A young man with grand dreams hustles to rise out of poverty and survive a plague-ridden New Orleans, in this historical novel from an award-winning author.1853. Born on a Mississippi farm, John Samson Donnelly learned early on that he had no desire to toil the land in backbreaking labor like his forebears. Believing he was meant for greater things, John set out to become a doctor—not an educated man of medicine, but a peddler of potions o...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices to optimise quality attributes in horticultural products. The first chapter examines the use of quantitative trait loci (QTL) to identify and determine favourable sensory characteristics in the tomato plant to meet current consumer expectations.The second chapter highlights some of the newest innovations in strawberry production with particular emphasis on genetic improvement of the crop through a number of technologie...

The Delaware River has been home to steamboats and canoes, swimmers and fishermen, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have long coexisted along its changing banks. Along the Delaware River presents the Delaware River corridor-from Hancock, New York, in the Catskill Mountains, to the mouth of the Delaware Bay-at the beginning of the twentieth century. Postcards, many nearly a hundred years old, are used to show a river system that both resembles and differs...

An up-to-date textbook on the clinical essentials in women's healthcareWritten by an international team of OB/GYN practitioners, this book offers an overview of the most important and common clinical issues in obstetrics and gynecology, including reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic oncology, maternal–fetal medicine, and sexuality. It provides readers with current information on evidence-based approaches to the management of normal pregnancy, labor and ...

With the recent tightening of air quality standards as mandated by the U.S. EPA, has come great pressure on regulatory bodies at all levels of government, along with the industries and groups affected by these standards, to better assess the hazards and risks that result from air pollutants. Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality carefully ties tog

From preconception care through all aspects of care of the pregnant mother and newborn infant, Clinical Obstetrics provides comprehensive, authoritative information on today’s obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. The fourth edition has been streamlined with concise chapters summarizing clinical content for busy practitioners. The eBook provides expanded content and exciting new animations and interactive decision-making algorithms. Together, the print and eBook offer residents, trainees...

Discusses developments in good agricultural practice from crop growth models to improved water and nutrition management;Reviews advances in understanding plant physiology and genetic diversity as well as their contribution to improvements in breeding;Summarises recent research on diseases and pests as well as their control through developing disease-resistant varieties or integrated weed management

This uplifting story about one man's gift to the desert and the gift he receives in return has a powerful environmental lesson. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.

An up-to-date textbook on the clinical essentials in women's healthcareWritten by an international team of OB/GYN practitioners, this book offers an overview of the most important and common clinical issues in obstetrics and gynecology, including reproductive endocrinology, gynecologic oncology, maternal–fetal medicine, and sexuality. It provides readers with current information on evidence-based approaches to the management of normal pregnancy, labor and ...

A genre-spanning collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from a World Fantasy Award–winning author.From a medieval fantasy and an alternate post–World War II history to supernatural mysteries set in New Orleans' French Quarter and extraterrestrial encounters on colonized worlds, the variety of stories in Revelation and Other Tales of Fantascience presents Albert E. Cowdrey's vivid, limitless imagination in one essential volume....

In this grizzly anthology of the undead, four fascinatingly horrid dystopian universes are described, with zombies taking centre stage.Included are:What Will Come After - Scott EdelmanIn this most personal of zombie stories, the author imagines himself as the protagonist, looking ahead to what would happen after his own death . . . and rebirth.Christmas with the Dead - Joe R. LansdaleThe ultimate in ho...

ALBERT E. KAHN, at thirty-seven, has earned an international reputation for his sensational exposes of secret diplomacy, fifth column intrigue, and the machinations of men in high places. His books, as Walter Winchell once said of them, "pull no punches, name names." A graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was a famous athlete and winner of the Crawford-Campbell Literary Fellowship, Mr. Kahn became, in 1938, the Executive Secretary of the American Counc...