Basic Concepts In Neuroscience: A Student's Survival Guide

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*A new book in the Basic Concepts series
*Explains the fundamental principles of neuroscience and helps students organize and condense the material they need to study
*Level of the material progressively builds from simple to complex, enabling mastery of concepts
*Content is presented in simple, jargon-free language
*Critical need-to-know information is highlights in boxes
*Numerous tables and charts help compare and contrast key information

Basic Concepts in Cell Biology: A Student's Survival Guide

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Amazing in its clarification
good histology guide

Basic Concepts in Cell Biology: A Student's Survival Guide
Robert Klein , and James C. MacKenzie
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0070369305

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Giving students a needed ally in learning the difficult concepts in cell biology and histology is the single goal of this concise text. In typical "Basic Concepts" fashion, the subject is treated with maximum emphasis on demystifying basic science topics using analogy, charts and algorithms, clinical examples, mnemonics and other proven teaching methods. Organized from simple to more complicated concepts, students will enjoy the uniquely lucid review of cell biology including cell membranes, intracellular trafficking, signal conduction, mitosis and meiosis, cell motility, and more. Histology is also reviews, starting with epithelium and junctional complexes, connective tissue, muscle, and a system-by-system review of cell structure.

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Amazing in its clarification.......2005-08-02

Need to learn about the clathrin triskelion? It's in here. This book goes well above and beyond what I learned in Cell Bio and is amazingly concise in its consolidation. Will definitely be a welcome necessity for med and phys studies.

good histology guide.......2000-05-04

This book is the most brilliant book I read since the last 10 years. It is valuable, useful, and helpful in the field of histology. I recommend it for medical students and science students.

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From tales of the Irish giant, Finn MacCool, and his building of the huge stone causeway, to the ancient and mysterious cooling of lava to form the basalt columns, this book takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the history, folklore, people, geology, wildlife, and stunning landscape of this unique place. Today the Giants Causeway is one of Irelands most popular tourist attractions, with half a million visitors each year from all over the world

Geological guide to the Giant's Causeway and north coast of Antrim (between Portrush and Fairhead)

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Geological guide to the Giant's Causeway and north coast of Antrim (between Portrush and Fairhead)
Herbert P. T Rohleder
Manufacturer: Sweeney
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Binding: Unknown Binding

A guide to the Giant's Causeway, and the North-East coast of the county of Antrim

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A guide to the Giant's Causeway, and the North-East coast of the county of Antrim
G. N Wright
Manufacturer: Davidson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006DIY5Y

A guide to the Giants Causeway, and the north-east coast of the county of Antrim: Illustrated by engravings, after the designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a map

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A guide to the Giants Causeway, and the north-east coast of the county of Antrim: Illustrated by engravings, after the designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a map
G. N Wright
Manufacturer: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006F7BHO

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Accurate, full-color scenes of Indian life and culture: 5 teepees decorated with clan symbols plus 20 "action figures" with movable bases — Indians riding horses, cooking, standing guard, hunting buffalo, playing games — and in groups — dancing, curing fish, playing lacrosse, more. Instructions.

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Good for ages 4 - 8 to teach about Plains Indians.......2007-01-09

A easy project for the K through 3rd grader, realistic and accurate enough to be used for a teaching tool

Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868

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Fantastic resource
A Wonderful Resource for Plains Indian Information Seekers!
An Excellent Book for Children or Craftworkers
Beautiful! Very discriptive! Excellent for all!

Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868
Michael Bad Hand Terry
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0613213963

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More than 130 full-color photographs adorn this handsome re-creation of daily life in a Plains Indian village in 1868. Readers will meet Real Bird and his family, part of a Northern Cheyenne tribe in southeastern Montana. Each member has an important role: Men prepare to become warriors and hunters, while women learn to raise crops and build a home-a tipi-from poles and buffalo hides. The clothes the family wears, from elaborate ceremonial headdresses to colorful beaded moccasins; the foods they eat; the games they play; the crafts and jewelry they make; and the spiritual rituals they perform are among the many topics included. This large-format book, with clear text and informative sidebars, provides a detailed pictorial account of the Plains Indian life more than a century ago.

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Fantastic resource.......2003-08-04

Even though this book is geared to the older elementary student, I used it to supplement my instruction for third graders. It has a wealth of strong information and contains clear and interesting illustrations.

