Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry & eBook

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Authors Dave Nelson and Mike Cox combine the best of the laboratory and best of the classroom, introducing exciting new developments while communicating basic principles of biochemistry.

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The Meaning of Night: A Confession

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The atmosphere of Bleak House, the sensuous thrill of Perfume, and the mystery of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell all combine in a story of murder, deceit, love, and revenge in Victorian England.

"After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" (Booklist, starred review) and "ingenious" (Boston Globe) story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. A chance discovery convinces him that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. Overwhelmed by his discovery, he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his.

Glyver's path to reclaim his prize leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels, and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most beautiful and enchanting country houses, and finally to a consuming love for the beautiful but enigmatic Emily Carteret. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onward, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt.

The Meaning of Night is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.

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The Glass of Time: A Novel

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Building on his "superb" (Washington Post) debut, The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox returns to a murderous nineteenth-century England. Like its "beguiling" and "intelligent" (New York Times Book Review) predecessor, The Glass of Time is a page turning period mystery about identity, the nature of secrets, and what happens when past obsessions impose themselves on an unwilling present. In the autumn of 1876, nineteen year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to become a lady's maid to the twenty-sixth Baroness Tansor. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own life is bound up. At Evenwood she meets Lady Tansor's two dashing sons, Perseus and Randolph, and finds herself enmeshed in a complicated web of seduction, intrigue, deceit, betrayal, and murder. Few writers are as gifted at evoking the sensibility of the nineteenth century as Michael Cox, who has made the world of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins his own.

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Molecular Biology: Principles and Practice

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Oxford Book of Twen Cent Ghost Stories

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Ghosts are resilient creatures. They thrive in an atmosphere of candle-light and decay, in antique manors, graveyards and cloisters and yet, as this anthology triumphantly demonstrates, they are equally at home under the harsh light of the electric bulb. The advent of the motor car and the invention of the telephone have merely tested their ingenuity, and exercised the talents of a host of writers. The fractures and schisms of the twentieth century are reflected in the current proliferation of literary genres, and in the marvellous variety that a single genre can embrace. Leading exponents of ghost fiction such as M. R. James and Algernon Blackwood are joined by authors such as Scott Fitzgerald, A. S. Byatt, William Trevor, and Alison Lurie; women, in particular, have embraced the form with skill and versatility. As well as the returning dead there are haunted typewriters, malevolent furniture, and urban ghosts, phantoms of smoke and soot. Occasionally with humour, but more often with obliquity and restraint, these stories both entrance and terrify. This book is intended for readers of ghost fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, Gothic; students of popular fiction, cultural studies

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"In 1944 the critic Edmund Wilson expressed surprise that the ghost story was still alive and well in the age of the electric light. But why should he have been surprised? Ghost stories, as a literary genre ... have always maintained an adaptable relationship with the contemporary world." These 33 stories (17 by female authors) include the delicious ambiguities of Robert Aickman and Walter de la Mare; the family/relationship horrors of Ellen Glasgow, May Sinclair, Fay Weldon, and A. S. Byatt; a wicked tale with a twist ending by Graham Greene; Fritz Leiber's brilliant, postindustrial "Smoke Ghost"; and others that range from the poignant to the humorous to the terrifying. As Peter Cannon writes in Necrofile (the premiere journal of horror criticism), "Readers can expect both quality and good taste.... For those of us who prefer the old-fashioned literary virtues, The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories is the goods."

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Gluten-Free: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes Your Family Will Love

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FOR CELIACS WHO LOVE FOOD --

A BEAUTIFUL BOOK OF DELECTABLE DISHES

Millions who cannot tolerate gluten in their diet no longer have to make do with cookbooks that provide safe but unappealing recipes. With more than 100 contemporary recipes that will delight the palate, please the eye, and satisfy families and guests -- celiac and nonceliac alike -- "Gluten-Free" offers a welcome alternative. Based on mouthwatering Mediterranean cuisine, "Gluten-Free" includes:

Tempting recipes for every meal of the day that don't rely on specialty ingredients: appealing appetizers such as Gazpacho; lunch and light supper treats such as Chicken with Basil and Almonds; substantial dinners like Seafood Paella; and a wonderful selection of desserts, from gluten-free breads and cakes to inventive fruit combinations.

Complete nutritional information on every recipe, conveniently provided in a table in the back of the book.

Important information on celiac disease and tips on how to choose ingredients that are safe to eat.

Illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs and packed with helpful information, "Gluten-Free" proves it is possible for celiacs to meet dietary demands and still explore an exciting new world of food.

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