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When one is born into a family of crime, can he rise above and become someone? Are we forever bound by what life has dealt us or is there a way out? Read the exciting story of Jupiter, a teenage black kid caught between his mother and aunt, and the struggle to control their drug dealing business. Jupiter's journey, from a scared teen looking out for his younger sister to a successful high school graduate with a Harvard scholarship, will inspir...

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Although in recent years maternity has become a contested site of political discourse, the matrophobia that characterizes many mother-daughter bonds has hardly been theorized. This book defines matrophobia as fear of mothers, as fear of becoming a mother, and as fear of identification with and separation from the maternal body. Deborah D. Rogers argues that matrophobia is the central metaphor for women's relationships with each other within a ...

This book presents topical research in the study of E. coli infections, including urinary tract infections caused by E. coli, aptamer-based detection and therapeutics to prevent and treat E. coli infections, Lactoferrin as a novel natural host defence protein, enterotoxigenic escherichia coli colonisation factors and the prevention of E. coli using organic acids.

As the perfectly-manicured matriarch of an African American fashion empire, Gloria Dean is the kind of woman who wants it her way or no way. Maybe that's why someone attempted to suppress the self-made billionaire the hard way: through murder. Now, her children are in their own blood sport to gain control of her vast operation. Can her prodigal daughter restore order to her kingdom, or will she be another liability in a chilling game of death ...

Excerpt from Folk-Stories of the Northern Border Pictures of home life! Paintings of the true-hearted, hon est poor! Go read Beside the Bonny Brier Bush go see and hear Denman Thompson in The Old Homestead, and say whether it is author and actor, or the portrayal of the nu sullied lives of a true people, unknown to deceit and guile, that reaches the heart and starts the tear unbidden. Folk-stories had their existence in fact. They are not im...

Excerpt from A Junior Chemistry This book is based upon an experience of teaching young pupils which has extended over many years. It is an attempt to present a thoroughly sound course of experimental chemistry on modern lines, and though it was originally designed to fit the syllabus of the Junior Examination of the Central Welsh Board, it has been expanded, at the publisher's request, so as to cover the ground needed for all kindred examina...

Excerpt from Final Report on the Geology of the State of New JerseyThe area of the State, approximately estimated, is about seven thousand two hundred and seventy-six square miles. In shape it bears some resemblance to a bean - its northern half representing the one lobe, its southern half the other.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a re...

M. Gazi Yasargil: Father of Modern Neurosurgery describes Professor Yasargil developing a means of reducing the mortality rates associated with the deadliest of brain pathologies from thirty percent in the mid-1960s to less than two percent. It required not only a vastly redesigned microscope, but an array of new surgical instruments, even a new way of thinking. 1967 witnessed neurosurgeons flocking to Zurich from around the world to learn his...

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A highly accessible overview of the central themes of women's studies, suitable for introductory reading in undergraduate courses or for a more general audience's introduction to the meaning of feminism and its relevance as a progressive force in society. The authors tackle six broad topics that dominate the field and are key to understanding women's experiences and prospects: women's bodies, anger & desires, sexuality, internal backlash, femi...

A highly accessible overview of the central themes of women's studies, suitable for introductory reading in undergraduate courses or for a more general audience's introduction to the meaning of feminism and its relevance as a progressive force in society. The authors tackle six broad topics that dominate the field and are key to understanding women's experiences and prospects: women's bodies, anger & desires, sexuality, internal backlash, femi...