books by David Hunter

books by David Hunter

books:

David Hunter

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 8/e (Schwartz's Principles of Surgery)

F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, ...

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

OK, I'm a convert.
I found the 7th edition of Schwartz a chore to read. However, while the recent edition of Sabiston has abridged and cut detail in favor of glossy color pictures, the 8th edition of Schwartz is a well balanced textbook, with an appropriate level of detail and an ...

Schwartz' Principles of Surgery Self-Assessment and Board Review (PRETEST PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY)

F. Charles Brunicardi, Anderson, ...

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006

Cogent and comprehensive self-assessment tool
This book is a good tool for self assessment. The explanations to the answers add to your understanding of the subject. Gives key tables at the end of a chapter. On the whole an excellent resource for the ABSITE exam and the general surgery written boards.

Atlas Of Clinical Ophthalmology, Third Edition

David J. Spalton, Roger A. Hitchings, ...

Mosby, 2004

The caption drawings make the atlas
This is a great resource for residents. A major problem with most atlases is that pictures of subtle findings are not properly annotated, so that the reader may miss the actual focus of the picture. This atlas fixes the problem rather ingeniously: most pictures have an ...

Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional

Malcolm L., Jr. Hunter, David Lindenmayer, ...

Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Great information
This book goes through every step of the graduate school process how it really is from the application process to project design and thesis writing to finding a job. I really feel that it cleared up a lot of the questions and anxieties I had about applying to graduate ...

Fear And Loathing In America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (Thompson, Hunter S. Gonzo Letters, ...

Hunter S. Thompson

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Into the Belly of the Beast
The second installment in HST's selected letters, Fear & Loathing in America has proved to be a fascinating read. Beginning in the 1950's, HST keep carbon copies of all his letters for filing purposes in the belief that one day he would be a famous writer and his ...

The Revolution: A Field Manual for Changing Your World

Relevant Books, 2006

Must Read
One of the most important for Christians in the last ten years. Evangelical culture is headead for a significant chance, and this book will be considered a watershed event in this shift. If you want to be challened, informed and even entertained, you won't be ...

Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain

David Crook

Greenhill Books, 2006

The Best British Air Force Memoir of World War II
"Spitfire Pilot" remains the best British Air Force memoirs of World War II. Flight Lieutenant David Crook tells the story of the British Auxiliary Air Force's 609 Squadron, which shot down 100 German aircraft during the Battle of Britain, killing some 800 Luftwaffe ...

Beginning XML, 4th Edition (Programmer to Programmer)

David Hunter, Jeff Rafter, ...

Wrox, 2007

Great XML Reference Book.
Other than the fact that you can tell that the book was written by 5 different guys because of the the difference in writing styles between chapters, overall it is packed full of information and a handy reference.

Meet Jack Truck! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
Hunter McKown

Little Simon, 2008

Come along another adventure in Jon Scieszka's Trucktown! Meet Jack Truck--a four-year-old flatbed, 10-wheeler truck who loves racing, joking, smashing, and crashing throughout Trucktown!

International Environmental Law and Policy (University Casebook Series)

David Hunter, James Salzman, ...

Foundation Press, 2006

Best Textbook on International Environmental Law
As this book is 1550 pages long, I have not read the whole thing. But as a textbook and thanks to its clear structure it is possible to read parts of the book without getting lost. It is also useful to get an introduction into a specific topic on which one might do ...

Plato's Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception (Hellenic Studies)

Center for Hellenic Studies, 2007

In his Symposium , Plato crafted a set of speeches in praise of love that has influenced writers and artists from antiquity to the present. Early Christian writers read the dialogue's 'ascent passage' as a vision of the soul's journey to heaven. Ficino's commentary on the Symposium inspired poets and artists throughout Renaissance Europe and ...

Marriage And Virginity (Works of Saint Augustine)

New City Press, 1996

Some of Augustine's most important works
This is a collection of short works by Augustine on the title subject (marriage and virginity). The table of contents is as follows: General Introduction The Excellence of Marriage (with introduction and notes) Holy Virginity (with introduction and notes) The ...

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies (Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology)

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this interdisciplinary field over recent decades. A one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in ...

Hunter, Salzman and Zaelke's International Environmental Policy, 2007 Treaty Supplement (University Casebook ...
David Hunter, James Salzman, ...

Foundation Press, 2007

Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology (Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

This superb text gives a concise, systematic account of what is currently known about the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. Part 1 provides an introduction to basic concepts in epidemiology, a description of the global burden of cancer, definitions and characterizations of the various measures used, and ...