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An American Romantic-realist Abroad

Templeton Strong and His Music

By: William C. Loring

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An American Romantic-realist Abroad

Templeton Strong and His Music

By: William C. Loring

Chronicles the work of George Templeton Strong, an American composer and painter.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810827662

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9780810827660

Evolutionary Biology

Volume 2

By: Theodosius Dobzhansky,Max K. Hecht,William C. Steere

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Evolutionary Biology

Volume 2

By: Theodosius Dobzhansky,Max K. Hecht,William C. Steere

1 On Some Fundamental Concepts of Darwinian Biology.- Vitalism, Mechanism, and Compositionism.- Adaptedness and Adaptation.- Adaptedness to Survive and to Reproduce.- Adaptability.- Evolutionary Plasticity.- The Problem of Quantification of Adaptedness.- Darwinian Fitness.- Varieties of Natural Selection.- Darwinian Fitness and Adaptedness.- Evolutionary Opportunism and Adaptive Radiation.- Progressive Evolution.- References.- 2 Cave Ecology and the Evolution of Troglobites.- Animal Life in Caves.- The Cave Ecosystem.- Regressive Evolution in Cave Animals.- Speciation and Adaptation in Troglob.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468480944

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9781468480948

Birds of Maine

By: Peter D. Vickery,Charles D. Duncan,Jeffrey V. Wells,William J. Sheehan

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Birds of Maine

By: Peter D. Vickery,Charles D. Duncan,Jeffrey V. Wells,William J. Sheehan

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine’s incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. It is also a thoroughly researched, accessible portrait of a region undergoing rapid changes, with southern birds pushing north, northern birds expanding south, and once-absent natives like Atlantic Puffins brought back by innovative conservation techniques pioneered in Maine. Written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a team of leading ornithologists, this guide offers a detailed look at the state’s dynamic avifauna—from the Wild Turkey to the Arctic Tern—with information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine's geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine's birds, as well as the state's unusually textured ornithological history, involving such famous names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roosevelt, and home-grown experts like Cordelia Stanwood and Ralph Palmer. Sidebars explore diverse topics, including the Old Sow whirlpool that draws multitudes of seabirds and the famed Monhegan Island, a mecca for migrant birds. Gorgeously illustrated with watercolors by Lars Jonsson and scores of line drawings by Barry Van Dusen, Birds of Maine is a remarkable guide that birders will rely on for decades to come. Copublished with the Nuttall Ornithological Club

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Princeton University Press

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069121185X

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9780691211855

No Uncertain Terms

More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

By: William Safire

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No Uncertain Terms

More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine

By: William Safire

Examines and provides comments on language trends while tracing the origins of timely words and phrases that discuss such topics as technology, entertainment, and everyday life.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743258126

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9780743258128

Lingua Ex Machina

Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

By: William H. Calvin,Derek Bickerton

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Lingua Ex Machina

Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

By: William H. Calvin,Derek Bickerton

A neuroscientist and a linguist show how evolution could have given rise to structured language. A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the language specializations of the human brain and trying to identify their evolutionary antecedents. Linguists such as Noam Chomsky talk about machinelike "modules" in the brain for syntax, arguing that language is more an instinct (a complex behavior triggered by simple environmental stimuli) than an acquired skill like riding a bicycle. But structured language presents the same evolutionary problems as feathered forelimbs for flight: you need a lot of specializations to fly even a little bit. How do you get them, if evolution has no foresight and the intermediate stages do not have intermediate payoffs? Some say that the Darwinian scheme for gradual species self-improvement cannot explain our most valued human capability, the one that sets us so far above the apes, language itself. William Calvin and Derek Bickerton suggest that other evolutionary developments, not directly related to language, allowed language to evolve in a way that eventually promoted a Chomskian syntax. They compare these intermediate behaviors to the curb-cuts originally intended for wheelchair users. Their usefulness was soon discovered by users of strollers, shopping carts, rollerblades, and so on. The authors argue that reciprocal altruism and ballistic movement planning were "curb-cuts" that indirectly promoted the formation of structured language. Written in the form of a dialogue set in Bellagio, Italy, Lingua ex Machina presents an engaging challenge to those who view the human capacity for language as a winner-take-all war between Chomsky and Darwin.

