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  • The Camerons

    A Novel

    by Robert Crichton ...
    On her 16th birthday, Maggie Drum sets out from the grimy streets of her Scottish coalmining town to find a man of pride, independence and spirit fit enough to be her husband. She finds her man in Gillon Cameron, a tall fisherman from the Highlands, who will learn to go down into the mines yet refuse to settle for the grinding poverty of the coal miner's life. In a world that treats coal miners as ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    A Novel

    by Robert Crichton ...
    The #1 New York Times–bestselling novel of an Italian town banding together against Nazis occupation—"irresistibly engaging . . . bubbles with gaiety and wit" ( The New York Times).In the last days of World War II, German forces are sent to occupy the Italian hill town of Santa Vittoria. Above all, they wish to claim its great treasure: one million bottles of the Santa Vittoria wine that is its ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Great Impostor

    The Amazing Careers of Ferdinand Waldo Demara

    by Robert Crichton ...
    The essential biography of the legendary con man who impersonated doctors, monks, and more—the basis for the classic film starring Tony Curtis.Ferdinand Waldo Demara wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became many. After enlisting in the military in 1941, he went AWOL and assumed the identity of an army buddy. He soon found that with his sharp wit and uncanny memory, he could reinvent himself ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Iron Metabolism

    From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Consequences

    by Robert Crichton ...
    Iron is indispensable for the growth, development and well-being of almost all living organisms. Biological systems from bacteria, fungi and plants to humans have evolved systems for the uptake, utilisation, storage and homeostasis of iron. Its importance for microbial growth makes its uptake systems a natural target for pathogenic microorganisms and parasites. Uniquely, humans suffer from both ... Read more

    $224.99 CAD

  • Metal-Based Neurodegeneration

    From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

    by Robert Crichton, Roberta Ward ...
    Neurodegenerative diseases of the human brain appear in various forms, resulting in disorders of movement and coordination, cognitive deterioration and psychiatric disturbances. Many of the key factors leading to neurodegenerative diseases are similar, including the dysfunction of metal ion homeostasis, redox-active metal ions generating oxidative stress, and intracellular inclusion bodies.Metal ... Read more

    $202.99 CAD

  • Biological Inorganic Chemistry

    An Introduction

    by Robert R. Crichton ...
    The importance of metals in biology, the environment and medicine has become increasingly evident over the last twenty five years. The study of the multiple roles of metal ions in biological systems, the rapidly expanding interface between inorganic chemistry and biology constitutes the subject called Biological Inorganic Chemistry. The present text, written by a biochemist, with a long career ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Biological Inorganic Chemistry

    A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function

    by Robert R. Crichton ...
    Biological Inorganic Chemistry: A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive discussion of the biochemical aspects of metals in living systems. The fascinating world of the role of metals in biology, medicine and the environment has progressed significantly since the very successful Second Edition of the book published in 2012. Beginning with an ... Read more

    $137.99 CAD

  • Biological Inorganic Chemistry

    A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function

    by Robert R. Crichton ...
    Biological Inorganic Chemistry: A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive discussion of the biochemical aspects of metals in living systems. Beginning with an overview of metals and selected nonmetals in biology, the book then discusses the following concepts: basic coordination chemistry for biologists; structural and molecular biology for ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    A Novel

    by Robert Crichton ...
    Narrated by Christopher Hurt ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 25 min

    Remote from the rest of war-torn Italy, the little town of Santa Vittoria has but one thing to boast of: its fabulous wine cellars. For this cause, the citizens, led by their wine-loving mayor Bombolini, scheme and plot to prevent the Germans from locating and looting the town's only treasure.A bestseller and the inspiration for the famous film starring Anthony Quinn, this warm, rich novel has ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry

    Edited by Robert R. Crichton, Ricardo O. Louro ...
    Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition, reviews the use of spectroscopic and related analytical techniques to investigate the complex structures and mechanisms of biological inorganic systems that contain metals. Each chapter presents an overview of the technique, including relevant theory, a clear explanation of what it is, how it works, and how the technique is ... Read more

    $132.99 CAD

  • Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry

    Edited by Robert R. Crichton, Ricardo O. Louro ...
    The book reviews the use of spectroscopic and related methods to investigate the complex structures and mechanisms of biological inorganic systems that contain metals. Each chapter presents an overview of the technique including relevant theory, clearly explains what it is and how it works and then presents how the technique is actually used to evaluate biological structures. Practical examples ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Metal Chelation in Medicine

    Edited by Roberta J Ward, Robert C Hider, Robert Crichton ...
    Series Book 8 - Metallobiology
    Metal chelators are emerging as versatile tool with many medical applications. Their versatility allows them to be used in chelation therapy for treating diseases caused by toxic and heavy metal poisoning, chelating agents are capable of binding to toxic metal ions to form complex structures which are easily excreted from the body removing them from intracellular or extracellular spaces. In ... Read more

    $191.99 CAD