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Gorilla Pathology and Health

With a Catalogue of Preserved Materials

By: John E Cooper,Gordon Hull

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Gorilla Pathology and Health

With a Catalogue of Preserved Materials

By: John E Cooper,Gordon Hull

Gorilla Pathology and Health: With a Catalogue of Preserved Materials consists of two cross-referenced parts. The first, the book itself, is a review of pathological changes and tissue responses in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla and G. beringei), with an emphasis on free-living animals, but also with reference to those in captivity. The comparative aspects are discussed, stressing the relevance of research to both gorillas and humans. What makes the publication truly unique, however, is the second part, a comprehensive descriptive catalogue of the location and nature of gorilla material in museums and scientific institutions throughout the world. This is of great consequence because free-living gorillas are strictly conserved with restricted access, so the location of a wealth of preserved tissues and other material that has been collected over the decades is a great benefit for research and study.This book can, and should, be used to gain cardinal knowledge regarding the biology and pathology of this genus. The combination of book and catalogue in this extensive compilation makes it an invaluable tool for all those concerned with the health, welfare, and conservation of gorillas, one of our nearest living relatives. - Brings together studies, data, and clinical practice from difficult-to-access or obscure journals and NGO reports, in different languages, for all interested parties and practitioners - Provides perspectives on existing research in gorilla pathology, both for those studying conservation practices and those seeking an understanding of comparable diseases in humans - Includes illustrative figures on gross and microscopic pathological changes, museum specimens, photos of field necropsy and techniques, and examples of laboratory tests - Features an extensive list of references and further reading, in different languages - Incorporates a comprehensive, descriptive catalogue of gorilla material from around the world

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Academic Press

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0128020857

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9780128020852

The First VCs

The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage

By: John Grehan

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The First VCs

The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage

By: John Grehan

Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came the Crimean War.The incompetence and ineffectiveness of the senior officers contrasted sharply with the bravery of the lower ranks. Fuelled by the reports from the first-ever war correspondents which were read by an increasingly literate public, the mumblings of discontent rapidly grew into a national outcry. Questions were asked in Parliament, answers were demanded by the press why were the heroes of the Alma, Inkerman and the Charge of the Light Brigade not being recognised? Something had be done.That something was the introduction of an award that would be of such prestige it would be sought by all men from the private to the Field Marshal. It would be the highest possible award for valour in the face of the enemy and it bore the name of the Queen for whom the men fought.This is the story of how the first Victoria Crosses were attained in the heat of the most deadly conflict of the nineteenth century. It is also an examination of how the definition of courage, as recognised by the awarding of VCs, evolved, from saving the regimental colours at the Alma to saving a comrade in the No Mans Land before Sevastopol.

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Frontline Books

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1473851726

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9781473851726

Numbers

Computers, Philosophers, and the Search for Meaning

By: John Tabak

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Numbers

Computers, Philosophers, and the Search for Meaning

By: John Tabak

Presents a survey of the history and evolution of the use of numbers and numerical quantities by different civilizations around the world.

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Infobase Publishing

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0816068747

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9780816068746

An Alphabetical Dictionary

Vol. II

By: John Papworth

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An Alphabetical Dictionary

Vol. II

By: John Papworth

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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3368818112

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Soil Degradation in the United States

Extent, Severity, and Trends

By: Rattan Lal,Thomas Iivari,John M. Kimble

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Soil Degradation in the United States

Extent, Severity, and Trends

By: Rattan Lal,Thomas Iivari,John M. Kimble

Soil Degradation in the United States: Extent, Severity, and Trends examines the magnitude and severity of soil degradation by different processes in the U.S., including water erosion, wind erosion, C depletion, soil compaction, salt build-up, and soil contamination. In addition, it addresses policy issues with regard to economic and environmental

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CRC Press

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0203496388

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9780203496381

An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series

By: Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich

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An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series

By: Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich

Based on lectures on Elementary Analysis given at Queen's College, Galway, from 1902-1907, this title includes a discussion of the solution of linear differential equations of the second order; a discussion of elliptic function formulae; expanded treatment of asymptomatic series; and a discussion of trigonometrical series.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821839764

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9780821839768

Traitor

British Double Agents 1930-80

By: John Frayn Turner

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Traitor

British Double Agents 1930-80

By: John Frayn Turner

Following the success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and increased 'spy fever', Traitor: British Double Agents covers in detail all the spies known to have acted against Britain from the 1930s to the 1980s. John Frayn Turner reveals the infamous Cambridge spy network, made up of well-known names including Burgess, Maclean, Philby and Blunt, studies the Microdots Case in detail, and lists the atomic secret spies. He also analyses the downfall of master spy Blake and his subsequent escape while serving a 42-year sentence and details others who sold Britain's secrets.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782000917

