Discover Nature at Sundown: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)

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Night-time Nature Study

Discover Nature at Sundown: Things to Know and Things to Do (Discover Nature Series)
Elizabeth P. Lawlor
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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ASIN: 0811725278

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Excellent!.......2003-09-07

Great book focused on nighttime and all that happens as we're generally asleep. There are chapters on plants, owls, frogs, fireflies, moths, bats, opossums, crickets/katydids etc, and raccoons. Book is written in a straightforward way with really interesting facts throughout and things to do to explore further. I kept on thinking "wow" throughout. Excellent book!

Night-time Nature Study.......2001-03-05

Here's a nifty book about the animals and plants that hunt and forage, mate and mingle, and attract pollinators at night. The author takes us to a realm of amazing smells and eerie sounds that one only finds after dark, and shows us who's "who-ing." Rather than limit the reader to brief discussions of nocturnal mammals and birds, this author begins with flowers then heads through some insects and the vertebrates. She lets us in on the secret lives of these species, with information on feeding habits, mating, rearing the young, and more. Animals covered in depth include: Owls, frogs, moths, fireflies, bats, opossums, crickets and grasshoppers, raccoons, and skunks. The relatives of these animals are also mentioned. With maps and clearly written charts, she makes it easy for the novice nocturnal hunter to find the species in different habitats. The author also includes a few demonstrations (like sugaring for moths) and suggestions for furthur observations. The text is accompanied by well labled line drawings of important anatomical features--skulls, antennae, ears--and the chapters include equipment lists, suggested "hunting" places, and helpful hints. Especially helpful were the charts on owl pellets and the tadpole development table. Great for family outings, homeschools (where learing never stops for night) and nature centers.

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Supplies plenty of practical advice on how to bridge the cultural gap and planning a trouble-free trip. This book highlights are heritage hot-spots and details the nine national parks and several wildlife sanctuaries.

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Ethiopia on a Bin Bag.......2005-01-27

I left the safety of my overland truck in Kenya to travel Ethiopia independantly in April 2004. I found myself being shot at by bandits with AK47's in Northern Kenya about 50km south of the border with Ethiopia. We were treated OK but all I was left with was the clothes I was wearing, my invaluable Bradt Guide to Ethiopia and of course a bin bag to carry these in.

Due to my determination not to let the bandits win I then spent 7 weeks travelling around Ethiopia. Your guide is the best I have used as it really does tell you how to get from tiny villages, to ancient sites, to cities, and to meet the ordinary people. If you want to experience life in a different culture as apposed to a holiday overseas then this is the guide for you.

Despite such a stressful start to my adventure, and the difficulties with bus travel in Ethiopia, I will never forget what wonderful people Ethiopians are. Philip Briggs writes not just an informative and very practical guide but a fascinating story of the history of Ethiopia and the lives of the people there today. I read and re-read every word on every page.

Without this guide book I would have turned back and missed this memorable adventure.

Thank you
Natalie Cousins

Overwhelmed by Ethiopia.......2004-05-30

I went to Ethiopia to see the children I sponsor through the Christian Children's fund. This guide was very helpful in preparing for the trip and I reread many parts after I got there to help understand what I was seeing. I wish I would have had more time to see the historic sights in the north and to go on an safari. I hope to return again someday for a longer visit.
The Ethiopian people are the friendliest I have ever met in a foreign country.

Ethiopia is amazing.......2004-03-27

Hi all of you, I did travel 2 years ago with the "The Bradt guide". This guide is the best on the marketplace. Met many people with the Lonely Planet and it seems there are an amazing amount of flaws in this onz. The Bradt is not perfect, sometimes it's a little bit inaccurate. But it was a very useful tool during my trip. Ethiopia was my best travel experience up to now !!! Thanks Philip Briggs. Just go.

Great guide, fairly easy to find.......2004-01-08

There are few up-to-datea travel books for Ethiopia, but this is as good as any other country guide. The author, Philip Briggs, does a nice job of covering the major tourist attractions as well as focusing on the more quiet areas. If you are going to Ethiopia, this is a great guide to bring along!

