Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements bridges the gap between books aimed at consumers and technical volumes written for investigators in antioxidant research. It explores the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of various diseases as well as antioxidant foods, vitamins, and all[...]

A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style with an energetically modern worldscape.[...]

This text explains the fundamentals of algorithms in a story line that makes the material enjoyable and easy to digest. Emphasis is placed on understanding the crisp mathematical idea behind each algorithm, in a manner that is intuitive and rigorous without being unduly formal. The features include:[...]

An extraordinary portrait of the fastest-growing city in the world and the rise of a new global elite
Since the opening up of India s economy in 1991, wealth has poured into the country, and especially into Delhi. "Capital "bears witness to the astonishing metamorphosis of India s capital city, [...]

This book is an encyclopedic treatment of classic as well as contemporary large sample theory, dealing with both statistical problems and probabilistic issues and tools. It is written in an extremely lucid style, with an emphasis on the conceptual discussion of the importance of a problem and the im[...]

This book focuses on efficacy, toxicity, drug interactions, and abnormal clinical laboratory tests resulting from the use of herbal remedies. Although a few herbal remedies are safe and have efficacy (for example saw palmetto), many herbal remedies are toxic. This book guides in the interpretation o[...]

Pharmacogenomics is the process of analyzing patients' genes to predict the onset of adverse reactions or forecast the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs. This useful text is written to discuss both the theory and the clinical application of the principles of pharmacogenomics.[...]

When thirteen passengers are stranded together at an airport, they form a huddle and tell one another stories about lives in transit that grow into an epic cycle about the hopes, dreams, and disappointments that connect people everywhere. Reader's Guide available. Original. 25,000 first printing.[...]

Driving along the dusty, congested roads of central Delhi gives no sense of the verdant landscape behind the high walls that line them: it is only when you ascend, for instance, to the top of the Taj Hotel, that you can look down and see that these roads are but arid strips through an enormous expan[...]

This book provides a versatile and lucid treatment of classic as well as modern probability theory, while integrating them with core topics in statistical theory and also some key tools in machine learning. It is written in an extremely accessible style, with elaborate motivating discussions and num[...]

In "Capital," Commonwealth Prize-winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. "Capital" is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India's capital. But it also offers a g[...]