A Wonderful Resource for Plains Indian Information Seekers!.......2003-02-17

At first glance this book looks like it is simply another children's book but once you open it the beautiful, full color photos speak for themselves! The book is 100% full color and shows a variety of men and women of different Plains tribal affiliations and their routines of daily life. Everything from styles of clothing to weapons, to men's and women's roles is covered in accurate, deatiled photography accompanied by brief commentary. Each subject is attired in meticulously replicated regalia done by the author who is a well known and respected Plains Indian authority. Another nice feature is the addition of a resource page listing historical sites of the Great Plains region. For such a small price tag this is one book that should be on every American history buff's bookshelf! You will not be disappointed!

An Excellent Book for Children or Craftworkers.......2002-03-31

Michael Terry's "Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village, 1868" is a wonderful book that, although geared toward children and adolescents, provides a colorful overview of the ways of life of the Plains Indian peoples for all readers. The full color, large photograaphs on every page are incredible. Northern Palins replica makers and craftworkers will also find a wealth of close-up photos and descriptions of tools, weapons, and art to which they can refer in their work. If you wish you could see the Plains Indians in the full color splendor for which they are known then this is the book for you!

Beautiful! Very discriptive! Excellent for all!.......1999-10-04

A very well done, beautifully illustrated book for all ages, highly recommend it.

Daily Life - A Plains Indian Village (Daily Life)

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Daily Life - A Plains Indian Village (Daily Life)
Stuart A Kallen & P M Boekhoff
Manufacturer: KidHaven Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 0737707119

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The Native Americans on the Great Plains were hunters, healers, warriors, artists, storytellers, dancers and more. Life as a Plains Indian explores the daily existence of those who built this unique culture before the arrival of white settlers to the region.

Plains Village Archaeology: Bison Hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains

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Plains Village Archaeology: Bison Hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains

Manufacturer: University of Utah Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi (Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology))

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Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi (Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology))
David I., Jr. Bushnell
Manufacturer: Native Amer Books Distributor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Archaeological investigations at the McKensey Village (39AR201) Oahe Reservoir (Plains anthropologist)

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Archaeological investigations at the McKensey Village (39AR201) Oahe Reservoir (Plains anthropologist)
Warren W Caldwell
Manufacturer: Plains Conference
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Archaeological Investigations at the Morton Village and North Farms 36 Cemetery (Reports of Investigations (Illinois State Museum))

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Archaeological Investigations at the Morton Village and North Farms 36 Cemetery (Reports of Investigations (Illinois State Museum))
Sharron Santure , Alan Harn , and Dwayne Esarey
Manufacturer: Illinois State Museum
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Binding: Paperback

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Belle Fourche irrigation project, 1999-2001 cultural resources inventory and evaluation, Butte and Meade counties, South Dakota: Final revised report (Contribution ... of Anthropology, University of North Dakota)

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Belle Fourche irrigation project, 1999-2001 cultural resources inventory and evaluation, Butte and Meade counties, South Dakota: Final revised report (Contribution ... of Anthropology, University of North Dakota)
Mary E McCormick
Manufacturer: Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Dakota
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Belle Fourche Reservoir, 2001 archeological test excavations, Butte County, South Dakota: Final report (Contribution / Anthropology Research, Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Dakota)

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Belle Fourche Reservoir, 2001 archeological test excavations, Butte County, South Dakota: Final report (Contribution / Anthropology Research, Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Dakota)
Dennis L Toom
Manufacturer: Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Dakota
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Bivouac site (32RY189) evaluative test excavations within the Gilbert C. Grafton State Military Reservation, Ramsey County, North Dakota: Final revised ... of North Dakota, Department of Anthropology)

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Bivouac site (32RY189) evaluative test excavations within the Gilbert C. Grafton State Military Reservation, Ramsey County, North Dakota: Final revised ... of North Dakota, Department of Anthropology)
Michael A Jackson
Manufacturer: Dept. of Anthropology, Anthropology Research
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Superb book........2007-06-15

This book provides an exceptional introduction to nonlinear dynamics. Math books are often trapped in equating rigor with formalisms and in compromising intuition to generalities. Strogatz book provides an exemplary guideline how both intuition and rigor may be served to transform a difficult topic into fun reading and highly applicable set of ideas. Here are the key elements of what you will find in this book.

A. The book builds up intuitive understanding of the key ideas of the field
from simple one dimensional dynamics to complex multi-dimensional behaviors.
B. Each chapter contains fascinating applications -- from fireflies synchronization and josephson junction to population dynamics and chaotic laser behaviors-- which are
fun to read and useful if you need to apply dynamics to solve research problems.
C. There are ample exercises and solutions to render this ideal book for self-learners. It provides a relatively broad coverage of the key ideas of the field, without taxing the reader with far corners of little interest.

