Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Antonin Varenne and published by MacLehose Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Prix Quai du Polar, Antoin Varenne is a rising star in the exciting new wave of French crime fiction. Hard-boiled Paris police lieutenant Richard Guerin thought he knew the depths of human tragedy and perversion during his years investigating suicide cases--not to mention his childhood, raised by his prostitute mother (who left him nothing but her foul-mouthed parrot). But when a slew of cases that are way too bizarre to be straightforward suicides end up on his desk, Guerin begins to suspect that he is up against a nihilistic evil beyond anything he's encountered before. First, there is Alan Musgrave, an American man who bleeds himself to death on stage during a sick S&M show in an underground Paris nightclub. Another runs naked into traffic with arms outstretched and is splattered to pulp by a heavy truck. Yet another hurls himself from a museum balcony to death by impalement on a whale skeleton. Guerin's corrupt police colleagues ridicule his determination to find the connections between these horrifying deaths. Yet he presses on, plunging into the seamy sadomasochistic underbelly of the City of Lights that most never see. Unexpected help comes from a friend of Musgrave's, an eccentric and resourceful rich American named John Nichols who has recently arrived in Paris toting a bow and arrows. The bloody trail leads them to the upper reaches of both the Parisian police force and the American embassy, while Guerin begins to suspect that the ultimate answer may lie somewhere in Nichols's past. In Bed of Nails, Varenne does for Paris what James Ellroy did for vintage Los Angeles: He expertly throws a bright light on a fashionable city's hideous hidden face. From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Antonin Varenne and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's as if he's being mocked from beyond the grave. When John Nichols arrives to identify the body of an old friend, he is immediately caught up in the detritus of Alan Musgrave's life, the side of Paris the tourists don't see, where everyone has a past but very few count on a future. But what can he expect from a man who bled to death in his own excruciating S&M stage show? Now there's a maverick police lieutenant on the prowl who thinks that Musgrave's suicide was murder. Guérin might not look like much, but he's one of the few honest officers on the force. As the horrific extent of police abuse is revealed, the race is on to find the link between a slew of recent suicides - and the key to it is buried deep in Nichols's past. Bed of Nails does for Paris what James Ellroy did for vintage America, shining a light as never before on the seedy underbelly of La Ville-Luminère.
Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Michael Slade and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A get-under-your-skin thriller with machine-gun dialogue and impressive real-world research. It’s one heck of a ride . . . not for the faint of heart.” —CNN.com Canadian Mountie Zinc Chandler knows he’s facing down a psychopath when he’s called to the scene of murder at a Vancouver hotel. There, he finds the body of a Hollywood producer suspended upside down like the Hanged Man tarot card, a crown of nails hammered into his head. When similar corpses turn up across the border in Seattle, Chandler is soon trailing a serial killer he is all too familiar with: his old enemy, the Ripper. But how can that be, when Chandler already put the murderer behind bars? To solve the mystery, Chandler must look back in time to 1888, when London was terrorized by its own demented Jack the Ripper, and into the weird world of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. His search takes him from the streets of Vancouver to the fantasy realm of the Goths at the World Horror Convention in Seattle to a nail-biting climax in the Kingdom of Bones on the cannibal island of Tangaroa in the South Pacific, where suddenly Chandler is in a struggle for his own survival. “Bed of Nails could stand tall beside the horror-ific works of Stephen King or Anne Rice.” —Halifax Daily News
Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Nola Marie and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say love is blind. But Dane and Cami are the ones with the vision problems, because everyone else can see what's growing between these two. And it isn't the friendship they keep claiming. Dane They say all drummers are a little crazy. And when it comes to my overprotective nature, my sisters, and pretty much everyone else, agrees that I parted company with rationality long ago. But I can't help it. I need to look out for the people I care about. And surprisingly, my best friend Cami, has made the top of that list. I'm trying to rein it in, but I know what her boyfriend is doing. When I catch him, I don't know if anyone will be able to stop my need to keep her safe. Cami They say most girls have a 'type'. My type? Trouble. I've gone through d-bag after d-bag in my dating life, but I can honestly say, none have been as bad as my current boyfriend Travis. But they say love takes work, right? So I'll keep trying to make things work until either Travis calls it quits or there's nothing left to fight for. I just have to figure out why I spend every night dreaming about my best friend, Dane. These two proclaim they're just friends loud and proud, despite what everyone around them thinks. Until suddenly, friendship isn't enough, and Dane and Cami see what's been right in front of them. But when Cami's troubles gets out of hand, will her fighting nature and Dane's protective streak be enough to protect her from Travis. Warning: this book is for mature audiences only due to language to explicit situations. Trigger warnings due to domestic abuse should be noted.
