It is widely recognised that students on present-day chemistry courses need to develop a portfolio of practical skills. Progressive Development of Practical Skills in Chemistry is the second in a series of publications from the Royal Society of Chemistry which are directed towards the early part of an undergraduate chemistry programme. This book features a variety of practical activities, spanning a wide range of chemistry. Activities are arranged in order of increasing skills development and demand, and each is accompanied by a guide for demonstrators. A technical guide is also included detailing all reagent and equipment requirements. Trialled in universities across the UK pre-publication, students and lecturers will welcome this book as an aid to the development of skills in degree courses.

The secrets they keep are priceless.
Under cover of darkness, they will steal something more precious. . .

Beneath the sparkling facade of wealth and elegance, Jules Habsburg is living a nightmare--blackmailed into marriage by the unscrupulous robber baron Dominic DeRohan, the same man who gunned down her lover. Until the night she awakens to find a stranger in her bedroom--the notorious cat burglar known to Cote d'Azur as the Panther. Her blood pounding, she recognizes in him the one man strong enough to free her from the sadistic shackles of her husband. . .

But the Panther is not one to be manipulated, even by a woman whose provocative beauty is matched only by her determination. Now, in the hedonistic playground of artists, actors, and aristocrats, Jules is losing her closely guarded heart to a man without identity. As forbidden passion deepens to love, is there even more danger for her in an alliance with a seductive man whose secrets could destroy them both?

"Affaire de Coeur" calls award-winning author Katherine O'Neal "the Queen of Romantic Adventure." But her best romantic adventures are shared with her long-time husband, noted film critic and author William Arnold, who travels with her to all the exotic and glamorous locations where she sets her books. Together, they have as much fun researching her books as Katherine does writing them.

Frustrated by the world's indifference to her haunting, sensual paintings, Mason Caldwell boldly fakes her own death. The results are as brilliant as the colours imbuing her art. Now disguised as her surviving "sister" Amy, Mason enjoys the fruits of her deception - fame, wealth, and entry into the glittering halls of haute Paris. It's a perfect deceit until art expert Richard Garrett enters the picture. For something about the Mason Caldwell myth doesn't sit right with him, and he intends to uncover the truth...if a shadowy past or his own heart doesn't betray him. But a woman of Mason's talents isn't easily undone, and a dangerous game of truths and lies can reveal hidden desires, igniting a passion beyond their control...

"From Russia, With Love"

While Russia trembles under the rule of Ivan the Terrible, a beautiful young woman flees to the countryside to escape her abusive husband, and begins a dangerous liaison with a count that puts them both in the path of a ruthless enemy.

"Her Lord & Master"

A dissolute rogue embarks on an erotic odyssey journey to seduce a ripe, lily-pure virgin whom he might -- or might not -- marry. But the lady in question is not quite as naive as the earl expects, and soon he finds himself falling under her sensual spell.

"Erotic Deja Vu"

On a trip to Gibraltar, the notorious author of scandalous love stories meets a man whose mastery of the erotic arts more than matches the sensual skills of her books' fictional heroes.