Saving Sight

Saving Sight
Author: Andrew Lam
Publisher: Irie Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781515438953

In Saving Sight, Dr. Andrew Lam explains the intricacies of human sight and shines a light on the heroes who fought to save it, while also revealing the personal side of life as an eye surgeon - the stress and joy of a man who, on his best days, can turn darkness into light. Many remarkable life stories illuminate this autobiographical/biographical/historical work. Included are Louis Braille, Judah Folkman, Harold Ridley and many others who have enabled us to see in all kinds of unimaginable ways.

Publication

Publication
Author: National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1931
Genre: Blindness
ISBN:

The Sight

The Sight
Author: David Clement-Davies
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0142408743

In the shadow of an abandoned castle, a wolf pack seeks shelter. the she-wolf ’s pups will not be able to survive the harsh transylvanian winter. And they are being stalked by a lone wolf, Morgra, possessed of a mysterious and terrifying power known as the sight. Morgra knows that one of the pups born beneath the castle holds a key to power even stronger than her own—power that could give her control of this world and the next. but the pack she hunts will do anything to protect their own, even if it means setting in motion a battle that will involve all of nature, including the creature the wolves fear the most—Man.

Monthly Labor Review

Monthly Labor Review
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2220
Release: 1946
Genre: Labor laws and legislation
ISBN:

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Faking It

Faking It
Author: Jane Roscoe
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2001
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780719056413

This book offers the first major study of mock-documentary. The authors examine the relatively new form along with the association between factual codes and conventions, and the discourses which underpin the genre. The analysis includes detailed explorations of Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, the Beatles' spoof The Rutles as well as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap, and Man Bites Dog.