Illustrated Chemistry Laboratory Terminology

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Illustrated Chemistry Laboratory Terminology is a handy manual intended for chemists whose first language is not English and who wish to expand their English vocabulary in the chemical laboratory area. Tables of contents and indices are listed in Chinese, French, German, Polish, Spanish, and Turkish. Alternate spellings in American English and British English are provided for applicable terms. Any non-English-speaking chemist who plans to teach chemistry in English or who is required to write or communicate in English should consider this book an indispensable reference.

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New methodological developments in morphological phylogenetics---including approaches for analyzing ontogenetic data, fossils, morphometric characters, intraspecific variation, and hybrid taxa---are summarized in this book. The actual practice of morphological phylogenetics is also evaluated, especially in regard to its controversial use in the study of the evolution of morphological characters.

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Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data (Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology) (Smithsonian Series in Comp.......2006-10-29

That's an important book for the users of morphological data in phylogenetic analisys. Problems and methods are explained in the several articles of the book.

Computer Analysis of Genetic Macromolecules: Structure, Function and Evolution

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Computer Analysis of Genetic Macromolecules: Structure, Function and Evolution
Nikolay A. Kolchanov
Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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ASIN: 9810213786

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Molecular biology and genetics are fast-growing fields with significant results and findings being reported virtually every day. Raw data from the wet lab accumulate at an astonishing rate, making it necessary to analyze the biological data with the use of computers. This book reveals how the current challenges of molecular biology and genetics are met with computer and mathematical treatments. A combined effort of the Computational Genetics and Biophysics Group (Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, USA), the Theoretical Molecular Genetics (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) and the Bioinformatics Group (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy), many of these findings are firsthand discoveries made by these groups. The book emphasizes the fundamental principles of the structural-functional organization of the 3 major classes of genetic macromolecules: DNA, RNA and proteins. It also introduces universally applicable theoretical principles into the enormous realm of raw data and develops an integrative, theoretical computer approach to the analysis of these macromolecules to gain insights into the complexities of their function and evolution.

Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution
Xuhua Xia
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792375009

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Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution introduces biologists to DAMBE, a proprietary, user-friendly computer program for molecular data analysis. The unique combination of this book and software will allow biologists not only to understand the rationale behind a variety of computational tools in molecular biology and evolution, but also to gain instant access to these tools for use in their laboratories.
Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution serves as an excellent resource for advanced level undergraduates or graduates as well as for professionals working in the field.

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A great portrait of Jewish immigrant life

Harsh lives of immigrants

Polemical but Riveting

A Great Book

An earthy description of the immigrant experience.

Jews Without Money: A Novel
Michael Gold
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
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Binding: Paperback

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Call It Sleep: A Novel

ASIN: 0786713453

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As a writer and political activist in early-twentieth-century America, Michael Gold was an important presence on the American cultural scene for more than three decades. Beginning in the 1920s his was a powerful journalistic voice for social change and human rights, and Jews Without Money—the author’s only novel—is a passionate record of the times. First published in 1930, this fictionalized autobiography offered an unusually candid look at the thieves, gangsters, and ordinary citizens who struggled against brutal odds in lower East Side Manhattan. Like Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep and Abraham Cahan’s The Rise and Fall of David Levinsky, Jews Without Money is a literary landmark of the Jewish experience.

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A great portrait of Jewish immigrant life.......2007-10-04

I really enjoyed this book. Gold's writing style is very unorthodox but I think this allows you to feel the emotion in his words. This story really makes you appreciate the issues that these poor Jewish immigrants faced and confirms that the American Dream certainly is possible as we have the luxury today in 2007 to evaluate the situations of many of these character's descendants. These people worked hard and helped each other and therefore made better lives for their future generations.

Harsh lives of immigrants.......2006-03-15

A book you won't be able to put down. Gold does an excellent job in conveying to the reader the very hard lives of immigrant adults and children who lived in poverty. This book should be part of the curriculum in high schools. Although I was raised in NY I knew nothing about the hardships that immigrants went through in NY.

