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Schubert

The Music and the Man

By: Brian Newbould

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Of all the great composers, none - not even Mozart - has been so dogged by myth and misunderstanding as Franz Schubert. The notion of Schubert as a pudgy, lovelorn Bohemian schwammerl (mushroom) scribbling tunes on the back of menus in idle moments has never quite been eradicated. In this major new biography, Brian Newbould balances discussion of Schubert's compositions with an exploration of biographical influences that shaped his musical aesthetics. Schubert: The Music and the Man offers an eminently readable description of a musician who was compulsively dedicated to his art - a composer so prolific that he produced over a thousand works in eighteen years. Gifted with an intuitive know-how, coupled with a Mozartian facility for composition, Schubert combined the relish and wonder of an amateur with the discipline and technical rigor of a professional. He moved quickly and comfortably among genres, and sometimes composed directly into score but many pieces required painstaking revision before they satisfied his growing self-criticism. Examining afresh the enigmas surrounding Schubert's religious outlook, his loves, his sexuality, his illness and death, Newbould offers above all a celebration of a unique genius, an idiosyncratic composer of an astonishing body of powerful, enduring music.

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Schubert's Workshop: Volume 2

Mastery and Beyond

By: Brian Newbould

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Schubert's Workshop: Volume 2

Mastery and Beyond

By: Brian Newbould

Schubert’s Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer’s compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author’s experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert’s unfinished works. Through close examination of Schubert’s use of technical and structural devices, Brian Newbould demonstrates that Schubert was much more technically innovative than has been supposed, and argues that the composer’s technical discoveries constitute a rich legacy of specific influences on later composers. Providing rich new insights into the creative practice of one of the major figures of classical music, this two-volume study reframes our understanding of Schubert as an innovator who constantly pushed at the frontiers of style and expression.

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1000640981

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Schubert

The Music and the Man

By: Brian Newbould

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The Music and the Man

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Schubert's Workshop: Volume 1

Towards an Early Maturity

By: Brian Newbould

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Schubert's Workshop: Volume 1

Towards an Early Maturity

By: Brian Newbould

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1000640949

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Schubert's Workshop: Volume 2

Mastery and Beyond

By: Brian Newbould

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Mastery and Beyond

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Irish Nationalism and the British State

From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism

By: Brian Jenkins

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Irish Nationalism and the British State

From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism

By: Brian Jenkins

Drawing on an immense body of literature and research, Brian Jenkins analyses the forces that shaped mid-nineteenth century Irish nationalism in Ireland and North America as well as the role of the Roman Catholic Church. He outlines the relationship between newly arrived Irish Catholic immigrants and their hosts and the pivotal role of the church in maintaining a sense of exile, particularly among those who had fled the famine. Jenkins also explores the essential "Irishness" of the revolutionary movement and the reasons why it did not emerge in the two other "nations" of the United Kingdom, Scotland and Wales.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773577750

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Ecology of Fresh Waters

A View for the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian R. Moss

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Ecology of Fresh Waters

A View for the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian R. Moss

This new edition of an established textbook provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to rivers, lakes and wetlands, and was written as the basis for a complete course on freshwater ecology. Designed for undergraduate and early postgraduate students who wish to gain an overall view of this vast subject area, this accessible guide to freshwater ecosystems and man's activities will also be invaluable to anyone interested in the integrated management of freshwaters. The author maintains the tradition of clarity and conciseness set by previous editions, and the text is extensively illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Examples are drawn from the author's experience in many parts of the world, and the author continues to stress the human influence. The scientific content of the text has been fully revised and updated, making use of the wealth of data available since publication of the last edition. Professor Brian Moss is a lecturer in Applied Ecology at the University of Liverpool, and has written three previous editions of this well-established textbook.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118687795

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Ecology of Freshwaters

Earth's Bloodstream

By: Brian R. Moss

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Ecology of Freshwaters

Earth's Bloodstream

By: Brian R. Moss

The new edition of this established textbook, now with full colour illustration, has been extensively revised and continues to provide a comprehensive, stimulating, readable and authoritative coverage of freshwater habitats, their communities and their functioning, the world over. The work will be of great value to undergraduate and graduate students, fellow researchers and water managers, and the plain language and lack of jargon should make it accessible to anyone interested in the functioning and current state of lakes and rivers. Having taught and researched over fifty years and six continents, Professor Brian Moss makes here extensive use of his personal experience as well as the huge literature now available on freshwaters. This is the fifth edition of his textbook, which, since the first edition in 1980, has steadily evolved to reflect a rapidly changing science and environment. It places increasing emphasis on the role of people in damaging and managing freshwaters as we move into the Anthropocene epoch and face unprecedented levels of climate and other changes, whilst rejoicing in the fascination of what are left of near pristine freshwater ecosystems. Professor Moss retired from the University of Liverpool following a career in Africa, the USA and the UK. He was awarded medals by the International Society for Limnology, of which he was President from 2007 to 2013, and The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. He was given The Ecology Institute's Excellence in Ecology Prize in 2009 and the book written for that prize, Liberation Ecology, was awarded the British Ecological Society's best ecology book prize in 2013.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119239419

