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Literary Experiments in Magazine Publishing

Beyond Serialization

By: Thomas Lloyd Vranken

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Literary Experiments in Magazine Publishing

Beyond Serialization

By: Thomas Lloyd Vranken

As the nineteenth century came to an end, a number of voices within the British and American magazine industries pushed back against serialisation as the dominant publication mode, experimenting instead with less conventional magazine formats. This book explores these formats, focusing (in particular) on the ways in which the periodical press first published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Return of Sherlock Holmes. What led magazines to publish excerpts from a forthcoming book, or an entire novel in a single issue, or a discontinuous short-story series? How did these experimental modes affect the act of reading? Drawing on a range of archival and other primary sources, Literary Experiments in Magazine Publishing: Beyond Serialization addresses these and other questions.

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0429632681

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The Silent Attack

The Taking of the Bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne in Belgium by German Paratroops, 10 May 1940

By: Oscar Gonzalez,Thomas Steinke,Ian Tannahill

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The Silent Attack

The Taking of the Bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne in Belgium by German Paratroops, 10 May 1940

By: Oscar Gonzalez,Thomas Steinke,Ian Tannahill

Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben Emael Belgium by German paratroopers, on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the first use of gliders and shaped charges, while proved possible drop paratroopers behind enemy lines. The training, secret, accuracy and speed, in addition to the element of surprise, these men became lethal, causing chaos among Belgian soldiers.??However, it should be stressed that these paratroopers were part of a larger group: The Sturmablteilung Koch (Koch Assault Group), the elite of the Luftwaffe in 1940, whose mission was not only to take Eben Emael, but also the three bridges over the Alberto canal near: Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne. The success of the attack on Belgium and France would depend on the rapid conquest of those bridges.??The aim of this book is to show how it was planned and carried out the assault on the Albert Canal bridges. All this not only through a supported text documents, records and evidence, but also by many photos never published until now. Every detail, from the creation of the Koch Assault Group, until the final attack, has been closely scrutinized by reference to the best sources, as well as testimonies of Belgian and German soldiers.??About the authors: scar Gonzàlez LÑpez has a degree in Philosophy and teaches History and Philosophy. As a military historian his research has focused on the Fallschirmj_ger as well as the Spanish volunteers in the German Army during the Second World War, through close contact with many former veterans. Amongst other books, he has published Fallschirmj_ger at the Gran Sasso and German Paratroops in Scandinavia. He lives in Spain.??Thomas Steinke studied at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He takes part in the 'Volksbund Dr. Kriegsgr_berfÙrsorge', being involved in the search and care of German War graves of the Second World War, as well as in educational activities whose main goal is to improve the mutual and peaceful understanding amongst the European people. The focus of his studies has long been German paratroopers, in particular the members of the Sturmabteilung Koch and the LL-Sturmregiment.??Ian Tannahill holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is a registered patent and trade mark attorney. His interest in the Fallschirmj_ger was sparked by an article he read as a teenager on the fall of the fortress of Eben Emael. His contact with former German paratroopers ignited a desire within Ian to tell the world about the capture of the Albert Kanal bridges by the Fallschirmj_ger and glider pilots of Sturmabteilung Koch.

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Pen and Sword

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178159385X

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9781781593851

Fashioning Intellectual Property

Exhibition, Advertising and the Press, 1789-1918

By: Megan Richardson,Julian Thomas

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Fashioning Intellectual Property

Exhibition, Advertising and the Press, 1789-1918

By: Megan Richardson,Julian Thomas

Examines the relationships between intellectual property law, international exhibitions, advertising practices and the press during the 'long nineteenth century'.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521767563

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9780521767569

Youth Unemployment and Health

A Comparison of Six European Countries

By: Thomas Kieselbach

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Youth Unemployment and Health

