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Hierarchy: Perspectives for Ecological Complexity
T. F. H. Allen , and Thomas B. Starr Manufacturer: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0226014312 |
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Hierarchical Perspectives on Marine Complexities
Spencer Apollonio Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0231124880 |
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The Gulf of Maine supports a vital fishery for North America and is one of the most intensely studied marine ecosystems in the world. An understanding of its ecology has practical applications to management of other marine systems and fisheries. This book is the first application of Hierarchy Theory to the ecological workings of the Gulf of Maine and of marine ecosystems in general. Hierarchy Theory offers a perspective that simplifies the apparent complications and contradictions of ecosystems, which encompass a number of scales of time (from minutes to decades or longer) and of space (from centimeters to kilometers). Spencer Apollonio explores in detail the idea of natural constraints inherent in hierarchical ecosystems and the impact upon such systems when constraints are reduced or removed. He argues that conventional fisheries management, which practices the removal of these constraints, may be doomed to failure. Apollonio focuses in particular on the "groundfish crisis" in the Gulf, the precipitous decline due to overfishing in populations of cod, haddock, pollock, hakes, and various types of flounders, which have together constituted the mainstay of the Maine fishing industry for centuries. Hierarchical Perspectives on Marine Complexities presents a compelling case for a new approach that holds the promise of resource sustainability in the face of enormously complicated natural and cultural forces.
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A community ecology perspective on variability in complex systems: The effects of hierarchy and integration [An article from: Ecological Complexity]
J. Kolasa Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR6J60 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Ecological Complexity, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Manual for the Classification and Determination of the Anaerobic Bacteria
André Romain, Translated by Victorien Fredette Prévot Manufacturer: Lea & Febiger ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K0A7I0 |
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Manual for the classification and determination of the anaerobic bacteria (Monograph of the Pasteur Institute)
AndreÌ Romain PreÌvot Manufacturer: Lea & Febiger ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DOQY6 |
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20 Best Walks in Australia
Tyrone T. Thomas Manufacturer: Michelle Anderson Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0855721804 |
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This book contains comprehensive information about 20 walks in Australia that, in the author's opinion, are the best our country has to offer. Especially for tourists, but also suitable for Australians who want to know their country better, the walks are around well known rural and urban areas and are designed for people to see parts of native and city Australia in a very limited time.
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Profiles in American History - Exploration to Revolution: Significant Events and the People Who Shaped Them (Profiles in American History)
Joyce Moss , and George Wilson Manufacturer: U·X·L ProductGroup: Book Binding: Board book ASIN: 0810392089 |
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This accessible, 8-vol. reference focuses students attention on 160 notable individuals who have shaped American history, from the exploration of the continent to the present. Each chronologically arranged volume ties key people to significant events during a particular era. Balanced not only in gender and ethnic background, but also in viewpoint, the biographies in Profiles in American History offer a unique slant on event-based teaching. Stand-alone volumes include chapter-specific timelines; maps, illustrations and photographs; sidebars highlighting key facts; a bibliography; and a cumulative subject index.
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The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate: French Biology in the Decades before Darwin (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Toby A. Appel Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195041380 |
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For scientists, no event better represents the contest between form and function as the chief organizing principle of life as the debate between Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the celebrated French scientific controversy that focused the attention of naturalists in the first decades of the nineteenth century on the conflicting claims of teleology, morphology, and evolution, which ultimately contributed to the making of Darwin's theory. This history describes not only the scientific dimensions of the controversy and its impact on individuals and institutions, but also examines the meaning of the debate for culture and society in the years before Darwin.
