North Light's Big Book of Painting Watercolor Flowers

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This giant treasury of watercolor florals brings together a popular medium with a popular subject matter. With North Light's Big Book of Painting Watercolor Flowers, readers can:

* Paint all their favorite flowers in watercolor--everything from wild daffodils and gladiola to hollyhock and mums

* Brush up on the basics, including composition, wet-into-wet washes, mixing color and stretching watercolor paper

* Create finished pieces in no time with easy step-by-step demonstrations

Page after page of gorgeous artwork and clear instruction make this the perfect choice for artists of all levels. Painting flowers has never been easier!

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North Light's Big Book of Painting watercolor flowers.......2005-08-23

Very nice book,looked like a new book

nice book.......2005-04-15

Very instructive. Many different styles of painting demonstrated in a way easy to follow. Very well worth the money.

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3 cheers for Dan Abnett
Intense!
Good book
Amazing...simply amazing
Xenos, the first book of the Eisenhorn trilogy

Xenos (The Eisenhorn Trilogy, Book 1)
Dan Abnett
Manufacturer: Games Workshop
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3 cheers for Dan Abnett.......2006-10-02

After all these years of Warhammer and WH40K stuff, growing up with it, learning English partly because of it - the Eisenhorn saga is still my favourite.

Many flaws:
- Somewhat silly fight scenes here and there.
- Somewhat implausible plot developments very occasionally.
- A bit of disconnection issues in between the three books, with new characters introduced that should logically have been at least mentioned in this and the next book.

But finally:

VERY VERY GOOD stuff. Can easily stand on its own as a work of serious military science fiction with plenty of atmosphere and character work. Truly a genre-busting breakout effort, even though Mr. Abnett is severely limited by heavy-handed limits on the length of his works for the Black Library, and the pressure on him to get stuff out the door asap, whether he is happy with the level of polish or not.

Months later I found myself still thinking about the stories, so bought the book again (had decided to rid myself of non-essential property prior to some difficult stuff in my life). Now several years later I'm doing it again, after having gotten rid of the book a second time.

Intense!.......2005-09-27

This is a marvelous book for any fan of Sci-Fi. I've never played the actual 40K game but didn't feel confused by any aspect of this book. In fact, this book did a lot to bring the situation in the 40K universe into sharper focus. By telling the story from the perspective of Eisenhorn, Abnett is able to portray the Inquisitor's true feelings and gives the whole story a very personal feel. It must have been harder to write the book in the first person, but I think it enhances the power of the story.

As in other Warhammer books, this one is non-stop, page-turning action. While sometimes predictable, this book is in no way boring. All of the characters are great and the plot is intense. The dark vision of the 40K universe is compelling and unique.

Can't wait to read the rest of the series.

Good book.......2004-10-08

First let me say that I've been dissapointed with the other GW 40K books I've read and don't particularly like Chaos related stuff. Now having said that I really enjoyed Xenos. It is very well written and could easily standalone as a good sci-fi book in its own right. Obviously 40K fans will get a bit more out of it. I've since bought the next book in the series and Abnett's latest. I'll echo some of the other reviews and agree the book could have been another 100 pages longer.

Amazing...simply amazing.......2003-04-23

This book was simply amazing! Dan Abnett writes so well that he creates perfect empathy with the characters whilst at the same time keeping the story moving fast enough to keep interest till after you've finished the book.

Xenos, the first book of the Eisenhorn trilogy.......2003-04-02

Xenos, the first book of the Eisenhorn trilogy, probably the best story to come out of WH40k so far. It's the story of the Inquisitor Eisenhorn and his staff. The book is rich, lavish and vivid in details, and it brings the book to a "reality feel" (and that's hard to do in a fiction). The book will please anyone from a new fan to a old WH40K expert. It should be noted that a minimum, or basic knowledge of the WH40K universe is required for a full appreciation of this book..

