The Vineyard Handbook: Appellations, Maps & Statistics

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The Vineyard Handbook: Appellations, Maps & Statistics

Manufacturer: Chicago Wine School, Incorporated
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ASIN: 0963142895

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An Illustrated Guide to the Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Vascular Plants of Washington
Mark Sheehan , and Reid Schuller
Manufacturer: The Washington Natural Heritage Program
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ASIN: B000LPJ3S4

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An illustrated guide to the endangered, threatened, and sensitive vascular plants of Washington
Mark Sheehan
Manufacturer: The Program
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ASIN: B0006EBZUE

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With a goal of compiling the best places to view the amazing blaze of autumn color that New England is known for, brothers Michael and Mark Tougias offer 15 easy-to-follow routes in six states. Hand-drawn maps lead the rambler through some of the best (and often lesser-known) areas for finding free fall shows in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Take the "Quiet Corner, Northeast Connecticut" section, for example: "Route 169 is as scenic a back road as you will find in southern New England and it is an easy drive from the New York City area or from Southeast Connecticut. Rolling hills, village greens, woodland trails and a diverse assortment of historic sites await your discovery. Some truly first-class inns, restaurants and shops are in this pocket of Connecticut called 'The Quiet Corner.'" Highlights are listed for each of the tours, and for Route 169 these include hayrides, hilltop views, quiet villages, the Prudence Crandall Museum, Roseland Cottage, Old Trinity Church, pumpkin picking, a wolf's den, Golden Lamb at Hillandale Farm, art museums, apple orchards, and the Brayton Gristmill.

Loads of additional resources and accommodations listings are included with each tour. --Kathryn True

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Here's your guide.......2001-04-13

"... each trip includes descriptions of historic sites along the route and of shops, inns, B&Bs, restaurants and other establishments of interest. Hand-drawn maps are provided for each route, and reproductions of eight beautiful watercolors of autumn scenes by Mark Tougias are featured prominently. For motorists who don't want to risk a bad turn, here's your guide." Travel Reference Library on-line,

Seeing the leaves at their finest.......2001-04-13

"A native New Englander, a naturalist, and a fine writer, Tougias has done everyone a favor by making it so easy to get out and see the leaves at their finest." Amazon.com

Excellent.......2001-04-13

"... an excellent guide to 15 of the most delightful drives... stunning plein air paintings; rich, sure brushstrokes bring the color, form and simple strength of the New England landscape to life." The Shoestring Traveler

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Macroevolution : Pattern & Process
Steven M. Stanley
Manufacturer: W. H. Freeman & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HMQUX2

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Excellent overview

MacRoevolution, Pattern and Process
Steven M. Stanley
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science Of Evo Devo And The Making Of The Animal Kingdom

ASIN: 0801858739

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Excellent overview.......2005-12-09

This book, although somewhat dated, provides an excellent look at the broad trends of evolution through the eyes of a leading Johns Hopkins paleontologist. Stanley examines explains the modern synthesis, fossil evidence, speciation and extinction rates, quantum speciation, large-scale trends, and the dynamics of species turnover. Among the groups examined are gastropods, echinoids, corals, microfossils, graptolites, and vertebrates.

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Macroevolution: Pattern and Process.
Steven M. Stanley
Manufacturer: W. H. Freeman & Company
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Aimed at presenting the essentials of physics, chemistry, earth science, and astronomy in a clear, easy-to-understand way, The Physical Universe shows students how science works, how scientists approach problems, and why science constantly evolves in its search for understanding.

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Creationism vs. evolution.......2007-06-05

If you believe in creationism then read this book with caution. This book tries to brainwash you into thinking that evolution is based on solid foundation and creationism is quack. Buyer beware. I would not buy this book for someone under 18 years of age.

Very Easy Book To Read.......2006-02-25

This book is self explanatory and easy to read. I use this book for my SC 102 class. I'm a senior non-science major and it is really a good book.

Very good book and CD.......2005-09-24

The book is very good and the merchant was excellent in service and delivery.

Nice edition, but it is really necessary?.......2004-04-16

For over thirty years, McGraw has been putting out various editions of this highly successful textbook. Now in its tenth iteration, McGraw has made an important extension. It added a CD (which was long overdue). Plus, the book gives access to an online resource called PowerWeb. Pretty snazzy! You can access whole bunches of material there which is simply not in the book.

Hopefully, this may help motivate some students to learn more effectively. But a disquieting counterargument has arisen in some quarters. Is a new edition really needed? Perhaps an earlier edition would suffice for most students. If so, this would let several buy second hand versions far more cheaply. But if the publisher goes to this edition, and it is made mandatory by a school, then it is far harder for students to find used versions. At least for a few years. And later? When those used editions start circulating, what if the publisher and school then go to a newer edition?

