Garfield, Peanuts, The New Yorker, The Far Side—these are just a few of the sources for Taking Your Pet to the Vet, a collection of cartoons from more than 200 strips, panels, and other drawings from the best cartoonists in the world. Included are the eerie art of Playboy cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who puts a werewolf in a vet's waiting room; the homey newspaper comic strips of For Better or For Worse's Lynn Johnston, featuring the effects of a huge sheepdog on a small family; and comedy from B. Kliban, whose cat books and calendars have been an international favorite.

Body Tricks

This latest edition of Body Tricks contains over 100 magic tricks, jokes and effects. The compilation includes several new effects, performance rhymes and trick credits. Almost all of the tricks can be performed without additional props, and many can even be performed naked! This collection has taken years of research and development. Featuring many old-time classic effects that have been updated for the book, along with many brand-new tricks created just for this book.

2007 - 2008 Basic and Clinical Science Course Section 1: Update on General Medicine

Informs ophthalmologists about the medical conditions most likely to affect their patients, such as infectious, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases; cancer; and rheumatologic disorders. Includes a discussion of geriatrics and an extensively revised chapter on statistics. Contains numerous updated references as well as helpful tables listing the names, indications, and side effects of antiobiotic, antihypertensive, and anticancer drugs.

The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects

Polymer clay has grown and grown in popularity since the publication of Donna Kato’s best-selling The Art of Polymer Clay in 1997. And there have been so many technical advances, too. Now poly-diva Donna Kato presents an all-new look at one of crafters’ all-time favorite mediums. Donna Kato’s Polymer Clay Innovations begins with the essentials of polymer clay, including its working properties, plus tools, curing, safety recommendations, and color blending .

Bringing together twenty-five years of research on the sequential organization of laughter in everyday talk, Phillip Glenn analyzes recordings and transcripts to indicate the finely-detailed coordination of human laughter. He demonstrates that its occurrence, relative to talk and other activities, reveals much about its emergent meaning and effects. The book considers laughter's significant role in how people display, respond to, and revise identities and relationships.