This detailed new edition complements the previous edition with updates and new chemistry, concepts, and applications in the study of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). The focus is on in vivo properties, behavior, and innovative applications of PNA, while maintaining contributions on both chemistry and nucleic acid recognition. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materi...

Peter has published his private and personal thoughts about Gods grace and love to his own soul. It is often said that dynamite comes in small packages. This little book fulfills that adage. It will prove to be a living explosion of relevant and practical strength and encouragement from the Source of all wisdom, Jesus Christ, as it flows into your soul and spirit. You will touch Gods heart of love as you read Peters first hand responses to Gods Loving instructions and promptings during his...

The Black Man's Place in South Africa by Peter Nielsen is a thought-provoking exploration of the social, political, and economic position of Black South Africans during the early 20th century. Nielsen, a Danish writer and observer, provides an in-depth look at the racial dynamics in South Africa, a country where racial segregation and discrimination were entrenched in both policy and society. The book was written during a time of rising racial tension, as the country was beginning to grapp...

Karen Blixen is the centerpiece of this story about love and destiny. In circles around her, seven men move, each of whom tells about violent and decisive incidents in their lives, often with the erotic as a common feature.The seven narrators of the novel are:Wilhelm Dinesen: Karen's father, a restless and brave soldier.Thomas Dinesen: Blixen's brother, a close and loyal friend.Denys Finch Hatton: The big love of her life.Farah Aden: Blixen's househo...

Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questionsThe Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about:Boat Handling Under Power--Bob SweetSail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone

We Gambled Everything is the autobiography of Canadian petroleum leader Arne Nielsen. A key figure in the genesis and evolution of the oil and gas industry in Canada, Nielson dispassionately locates his life and career in farseeing historical, geological, corporate, and political contexts. His memoir illuminates a canny world inhabited by premiers, prime ministers, corporate chairmen, and chief executive officers, affording a comprehensive insider’s account that ties the landmark discoveri...

This beautiful Asbjørnsen and Moe folk tale anthology features wondrous stories from Nordic and Norwegian folklore, accompanied by Kay Nielsen’s masterful artwork.Edited and collated by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a gorgeously detailed anthology of Nordic and Norwegian folk tales. Featuring stories that are well-known and much-loved, as well as some rarer tales, this volume is completed by t...

A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the Norske Folkeeventyr of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering. Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite bizarrerie of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost ...

This book presents theoretical discussions and practical examples of Action Research from Scandinavia, Latin America and Africa, primarily dealing with how to combine nature conservation and management with local democratic community development, seeing the renewal of Commons as a way to transcend the present dichotomy between these two dimensions.

Transnational Cinematography Studies introduces new perspectives to the discipline of film and media studies. First, this volume focuses on a crucial yet largely unexplored area in film and media studies: the substantial communication between critical studies of cinema and film production practices. This book integrates theories and practices of cinematographic technology. Secondly, Transnational Cinematography Studies expands the scope of film and media studies into the arena of transnati...

For most of the eighteenth century, automata were deemed a celebration of human ingenuity, feats of science and reason. Among the Romantics, however, they prompted a contradictory apprehension about mechanization and contrivance: such science and engineering threatened the spiritual nature of life, the source of compassion in human society. A deep dread of puppets and the machinery that propels them consequently surfaced in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature. Roman...

As the NATO Alliance enters its seventh decade, it finds itself involved in an array of military missions ranging from Afghanistan to Kosovo to Sudan. It also stands at the center of a host of regional and global partnerships. Yet, NATO has still to articulate a grand strategic vision designed to determine how, when, and where its capabilities should be used, the values underpinning its new missions, and its relationship to other international actors such as the European Union and the Unit...