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Reports that heat processing of foods induces the formation of acrylamide heightened interest in the chemistry, biochemistry, and safety of this compound. Acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity are potential human health risks based on animal studies. Because exposure of humans to acrylamide can come from both external sources and the diet, there exists a need to develop a better understanding of its formation and distribution in food and its role in human health. To contribute to this effort, experts from eight countries have presented data on the chemistry, analysis, metabolism, pharmacology, and toxicology of acrylamide. Specifically covered are the following aspects: exposure from the environment and the diet; biomarkers of exposure; risk assessment; epidemiology; mechanism of formation in food; biological alkylation of amino acids, peptides, proteins, and DNA by acrylamide and its epoxide metabolite glycidamide; neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and carcinogenicity; protection against adverse effects; and possible approaches to reducing levels in food. Cross-fertilization of ideas among several disciplines in which an interest in acrylamide has developed, including food science, pharmacology, toxicology, and medicine, will provide a better understanding of the chemistry and biology of acrylamide in food, and can lead to the development of food processes to decrease the acrylamide content of the diet.
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Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? Most contemporary scholars say no. In this challenge to prevailing views, Robert J. Richards says yes—and argues that current perspectives on Darwin and his theory are both ideologically motivated and scientifically unsound.
This provocative new reading of Darwin goes directly to the origins of evolutionary theory. Unlike most contemporary biologists or historians and philosophers of science, Richards holds that Darwin did concern himself with the idea of progress, or telos, as he constructed his theory. Richards maintains that Darwin drew on the traditional embryological meanings of the terms "evolution" and "descent with modification." In the 1600s and 1700s, "evolution" referred to the embryological theory of preformation, the idea that the embryo exists as a miniature adult of its own species that simply grows, or evolves, during gestation. By the early 1800s, however, the idea of preformation had become the concept of evolutionary recapitulation, the idea that during its development an embryo passes through a series of stages, each the adult form of an ancestor species.
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Low-dimensional solids are of fundamental interest in materials science due to their anisotropic properties. Written not only for experts in the field, this book explains the important concepts behind their physics and surveys the most interesting one-dimensional systems and discusses their present and emerging applications in molecular scale electronics. The second edition of this successful book has been completely revised to include the remarkable achievements of the last ten years of research and applications. Chemists, polymer and materials scientists as well as students will find this book a very readable introduction to the solid-state physics of electronic materials.
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The zombie-raising business gets slow in December, so Anita Blake is starting to see some oddball cases. She's got a neatly typed list of eight missing lycanthropes given to her by Marcus, the leader of the local werewolf pack, who wants her to find them. The trouble is, Anita's occasionally furry boyfriend Richard is locked in a power struggle with Marcus. Jean-Claude, master vampire of the city and Anita's other love interest, is getting jealous as well. To top it off, Anita has to solve some horrific murders and keep her bounty-hunting friend Edward from killing Richard and Jean-Claude. Hamilton alternates between funny and fearsome in this larky series about a monster hunter with a few dark secrets.
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In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Vampire Hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems-especially in matters of the not-so-human heart...
Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.
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Anita Blake has fallen for the leader of a local pack of werewolves. She's survived a lot, but this love affair may kill her yet.
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Good Read.......2007-09-06
So I needed a Vamp fix after Black Dagger Brotherhood (best series I have read so far action, drama, passion, romance ...the works). So I decided to check out Anita Blake, it was not what I expected there has been no romance, or steamy scenes of any kind so far Im on book 3....but I AM NOT disappointed the action and drama is fast paced. I love a cycnical kick @$$ chick. I bought the first 11 and intend to read them all. It's a great series, very gory, gritty, and abit scary I LUV it;)Hard to stop reading once you start! I just wish she would get with Jean-Claude already... besides Richard is too good for her:)
Super Reader.......2007-08-26
Anita begins to get over herself, then finds out the sweet teacher guy she wants to shag is really into the turn furry and howl at the moon thing.