Polemical but Riveting.......2001-01-02

"Jews without money" seems to me far more remarkable for its political positions than for its writing. Gold is, to put it bluntly, not a particularly skilled wordsmith. His limitations are obvious from the first page. Nevertheless this novel/memoir makes for fascinating reading. The book consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes from the life of a child growing up in the Lower East Side at the turn of the century. Gold wants to capture the sights and smells and sensations of that world, and while his prose is not quite up to the task, the reader still comes away powerfully moved.

What seems to be unique about Gold's account is his political bent. Rather than softening or sentimentalizing his experiences, he picks at scabs and pulls back the curtain to reveal horrors to his readers. As a devoted socialist, he wants to expose the evils of unrestrained capitalism. What that means for him is, rather than denying anti-Semitic stereotypes, he revels in them. Gold he wants the reader to understand that they are the result, not of Jewish culture, but of the effects of American ghetto poverty upon the Jews of his neighborhood. Povery, he aruges, turns potential into corruption. His is a world in which people will do anything for a few pennies, often all that stands between them and starvation. On the other hand, his world is also populated by characters who remain strong despite their suffering: his mother, who would rather go hungry than see a stranger starve; the foolish store-owner, who loses her livelihood because she cannot stand to turn away the poor. There are also desperate prostitutes, rapacious pawn brokers, crooked businessmen, and dreamers and schemers of all sorts.

This book lacks the literary ambition of Henry Roth's "Call it Sleep" or the narrative power of Abraham Cahan's "Rise of David Levinsky" (in my opinion, the finest novel ever about the Jewish immigrant experience). This is a political tract, and sometimes its dogma is rather irritating, even offensive. Nevertheless, it is a significant and important document of early 20th-century Jewish culture, and deserves to be read.

A Great Book.......2000-02-26

This is a masterpiece that has lost none of its power since it was first published 70 years ago. The book hooks you from the first paragraph and never lets go.

An earthy description of the immigrant experience........1999-01-05

The only thing marring this important work is the introduction by Alfred Kazin which maligns the novel and Michael Gold and leaves the reader wondering if the publisher is really trying to promote the book. The introduction probably is the result of old grudges from bygone politically motivated "cultural wars" between Jewish writers. The author's widow was deeply upset by the underhanded and cowardly introduction.

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Jews Without Money

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ASIN: B000BIVREY

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Jews Without Money

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Binding: Hardcover
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Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature
Rachel Rubin
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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JEWS WITHOUT MONEY
GOLD MICHAEL
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: B000PGIDJ4

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Jews Without Money
Michael Gold
Manufacturer: Horace Liveright
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HZK7BA

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Jews Without Money
Michael Gold
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Jews Without Money
Michael Gold
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JEWS WITHOUT MONEY
Michael Gold
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Jews Without Money

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Repetitious Tripe

a worthy sequel

Very happy to have found this author!

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Too many cliches

Bangkok Tattoo
John Burdett
Manufacturer: Knopf
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The Last Six Million Seconds: A Thriller

ASIN: 1400040450
Release Date: 2005-05-10

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From the author of the best seller Bangkok 8, a head-spinning new novel that puts us back in the company of the inimitable Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep.

We return to District 8—the underbelly of Bangkok’s underworld—where a dramatically mutilated dead body is found. It’s bad: he was CIA. It gets worse: the murderer appears to be Chanya—a tough, sweet working girl who’s the highest earner at The Old Man’s Club, jointly owned by Sonchai’s mother and his boss, Police Colonel Vikorn.

Alerted by Sonchai, Vikorn quickly concocts a cover-up that involves Al Qaeda and Thailand’s porous southern border where, since 9/11, the CIA has been an obviously covert presence. But the truth will be harder to come by, and it will require Sonchai to find an ever-more-delicate balance between his ambition and his Buddhism, while running the gamut of Bangkok’s drug dealers, prostitutes, bad cops, worse military, and the pitfalls of his own melting heart (Chanya!)—most of which he can handle. But even Sonchai is not prepared for what he discovers at the end of his investigation.

