October NBIs

1. 978-3-211-99203-6 VodopivecEdvard RavnikarArchitecture

2. 978-1-60761-291-9 DoeringProtocols for Neural Cell CultureBiomedicine

3. 978-1-60761-286-5 JanigroMammalian Brain DevelopmentBiomedicine

4. 978-0-387-77497-8 NeoptolemosPANCREATIC CANCERBiomedicine

5. 978-1-4419-0063-0 ShimasakiThe Business of BioscienceBiomedicine

6. 978-3-540-37653-8 SpeicherVogel and Motulsky's Human GeneticsBiomedicine

7. 978-90-481-2736-8 CloetinghNew Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth SciencesGeosciences/Geography

8. 978-3-540-78556-9 DahlkampUranium Deposits of the WorldGeosciences/Geography

9. 978-1-60327-907-9 EisenbergThe Physician-Scientist's Career GuideMedicine

10. 978-3-642-01558-8 BaykalDermatological Diseases of the Nose and EarsMedicine, Dermatology

11. 978-3-540-79049-5 TostiColor Atlas of NailsMedicine, Dermatology

12. 978-3-540-74842-7 Katkhouda Advanced Laparocscopic Surgery Medicine, General Surgery

13. 978-3-540-85539-2 HolzMedical RetinaMedicine, Opthalmology

14. 978-3-642-01011-8 TaberyHerpes Simplex Virus Epithelial KeratitisMedicine, Opthalmology

15. 978-3-540-78794-5 MangManual of Aesthetic Surgery Medicine, Plastic Surgery

Architecture

Edvard Ravnikar

Architect and Teacher

EDITORS: / Ales Vodopivec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Rok Znidarsic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
ISBN-13: / 978-3-211-99203-6
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 400 p., 800 illus., in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $89.95
AVAILABLE (US): / September 2009
Ravnikar, 1907–1993, is considered the central figure in Slovenia’s post-WWII architecture. He was Jože Plecnik’s most famous student. Plecnik studied under Otto Wagner.
Ravnikar worked for Le Corbusier in Paris as of 1939 after completing his studies in 1935. His thorough planning reflects Plecnik’s poetic architecture, while his formal work was in line with Le Corbusier’s vision of urban planning and modern architecture.
Ravnikar was his own man artistically, and wasn’t only successful as an architect. How work also made him an important personage in the development of the architecture department. He was a critic and essayist for the Slovenian and international media. All of this influenced generations of Slovenian architects and explains why Ravnikar can be felt in almost all major Slovenian buildings and monuments.
SELLING POINTS:
  • First internationally available monograph on the work of Edvard Ravnikar
  • Featuring a construction documentation and engaging contributions
  • With contributions by Achleitner, Kurrent, Podrecca, Semerani, Curtis and Vodopivec

MARKET: / Architekten, Studenten, interessierte Laien
SUBJECTS: / Architects; Cities, Countries, Regions; Architectural History and Theory
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Architecture
RELATED TITLES:
Rainer, Das Werk des Architekten 1927–2003 (978-3-211-83838-9, 2003, $69.95)
Lewis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (978-1568987101, 2007, $40.00)
COMPETITION:
Gordon, Romantic Modernist: The Life and Work of Norman Jaffe Architect 1932-1993 (Monacelli, 978-1580931564, 2005, $50.00)
Ferlenga, Aldo Rossi: The Life and Works of an Architect (Konemann, 978-3829058544, 2002, $329.00)