Must read travel guide for Ethiopia.......2003-05-04

Briggs's book is the best travel guide book on Ethiopia. His coverage of Ethiopia is fair and balanced. He seems to have excellent understanding of the Ethiopian culture and his book does a great job at explaining Ethiopia to the rest of the world. If you travel to Ethiopia, and I hope you do travel, this book will not disappoint you.

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The assimilation of computational methods into the life sciences has played an important role in advancing biological research. From sequencing genomes to discovering motifs in large collections of functionally equivalent sequences of nucleic acids and proteins, the value of powerful computational tools has become abundantly clear. The Compact Handbook of Computational Biology describes the foundational concepts, techniques, and challenges of biomolecular sequence analysis, biopolymer structure analysis and prediction, genomics, and molecular evolution. Comprising contributions from renowned scientists, many of whom pioneered current methodologies, the Compact Handbook of Computational Biology offers interdisciplinary and authoritative coverage of methods for analysis of nucleic acid and protein sequences and structures, definition and detection of motifs in nucleic acid and protein sequences, protein structure prediction, and discrete modeling of biopolymers. Specific computational topics include computer-assisted research on protein folding, computer-assisted studies of DNA-protein interactions, computer-assisted genomics, proteomics, and comparative genomics, and computer-assisted studies of genome evolution at the molecular (DNA) level. Offering a survey of specific algorithms that have proven successful in molecular biology, genomics, structural biology, and bioinformatics, this invaluable handbook is an authoritative source covering terminology, software, and applications of computational biology.

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Solid, clearly written yet rigorous text.......2004-10-16

This is a surprisingly complete practical text. It can be appreciated by computer literate novices as well as by practicing bioinformaticians. Each chapter can, in principle, be read separately from others but reading entire book from cover to cover could be a better strategy for the readers who would like to become professional computational biologists in the future. It would be good if future editions of this handbook contained a more elaborated description of contents and a more exhaustive index. This could facilitate navigating through this quite large text. That is to say the subject index in the current edition is all right but could be improved in the future. It would also be nice if the publisher could make this excellent book affordable for a larger audience by lowering the price.

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An important class of integral expansions generated by Sturm-Liouville theory involving spherical harmonics is commonly known as Mehler-Fock integral transforms. In this book, a number of integral expansions of such type have been established rigorously. As applications, integral expansions of some simple function are also obtained.

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Great book, poor edition

All's Well....

Wickedly funny and very readable.

A Dirty Man In A Dirty World

To anyone who still writes letters

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Oxford World's Classics)
Tobias Smollett , and Paul-Gabriel Bouce
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0192835947

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William Thackeray called it "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began." As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid and detailed picture of the contemporary social and
political scene.

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When he answered, that the landlord of the inn had known him from his infancy; mine host was immediately called, and being interrogated on the subject, declared that the young fellow's name was Humphry Clinker. That he had been a love begotten babe, brought up in the work-house, and put out apprentice by the parish to a country black-smith, who died before the boy's time was out.

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Great book, poor edition.......2007-07-29

I was so disappointed in this Penguin edition. The Penguin Classics usually do a wonderful job with notes at the back, explaining terms and references that are obscure to modern readers. This is a delightful story but the 18th C vocabulary can be tough going, even for those of us accustomed to reading such books. Penguin has left far too many terms unexplained. Unless you've got a Latin reference book, an OED, and historical slang reference books at hand, you're probably going to get frustrated with the language--and you'll miss a great deal of the humor. This edition does Smollett a great disservice. I highly recommend HUMPRHY CLINKER, but I'd advise anyone who isn't an 18th C scholar to buy the Norton Critical Edition instead.

All's Well...........2006-11-13

I challenge anyone to read this picaresque travelogue and not be overcome with laughter in at least three places. I don't care how jaded and well-read you may (or may not) be. If you have even a pittance of sense for the absurdities of the human situation, this book will catch you unawares in its jabbing yet light-hearted apercus to which every mortal can relate---Unless you are one particular reviewer who seems to have stepped out of Victorian spinsterhood to berate Smollett for a Swiftean obsession with dirt, which is twaddle and tripe. This aspect forms only a small part of the novel as a whole. But I digress; this review shall not become an assault on Victorian spinsterhood.