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Super Car: The Story of the Xeno
Mark Christensen
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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ASIN: 0312302460

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Mark Christensen had a simple dream-to create a 600-horse-power suicide machine able to accelerate from zero to sixty in less time than it takes to read this sentence. When a friend offers him $100,000 to realize that dream, Christensen enlists Nick Pugh, a talented young designer who shows him some stunning sketches of the Xeno I. Inspired, the author assembles a 'best of the best' team of engineers, mechanics, and fabricators. But the dream becomes grander after Pugh develops an incredibly simple method for cars to triple their driving range. Suddenly, nothing seems impossible. That is, until the author dis-covers that $100,000 won't even pay for the hubcaps. This classic tale of chasing down the American dream will remind readers of Tom Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby.

Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs into Humans

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This book easily lives up to recent reviews
Easily lives up to recent reviews
A sales pitch fraught with inaccuracies
Overview of xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation, medical challenge of the new century

Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs into Humans
David K. C. Cooper , and Robert P. Lanza
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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If you are what you eat, what do you become after accepting a pig heart transplant? Physicians David K.C. Cooper and Robert P. Lanza examine this question and more in Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans. They're on the cutting edge of this long-desired procedure, working for Harvard Medical School and Advanced Cell Technology, respectively, and look carefully at the scientific, ethical, legal, economic, and political issues appended to the promise of nearly unlimited organs and tissues for the needy. Ever since doctors transplanted monkey glands into elderly men--to questionable effect--early in the century, the prospect of using healthy animal organs to replace our own has fascinated and frustrated the medical profession, which has a long-standing joke that xenotransplantation is the future of medicine, and always will be.

Cooper and Lanza present compelling arguments that this future might literally come tomorrow, with advances in genetic engineering and sensitive immunological hacking that could extend the lives of transplant patients many years without the use of cruelly immunosuppressive medications. Some problems are a bit bizarre--pigs might have to be exercised regularly for their hearts to be in good condition for transplant, and will have to live in such pristine, germ-free conditions that several major religions might have to reconsider the pig's status as an unclean animal. With animal rights crusaders, technophobic alarmists, and uncertain patients to contend with in addition to challenging immunological and physiological problems, transplant surgeons have their work cut out for them, but the authors of Xeno are optimistic that pigs will soon replace dogs as man's best friend. --Rob Lightner

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The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today. But the current critical shortage of human donor organs has had one positive consequence: it has stimulated promising new research into the field of xenotransplantation--the transplantation of organs from one animal species to another. In Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, David Cooper and Robert Lanza explore what may become one of the greatest medical advances of the 21st century. As scientists genetically engineer animal organs to evade the problems of rejection, we can expect a tremendous increase in xenotransplantation. This book recounts the several historical attempts to transplant animal organs into humans, and draws attention to the immense potential and promise of this form of therapy. The problems which remain, and recent breakthroughs in overcoming rejection and in "humanizing" pig organs for transplantation, are fully discussed. The authors also provide a fascinating consideration of the social and ethical questions posed by such procedures. Which patients should be the first to be offered this new form of therapy? Will transplanted animal organs transfer infectious viruses to the human recipient, and will they then be passed on to the community at large? Can society afford the major increase in healthcare expenditure that will result from our ability to provide a limitless number of donor organs? With profound implications for human health and longevity in the next millennium, Xeno is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of medicine.

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This book easily lives up to recent reviews.......2001-06-02

I just finished reading XENO - it easily lives up to the reviews I read in "Nature" and "The New Scientist." I wish all medical books were this thoughtful (and easy to read).

Easily lives up to recent reviews.......2001-06-02

I just finished reading XENO - easily lives up to the excellent reviews I read in Nature and the New Scientist.

A sales pitch fraught with inaccuracies.......2001-05-18

If you liked what Song of the South did for American history, you will love Xeno's take on transplantion. Written by two individuals with a vested interest in promoting xeno-transplantation, the book glosses over the dangers inherent in putting organs from the animal thought to have the largest number of endogenous viruses into a severely and permanently immunosuppressed patient and then releasing that person in a unsuspecting world to be a human vector. The book alternates from blantant inaccuracies to sins of omission to the most impossibly naive spin on the abysmal history of this failed psuedo-science. I would love to think that the authors were just optimists but their resumes make it obvious that they have an enormous financial interest in keeping the dollars infused to their dangerous attempts at pseudo-science. This book is pure propaganda and the normally prestigous Oxford Press should be ashamed to have it on their list.

