Plastids reside in all plant cells & take on different forms in relation to their cellular function biochemistry & storage capacity. The modern era of molecular biology & molecular genetics has enabled much to be learnt about how plastids function & how they relate to their evolutionary past. In this accessible text Kevin Pyke expertly describes how the plastids are highly complex organelles at the very core of plant cellular function providing final year undergraduate & graduate students with an overview of plastid biology & recent developments in the field. Topics covered include: a consideration of different plastid types & how they relate to cell function; plastid genomes & how proteins are imported into plastids; photosynthesis & core aspects of plastid biochemistry; plastid signalling & functionality within a cellular context; & plastid genetic manipulation. Supplementary colour images are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521885010. ...

Tips & techniques for making food look good-before it tastes good! Food photography is on the rise with the millions of food bloggers around the word as well as foodies who document their meals or small business owners who are interested in cutting costs by styling & photographing their own menu items & this book should serve as your first course in food photography. Discover how the food stylist exercises unique techniques to make the food look attractive in the finished product. Youll get a taste of the visual know-how that is required to translate the perceptions of taste aroma & appeal into a stunning lavish finished photograph. * Takes you through the art & techniques of appetizing food photography for everyone from foodies to food bloggers to small business owners looking to photograph their food themselves * Whets your appetite with delicious advice on food styling lighting arrangement & more * Author is a successful food blogger who has become a well-known resource for fellow bloggers who are struggling with capturing appetizing images of their creations So have the cheese say Cheese!" with this invaluable resource on appetizing food photography." ...

Michel is a civil-servant at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered Michel takes a leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thail&. Infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy & mediocrity of his fellow travellers only the awkward Valerie attracts his attention. Too bashful to pursue her Michel prefers the uncomplicated pleasures of Thai massage parlours & sex with local women. Back in Paris he calls Valerie & they plunge into a passionate affair which strays into S&M partner-swapping & sex in public. Michel quits his job & tries to help Valerie & her boss Jean-Yves in their ailing travel business by offering travel packages based on sex tourism in the third world. When their project comes to fruition & the three return to Thailand Michel discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor the most dangerous of human passions... ...

The Maid
- Frankie Willis is a twenty-five-year-old blonde computer whizzkid searching for adventure as a stewardess on board mega-yacht
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Pregnant at the Wedding After their one unforgettable night Ashley Smith knew she must tell Ryan Warner she was carrying his child. & when he insists upon marriage she agrees for the babys sake... His wealth his power his position are immaterial. The passion is still intense between them; dare Ashley take a chance on this billion-dollar bachelor? Seduced by the Enemy The ruthless Texas multi-millionaire Nick Colton was her most bitter business rival yet Abby Taylors dreams of Nick are the most intimate shes ever experienced. She is powerless to control her desires when he is near. & she fears that Nicks betrayal when it comes will shatter her forever. Wed to the Texan Tycoon Jake Thorne needs to find a wife & to start a family
- fast
- to claim an inheritance. His shy secretary Emily Carlisle seems the perfect choice. She has the sweetest most tempting lips hes ever tasted. But Jake finds he will have to convince his new wife to fall in love with him.

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In each soul a secret.. . Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne & Jessica Balzanos first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin ORiordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands but as Byrne & Balzano rapidly discover she was just the first pawn in the killers twisted game...A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered her body parts left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house. More clues lead to other victims & as the body count rises it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose hell-bent on completing the performance of a lifetime. As more runaways vanish Byrne & Balzano come to realize that the homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his dark & dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a case that haunts her & Byrne struggling with a loss of his own the stakes are mounting. But this is one game they cant afford to lose... ...

Ex fashion model & successful business woman Laura Ayars perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon her sports superstar husband goes for a swim
- & never returns. But what has happened to David
- can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief Laura is plagued by questions & doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible ill-judged hoax? As events begin to unfold Laura starts to question Davids mysterious disappearance. She begins to uncover a conspiracy which reaches deep into the past & is now slowly beginning to destroy everyone involved. Someone will do anything to keep Laura away from the awful truth
- & she has no idea who she can trust.. .


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Topsy & Tim are always finding fun adventures in the real world & this story is reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. Topsy & Tim join the local football club. Along with their friends they practice their skills including dribbling a ball around cones. Then they play a proper game. It's so much fun that Topsy & Tim want to play football every day! Children who are starting to be interested in football will love to read about all the details of the club. ...

As editor of the Guardian" Alan Rusbridger's life is dictated by the demands of the 24-hour news cycle. It is not the kind of job that leaves much time for hobbies. But in the summer of 2010 he managed to make his annual escape to a 'piano camp'. Here inspired by another amateur's rendition he set himself an almost impossible task: to learn in the space of a year Chopin's Ballade No.1 a piece with passages that demand outstanding feats of dexterity control memory & power
- a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. The next twelve months were to witness the Arab Spring the Japanese tsunami & the English riots & were bookended by the " Guardian" breaking two remarkable news stories: Wiki Leaks & the " News of the World" hacking scandal. It was a defining year in the life of the " Guardian" & its editor & one of the most memorable in the history of British journalism. Such was the background against which he tried to carve out twenty minutes' practice a day find the right teacher the right piano the right fingering
- even if that meant practising in a Libyan hotel in the middle of a revolution. Fortunately he was able to gain insights & advice from an array of legendary pianists from theorists historians & neuroscientists from a network of brilliant amateurs unearthed online even occasionally from secretaries of state. But was he able to play the piece in time?"

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Passion & reason collide with explosive force in the newest installment of Nalini Singhs mesmerizing Psy-Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon two powerful wolves fight a far more intimate war of their own.. . In his position as tracker for the Snow Dancer pack its up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves
- even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite.. .and who threatens to enslave his wolf. Lieutenant Indigo Riviere doesnt easily allow skin privileges especially of the sensual kind
- & the last person she expects to find herself craving is the most wickedly playful male in the den. Everything she knows tells her to pull back before the flames burn them both to ash.. .but she hasnt counted on Drews will. Now two of Snow Dancers most stubborn wolves find themselves playing a hot sexy game even as lethal danger stalks the very place they call home.. .

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