«Scritto splendidamente, con personaggi complessi, umorismo sardonico e una costruzione del mondo immersiva.»

Rory Thorne è una principessa, e nel giorno del suo battesimo ha ricevuto tredici doni dalle fate. Il più importante e controverso è un talento infallibile nel riconoscere l'adulazione e le bugie di chi la circonda. In qualità di primogenita, Rory si aspetta di ereditare il trono e regnare sul Consorzio Interplanetario di Thorne, ma poi il padre viene assassinato, la madre dà alla luce un figlio maschio e Rory viene inviata in un mondo lontano per convolare a nozze con il suo principe. Come se non bastasse, la ragazza scopre un infido complotto per spodestare il fidanzato e usurparne il trono: un ministro senza scrupoli ha cospirato per divenire reggente del giovane principe dall'aria poco sveglia. Così, Rory si ritrova al centro di un intrigo interplanetario, e potrà contare unicamente sul suo ingegno e su .una piccola squadra di alleati. Per fortuna, anche se ha solo sedici anni, ha già capito piuttosto bene la teoria del multiverso ed è stata istruita nell'aritmomanzia: la scienza che manipola i principi matematici alla base di ogni cosa. Quindi, sa che tutto è possibile (se non probabile), persino tentare di battere il reggente e salvare il principe.

The Illhari Republic rests on the bones of gods, telling tales of conquest and forgetting its once-bloody devotion to its most powerful goddess. Snowdenaelikk, half-blood conjuror and smuggler, cares less about history than the silver she can win with sharp metal and sharper wits. But when the local legion blames her for burning a village, an outlander with a sense of honor intervenes, and Snow finds herself tangled in politics and an unwelcome partnership.

Snow and her new partner, Veiko, together with the legion scout Dekklis, uncover a conspiracy that will destroy the Republic from within. It seems that the goddess is back from wherever dead gods go. She has not forgotten the Republic, and she wants revenge.

Loyal Dekklis will do anything to save the Republic, and Snow reluctantly agrees to help—until she realizes that “anything” means sacrificing Veiko. Now Snow must decide whether her partner’s life is worth betraying her allies and damning the Republic to war.

Written for the upper-level undergraduate and graduate course, Plant Biochemistry provides a comprehensive, student-friendly introduction to this fascinating area of study. It opens with a discussion of perhaps the most important biochemical processes on the planet: photosynthesis and carbon fixation in plants. An introduction to carbohydrates, their usage and their storage, is followed by a discussion of primary cell wall structure and synthesis, as well as coverage of the metabolism of inorganic nutrients such as nitrogen and sulfur. To ensure full student comprehension and retention, the text takes care to introduce basic metabolic pathways for the synthesis of lipids, steroids, and aromatic amino acids before discussing natural products such as lignin, flavonoids, and alkaloids. A PowerPoint Image Bank and PowerPoint Lecture Outlines are available for instructor use, and an open-access Student Companion Website, complete with dedicated review materials.

Key Features of Plant Biochemistry

-Uses plant metabolism as a theme throughout the text to illustrate the key concepts of plant biochemistry.

-Offers a student-friendly, accessible, and streamlined introduction to this complex and exciting field.

-A complete ancillary package, including a Student Companion Website and Instructors Media CD-ROM, provides the pedagogical tools essential for student learning.

First, Infant Development is discussed. Then there are two articles on assessment in early childhood psychiatry: Psychiatric assessment, and Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship in early childhood psychiatry. Early Childhood Mental Health Problems are discussed next, such as Internalizing, Trauma and PTSD, Preschool Disruptive Behavior and ADHD (as viewed through a developmental lens), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, and Parental Psychopathology. In the next section, Early Childhood Specific Treatment Modalities are reviewed: Interventions for Behavioral Problems, Interventions for trauma--exposed dyads: Infant - Parent Psychotherapy and Child - Parent Psychotherapy, Video feedback in parent-infant treatment, Psychosocial interventions with biological effects: Bucharest Early Intervention Project, and Psychopharmacological interventions in preschoolers. Finally, Models of Care are proposed.