In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit are discussed. A central contention in this book is that local people must be involved if conservation is to be successful. Also examined are ways of prioritizing plants and places for conservation initiatives, approaches to in situ and ex situ conservation, and how to approach problems of unsustainable harvesting of wild plants. Roles for botanists, foresters, sociologists, development workers and others are discussed. This book acts as a unifying text for the series, integrating case studies and methodologies considered in previous volumes and pointing out in a comprehensive, accessible volume the valuable lessons to be learned.
A professional man of letters - critic, editor, biographer - though never a professional poet, Ian Hamilton (1938-2001) referred to his poems as 'miraculous lyrical arrivals', and he bided their time with exemplary patience and humility. His widely praised first collection, The Visit, published by Faber in 1970, was incorporated into Fifty Poems in 1988, itself expanded to Sixty Poems in 1998. In a preface to the former collection, he wrote: 'Fifty poems in twenty-five years: not much to show for half a lifetime, you might think. And in certain moods, I would agree.' Readers of Hamilton's condensed and immaculate oeuvre have felt otherwise: the poems of his youth and middle years (there was to be no opportunity for a late flowering) acquired talismanic significance for his contemporaries, and their combination of terseness and emotional intensity continues to set an example to younger poets. Edited by Alan Jenkins, this authoritative Collected Poems contains all of the poetry that Ian Hamilton chose to publish, together with a small number of uncollected and unpublished poems; it also supplies an illuminating introduction, and succinctly helpful apparatus. The result is an edition whose thoroughness and tact are themselves a moving tribute, restoring to view one of the most disinctive bodies of work in twentieth-century English poetry.
Which of astrology's Sun signs are your Perfect Harmony? In this new book by Alan Hamilton with illustrations on nearly every page by Marcella Kelly, you'll see how your own Sun sign relates-or shall we say "harmonizes" with each of the other Sun signs in several ways, each of which is has a chapter title related to music, such as "In or Our of Tune," Third Part Harmony," "Minor Chord," "the "Major 7th" and much more. Within each combination is a interpretation of the likely General Relationship between the two signs and the Love Relationship. Whether your interest is in astrology or music or both, or if you're a beginner or a pro in either field, you'll find this book to be both interesting and fun!
Summer 1930 and Walter Bruce is told he has a terminal disease. With nursing care and an easier job he could have five more years. With neither he may not see out the year. But he's got a wife to keep - one too selfish and idle to be his nurse. When he finds out she's been deceiving him about her past for years he comes to a stark decision; if she won't take care of him he'll have to take care of her - for good. He plans her removal like one of the chess problems he loves. It will be the perfect murder; he'll get away with it and enjoy his last few years in comfort. But his carefully laid plans unravel, entangling him in a slowly closing trap where truth and lies become confused... Set in between-the-wars Liverpool, 'Stalemate' is a gripping tale of moral choices and terrible punishment.
The "Federalist Papers" were written in 1787 by three of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. In this book, three constitutional experts address the threats posed by current challenges to the American constitution.
Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it's not just the paper plant and the polluted river that's stinking up Denmark: Hamilton's father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes that Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer, but it won't be easy. It seems like everyone in Denmark is a suspect. Motive, means, opportunity--they all have them. But who among them has committed murder most foul?
A potted history of how musicians and entertainers, singers etc., have survived from the first humans to present day.From the BIG BANG and the start of music to the emergence of the first known musical instruments and the musicians who played them. Moving on through the ages covering Biblical times right through to this incredible technological age we all live in.We all know of the 'superstars' who have made fortunes in 'showbiz' but how have the 'working musicians/entertainers' fared over the centuries? The guys and gals who have to work every week to pay the rent and feed the family...just like everyone else! The introduction of POP MUSIC and the start of the RECORDING INDUSTRY at the start of the 20th Century saw an explosion of talent and all the instruments, vocals etc., were performed live. With the invention of the MICRO CHIP, technology was about to change the world for ever, but for better or worse? KARAOKE, PERSONAL COMPUTERS and of course MOBILE PHONES have had a dramatic effect on life in general but especially in music! The X FACTOR has made everyone think they can be a 'star' and very quickly! Has the music industry, therefore 'regressed' and not 'progressed'? LIVE MUSIC as we used to know it is no longer LIVE. What then will happen in the future? How far will this technological age take us? Perhaps ROBOTS or HOLOGRAMS? Or will we all get fed up with downloading our lifes to make everything easier and go 'back to the future' and re-invent entertainment and resurrect the life back in to LIVE MUSIC?
In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as he developed his theory of evolution through natural selection. Indeed, Darwin worried that the goodness he observed in nature could be the Achilles heel of his theory. Ever since then, scientists and other thinkers have engaged in a fierce debate about the origins of goodness that has dragged politics, philosophy, and religion into what remains a major question for evolutionary biology. The Altruism Equation traces the history of this debate from Darwin to the present through an extraordinary cast of characters-from the Russian prince Petr Kropotkin, who wanted to base society on altruism, to the brilliant biologist George Price, who fell into poverty and succumbed to suicide as he obsessed over the problem. In a final surprising turn, William Hamilton, the scientist who came up with the equation that reduced altruism to the cold language of natural selection, desperately hoped that his theory did not apply to humans. Hamilton's Rule, which states that relatives are worth helping in direct proportion to their blood relatedness, is as fundamental to evolutionary biology as Newton's laws of motion are to physics. But even today, decades after its formulation, Hamilton's Rule is still hotly debated among those who cannot accept that goodness can be explained by a simple mathematical formula. For the first time, Lee Alan Dugatkin brings to life the people, the issues, and the passions that have surrounded the altruism debate. Readers will be swept along by this fast-paced tale of history, biography, and scientific discovery.
This collection of royal wit and wisdom brings together many hundreds of gems, both sacred and profane, which have fallen from the lips and pens of royalty, from Henry VIII to Prince William.
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