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9781119239413

Agriculture and EU Environmental Law

By: Brian Jack

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Agriculture and EU Environmental Law

By: Brian Jack

This book critically examines the development and current structure of European Union agri-environmental measures at a substantive level. Examining the measures in an integrated manner, showing how they interrelate linking different aspects of European Union agricultural law and policy, this volume examines the legislation adopted at European Union level as well as the impact of particular national measures to implement that legislation. Where appropriate, comparisons are drawn between the manner in which European Union legislation has been implemented among various Member States. Critically assessing European Union and national measures, in the light of other policy pressures such as the influence of world trade agreements and the political pressures exerted by the agricultural sector within the national legal systems of individual Member States, this volume is a valuable resource for academics researching and practitioners working in the areas of European Union environmental and agricultural law.

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Routledge

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1317183541

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Henry Goulburn, 1784-1856

A Political Biography

By: Brian Jenkins

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Henry Goulburn, 1784-1856

A Political Biography

By: Brian Jenkins

Brian Jenkins's impressive biography documents Henry Goulburn's long and successful political career during the first half of the nineteenth century. Rescuing Goulburn from unmerited obscurity, Jenkins reveals that he was at the centre of far-reaching political and economic developments during a turbulent period of British history.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077351371X

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Yorkshire Mining Veterans

In Their Own Words

By: Brian Elliott

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Yorkshire Mining Veterans

In Their Own Words

By: Brian Elliott

Yorkshire Mining Veterans is an extraordinary collection of stories told by the Veterans of the mines. Their memories span nearly a century from the early 1900's to the great strike of 1984/85 as well as the pit closures of the 1990's. Miners all across the Yorkshire region from the Selby Coalfield to the old West Riding area in and around Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield share their experiences with the reader.Brian began his research prepared to explore the many roles of miners, working conditions and their way of life, but interviews uncovered more remarkable stories, especially relating to the period before nationalisation. Getting a job often meant leaving school on Friday and starting work either in terrible conditions on the pit top screens, described by a 99 year old veteran as 'Miltonic' or 'on the haulage' in the cold pit bottom. Incredibly, one man described his work as a young trammer in the 1930's, painfully pushing tubs along a low underground roadway using a candle as his source of light, 'a throw back to conditions a century or more earlier'. A sprightly 93-year-old described an occasion when. as a young lad, he worked naked alongside his father and refused to make himself to make himself 'descent' when the lady Mayor made a VIP visit.Set chronologically according to the age of the miner, the author profiles each of the 47 veterans and tells their individual stories based on his interviews with them. Their stories, all previously untold, together with a superb collection of photographs makes fascinating reading.

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Wharncliffe

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1783378360

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Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry

"the Work Has Value"

By: Brian Friel

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Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry

"the Work Has Value"

By: Brian Friel

Essays on Irish playwright, Brian Friel

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Peter Lang

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1904505171

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The Battle of the Fields

Rural Community and Authority in Britain During the Second World War

By: Brian Short

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The Battle of the Fields

Rural Community and Authority in Britain During the Second World War

By: Brian Short

This book will appeal not only to historians and geographers, but to many who maintain a deep interest in the British countryside and its past, and to those who continue to share a fascination for the Second World War, in particular the 'home front'. The Battle of the Fields tells the story of rural community and authority in Britain during the Second World War by looking at the County War Agricultural Executive Committees. From 1939 they were imbued with powers to transform British farming to combat the loss of food imports caused by German naval activity and initial European mainland successes. Their powers were sweeping and draconian. When fully exercised against recalcitrant farmers, dispossession in part or whole could and did result. This book includes the most detailed analysis of these dispossessions including the tragic case of Ray Walden, the Hampshire farmer who was killed by police after refusing to leave hisfarmhouse in 1940. The committees were deemed successful by Whitehall as harbingers of modernity: mechanization, draining, artificial fertilizers, reclamation of heaths, marshes and woodlands. We now deplore some of these changes but Britain did not starve, in large part thanks to their efforts. This book will appeal not only to historians and geographers, but to many who maintain a deep interest in the British countryside and its past, and tothose who continue to share a fascination for the Second World War, in particular the "home front". It will also demonstrate to all who are anxious about food security in the modern age how this question was dealt with 70 years ago. BRIAN SHORT is Emeritus Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex, and formerly Dean of School and Head of the Department of Geography.

