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Cacas: The Encyclopedia of Poo
Colors Staff , and Oliviero Toscani Manufacturer: Taschen ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3822858773 |
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THE AUTHORITATIVE COMPENDIUM OF SHIT FROM ANTELOPE TO ZEBRAExcrement, alley apples, manure, poo poo, number 2, crap, caca, cow pies, meadow muffins, feces, turds or merde. From the moment we're born to the moment we die, we produce it. It's as natural as breathing, but we can't bear to look at it, touch it or smell it. We produce it behind closed doors, dispose of it down clean white toilets, and never mention it in polite company. It's one of "civilized" society's last taboos. Enough! It's the world's most underrated product - in fact it's the Gross National Product of every country on earth. We can cook with it, garden with it, build with it, create controversial art with it, admire it and wear it. Each example is as unique as a snowflake and it's the ultimate renewable resource. It's time to celebrate shit!
All kidding aside, CACAS is a fascinating look at the incredible range of color, texture, size and shape of animal output from tiny cricket poop, and impressively spherical camel output to seriously gnarly llama droppings and, of course, human excreta. CACAS also expounds on related topics such as potty-training, bathroom-sharing etiquette, hemorrhoids, astronaut elimination protocol, toilet paper, synthetic poo for diaper-testing, enemas, and the vast number of things that can be done with shit if you are both tolerant and creative. At first this may sound gross, but it's actually really engrossing. We urge you to give poos a chance!
CACAS, the first ever encyclopedia of poo, is a project of COLORS magazine under the creative direction of Oliviero Toscani. COLORS has published bimonthly since 1992 in 80 countries worldwide, in 8 bilingual editions: English paired with Italian, Japanese, Croatian, German, Spanish, Greek, Russian and French. As is the case with every issue of COLORS, this book explores a single theme and exists thanks to United Colors of Benetton.
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Vile bile.......2004-03-19
While it calls itself an encyclopedia, this is far from accurate. My high rating is for the superb studio photography and detail for each sample... but it loses a couple of stars on a number of fronts. The only readers of this book will be people, but people poo is hardly covered in detail. Why not a number of shots of different colors, shapes and sizes, describing what causes the various colors in each sample?
Then, on common pets such as cats and dogs, why not a variety there, to help diagnose illness?
It would seem that the authors could not decide whether this would be a commentary, a compendium or a comedy. The "s-word" and other colorful metaphors are used profusely for the sake of shock value, rather than for informative purposes. It's shocking to see such a nicely prepared volume with what appears to be such unprofessional language. It's not funny enough to be funny and not serious enough to be taken seriously.
It is interesting to see droppings from giraffes, monkeys, etc., but some of the animals mentioned are animals I have never heard of - and no picture of the animal itself is displayed.
This unusually themed book had a lot more potential than was reached by the authors. This is NOT a book for children, due to the comments in the book, but for kids who can't read, it might be a hoot at story time.
For the aspiring yet-to-be-published writer, this will certainly be an inspiration - if this poo can be published, than the world is your oyster.
Pooptacular!.......2002-12-24
Covers it all........2002-10-07
This quirky title is another addition to my (slowly) expanding shelf of bizarre books, it already has `A Handbook on Hanging' by Charles Duff (London 1928) `Frog Raising for Pleasure and Profit' by Albert Broel (New Orleans 1937) and `Car Crashes' by Mell Kilpatrick (Koln 2000) this last book is from the same publisher as 'Cacas'.
I love Cacas!.......2001-12-31
a poo fan's bible.......2001-08-02
this is the type of person this excellent book is for. featuring poos from around the world, different types and aromas it is the casual toilet user's bible.
Dont bother bringing it to the dinner table though......