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Optical Activity of Proteins and Other MacRomolecules (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol 5)
B. Jirgensons Manufacturer: Springer-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387063404 |
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Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media
A.G. Kulikovskii , and Elena I. Sveshnikova Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0849386438 |
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Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media explores the theoretical results of one-dimensional nonlinear waves, including shock waves, in elastic media. It is the first book to provide an in-depth and comprehensive presentation of the nonlinear wave theory while taking anisotropy effects into account. The theory is completely worked out and draws on 15 years of research by the authors, one of whom also wrote the 1965 classic Magnetohydrodynamics. Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media emphasizes the behavior of quasitransverse waves and analyzes arbitrary discontinuity disintegration problems, illustrating that the solution can be non-unique - a surprising result. The solution is shown to be especially interesting when anisotropy and nonlinearity effects interact, even in small-amplitude waves. In addition, the text contains an independent mathematical chapter describing general methods to study hyperbolic systems expressing the conservation laws. The theoretical results described in Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media allow, for the first time, discovery and interpretation of many new peculiarities inherent to the general problem of discontinuous solutions and so provide a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers involved with continuum mechanics and partial differential equations.
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Nonlinear Waves in Inhomogeneous and Hereditary Media (Research Reports in Physics)
A. A. Lokshin , and E. A. Sagomonyan Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0387545360 |
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (Twentieth-Century Classics)
John Steinbeck Manufacturer: Penguin Classics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 014018743X |
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In the 1670s Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went.Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: one to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, the other, to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."
"John Steinbeck's first novel, and the only historical novel he ever wrote, CUP OF GOLD is a lush, lyrical fantasy. The themes of quest and disillusion echo in all his later work." (Publisher's Source)
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Life lessons woven into story.......2006-06-13
Steinbeck's first novel.......2005-12-07
Priceless Jewel.......2005-07-19
A fun and interesting first novel by Steinbeck.......2005-04-09
Not Vintage Steinbeck; Good Nonetheless.......2004-06-06
However, bearing all that in mind, "COG" is a fairly well-written novel about two things: how greatness arises from childish ambition, and how even the most lauded of conquerers are laden with insecurities and doubts. Despite some of the callowness of the characters (mainly Morgan), I found myself enjoying this novel, and seeing a lot of depth within...but a detached depth. In fact, I likened it to Kubrick's fine film "Barry Lyndon" which is more focused on observing a character's traits than drawing any conclusions about him. Steinbeck never tries to beat you over the head with the fact that Morgan is / was a deceitful, ambitious and insecure zealot who cares far more about his reputation and how he is perceived than any of his actual accomplishments. Instead, the reader is left to absorb all this and shake one's head with a grim smile at the commonality of truth regarding people such as Morgan.
I contend that this book is well-written, despite some obvious foibles of a first-time novelist. Certain words were used too frequently ("cried" as a synonym of "said" was annoyingly common) and it lacks the gentle flow that many of Steinbeck's novels offer, but there is certainly a depth here that forms the basis of many of his later themes. So before you judge this book by other reviews here, consider the power of a few early sentences in this novel: "Why do men like me want sons?...it must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance with life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone."
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Cup of Gold (A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History)
John Steinbeck Manufacturer: P.F. Collier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RJ6JPO |
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Dark brown with blue etched design and red lettering with faux autograph on cover. The spines have red border and gilt lettering. Numberline TS
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Cup of Gold - A life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
Steinbeck John Manufacturer: World Publishing/Tower ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VVOJ5A |
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Cup of Gold A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer,with Occasional Reference to History
Manufacturer: P.F.Collier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000F7DH9O |
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Cup of gold: A life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer with occasional references to history (Armed Services edition)
John Steinbeck Manufacturer: Editions for the Armed Services ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B000866CA8 |
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
John Steinbeck Manufacturer: Covici, Friede ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O7KUNG |
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Cup of Gold A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
John Steinbeck Manufacturer: Covici - Friede ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J4681C |
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CUP OF GOLD: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer with Occasional Reference to History
John Stteinbeck Manufacturer: Covici Friede Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000QCL2HW |
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Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale
Gillian Gill Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0345451880 Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
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Florence Nightingale was for a time the most famous woman in Britain–if not the world. We know her today primarily as a saintly character, perhaps as a heroic reformer of Britain’s health-care system. The reality is more involved and far more fascinating. In an utterly beguiling narrative that reads like the best Victorian fiction, acclaimed author Gillian Gill tells the story of this richly complex woman and her extraordinary family.Customer Reviews:
Not as extraordinary as I had hoped.......2007-09-22
Just As Expected.......2007-04-10
A wonderful biography.......2006-01-06
I was disappointed.......2005-06-17
Nightingales:The extraordinary Upbringing and Life of Miss F.......2005-01-07
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Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale
Gillian Gill Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OFKP8I |
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Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale. : An article from: Nursing Education Perspectives
Leslie Block Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000GDH7CU Release Date: 2006-06-16 |
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This digital document is an article from Nursing Education Perspectives, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 670 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Hell On Land Disaster At Sea: The Story Of Merrill's Marauders And The Sinking Of The Rhona
Fred E. Randle , and William W. Hughes Manufacturer: Turner Publishing Company (KY) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1563117762 |
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An Introduction to Survey Research, Polling, and Data Analysis
Herbert F. Wiesberg Manufacturer: Sage Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0803974027 |
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"The writing style is mature and experienced. There is noticeable care in the presentation of materials and appropriate sensitivity to the intended audience. . . . The book categorizes large bodies of wisdom in the conduct of survey research over the past half century and provides ''rules-of-thumb'' guidance to the production, analysis, and consumption of survey data."
