This reference/text covers fundamentals of peptide and protein drug delivery, including such considerations as synthesis, physical chemistry and biochemistry, analysis, proteolytic and transport constraints, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics; bioavailability from routes of administration, detai

The Systems of the Body series has established itself as a highly valuable resource for medical and other health science students following today's systems-based courses. Now thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, each volume presents the core knowledge of basic science and clinical conditions that medical students need, providing a concise, fully integrated view of each major body system that can be hard to find in more traditionally arranged textbooks or other resources. M...

James Coleman wanted a simple life. Money, women and booze. Former crewman of the military, a job onboard the colony ship Pytheas fits right in his alley. Ship people from a dying Earth to a terraformed planet named Anden ready for colonization. Couldn’t get any simpler than that, he had imagined. Reality had different ideas when the Pytheas is sabotaged and crash lands onto the planet. Stranded with little food and water, he is forced to find a way to survive and call home for rescue lest...

ISMS... those things that divide & separate us. SCHISMS... those things that keep us apart & POETIC RHYTHMS... those things that bring us together... puts a smile on our faces and keeps LOVE in our Hearts. A Collection of Poetry Geared Toward the Young and the Old... Combining Old School Values and Wisdom With the Witty Wordplay of Today's Generation. If You Don't Have it, You Need To Get It... Today!

After losing her father and nearly losing her life when their ship sank off the coast of Cornwall, Adelaide Hampton Parke is faced with a terrible dilemma. Her stepmother has demanded that they immediately set sail for New York but the very idea of stepping foot on board another ship and facing the uncertainty of a Transatlantic crossing leaves her paralyzed with fear. Not to mention that her relationship with her stepmother is contentious at best and she's been given only six months to re...

“Whilst we can't deny the existence of ladders in life, we should never be so taken over with the desire to climb that we allow it to overcome the desire to be loved and rest on the rungs where we are now. No earthly ladder can ever take us closer to God, only God can draw us closer to Himself.” ‘Horizontal Ladders’ reflects the author’s wonderfully colourful and agile mind. Readers should expect the unexpected. From the experiences and joy of the birth of his children, to the struggles of...

Crack kills!When a synthetically-altered street drug is discarded in the woods by a drug dealer during a car chase with police, the fallout proves nothing less than horrific when an innocent raccoon eats it, transforming it into a nightmarish killing machine straight from the bowels of hell.With unsuspecting campers, tourists, and residents of a mountain community all in close proximity to the epicenter, no one is safe from the monster's unrelentin...

Douglas River is a nightclub owner in Morgantown, West Virginia. River is also a vampire who, after nearly two centuries of bloodsucking, suddenly discovers he's becoming human again--he's starting to see himself in the mirror, blood makes him sick, daylight doesn't bother him, and other worse things are starting to happen.Normally, this might not present too much of a problem. But in River's case, he needs to find a cure…fast. He's one of the vampire elite, and after his secret le...

2010 Book of the Year winner - Foreword Reviews magazineA tale of gripping psychological horror!When evil descends on a small West Virginia town, who will survive?Jonathan did not start out his life to become a rambler; it just worked out that way. William was a troubled youth with something to hide. Both were from Melas, a small town tucked away in the West Virginia hills - a town where disappearances are happening more an...

“This is gonna end badly!” Old Ferguson.Bob Barnaby runs an old drama theater and manages a drama troupe. But the night before they begin their new play, Marriage and Divorce, Bob’s actors—along with his male and female leads and their understudies—all quit over a lack of wage payment.Bob is left desperate. Financially, he’s on his last legs: theater mortgage, etc., and if he can’t put on the show tomorrow, he’s finished.After receiving no sympathy...

Mobster Ross Blakely is about to get into a difficult spot when his devout sister Samantha comes to him with an unusual request: rescue her daughter Jennifer from the life of drugs and the influence of her drug-dealing boyfriend.Shocked that his once religious niece had gone astray, he agrees to his sister’s request.However, when rescuing Jennifer doesn’t go as smoothly as planned, Ross finds himself in the company of some strange friends who hope to help him rescue his nie...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.After forty years of marriage, Hank Marshall returns alone to the mountain cabin he once shared with his wife, intending to close it up for good.But grief has a way of lingering in quiet places.When a storm rolls in one November night, Hank finds a young woman walking the mountain road with an injured dog and nowhere to go. He offers her shelter just for the night.What follows is three days neither of them expect...