Primer to The Immune Response is an invaluable resource for college students, university undergraduates and students in medicine and other health professions who need a concise but complete and understandable introduction to immunology. This book is written in the same engaging conversational style as the published reference book The Immune Response: Basic and Clinical Principles and conveys the same fascinating appeal of immunology. The authors bring clarity, readability and continuity of...

Written in the same engaging conversational style as the acclaimed first edition, Primer to The Immune Response, 2nd Edition is a fully updated and invaluable resource for college and university students in life sciences, medicine and other health professions who need a concise but comprehensive introduction to immunology. The authors bring clarity and readability to their audience, offering a complete survey of the most fundamental concepts in basic and clinical immunology while conveying...

The Immune Response is a unique reference work covering the basic and clinical principles of immunology in a modern and comprehensive fashion. Written in an engaging conversational style, the book conveys the broad scope and fascinating appeal of immunology. The book is beautifully illustrated with superb figures as well as many full color plates. This extraordinary work will be an invaluable resource for lecturers and graduate students in immunology, as well as a vital reference for resea...

ACSM’s Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines, Fourth Edition, presents the current standards and guidelines that help health and fitness establishments provide high-quality service and program offerings in a safe environment. This text is based in large part on both the work that has begun through the NSF international initiative to develop industry standards to serve as the foundation for a voluntary health and fitness facility certification process an...

For readers of Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us comes a fiercely feminist, heartwarming story of friendship and music about The Liverbirds, Britain’s first all-female rock group.The idea for Britain’s first female rock band, The Liverbirds, started one evening in 1962, when Mary McGlory, then age 16, saw The Beatles play live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, the nightclub famously known as the “cradle of British pop music.” Then and there, she decided she was...

Found throughout the United States, a garter snake may be lurking nearby! Read about these common creepers.

Life is the most precious gift given to us. It is therefore important to ensure that we live our life to the fullest in a manner that we enjoy and achieve our life objectives. Life success is represented by absolute, relative, and personal criteria. The elements of success include focus, goals, and achievements, followed by acceptance and recognition. The various levels of success that can be reached are identified. The roles of money and power in assessing the value of one’s success are d...

Rattlesnakes distract prey with a shake of their tails. Read about these fanged hunters.

A super spicy forbidden workplace romance read from Christy McKellen. Perfect for fans of Meghan Quinn and Hannah GraceMixing business with pleasure… what could possibly go wrong?Maya Darlington-Hume is the life of the party, used to turning heads—and getting her way. But behind the champagne and charm is a woman chasing something real, especially from the one man who’s never taken her seriously: her father. So when she discovers the gorgeous str...

Turkey vultures have red, featherless heads and long, dark feathers. Big, bold photos accompany carefully-leveled text on habitat, behavior, life cycle, and threats to this meat-eating scavenger.

Known for their wild hair, tamarin monkeys are an at-risk member of the monkey family. From food to homes to behavior, learn the facts on these endangered primates.

A sometimes wry and insightful look into the mating game for anyone contemplating marriage or living together as a couple. This is a case for premarital counseling. The rules may keep changing but somehow feelings remain the same. This book gives us a peep into how to deal with these feelings as well as how to stack the odds for longevity of our relationships- in our favor.