The were side of Richard draws her into the lycanthrope society more and more as time goes on and she discovers what really happens there.
Prono snuff films are not what you would really expect to come up with when you think werewolf, but there you go.
Some investigating and bad guy stopping to be done.
Richard and Anita, Sitting in a Tree..........2007-04-03
After reading "The Lunatic Cafe", the fourth novel in the Anita Blake series, it is safe to say that I'm hooked. The first three novels were excellent, and this one was good. However, there were a couple of downers.
NEGATIVES...
- DESCRIPTION: Hamilton's description of places is often awkward in this book. In a scene where Anita approaches a house, Hamilton describes the house and THEN the road leading up to it. It would make more sense visually to describe the road first, and lead up to the house. And I know it's difficult to decide how much description to weave in, but in one scene early on in the book, there is just two pages of straight description, totally interrupting the flow of the story.
- THE MYSTERY: In books 1-3, Hamilton dishes out just enough clues for the reader to actively participate with Anita as she solves the mystery of the book. However, in this volume, there are so many characters and so many things going on that it becomes hard to follow everything that Anita is taking in, thus separating the readers from the mystery.
- RICHARD AND ANITA: Their relationship moved a bit too quickly (emotionally) in the beginning of the book to be believable.
POSITIVES...
+ Hamilton is a great character writer. At this point in the series, she's got Anita, Richard, Jean-Claude, Dolph, Zerbrowski, and Edward down perfectly. Her baddies are characterized well here too.
+ The climax of the book was done perfectly. I was totally enveloped.
+ RICHARD AND ANITA- Halfway through the book, Hamilton took this relationship in directions I hadn't foreseen; good save.
So, all in all, "The Lunatic Cafe" had its moments, but wasn't as stunning as the first three Anita Blake novels. But I--with no reservations--recommend this book.
8/10
prudish.......2007-03-13
After the disappointment of the third episode it was with some apprehension that I approached the fourth.
Plot construction still seems to be the major weakness of Ms Hamilton's novels -it may be that she is simply not interested in it- but here at least we have sort of a story that begins at the beginning and kind of ends at the end, leaving nonetheless some open threads probably to be developped in following episodes. The mistery element is not that important, the privilege belonging to the characters' interaction which could be fine but is not.
Anita and her co-stars were perfectly rounded in the first episode and do not seem to experience any further maturation in the course of the four novels: take Anita's relationship with Jean Claude: we know right from the start that she is attracted to him and at the same time repelled by his being undead. Ms Hamilton continues to set confrontations among the two, fairly charged with sexual tension, but nothing new really happens, they are motionless and unchanging. This can be true in real life, I have known people who keep on emotionally butchering one another always returning to square one but, unless we are faced with a one volume masterpiece, this is hardly an interesting situation prolonged during four different novels. I even felt slightly irritated by Anita and Jean Claude rather childish behaviour and more so by the author's lack of creativity.
The only device Ms Hamilton is capable of is introducing new characters, but this may make the scene more colourful but hardly more interesting. Not to mention that, after slaying a million year old vampire one would expect Anita to get rid of a silly 200 y.o. Gretchen with a well shot silver bullet.
This leads me to discuss another problem: there is no real sense of growing powers in Anita's character. Had she been able to kill the first villain out of sheer luck there could be a sense of growing self assurance facing ever stronger foes. There is not. She is perforce alternating moments when she is a real butch to others when she is nearly helpless. This is not believable.
What else? Oh yeah, in this volume we have a more pronounced sexual charge, but stop the yippees: hear hear Anita is not only a believer, therefore loathe of doing casual sex, but she was also hurt when younger therefore afraid of being hurt again. Once again this could be a nice endearing touch but the author wastes it with a rather shabby handling of the issue.
All above notwithstanding the fourth episode can still be fun for most readers -it was for me- but set aside any hope of having much more than that: simple, rather cheap fun.