If this book reminds me of anything (besides earlier Smollett works), it is the lighter plays of Shakespeare such as Much Ado About Nothing and All's Well That Ends Well, particularly the former, full of coincidences bordering on farce, and ending, well, like Much Ado about Nothing ends, if you'll recall the last scene.

I'm not equating Smollett with Shakespeare. But I AM saying that Humphrey Clinker is just as funny, warm hearted and insightful regarding the human condition as these plays, just perhaps a bit less profound and virtuosic.

Enough said, these long-winded reviews drive one batty. Read this book and have some fun, and come away reflecting on the foibles of us all.

Wickedly funny and very readable........2006-10-21

Humphrey Clinker is a 17th century epistolary novel which tells the tale of the Bramble family and its travels through England and Scotland. The letters are written by Matthew Bramble, the family head; Tabitha Bramble, his increasingly desperate unmarried sister; Winifred Jenkins, Tabitha Bramble's servant; Jery Melford, Matthew's Oxford educated nephew; and Lydia Melford, the lovestruck niece who most unfortunately fell for an actor.

The novel is rich and has many layers. The travels afford Smollet a fine device for social satire and observation. Smollet is best-known for his satiric writing, and he does have a serious bite. The way that he skewers the spas at Bath or (more gently) teases the English for their prejudices about Scotland are classic moments and very funny.

I think that in all the focus on the satire, however, something gets forgotten about the genuine warmth for the characters. I had been a little bit hesitant about reading Smollett in the past because of his legendary satiric harshness in books like Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. I only picked this up after reading an article on Smollet which opined that Humphrey Clinker was a much more mature novel than the early works-- not so much a picaresque satire and more of a full novel which functions on many levels. For all that Smollet does not gloss over the faults of his characters, there is still the feeling that he treats them with affection. It is difficult not to read Smollet into the character of Matthew Bramble. The grumpy gout-ridden old man who takes issue with nearly everything is eventually capable of some very genuine acts of kindness.

I also thought that it was worth mentioning that the book is very readable. It is easy to be frightened off by the 18th century-ness of it all. I read an unedited edition without notes, and had no trouble following the prose. I had to look a few words up and spend a little more time on some of the sections, but it still was relatively easy to read. I found that I did not mind spending more time with the book-- each letter was a rich source of observation, double entendres, warmth and humor.

I would recommend this book to all readers, not just the student of the 18th century novel. Particularly if you are a fan of writers like Dickens you may enjoy stretching your time period a little bit and picking up The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.

A Dirty Man In A Dirty World.......2006-08-17

The world of Tobias Smollett is one of dirty people with dirty minds in a dirty world. These atavisms are not the stinky throwbacks of Swift's Yahoos; they at least had the excuse of being not quite human. Smollett's world is full of those who were much like himself. As a doctor, he was intimately associated with dirt and grubbiness. It was his personal idiosyncracy that this knowledge of dirt led to an obsession with dirt. Beginning with PEREGRINE PICKLE, then extending to RODERICK RANDOM, and then finishing with HUMPHREY CLINKER, his warped self-image led him to see the world in much the same way that he saw himself. He simply could not describe anyone, including his protagonists, in ways that somehow did not smack of dirt or dehumanization. For Smollett, it does not matter whether that character is being held up as a paragon of virtue; the fact that he is there is an offense to both eye and nose. After reading HUMPHREY CLINKER, one can see that the plot which is supposed to be an epistolary novel based on the picaresque tradition involving a loosely-connected series of improbable adventures, that behind the assorted misadventures of the Bramble family guided by their loyal servant Humphrey Clinker, lay a world view of a dirt-obsessed man who tried to unite the honorable genre of Life On the Road with the dirt that lay underfoot every step of the way.

The England of Smollett's day was an era that prided itself on intellectual supremacy, which manifested itself in both literature and culture. But behind Smollett's consummate skill to individualize each character as a fully-fleshed round individual (no mean feat there), he not only overly emphasized that character's tendency to assault the senses with sight and smell, he persisted in lifting the delicate veil that covered the outhouses of the day. It is impossible for a reader not to inhale the effluvia of his words and images. This then is the enduring legacy of Tobias Smollett.