From the Viewpoint of a Freshman High School Student........1998-11-30

This title is a comprehensive look at many aspects of science. Its Study guide is very helpful in preparing for examinations. The book, however, has a complicated way of explaining material. This slight defect may be reduced with the help of the useful appendixes, and study guides.

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An American put option gives its owner the right to sell a share of stock at a given specified price on or before a given date. This book provides a detailed comparison of recent works on the American put option from both theoretical and computational approaches.

How to use put and call options: A guide to understanding options as traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the over-the-counter market

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How to use put and call options: A guide to understanding options as traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the over-the-counter market
Nicholas R Bokron
Manufacturer: J. Magee
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A Monte Carlo approach for the American put under stochastic interest rates [An article from: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control]

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A Monte Carlo approach for the American put under stochastic interest rates [An article from: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control]
S. Lindset , and A.C. Lund
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDTEY0

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper presents a new approach for the valuation of an American put option under stochastic interest rates. The paper combines a Monte Carlo simulation approach for the valuation of Bermudan options and the valuation technique for American options proposed by Geske and Johnson [1984. The American put option valued analytically. Journal of Finance, 39(5), 1511-1524]. Numerical results show that the price estimates are accurate with very low standard errors. The simulation algorithm used to generate the price estimates is fast and easy to implement. The effect of stochastic interest rates is clearly reflected in the option prices. Especially under regimes where interest rate volatility is high this effect can be important to incorporate. Also for long lived options this can be an important extension.

The saga of the American put [An article from: Journal of Banking and Finance]

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The saga of the American put [An article from: Journal of Banking and Finance]
G. Barone-Adesi
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR6MJO

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Banking and Finance, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The American put is one of the oldest problems in mathematical finance. We review the development of the relevant literature over the last 40years. Today the mainstream computational problems have been solved satisfactorily and the target of research is shifting towards the development of further insights into the value of timing investment decisions.

Valuing coins as the sum of the underlying asset and a perpetual American put option [An article from: Global Finance Journal]

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Valuing coins as the sum of the underlying asset and a perpetual American put option [An article from: Global Finance Journal]
S. Easton
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDT7TM

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This digital document is a journal article from Global Finance Journal, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Coins may be valued as the sum of the value of the component metals, plus a perpetual American put option with an exercise price equal to the face value. For widely circulated coins, the value of the component metals is sufficiently low compared to the face value that immediate exercise is optimal. For bullion coins the put option has only a trivial value. However, in some cases the value of the component metals is sufficiently close to the face value that the put option has a non-trivial time value. An example is provided of the 1966 Australian 50 cent coin.

The analytic valuation of American puts (Working paper series)

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The analytic valuation of American puts (Working paper series)
In Joon Kim
Manufacturer: Salomon Brothers Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00071VJLQ

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Jerome was to medieval biblical and historical scholarship what his contemporary Augustine was to medieval theology: a founding father whose works were revered for centuries. His knowledge of Greek and Hebrew equipped him to produce the Vulgate, the Latin version that was the official Bible of the Catholic church until recent decades. Jerome's biblical commentaries blended the insights of earlier writers with his own contributions. His translations and expansions of some of the works of Eusebius put all subsequent church historians in his debt.

"A beautifully written book, its text marked by clarity of thought and elegance of expression, wide-ranging in its learning, yet delicately worked and immensely readable."
-E.D. Hunt, Journal of Roman Studies

"A superb biography . . . so readable that it is easy to forget that practically every sentence is the fruit of research."
-W.H.C. Frend, New York Review of Books

"A masterpiece of scholarship."
-Sunday Telegraph

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Very pleased........2007-02-15

I purchased this book for my twenty-three year old son for a gift, and he absolutely loved it.

A Detailed Biography on a Remarkable Figure.......2005-12-12

It is sad to say that there are not very many studies covering the life and works of St Jerome in the English language. However, the author of this work, J.N.D. Kelly, has done much to fill this disappointing void. Jerome: His Life, Writings and Controversies, is a detailed work that shows Kelly's profound knowledge of early church doctrine and polemic. Anyone who possesses this work will have in possession nearly everything significant to the life of St Jerome and also of the Church during the late fourth and early fifth centuries.

Concise, Detailed and Readable.......2004-05-07

It is difficult to imagine a more challenging task for a church historian to undertake than to write a biography of St. Jerome in only 353 pages. J.N.D. Kelly's biography is magnificent in the amount of material it covers, in very readable style, in so short a length.

