Amino acids play a role in the defence mechanisms and stress responses of plants, as well as in food quality and safety for humans and animals. Recent advances in the field make a comprehensive overview of the information a necessity; this book collates chapters on plant enzymes and metabolism, modulation, molecular aspects and secondary products. Also including information on ecology, the environment and mammalian nutrition and toxicology, it provides an authoritative resource.

Summoned to London by a mysterious telegram, Paul Dukes finds himself recruited into the ranks of the British Secret Intelligence Service. The murder of Captain Cromie in the Petrograd embassy has flung the British spy networks in Russia into disarray, and the onslaught of the Red Terror threatens to stamp them out for good. With no prior espionage experience, Dukes is tasked with rebuilding the broken networks under the nose of the Bolshevik regime, all while keeping two steps ahead of th...

Listen to mom and never trust a stranger.

-- A USA TODAY best-seller --Brewmaster and town sweetheart Dani Dobson is officially declaring war against her hot, maddening new menace of a neighbor--and his shop. How the man manages to provoke her so much is beyond her. But he does, and really, she's just picking up the gauntlet he tosses her way.The terms of their little throwdown? Her business versus his in the arena of romance.And the stakes? Very likely, her heart.Chocolatier and to...

-- A USA TODAY Bestseller --Before that night, Addison Milan had been just a college dropout secretly raising her two young siblings in a beat-up minivan she'd bought with her first semester's tuition refund--the only money her addict mother hadn't taken off with when she'd abandoned them nearly two years ago.Before that night, Caine Spencer had been just a rough, gruff cop sent to check out the phoned-in claims of suspected child neglect involving the same woman he'd met j...

He's the ruthless lawyer with a not-so-little black book, and one simple rule as unyielding as his heart: Nothing more than a month.She's the doctoral student helping to raise his niece. His brother's best friend. And the valium for his soul he had no business wanting.To be fair, she did ask him for advice--on what she could do to stop being 'the nice girl' for a little bit. All he did was answer truthfully: "Try something new that excites you."......

Seven years.Seven damn years of wondering whether the woman was still alive...whether she'd spent the last two thousand five hundred fifty five days wondering if he was still alive.Wondering whether that night was as burned into her memory as it was his.Seven years having his heart tethered to Addison―and now she's back. With even more reasons to run than she'd had then.Only this time, Caine isn't letting the gorgeous little flight risk out of his s...

The second book of the Sullivan Brothers "Nice Girl Trilogy" that began the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling CAN'T RESIST series.Her best friend since college. The polar opposite of his brother Connor. The 'good guy' everyone's hell-bent on believing is her perfect match. Anything beyond friendship for them had just never been a possibility. But it is now.For over a decade, through his high school sweetheart's illness and eventual pa...

* * * A USA TODAY best-seller * * *Being a single dad who's now loved and lost twice in his life, all Brian's currently looking for is something casual and simple for a change. Unfortunately, being the nice guy poster boy and all, he isn't exactly versed in the fine art of flings. So, he looks to the unique and outrageously button-pushing Tessa for a crash course. There's absolutely no way he's falling in love with this one...right?Tessa has no

-- A NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER --This is the complete 3-book bundled boxed set of the Sullivan Brothers "Nice Girl Trilogy” that began the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling CAN'T RESIST series.BOOK #1: RESISTINGHe’s the ruthless lawyer with a not-so-little black book, and one simple rule as unyielding as his heart: Nothing more than a month.She’s the doctoral student helping to raise his nie...

The one she never thought she could keep.The one she never hoped she could have.A decision she never dreamed she'd have to make.The third and final book of the Sullivan Brothers "Nice Girl Trilogy" that began the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling CAN'T RESIST series.* * * * **"Emotional, sexy, and so unique. I could NOT put these books down." -- NYT Bestselling Author Carly Phillips"Found my heart melting at every turn....

Brought to you by Penguin.Learn when to grit, and when to quitWe are often told that the secret to success is hard work, determination, and hours of practice. But in a fast-changing world, what if the really crucial skill is knowing when to stick at something and when to change track and walk away?Quit makes the under-appreciated case for quitting and also shows you how to get really good at it. Drawing on stories from elit...