To anyone who still writes letters.......2003-09-24

The art of letter writing is in decline. But to anyone who still writes letters, this book is a must. It will delight, inspire, instruct, and thoroughly amuse you. Syndicated columnist, Colin Campbell - The Newspaper Priest. www.newspriest.com

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Volume 2 [EasyRead Comfort Edition]

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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Volume 2 [EasyRead Comfort Edition]
Tobias George Smollet
Manufacturer: ReadHowYouWant.com
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1425037968
Release Date: 2006-11-01

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Comic story of a poor young man, Humphry Clinker, who joins a group of aristocrats and travels through Britain.

Humphry Clinker (Norton Critical Editions)

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A wonderfully gossipy, humourous novel!
My favorite book ever..and I'm not kidding.

Humphry Clinker (Norton Critical Editions)
Tobias George Smollett
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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A wonderfully gossipy, humourous novel!.......2005-01-31

Smollett has written a number of good stories, but this is probably his most complex of all that he's written. The book provides the reader with a hero that is memorable. Smollett provides just the right touch of madness and humour in his hero to make this a very warm, readable story. The format for this novel is letters which makes for an interesting change, and provides a unique way of developing characters. So much of a person's individuality can be found in letters and in fact, letters are a major source of historical information. But in these letters we learn all we need to know about Humphrey Clinker and his England. An unclean and brutal world it was with death, disease and decay. But there was unbelievable love and warmth too. What a journey!

My favorite book ever..and I'm not kidding........2003-02-06

This is a book that I was obligated to purchase for an 18th century lit class. We never got to it on the syllabus, so it collected dust. When I did finally pick it up I couldn't put it down. I laughed out loud frequently. I am amazed at how well it's 18th century humor has stood the test of time. You must commit past the first 50 or so pages to get into the rhythm and style. Then you'll be hooked. Lest you think that this is just a book for English majors with a bent towards the 18th century, I should point out that my other two favorite books are Lonesome Dove and Cryptonomicon.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Volume 1 [EasyRead Comfort Edition]

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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Volume 1 [EasyRead Comfort Edition]
Tobias George Smollet
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Manufacturer: Holt Rinehart and Winston
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000EYHAWI

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)

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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
Tobias, Smollett
Manufacturer: Pomona Press
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ASIN: 1406792454

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Humphry Clinker, Smollett's last novel, published a few months before he died in 1771, is generally regarded as his greatest work, although it may not have been read quite so widely as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. Humphry Clinker now finds a place beside them in an edition to which Professor Howard Mumford Jones, of Harvard, contributes a special Introduction and Mr. Charles Lee nearly two hundred Notes. These notes deal more fully than has been done before with real people and places, contemporary events, and fashions and throw considerable light on the social background of the story. While one may classify Hunphry Clinker as both an epistolary novel and picaresque romance, to be set beside Clarissa Harlowe and Tom Jones, it has qualities which are all its own and reminds the modern reader of later books (a little of James Joyce's Ulysses) as well as earlier. The quality on which its reputation rests was stated by Thackeray in his English Humorists: 'What man who has made his inestimable acquaintance will refuse his most cordial acknowledgements to the admirable Lieutenant Lismahago! The novel of "Humphry Clinker" is, I do think, the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel writing began. Winifred Jenkins and Tabitha Bramble must keep Englishmen on the grin for ages yet to come; and in their letters and the story of their loves there is a perpetual fount of sparkling laughter.'

THE ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE; THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM; THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER; THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES AND THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF AN ATOM; THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM; VOLUMES ONE TO SIX.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE; THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM; THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER; THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES AND THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF AN ATOM; THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM; VOLUMES ONE TO SIX.

Manufacturer: George Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HILH1Q

EVERYMANS - THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER

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EVERYMANS - THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
TOBIAS SMOLLETT
Manufacturer: J M DENT - EVERYMANS LIBRARY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RXT0FG

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THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
TOBIAS GEORGE SMILLETT
Manufacturer: Rinehart & Co
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THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
KNAPP
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