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Chaucer's Translation of Boethius "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

By: Richard Morris

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Chaucer's Translation of Boethius "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

By: Richard Morris

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

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238

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375013213

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9783375013219

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

By: Richard Bannatyne

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Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

By: Richard Bannatyne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

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454

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3368762648

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9783368762643

Richard Symonds's Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army

By: Richard Symonds

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Richard Symonds's Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army

By: Richard Symonds

A 1998 reissue of an important eye-witness account of the English Civil War.

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348

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Cambridge University Press

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0521626560

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9780521626569

Deer Antlers

Regeneration, Function and Evolution

By: Richard J. Goss

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Deer Antlers

Regeneration, Function and Evolution

By: Richard J. Goss

This is a book about one of nature's most remarkable accomplishments. When deer grow antlers they are actually regenerating anatomically complex appendages - something that no other mammal can do. The rate at which antler elongate makes them the fastest growing structures in the animal kingdom. Profoundly affected by male hormones, these secondary sex characters grow into massive tumors if the deer possessing them is castrated. These and other unique characteristics have made antlers the focus of extensive scientific research that addresses some provocative questions: From what tissues do antlers develop? By what morphogenetic mechanisms are they regenerated every year? What social functions prompted their initial evolution? How are they influenced by hormones, and by the seasonal daylength fluctuations that regulate their annual replacement cycles? These and many other questions are considered in this comprehensive account of antlerology.Students of development, evolution, and behavior will find much to appreciate in this volume, as will ecologists, wildlife biologists, and zookeepers. It is a rich source of information for endocrinologists and physiologists interested in the relationship of antlers to the reproductive cycle. The orthopedists will find the study of antlers a valuable model of skeletal growth and bone disease, and the purported medicinal properties of velvet antlers will be a subject of interest to the pharmacologist.Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function, and Evolution is as scientifically accurate as it is readable. It does not answer all questions about these unique appendages, but it is certain to arouse curiosity about the many unsolved problems of how antlers grow, die, and are shed in the course of a single year.

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333

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Academic Press

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0323140432

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9780323140430

The Book of Gin

A Spirited World History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails

By: Richard Barnett

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The Book of Gin

A Spirited World History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails

By: Richard Barnett

Presents a history of the gin industry, from its roots as a medicine to gin palaces of the nineteenth century to bathtub gin of the prohibition.

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290

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802120431

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9780802120434

Using Surveys to Value Public Goods

The Contingent Valuation Method

By: Robert Cameron Mitchell,Richard T. Carson

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Using Surveys to Value Public Goods

The Contingent Valuation Method

By: Robert Cameron Mitchell,Richard T. Carson

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made. But the problem of putting a dollar value on cleaner air or water and other goods not sold in the marketplace has been a major stumbling block. Mitchell and Carson, for reasons presented in this book, argue that at this time the contingent valuation (CV) method offers the most promising approach for determining public willingness to pay for many public goods---an approach likely to succeed, if used carefully, where other methods may fail. The result of ten years of research by the authors aimed at assessing how surveys might best be used to value public goods validly and reliably, this book makes a major contribution to what constitutes best practice in CV surveys. Mitchell and Carson begin by introducing the contingent valuation method, describing how it works and the nature of the benefits it can be used to measure, comparing it to other methods for measuring benefits, and examining the data-gathering technique on which it is based---survey research. Placing contingent valuation in the larger context of welfare theory, the authors examine how the CV method impels a deeper understanding of willingness-to-pay versus willingness-to-accept compensation measures, the possibility of existence values for public goods, the role of uncertainty in benefit valuation, and the question of whether a consumer goods market or a political goods market (referenda) should be emulated. In developing a CV methodology, the authors deal with issues of broader significance to survey research. Their model of respondent error is relevant to current efforts to frame a theory of response behavior and bias typology will interest those considering the cognitive aspects of answering survey questions. Mitchell and Carson conclude that the contingent valuation method can obtain valid valuation information on public goods, but only if the method is applied in a way that addresses the potential sources of error and bias. They end their book by providing guidelines for CV practitioners, a list of questions that should be asked by any decision maker who wishes to use the findings of a CV study, and suggestions for new applications of contingent valuation. Additional features include a comprehensive bibliography of the CV literature and an appendix summarizing more than 100 CV studies.

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460

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Routledge

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1135887810

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9781135887810

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Chaucer's Translation of Boethius "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

Chaucer's Translation of Boethius "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

Richard Symonds's Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army

Richard Symonds's Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army

Deer Antlers

Deer Antlers

The Book of Gin

The Book of Gin

Using Surveys to Value Public Goods

Using Surveys to Value Public Goods

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