Great book for beginners.......2007-05-14

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos is an excellent introductory book. It explains this complex looking subject in very simple and intuitive fashion. I recommend this book anyone who are interested in chaos/nonlinear dynamics. It even doubles as a fun book!

Great for an introduction but not for digging in for details.......2007-01-05

I think this is one of the best books for understanding the Phase Spaces and Bifurcations. It is really easy to follow and understand, even for people without background on nonlinear subjects. Yet, it is not the right book for engineers to read and start to solve their own detailed problems. People who seeks for a book to get into the subject or who wants to have a nice reference; BUY THIS BOOK. By the way, its price is reasonable.

Shockingly Readable.......2007-01-04

I bought this book as a textbook for a class, and I have to say that it is a surprisingly readable math book. The class only used the first few chapters, but I find myself flipping through the rest of the book and trying to understand more advanced material. This is a good book for a scientist who needs to learn linear and nonlinear dynamics but is a little intimidated.

Keep in mind, this is a math book, and no writer can turn math into something it isn't. Still, the writer gives lots of relevant examples (especially in the problems--the only complaint I have is that the solutions in the back don't give any explanation, and these solutions are a bit sparse), and milks as much storytelling out of the subject matter as is possible. I thoroughly recommend it--it brings out the closet math geek in everyone!

incredible!.......2006-06-13

This is probably the best math book I've ever read. Unlike other stuffy books, this one is very personable and informal. It is extremely readable, the explanations are crystal-clear and very intuitive and well-motivated, plus the author inserts a lot of humor (it's so nice to be reminded that mathematicians are humans). There are fascinating examples culled from applications.
I should note two things. First, it is not a proof-based book. It discuesses the cool theorems and gives intuitive justifications, but the author is clear that his goal is to build intuition and give experience with the techniques, rather than mathematical rigor (thankfully, he is honest about this and points to areas where more rigor could be introduced, rather than giving the unnatural and awkward hybrid of rigor and intuition attempted by many calculus books). Second, a lot of the problems (though certainly not all) deal with pathological and/or special cases, so it's possible for teachers to give fairly onerous homeworks.

Differential Equations with Applications in Biology, Physics, and Engineering (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

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Differential Equations with Applications in Biology, Physics, and Engineering (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Goldstein
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Paperback

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Suitable as a textbook for a graduate seminar in mathematical modelling, and as a resource for scientists in a wide range of disciplines. Presents 22 lectures from an international conference in Leibnitz, Austria (no date mentioned), explaining recent developments and results in differential equatio

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The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy’s most imaginative writer. “Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us” (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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Dealing with problems.......2007-02-03

Italo Calvino's specialty was magical realism -- treeborne nobility, tarot stories, and noblemen chopped in half. But "The Watcher and Other Stories" displays his talents in grittier, more hopeless stories and characters.

The title story involves Amerigo, a rather naive young Communist who is employed as a "Watcher" at a hospital; he keeps an eye on the patients to make sure they are all aware enough to vote. (He spends most of his spare time feuding with his pregnant girlfriend)

As he watches during the voting time, the nuns bring by people who are mentally retarded, deformed, horribly ill, or all three. Some make the best of their dreary lives (like the handless man), and some aren't aware enough to. And what he sees changes Amerigo's way of thinking.

"Smog" is about a pitiful young man who arrives in the city, and immediately becomes pathologically freaked out by all the smog, dust and grime. Even when his elegant celebrity girlfriend spends weekends with him, he can't think about anything except the dust.

And finally, "The Argentine Ant" has a young couple and baby arriving in a country cottage -- only to get invaded by ants that evening. They try desperately to eradicate the pests (which are in every house in the area) but the ants may have an unlikely ally.

Compared to Calvino's warm, slightly surreal stories, "The Watcher and Other Stories" seems like a rather bleak book, without any solid endings to the storylines. The first two are simply dark and a bit depressing, more in the vein of his "Path to the Spiders' Nests," while the third is just tragicomic.

But Calvino's rich, slightly dreamlike writing style is very much intact here, and the more optimistic tone can be found in the socialite, who sees beauty where her boyfriend sees only squalor. And while the descriptions of the sick, deformed and mentally retarded are disturbing, they're also quite sad -- Calvino never forgets that these are all people, who need love, and who were simply unluckier than most.

