Carniepunk: Parlor Tricks

by Jennifer Estep

Overview

Come one! Come all! Witness Gin Blanco—aka the Elemental Assassin, aka the Spider—go toe to toe against the Esmerelda the Amazing's Wheel of Death and some dangerously creepy clowns! Only at The Carnival of Wondrous Wonders!


A free story from the forthcoming Carniepunk urban fantasy anthology starring bestselling authors Rachel Caine, Jennifer Estep, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, and Rob Thurman, and also includes Delilah S. Dawson, Kelly Gay, Mark Henry, Hillary Jacques, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Meding, Allison Pang, Nicole D. Peeler, and Jaye Wells. Samples of all fourteen tales are included to tantalize and to tease. Come to the Carniepunk midway and explore the creepy, mysterious, magical world of traveling carnivals today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476750125
Publisher:	Pocket Star
Publication date:	06/03/2013
Series:	Elemental Assassin Series , #10
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	58,554
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jennifer Estep is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author prowling the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea. Spider’s Bite, Web of Lies, Venom, Tangled Threads, Spider’s Revenge, By a Thread, Widow’s Web, Deadly Sting, Heart of Venom, The Spider, Poison Promise, and Black Widow, along with the e-shorts Thread of Death, Parlor Tricks, and Kiss of Venom, are the other titles in her red-hot Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. Jennifer is also the author of the Black Blade and Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series and the Bigtime paranormal romance series. For more on Jennifer and her books, visit JenniferEstep.com and @Jennifer_Estep.

Table of Contents

1. Appetite Regulation and Thermogenesis
2. Obesity: The Problem and Its Management
3. Genetic Syndromes Associated with Obesity
4. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Eating Disorders
5. Development of the Endocrine Pancreas
6. Biosynthesis, Processing, and Secretion of the Islet Hormones: Insulin, Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (Amylin), Glucagon, Somatostatin, and Pancreatic Polypeptide
7. Insulin Secretion
8. The Mechanisms of Insulin Action
9. Glucagon and Glucagon-like Peptides
10. Regulation of Intermediatory Metabolism During Fasting and Feeding
11. Role of the Adipocyte in Metabolism and Endocrine Function
12. Lipodystrophy Syndromes
13. Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
14. Type 1 (Insulin-dependent) Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Prediction, and Prevention
15. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Natural History
16. Lipoprotein Metabolism and the Treatment of Lipid Disorders
17. Hyperglycemia Secondary to Nondiabetic Conditions and Therapies
18. The Metabolic Syndrome
19. Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
20. Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma
21. Hypoglycemia and Hypoglycemic Syndromes
22. Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
23. Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Children
24. Pancreatic and Islet Transplantation
25. Diabetes Control, Long-Term Complications, and Large Vessel Disease
26. Diabetic Eye Disease
27. Diabetes Mellitus: Neuropathy
28. Diabetic Nephropathy
29. Diabetic Foot and Vascular Complications
30. Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy