In a dystopian future where heartbeats are currency, two unlikely lovers must fight to save the world from corporate control. Juliet is the daughter of the CEO of the company that manufactures heart threads, a new technology that allows people to purchase upgrades for their bodies and extend their lives. But the heart threads come with a price: they are paid for in future heartbeats, creating a system of debt that is difficult to escape. Romeo is an underworld hacker who steals heart threads to help people who are in debt. When Juliet and Romeo meet, they form an unlikely bond and fall in love. But their love is forbidden, and they must risk everything to fight against the system that is destroying their world. Heart Threaded is a fast-paced, action-packed science fiction thriller that will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. But it is also a literary novel that explores themes of corporate control, class divides, and the fight for hope. Heart Threaded is a must-read for anyone who loves science fiction, literary fiction, or a love story with reflections of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

This book is geared toward cardiologists, trainees, and housestaff --anyone who rotates or practices in the CCU--who must grasp the subtleties when treating patients in a cardiac care unit. It is organized in a way to help you understand the simplified pathophysiology of the disease, the diagnosis modalities, the initial critical care management in the CCU, the clinical care in a step down unit and plan for discharge therapy. Dr. Herzog has developed unified pathways for the management of patients presenting with acute chest pain or its equivalent, acute heart failure, atrial fibrillation and flutter, syncope, cardiac arrest, hypertension and hyperglycemia. Algorithms and pathways for management are provided in each chapter for easy implementation in any health care system. In addition, because specialized units are frightening to the patients and their families, there is a section in each chapter on what the patient and family need to know, that encompasses a capsulated explanation of the condition and treatment management. A companion website accompanies the text that includes fully searchable text and patient information.

"[This book] assists nurses and nursing students in the development of individualized nursing care plans that incorporate the facts surrounding the concept of oxygenation. Pullouts of key terms and facts reinforce the important aspects of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Topics covered throughout this text include anatomy, physiology, assessment and management of the respiratory system and cardiovascular system, common interventions to improve oxygenation, and the role of the hematological system in oxygen transport. Arising from real-life patients, the text features case studies as an opportunity for students and health professionals to incorporate the important facts and concepts when thinking about individual patients." -- Book Jacket.

On the run, an English lady finds protection and love with a knight who is on a mission of vengeance in this medieval romance. Runaway lady Katerina of Dauntsey has disguised herself among a traveling dance troupe—concealing her secrets beneath an elaborate mask. But when her dazzling act attracts the attention of Queen Isabella, Katerina’s past begins to catch up with her. Lussac de Belbigny can’t help but admire the flame-haired acrobat’s courage. A knight in the Queen’s rebel army—and consumed by thoughts of revenge on his family’s killers—Lussac will let nothing threaten his iron-clad self-control. Yet something about the mysterious Katerina touches his damaged heart. . . .

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Linked stories exploring the dark heart of the American family: “Electrifying, daring . . . sure to appeal to fans of Karen Russell and Lorrie Moore ” (Booklist, starred review). A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of the Year The Bowmans are declining Texas gentry, heirs to an airline fortune, surrounded by a patriarch’s stuffed trophies and lost dreams. They will each be haunted by the past as they strive to escape its force. The Fosters are diplomats’ kids who might as well be orphans. Jill and Maizie grow up privileged amid poverty, powerless to change the lives of those around them and uncertain whether they have the ability to change their own. The Guzmans have moved between Colombia and the United States, each generation seeking opportunity for the next, only to find that the American dream can be as crushing as it is elusive. From the tense territory of a sagging, grand porch in Texas to a gated community in Thailand to a lonely apartment in nondescript suburbia, these wry, dark stories unwind the lives of three families as they navigate the ever-shifting landscapes of the American middle class. “No one is safe, Parker reminds us, especially within the family circle—but one’s chosen family can also offer salvation. . . . The stories, like the mounted heads in the Bowmans’ trophy room, rivet the gaze, demand that readers recognize themselves in those glassy eyes—and then become disconcertingly alive.” —The New York Times Book Review