Five-year-old Appu lives in a small coastal villagein Kerala. His whole world revolves around the people and events of the traditional fishing community to which he belongs. We see life through his innocent eyes as he learns about both friendship and greed, loyalty and deceit, and the pleasures and pain of growing up. But nothing in the world remains the same forever… Appu’s happy days of sun, sand and sea are left behind when change comes to his family and to the village
"This spectacular book does full justice to the Compositae (Asteraceae), the largest and most successful flowering plant family with some 1700 genera and 24,000 species. It is an indispensable reference, providing the most up-to-date hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in the family based on molecular and morphological characters, along with the corresponding subfamilial and tribal classification. The 2009 work not only integrates the extensive molecular phylogenetic analyses conducted in the last 25 years, but also uses these to produce a metatree for about 900 taxa of Compositae. The book contains 44 chapters, contributed by 80 authors, covering the history, economic importance, character variation, and systematic and phylogenetic diversity of the family. The emphasis of this work is phylogenetic; its chapters provide a detailed, current, and thoroughly documented presentation of the major (and not so major) clades in the family, citing some 2632 references. Like the Compositae, the book is massive, diverse, and fascinating. It is beautifully illustrated, with 170 figures, and an additional 108 cladograms (all consistently color-coded, based on the geographic range of the included taxa); within these figures are displayed 443 color photographs, clearly demonstrating the amazing array of floral and vegetative form expressed by members of the clade." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Interest in obtaining biologically active compounds from natural sources has recently spiked due to their low toxicity, complete biodegradability, availability from renewable sources, and in most cases, low cost. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources: Isolation, Characterization, and Biological Properties covers general methods and main topics in the research field of bioactive natural products. The book describes general screening methods, modern HPLC hyphenated techniques, and NMR methods in the structural elucidation of compounds and devotes individual chapters to specific topics of research. Surveys on compounds displaying important pharmacological activities are presented in chapters devoted to Mexican medicinal plants, anti-tumor drugs of natural origin, cancer chemopreventive flavonoids, and metabolites displaying anti-HIV, antioxidative, antimalarial, and anti-inflammatory activity. The final chapters are devoted to representative examples of research into marine metabolites: immunomodulating marine glycolipids and surveys of bioactive compounds from marine opisthobranchs and Japanese soft corals. With its focus on modern approaches to the isolation of biologically active natural products, this book encourages interdisciplinary work among chemists, pharmacologists, biologists, botanists, and agronomists with an interest in bioactive natural products.
GOING DOWN SWINGING is an Australian based literary magazine featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, comic art and spoken word, all in the one book/CD package. GDS publishes work from all over the globe. Started in 1980 by Australian writers Myron Lysenko and Kevin Brophy, GDS has passed through the hands of various editors including Lauren Williams, Grant Caldwell, Lyn Boughton, Louise Craig, Adam Ford, Anna Hedigan, Steve Grimwade and alicia sometimes as well as a plethora of readers, typesetters, designers and proofreaders whose assistance has been invaluable in allowing GDS to survive for nearly 30 years.
Essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rainer Maria Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse, these ten letters of correspondence between Rilke and a young aspiring poet reveal elements from the inner workings of his own poetic identity. The letters coincided with an important stage of his artistic development and readers can trace many of the themes that later emerge in his best works to these messages—Rilke himself stated these letters contained part of his creative genius.
As the battle of Onigashima heats up, Kaido’s daughter Yamato actually wants to join Luffy’s side. Meanwhile, Kaido reveals his grand plans and, together with Big Mom, prepares to plunge the entire world into fear! -- VIZ Media
