Lacquer Chemistry and Applications explores the topic of lacquer, the only natural product polymerized by an enzyme that has been used for a coating material in Asian countries for thousands of years. Although the human-lacquer-culture, including cultivation of the lacquer tree, harvesting, and the use of lacquer sap, has a long history of more than thousand years, there is very little information available on the modern scientific methods to study lacquer chemistry. This book, based on th...

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

A forgotten century marks the years between the Ming dynasty's (1368–1644) turbulent founding and its sixteenth-century age of exploration and economic transformation. In this period of social stability, retired scholar-official Lu Rong chronicled his observations of Chinese society in Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden (Shuyuan zaji). Openly expressing his admirations and frustrations, Lu provides a window into the quotidian that sets Bean Garden apart from other...

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

In order to save her imprisoned father, she had no choice but to sacrifice her fiancé, and unexpectedly offended his uncle!A night of strong love, with a baby in October, giving birth to a pair of adorable genius twin treasures.Four years later, she returned with her son, only to be pushed against the wall by him."You took my child and fled for so long, and you're finally willing to show up?"

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management...

The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning tantalizing clues about our past. Molecular anthropologist Eugene E. Harris now gives us an updated...

A single-volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.Michael Wood has traveled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.The Story of China explores the Middle Kingdom in the light of the recent massive changes inside...