Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology; human genetics; gene therapy; human cloning; and stem cell research.A gener...

Know someone who is an addict, dealing drugs, or in prison? No matter what the circumstance, there is always hope. Don't ever give up no matter how bad it looks.From star athlete to drug dealer, from New York model to a 6x9 cell, Rollin tells the story of the life of Monte Crosswhite. It shows how he was transformed from a multiple-sport athletic star to the dark underground of drugs and organized crime and associated with some of the most powerful, violent prison...

I am a self-taught writer and illustrator. I reside in Union City California in the Bay Area where I have lived for all my 70 years. My inspiration for this book was a little van I once owned and loved, it served me and my family well for many years. So when I reflect on it my little van came to become alive to me as I reflect on its up's and downs in our every day life. I believe an inanimate object can take on its own life in our imagination where you even start to talk to it. Most peopl...

A heart-stopping novel of adventure and suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins—the first in his critically acclaimed Sigma Force seriesA freak explosion in the British Museum in London ignites a perilous race for an earth-shaking power source buried deep beneath the sands of history. Painter Crowe is an agent for Sigma Force, a covert arm of the Defense Department tasked with keeping dangerous scientific discoveries out of enemy h...

“One of the most inventive storytellers writing today”—Lincoln Child, bestselling co-author of Gideon’s Corpse“The modern master of the action thriller.”—Providence Journal-Bulletin“Nobody—and I mean nobody—does this stuff better than Rollins.”—Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novelsBloodline, a breathtaking Sigma Force thriller from the phenomenal James Rollins, is further proof that, when it comes to...

A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever . . .In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years in human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind’s next great leap.But will it mark a new chapter ...

In this heart-stopping historical thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers turned scientific specialists must uncover a secret society and the treasure that could destroy the world.When a group of parishioners are burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the Sigma force. The tragedy is more than a case of arson; someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral’s golden reliq...

In this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, Sigma Force races to crack ultimate mystery of the origin of life—a quest that will save mankind . . . or destroy itIn Copenhagen, a suspicious bookstore fire propels Commander Gray Pierce on a relentless hunt across four continents – and into a terrifying mystery surrounding horrific experiments once performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mount...

Informed by my years as a professional Blues musician and writer for Blues Revue magazine, my eBook presents some of my best column, snapshots and the stories behind them, and (intentional) Blues fiction. It is updated with current introductions to each story or photo.

In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, told with his trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend’s wife, Kat, unconscious ...

"Every woman. . . should read it. Her book has the simple touch of truth." — Gail Sheehy, Author of The Silent PassageNBC News correspondent Betty Rollin, glamorous, successful, and happily married, had it all—and then she learned that she had a malignant tumor in her breast. Written with wit, warmth, and soul searching honesty, First, You Cry is the inspiring true story about how one woman transformed the most terrifying...