Presents critical multidisciplinary overviews on areas in which fluorine & fluoride compounds have a decisive impact. This title reviews the key-position of fluoro-products in agriculture. It provides an original approach of the complex relationships between chemistry & the environment. ...

This series uses a common or well-known element to look at the groups of the periodic table & to show the similarities & differences between elements. This title covers the extensive range of naturally occurring calcium compounds, their properties & their numerous applications. ...

A reference on fluoroelastomer chemistry, processing technology, & applications. It presents an overview of fluorocarbon elastomers, including descriptions of the nature of fluoroelastomers, properties of various compositions, developmental history, & major uses. It also covers fluid resistance of various fluoroelastomer families. ...

Virginia Woolf's humorous biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel is charming yet also radical. A work of sensuous imagination, it opens up a range of questions about class, society, & cultural attitudes which are woven throughout the whole of Woolf's writing. ...

First published in 1933, this work talks about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel. It provides us with the adventures of Flush, along with glimpses of the life of his owner & her days at Wimpole Street as an invalid, her courtship by Robert Browning, their elopement & life together in Italy. ...

Noah's dad, Paine, is a kind but slightly irresponsible fisherman who is passionate about saving the local Florida aquatic life. When Paine discovers that a local businessman is running a scam from his casino boat, he takes the law into his own hands, sinks the boat & ends up in jail. Noah & his sister Abbey, take up the fight for justice. ...

Animated family adventure produced by Dream Works Animation & Aardman Features & featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian Mc Kellen, & Jean Reno. Roddy (Jackman) is a decidedly upper-crust 'society mouse' who lives the life of a beloved pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat called Sid (Shane Richie) comes spewing out of the sink & decides he's hit the jackpot, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the 'whirlpool'. Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita (Winslet), an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. ...