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From the moment Cable jumped into the time stream with the infant "mutant messiah," he's had only one goal: keep Hope alive until she can choose her own destiny. But now, stranded on a planet in it
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X-Men face the assault by Apocalypse and fight to survive on three diff erent fronts: the past, present and future! In ALL-NEW X-MEN, the young team strives to evade the legacies left to them by their
After a teenager is given super-powers in a lab accident caused by Peter Parker, Spider-Man must save the new superhero, Alpha, both from himself and from the super villain that has targeted him.
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, MCIS 2012, held in Guimaraes, Portugal, in September 2012. MCIS 2012 comprised theories, research, and
Sjogren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics provides a thorough, multisystemic overview of the clinical manifestations of Sjogren’s Syndrome. It contains chapters pertinent across the range of medi
There is a tendency for companies to follow a traditional model and structure without giving much thought to whether this really suits their needs. In today's knowledge economy, managers must re-evalu
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