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Pucciniosireae (Uredinales, Pucciniaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 24)
Pablo Buritica , and Joe F. Hennen Manufacturer: The New York Botanical Garden Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0893272191 |
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Central Mexico Handbook: Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Other Colonial Cities (Moon Handbooks : Central Mexico)
Chicki Mallan Manufacturer: Moon Travel Handbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1566910234 |
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Odyssey of Courage : The Story of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Maia Wojciechowska Manufacturer: Scribner ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0689204841 |
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Odyssey of Courage-the Story of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Maia Wojciechowska Manufacturer: Atheneum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K095AQ |
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In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite
Andrew Brown Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0231131461 |
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This is the story of how three men won the Nobel Prize for their research on the humble nematode worm C. elegans; how their extraordinary discovery led to the sequencing of the human genome; how a global multibillion-dollar industry was born; and how the mysteries of life were revealed in a tiny, brainless worm.
In 1998 the nematode worm -- perhaps the most intensively studied animal on earth -- was the first multicellular organism ever to have its genome sequenced and its DNA mapped and read. "When we understand the worm, we will understand life," predicted John Sulston, one of the three Nobel laureates, and his prediction proved astonishingly accurate. Four years later, the research that led to this extraordinary event garnered three scientists a Nobel Prize. Along with Robert Horvitz and Sydney Brenner, Sulston discovered the phenomenon of programmed cell death in the worm, an essential concept that explains how biological development occurs in animal life and, as Horvitz later showed, how it occurs in human life. C. elegans is about as simple as an animal can be, but understanding its genetic organization is helping to reveal the mechanisms of life and, by extension, the mechanisms of our own lives. In the Beginning Was the Worm shows that in order to unlock the secrets of the human genome we must first understand the worm.
But this story is about more than just the worm. It is about how an eccentric group of impassioned scientists toiled in near anonymity for years, driven only by a deep passion for knowledge and scientific discovery. It is the story of countless hours of research, immense ambition, and one of the greatest discoveries in human history.
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Genetics from Small Beginnings.......2006-11-22
Little critters with big secrets.......2006-09-23
Worms and Heroes.......2004-10-21
Explaining Life at the Molecular Level.......2004-06-29
Chief of the characters is Sydney Brenner, who designated the worm as a fit source of research in the mid-1960s. Not everyone thought that the worm was the way to go, or even that trying to understand it at the molecular level was a promising avenue of research. There was more glamorous work and ostensibly more productive work going on researching fruit flies, for instance, but Brenner's team showed astonishing dedication. Almost everyone who worked in the lab came away happy, and Brenner and his main colleagues came away with Nobels. One of the most pleasing aspects of the research was how public it was. The researchers were in favor of free trade in ideas within the team, of course, but there was a high streak of idealism in sharing results with the outside world. They truly believed that the unfettered exercise of their talents was for the benefit of humanity. They insisted that sharing results (rather than, say, copyrighting or licensing them) meant it was more likely that someone would latch on to something interesting which needed further work. No one owned the genetic map they produced, and it was from the beginning available to all takers (although it is now much more accessible since biologists can log into it on the web). It is not just that free release is generous and right, but it works. John Sulston, one of the Nobel winners, said, "It was not a theoretical concept, it was a pragmatic way of moving forward."
The importance of the worm in all subsequent genetic research cannot be overstated, and so this is a welcome volume to recount how the worm got to be so well understood. There have been distinct effects on the research on humans themselves. Vertebrates like humans are not descended from nematodes, but we are distant cousins with an ancient common ancestor which eight hundred million years ago solved the problems of living as a multicellular organism, and every animal ever since has inherited those solutions. In a real sense, looking at the worm is a way of looking at ourselves, with all the potential for practical knowledge that this brings. But Brown's book is an inspirational story about researchers who gambled all on the detailed understanding of a humble worm not for practicality, or for riches, but for the sake of knowledge alone.
