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Trainers are always on the lookout for roleplays-a key technique for practicing communication skills and interpersonal relations-and here is a collection that handsomely delivers the goods. These 60 exercises help managers test their ability and sharpen their performance in vital areas such as negotiation, performance appraisal, discipline, and conflict management. The guide includes reproducible "briefing sheets" for participants, as well as step-by-step guidelines for trainers. A bonus section contains brief, five-minute-roleplays to spur on a reluctant group or enliven any meeting.

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In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains articles on King Alfred's chronological work, reviews of the new Star Catalogue by the Arab Al-Sufi and the latest edition of Ptolemy's Almagast. And foreshadowing the change to metric units by 1000 years, the book uses arabic numbers instead of Roman - but there is a conversion table if you have trouble with the idea of "zero" and prefer the older system.

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This first concise handbook on this important new class of organic conducting materials gives a broad survey over this emerging field of research.
The physical background is covered as well as the synthesis, electronic and nonlinear optical properties and applications of these advanced materials. This information will be of high value for graduate students, researchers and practitioners working in the interdisciplinary field of materials science, polymer and organic chemistry and applied physics.

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Products of secondary metabolism from fermentation and cell culture are mainly pharmaceuticals, ranging from traditional antibacterials like beta-lactams, new generation compounds like dalbaheptides and lantibiotics to immunomodulators and antitumor drugs. The major fields of application of these low volume/high price products are human and veterinary medicine as well as plant protection. In this volume functionally based screening approaches and the applications of molecular genetics in the discovery and process improvement of compounds are emphasized. Along with the exploitation of new sources the growing understanding of biosynthetic processes permits the identification of the genetic backgrounds.
Topics included are: Novel Receptor-Active Compounds - Microbial Lipids - Microbial Siderophores - beta-Lactam Antibiotics - Peptide Antibiotics - Lantibiotics - Glycopeptide Antibiotics (Dalbaheptides) - Aminoglycosides - Products from Basidiomycetes - Cyclosporins - Secondary Products from Plant Cells - Antitumor Agents

Natural Product Chemistry: A mechanistic, biosynthetic and ecological approach

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Natural Product Chemistry: A mechanistic, biosynthetic and ecological approach
Kurt Torssell
Manufacturer: Swedish Pharmaceutic
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ASIN: 9186274635

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This book will be of interest to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students of organic chemistry, biochemistry, biology and pharmacology, medical chemistry and research laboratories.

Regulation of secondary product and plant hormone metabolism (Proceedings of the 12th FEBS meeting ; [v. 1])

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Regulation of secondary product and plant hormone metabolism (Proceedings of the 12th FEBS meeting ; [v. 1])
Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Manufacturer: Pergamon Press
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Secondary Products from Plant Tissue Culture (Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe)

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Secondary Products from Plant Tissue Culture (Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe)
B. V. Charlwood
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0198577176

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Plants are superb synthesizers of organic compounds, producing an extensive range of products from the simple building blocks of carbon dioxide, water and inorganic ions. These secondary products are widely used in commerce, particularly the food and pharmaceutical industries. Recent
advances in the techniques of plant biotechnology and genetic engineering have increased the potential of plant cell cultures as an important source of these compounds. Researchers are now beginning to understand the factors that control the expression and regulation of genes involved in the
synthesis, transport, storage and metabolism of natural products. This volume contains contributions from eminent researchers who provide an up-to-date review of current work in this field and detail the exciting advances now being made.

Secondary Products of Metabolism (Economic Microbiology)

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Secondary Products of Metabolism (Economic Microbiology)
Rose
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Secondary-Metabolite Biosynthesis and Metabolism (Environmental Science Research)

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Secondary-Metabolite Biosynthesis and Metabolism (Environmental Science Research)

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Chemical Aspects of Biosynthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, No 20)

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Chemical Aspects of Biosynthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, No 20)
John Mann
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ASIN: 0198556772

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This concise text provides the perfect introduction to the chemistry involved in the biosynthesis of natural products. It straightforwardly explains the connections between primary and secondary metabolites, outlines the chemistry mediated by major enzyme cofactors, and describes methods for
the elucidation of biosynthetic pathways. The different classes of secondary metabolites are detailed with an emphasis on the pharmacology and toxicology of the various compounds. The book concludes with an examination of the ecological significance of a wide variety of natural products.
Undergraduates in organic chemistry and bio-organic chemistry courses will appreciate the readability and cogency of this much-needed text.

