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Biodiversity of Microbial Life places the importance and novelty of the diversity of the microbial world in perspective with the biodiversity of plants and animals. Microbial diversity has driven the evolution of all life on Earth as well as the nutrient cycles, which are key to the operation of the biosphere. Microorganisms live in all ecosystems, even extreme environments not habitable to other organisms. Noted experts including Carl Woese, the originator of the Tree of Life, and Rita Colwell, who is now Director of the National Science Foundation, offer their unique perspectives on the...

When the Spanish royal navy chases the Caribbean's most notorious pirates into Port-au-Prince, Isabella and Jean-Michel are faced with the grim choice of running the blockade or joining a budding revolution that could spark a slave uprising. Isabella's run-in with a Voodoo priestess, high in the mountains of French-controlled Saint-Domingue, complicates her decision. She is forced to choose between her loyalty to Jean-MIchel and the crew, her forbidden love for a dashing army captain, and the freedom of thousands of slaves. Isabella soon realizes her path hinges on the prophecy that has...