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Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps 1st ed. Edition
This book bridges the gap that exists between purely technical books about the blockchain and purely business-focused books. It does so by explaining both the technical concepts that make up the blockchain and their role in business-relevant applications.
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Insect Molecular Biology and Ecology
Insects represent the most abundant and diverse animal group on Earth. The number of described species is more than one million and up to ten million are estimated. Insects have one of the widest distributions in the world because they have adapted to extreme ranges of environments.
Molecular ecology studies ecological processes based on the analysis of biomacromolecules, particularly DNA, RNA, and proteins, but also of low-molecular weight signal compounds. Molecular ecology uses the exciting opportunities offered by the tools of molecular biology.
The book presents current entomological research, where molecular tools help to advance traditional ecological studies. Chapters include ones on insect–insect and insect–plant interactions, on mechanisms of environmental adaptation, or on the use of insect biotechnology in pest and vector control. The book helps to combine powerful methods in molecular biology with exciting issues in ecology to understand why insects became “masters of survival.”
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A Helping of Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry creates havoc wherever he goes. To his well-meaning parents and to every adult whose path he crosses, he is the ultimate nightmare child. His naughtiness is of the kind all children secretly admire and few dare to aspire to. He doesn’t always mean to be bad, but the best-laid plans have a habit of going wrong – and you can’t help sympathizing with anyone who has a little brother like Perfect Peter Horrid Henry is one of the great characters to emerge in the last few years and Francesca Simon’s series is a brilliant addition to the canon of storybooks everyone loves.
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Attack Of The Graveyard Ghouls (Goosebumps)
All the classic Goosebumps creatures get a monster makeover! Goosebumps movie in theatres October 16, 2015!
The fog shimmered up over the dark grass, over the bent, scraggly trees. Covering the hill, covering the old graveyard.
Spencer Levy heard the horrifying moan. Through the windowpane, he heard a long, low moan floating from the hill.
Human and animal at the same time.
So cold. So sad. So near…
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Growing up: a Boy’s guide through Puberty (Queenex)
Puberty -—it’s crazy time.
Have you noticed hair growing on your body where there was no hair before? Are you having trouble singing those high notes in music class that used to be easy? Have boys around you started shaving and you are wondering when you will have to start? Well, welcome to Puberty! Puberty is a time of big changes in your body, mind and life. Yes, some changes might seem weird and a little uncomfortable. You probably have questions but you are afraid or embarrassed to ask. This handbook equips young boys with the information they need to navigate puberty. It is based on the questions and concerns young boys have about the physical, social and emotional changes that are associated with this stage of development.
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Computer Systems
Updated throughout with the latest updates as well as the new Pep/9 virtual machine, Computer Systems, Fifth Edition provides a clear, detailed, step-by-step introduction to the central concepts in computer organization, assembly language, and computer architecture. It urges students to explore the many dimensions of computer systems through a top-down approach to levels of abstraction. By examining how the different levels of abstraction relate to one another, the text helps students look at computer systems and their components as a unified concept.
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Salamis : The Greatest Naval Battle of the Ancient World,
“Salamis” tells the story of possibly the greatest naval battle of the ancient world. Involving hundreds of thousands of combatants and well over a thousand triremes – the ranking naval war engine of the time – it was the culminating battle in a twenty-year struggle between the Persian Empire and the Greeks. Against all odds – and with the help of a little treachery, a brilliant strategy and a lucky wind – the Greeks defeated the Persians, and with it began the roll-back of the Persian Empire, and the beginning of the Hellenic imperium. This epic tale is told through the individual stories of twelve characters, six form each side, each of which played a major role in the battle and its aftermath.
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Adams’s Outline of Orthopaedics
A much revised and redesigned edition of Adams’s classic textbook on orthopaedics. The trusted Outline textbooks, now celebrating their 50th year in print, are well known for being clear, comprehensive and concise and will appeal 50to undergraduate, postgraduate and trainee surgeon alike
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.