Author: Jean L. Marx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: biotechnology, revolution
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 1989-03-31
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0521327490
ISBN-13: 9780521327497

We depend on living organisms for food, for medicines, and for a vast array of the chemicals that make modern life possible. A Revolution in Biotechnology tells how recent developments in basic research are leading not just to improvements in existing technology for producing these goods, but to a whole range of applications not previously thought possible. Under the leadership of Jean Marx, a distinguished team of scientists cover the major developments in biotechnology. Topics range widely over areas that have important implications for our lives: opportunities are opening to develop th

Author: Tony Campolo
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Keywords: renewal, revolution
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2004-02-03
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 066422198X
ISBN-13: 9780664221980

Author: Robert Erdmann
Publisher: Fireside
Keywords: revolution, amino
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1989-06-15
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0671673599
ISBN-13: 9780671673598

Author: Georges Lefebvre
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: revolution, french
Number of Pages: 430
Published: 1962-04-15
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0231085990
ISBN-13: 9780231085991

-- Peter Gay

Author: Alan S. Blinder
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: revolution, quiet
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-04-10
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0300100876
ISBN-13: 9780300100877

Although little noticed, the face of central banking has changed significantly over the past ten to fifteen years, says the author of this enlightening book. Alan S. Blinder, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, shows that the changes, though quiet, have been sufficiently profound to constitute a revolution in central banking. Blinder considers three of the most significant aspects of the revolution. The first is the shift toward transparency: whereas central bankers once believed in secrecy and even mystery,

Author: Abel Paz
Publisher: AK Press
Keywords: revolution, spanish, durruti
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2006-07-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 190485950X
ISBN-13: 9781904859505

Author: Frank McCulloch
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Keywords: rebellion, revolution
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0865343403
ISBN-13: 9780865343405

The year is 1835, the place New Mexico, the hero or villain, depending upon your view is Don Albino Perez. Perez, the newly appointed Mexican governor, is more of an idealist than a politician. He rides north with high hopes for his new office in a strange land. After reaching New Mexico and assuming his duties, Perez finds he has a strong and forceful opponent in the former governor, Don Manuel Armijo. Armijo, who enjoys popular support, is determined to sabotage all of Perez’s programs. His big opportunity comes when Perez puts into effect a vast taxation plan that touches everybody