Overview of xenotransplantation.......2000-04-12

This book gives the reader a comprehensive and understandable overview of the exciting field of xenotransplantation. The authors discuss the pro's and contra's of xenotransplantation in great detail and manage to keep the reader fascinated. A must-read for those interested in medical science and progress!

Xenotransplantation, medical challenge of the new century.......2000-04-01

Written by two world experts in the field, this book gives an excellent introduction and overview of one of the most exciting medical challenges of this new century. The authors explain in details and also with great clarity the historical and scientific aspects or organ transplantation. The reader understands the reasons why the medical community is searching for new methods to solve the problem of organ shortage. The medical challenge becomes a fascinating adventure.

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Telling both sides of the story
Don't look for nice things to happen to good people
The Xeno Solution
Good Thriller
Xeno Solution

The Xeno Solution
Nelson Erlick
Manufacturer: Forge Books
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GermLine

ASIN: 076534971X
Release Date: 2005-09-29

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Someday soon: The use of animal organs in human patients has revolutionized medicine in the 21st century, freeing thousand of patients from dialysis, and sparing them the slow death of waiting for a human organ that may never come. Thanks to the discoveries of Paradigm Transplant Solutions, reliable organs are available to almost anyone who needs one.Some fear that animal transplants could cause a deadly virus to cross over into the human population, triggering an epidemic of catastrophic proportions. However,nbsp;PTS uses only cloned animals that have been genetically-engineered to be virus-free, so this danger has been eliminated.nbsp;Or has it?

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Telling both sides of the story.......2007-06-16

I bought the book to see if it was written objectively. I noticed that the adverse effects of these procedures and treatments, transplants and so forth were hidden between the lines. Yes the book was researched but an open mind for the side-effects were dismissed or deemed treatable. They have it all wrong, study the future effects to our genetic pool and be honest with yourselves. Xenotransplant will cure but it will also change the evolution of the human species. Get your credit and fame now because in a few more years these new genes will change or damage the basic design of our DNA. Face it, the only ones that will profit from this therapy are Medical professionals' and Attorneys. The human species will suffer for it as the medical association hauls in the cash.

Don't look for nice things to happen to good people.......2006-02-04

This medical thriller draws on current scientific research to posit a plausible pandemic birthed by the profession that is supposed to refrain from harming us. Hard sci-fi blends with geo-commercial politics in a slam-skid terrifying thriller that will haunt you. Bad guys push at you from at all levels of power. There is a hero, gritty, falling apart, pulled together, and out to protect his family and the earth. It reads as though written for Michael Douglas. Spend six bucks, people, and clear out the next few evenings. Jan in Radnor Twp.

The Xeno Solution.......2005-12-07

Nelson Erlick is on the fast track to being recognized with the likes of Michael Chrichton with this latest book. The Xeno Solution has surpassed his previously released GermLine, which I also thouroughly enjoyed. Xeno Solution is a non-stop thriller from begining to end. The complex plot twists, and turns, and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. A must read for those that enjoy a medical thriller. Nicely done.

Good Thriller.......2005-11-08

Xeno Soultion by Nelson Erlick reminded me of a classic Robin Cook thriller, with a dose of Michael Crichton for good measure. The topic in this rollercoaster is Xenotransplantation, whereby animal organs are used in humans. Cook covered similar ground in Chromosome 6. Chromosome 6 was excellent, but very predictable plot-wise. Xeno Soultion, however, is wholly unpredictable, and I have not read another author as ruthless. I would recommend it if you are looking for a thriller with a glimmer of intelligence.