The main characters vary a lot -- Amerigo is naively Communistic, and rather irresponsible, while the "Smog" guy is rather stagnant (and clearly has OCD as well). But the couple in the last story are rather nice, especially since everybody has had this sort of harrowing situation.

"The Watcher And Other Stories" is a look at Calvino's darker, more meditative stories. This is realism, not magical realism.

Not his best.......2005-03-15

The Watcher and Other Stories is a collection of three of Calvino's stories put together in a single volume for no obvious reason other than they are by the same author. As a fan of Calvino's work, I have to admit that this is the closest I've come to describing one of his books as "tedious." However, in each story Calvino still wields his pen with an imagination that few can even come close to matching. Each narrative effectively brings the reader to a different world filled with well-rounded characters and unique circumstances--most notably an ant-infested neighborhood.

While not the most engrossing of Calvino's works, The Watcher and Other Stories is still worth picking up for fans of the breathtakingly creative author.

Nice Collection.......2004-08-03

The Watcher and Other Stories is a collection of three different but thematically interlinked stories. I personally thought that the title story was the most intriguing. The Watcher deals with our protagonist "watching" the voting procedures in a home for invalids/deranged/etc. The home is a mini city and becomes a type of microcosm of Italian society. Smog deals again with the futility of human life through pollution. The Argentine Ants is a type of mock horror story. All of the above are extremely well written and executed. Although I did enjoy this book, I would suggest that readers unfamiliar with Calvino try some of his masterpieces first, and then move onto the minutiae of works such as these.

How humanity copes.......2000-06-25

The three long stories that comprise this book at first appear to have been slapped together without much concern for whether they work well with one another. Not only were they written at different points in Calvino's career -- "The Watcher" is from 1963, "Smog" from 1958 and "The Argentine Ant" from 1952, but they don't even get the continuity that a single translator might have been able to provide. That's why it's so surprising that a common theme in these works emerges anyway -- namely, that existence is futile and farcical and yet also must be cherished because, in the end, what else is there?

The protagonists of these stories are all seeking ways to somehow make the futility bearable or even meaningful. "The Watcher" portrays Amerigo Ormea, an election observer assigned to a polling place that is actually a mental institution. Amerigo's long-held political convictions are, if not wavering, then at least punch-drunk from having been slapped around so much. The momentous changes once foreseen by him have not materialized, and as a result he is trying to believe that change is a gradual and even mundane process, a matter of "doing as much as you could, day by day." Calvino uses the asylum and its inhabitants a metaphor for democratic society and its odd creatures. In doing so he displays a keen talent for showing up grand arguments like whether democracy is viable for the absurd squabbles they may be at their core -- like whether a ballot sheet has been properly folded, or whether an armless man's vote counts if someone has to go into the voting booth with him. Amerigo struggles to accept that such grotesque banality is the very stuff of democracy. This struggle is sometimes involving and insightful and sometimes not. The force of the story is somewhat blunted by too many philosophical musings on Calvino's part. He may mean to send up the diehard's tendency toward philosophical musings, but they are droning and often repetitive and not particularly exciting to read. Nevertheless, "The Watcher" has a lot to offer. In the other two stories, the main characters also must persevere in the face of circumstances they cannot control. "Smog" demonstrates an acute awareness of environmental peril that seems somewhat ahead of its time. But as in "The Watcher," Calvino's chief concern is how humanity copes. The main character has just moved to the city and is overwhelmed by its filth. He washes his hands compulsively as he observes how the urbanites deal with a dirty fog that is intensifying its grip on the city. One man simply makes the filth a part of himself, living and breathing it with hardly a thought. Another, a factory owner and the worst polluter in the city, tries to redeem himself by funding "The Institute for the Purification of the Urban Atmosphere in Industrial Centers." A worker in one of his factories "didn't try to evade all the smoky gray around us, but to transform it into a moral value, an inner criterion."

Smog is substituted by ants in "The Argentine Ant." A young couple moves into a new home only to find that it -- and the homes of all their neighbors -- infested with millions of the unstoppable insects. The young husband goes neighbor to neighbor in search of a solution. One has a garageful of insecticides and chemicals, and a chuckling anecdote explaining the failure of each one. Another man rigs elaborate deathtraps out of string and gasoline. The woman who rents the houses out simply denies that the ants are a problem even as they bite her on the buttocks and crawl up her back. The town regularly sends out an exterminator, but the residents are convinced he is actually feeding the ants as a way of keeping his job. In both "Smog" and "The Argentine Ant," no one thinks to simply leave. There seems to be a tacit agreement among them that moving would only exchange one problem for another. Calvino's characters are inescapably grounded where they find themselves, learning to live with that which they find unbearable.

