Author: Gordon Thomas Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 149766344X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
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Intelligence agent David Morton must foil an illegal organ trafficking ring in this thrilling novel by the New York Times–bestselling author. On a remote island in Central America, transplants are being performed for the elite of the crime world—with organs harvested from those killed by a sinister organization. Following the trail of mutilated bodies across the globe, intelligence agent David Morton must discover who is the mastermind behind the carnage. His own gut reaction convinces him that none of the usual players—The Chinese Triads, Japan’s organized crime syndicate, the Russian criminal fraternity, the Mafia—are responsible. There’s a powerful new player on the block . . .
Author: Henry Wouk Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1608705951 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 69
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Every ten minutes, a new name is added to the ever-growing national organ transplant waiting list. Readers will explore the history of organ transplants and its current state. Readers will learn about how organ donor and registry works, as well as what it's like to be a patient waiting for this life-saving medicine.
Author: Natalie Goldstein Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 1438126476 Category : Animal feeding Languages : en Pages : 113
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All animals have to eat, but feeding behavior goes far beyond predators and prey. Animals have a variety of ways to find food. Some sit and wait for food to come to them. Others chase or trap their food. Other animals are scavengers and decomposers, breaking down the leftovers of other animals' meals. Animal Hunting and Feeding explains these various techniques as well as the importance of food chains and food webs.
Author: Donald R. Kirsch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1628727195 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 298
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The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter. The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity— by chewing, brewing, and snorting—some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the five-thousand-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze-age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings. Nowadays, Big Pharma conglomerates spend billions of dollars on state-of the art laboratories staffed by PhDs to discover blockbuster drugs. Yet, despite our best efforts to engineer cures, luck, trial-and-error, risk, and ingenuity are still fundamental to medical discovery. The Drug Hunters is a colorful, fact-filled narrative history of the search for new medicines from our Neolithic forebears to the professionals of today, and from quinine and aspirin to Viagra, Prozac, and Lipitor. The chapters offer a lively tour of how new drugs are actually found, the discovery strategies, the mistakes, and the rare successes. Dr. Donald R. Kirsch infuses the book with his own expertise and experiences from thirty-five years of drug hunting, whether searching for life-saving molecules in mudflats by Chesapeake Bay or as a chief science officer and research group leader at major pharmaceutical companies.
Author: Bill Allen Publisher: Bell Bridge Books ISBN: 1611941857 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 218
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Dearest Greghart . . . Let me to be the first to offer my condolences on your unfortunate demise. Once again the kingdom of Myrth is in danger, and once again a prophecy claims Greg will save the day. Only this time, the prophecy also predicts Greg's death. So when he receives a letter telling him not to go to Myrth, he is all too happy stay home. But Greg knows prophecies cannot be denied. If it has been foretold that he will lose his life, then he will surely do so, and each minute he delays may cost the life of one of his friends. This time it is Witch Hazel Greg must face, and she holds the Amulet of Tehrer, an artifact of unimaginable power that lets her bend the will of dragons. Greg's only hope of defeating her is to elicit help from a man from the strange land of Gyrth and then travel to the Netherworld--not the safest place for him to visit, since there, children's body parts draw a high price for use in spells of Dark Magic. Greg has already survived two trips to Myrth, but how can he be expected to survive a third? According to the prophecy, he can't. Bill Allen may be described as an unusual man who has accomplished an unusual many deeds. In fact, it has been said that if you total up all the things he claims to have done, he cannot possibly be less than seven hundred years old. No one knows if this is true. All that is certain is that for much of that time he's been living in Melbourne, Florida with his wife, Nancy, writing software by day and, well, mostly sleeping by night. Every now and again he writes stories, too. But then I guess you already knew that. Find out more about all of Bill Allen's books at www.billallenbooks.com.
Author: Grant Morrison Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 0785180214 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 137
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Collects New X-Men #134-138. Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted is a sanctuary, a safe haven for oppressed mutant youth. But the unimaginable happens when a student reinvents himself as Kid Omega and decides to take over the school. It's mutant vs. mutant...will the school ever be the same?
Author: Gordon Thomas Publisher: PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING ISBN: 1937624137 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 491
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In the aftermath of the Gulf War, a megalomaniac terrorist holds the world as a hostage, threatening to poison every major city with a deadly virus. He has the means – a lethal poison – and demonstrates its potency by adding a small vial to the drinking water in a small South African town, killing all its inhabitants. With only seven days to meet his demands, the world’s leaders call upon David Morton, a brilliant and ruthless Mossad agent. The result is a tense global chase, leading from China, to Athens, London, Libya, South Africa, Tel Aviv, and New York, drawing good and evil closer and closer in a battle to the death. Deadly Perfume penetrates the real world of intelligence gathering to reveal its secret subculture, with its hidden loyalties and agendas. In David Morton, Gordon Thomas has imagined a world so terrifyingly real it poses the question: Is it imagined at all?
Author: Gordon Thomas Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1497663474 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 419
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Only operative David Morton can destroy a Russian-made weapon that can control the US president’s mind—from the New York Times–bestselling author. David Morton and his new Hammer Force—an intelligence agency created by the United Nations after the carnage in Bosnia—have a formidable task. To avert a world crisis, they must win a deadly, invisible battle for control of the mind of the president of the United States. A weapon has been created by the former Soviet Union’s most brilliant scientist, Professor Igor Tamasara, that is designed to trigger responses in the president that will pit the United States and Japan against each other, leading to World War III. From that conflict, Tamasara’s new paymaster—China—will emerge as the superpower of the twenty-first century. Set against the background of Washington, Beijing, and Hong Kong, this highly original and totally credible futuristic thriller builds to a climax of nail-biting suspense. Once more showing an astonishing command of the inner workings of international politics and the world of secret intelligence, Gordon Thomas has created a first-rate work of fiction featuring unforgettable characters. “Morton is a character who could have been created by Forsyth, le Carré or Ludlum. You will read any of his adventures in one sitting.” —Le Monde
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