Biomedicine

Protocols for Neural Cell Culture

Fourth Edition

EDITOR: / Laurie C. Doering, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, ON, Canada
ISBN-13: / 978-1-60761-291-9
(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-89603-902-5)
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 355 p. 85 illus., 14 in color, Softcover
PRICE: / approx. $99.50
AVAILABLE (US): / October 2009
Since the conception of this acclaimed series of volumes examining neural tissue culture, the expansion of neuroscience has continued to produce vital discoveries that utilize tissue culture methodologies. The expert contributors to the fourth edition of Protocols for Neural Cell Culture refine existing protocols and present the emerging new techniques and culture media formulations linked with the many advances in neuroscience. While highlighting updated experimental procedures for many of the classical neural tissue culture preps, the volume addresses topics such as regenerative medicine and the methods to grow and expand embryonic and adult neural stem cells. Essential techniques for the isolation, expansion, and cryopreservation of neural tissue from mouse, rat, and human sources are covered, as well as methods to assess aspects of cell function (calcium imaging) and cell death. With its detailed, step-by-step laboratory protocols, this volume provides the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, Protocols for Neural Cell Culture, Fourth Edition continues the previous editions’ tradition of exceptional quality and thorough coverage in tissue culture protocols for today’s neuroscience in order to inspire researchers in the field to further explore this imperative area of study.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Includes detailed protocols involving embryonic and adult stem cells, neuronal and glial preps, human and rodent cells, cellular assays, precursor cell expansion
  • Serves as an easy-to-usereference for neuroscientists to establish tissue culture preps of neural tissue to answer specific research questions

MARKET: / Basic and clinical neuroscientists, neurobiologists, neuropathologists, and cell biologists involved in tissue culture of the nervous system
SUBJECTS: / Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Cell Culture
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Helgason, Basic Cell Culture Protocols (978-158829-284-1, 2004, $125.00)
Zigova, Neural Stem Cell (978-0-89603-964-3, 2002, $125.00)
COMPETITION:
Hollenbeck, Neurons (Academic Press, 978-0123525666, 2003, $118.00)
Cohen, Neural Cell Culture: A Practical Approach (Oxford UP, 978-0199634842, 1996, $125.00)

Biomedicine

Mammalian Brain Development

EDITOR: / Damir Janigro, ClevelandClinicLernerCollege of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-60761-286-5
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 350 p., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $145.00
AVAILABLE (US): / May 2009
Mammalian Brain Development focuses on both the pre-natal and the peri-natal events that lead to brain damage as seen in the prospective of medical and research professionals, as well as examining the traditional "nature versus nurture" argument in the spectrum of brain development. The major topics addressed, in detail, in the book are sexual dimorphism, epigenetic action of gonadal hormones, environmental "programming" effects, autism, developmental learning disorders, seizures, and the etiopathogenesis of epileptic syndromes in young humans. The book also covers the general aspects of postnatal and pediatric neurological disorders in a unique and novel way by offering definitions of heredity, inheritance, genetic-epigentic, genomic, molecular, developmental, and innate aspects of the mammalian brain in regards to its development.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Fills a gap in developmental books dealing with the normal prenatal mammalian brain
  • Most books that approach this topic work with non-human, non-vertebrate models where this book focuses on both

MARKET: / Neuroscientists, neurologists, pediatricians, pediatric psychiatrists, neuroimmunologists
SUBJECTS: / Neurosciences; Human Genetics; Neurology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Levison, Mammalian Subventricular Zones: Their Roles in Brain Development, Cell Replacement and Disease (978-0387260679, 2005, $129.00)
Goffinet, Mouse Brain Development (978-3540666646, 2000, $260.00)
COMPETITION:
Baltes, Lifespan Development and the Brain (CambridgeUniversity Press, 978-0521844949, 2006, $104.00)
Nelson, Neuroscience of Cognitive Development (Wiley, 978-0471745860, 2006, $51.00)

