Product Description: Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. A tokonoma is an alcove in a traditional Japanese house, which serves to display a scroll, ikebana or a special painting or print. It is also a kind of code-word in neo-baroque Hispanic writing, having been much used by the movement's founder and inspiration, Cuban poet José Lezama Lima...read more

Product Description: Here is a happy, lighthearted, "feel good about America" book for all ages starring two of man's best friends-an adorable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and his pal, a chocolate Labrador Retriever. In captivating color photographs, these two canine pals have a grand old time in America-hobnobbing with the Statue of Liberty, skiing Ruthie's Run at Aspen, dancing with Yankee Doodle...read more

Product Description: ‘Questioning what it means to be human lies at the heart of this new collection byPeter Boyle. These are poems which intuit that a certain kind of looking is required in order to see. It is a gaze that has retained its human innocence, despite belonging to one who has grown aware through knowledge, experience and understanding...read more

Product Description: Distinguished and experienced surgeons and researchers present the state-of-the-art clinical knowledge of every aspect of this disease. Background chapters describe the epidemiology and pathology of colorectal cancer, including the genetics of colorectal cancer, and methods for screening and staging the disease...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides statistical and epidemiological analysis of the largest European study of the relationship between tobacco and cancer. Based on research carried out at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, this volume is an essential reference tool for oncologists, thoracic surgeons, and respiratory specialists, as well as epidemiologists and biostatisticians...read more

Product Description: One of the most interesting features of cancer in Europe is the geographical difference in cancer incidence and mortality. This is reflected in the present Atlas, which constitutes the first comprehensive monograph on cancer epidemiology in central Europe...read more

Product Description: The geographical representation of cancer on maps describes the 'cancer scenery' of a country. As cancer occurs in people, not geographical areas, the real purpose of a cancer atlas lies in the identification of geographical areas that require more detailed study, and above all, the formulation of etiological hypotheses to account for observed differences...read more