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In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite
Andrew Brown Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OPEN6I |
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In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite
Andrew Brown Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IA66V4 |
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In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite
Andrew Brown Manufacturer: COLUMBIA UNIV PRESS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O5TQ9M |
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Selected Principles of Organic Chemistry
Benjamin F.; b22 Plummer Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0442265905 |
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Selected principles of organic chemistry
Benjamin F Plummer Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006CAMQ4 |
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Rings, Extensions, and Cohomology (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0824792416 |
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"Presenting the proceedings of a conference held recently at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, on the occasion of the retirement of noted mathematician Daniel Zelinsky, this novel reference provides up-to-date coverage of topics in commutative and noncommutative ring extensions, especially those involving issues of separability, Galois theory, and cohomology."
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Brauer groups and Amitsur cohomology for general commutative ring extensions (Trabajos de matematica)
Orlando E Villamayor Manufacturer: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Instituto Argentino de Matematica ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006D0QK0 |
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RINGS EXTENSIONS & COHOMOLOGY
Andy R. Magid Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N6CZAE |
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Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
William Godwin Manufacturer: Hard Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1406916919 Release Date: 2006-11-03 |
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William Godwin's memoir of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, marks a transition in Godwin's philosophical development from extreme rationalism to the recognition of the moral importance of feeling and sympathy which was to energize his later writings. The Memoirs also belong to a tradition of biographical writing that sought to transform the consciousness of readers by using individual history as an agent of historical change. Written during the weeks following Wollstonecraft's early death, the Memoirs provide an interpretation of the relations between Wollstonecraft's writings and her personal history, a candid account of her various relationships, and a vindication of her egalitarian intimacy with Godwin. This modern, scholarly edition, geared for student use, includes a wide range of primary sources, encompassing excerpts from Godwin's other writings and from biographical models.
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Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
William Godwin Manufacturer: Printed for J. Johnson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Leather Bound ASIN: B000PICPW8 |
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The Wrongs of Woman; or Maria and Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Eighteenth Century Literature) (Eighteenth Century Literature)
Mary Wollstonecraft , William Godwin , and Cynthia Richards Manufacturer: College Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0967912164 |
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This book represents for the first time The Wrongs of Woman; or Maria and Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" have been published in the same volume, but their history and reception have been inextricably linked since the publication of both in January 1798, less than five months after Mary Wollstonecraft's tragic early death. Designed as the fictional embodiment of Wollstonecraft's notions against patriarchy and for the rational and emotional independence of women, The Wrongs of Women tells the story of Maria, who makes a disastrous marriage and then must undergo confinement in a madhouse for her rebellion against it. Godwin's Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" honored Wollstonecraft's memory with a frank and detailed account of her life and death, but instead of the profound admiration he hoped to invoke, most contemporary readers felt shock at Wollstonecraft's sexual freedom and an odd mix of pity and wonder at Godwin's willingness to share such details of his wife's life with the world. The College Publishing edition includes an erudite and accessible introduction detailing the changing critical fortunes of both works, and in order to gain an appreciation for the rich cultural contexts of these texts, a selection of contemporary reviews appears in the appendix. In addition, Wollstonecraft and Godwin's other works and, uniquely, Gilbert Imlay's novel The Emigrants, are judiciously excerpted. Short essays throughout the text provide critical background material on such subjects as maternal breastfeeding, Gilbert Imlay, employment opportunities for lower-and middle-class women, marriage laws, and childbirth in the eighteenth century.Customer Reviews:
excellent edition of this work.......2004-12-08
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The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley & Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. (book review): An article from: Wordsworth Circle
Marjean D. Purinton Manufacturer: Wordsworth Circle ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008IP8OM Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Wordsworth Circle, published by Wordsworth Circle on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1409 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Memoirs of M. Wollstonecraft Godwin: Author of A vindication of the rights of woman
William Godwin Manufacturer: printed by Samuel Akerman ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008977AE |
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Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, author of A vindication of the rights of woman
William Godwin Manufacturer: s.n.] ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008AII1A |
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Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1798 (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834)
William Godwin Manufacturer: Woodstock Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1854770462 |
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