Biomedicine

PANCREATIC CANCER

EDITORS: / John P. Neoptolemos, University of Liverpool, UK; Raul Urrutia, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN, USA; James Abbruzzese, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA and Markus W. Büchler, University of Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN-13: / 978-0-387-77497-8
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 1000 p., 148 illus., 24 in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / $549.00
AVAILABLE (US): / October 2009
In organizing this handbook, Dr. Neoptolemos and his co-editors will produce a distinguished Major Reference Work devoted to pancreatic cancer. This handbook will have widespread appeal among clinicians, pathologists and basic scientists who are now struggling to understand this complex and rapidly expanding field.
Because of the recent and vast growth in both the clinical and scientific research being done in pancreatic cancer (there is currently an unprecedented investment by academia and industry in this field), each researcher’s knowledge of other specialty areas outside his or her own is now often quite limited. The aim of this book is to place these the tangible advances—those that are indispensable to all working on pancreatic cancer—readily at hand. The book will focus on advances that will not become dated, and the editors will choose authors who are the very best in each area.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Features coverage entirely devoted to pancreatic cancer
  • Includes the work of contributing authors who are the very best in their respective fields
  • Will have widespread appeal among clinicians, pathologists, and basic scientists who are now struggling to understand this complex and rapidly growing field

MARKET: / Researchers, scientists, professionals, clinicians, physicians, industry, graduate students in the fields of cancer research and oncology
SUBJECTS: / Cancer Research; Oncology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Schwab, Encyclopedic Reference of Cancer (978-3-540-66527-4, 2001, $329.00)
James, Pancreatic Cancer (978-0-387-95185-0, 2002, $217.00)
COMPETITION:
Von Hoff, Pancreatic Cancer (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 978-0763721787, 2005, $295.95)
Loft, Pancreatic Cancer: New Research (Nova Science Pub Inc, 978-1594541766,2004, $129.00)

Biomedicine

The Business of Bioscience

What goes into making a Biotechnology Product

AUTHOR: / Craig D. Shimasaki, InterGenetics Incorporated, Edmond, OK, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0063-0
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 200 p., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $79.95
AVAILABLE (US): / August 2009
In The Business of Bioscience, What goes into making a Biotechnology Product? you will be introduced to many key aspects of the biotech and product development process. Throughout Business of Bioscience you will be learning technical information coupled with strategy and placed into a context of the "bigger picture". This information is directly applicable to establishing and growing your organization, and developing your product and team such that there is continuity in growth no matter what size your company. The information in The Business of Bioscience will help guide you through the rough spots and avoid a few detours along the way and serve as a ready resource for help when you need it.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Reader will learn mechanics and some business strategy on how to establish and grow a life science company
  • Reveals development life-stages in a biotech company and the parallel to life-stages of individuals

MARKET: / Researchers, scientists, professionals, businessmen and entrepreneurs in the field of biotechnology/science/bioscience
SUBJECTS: / Pharmacology/Toxicology; Biotechnology; Entrepreneurship
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Ronneau, Biotechnology for Waste Management and Site Restoration (978-0-7923-4769-9, 1997, $179.00)
Patzelt, Handbook of Bioentrepreneurship (978-0-387-48343-6, 2008, $139.00)
COMPETITION:
McKelvey, Evolutionary Innovations (OxfordUniversity Press, 978-0198297246, 2000, $100.00)
Friedman, Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development (Logos Press, 978-0973467604, 2008, $67.95)

Biomedicine

Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics

Problems and Approaches

Fourth Edition

EDITORS: / Michael Speicher, University of Graz, Austria; Stylianos E. Antonarakis, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Arno G. Motulsky, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-3-540-37653-8
(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-60290-3)
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 1000 p., 400 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / $199.00
AVAILABLE (US): / October 2009
The fourth, completely revised edition of this classical reference and textbook presents a cohesive and up-to-date exposition of the concepts, results, and problems underlying theory and practice in human and medical genetics. In the 10 years since the appearance of the third edition, many new data and insights have emerged for understanding the genetic and genomic basis of development and function in human health and disease. Human genetics, with its emphasis on molecular concepts and techniques, has become a key discipline in medicine and the biomedical sciences. While the chapters of this edition are written by multiple experts, the general spirit of this book highlighting problems, approaches, and history continues.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Has been extensively expanded by new chapters on timely topics such as epigenetics, pharmacogenetics, gene therapy, cloning, and genetic epidemiology, and databases for basic and clinical genetics
  • A multi-chapter section giving an overview on comparative genetics and the main model organisms useful for human genetics (mouse, dog, worm, fly, fish, yeast) has been introduced in this edition