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9781782000914

In the Shadow of Isandlwana

The Life and Times of General Lord Chelmsford and his Disaster in Zululand

By: John Laband,Ian

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In the Shadow of Isandlwana

The Life and Times of General Lord Chelmsford and his Disaster in Zululand

By: John Laband,Ian

“Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is entitled to certain commiseration.” – Thomas Gibson Bowles, Vanity Fair General Lord Chelmsford’s military career took him around the world; he served in the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the Abyssinian Expedition, before commanding the British invasion of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa. In January 1879, disaster struck when Chelmsford divided his forces at Isandlwana in the face of the enemy and the Zulu overwhelmed his camp, killing more than 1,300 of its defenders. Such a defeat was almost unprecedented in a Victorian colonial campaign. Despite Chelmsford's later victories at Gingindlovu and Ulundi, he was humiliatingly relieved of his command. His responsibility for Isandlwana dogged him for the rest of his days, and he would forever be associated with this historic defeat. In this comprehensive new biography, Anglo-Zulu War specialist John Laband, explores the personal character and military career of Lord Chelmsford, providing a well-rounded, well-balanced and well-informed picture of this complex military figure.

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Greenhill Books

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1784387738

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9781784387730

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Family and Sectionalism in the Virginia Novels of Kennedy, Caruthers, and Tucker, 1830-1845

By: John L. Hare

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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Family and Sectionalism in the Virginia Novels of Kennedy, Caruthers, and Tucker, 1830-1845

By: John L. Hare

First published in 2002. This work examines eight Virginia novels against the background of the political and social concerns of the Jacksonian years in which they were written, arguing that the authors used familial processes as a metaphor to discuss issues that they regarded as critical. Each chapter focuses on a single novel - Swallow Barn, Kentuckian in New York, Cavaliers of Virginia, Horse-Shoe Robinson, George Balcombe, The Partisan Leader, and Knights of the Horseshoe - and examines its connections to the social and political tensions of the time of its publication - generational progress, sectional unity, executive authority, class relations, the nature of the ideal leader, relations among sections and states, socialist and perfectionist communities, and westward expansion.

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Routledge

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113674312X

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9781136743122

Canton Days

British Life and Death in China

By: John M. Carroll

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Canton Days

British Life and Death in China

By: John M. Carroll

Canton Days offers the first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842. During that period, Britons and other Westerners in China were restricted to trading and living in a tiny section of the city of Canton and the small Portuguese territory of Macao. At Canton, trade between China and the West was conducted through a group of Chinese merchant houses specially licensed by the Qing government. British encounters with China in this period have been seen mainly as a prelude to war, and Britons in China usually have been characterized as single-minded traders determined to open the Middle Kingdom by any means or missionaries bent on converting the Chinese “heathen” to Christianity. John M. Carroll challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China as he traces the lives and times of the expatriates at the heart of this vital center of trade and exchange. The author draws on a rich trove of archival sources to bring Canton and its leading figures to life, concluding with the deaths of three Britons, each revealing British concerns and anxieties about being in China. Written in a clear and lively style, his book will appeal to all readers interested in British imperial history, early modern Chinese history, and the worlds of expatriate and sojourning communities.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538136309

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9781538136300

Aubrey's Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

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Aubrey's Brief Lives

By: John Aubrey

Introd. by O.L. Dick entitled Life and times of John Aubry.

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David R. Godine Publisher

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1567920632

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9781567920635

Tropical Dairy Farming

Feeding Management for Small Holder Dairy Farmers in the Humid Tropics

By: John Moran

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Tropical Dairy Farming

Feeding Management for Small Holder Dairy Farmers in the Humid Tropics

By: John Moran

This manual is designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643091238

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9780643091238

Ever Glorious

The Front Line Letters of the Crookenden Brothers, 1936 -46

By: John Greenacre

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Ever Glorious

The Front Line Letters of the Crookenden Brothers, 1936 -46

By: John Greenacre

The Crookenden brothers – Henry, Napier and Spencer - were born into a military dynasty. Their father, Arthur, was a renowned Cheshire Regiment officer and had served as a Brigade Major in Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the First World War. Napier followed in his father’s footsteps - becoming an officer in the Cheshire Regiment - and saw action during the Arab Revolt in Palestine in 1936. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Napier’s brothers followed him into the army for war service: Henry in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles and the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Spencer in the Royal Engineers. Spencer and Henry’s wartime service took a different course to their brother. While Napier languished in a succession of unrewarding posts in Great Britain, his brothers fought across North Africa and into Italy. Napier - desperate to see action - joined the new airborne arm and, as a Brigade Major, arrived in Normandy by glider on D-Day. Promotion followed rapidly and he took over a parachute battalion before returning to England. As the pace of the war increased, Napier found himself continually in the front line. His battalion fought in the Battle of the Bulge and he parachuted at its head during the Rhine crossing operation. Napier pursued the German Army across its homeland - reaching the Baltic, where he finished the war facing down the Russian Army in Wismar on VE Day. With the war over, the brothers’ fortunes once again took different paths. Henry and Spencer left with the effects of wounds and illness sustained during the war, and returned to civilian life to pursue full careers and lives. Napier stayed with the army and saw operational service in Palestine once again and Malaya. He retired in 1972 as a three-star General. Ever Glorious is written through the letters exchanged between Henry, Napier, Spencer and their father, Arthur. The book takes the reader from Gallipoli to the Baltic; North Africa to the Ardennes; Normandy to Palestine; and from Italy to Malaya. Often gripping - sometimes amusing and always insightful - these letters reveal the experiences, thoughts and emotions of a family involved in war across the 20th century.

