Lynn McConnell – författare

Go behind the scenes with the world''s most successful sports team. This is a complete history of rugby''s most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have had the honour of wearing the iconic black jersey. From the legendary 1905 ''Originals'' all the way through to Richie McCaw''s record-breaking back-to-back World Cup champions of 2015, this is a history of the All Blacks like you have never experienced it before. Thanks to exhaustive archival research and exclusive new material garnered from a vast array of interviews with players and coachesfrom across the decades, Behind the All Blacks unveils the compelling truth of what it means to play for the team that has dominated Test match rugby for over a century - all the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama and the honour on the field, and the passionate friendships and bonds of a brotherhood off it. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of New Zealand rugby - told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

This five-chapter book reviews boron properties and its applications: Presents various aspects of physiological role of boron in plants. Explore the importance of boron for living organisms, boron toxicity in these organisms, the microbial diversity in environments containing boron, and the applications of boron and boron-containing compounds. Boron is an essential nutrient element for plants. This study reviews the bioremediation of boron contaminated sites by bacteria related with the accumulation of boron. This work addresses the reactive features of boron and the formation of special structures before examining the fundamental chemistry behind Boron-organo-silicone oxide polymers along with the effects of additives during synthesis. Finally, boron-silica compounds with and without magnetic content are characterized using various methods. Based on the resulting properties, interesting potential applications are discussed.