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Jeremiah James Perch, to give him his full birth name, is a downtrodden, humble man. Throughout his marriage he has been constantly bullied and henpecked by his overbearing wife, Sylvia. Life changes for Jeremiah when he is granted a number of Wishes from a mischievous leprechaun. The changes are not always for the good, and Jeremiah has a knack of finding trouble without even looking for it. His roller coaster life after being granted the Wishes is often humourous; and sometimes sad. This story unfolds like a slow burning fuse and finally concludes in an explosive finale.

The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic ornamentation. Whereas in former times public statuary had customarily been reserved for 'warriors and statesmen, kings and rulers of men', a new trend was emerging for towns to commemorate their own citizens. As the subjects immortalised in stone and bronze broadened beyond the traditional ruling classes to include radicals and reformers, it necessitated a corresponding widening of the language and understanding of public statuary. Contested Sites explores the role of these commemorations...

Groundbreaking thinking on how bacterial metabolism is foundational to pathogenesis

For too long, bacterial metabolism and bacterial pathogenesis have been studied as separate entities. However, the scientific community is beginning to realize that not only are bacterial nutrient acquisition and utilization essential for pathogenesis, but that interfering with the pathogen-specific metabolic pathways used during infection can regulate virulence factor expression and might lead to effective breakthroughs in a variety of treatments.

Editors Paul Cohen and Tyrrell...