Piercingly smart and funny, densely atmospheric, and—as we already know to expect from John Burdett—packing a surprise at every turn, Bangkok Tattoo is sensational.

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Killing customers just isn’t good for business.”

My mother Nong’s tone reflects the disappointment we all feel when a star employee starts to go wrong. Is there nothing to be done? Will we have to let dear Chanya go? The question can only be decided by Police Colonel Vikorn, who owns most of the shares in the Old Man’s Club and who is on his way in his Bentley.

“No,” I agree. Like my mother’s, my eyes cannot stop flicking across the empty bar to the stool where Chanya’s flimsy silver dress (just enough silk to cover nipples and butt) drapes and drips. Well, the dripping was slight and is more or less finished (a rusty stain on the floor turning black as it dries), but in more than a decade as a detective in the Royal Thai Police, I have never seen a garment so blood-soaked. Chanya’s bra, also hideously splattered, lies halfway up the stairs, and her panties—her only other garment—lie abandoned on the floor outside the upstairs room where, eccentrically even for a Thai whore, she has taken refuge with an opium pipe.

“She didn’t say anything at all? Like why?”

“No, I told you. She dashed in through the door in a bit of a state holding an opium pipe, glared at me, said, ‘I’ve done him in,’ ripped off her dress, and disappeared upstairs. Fortunately, there were only a couple of farang in the bar at the time, and the girls were fantastic. They merely said, ‘Oh, Chanya, she goes like that sometimes,’ and gently ushered them out. I had to play the whole thing down, of course, and by the time I got to her room, she was already stoned.”

“What did she say again?”

“She was tripping on the opium, totally delirious. When she started talking to the Buddha, I left to call you and the Colonel. At that stage I didn’t know if she’d really done him in or was freaking out on yaa baa or something.”

But she’d snuffed him all right. I walked to the farang’s hotel, which is just a couple of streets away from Soi Cowboy, and flashed my police ID to get the key to his room. There he was, a big muscular naked American farang in his early thirties, minus a penis and a lot of blood from a huge knife wound that began in his lower gut and finished just short of his rib cage. Chanya, a basically decent and very tidy Thai, had placed his penis on the bedside table. At the other end of the table, a single rose stood in a plastic mug of water.

There was nothing for it but to secure the room for the purposes of forensic investigation, leave a hefty bribe for the hotel receptionist—who is now more or less obliged to say whatever I tell him to say (standard procedure under my Colonel Vikorn in District 8)—and await further orders. Vikorn, of course, was in one of his clubs carousing, probably surrounded by naked young women who adored him, or knew how to look as if they did, and in no mood to be dragged to the scene of a crime until I penetrated his drunken skull enough to explain that the business at hand was not an investigation per se but the infinitely more challenging forensic task so lightly spoken of as a “cover-up.” Even then he showed no inclination to shift himself until he realized it was Chanya (the perp, not the victim).

“Where the hell did she get the opium?” my mother wants to know. “There hasn’t been opium in Krung Thep since I was a teenager.”

I know from her eyes that she is thinking fondly of the Vietnam War, when she was herself a working girl in Bangkok and a lot of the GIs brought small balls of opium from the war zone (one of them being my almost-anonymous father, of whom more later). An opiated man is more or less impotent—which reduces much of the wear and tear on a professional’s assets—and not inclined to argue about fee str

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Repetitious Tripe.......2007-09-24

"Tell me Farang", how does it feel to know you threw ten bucks down the toilet. Burdett's first effort was a heroic surprise and garners a charitable 2 stars for this throwaway -- a cynical, cloyish, BORING effort to rake in the cash. A singular dearth of ideas, uncommonly purple prose, and a patronizing view of Thais and Farang alike. Look, if you need a vicarious make-believe Thai thrill whose extreme literary pretentiousness raises it just above a virtual Patpong hand-job, then, well, plunk down your chips and -- the real price tag -- your precious time. I'd awaitd this follow-up eagerly. Now I think it would be a tender mercy if Burdett returned to lawyering and lay down his pen.

a worthy sequel.......2007-09-15

I had read Bangkok 8 and was eager to get this when it came out in paperback. It is a strange and bizzarre story but once again Burdett draws you into a world that I could never imagine. His writing is so vivid. I have traveled to Thailand, but never got past the tourist sites. I now feel like I really understand the city and its corruption. And I can't wait to read the next one.

