Author: Myles Lee
Publisher: IUniverse
Keywords: surgery, cardiac, misses
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2008-11-26
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0595528554
ISBN-13: 9780595528554

Historian Daniel J. Boorstin has said, "Trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying to plant cut flowers." This reissue of Near Misses in Cardiac Surgery, endorsed by today’s experts and with a new preface by Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute, is especially timely in this era of transition to interventional and hybrid procedures. No matter what the technical advances are, the same principles that facilitate successful outcomes in surgery (teamwork, communication, vigilance, simplicity and standardization of techniques, anticip

Author: Charles Frederic Goss
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: misses, hits
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $23.75
ISBN-10: 1110474318
ISBN-13: 9781110474318

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Author: Kenneth M. Jennings
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: professional, baseball, relations, labor, misses, moribund, swings
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1997-09-16
List price: $106.95
ISBN-10: 0275957977
ISBN-13: 9780275957971

In this follow-up to Balls and Strikes: The Money Game in Professional Baseball (Praeger, 1990), Jennings examines the state of professional baseball’s labor relations during a nearly 25 year period, focusing on the background and the outcome of the 1994 baseball strike. Jennings concludes by suggesting lessons that can be learned to improve future labor relations in the sport.

Author: Mary R. Thompson
Publisher: Paulist Press
Keywords: misses, code, vinci, magdala, mary
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2005-12-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0809143801
ISBN-13: 9780809143801

The publication of Dan Brown’s controversial and bestselling novel, The DaVinci Code, brought to life a spirited debate concerning Mary of Magdalene’s true role in the life of Jesus. So who was the real Mary of Magdala--a devoted disciple of Christ, a penitent, or a prostitute? Mary of Magdala: FACTS THAT THE DAVINCI CODE DOESN’T REVEAL, now revised with a new introduction, is a fascinating examination of the actual written accounts referring to Mary. The result is a portrait of the various images of Mary that have emerged in different guises over the centuries. This la