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MIT Press

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0262531984

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9780262531986

Language in Hand

Why Sign Came Before Speech

By: William C. Stokoe

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Language in Hand

Why Sign Came Before Speech

By: William C. Stokoe

Integrating current findings in linguistics, semiotics, and anthropology, Stokoe fashions a closely reasoned argument that suggests how our human ancestors' powers of observation and natural hand movements could have evolved into signed morphemes.".

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Gallaudet University Press

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156368103X

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9781563681035

The Law of Contracts

Vol. II

By: Theophilus Parsons,William Vail Kellen

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The Law of Contracts

Vol. II

By: Theophilus Parsons,William Vail Kellen

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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338535434X

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The Old Testament Student

Vol. X

By: William Rainey Harper

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The Old Testament Student

Vol. X

By: William Rainey Harper

Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

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3385351510

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Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

By: William H. Stiebing Jr.,Susan N. Helft

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Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

By: William H. Stiebing Jr.,Susan N. Helft

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history. This new edition is a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the Near East, from prehistory and the beginnings of farming to the fall of Achaemenid Persia. Through text, images, maps, and historical documents, readers discover the material, social, and political world of cultures from Egypt to India, allowing students to see how these intertwined cultures interacted throughout history. Now fully updated and incorporating the latest scholarship on society, religion, and the economy, this book highlights the changing fortunes of these great civilizations. A special feature of this book is its many "Debating the Evidence" sections, where the reader becomes familiar with scholarly disputes concerning the interpretation of textual and archaeological evidence on a variety of topics and case studies. The fourth edition of Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture remains a crucial textbook for undergraduates and general readers studying the ancient Near East, particularly the political and social history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as students of archaeology and biblical studies who are working on the region.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000880664

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9781000880663

Perfect Planet, Clever Species

How Unique Are We?

By: William C. Burger

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Perfect Planet, Clever Species

How Unique Are We?

By: William C. Burger

[A] masterful survey. - Times Literary Supplement[A] concise ... extremely well-written journey about this planet''s history.... Highly recommended. - ChoiceIn a feat that may rival time travel, Burger has condensed 4.5 billion years into 294 eminently readable pages as he builds a case for solitude in our Milky Way galaxy. [Burger] writes with the clarity and humor of one who has had experience communicating complicated ideas to the lay public.-Boston GlobeFor many years the federal government funded the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), later popularized by Carl Sagan''s novel Contact and the movie starring Jodie Foster. Though in actuality SETI never did make contact with signals from an alien civilization, the search continues to this day through privately funded endeavors. How likely is it that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe? This is the intriguing question that has prompted William Burger''s illuminating and absorbing exploration of the unusual circumstances surrounding life on earth.Examining the critical episodes in our planet''s early history and the peculiar trajectory of life on our world, Burger shows that the long odyssey of planet Earth may be utterly unique in our galaxy. For example, he describes features of the sun that are far from average. By some estimates, 95 percent of the other stars in the Milky Way galaxy are smaller, and it is unlikely that any of them could supply the energy requirements for a life-sustaining planet such as our own. Earth, as the third planet from the sun, sits within the Goldilocks orbit: it is in the perfect position to receive not too much heat (like Mercury and Venus) and not too little (like more distant planets of the solar system) but just the right amount to foster the development of life.Turning to the evolution of life itself, Burger points out a host of amazing accidents (for example, the extinction of dinosaurs and the proliferation of flowering plants) that make the steps along the way to Homo sapiens seem like very rare events indeed. He also calls attention to the curious fact that the early hominid brain tripled in size over the relatively short time period leading to the appearance of modern human beings. Finally, he notes aspects of humanity''s cultural evolution that seem unlikely to have been duplicated anywhere else.Burger''s enlightening evaluation of evolutionary and cosmic history, full of fascinating details, shows that the human achievement may be unique in our galaxy.More Praise for Perfect Planet, Clever Species:This is by far the best existing treatment of the SETI problem. Based on the most recent findings of science, it analyzes in full detail all the unique factors that would have to be right for success. Particularly fascinating is Burger''s critical study of the ten thousands of unpredictable steps in the evolution of Homo sapiens after the origin of life. A splendid history of mankind. - Ernst Mayr, Harvard UniversityI believe that this brilliant, richly documented and well-written book, on par in historical influence (or importance) with classics such as Rachel Carson''s Silent Spring, Paul Ehrlich''s The Population Bomb, E.O. Wilson''s On Human Nature or Sarah Blaffer''s Mother Nature, will go down as one of the most significant philosophical guides for us to follow as we stumble blindly into the 21st Century. - Hugh H. Iltis, Emeritus Botany Professor, University of Wisconsin-MadisonWith a lively narrative and at a headlong pace, Bill Burger leads us expertly from the origin of our planet through to the evolutionary history of humankind. Along the way, he repeatedly highlights the part played by chance occurrence of favourable conditions. Such contingency means that we can reconstruct our past but not predict our future. But we can address Burger''s central question: ''Are we alone?'' Soberingly, he builds up step-by-step to his conclusion.... The history of evolution on Earth is a compelling story in its own right and one tha