Very happy to have found this author!.......2007-07-14

After reading this book, I sent copies to my 23- and 26-year old sons, who plan to go to Thailand for Christmas. I warned them that this might change their plans--they might just take the next flight out. This author is a real find. His characters are interesting and complex, and his love for the country and people is obvious. When I read a detective story, I don't want to be able to figure out the ending, but I want the author to be "fair"--not to point me to paths the story is never going to take just to keep me guessing. This is such a story. I loved it. After reading this one, the second of the series, I read the first and pre-ordered the third. Oh yeah--should say that there is some gruesomeness involved if that bothers anyone. E.D.

Through the Looking Glass.......2007-07-12

I bought these books before a trip to Bangkok. I had precious little time to step outside of the common tourist sites and visits, except for sampling some wonderful local food. These books suggested how much I could be missing, rich as they are in local color. While fun, silly, and a bit over the top - they also move the reader a bit outside their comfort zone as Burdett does his best to provide a view through local eyes and remind those of more delicate sensibilities here in the USA that judgments of other people, other situations are not always so easy. While Bangkok 8 was arguably better, this is still enjoyable.

One of my favorite lines from the two books was one Thai's take on the corruption in their government and tax evasion as a superior system to the US -- "[in Thailand] you get exactly the government you pay for here".

Through the looking glass, indeed.

Too many cliches.......2007-07-04

Overall I enjoyed both this and Bangkok 8. The underworld fabricated by Mr. Burdett coupled with his descriptions of an exotic city are very intriguing. His prose is both spartan and engaging. I could do without the constant cliches of the obtuse "Western mind" and the enigmatic "Asian mind". I also tire quickly of the characterization of every American government entity as corrupt and stupid and everyone else in the world- especially the developing world- as imbued with great wisdom. Still, the characters are interesting and more or less believable. I think this book suffers from the same flaw of Bangkok 8- the plot resolution just isn't credible here either. This made most of the final 30 pages or so a bit disappointing, but it was the same with Bangkok 8. Mr. Burdett also seems to have a serious- and disturbing- fascination with flaying. In Bangkok 8 a woman was flayed with a whip and here in Bangkok Tattoo several murder victims were flayed with surgical precision. A final note- the cover art of the paperback is excellent.

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Bangkok Tattoo

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Bangkok Tattoo (Puzzle)
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Summer of Suspense Assortment: The Power of the Dog / No Country for Old Men / Bangkok Tattoo / 13 Steps Down / Children of Men

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The Mysterious East; A trio of thrillers set in Laos, Thailand, and Korea.(The Coroner's Lunch)(Bangkok Tattoo)(The Door to Bitterness)(Book review): An article from: The Weekly Standard

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The Mysterious East; A trio of thrillers set in Laos, Thailand, and Korea.(The Coroner's Lunch)(Bangkok Tattoo)(The Door to Bitterness)(Book review): An article from: The Weekly Standard
Ellen Bork
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000N3ASI8
Release Date: 2007-01-31

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This digital document is an article from The Weekly Standard, published by Thomson Gale on February 5, 2007. The length of the article is 863 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Mysterious East; A trio of thrillers set in Laos, Thailand, and Korea.(The Coroner's Lunch)(Bangkok Tattoo)(The Door to Bitterness)(Book review)
Author: Ellen Bork
Publication: The Weekly Standard (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 5, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12 Issue: 20 Page: NA

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Bangkok Tattoo
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