“carolina m maier”

A comprehensive review of the scientific and clinical studies that have led to the resurgence of interest in hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in the treatment of stroke and traumatic brain injury. Topics of special importance include intraoperative and intensive care management of hypotherm... More

Inventing America is the first new departure among general histories of America in twenty years. Written by four of our best historians, this book enlarges the house of American history by inviting in a new element -- technology and science. The authors achieve this integration through the theme of ... More

New in paperback, this portrait of the country's favorite political dynasty as an Irish Catholic family offers a new understanding of how immigrant experience shaped both their stunning success and spectacular tragedies.Irish-Catholic immigrant heritage has always been central to the Kennedy family ... More

Based on hundreds of interviews - with traditional healers, chiefs, business innovators, scientists, generals, doctors, poets, and politicians, - Into the House of the Ancestors goes beyond cliched images of corruption, brutality, and starvation to illuminate the essence of Africa's extraordinary sp... More