Download or read book A Bed of Nails written by John R. Hume and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nail Disorders written by Antonella Tosti and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a quick, expert overview of nail diseases and procedures with this concise, practical resource. Dr. Antonella Tosti covers high-interest clinical topics including anatomy and physiology of the nail, benefits and side effects of nail cosmetics, nail diseases in children and the elderly, and much more. Covers key topics such as nail psoriasis, nail lichen planus, onychomycosis, traumatic toenail disorders, self-induced nail disorders, the nail in systemic disorders, nail disorders in patients of color, and more. Includes basic nail procedures useful to students, residents, fellows, and practitioners. Consolidates today’s available information and experience in this important area into one convenient resource.
Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Howard Camner and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Color Atlas of Nails written by Antonella Tosti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the correct diagnosis, it is easier to administer the best possible therapy. Written by internationally renowned experts, this outstanding atlas is designed to provide dermatologists with all necessary tools to diagnose nail disorders by clinical signs: The concise text is reader-friendly structured and highlights ‘key messages’ and ‘take home pearls’. For easy recognition, nail signs are lavishly illustrated by clinical photographs in 4-colour and schematic artwork. Dermatologists will find in this simple and quick guide the necessary support they need for their daily practice regarding diagnosis and management of nail disorders.
Download or read book Nails written by Peter Bowen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fiddler, father, widower, cowboy and lover, Du Pré has the soul of a poet, the eyes of a wise man, and the heart of a comic” (The New York Times Book Review). Gabriel Du Pré’s precocious granddaughter, Pallas, has returned from her Washington, DC, boarding school, and trouble seems to have come along for the ride. Du Pré’s girlfriend’s son, Chappie, is also back from serving in Iraq, minus one leg and one eye. As the family tries to help him adjust to civilian life, the town is invaded by a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist sect, whose preacher is hell-bent on imposing his own beliefs on the easygoing people of Toussaint, where even the most pious prefer to keep God to themselves. Du Pré is content to ignore the evangelists, until a mountain hike turns up the body of a little girl. Although he has no hard evidence, instinct tells him that the fundamentalists may be to blame. Du Pré hunts the countryside for the young girl’s killer, wishing as always that the outside world would leave his beloved Montana alone. In this “admirable, highly original” series, “Du Pré, a Métis Indian, ignores the speed limit, smokes hand-rolled cigarettes and drinks whisky like it was water. He also plays fiddle like an angel, takes care of his friends and defends the weak with equal passion” (Publishers Weekly). Nails is the 13th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Download or read book Bed of Nails written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rescue Your Nails written by Ji Baek and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skip the spa and give yourself an at-home manicure using the guidance of New York's most celebrated nail expert and founder of Rescue Beauty Lounge. Ji Baek, the high-energy owner of New York's hottest nail salons, the Rescue Beauty Lounge—written about from Vogue to InStyle, Lucky to Harper's Bazaar, used by designers and stylists, patronized by actors, fashionistas, professionals, and more—presents the definitive guide to beautiful hands and feet. Emphasizing natural beauty, cleanliness, and simplicity, it covers the science of the nail, and why it's important to take vitamins, file regularly, and moisturize constantly; the care of the nail, with step-by-step illustrated directions to achieving professional-quality home manicures and pedicures, including tools, techniques, lotions, polishes; the dressing of the nail—shapes, colors, and styles; the health of the nail and the surrounding skin—how to heal split nails, brittle nails, and ingrown nails, and take care of common problems like calluses and sunspots.
