In the name of progress and clean living, we scrub much of nature off our bodies and try to remove whole kinds of life--parasites, bacteria, mutualists, and predators. To modern humans, nature is the landscape outside. Biologist Rob Dunn contends that while "clean living" has benefited us in some wa[...]

The tragic, moving, and gripping story of the ascendanceand fall of Katherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and the best friend she nearly dragged down with her When twelve-year-old Katherine Howard comes to livein the Duchess of Norfolk's household she could not bemore different than her poor r[...]

CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, receives a cryptic message from an agent operating deep undercover in Russia: "He has betrayed us and wants to go to war." Unable to make contact, the Director of Operations is forced to turn to one of his most deadly field officers--Will Cochrane. His mission:[...]

On the streets of Gdansk, Poland, Will Cochrane waits for a Russian defector bearing a top-secret document. But when the target shows up, so does a team from the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR. Then, in a hail of crossfire, a van speeds into the melee and snatches the defector out from und[...]

On the run from the CIA, Intelligence operative Will Cochrane must uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of a devastating international conspiracyOn an assignment in Norway, Will Cochrane is shocked to see an eminent Russian spymaster--code-named Antaeus--whom Will is sure he killed three yea[...]

An escaped terrorist is after intelligence officer Will Cochrane on U.S. soil--saying Will is the one who killed his leader--but Will knows there has to be more to this story. Will gets close enough to shut the man down, but when he does, that act opens the door to yet another, much more dangerous s[...]

Brings together the integrative set of computational problem solving tools important to biomedical engineers. This book integrates principles and techniques of numerical analysis. It covers the biomechanical phenomena and physiologic, cell and molecular systems. It is also supported by Whitaker foun[...]

Brings together numerical modeling fundamentals and applications essential to bioengineers. This title covers biomechanical phenomena and physiologic, cell and molecular systems. Introducing the fundamentals of MATLAB and its potential, it helps you avoid common mistakes and pitfalls, and to master [...]

n the 1930s, two opportunities existed for boys of Balmain, a working-class Sydney suburb: to be selected into Fort Street Boys School or to excel as a sportsman. At just sixteen years Danny Dunn has everything going for him: brains, looks, sporting aptitude - and luck with the ladies.[...]

A new edition of the most student-friendly and engaging resource for Edexcel GCSE Specification B, written to match the demands of the re-accredited specification (for teaching from 2012). This student book motivates your students with accessible, interesting content and up-to-date case studies, whi[...]