A Comparison of Six European Countries

By: Thomas Kieselbach

Youth unemployment has become one of the most crucial social problems in many EU countries. In the 90s it can be observed that in most Western countries, the rate of youth unemployment have risen dramatically, in some of these countries the unemployment problem can be considered primarily a problem of refused entry to the labour market for members of the younger generation. This development increases the risk of psychosocial impairment to the individuals affected as well as to the social fabric in general. The present volume draws attention to the health effects of long-term youth unemployment in six European countries. It is based upon the results of an international research project (Youth Unemployment and Social Exclusion: Dimensions, Subjective Experiences, and Innovative Institutional Responses in Six Countries of the EU) (YUSEDER) conducted in the framework of the research programme Targeted Socio-Economic Research (TSER) of the European Commission. Partners with different scientific backgrounds (health psychology, public health research, psychiatry, industrial sociology, medical sociology) from six European countries participated in this project. The contributions in this volume illustrate an initial approach to analysing and comparing empirical evidence on youth unemployment and health from a comparative perspective for three Northern European countries (Sweden, Germany, Belgium) and for three Southern European countries (Spain, Italy, Greece). For each country a specific national report is presented. The comparative section describes and attempts to explain the similarities and dissimilarities between countries having rather diverse historical and social understandings of being in and out of work for young people.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3663118975

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9783663118978

Sex and the American Teenager

Seeing through the Myths and Confronting the Issues

By: R. Murray Thomas

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Sex and the American Teenager

Seeing through the Myths and Confronting the Issues

By: R. Murray Thomas

Sex and the American Teenager provides an expert's assessment of the controversies surrounding the sexual development of adolescents, and their beliefs and problems regarding such matters. Using numerous case studies, Dr. Thomas illustrates specific ways that sexual issues arise in school and the variables that impact each case, while suggesting ways parents and school officials can deal with problematic situations. Though not simply statistics-laden, Dr. Thomas's book is replete with information about teenagers who engage in sexual acts, become pregnant, are sexually abused, and contract sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Thomas also discusses the coping methods teenagers use, and he describes the types of sex education programs in which students are most likely to participate. Dozens of case studies illustrate how problems of students' sexual behavior can differ from one incident to another depending on the teenagers' ages, family backgrounds, school settings, and the culture of the surrounding communities. Thomas concludes the book by summarizing the recent past and speculating about the likely status of sex in schools in the years ahead.

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R&L Education

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160709018X

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Simulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction

Maps and Ink Stains

By: Thomas Vranken

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Simulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction

Maps and Ink Stains

By: Thomas Vranken

A genre that glorifies brutish masculinity and late Victorian imperialism, boys' 'lost world' adventure fiction has traditionally been studied for its politically problematic content. While attuned to these concerns, this Element approaches the genre from a different angle, viewing adventure fiction as not just a catalogue of texts but a corpus of books. Examining early editions of Treasure Island, King Solomon's Mines, and The Lost World, the Element argues that fin-de-siècle adventure fiction sought to resist the nineteenth-century industrialisation of book production from within. As the Element points out, the genre is filled with nostalgic simulations of material anachronisms – 'facsimiles' of fictional pre-modern paper, printing, and handwriting that re-humanise the otherwise alienating landscape of the modern book and modern literary production. The Element ends by exploring a subversive revival of lost world adventure fiction that emerged in response to ebooks at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009183966

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Jackson City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1867 & 1868.

With a History from the First Settlement of the City, and a general Portrait of its Business at the Present Time

By: James M. Thomas

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Jackson City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1867 & 1868.

With a History from the First Settlement of the City, and a general Portrait of its Business at the Present Time

By: James M. Thomas

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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375253169X

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EC Consumer Law

By: Geraint G. Howells,Thomas Wilhelmsson

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EC Consumer Law

By: Geraint G. Howells,Thomas Wilhelmsson

This book will describe the development of European Community consumer law and seek to determine to what extent action by the European Community has promoted the interest of consumer protection. In doing so it will consider important areas relating to protection of the consumers economic interests and physical safety, as well as questions of access to justice. In addition to assessing the success of community consumer policy the authors will also put forward suggestions for ways in which consumer protection can be enhanced at the community level.