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Prometheus Books

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1615925392

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Expositor ́s Bible: The Epistles of St. John

By: William Alexander

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Expositor ́s Bible: The Epistles of St. John

By: William Alexander

Reproduction of the original: Expositor ́s Bible: The Epistles of St. John by William Alexander

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3734077990

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The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

1841-1849

By: William Lloyd Garrison

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The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

1841-1849

By: William Lloyd Garrison

Though plagued by illness and death in his family in the years covered here, Garrison strove to win supporters for abolitionism, lecturing and touring with Frederick Douglass. He continued to write for The Liberator and involved himself in many liberal causes; in 1849 he publicized and circulated the earliest petition for women's suffrage.

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Harvard University Press

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0674526627

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9780674526624

Handbook of Marketing Scales

Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research

By: William O. Bearden,Richard G. Netemeyer

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Handbook of Marketing Scales

Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research

By: William O. Bearden,Richard G. Netemeyer

`Marketing scholars and marketing research practitioners will find this book useful. It offers an excellent sourcebook for a variety of scales, and the reviews of the scales are thoughtful and well crafted. The book includes many of the most widely used scales in the field. Its relatively modest price will also make it particularly attractive' - Journal of Marketing Research This Second Edition of the highly successful Handbook of Marketing Scales is an essential, time-saving resource for all marketing professionals, researchers, and graduate students. After an exhaustive search of the field's major publications, they have included only those measures of most use to researchers.

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SAGE Publications

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145226211X

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Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music

By: Russ Girsberger,Frank L. Battisti,William Berz

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Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music

By: Russ Girsberger,Frank L. Battisti,William Berz

(Meredith Music Resource). This sourcebook was created to aid directors and teachers in finding the information they need and expand their general knowledge. The resources were selected from hundreds of published and on-line sources found in journals, magazines, music company catalogs and publications, numerous websites, doctoral dissertations, graduate theses, encyclopedias, various databases, and a great many books. Information was also solicited from outstanding college/university/school wind band directors and instrumental teachers. The information is arranged in four sections: Section 1 General Resources About Music Section 2 Specific Resources Section 3 Use of Literature Section 4 Library Staffing and Management

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1574631802

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Horatio Parker, 1863-1919

His Life, Music, and Ideas

By: William Kearns

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Horatio Parker, 1863-1919

His Life, Music, and Ideas

By: William Kearns

During the early 1900s, Horatio Parker was one of the best-known composers in the United States. He received numerous commissions and was a patriarchal figure among America's Protestant church musicians and choral societies; his symphonic works were performed by the leading orchestras of the day; and he headed the Yale School of Music for twenty-five years. Kearns's study is a thorough analysis of the circumstances leading to Parker's popularity in pre- World War I America and his neglect thereafter. The book includes a detailed narration of the composer's life and an extensive description of his major works. Over fifty examples of his music are included, as well as a comprehensive listing of works and writings.

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081082292X

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9780810822924

In Love with Norma Loquendi

By: William Safire

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In Love with Norma Loquendi

By: William Safire

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describes his lifelong fascination with Norma Loquendi--common speech--in a collection of columns that celebrates the mysteries and continual evolution of the English language.

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Random House

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0307799751

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No Uncertain Terms

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Lingua Ex Machina

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Language in Hand

Language in Hand

The Law of Contracts

The Law of Contracts

The Old Testament Student

The Old Testament Student

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

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Perfect Planet, Clever Species

Perfect Planet, Clever Species

Expositor ́s Bible: The Epistles of St. John

Expositor ́s Bible: The Epistles of St. John

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

Handbook of Marketing Scales

Handbook of Marketing Scales

Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music

Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music

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Horatio Parker, 1863-1919

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