"Three Stars above Luanda" is a human rights political thriller set in Angola's capital city. For some time it had been thought that Jonas Savimbi, a cold warrior blessed by President Reagan for his rebellion against the communist government, would follow through on the peace agreement brokered by UN Representative Maitre Beye. But that was not to be, and in the second half of 1998, after he resumed the civil war, it was thought that he just might send his guerillas into Luanda. Security forces were on full alert. While the historical setting is accurate enough, the story itself is pure...

Tailee the Talking Salmon is the exciting story of a salmon's adventures around the southern and western coasts of Ireland. A Middle Reader fantasy novel, Tailee grows a youngster's interest in international themes such as nature's wonders, pollution and shows how people from very different worlds can work in unison. While the specific tale is set in Ireland and inspired by a story in Fairy Legends (1822), this story is personality driven and not ethnocentric. It is a tale of courage, friendship and discovery, as a dapper Tailee wins the cooperation of Red, an old sailor and fisherman while...

DNA replication is a key event in the cell cycle. Although our knowledge is far from complete and many elusive regulatory mechanisms still remain beyondour grasp, many enzymes and a multiplicity of biochemical mechanisms involved have been discovered. Recent findings in E. coli have confirmed and yet surpassed the original hypothesis of F. Jacob. In yeast and higher eucaryotes, the apparent redundancy in putative origins and initiators has made an estimation of the importance of each identified element difficult to access. In spite of well established methodologies - which are also described...

Living with Ducks and Other Wildness is a humorous and insightful look at life explored through an adventure of raising ducks on the Kansas prairie.