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Helion

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1912174391

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9781912174393

River of Fire

The Clydebank Blitz

By: John Macleod

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River of Fire

The Clydebank Blitz

By: John Macleod

“An unflinching record of Scotland’s greatest human disaster in modern history”—the Luftwaffe air raids on the industrial town of Clydebank during WWII (The Herald). Vibrating with endeavors for Britain’s effort against the might of Nazi Germany, Clydebank was—in hindsight—an obvious target for the attentions of the Luftwaffe. When, on the evening of 13 March 1941, the authorities first detected that Clydebank was “on beam”—targeted by the primitive radio-guidance system of the German bombers—no effort was made to raise the alarm or to direct the residents to shelter or flight. Within the hour, a vast timber-yard, three oil-stores, and two distilleries were ablaze, one pouring flaming whisky into a burn that ran blazing into the Clyde itself in vivid ribbons of fire. And still the Germans came; and Clydebank, now an inferno, lay illuminated and defenseless as heavy bombs of high-explosive, as land-mines and parachute blasters began to fall. With reference to written sources and the memories of those who survived the experience, John MacLeod tells the story of the Clydebank Blitz and the terrible scale of death and devastation, speculating on why its incineration has been so widely forgotten and its ordeal denied any place in national honor. “MacLeod is a splendid and elegiac narrator of neglected patches of Scotland’s history and brings his poetic gifts again to this, the single most dreadful event in our nation’s story.” —The Guardian “Invigorating—The vast amount of research involved shines through every page.” —The West Highland Free Press

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Casemate Publishers

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0857900862

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9780857900869

Caledonia Dreaming

By: John Kv Eunson

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Caledonia Dreaming

By: John Kv Eunson

So what have the Scots ever done for the world then? Well, most people will know about John Logie Baird (inventor of television), Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone) and Alexander Fleming (penicillin). But what about Alexander Cummings from Edinburgh? It would be hard to imagine getting through the day without using his invention - the flushing toilet. Or how about William Cullen from Glasgow? There would be a lot of sour milk (and warm beer) without the first man to demonstrate artificial refrigeration. And then there's Alexander Bain from Caithness? Can anyone really imagine a world without his invention - the fax machine? The list goes on and on; Janet Keillor from Dundee (marmalade), James Clerk Maxwell from Edinburgh (radio waves), John Reith from Stonehaven (the BBC), James Black from Uddingston (beta-blockers) James Bowman Lindsay from Angus (light bulbs), James Goodfellow from Paisley (the ATM), Dugald Clerk from Glasgow (the two-stroke engine), Alexander McRae from the Kyle of Lochalsh (speedos), James Blyth from Kincardineshire (the first electricity producing wind turbine). Caledonia Dreaming tells the often frankly unbelievable stories behind these discoveries and looks at how they, along with the writers, philosophers, philanthropists and bankers of Scotland have left their unique, indelible mark on the modern world.

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0755363116

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Russian Seapower and ‘the Eastern Question’ 1827–41

By: John C.K. Daly

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Russian Seapower and ‘the Eastern Question’ 1827–41

By: John C.K. Daly

Focusing on the Black Sea fleet between 1827-1841, this book assesses Russia's naval strength against other Mediterranean powers, especially the Ottoman Empire, arguing their limitations came from geographic, political and economic considerations. Primary and secondary sources are utilized.

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1349096008

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Book's by John Napier

Gorilla Pathology and Health

Gorilla Pathology and Health

The First VCs

The First VCs

Numbers

Numbers

An Alphabetical Dictionary

An Alphabetical Dictionary

Soil Degradation in the United States

Soil Degradation in the United States

An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series

An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series

Traitor

Traitor

In the Shadow of Isandlwana

In the Shadow of Isandlwana

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Canton Days

Canton Days

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Tropical Dairy Farming

Tropical Dairy Farming

Ever Glorious

Ever Glorious

River of Fire

River of Fire

Caledonia Dreaming

Caledonia Dreaming

Russian Seapower and ‘the Eastern Question’ 1827–41

Russian Seapower and ‘the Eastern Question’ 1827–41

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