Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Forget Iraq and Sudan--America is the foremost failed state, argues the latest polemic from America's most controversial Left intellectual. Chomsky (Imperial Ambitions) contends the U.S. government wallows in lawless military aggression (the Iraq war is merely the latest example); ignores public opinion on everything from global warming to social spending and foreign policy; and jeopardizes domestic security by under-funding homeland defense in favor of tax cuts for the rich and by provoking hatred and instability abroad that may lead to terrorist blowback or nuclear conflict.
• SCIENCE: Stem Cells - The Hope And The Hype - The debate is so politically loaded that it's tough to tell who's being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved • SOCIETY: Why Teens Are Obsessed With Tanning - It looks hot, it feels good, and any downsides seem way off in the future. But skin cancer is striking more young people now • SPORT: Tour de Testosterone - A failed drug test taints cyclist Floyd Landis' heroic victory. Is he flawed, or is the testing?
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 16 August 2011
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Sacrifice
What—or who—could turn a gifted little boy into a murderous thing that calls itself "Satan's Child"? In search of an answer, a man named Burke travels from a festering welfare hotel to a neat frame house where a voodoo priestess presides over a congregation of assassins. For this vigilante and unlicensed private eye has made it his business to defend the small victims whom the law has failed—even a child who has been made into a killer. Gripping and chillingly knowledgeable about the mechanisms of evil, Sacrifice is a thriller of savage authority from one of the best crime writers of our generation.
Carl Hiaasen's novels invariably test the talents and challenge the sanity of synopsis writers. The zany plot knot of Nature Girl features a headstrong "queen of lost causes," an obnoxious telemarketer and his spouse, a particularly persistent sexual harasser, a former drug runner ex-husband pursuer and a failed alligator wrestler. Shaken vigorously and adding a pinch of salt, these critters produce an uproariously funny whodunit.
This comprehensive resource presents all aspects of endodontics, both surgical and nonsurgical. The very latest materials and methods used in providing endodontic treatment are explained thoroughly and effectively -- and are highlighted visually through the generous use of illustrations, many in full-color. Key topics include diagnosis, access, working length determination, instrumentation, obturation, retreatment of failed nonsurgical cases, flap design, root-end resection, crypt management, root end filling, post and core techniques, and core placement.