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The classic coming-of-age story set during World War II about the enduring spirit of youth and the values in life that count.

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Farolitos and chamisa.......2007-07-02

I grew up in Santa Fe, reading this book, serving Mr. Bradford coffee at Zook's Pharmacy on the Plaza. Mr. Bradford's book reassured me that my turbulent adolescence was do-able, by lighting the way.
I have not been back there in thirty years. Santa Fe has been taken over by the rich and the entitled and they have squeezed the soul out of what we knew growing up there, though there is plenty of beauty and spirit left to be sucked dry by the commercial people. But if you want to know the siren song of Santa Fe, read this book. Sagrado is, indeed, Santa Fe. This was what it was like there even in the 1960's and 1970's.
I mean, where else could you have that unforgettable horse AND world-class opera AND the mountains AND the humility of entertaining the Native Americans by just being white people on the Plaza?
I read this book, I can smell the pine wood burning in the farolitos, and the breeze in the chamisa after the Summer afternoon cloudbursts.

An All-Time Coming of Age Story.......2007-05-06

This is a wondrous short novel. Read it if you'd like to be a teenager again. Buy an old paperback copy showing a teenage boy and girl standing facing each other with their foreheads touching--a very sweet illustration.

Sometimes the covers of books actually decline in quality with the many printings of a book. A fine example is the early cover for "Summer of Night," by Dan Simmons.Summer of Night (Aspect Fantasy) The 1991 "Warner Book" edition has a window with a cut out. Through the window you can see some boys riding their bicycles at night. When you open the book, you see a mysterious school in the background.

The later covers of "Summer of Night" were not half as mysterious or fun.

Wonderful Read.......2006-07-20

I thouroughly enjoyed this book, I do not know how I missed it for so many years. It was recommended in Nancy Pearl's "Book Lust" (which you really should buy if you are an avid reader.) I have never been dissapointed by her recommendations.

Josh, as the narrator in "Red Sky at Morning" is a 17 year old high school senior at the end of WWII. His dry wit mad me laugh right out loud several times. I loved his sensibility and humor. The cast of characters in this book reminded me of some of the characters in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving.

This is one of my favorite reads of the year, so much so I will probably hunt down a hard cover edition for my collection.

My copy is literally falling apart, I've read it so much. .......2006-04-16

As many others have said, it's impossible to get tired of this book. My parents gave it to me when I was 18 and (again, like several others) the first time I read it I found it a little slow and disjointed. It gets better and better with every read - each time I pick up on the subtleties of a scene for the first time.

Rather than boring the reader with a bunch of obnoxious capers and hijinks, Bradford envelops you in his characters' community, and it's this day-to-day banality (which turned me off so much the first time) that really draws you into the story. Josh's adjustment to Sagrado takes time, but when it comes it's so natural and amusing that you're almost completely unprepared for the sobering conclusion of the story.

I had no idea the book was so loved until I read these reviews. There are so many special moments in the story - the big wet snowfalls that ruins Chamaco's fiesta, the horribly backward residents of La Cima, the refreshing "white trashiness" of the Cloyd sisters, even Parker Holmes tearing an elk sandwich apart with his teeth.

I wish these characters existed in real life, and I wish I could be their friend.

For Some Books you should be able to give 10 Stars.......2006-04-10

And this would be one of them. I've reread this book several times. It always makes me laugh out loud. It always makes me tear up. It always makes me hope I'll meet some folks like the characters in the book. When I am in this book, I'm "in" it and the visits are enduring and wonderful.

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Red Sky At Morning
Margaret Kennedy
Manufacturer: Doubleday, Page & Co
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FJ56LO

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Book Description: Garden City Doubleday, Page 1927., 1927. First American edition. Dustwrapper with interesting wraparound rendition of a red sky as the jacket art.

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Red Sky At Morning. A Novel
Richard Bradford
Manufacturer: J. B. Lippincott Co.
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Binding: Hardcover

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A New Mexico novel featuring individuals from Mexican, Indian, and Anglo backgrounds

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