New Releases by Keith Roberts

Plant cell walls are complex, dynamic cellular structures essential for plant growth, development, physiology and adaptation. Plant Cell Walls provides an in depth and diverse view of the microanatomy, biosynthesis and molecular physiology of these cellular structures, both in the life of the plant and in their use for bioproducts and biofuels. Plant Cell Walls is a textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as a professional-level reference book. Over 400 drawings, micrographs, and photographs provide visual insight into the latest research, as well as the uses of plant cell walls in everyday life, and their applications in biotechnology. Illustrated panels concisely review research methods and tools; a list of key terms is given at the end of each chapter; and extensive references organized by concept headings provide readers with guidance for entry into plant cell wall literature. Cell wall material is of considerable importance to the biofuel, food, timber, and pulp and paper industries as well as being a major focus of research in plant growth and sustainability that are of central interest in present day agriculture and biotechnology. The production and use of plants for biofuel and bioproducts in a time of need for responsible global carbon use requires a deep understanding of the fundamental biology of plants and their cell walls. Such an understanding will lead to improved plant processes and materials, and help provide a sustainable resource for meeting the future bioenergy and bioproduct needs of humankind.

A historian of the English Civil Wars shares a fascinating study of the seventeenth century New Model Army, examining its formation, tactics, and significance. The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously researched and accessible new study, Keith Roberts describes how Cromwell''s army was recruited, inspired, organized, trained, and equipped. He also sets its strategic and tactical operation in the context of the theory and practice of warfare in seventeenth-century Europe.

This book tells how on 23 October 1642 the Royalist and Parliamentary Armies met at Edgehill for their first major engagement. The battle did not prove decisive and the stage was set for a prolonged and bloody civil war.

Osprey''s examination of the battle of Newbury, which was the turning point of the English Civil War (1642–1651). By August 1643 the King''s cause was very much in the ascendant. Parliament armies had been crushed at Adwalton Moor and Roundway Down and the Royalists had taken Bristol. When they summoned Gloucester to surrender on 10 August the city''s only hope was a Parliament relief army. The London Trained Bands joined the Earl of Essex''s expedition and when battle was joined at Newbury the Londoners more than held their own against the best of the King''s cavalry. With the citizens of London so firmly committed to Parliament''s cause and the King''s cavalry no longer invincible the balance of power had shifted irretrievably.

The military adventures and romantic escapades of a young Roman soldier early in the first century.

世界的に定評のある「Molecular Biology of the Cell(細胞の分子生物学)」のエッセンシャル版。「細胞の分子生物学」と同じ編集執筆陣が、初学者向けに新たに編集。ビジュアルなカラーの図を多用し、基礎から最新のトピックスまで、要点をおさえたわかりやすい記述と適切なボリューム。進展著しいライフサイエンスをこれから学ぶ人はもちろん、細胞生物学を知りたい人すべてに必読の教科書となる待望の日本語版ついに刊行。