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Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;  Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;  Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications...

Spy Julian Yardling must complete three tasks: find Marcos Tanzi, Julian’s nemesis; retrieve the Capac Mask from the thug; and bring back both mask and Marcos, dead or alive.Julian's first attempt at the mission is an epic fail; however, on his second attempt, Julian bumps into Marcos wearing the Capac...

The only thing better than traditional dessert is an adorably small dessert you can pick up with your fingers and devour in a few sumptuous bites. Cake pops, mini pies, and tiny tarts are everyone’s favorite new treats, and it’s no wonder—they’re cute, they’re fun, and they’re small enough...

This classic study presents a single theory of light, integrating two theories previously thought to be irreconcilable. The author shows that quantum theory is a natural development of wave theory, and that together they constitute a single valid theory of light. Aimed at students with an intermediate-level knowledge of physics.

The Cambridge Modern History is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery.  The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanley Leathes, Adolphus Ward and George Prothero.  The Cambridge Modern History Collection...

Welcome to Quill Village, New York, where queer men think with their big knobs, share steamy sex scenes in bathhouses, and hang out at The Diva Club. Things arent so cute lately in the village, though. When the body of Ben Pieney, the hunky all-star quarterback for the Violators, shows up murdered...

Mark Landing has a very difficult job to carry out within the next week. As the leader of Plimpton’s Neighborhood Hero Award Committee (NHAC), Mark must obtain a vote from ten NHAC members to determine which of three candidates will land the monetary award. While interviewing each candidate,...

Thirty-four year old Cannon Rake, a wedding photographer for the cyber company Wedding Peeks, is not getting along well with his boss Lori Banter. When she learns through the grapevine that he’s socializing with her nemesis Patrick from Always a Groomsman, Lori decides to terminate Cannon's employment.What...

After the death of his uncle, Dalton Prie is ordered by his unpleasant and bossy mother to drive out to the woodsy lakeside town where his uncle lived to clear out his cabin. As Dalton diligently works boxing up his uncle's trinkets and realizing his uncle had hoarding issues, he meets two men he'd...

Tea company owner Tate Blackwood isn’t just in search of the perfect persimmon-flavored tea; he’s also looking for a good time. Many one-night stands are his thing. There’s no way he’ll have a boyfriend, or fall in love with another man.Enter Paul Persimmon, the green-eyed owner of a little bookshop...

Toby Cartwright hopes his work as a blogger about gay masculine bears will help him find the bear of his dreams. When English teacher Blue Danning asks to borrow a few of Toby’s articles to teach writing methods to his students, initially Toby refuses, until his best friend and gym owner David King...

In the gay Mafia, pretty boys are more dangerous than their pistols.Derek Reed is just your average gay guy in Flamingo Cove, Florida. His days consist of running errands for numerous clients and occasionally having sex with the hot architect on the fourth floor in his apartment building. When sexy Rocco...

The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2. Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....