Xeno Solution.......2005-11-06

Good Medical thrillers are hard to find, but lucky for us Nelson Erlick does just that in Xeno Solution. Mixing current day fears and realities, Xeno Solution brings transplants to our attention. What would you do if a loved one needed a transplant, would you take the chance on using "animal parts"?
It is a provocative question asked in this book. The characters
are very human, especially the main character. You can see yourself in him. Action and a somewhat complicated plot keeps the reader guessing as to what will happen next. A definite good read.

The Xeno Chronicles: Two Years on the Frontier of Medicine Inside Harvard's Transplant Research Lab

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Sounds like a good idea BUT
An excellent job of keeping a fast pace and a scientific eye on Dr. Sachs' promise and progress
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The Xeno Chronicles: Two Years on the Frontier of Medicine Inside Harvard's Transplant Research Lab
G. Wayne Miller
Manufacturer: PublicAffairs
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For the 87,000 people on the waiting list for transplants in the United States alone, stem cell research leading to cloned human organs is a distant hope. Far more likely in the short run, at least according to its most passionate advocates, is xenotransplantation, or transplantation across species. Putting animal organs into humans may seem distasteful or even unethical, but in The Xeno Chronicles, G. Wayne Miller shows readers why it might be worth pursuing. The book follows the scientific trials and tribulations of Dr. David H. Sachs of the Harvard Medical School in his quest to successfully transplant into baboons the organs of a "double-knockout" pig--cloned and genetically engineered so that its DNA lacks two copies of the gene that causes its cells to be rejected by other species. Over the course of the book, Miller follows the fate of pig #15502, known as Goldie. Considering her ultimate fate, it's odd that Miller goes out of his way to relate how cute and cuddly the pig is. "Goldie passed a restful night and was happy and playful at breakfast that morning," he writes, then proceeds to describe her quiet, surgical end.

Animal rights activists likely won't appreciate how kind and gentle the animal researchers are to their subjects, and Miller gives them their say in the book. A PETA member points out that if people didn't eat so much bacon, they wouldn't need pig hearts to keep themselves alive. Still, Miller points out that the majority of patients waiting for organs did nothing to bring on their disease, and they have little choice right now but to wait--and wait--and sometimes die waiting for human donor organs. In this light, it's hard not to root for Sachs's passion for getting xenotransplantation right in a constant race against time and the medical research bureaucracy. --Therese Littleton

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An unprecedented inside-the-lab look at a promising but controversial frontier of medical research raises provocative questions about medical ethics, animal experimentation, and the relationship between science and business

Dr. David H. Sachs of the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital is not a household name, but within medical science, he is a giant. An immunologist and surgeon, Sachs has made significant contributions in the field of organ transplantation - contributions which, some believe, might someday bring him the Nobel Prize. But Sachs's real passion-and the possibility for a revolution in medicine-lays in his work in xenotransplantation: using animal parts to treat sick people. Untold thousands of people die every year waiting for the traditional transplant, in which human organs are used - and xenotransplantation might save them. It could also lead to a multi-billion-dollar business. The government and outside companies have invested millions of dollars in Sachs's work in the hopes of staking a lucrative claim in the future of medicine.

As The Xeno Chronicles begins, Sachs's decades of work and hopes have all converged on a genetically engineered, cloned pig named Goldie, whose organs have been designed not to be rejected by their recipients. And so experiments begin, with organs from Goldie and similar pigs being transplanted into baboons, a rarefied research that only a handful of scientists are engaged in. Just as Sachs begins to get unprecedented results, he loses his biggest financial support and the collaboration of an important outside lab. He is almost 62. Time and money are starting to run out....

G. Wayne Miller's absorbing, dramatic narrative account of a brilliant scientist's attempts to achieve a breakthrough offers an illuminating look into the minds, hearts, labs, and practical realities of those on the very forefront of medical science. Based on exclusive and unprecedented inside-the-lab access, The Xeno Chronicles clarifies both how science works and the ethical issues it raises through an absorbing human story and intimate portrait of Sachs, his colleagues, and patients.

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Sounds like a good idea BUT.......2006-04-07

It seems like the more progress we make, the more we realize just how much we don't know.

