Variant Haemoglobins – A Guide to Identification is based on the premise that any single diagnostic technique offers only a very provisional identification of a variant haemoglobin. In routine diagnostic practice two techniques are needed as a minimum, with the results being interpreted in the light of the clinical details, blood count, blood film and ethnic origin. This book covers 150 normal and variant haemoglobins that have been studied and carefully documented.Var...

A Gamble on Love and Revenge in the Wild West.A dangerous bet in a poker game earns CLAY HOLT the one thing he didn't need: the beautiful, indentured young woman owned by J. Talbot, a bully of a saloon keeper at the edge of the Oregon Trail. Clay intends to set KIERIN MCKENDRY free but an ambush and battle with Talbot's men leaves him badly injured. Kierin rescues him right back, helping him escape to his departing wagon train, where she pretends to be his new wife....

Horrified at the thought of facing an arranged marriage, Valda runs away from her home in the beautiful French countryside.Determined to become a photographer, she heads to the south of France in the company of a Romani caravan. Learning about their way of life makes her question everything she has been raised to believe.A disastrous run-in with an arrogant and handsome stranger sends her plans awry. She is once again awakened to the possibility of a life of adventure, pass...

From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Walk West comes Barbara Jenkins's long-awaited tale of her walk across America, an adventure that once captured the national media spotlight. From the untold narrative of her impoverished hillbilly upbringing, to the crushing aftermath of her walk toward newfound courage and strength, So Long as It's Wild is her story.As a child growing up in the wild beauty of the Ozarks, Barbara often spent her...

Erwachsenwerden: Lernen von der NaturAmbitionierte Tiger Mom oder gelassene Panda Mom – was können wir wirklich aus dem Tierreich lernen, wenn es um das Thema Erwachsenwerden geht? Vor allem eins: Das Pubertier ist überall! Die „schwierige Phase“ zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein hält Pinguineltern, Wale und Wölfe auf Trab. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz und Kathryn Bowers, Spezialistinnen auf dem Gebiet der artenübergreifenden Forschung, schildern erstaunliche Beoba...

Aspiring Novelist Saves Brother from Noose in the Western Historical Romance, The Lady Takes a Gunslinger, by Barbara AnkrumTexas, 1867Fallen ex-Texas Ranger, Reese Donovan, wants no part in helping aspiring dime-novelist, Grace Turner, rescue her brother from Maximilian's Mexican prison.But Reese's dark past is about to change his mind.Now, between plotting escape and running for their lives, Reese finds Grace's quirky, wide-e...

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Walk West comes Barbara Jenkins' long-awaited tale, revealing the story of her walk across America, a journey that captured the national media spotlight. From the untold narrative of her impoverished Ozarks hillbilly upbringing, to the crushing aftermath of the walk and her journey toward newfound courage and strength, So Long As It’s Wild is her story.As a child growing up in the wild ...

Mariah loves her fiancé, Seth Travers. But when Seth leaves to make his fortune in Montana, ahead of her arrival, she starts thinking for herself.Finally arriving by steamboat, Mariah learns that Seth has taken ill and sent his best friend, Creed Devereaux, to escort her to Virginia City.Mariah wants nothing to do with the rough-edged bounty hunter who's just killed a half-breed murderer in front of her. But an unexpected detour sends the pair through dangerous mountains......

A true-life love story of a mated pair of Canada geese and their goslings. Non-Fiction Gold Award from The Non Fiction Authors Association (NFAA). This heart-warming saga showcases a committed and protective mated pair of Canada geese who decided to nest in a corporate courtyard in California. Author Barbara Klide and her business colleagues shared the honor of watching Hawkeye, Mother Goose, and their baby goslings for five months in consecutive years. With no body of wat...

The Wild Hunt is under new leadership: the Fury of Vengeance, who wants to bring back the horror of the old days, when gods and fey terrorized mankind. Gwyn, former leader of the Hunt, now serves as its herald but is desperate to get her old job back before the entire modern world finds out about the Hunt’s existence.Holly has always wanted to be a cop, but her chaotic fey ancestry makes conforming to rules an actual pain. She’s recruited by a secret agency designed to round up sup...

Jacopo “Jack” Constantino, ex sergente comunicazioni nelle Forze Speciali, ora dirige il dipartimento di sicurezza informatica per la Four Kings Security e lavora con il suo team di esperti per garantire ai clienti i migliori sistemi di sicurezza sul mercato. Ma Jack trova la sua vita abbastanza monotona, nonostante le avventure con i suoi commilitoni, e vorrebbe qualcosa di più emozionante.Ma a volte i desideri si avverano… fin troppo.Due anni fa, Fitz Harlow ha r...

"King's Animals' Best Friends is the most comprehensive exploration I've read of the complex relationship between the human and nonhuman, full of great insights and practical information."—Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times Book Review, "By the Book"Finalist for the 2021 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental LiteratureAs people come to understand more about animals' inner lives—the intricacies of their thoughts and the emotions ...