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Routledge

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1351942042

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Ambulatory Medicine

A Quick Reference for the Busy Primary Care Provider

By: H. Thomas Milhorn, MD, PhD

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Ambulatory Medicine

A Quick Reference for the Busy Primary Care Provider

By: H. Thomas Milhorn, MD, PhD

This guide began as a manual for family medicine residents. Over time it evolved into a fairly complete coverage of most of the outpatient issues seen in their training. In response to their urging, I set out on the journey to convert the manual into the manuscript for this book. The book is intended for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. It serves three purposes: (1) as a quick reference for primary care providers to use in the clinic when seeing patients, (2) as a textbook, and (3) as a study guide for Board examinations. It covers a great number of topics briefly to allow quick reading. To allow fast access, the chapters are arranged in alphabetical order beginning with Chapter 1: Allergy and ending with Chapter 27: Women’s Health. Topics within chapters also are arranged in alphabetical order, again to allow quick access. Table of Contents * Chapter 1: Allergy * Chapter 2: Cardiovascular * Chapter 3: Dermatology * Chapter 4: Electrolyte Disorders * Chapter 5: Endocrinology * Chapter 6: Gastrointestinal * Chapter 7: Hematology * Chapter 8: Infectious Disease * Chapter 9: Men’s Health * Chapter 10: Miscellaneous * Chapter 11: Muscle Disorders * Chapter 12: Neurology * Chapter 13: Oncology * Chapter 14: Ophthalmology * Chapter 15: Orthopedics * Chapter 16: Otolaryngology * Chapter 17: Pain * Chapter 18: Pediatrics * Chapter 19: Preventive Medicine * Chapter 20: Psychiatry * Chapter 21: Pulmonary * Chapter 22: Rheumatology * Chapter 23: Sexual Disorders * Chapter 24: Urgery * Chapter 25: Urology/Nephrology * Chapter 26: Weight Problems * Chapter 27: Women’s Health REVIEWS AND WORDS OF PRAISE Dr. Milhorn has done a Herculean job to create this textbook for ambulatory primary care providers that is current and comprehensive. Each section covers the basics of pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. The content is presented in a way that is easy to use and understand with excellent supporting photographs and tables. Additionally, the references are extensive and current. I can definitely see using this resource not only in clinical practice, but for exam review and preparation. --Diane Beebe, MD, Professor Emeritus and Past Chair Department of Family Medicine, University, Mississippi School of Medicine. Past Chair American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) If you are looking for a concise, informative, and well written quick reference for family physician residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or busy family physicians, look no further. Ambulatory Medicine by Dr. H. Thomas Milhorn distinguishes itself as the premier reference guide, textbook, and board review source on the market today; it is in a class all by itself. --Lee Valentine, DO, Medical Director Mississippi State University Physician Assistant Program and past Program Director of EC Healthnet Family Medicine Residency Program

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Universal-Publishers

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1627344152

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When Things Become Property

Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia

By: Thomas Sikor,Stefan Dorondel,Johannes Stahl,Phuc Xuan To

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When Things Become Property

Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia

By: Thomas Sikor,Stefan Dorondel,Johannes Stahl,Phuc Xuan To

Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. When Things Become Property interrogates the mixed outcomes of conferring ownership by examining postsocialist land and forest reforms in Albania, Romania and Vietnam, and finds that property reforms are no longer, if they ever were, miracle tools available to governments for refashioning economies, politics or environments.

