Scholars and policymakers alike agree that innovation in the biosciences is key to future growth. The field continues to shift and expand, and it is certainly changing the way people live their lives in a variety of ways. With a large share of federal research dollars devoted to the biosciences, the field is just beginning to live up to its billing as a source of innovation, economic productivity and growth. Vast untapped potential to imagine and innovate exists in the biosciences given new tools now widely available. In The Biologist's Imagination, William Hoffman and Leo Furcht examine the history of innovation in the biosciences, tracing technological innovation from the late eighteenth century to the present and placing special emphasis on how and where technology evolves. Place is often key to innovation, from the early industrial age to the rise of the biotechnology industry in the second half of the twentieth century. The book uses the distinct history of bioinnovation to discuss current trends as they relate to medicine, agriculture, energy, industry, ecosystems, and climate. Fast-moving research fields like genomics, synthetic biology, stem cell research, neuroscience, bioautomation and bioprinting are accelerating these trends. Hoffman and Furcht argue that our system of bioscience innovation is itself in need of innovation. It needs to adapt to the massive changes brought about by converging technologies and the globalization of higher education, workforce skills, and entrepreneurship. The Biologist's Imagination is both a review of past models for bioscience innovation and a forward-looking, original argument for what future models should take into account.

The Biologist's Imagination

William Hoffman

Leo Furcht

Oxford University Press

Set in Virginia in the 1980s, Tidewater Blood opens at the annual LeBlanc family celebration. Rich, pretentious, and proud, the LeBlancs operate a prosperous plantation and celebrate their heritage each year in grand old Southern fashion on the mansion's portico. But this year, the front of the mansion explodes and everyone on the portico is instantly killed. As the dust settles, all fingers point to embittered brother and ex-con Charles LeBlanc, who lives as a hermit outside town. When it seems he's going down on a murder rap, Charley flees to begin his own investigation. Charley must win the trust of one person after another--from his frat-boy lawyer to an old backwoods woman harboring a special hatred of the LeBlancs. Charley solves the crime moments before he faces imprisonment, but not before he learns long-hidden secrets about that illustrious LeBlanc blood. Crisp and cinematic, Tidewater Blood  is a riveting and tightly constructed thriller. "A first rate, page-turning thriller." --George Garrett "Limpid and swift-moving, with a full complement of understated surprises: an exemplary presentation of the innocent man on the run for readers who want more texture then they can find in The Fugitive." --Kirkus Reviews "This is a gripping read." --Library Journal A MYSTERY GUILD SELECTION

Tidewater Blood

Ulverscroft Large Print Bks.

Contract Killer: Explosive Story of the Mafia's Most Notorious Hitman - Tony " The Greek " Frankos

Politics & Social Sciences

Lake Headley

Social Sciences

Time Warner Paperbacks*

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 1989 First Edition, 1st Printing. Henry Holt Co., New York, NY, 1989. 240 pages, 6 pages with pictures. The jacket show minor shelf wear, and ligth tanning inside. The Book pages clean, unmarked. tight, straight, very good shape. (Please see the pictures) Quick and safe shipping. M-07

The Court-Martial of Clayton Lonetree

William Kunstler

Rules & Procedures

Henry Holt Co.

Beyond Reach: Search for the "Titanic"

P. Harris

Conservation on the Northern Plains: New Perspectives challenges widespread assumptions about people and nature, reframing understandings of both in the process. In eleven essays, ten authors trek across the Plains to find the people, places, and stories that define conservation.In addressing conservation's reach, the authors reflect on the ordinary, the extraordinary, and the spaces in between, covering species ranging from horses to honeybees and from pheasants to wolves. Each essay is a call to revisit conservation and re-engage in discussions of use and the environment. This collection tackles conservation issues in eight states and Canada, giving special attention to Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The volume is edited by Dr. Anthony J. Amato, Associate Professor of Social Science at Southwest Minnesota State University
. . . the essayists in this volume will help readers understand the vitality and potential of one of North America's most distinctive and productive landscapes - Greg Breining, author of Wild Shore and Paddle North. 
Foreword by Dennis Anderson, Outdoors Editor and Columnist, Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Of related interest . . . Birding in the Northern Plains: The Ornithological Writings of Herbert Krause, by Ronald R. Nelson, and Natural History of the Black Hills and Badlands, by Sven Froiland and Ronald Weedon, published by The Center for Western Studies.
ISBN: 978-0-931170-95-9 215 pages 16 photographs $12.00

Conservation on the Northern Plains: New Perspectives

Linda M. Hasselstrom

Anthony J Amato

Joseph A. Amato

Peter Carrels

Stephen L. Eliason

Andrea Glessner

Miles D. Lewis

Lisa Payne Ossian

Barry L. Stiefel

The Center for Western Studies

"A delightful portrayal of an ethnic scene and the fine people who made the Lower Flats and West Side of St. Paul a place never to be forgotten."

West Side Story II

North Central Publishing Co.

From career criminal to dedicated Christian minister, a man shares his often painful life journey, called by Norman Vincent Peale "one of the most powerful true stories," and a history readers will find uplifting as well as enlightening.

Brother Frank: A True Story: One Man's Inspiring Journey from Hatred and Violence to Faith and Love

Religion & Spirituality

Frank Minucci

Christian Books & Bibles

Kensington Books

Young Wayland Garrett's life story is one composed of lies. Yet, that story is compelling, not only for the journey he takes to become a man but also for the language in which his story is told, deceptive though it may be. In words of quiet beauty and with effortless grace, author William Hoffman takes us back to the tobacco country of Depression-era Virginia, where Wayland’s story begins. His past is peopled by spectral figures: his mother—a proud, upright woman worn thin and tough by poverty and ceaseless toil; his daddy—who taught his boys to live off the land and take what was needed but died broken and unable to provide for his family the only way he knew; and the Ballards—wealthy landowners who were the gods of their own pastoral heaven, prospering from the sweat of others and expecting thanks for the privilege. Wayland flees from this life to war-torn Europe, where he struggles to find courage buried within, despite his ever-present fear in a land burdened by destruction and carnage. Following Germany’s surrender, Wayland flees again, this time to Southern Florida, where he reinvents himself through deception, of both himself and those around him. Finally, Wayland looks back at the land he left behind—Howell County, Virginia—and the innocent, ignorant boy he left in its fields. As he recalls his struggle toward manhood and independence, he must decide how much of this life he should now reveal to his cultured wife and beautiful daughter, who know nothing of hunger and want, and how much will stay buried under the dust of his past and remain hidden by lies.

Lies

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

River City Publishing

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