Transplanting animal organs into people sure sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? It's been tried for decades with invariably disastrous results; the "Baby Fae" debacle, mentioned in this book, is by far the best known.

I'm deducting a star for the way the book seems to drop off a cliff, with a hint of propaganda.

OTOH, like other G. Wayne Miller books, it remains a good story with interesting and colorful characters.

An excellent job of keeping a fast pace and a scientific eye on Dr. Sachs' promise and progress.......2005-10-05

G. Wayne Miller's The Xeno Chronicles: Two Years On The Frontier Of Medicine Inside Harvard's Transplant Research Lab focuses on Dr. David Sachs, a pioneer in immunology who has made many contributions in the field of organ transplants. His real passion lies in xenotransplantion: using animal parts to treat and replace human parts, and The Xeno Chronicles here examines his decades of work and the genetically engineered, cloned pig Goldie designed for organs which are not rejected by recipients. From limits of research money and time to moral and ethical concerns, The Xeno Chronicles does an excellent job of keeping a fast pace and a scientific eye on Dr. Sachs' promise and progress.

Scilitera.com Review..........2005-07-24

G. Wayne Miller is a journalist with a keen interest in the personal and professional lives of medical pioneers, who are little known outside their field. His past books include King of Hearts and The Work of Human Hands, both of which recount the day to day experiences of pioneers in the field of surgery.

In The Xeno Chronicles, Miller documents the behind-the-scenes activities of Dr. David H. Sachs, a legend in transplantation research. Dr. Sachs is determined to advance the field of cross-species transplants, known as xeno-transplantation. Miller gained exclusive access to Harvard's transplant research laboratory where Dr. Sachs and his colleagues attempt to harvest genetically modified pig organs and transplant them into baboons as a first step into animal-to-human transplants. With an ever increasing number of people needing organ and tissue transplants, and the immature promise of stem cell research, xeno-transplantation could be a saving grace for millions around the world. But Sachs's work, and the work of his counterparts, is being slowed down by politics, animal activism, and above all, financial constraints.

Miller does a wonderful job in not only focusing on the scientific work of Dr. Sachs, but also by touching-up on stories of animal activism and financial hardships experienced by animal research scientists. Patients who are desperately waiting for an organ believe that animals are the last chance they have at life, but activists think animals deserve the full respect bestowed on us humans and should not be used as spare body parts. This is why animal research scientists have become similar to undercover agents, proceeding through a plethora of security checks and biometric checkpoints to reach their labs. The corporate firms backing the research impose further restrictions on open scientific discussions, and many believe such restrictions slow down the progress of xeno-transplantation, if not all of medical research.

The Xeno Chronicles reads much like the latest best-seller novel, with complex characters, heroes applauded by some and criticized by others, and a sophisticated plot of secret research and political mongering. But this story is not fictional; it is in fact the real life drama of scientists on the fringe of medical greatness.

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Scarcity and Modernity
Nicholas Xenos
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Andronike the Heroine of the Greek Revol

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Andronike the Heroine of the Greek Revol
Stephanos Xenos
Manufacturer: ROBERTS BROTHERS
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000Q009DW

Andronike The Heroine of the Greek Revolution

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Andronike The Heroine of the Greek Revolution
Xenos Stephanos Theodoros trans by Edwin A. Grosvenor
Manufacturer: Roberts Brothers
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ASIN: B000UDJ4EA

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Andronike: The Heroine Of The Greek Revolution
Stephanos T. Xenos
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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ASIN: 143265067X

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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This is a very helpful book........2000-04-03

This book was recommended to me by an oncologist, and I found it was very helpful. There are recipes devoted to foods easier to eat for patients who have side effects from chemotherapy. Some very delicious soups, smoothees, etc. This cookbook shows that nutritious recipes can taste very good.

Good Information and Good Food, Too!.......2000-01-19

This book has very helpful information for Cancer patients going through Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments. Everyone can benefit from this information. The recipes are Excellent and easy. I like the fact that nutritional information is given and and that hints are given on how to increase the calorie intake when needed. I wish I had seen this book when I was in treatment. I use and love the recipes now!

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