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Berghahn Books

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1785334522

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Deluxe

How Luxury Lost Its Luster

By: Dana Thomas

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Deluxe

How Luxury Lost Its Luster

By: Dana Thomas

“With Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, [Dana] Thomas—who has been the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for 12 years—has written a crisp, witty social history that’s as entertaining as it is informative.” —New York Times From the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes Once luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-winning journalist Dana Thomas digs deep into the dark side of the luxury industry to uncover all the secrets that Prada, Gucci, and Burberry don't want us to know. Deluxe is an uncompromising look behind the glossy façade that will enthrall anyone interested in fashion, finance, or culture.

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Penguin

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110121807X

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9781101218075

From Dissonance to Sense

Welfare State Expectations, Privatisation and Private Law

By: Thomas Wilhelmsson,Samuli Hurri

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From Dissonance to Sense

Welfare State Expectations, Privatisation and Private Law

By: Thomas Wilhelmsson,Samuli Hurri

First published in 1999, this book focuses on the new role of private law in late modernity. It analyses the pressures for changes in this area of law due to the present processes of privatisation and marketisation. The perspective is welfarist: in what ways and to what extent can the welfare state expectations of the citizens be defended through private law mechanisms when state-offered security is diminishing? Which alternatives are available when developing private law? The questions are discussed against the background of theories concerning important features of late modern society, for example consumerism, risk, information, globalisation and fragmentation. Several fields of private law are analysed, such as private law theory, tort and liability law, contract law and credit law as well as access to justice issues. The approach is comparative, including analyses of both common law and continental law.

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0429802226

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Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

A Critical Review of the 2000 Literature Preceded by Two Chapters on Current Heterocyclic Topics

By: G.W. Gribble,Thomas L. Gilchrist

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Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

A Critical Review of the 2000 Literature Preceded by Two Chapters on Current Heterocyclic Topics

By: G.W. Gribble,Thomas L. Gilchrist

This volume of Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry(PHC) is the thirteenth annual review of the literature, covering the work published on important heterocyclic ring systems during 2000. In this volume there are two specialized reviews. The first, by H. Ila, H. Junjappa and P.K. Mohanta, covers their work on annulation using ∝-oxoketene dithioacetals, a synthetic method that provides useful routes to an impressively wide range of fused heterocycles. The second, by R. N. Warrener, is on the synthesis of fused 7-azanorbornanes. The 7-azanorbornane structural unit is incorporated into a series of elegant polycyclic molecules with rigid geometry. The subsequent chapters, arranged by increasing heterocycle ring size, review recent advances in the field of heterocyclic chemistry with emphasis on synthesis and reactions.

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Elsevier

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0080539874

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Medical Complications in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

By: Diana D. Cardenas, MD, MHA,Thomas M. Hooton, MD

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Medical Complications in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

By: Diana D. Cardenas, MD, MHA,Thomas M. Hooton, MD

The only book to combine the perspectives of both physical medicine and rehabilitation and internal medicine, this practical handbook provides physiatrists and residents in training with a concise description of common medical concerns that can disrupt or complicate therapy and rehabilitation. It focuses on the major diagnostic categories of disabilities that are admitted for in-patient rehabilitation such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, multiple major trauma, neurological disorders, burns, musculoskeletal trauma, cancer, and other diseases or disorders. For easy reference, the book is organized by both diagnostic category and specific medical complications. The first half of the book, organized by disability, provides an overview of the unique medical problems physiatrists are likely to encounter with each condition, when those complications will occur, and the best approaches to diagnosing and treating them early. The second part, written by acute care specialists, addresses the medical issues individually with more detailed chapters on specific complications and up-to-date information on treatment. These include urinary tract infection, osteomyelitis, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, hematologic complications, gastrointestinal complications, pulmonary complications, electrolyte disorders, and fever and sepsis. Key Features: Focuses on medical complications within major rehabilitation diagnostic groups Organized in two parts to allow readers to access information by condition or complication Provides clinical guidance for identifying and managing common medical complications encountered in rehabilitation settings Each rehabilitation topic chapter concludes with a summary ìTimelineî table detailing specific complications and likely occurrence A practical resource for physiatrists providing inpatient care or sharing call