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1843839377

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Neuropathology E-Book

A Reference Text of CNS Pathology

By: David Ellison,Seth Love,Leila Maria Cardao Chimelli,Brian Harding,James S. Lowe,Harry V. Vinters,Sebastian Brandner,William H Yong

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Neuropathology E-Book

A Reference Text of CNS Pathology

By: David Ellison,Seth Love,Leila Maria Cardao Chimelli,Brian Harding,James S. Lowe,Harry V. Vinters,Sebastian Brandner,William H Yong

Solve your toughest neurodiagnostic challenges with Neuropathology, 3rd Edition - the most information-packed, extensively illustrated neuropathology reference available! An expert author team presents more than 3,000 high-quality images - nearly all in full color - to provide unmatched visual guidance on the microscopic and gross pathologic presentation of a full range of neurologic diseases. Diagnose with confidence by consulting the most extensive published image collection in neuropathology, which includes an exceptional number of gross pathology images, a feature poorly represented in other texts. Access the complete contents online and download all the images at www.expertconsult.com. Understand the most recent developments in neurologic diseases and quickly identify important variants and outliers. Meet the needs of an aging population with expanded coverage of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disorders, and prion diseases, as well as conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Apply the latest knowledge on molecular genetics and the growing role of genetic testing. Make optimal use of today’s functional imaging techniques with new information on PET, fMRI, and SPECT. Stay current with the newest diagnostic protocols and guidelines as endorsed by professional societies and national bodies, the most recent WHO classification of central nervous system diseases, and checklists for the handling and diagnosis of CNS tumors and tumor-like lesions. Get outstanding visual guidance with new full-color images, and new and updated drawings that clarify complex entities and concepts.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0723437467

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9780723437468

Power System Protection

By: Paul M. Anderson,Charles F. Henville,Rasheek Rifaat,Brian Johnson,Sakis Meliopoulos

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Power System Protection

By: Paul M. Anderson,Charles F. Henville,Rasheek Rifaat,Brian Johnson,Sakis Meliopoulos

A newly updated guide to the protection of power systems in the 21st century Power System Protection, 2nd Edition combines brand new information about the technological and business developments in the field of power system protection that have occurred since the last edition was published in 1998. The new edition includes updates on the effects of short circuits on: Power quality Multiple setting groups Quadrilateral distance relay characteristics Loadability It also includes comprehensive information about the impacts of business changes, including deregulation, disaggregation of power systems, dependability, and security issues. Power System Protection provides the analytical basis for design, application, and setting of power system protection equipment for today's engineer. Updates from protection engineers with distinct specializations contribute to a comprehensive work covering all aspects of the field. New regulations and new components included in modern power protection systems are discussed at length. Computer-based protection is covered in-depth, as is the impact of renewable energy systems connected to distribution and transmission systems.

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1119513146

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The Geography of Soil

By: Brian T. Bunting

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The Geography of Soil

By: Brian T. Bunting

This book, first published in 1965, was the first by a British soil expert in which he wrote a study of his subject from a geographical, not an agricultural or biological, viewpoint. Chapters 1-8 deal with the factors and processes in soil formation. Chapters 9-17 describe the soil groups of the different regions of the world – for example, desert and tundra, the boreal zone, the Mediterranean, and intertropical areas.

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Routledge

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0429558074

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The Evil Within

By: Brian Elliott

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The Evil Within

By: Brian Elliott

It was in 1991 when two soldiers, one an officer, Lt Jeremy Carver, and the other a female Sergeant, Heather Calvert, fell into the hands of an IRA ‘nutting squad . . .’ . . . Jeremy and Heathers’ worst fears were realised when they turned north off the road between Belleek and Petigoe in Co Fermanagh, and headed towards a multitude of derelict buildings . . . It was there that the heat spots appeared on the infra-red systems in the Puma helicopter. The eight Marine Commandos abseiled down and entered the building . . . to their horror . . . Two days later, David Carver, a Brigadier in the SAS, silently, in the morgue, whispered to his son . . . Jeremy, I swear that the evil bastards that have done this to you, will very, very slowly learn what it is like to die. To die a death far worse than what you and your faithful Sergeant have suffered, this will be my epitaph, my eternal promise to you . . . One man’s determination to avenge the torture to death, of his very own, and he would metre out his own justice . . . and he did . . . ! From the very beginning to the astonishing and totally unexpected ending, the action is relentless, the sheer realism, the ferocity; and the events that happened, all of which leaves such an impregnable and indelible footprint on the mind of the reader . . .

