Robert Crichton: 8 books
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
In the last days of World War II, German forces are sent to occupy the Italian hill town, Santa Vittoria, and claim its great treasure: one million bottles of the Santa Vittoria wine that is its lifeblood. The clownish mayor, Bombolini, matches wits with the urbane German captain, Von Prum, as the...
The Great Impostor
The Amazing Career of Ferdinand Waldo Demara, who Posed as a Surgeon, a Prison Warden, a Doctor of Philosophy, A Trappist Monk and Many, Many Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The fantastic lives and careers of Ferdinand Waldo Demara make a fantastic irony of the platitude that truth is stranger than fiction. For with Ferdinand Demara, truth is fiction.
Demara wanted to be a hero, to lead an epic life dedicated to the benefit of others, and to gain adulation for...
The Camerons
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
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...
Iron Metabolism
From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
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...
Metal-Based Neurodegeneration
From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
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,...
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
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...
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
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...
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2007
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...