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...

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...

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...

Every weekday, just before dawn, a commuter train full of business people pulls out of the train station in Santa Ana, California and rumbles toward downtown Los Angeles. Typically the "quiet" car of this train is packed full of suited men and women who are busy preparing for their workdays. Some are sitting quietly, hunched over cof-fee cups. Others are poking at their phones, reviewing documents, or catching a final few moments of sleep.Then there's Peter Nielsen, a banker with a...

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...

Psychosis and spiritual experiences are not always easy to distinguish from each other. In Spontaneous Kundalini awakenings Peter Legård Nielsen takes us into the dramatic field of the life force or sexual energy that according to ancient scripts and traditions are embedded at the bottom of our spines. Sometimes this energy can become uncontrolled and life threatening. Peter Legård Nielsen tells a detailed account of his own decade long struggle with this energy and how he found a...

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...

Winner: Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize for innovative writing on critical realismThis new textbook offers a succinct yet broad introduction to critical realism, an increasingly popular approach to the philosophy of science that provides a holistic alternative to both positivism and postmodernism.This text sets out the central concepts, arguments and understandings in critical realism and relates them to social scientific practice. In addition to answering the ...

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

This book presents the outcomes of the special sessions of the 16th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence 2019, a forum that brought together ideas, projects and lessons associated with distributed computing and artificial intelligence, and their applications in various areas.Artificial intelligence is currently transforming our society. Its application in distributed environments, such as the internet, electronic commerce, environmental moni...

This book addresses how identity, structures, and agency affect women’s everyday lives in post-revolutionary Egypt. The authors analyse the topic both on a macro- as well as on a micro-level. Through interviews and workshops, women around Egypt express their own experiences in dialogue, in groups and in drawings. Based on the analysis of this material the reader gets insights into personal experiences, believes and opinions of a diverse group of women in terms of age, economic class, educa...

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...