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456860097

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Arbitration Law of Canada

Practice and Procedure - Second Edition

By: J. Brian Casey

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Arbitration Law of Canada

Practice and Procedure - Second Edition

By: J. Brian Casey

Arbitration Law of Canada provides the busy lawyer and arbitrator with a handy day to day reference work. This is a comprehensive treatise on the law and practice of arbitration in Canada. The text covers all aspects of commercial arbitration: when to choose arbitration; how to draft an effective arbitration clause; how to choose an arbitrator; the legal and practical aspects of arbitrating in Canada under both the UNCITRAL Model Law as well as domestic legislation, and enforcing awards in Canada, regardless of the jurisdiction in which they were made. The book covers arbitration law in all the Canadian Provinces. It is not only a definitive legal text, but has been designed and organized to be a handy reference text for arbitration practitioners. The second edition includes a revised and expanded index, a complete index of cases, and a number of additional "practice notes". The chapters dealing with court involvement in arbitration, challenges and recognition of awards, have been extensively revised to take into account the numerous court decisions released since the last edition.

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Juris Publishing, Inc.

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1933833963

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9781933833965

The Infinite Feast

How to Host the Ones You Love

By: Brian Theis

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The Infinite Feast

How to Host the Ones You Love

By: Brian Theis

“[A] fantastic new book and entertaining guide . . . Lends guidance on gatherings from a Mardi Gras Jamboree and a Polynesian Luau to a Goblin Fest.” —myNewOrleans.com Author Brian Theis presents a well-rounded cookbook that takes us back to the mid-twentieth century and the foods that fed the nation’s craving for comfort and world travel. In seasonal chapters from New Year’s to the winter holidays, he provides curated and themed menus, easy to follow recipes, and kitchen tips. From casseroles and comfort foods, a Valentine’s Day party and a Mardi Gras Jamboree to a Fiesta Mexicana and Thanksgiving Bons Temps Rouler, the dishes are just as delicious as they are picturesque! Interviews with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, including Gabriele Corcos, Billy Oliva, JoAnn Clevenger, and Phillip Lopez, and a tribute to Leah Chase round out the offerings in this amazing cookbook! “This new cookbook has a spectacularly retro vibe, with midcentury-style illustrations and graphic design, and food photography that evokes the finest images in the Good Housekeeping oeuvre. The concept itself is rather retro, offering menus for fun, quasi-kitschy theme parties throughout the year. And, as you’d expect from a lifelong student of Creole food who calls New Orleans home, Theis’ recipes for a Mardi Gras jamboree are dynamite.” —The Takeout “A fun guide to graciously hosting loved ones. Brian Theis does a great job melding his innate Southern Charm with experience gained from travel and time abroad. His book will be a welcome addition to people who enjoy sharing food and drink with friends.” —Jacques Pépin

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Arcadia Publishing

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1455625140

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Encyclopedia of Ecology

By: Brian D. Fath

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Encyclopedia of Ecology

By: Brian D. Fath

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Four Volume Set continues the acclaimed work of the previous edition published in 2008. It covers all scales of biological organization, from organisms, to populations, to communities and ecosystems. Laboratory, field, simulation modelling, and theoretical approaches are presented to show how living systems sustain structure and function in space and time. New areas of focus include micro- and macro scales, molecular and genetic ecology, and global ecology (e.g., climate change, earth transformations, ecosystem services, and the food-water-energy nexus) are included. In addition, new, international experts in ecology contribute on a variety of topics. Offers the most broad-ranging and comprehensive resource available in the field of ecology Provides foundational content and suggests further reading Incorporates the expertise of over 500 outstanding investigators in the field of ecology, including top young scientists with both research and teaching experience Includes multimedia resources, such as an Interactive Map Viewer and links to a CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System), an open-source platform for modelers to share and link models dealing with earth system processes

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0444641300

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Flora of Tropical East Africa - Meliaceae (1991)

By: Brian Thomas Styles,Frank White

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Flora of Tropical East Africa - Meliaceae (1991)

By: Brian Thomas Styles,Frank White

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Meliaceae, a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs, found in tropical East Africa. It presents information on their character, occurrence, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of each of the species under these genera.

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