B Smith: 277 books

Designed to supplement existing organic textbooks, Hybrid Retrosynthesis presents a relatively simple approach to solving synthesis problems, using a small library of basic reactions along with the computer searching capabilities of Reaxys and SciFinder. This clear, concise guide reviews the essential...

Case Hardison has had a rough couple of days. So much so that a stiff drink is just what the doctor ordered. Yet things are just warming up. When bad goes to worse, he decides to bail and seek redemption in his hometown. But after the long passage of time, he finds that old friends and lovers mix like meteors and marigolds!

It's 1978 in America's Finest City--San Diego, California--and one rookie cop is learning the hardest lessons the streets have to teach.Luke Jones--a recently graduated, Shakespeare quoting literature major--is about to discover that dealing with crooks is the easiest part of his new job. For here, in...

In book one of Finipee:  A young knight leaves home with the hope of restoring honor to his people.  Instead, he ends up accomplishing much more than he ever could have imagined.  Through trials and perils, he is not only faced with the enormous task of saving his world, but also, understanding...

The second edition of Treating the Criminal Offender was written in an atmosphere of disillusionment and severe criticism of the traditionalist ap­ proach to treatment. As crime rates soared, the voices of the critics rose in volume and intensity. And so, this third edition-revised toward the end...

As young britas lovers Anyon and Hala prepare to flee Hettel before their kuza overlords turn them into breeding stock, Anyon is captured attempting to foil an assassination plot involving the provincial governor and his daughter Neelyn. With the help of a sympathetic kuza commander he escapes, only...

During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel. Robert E. Lee’s Traveller eventually became more familiar but he was mostly famous for his looks. Not...

With the shocking deaths of Hill Harbor Farm matriarch Maggie Blair and her prize filly Sally, the destiny of the fabled horse farm lies in the hands of Maggie's troubled daughter True. With the help of her lifelong friend Chase Keller, True races against time to prepare the farm's last hope, the...

This is an introductory American politics text covering the constitutional framework of American government, political behavior and informal institutions, the formal institutions of American government, and a concluding chapter on public policy. Every chapter highlights the most current thinking in...

Ben is a dog in search of his family. They bought a new house, and while traveling to the new location, Ben chased a cat. He couldnt help it; the cat was teasing him! When he returned, though, he found his family was gone. Now, hell do anything to get back to young Roy and Molly, but Ben has never...

Imer Lamb is locked up for a strange attack on a friend. Semi-Dual sets out to find out the truth behind this mystery…

Awaking to find herself in a capsule on an alien and dying planet, Samantha discovers that her abductors have died, and she is utterly alone. As she explores, she realizes that the aliens utilized those they abducted as entertainment, watching their dreams and nightmares on giant alien screens. Knowing...

The use of friction stir processing to locally modify the microstructure to enhanced formability has the potential to alter the manufacturing of structural shapes. There is enough research to put together a short monograph detailing the fundamentals and key findings. One example of conventional manufacturing...

This book is concerned almost wholly with a diverse suite of carbonate rocks that were formed near the margins of shallow tropical seas during the last 5-7 million years of the Permian period (300-251 Ma). These unique rocks, collectively known as the Magnesian Limestone, have been studied for more...