Margaret Atwood

A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers - a gentle species bio-engineered to replace humans. Toby, onetime member of the God's Gardeners and expert in mushrooms and bees, is still in love with street-smart Zeb, who has an interesting past. The Crakers' reluctant prophet,...

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda is a boisterous and delightful dissertation on discovering the uncharted depths of one's own personality. Abandoned by his bubble-headed mum and raised by a bunch of dogs, Bob is understandably bashful around humans. Deprived of her parents while still in diapers, Dorinda endures a dreadful existence with distant...

Wstrząsająca antyutopia o piekle kobiet Świat jak z najgorszego koszmaru, gdzie reżim i ortodoksja są jedynym prawem. Freda jest Podręczną w Republice Gilead. Może opuszczać dom swojego Komendanta i jego Żony tylko raz dziennie, aby pójść na targ, gdzie wszystkie napisy zostały zastąpione przez obrazki, bo Podręcznym już nie wolno czytać. Co...

A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for...

Najnowsza powieść Margaret Atwood - wybitnej pisarki regularnie wymienianej w gronie kandydatów do literackiej Nagrody Nobla, laureatki nagrody Bookera, autorki m.in. słynnej "Opowieści podręcznej",Stan i Charmaine mieszkają w samochodzie. Kiedyś, jak wszyscy, mieli dom, kariery i ufnie spoglądali w przyszłość. Ale przyszło załamanie systemu,...

PRINCIPLES, DELIVERY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEOTIDE-BASED THERAPIESThis unique advanced textbook provides a clear and comprehensive description of the field of gene delivery, gene therapy and genetic pharmacology, with descriptions of the main gene transfer vectors and a set of selected therapeutic applications, along...