This book aims to provide for the first time in the English language a concise but comprehensive overview of the biology and cultivation of the grapevine, accessible to all concerned with viticulture. After a description of the essential features of viticulture, including a concise history from antiquity to modern times, the authors consider the taxonomy of the grapevine and the evolutionary processes that gave rise to the diversity within the Vitaceae. Particular attention is paid to the genera Vitis and Muscadinia, which are considered a reserve of genetic variation for the improvement of...

As the sun begins to set in the afternoon, a Stetson law student is repeatedly raped inside her off campus apartment. The police has no clue except the rapist told her on both occasions to, "strip for me." Meanwhile, the City and County Investigation Bureau, Detective Jones is assigned to the case. And, as he's trying to solve the case several murders occur as a result of a notorious drug king pin's attempt to kill all the state witnesses who were about to testify against him. Could there be a connection between the two murders and rapes? As Jones, tries to put the pieces together, the killer...