MARKET: / All human and medical geneticists, scientists in all biomedical sciences, physicians and epidemiologists, as well as to graduate and postgraduate students who desire to learn the fundamentals of this exciting and fascinating field.
SUBJECT: / Human Genetics
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Schulz,Molecular Biology of Human Cancers An Advanced Student's Textbook (978-1402031854, 2005, $83.00)
Cooper, The Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer (978-3540229858,2005, $129.00)
COMPETITION:
Strachan, Human Molecular Genetics(BIOS,978-0815341840, 2003, $94.95)
Nussbaum, Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine (Saunders, 978-1416030805, 2007, $67.95)

Geosciences/Geography

New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

EDITORS: / S. Cloetingh, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Jorg Negendank, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
ISBN-13: / 978-90-481-2736-8
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 390 p., 45 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $159.00
AVAILABLE (US): / September 2009
The modern Earth system approach requires a comprehensive integration of existing databases, with the capacity to expand to allow for storage and exchange of new data collected during the growth of the program. Unification and coupling of existing modeling techniques is needed to achieve full integration of what are currently discipline-oriented approaches and to expand fully 'next generation' 3D applications. Consequently, major investments in Information Technology are called for so as to expand existing computer hardware and software facilities. These are subdivided into four major themes. Significant added value will also be realized by developing a Centre for integrated Solid Earth interpretation, validation and modeling as the 'backbone' of Coupled Deep Earth and Surface Processes. Such a development will bring together a hitherto nonexistent set of integrated hardware and software, dedicated to a 'streamlined' and consistent analysis of large 3D data sets.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Helps reader better understand mass transfer at Earth's surface, and its feedback with deep Earth recycling
  • Explains how our improved understanding of Earth processes can lead to better prediction

MARKET: / Scientists, researchers, professionals, advanced PhD students and Postdocs in related fields of earth sciences.
SUBJECTS: / Geology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Physical Geography
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Geosciences/Geography
RELATED TITLES:
Freiwald, Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems (978-3-540-24136-1, 2005, $299.00)
Badescu, Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface (978-3-540-77454-9, 2008, $139.00)
COMPETITION:
Rubie, Processes and Consequences of Deep Subduction (Elsevier, 978-0444509710, 2001, $88.95)
Shanmugam,Deep-Water Processes and Facies Models (Elsevier,978-0444521613, 2006, $141.00)

Geosciences/Geography

Uranium Deposits of the World

AUTHOR: / Franz J. Dahlkamp
ISBN-13: / 978-3-540-78556-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 2400 p., Print and eReference.,
PRICE: / $1700.00
AVAILABLE (US): / June 2009
Uranium Deposits of the World, in four volumes, comprises an unprecedented compilation of data and overviews of the key uranium regions throughout the globe. It offers not only a complete uranium-resource reference based on the latest research but also access to previously unavailable data. Each country and region receives an analytical overview followed by the detailed geologically- and economically-relevant synopsis of the individual regions and fields, including: location and magnitude of uranium districts and deposits; principal features of uranium districts; and characteristics of selected deposits. The description of districts and deposits includes sections on geology, alteration, mineralogy, shape and dimensions, ore controls or recognition criteria, and metallogenetic aspects. A typological classification of uranium deposits is added to give an overview of principal criteria of deposit types and related nomenclature. The set also provides readers access to the voluminous literature via the comprehensive bibliography of uranium-related publications. Abundantly illustrated with information-laden maps and charts throughout, this reference work is an indispensable tool for geologists, mining companies, government agencies, and those with interest in key natural resources.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Provides a unique comprehensive overview on data from uranium deposits worldwide especially of Russian and Chinese deposits previously unavailable in English or in the west
  • The huge amount of text data, figures and maps makes this 4-volume set an indispensable source on uranium research and exploration for all scientists and professionals in this field

