This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare.
Featuring hundreds of color photos and diagrams throughout, Plants That Kill explains how certain plants evolved toxicity to deter herbivores and other threats and sheds light on their physiology and the biochemistry involved in the production of their toxins. It discusses the interactions of poisonous plants with other organisms--particularly humans--and explores the various ways plant toxins can target the normal functioning of bodily systems in mammals, from the effects of wolfsbane on the heart to toxins that cause a skin reaction when combined with the sun's rays. This intriguing book also looks at plants that can harm you only if your exposure to them is prolonged, the ethnobotany of poisons throughout human history, and much more.
A must for experts and armchair botanists alike, Plants That Kill is the essential illustrated compendium to these deadly and intriguing plants.
Provides an authoritative natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth
Features hundreds of color illustrations throughout
Looks at how and why plants produce toxins
Describes the effects of numerous poisonous plants, from hemlock and deadly nightshade to poppies and tobacco
Explains poisonous plants' evolution, survival strategies, physiology, and biochemistry
Discusses the uses of poisonous plants in medicine, rituals, warfare, and more
Автор: Liew Sonny Название: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye ISBN: 1101870699 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781101870693 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his stories unfold before us in a dazzling array of art stylesand forms, their development mirroring the evolution in the political and social landscape of his homeland and of the comic book medium itself. With "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" Sonny Liew has drawn together a myriad of genres to create a thoroughly ingenious and engaging work, where the line between truth and construct may sometimes be blurred, but where the story told is always enthralling, bringing us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of a nation."
Автор: Khiun Liew Kai Dr Название: Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia: Amnesia, Nostalgia and Heritage ISBN: 1783484373 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783484379 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 42570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Explores the memories generated and histories constructed by the transnational circulation of popular media texts amongst East Asia and between East and Southeast Asia. It looks at the impact of nostalgia and heritage within popular culture over the decades.
Автор: Liew Sonny, Anderson Ted Название: Adventure Time Season 11 ISBN: 1684153654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684153657 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In the aftermath of The Great Gum War, Finn, Jake, and the entire land of Ooo begin to pick up the pieces with some new and unexpected friends. The Official Continuation of the Hit Cartoon Network Series Cartoon Network's Emmy Award-winning series continues in Adventure Time Season 11--the only place to get new, official Adventure Time stories Return to the Land of Ooo after The Great Gum War and join Finn and Jake on all-new adventures. Together, along with Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, BMO, and all your favorite friends, they'll rediscover what it truly means to be the protectors of the realm. Eisner Award winner Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Hock Chye) and writer Ted Anderson (Adventure Time: Beginning of the End) team up with artist Marina Julia (Lumberjanes: Faire and Square) to share the next chapter in the incredible world of Adventure Time.
Автор: Liew Ying Khai Название: Rationalising Constructive Trusts ISBN: 1849465967 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849465960 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 137280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: It is trite that constructive trusts significantly interfere with the rights of an apparent legal owner of property. This makes it necessary for their imposition to be properly rationalised. Unfortunately, a generally accepted justificatory framework has yet to be attained. Rationalising Constructive Trusts proposes a new structure for a coherent understanding of constructive trusts. By exploring the real-world events which trigger constructive trusts, as well as analyzing how constructive trusts relate to parties' rights and duties, it provides answers to a number of crucial questions. For example: What are the ingredients of a constructive trust claim? What are the limits of constructive trusts? How can we rationalise the imposition of constructive trusts in particular situations? Why do judges exercise different degrees of remedial discretion in different doctrines? From a wider perspective, the author explains how the renewed understanding helps us to appreciate the precise ambit and role of express, constructive, and resulting trusts. Revised Dissertation. (Series: Hart Studies in Private Law, Vol. 25) Subject: Equity & Trusts, Contract Law, Property Law]
Автор: Benny Liew Название: Good (and Bad) news about Jesus: Gender Trouble and the Gospels ISBN: 0567503860 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780567503862 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Цена: 17940.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With major revisionary woirk currently being done within gender and sexuality studies, here are new perspectives which are becoming more and more important in biblical studies. Here is a book specifically on jesus` gender and sexuality in all of the Canonical Gospels. Four good length chapters each concentrates on a single theme. This will make a majore new contribution to queering of the Gospel traditions, one that is oinformed by current gender studies as well as placed within the context of first century Roman colonisation of Palestine as well as the strictly Jewish background to the New Testament. The argument is indeed provocative but it is substantiated at every stage by reference to copntemporary literature ond other sources.