--Steve Seitz, University of Illinois
"The authors have provided a well-written update of their textbook, which will be useful as a textbook or supplement in upper-division undergraduate or introductory graduate courses on survey research, statistical data analysis, or research design. The book provides readers with the knowledge that enables them to evaluate the results of survey research. It sensitizes the readers to potential problems that arise from flaws in research design, sampling, questionnaire construction, data collection, coding, data analysis techniques, and improper presentation or interpretation of findings."
--Mike Margolis, University of Cincinnati
Why should we believe the results of surveys based on relatively few interviews? What are the appropriate cautions in interpreting survey reports? Aimed at answering these questions, An Introduction to Survey Research, Polling, and Data Analysis, Third Edition describes how surveys are conducted in such a way that they can be believed, explains how to read statistical reports and analyze data, and provides guidelines that are useful in evaluating polls. Using frequent examples from contemporary, large national surveys and polls as well as from the media, the authors stress understanding tables thoroughly before moving to interval statistics. In addition, they cover survey design, sampling and question-writing steps, interviewing and coding strategies, and survey analysis from frequency distributions and cross-tabulations to control tables and correlation/regression. They also cover the ethics of survey research and how to read and write survey research reports. Readers of this book will learn to distinguish good from bad polls and to better design and conduct their own surveys and polls.
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Survey methods and madness in a simple, low-tech format.......2001-07-28
Survey Overview.......2000-06-12
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Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival
Doug Cocks Manufacturer: McGill-Queen's University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0773526722 |
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What will become of us?.......2003-10-05
Doug Cocks engages with these questions with obvious enthusiasm. His exploration is immensely wide-ranging and he brings together an extraordinary range of fact, theory and speculation in a way that is scholarly while remaining colloquial, and which carries the reader on a truly fascinating journey through - to quote one of the author's allegories - a series of dungeons in which Posterity finds herself having to slay a series of dragons, maturing and growing stronger as she succeeds in overcoming each more formidable dragon. Cocks' conclusions, at least about the possibility of long term quality survival, are modestly optimistic.
He uses a methodology that contains elements of scenario building and preferred futuring to explore these questions, basing his enquiry around four priority issues. The issues are:
* Nursing the world through endless change
* Raising the quality of social learning
* Confronting near-future threats and challenges
* Anticipating deep-future challenges.
These issues are selected as representative of the need to respond "collectively and selectively to an ever-changing set of priority issues, meaning those judged at the time to have a particular bearing on whether the lineage can achieve quality survival."
Both the content and the methodology will be of interest to anyone concerned with forward planning, as well as to the general reader.
Anyone interested in the long- and shorter- term future of humanity will find this book a fascinating and extraordinarily rich source of material and ideas. It is a tour de force to have been able to assemble and make sense of so much information while maintaining a simple, undogmatic and eminently readable narrative. If you want material on which to base conversation, speculation or analysis about our future, look no further!
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Deep Futures: Our Prospects for Survival [A book review from: Futures]
T. Stevenson Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR09VG |
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This digital document is a journal article from Futures, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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