Download or read book The Saint Zita Society written by Ruth Rendell and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the well-manicured London locale of Hexam Place is not as placid and orderly as it appears. Behind the tranquil gardens and polished entryways, relationships between servants and their employers are set to combust. Henry, the handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both the Lord's wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrate, the Still family's lazy au pair, is helping to hide Mrs. Still's illicit affair with a television actor--for a small fee. June, the haughty housekeeper to a princess of dubious origin, is hard at work forming a "society" for servants to address complaints about their employers. Meanwhile, a disturbed gardener, Dex, believes a voice in his cellphone is giving him godlike instructions--that could endanger the lives of all who reside in Hexam Place. A deeply observed and suspenseful update to the upstairs/downstairs genre, The St. Zita Society is Ruth Rendell at her incisive best.
Download or read book The Nail in Health and Disease written by N. Zaias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary intent of this book is to familiarize the medical practitioner with the "nail unit" in a way which will render, correctly and more easily, the diagnosis of nail diseases. At the same time, it serves to encourage the treatment and corrective measures of the ab normalities, if possible, based on anatomical and physiological knowledge. The chapters on anatomy, regeneration, and nail formation are basic to the author's in tent. The content ofthe references quoted represents information which is proven and not controversial material. In addition, my own material not previously published is included. I would like to introduce the anatomical concept that the nail unit consists of four dif ferent epithelial structures, each with its own characteristics, yet all interrelated. These four constituents are the Proximal Nail Fold (PNF), the Matrix (M), the Nail Bed (NB) and the Hyponychium (HYP). A disease may occur in any number of or all nail unit structures. A clear understanding of the anatomy, histology, and tissue kinetics of each constituent will be necessary and is the key factor in interpreting the abnormal findings of each of these constituents as disease occurs. It follows, therefore, that treatment and Cor rective measures should include the knowledge of not only the nail but also of its relation ship to the bony phalanx and the digit.
Download or read book The WAH Nails Book of Downtown Girls written by Sharmadean Reid and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even more nail art, make-up tips and fashion advice from WAH's Sharmadean Reid. Back by popular demand, Sharmadean Reid, founder of London's hip WAH Nails salon in Dalston, introduces readers to even more nail art. This time she will feature 'five under f
Download or read book Scher and Daniel s Nails written by Adam I. Rubin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly updated 4th Edition of this highly regarded text continues to provide the latest therapeutic and surgical information on nail disease and disorders. It expands and updates all areas of onychology, including the newest in diagnostic techniques for nail diseases, a segment of dermatology that not only proves more difficult than cutaneous disorders but also is an exciting and innovative area on the frontier of skin research. Scher and Daniel's Nails: Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy provides an update of therapeutic advances to help the resident, practitioner, and related healthcare provider (podiatrist, nurse, primary care physician, and all involved in nail care). A major section is devoted to nail surgery and nail pathology, both of which have been behind compared to other aspects of dermatology. There is also extensive information on the billion dollar nail cosmetics industry, which will bring this text to the attention of all nail technicians (several hundred thousand in the US alone) as well as to cosmeticians and manufacturers.
Download or read book The Pail of Nails written by Harriet May Savitz and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a parade in Jerusalem, Marcus is asked by soldiers to carry a pail of nails to aid them in nailing to a cross a man whom Marcus recognizes as a kind and peaceable fisherman who is his friend.
Download or read book Review of Medical Embryology written by Ben Pansky and published by Macmillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982-08-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
