mars. After astonishing adventures, inventions, time traveling, and battling with the Nano robot society, Dr. Credo’s friends are ready to return to Earth. To the Future of Mars is a roller coaster of mystery with intriguing twists and turns that will teach children creative thinking skills and imagination beyond perception. Parents and educators alike will appreciate these stories in a way it creates a fun learning experience involving technology, astrology, physics, and even psychology—making it an ideal complement to many school lessons and a great addition to classroom libraries. This book will serve as a universal guide to creativity, imagination, and unlimited possibilities for children.




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Cymmrodorion Record Series


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The Zohar


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Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed and overwhelmed readers ever since it emerged mysteriously in medieval Spain toward the end of the thirteenth century. Written in a unique, lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of literature, comprising over twenty discrete sections. The bulk of theZohar consists of a running commentary on the Torah, from Genesis through Deuteronomy. This fourth volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition covers the first half of Exodus. Here we find mystical explorations of Pharaoh's enslavement of the Israelites, the birth of Moses, the deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai. Throughout, the Zohar probes the biblical text and seeks deeper meaningfor example, the nature of evil and its relation to the divine realm, the romance of Moses andShekhinah, and the inner meaning of the Ten Commandments. In the context of the miraculous splitting of the Red Sea, Rabbi Shim'on reveals the mysterious Name of 72, a complex divine name consisting of 216 letters (72 triads), formed out of three verses in Exodus 14. These mystical interpretations are interwoven with tales of the Companionsrabbis wandering through the hills of Galilee, sharing their insights, coming upon wisdom in the most astonishing ways from a colorful cast of characters they meet on the road.