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This book contains five chapters, which are well written and should be of use to both nonexpert and expert readers. … The chapters are fairly up-to-date with references to papers published in 2004, and the abbreviations and terminology within are clearly defined making these chapters quite readable for researchers interested in undertaking their first studies on these important polysaccharides. … In summary, this book should be useful to scientists and engineers working with polysaccharides, the topics discussed focus on: hemicelluloses, bioactive pectic polysaccharides, cellulose esters synthesized via homogeneous conversions, chitin, and the modern analytical ultracentrifugation of polysaccharides. Although in terms of material design, cellulose and starch will always appear near the top of any list of polysaccharides, it is the editors opinion that consideration of the whole range of polysaccharides available is necessary to allow full advantage to be taken of this fascinating class of biopolymers.