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Designed to be both comprehensive and user-friendly, the text
offers easy-to-understand explanations of medical terminology and
contains helpful learning features such as tips, case studies, and
review questions. Describes medical terms with easy-to-understand
explanations and phonetic spellings Offers an updated edition of
this practical guide to veterinary medical terminology Contains
real-world case studies, word lists, and review questions that are
designed to promote active learning Includes new chapters on
medical reports and case studies and large animals, as well as
helpful memorization features Provides access to a companion
website with images, audio clips, flash cards, and other helpful
learning tools
Fiction. Latino/Latino Studies. In alternating chapters, Zapatista
leader Subcomandante Marcos and the consistently excellent Paco
Ignacio Taibo II create an uproarious murder mystery with two
intersecting storylines. The chapters written by the famously
masked Marcos originate in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. There,
the fictional "Subcomandante Marcos" assigns Elias Contreras--an
odd but charming mountain man--to travel to Mexico City in search
of an elusive and hideous murderer named "Morales." The second
story line, penned by Taibo, stars his famous series detective
Hector Belascoaran Shayne. Hector guzzles Coca-Cola and smokes
cigarettes furiously amidst his philosophical and always charming
approach to investigating crimes--in this case, the search for his
own "Morales."
Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. It's hard to get much more noir
than Mexico City, and after several years' effort, Akashic was
finally able to rope Paco I. Taibo into curating this dramatic,
chilling, and frequently hilarious volume. Brand-new stories by:
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonia Parra,
Bernardo Fernandez Bef, Oscar de la Borbolla, Rolo Diez, Victor
Luiz Gonzalez, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hernandez Luna, Myriam
Laurini, Eduardo Monteverde, and Julia Rodriguez.
HEctor BelascoarAn Shayne es un hijo de la mAs vibrante ciudad
de este planeta, la Ciudad de MExico, un monstruo urbano que estA a
caballo entre el primer y tercer mundo, donde la violencia polItica
y social llama a la puerta con demasiada frecuencia, donde la
corrupciOn y los abusos del poder se cruzan con los absurdos de la
vida cotidiana, todo ello bajo la luz mAs maravillosa del mundo, a
la que no le molesta la contaminaciOn.
Como detective independiente, en una sociedad donde la
honestidad y la curiosidad se encuentran bajo sospecha, las
historias en las que se involucra van desde la accidental
persecuciOn del enemigo pUblico nUmero 1, que claro estA, es un
jefe policiaco; hasta el enfrentamiento con un asesino de mujeres,
pasando por la bUsqueda del perdido pectoral de Moctezuma o de una
conocida actriz de cine que desaparece en la frontera con Estados
Unidos.
Probablemente sea un desastre con un revOlver en la mano, o sus
conocimientos cientIficos no le permitan distinguir entre un
licuado de plAtano y una copa de arsEnico, pero este hombre, que
recorre una y otra vez la ciudad haciEndola suya, gana sus batallas
a punta de tenacidad.
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