Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrate each topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to show how fundamental principles can be derived that apply to both species. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book, and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of real experimental data rather than dull theory. The latest edition of this leading textbook. Adopted as an Open University set text.
Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, to realize and take action to achieve human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, yet this formal consensus masks an underlying confusion about the philosophical basis and practical implications of rights in a world made up of radically different national communities. This collection of essays explores the foundations of universal human rights in four sections devoted to their nature, application, enforcement and limits, concluding that shared rights help to constitute a universal human community, which supports local customs and separate state sovereignty. Rights protect the benefits of cultural diversity, while recognizing the universal dignity that every human life deserves. The eleven contributors to this volume demonstrate from their very different perspectives how human rights can help to bring moral order to an otherwise divided world.
Time flies when you're having fun . . . Even if you're Mortimer DeVere, the 10,000-year-old-boy. When unwelcome visitors arrive on spooky Unk Island, Mort and his sister Agnetha are plunged headlong into a dangerous race against time, tigers and the terrifying Trish. And, as their strange, secret collection of historical creatures begins to turn against them, the DeVere children discover that today may soon become the weirdest and wildest 24 hours of their very long lives!
Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! This box set includes: GRIFFIN STONE: DUKE OF DECADENCE (Regency) Dangerous Dukes • by Carole Mortimer When the mysterious beauty he rescued is revealed as Lady Beatrix Stanton, Griffin Stone, Duke of Rotherham, realizes it's shewho holds the key to everything… THE BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER (1920s) Daughters of the Roaring Twenties • by Lauri Robinson Mysterious city slicker Ty Bradshaw might have won her father's trust, but Norma Rose Nightingale can't seem to shake the feeling that charming Ty is not all he seems… UNDER A DESERT MOON (Regency) by Laura Martin Emma needs a guide to fulfil her quest, but treasure hunter Sebastian Oakfield is the last person she would choose! He's charming, he's arrogant and his roguish grin makes Emma want to throw caution to the wind. Maybe one night of pure indulgence should be put on her wish list after all… Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!
EIN EHRENMANN UND HERZENSBRECHER von MARTIN, KAT Ein Dolchstoß mitten ins Herz ist es, als Reese Dewar die schöne Elizabeth wiedersieht! Wie hat er sie früher geliebt - und wie unfassbar groß war ihr Verrat: Während er im Krieg kämpfte, heiratete sie den reichen Earl of Aldridge. Doch nun ist Elizabeth verwitwet und verzweifelt. Ausgerechnet an Reese wendet sie sich, um Schutz und Hilfe zu erflehen. Als Ehrenmann kann er einer Frau keinen Wunsch verwehren. Auch nicht dieser verhassten Betrügerin ... nach der sein verwundetes Herz sich immer noch sehnt. RENDEZVOUS IM BOUDOIR von MORTIMER, CAROLE Man raunt, Bastian Wilson verstehe die Kunst des Verführens - Trudie sollte ihm aus dem Weg gehen! Stattdessen lässt sie sich auf eine skandalöse Wette ein: In einer Woche will er aus der bezaubernden Unschuld eine erfahrene Frau machen ...
How far would you go to avoid school? For 10,000-year-old boy Mortimer DeVere and his sister, Agnetha, the answer is- a very long way indeed. As far as the DeVere children are concerned, they have eaten their last soggy sandwich and avoided their last bully. But not if the terrifying Trish has anything to do with it. In a desperate bid for freedom, Mort and Agnetha find themselves marooned in ancient Egypt, along with some bizarre companions, including a horde of zombie-mummies. Suddenly, school isn't looking quite so bad.
This volume includes all three novels from the Rangers Trilogy, the first three books in The Cinder Chronicles. Flame Rangers - Treghan And Corilai leave their homes, one in shame at his lack of power, the other in shame at her excess. When they meet, their destinies entwine and they are propelled into an adventure neither could have imagined in their old lives. Ice Rangers - Treghan, Corilai, Marni and Fletcher travel to the icy mountain city of Windwall to study, but instead are thrust into the hunt for a mysterious enemy hiding somewhere in the blizzard covered peaks. Sand Rangers - Symin, ranger scout and trusted academy adviser, leads our heroes on an expedition to the desert city Horde, intent on unravelling the mysterious origins of Cinder.
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