Author: Chris Schabel Angel Nicolaou Konnari
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Keywords: mediterranean, medieval, culture, society, cyprus
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $126.00
ISBN-10: 9004147675
ISBN-13: 9789004147676

This volume is the only scholarly work in English examining the multicultural society of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus during the first two centuries of Frankish rule following the conquest of the Byzantine island during the Third Crusade. In this global synthesis based on original research, often in manuscripts, six chapters by acknowledged experts treat the main ethnic groups – Greeks and Franks – and the economy, religion, literature, and art of a frontier society between Byzantium, the papacy, the Crusader States, and the Islamic world. Cyprus, also home to Armenians, Syrians (Maron

Authors:K. C. Nicolaou, E. J. Sorensen,
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: synthesis, total, classics
Number of Pages: 798
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 3527292845
ISBN-13: 9783527292844

This book is a must for every synthetic chemist. With didactic skill and clarity, K. C. Nicolaou and E. Sorensen present the most remarkable and ingenious total syntheses from outstanding synthetic organic chemists. To make the complex strategies more accessible, especially to the novice, each total synthesis is analyzed retrosynthetically. The authors then carefully explain each synthetic step and give hints on alternative methods and potential pitfalls. Numerous references to useful reviews and the original literature make this book an indispensable source of further information.

Authors:K. C. Nicolaou, S. A. Snyder,
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: methods, vol, strategies, targets, total, synthesis, classics
Number of Pages: 658
Published: 2003-12-09
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 3527306846
ISBN-13: 9783527306848

This is the long awaited sequel to Classics in Total Synthesis, a book that has made its mark as a superb tool for educating students and practitioners alike in the art of organic synthesis since its introduction in 1996. In this highly welcomed new volume, K. C. Nicolaou and Scott A. Snyder discuss in detail the most impressive accomplishments in natural product total synthesis during the 1990s and the first years of the 21st century. While all of the features that made the first volume of Classics so popular and unique as a teaching tool have been maintained, in this new treatise the authors

Authors:Angel de Saavedra, Robert M. Fedorchek, Angel De Saa
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: fate, force, alvaro, don
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2005-03-30
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0813213975
ISBN-13: 9780813213972

Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas (1791-1865), premiered in 1835 in Madrid and changed the Spanish stage forever after. It was the benchmark Romantic play of early nineteenth-century Spain. In this English edition designed for either classroom use or performance, Robert Fedorchek presents a readable translation faithful to the tone and spirit of the original. Joyce Tolliver enhances the book with a rich introduction highlighting the work’s lasting significance. The play tells of the torrid love of the mysterious Don Alvaro and the lovely Dona Leonor, an

Author: Ángel; Canellas López, Ángel San Vicente
Publisher: Encuentro Ediciones
Keywords: spanish, aragon, romanicas, rutas
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 1996-01-04
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 8474903882
ISBN-13: 9788474903881

Authors:K. C. Nicolaou, Tamsyn Montagnon,
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: world, changed, molecules
Number of Pages: 385
Published: 2008-03-20
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 3527309837
ISBN-13: 9783527309832

In this delightfully designed book, K. C. Nicolaou introduces the world’s most important molecules and shows in a fascinating way the role certain compounds have to play in our everyday lives in the fields of drugs, aromatics or vitamins. For example, he tells the story of Aspirin, beginning 3,500 years ago in Egypt, through to its first synthesis and various applications with many entertaining facts and details. Printed in full color throughout and with its oversize format, this is a must for every chemist, natural scientist and anyone interested in the sciences.

Authors:Chris Hart, John Kauffman, David Sussman, Chris Ullma
Publisher: Wrox
Keywords: net, asp, beginning
Number of Pages: 792
Published: 2005-11-10
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0764588508
ISBN-13: 9780764588501

This updated bestseller gets readers involved immediately with task-oriented examples that can help them build their own sites Each chapter is designed to complete a part of the sample Web site, introducing technology topics as required Makes extensive use of Microsoft’s new visual ASP.NET development tool, showing readers how to save time and write less code to achieve more results faster The book provides examples in Visual Basic - the easiest language for beginning ASP.NET developers to learn