This book is an excellent book to have as an introductory text for biochemical engineering. Its a good book to have irrespective of whether you are new or experienced in this field.

It covers everything from background in biology and chemical engineering with a biochem viewpoint to industrial applications, modeling, control and instrumentation issues... it has a chapter for each of these things. An excellent undergrad/grad text. Definitely a book to keep for lifetime.

This is a nice reference guide for all ages. I have a 4 year old who is VERY interested in nature and I bought this book to aid myself and her in identifying various birds that we run across. It is perfect for an adult as well as children. There are plenty of pictures that even a child who cannot read, can still understand.

If it's "Happy Days" you hope to find in fiction, then pass on BIRTHRIGHT by Larry Bailey. If you want an encounter with an author who can transport you to the verdant coulees of Eastern Washington as one generation loses the Birthright of the next generation to the gavel of an auctioneer selling the family farm, let Larry Bailey tell you a story about farming the way it was and the way it can be. Bailey's character Long Joe, a Colville Indian questions the White culture's search for material wealth rather than spiritual wealth. The character of The Old Man warns about greedy bankers while the main character, Harry Issacson struggles to find a path that can provide his children with a Birthright that doesn't turn its back on an unbroken line of farmers and their connection with the earth. BIRTHRIGHT will make you think, make you cry, make you hope.

The Battle of Antietam was supposed to be about Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North, but because of a fateful trio of cigars wrapped around "Special Orders No. 191, Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia," it became instead the crucible of George B. McClellan's military career. The commander of the Union Army of the Potomac exulted to one of his brigadiers, "Her is a paper with which if I cannot whip Bobbie Lee, I will be willing to go home." But despite this act of hubris, McClellan could not help being McClellan and a golden opportunity to end the war would go up in smoke. However, from the ashes of this defeat Abraham Lincoln would find enough of a victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and change the moral footing of the Civil War.

Ronald H. Bailey covers Lee's push "Across the Potomac" in terms of original strategy and tactics, and then divides the battle into four chapters: "Clash at South Mountain," "The Push to Dunker Church," "Death in a Country Lane," and "Standoff at Burnside Bridge." Consequently he is able to make both the chronological and geographical order of the battle work simultaneously. The aftermath of the battle is covered in "And Here We Lie," which includes the final meeting between Lincoln and McClellan. One of the chief attractions of the Time-Life Civil War series are the illustrations, and this particular volume offers one of the more interesting collections, from a rare photograph of Confederate troops marching through Frederick Maryland to Mathew Brady's celebrated collection of photographs from the battlefield. The latter, actually taken by Alexander Gardner, had the deserved reputation of having ended the general public's romantic notions of the War once and for all. There are also some of the finest battlefield drawings and etchings done during the war as well as photographs of the people are places so prominently mentioned.

"The Bloodiest Day" is another solid volume in this series, mainly because Bailey is able to keep the details of the battle, which pretty much took place on three different parts of the battlefield, clear enough for novice Civil War buffs to follow. I also like the way the book is framed in terms of McClellan's golden opportunity to put up and shut up, and even though the overly cautious McClellan did sacrifice Union troops in record numbers, he ironically if not predictably refuses to move boldly enough to win the day. Bailey, who authored several volumes in the Time-Life World War II series, also wrote the "Forward to Richmond" book in the Civil War series.

wonderful story, great addition to the Frost saga, where can I find book #4? Is there a previous book in the series?

This book is in two parts, one covering Bloody April, by Franks, and one covering Black September, by Guest. Each part starts with a brief description of the orders of battle and the main objectives, then goes into a daily narrative of all the combats: planes, pilots, squadrons, times, and places of all fights, along with the claims and losses for each side. Each day ends with a grim list of Allied casualties and a comparison of the total claims of both sides to the actual losses for which records exist. Interspersed in the catalog of each day's events are snippets from personal accounts and interesting historical comments.

As a statistical handbook, the book is invaluable. However, the authors make little attempt to analyze the fighting in the depth that their obviously vast collection of data would allow. The book is essentially a narrative of the dry facts of the encounters. Who ordered all these missions and why? Who planned them? How, in detail, did the squadrons carry out their various task? What did the average pilot in 57 Squadron think about going out again the day after a massacre at the hands of the Jastas? And most importantly, who won? One reads of the battles fought and their outcomes, but what about the planes that saw no enemies? What percentage of the RFC's missions were successful even in the slaughter of Bloody April? Such information would have been of great assistance to the reader and made the book a more complete reference work.

I really loved this book, it was great for young children beggining to read! I've read every book by these artists before amd have loved all of them! Abunch of adolescent chidren going on many interesting adventures is wonderful.

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Now in an updated and revised second addition, continues to be a superb introduction for young readers into genetics. N.C. Bailey and N.L. Eskeland effectively collaborate to describe and explain all aspects of living cells including what they do and how they do it. Of special interest are the chapters on heredity, cloning, and mutation. A very highly recommended science book for young readers, Call Me Gene is enhanced for classroom and home schooling curriculums with a glossary, bibliography, and recommended websites on the gene.

State constitutions don't get the attention they deserve. They are important historical documents, and they have considerable influence on state and local government. Alabama's constitution is, according to the scholars and journalists who know it well, one of the longest (more than 315,000 words) and worst. In recent years, a grassroots movement for a new constitution has spread across the state. So the timing is right for a rigorous look at the history and practical consequences of the current document. "A Century of Controversy" serves as a terrific primer for understanding how this constitution came to be, how it has survived for more than 100 years and how it continues to impede home rule and good governance generally. Along with furthering debate about constitutional reform in Alabama, this book should inspire students of other state constitutions to take up their pens.