The title of this volume, Plant Biotechnology: Nell' Products and Applications, may look a little out of place among previous vol- umes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology that have focused mostly on issues related to human health and ani- mal biology, However, plant biology has always been of immense and has enjoyed an intimate relationship practical importance, with medicine and other biological sciences for centuries, In- creasing scientific specialization and the dramatic advances in the medical and chemical sciences during this century have left many persons with the...

One boy believes it is nine inches across the Atlantic Ocean, another desperately seeks salvation for his beloved grandfather, a Navy Cross recipient refused service in a west Texas bar, a mountain of ashes mixed with bits of bone, a blow up doll, a hungry child, an exotic dancer, a grieving rabi: these are just a few of the characters who seek universal answers to timeless questions in Mind Travels, a collection of stories by B. B. Riefner. One character, Street Norris, discovers that skin color does not matter when a person is saving a life. He learns that some friends are close enough to...