Modern methods of agriculture have led to cities growing out of control and reducing the available agricultural land, threatening the sustainability of our food system. The previous mutually sustaining relationships of animals, humans and the land have been lost with the progress of industry. The Sm[...]

Sport has become a global business. There is no corner of the Earth that isn't reached by coverage of global sporting mega-events such as the Olympics or the World Cup, events managed by international governing bodies such as the IOC and FIFA that operate like major international businesses. Compani[...]

Bio-Privacy: Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics provides an in-depth consideration of the legal issues posed by the use of biometric technology. Focusing particularly on the relationship between the use of this technology and the protection of privacy, this book draws on material ac[...]

A quartet of novellas delves into the passionate world of the supernatural in an anthology that journeys from the depths of Atlantis and a realm of vampires and guardian angels to the forbidden world of the demon horde and the secrets of an animal whisperer, in four romantic sagas by Maggie Shayne, [...]

First in a stunning new urban fantasy series from an author who "NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE." ("BOOKLIST," STARRED REVIEW)
Demon hunter Maxine Kiss wears her armor as tattoos, which unwind from her body to take on forms of their own at night. They stand between her and her enemies, just as Maxine sta[...]

View our feature on Marjorie Liu's "A Wild Light." For too long Maxine Kiss has felt an inexplicable darkness inside her-a force she channels into hunting the demons bent on destroying the human race. But when she finds herself covered in blood and crouched beside her grandfather's dead body with no[...]

Deals with the design and development of equipment and processes for manufacturing of products such as food, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, chemicals, and polymers and paper from biological materials. This title contains systematic and comprehensive content on bioprocess kinetics, bioprocess syste[...]

This book introduces the methodology for collection and identification of herbal materials, extraction and isolation of compounds from herbs, "in vitro" bioassay, "in vivo" animal test, toxicology, and clinical trials of herbal research. To fully understand and make the best use of herbal medicines [...]