MARKET: / Libraries; geologists, mining engineers, resource managers
SUBJECTS: / Mineral Resources; Economic Geology; Nuclear Engineering
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Geosciences/Geography
RELATED TITLES:
Dahlkamp, UraniumOre Deposits (978-3540532644, 2007, $259.00)
Pirajno, Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral System (978-1402086120, 2008, $259.00)
COMPETITION:
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Uranium 2007 (OECD Publishing, 978-9264047662, 2008, $186.00)
Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement (Wiley, 978-0471073383, 2000, $125.00)

Medicine

The Physician-Scientist's Career Guide

AUTHOR: / Mark J. Eisenberg, McGillUniversity, Montreal, QC, Canada
ISBN-13: / 978-1-60327-907-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 200 p., 10 illus., Softcover
PRICE: / approx. $24.95
AVAILABLE (US): / October 2009
The Physician-Scientist’s Career Guide provides a complete guide to having a successful career as a Physician-Scientist. Filled with first-hand experiences and practical advice, it guides readers through each step of this career path. The volume is unique in that it will provide an overview of this entire career path, allowing readers to envision and prepare for their futures.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Presents an overview of the entire career path from the ground up
  • Broad range of topics addressed, from choosing a degree to navigating the tenure track to applying for and obtaining funding

MARKET: / Medical students, residents, fellows, junior faculty members pursuing a career in research
SUBJECTS: / Medicine/Public Health, general; Internal Medicine; General Surgery
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Medicine
RELATED TITLES:
Madhavan, Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (978-0-387-76494-8, 2008, $39.95)
Fetzer, Career Management for Chemists (978-3-540-20899-0, 2004, $52.95)
COMPETITION:
Rosner, The Complete Guide to the MD/PhD Degree (J&S Publishing Company, 978-1888308167, 2004, $29.95)
Barker, At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator (ColdSpringHarbor Laboratory Press, 978-0879695835, 2002, $59.00)

Medicine, Dermatology

Dermatological Diseases of the Nose and Ears

AUTHORS: / Can Baykal, IstanbulUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey and K. Didem Yazganoglu, IstanbulUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey
ISBN-13: / 978-3-642-01558-8
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 120 p., 405 illus., in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $129.00
AVAILABLE (US): / October 2009
Dermatological Diseases of the Nose and Ears gives comprehensive information about the lesions of these regions. It contains high quality original clinical pictures, which make the diagnosis easier in this important aspect of clinical dermatological practice. All diseases involving the nose and ears are discussed separately witha clinical differential diagnostic approach. As a result approximately 600 different diseasesare addressed in the book.
In clinical practice, physicians may observe lesions of the nose or ear only.After idenfyingthe elementary lesion, the clinician can more easily uncover the diagnosis of a local or disseminated or systemic disease with the help of this book.
SELLING POINTS:
  • High quality original clinical pictures facilitatediagnosis
  • Comprehensive differential diagnosis as to the elementary lesions of the nose and the ears
  • Useful diagnostic clues of diseases localizedin the nose and ears
  • Guide to the diagnosis of prevalent skin tumors

MARKET: / dermatologists, otolaryngologists, plastic surgeons, general practitioners
SUBJECTS: / Dermatology; Otorhinolaryngology; Plastic Surgery
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Medicine, Dermatology
RELATED TITLES:
Jackson, Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist (978-3-540-75886-0, 2008, $99.00)
Shiffman, Simplified Facial Rejuvenation (978-3-540-71096-7, 2008, $329.00)
COMPETITION:
Robinson, Surgery of the Skin: Textbook with DVD (Mosby, 978-0323027526, 2005, $255.00)
Elewski, Differential Diagnosis in Dermatology (Mosby, 978-0323030175, 2005, $82.00)

Medicine, Dermatology