Series is starting to slow down........2007-02-28
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I've been hearing for many years about how Hamilton's Anita Blake series starts off with a bang and then slides kicking and screaming down a very steep slope. I'm now up to book four, and I'm starting to see the evidence. While there's a mystery to be found here, a tale of eight missing lycanthropes Anita has to find, the real story is Anita, the untouchable Jean-Claude (and a vampire who wants to rival Anita for his affections, refusing to believe Anita doesn't want him), and Richard, who's obviously supposed to be the good guy but all too often comes off less as a principled hero than a whining prat. I'm all for romance novels, and even mystery novels with a heavy dose of romance (how else would I have managed to make it through the last twenty years of Dean Koontz?), but the mystery's starting to take a back seat. This is not an inherently bad feature; Jean-Claude and Anita, at least, are interesting and well-done characters, and some of the minor recurring folks are lots of fun (I want a book that focuses on Zerbrowski!), but the werewolves, on the whole, seem a rather boring, two-dimensional lot. I found myself caring not a whit about the power struggle between Richard and current pack leader Marcus, who might as well have been a clone of Alejandro from Circus of the Damned with a different supernatural bent.
I'll keep on with the series. At least this one-- hopefully-- prepared me for what's coming. ***
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Fun!.......2007-09-09
I bought this series for my boyfriend and have found myself paging through it. Hamilton's novels are quite fun and full of action, which keeps the reader energized. However, those expecting these works to mirror Anne Rice will not be satisfied, as these novels lack the level of detail present in Anne Rice novels. They do of course concern themselves with vampires, so those fond of Anne Rice will have fun with these. Definitely worth the read!
Bubble Gum.......2007-08-18
Bubble gum is not good for your teeth, but I chew it anyhow. I know it will satisfy a craving consistently. Like bubble gum, I cannot stop chewing up these books. It is primarily the sexual tension on the pages and the fact that I am a Buffy fan and need my vampire fix. The plots are formulaic, and Ms. Hamilton does need a better editor. "Alright," though used, is not really acceptable in formal text. In the third volume, Anita's car gets totaled, and then suddenly, she has a car again to follow someone to the million-year-old vampire's digs. I also cannot stand some of the author's phrases, such as "heap big vampire slayer." Quite possibly I cringe because no young woman would talk like this. As well, I have a hard time buying some of Anita's outfits. I was in my twenties in the late 90's, and I never would have worn the ensembles Anita wears. Thank God that Blake is taking some hints from the Master of the City. Granted the protagonist has bigger things on her mind; however, she dresses like the would-be love child of Richard Simmons and Minnie Pearl. There are some other typos and logical inconsistencies scattered throughout other books. All the things I just mentioned are "nitpicky," but some of them do stop me in my tracks as I am flying through the pages. I do not want to encounter sand when I am chewing my gum.
Amazing books.......2007-06-27
Perfect! I finished this box set in less than a week. The books have excellent plots, detailed characters, and witty humor that have me laughing out loud. I made the mistake of getting one of the later books first and was so glad I started at the beginning. These books are fun and frisky. Definitely a recommended read for those who like action, romance, and refreshing characters.
Got me Started.......2007-03-17
This 4-book set was the first I had read of the Anita Blake series. I have since ordered another 5 books from that series and will order the rest after I read those. These are really well written and move right along with interesting characters and plots.
Anita Blake foursome...........2007-03-15
Anyone who loves Laurell K Hamilton will love this foursome. These are the first books in the Anita Blake series and well worth your time for a great price.
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Anita Blake, vampire hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
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A complete set of the first 14 books in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. In chronological order as published, they are: Guilty Pleasures; The Laughing Corpse; Circus of the Damned; The Lunatic Cafe; Bloody Bones; The Killing Dance; Burnt Offerings; Blue Moon; Obsidian Butterfly; Narcissus in Chains; Cerulean Sins; Incubus Dreams; Micah; Danse Macabre
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Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty.
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The Lunatic Cafe
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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series: Volumes 1-7. Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings.
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