This book provides ample evidence of Calvino's skill and vision. It is definitely a worthwhile read.

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Golden Wings, and Other Stories About Birders and Birding
Pete Dunne
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds

ASIN: 0292716230

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Dubbed the "Bard of America's Bird-Watchers" by the Wall Street Journal, Pete Dunne knows birders and birding—instinctively and completely. He understands the compulsion that drives other birders to go out at first light, whatever the weather, for a chance to maybe, just maybe, glimpse that rare migrant that someone might have spotted in a patch of woods the day before yesterday. And yet, he also knows how . . . well . . . strange the birding obsession becomes when viewed through the eyes of a nonbirder. His dual perspective—totally engrossed in birding, yet still aware of the "odd birdness" of some birders—makes reading his essays a pure pleasure whether you pursue "the feather quest" or not.

This book collects forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, drawn from his columns in Living Bird, Wild Bird News, the New Jersey Sunday section of the New York Times, Birder's World, and other publications. Written with his signature wit and insight, they cover everything from a moment of awed communion with a Wandering Albatross ("the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen") to Dunne's imagined "perfect bird" ("The Perfect Bird is the size of a turkey, has the wingspan of an eagle, the legs of a crane, the feet of a moorhen, and the talons of a great horned owl. It eats kudzu, surplus zucchini, feral cats, and has been known to predate upon homeowners who fire up their lawn mowers before 7:00 A.M. on the weekend."). The title essay pays whimsical, yet heartfelt tribute to Dunne's mentor, the late birding legend Roger Tory Peterson.

BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe; The Snail Watcher; Chickamauga; At Last the True Story of Frankenstein; Fever Dream; The Other Celia; The Oval Portrait; The Monster Maker; Come and Go Mad; The Survivor; Ancestor; Mortal Immortal

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BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe; The Snail Watcher; Chickamauga; At Last the True Story of Frankenstein; Fever Dream; The Other Celia; The Oval Portrait; The Monster Maker; Come and Go Mad; The Survivor; Ancestor; Mortal Immortal
Peter (editor) (Robert Bloch; Patricia Highsmith; Ambrose Bierce; Harry Harrison; Ray Bradbury; Theodore Sturgeon; Edgar Allan Poe; W. C. Morrow; H. P. Lovecraft; August Derleth; Mary Shelley; Henry Kuttner; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Henry Slesar) Haining
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0450012972

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BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe; The Snail Watcher; Chickamauga; At Last the True Story of Frankenstein; Fever Dream; The Other Celia; The Oval Portrait; The Monster Maker; Come and Go Mad; The Survivor; Ancestor; Mortal Immortal
Peter (editor) (Robert Bloch; Patricia Highsmith; Ambrose Bierce; Harry Harrison; Ray Bradbury; Theodore Sturgeon; Edgar Allan Poe; W. C. Morrow; H. P. Lovecraft; August Derleth; Mary Shelley; Henry Kuttner; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Henry Slesar) Haining
Manufacturer: Four Square Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MAB1RY

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The Watcher And Other Stories
Italo Calvino
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000OJL7O0

The Watcher by the Threshold and Other Tales

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The Watcher by the Threshold and Other Tales
John Buchan
Manufacturer: Aegypan
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1598180177

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From "The Watcher by the Threshold":

I have told this story to many audiences with diverse results, and once again I take my reputation in my hands and brave the perils. To the common circle of my friends it was a romance for a winter's fire, and I, the most prosaic of men, was credited with a fancy. . . . One man only heard me with true appreciation; but he was a wandering spirit with an ear open to marvels, and I hesitate to advance his security. He received it simply, saying that God was great, and I cannot improve upon his comment.

Thus begins Buchan's unnerving tale of terror at the edge of the Scottish highlands. Buchan -- a man more remembered for mysteries and war stories -- was a real hand with horror, and this 1902 compilation displays his facility nicely. Also included in this volume are "No-Man's-Land," "The Far Islands," "The Outgoing of the Tide," and "Fountainblue."

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The Snail-Watcher and other stories
Highsmith Patricia
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UEDRQK

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The snail-watcher, and other stories
Patricia Highsmith
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006CZJNA

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WATCHER & OTHER STORIES
Italo Calvino
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000OK4KRA

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The watcher and other weird stories (The collected works of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Manufacturer: Arno Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006CO3ZK

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