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Demos Medical Publishing

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1617050822

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A History of Wine in America, Volume 1

From the Beginnings to Prohibition

By: Thomas Pinney

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A History of Wine in America, Volume 1

From the Beginnings to Prohibition

By: Thomas Pinney

The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they covered the ground down to the very seashore, they concluded that "in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." Thus, from the very beginning the promise of America was, in part, the alluring promise of wine. How that promise was repeatedly baffled, how its realization was gradually begun, and how at last it has been triumphantly fulfilled is the story told in this book. It is a story that touches on nearly every section of the United States and includes the whole range of American society from the founders to the latest immigrants. Germans in Pennsylvania, Swiss in Georgia, Minorcans in Florida, Italians in Arkansas, French in Kansas, Chinese in California—all contributed to the domestication of Bacchus in the New World. So too did innumerable individuals, institutions, and organizations. Prominent politicians, obscure farmers, eager amateurs, sober scientists: these and all the other kinds and conditions of American men and women figure in the story. The history of wine in America is, in many ways, the history of American origins and of American enterprise in microcosm. While much of that history has been lost to sight, especially after Prohibition, the recovery of the record has been the goal of many investigators over the years, and the results are here brought together for the first time. In print in its entirety for the first time, A History of Wine in America is the most comprehensive account of winemaking in the United States, from the Norse discovery of native grapes in 1001 A.D., through Prohibition, and up to the present expansion of winemaking in every state.

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Univ of California Press

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052093458X

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9780520934580

Organic Synthesis Workbook

By: Jan-Arne Gewert,Jochen Görlitzer,Stephen Götze,Jan Looft,Pia Menningen,Thomas Nöbel,Hartmut Schirok,Christian Wulff

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Organic Synthesis Workbook

By: Jan-Arne Gewert,Jochen Görlitzer,Stephen Götze,Jan Looft,Pia Menningen,Thomas Nöbel,Hartmut Schirok,Christian Wulff

From the Foreword written by Erick M. Carreira: "... The Organic Synthesis Workbook is an ideal compilation of state-of-the art modern syntheses which wonderfully showcases the latest advances in synthetic chemistry in combination with fundamentals in a question-and-answer format. The structure of the book is such that the reader can appreciate the intricacies of strategic planning, reagent tailoring, and structural analysis within the context of the individual synthetic targets. In providing highlights of synthesis from a wider range of natural products classes (alkaloids, terpenes, macrolides) the reader is given a tour through a broad range of reaction chemistry and concepts. Moreover, because in its scope the authors have ignored international borders, the book effectively parlays the global aspect of current research in the exciting field of organic synthesis... The Organic Synthesis Workbook promises to be to the current generation of graduate students, and even "students-for-life", what Ireland's and Alonso's books were to those of us who were graduate students in the 80's [Alsono: The Art of Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry, Ireland: Organic Synthesis]. The authors have wonderfully captured the thrill, the enjoyment, and the intellectual rigor that is so characteristic of modern synthetic organic chemistry.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527301879

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Book's by Thomas Vranken

Literary Experiments in Magazine Publishing

Literary Experiments in Magazine Publishing

The Silent Attack

The Silent Attack

Fashioning Intellectual Property

Fashioning Intellectual Property

Youth Unemployment and Health

Youth Unemployment and Health

Sex and the American Teenager

Sex and the American Teenager

Simulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction

Simulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction

Jackson City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1867 & 1868.

Jackson City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1867 & 1868.

EC Consumer Law

EC Consumer Law

Ambulatory Medicine

Ambulatory Medicine

When Things Become Property

When Things Become Property

Deluxe

Deluxe

From Dissonance to Sense

From Dissonance to Sense

Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Medical Complications in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medical Complications in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

A History of Wine in America, Volume 1

A History of Wine in America, Volume 1

Organic Synthesis Workbook

Organic Synthesis Workbook

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