The difficulty of the biography is inherent in the diversity of Jerome's life. He spent time living in both the eastern and western empires, and he lived through a remarkable series of transitions in church and empire. He was educated in Rome in the middle of the fourth century. He spent two years with the desert fathers in Syria. He lived in Antioch during the time when the church in Antioch was divided among three factions. Returning to Rome, he became Bible teacher and spiritual advisor to a group of highly educated upper class Roman women. From there, he returned to the east, establishing a new monastery in Bethlehem, where one of the women he knew in Rome (Paula) established a convent. His life spanned a time frame from 331 to 420, ranging from a time of persecution, through controversy over the views of Arians, Origen and Pelagius, and through the siege of Rome in 410. He held opinions about St. Ambrose (whom he hated), St. John Chrysostom (a follower of a different bishop in Antioch and thus an adversary), and St. Augustine (who sought out Jerome through letters, taking great care to avoid offending the temperamental but warm hearted Jerome, and who encountered conflict nonetheless but eventually became a close friend and ally against the Pelagians).

Kelly did an admirable job of assembling information from Jerome's extensive writings and from other historians' earlier work about Jerome. His book is remarkably well written and detailed, and it is nonetheless concise.

However, in the process of covering Jerome's life and thought in so few pages, Kelly necessarily omitted much background material. Some of Jerome's life would seem almost nonsensical without knowing more of the historical context than is given in this biography. For example, Kelly described Jerome as moving into a Syrian desert monastic community with his ever expanding library and a group of copyists. To someone with a familiarity with the Egyptian desert hermits, thinking of them as solitaries who only interacted with each other on Sunday, that might sound preposterous. However, the Syrian monks of the same era were more communal than those in Egypt, meeting together every day for prayer. Kelly did not offer the pages of explanation of the desert fathers and mothers that would have helped to make sense of that.

Similarly, Kelly devoted limited space to background information about the Roman education system. Kelly explained that Jerome would have studied rhetoric, and that he probably learned little Greek and little philosophy while in Rome. Later, Kelly discussed Paula, Marcella, and other upper class Roman ladies who were educated in the Latin and Greek poets and the Bible, and at least some of whom decided to learn Hebrew so that they could chant the Psalms in the original language. A more thorough discussion of the Roman education system of that day would have helped to make more sense of both Jerome's and the women's lives.

Similarly, Kelly provided fairly limited information about monasticism in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and about the siege of Rome in 410.

However, if Kelly had included background material to explain fourth and early fifth century Rome, Antioch, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, desert fathers and mothers, and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, he would have produced a book of at least the length of Peter Brown's biography of St. Augustine or Homes Dudden's 2 volume biography of St. Ambrose. Whether there would have been a market for another such lengthy biography of a fourth century saint is uncertain.

Kelly's work is complete and detailed in covering information unique to Jerome. The absence of background material is not disappointing if it is read together with - or after - other authors who have covered that background. Some of these can be found in Kelly's detailed footnotes. Others include biographies of other fourth century church fathers, including Peter Brown's biography of St. Augustine and Homes Dudden's biography of St. Ambrose. Other helpful sources of background information include recent books about desert monasticism, such as Joseph Patrich, "Sabas, Leader of Palestinian Monasticism: A Comparative Study in Eastern Monasticism, Fourth to Seventh Centuries" (Dumbarton Oaks Studies, No 32, 1995).

Thorough, Readable Biography of Key Christian.......2003-08-30

Having known Jerome as famous translator of Bible into Latin, this text intrigued because of subject and author. Neither disappointed.

Jerome is fascinating and complex individual. Into himself, and wanting recognition, as we all do, Jerome realizes success and admiration from some circles, but resistance from others.

His consistent ties to celibacy and monasticism were fascinating as well as his history with Origen.

There is much to explore here in this well written work: the ties with Augustine and Pelagius are fascinating, as well as his commentaries.

The student of early church history will find this intriguing and enlightening work to contemplate and encourage continued ventures into this period of church history.

Kelly is major contributor of our times in this valuable area.

Thorough, Readable Biography of Key Christian.......2003-08-30

Having known Jerome as famous translator of Bible into Latin, this text intrigued because of subject and author. Neither disappointed.

Jerome is fascinating and complex individual. Into himself, and wanting recognition, as we all do, Jerome realizes success and admiration from some circles, but resistance from others.

His consistent ties to celibacy and monasticism were fascinating as well as his history with Origen.

There is much to explore here in this well written work: the ties with Augustine and Pelagius are fascinating, as well as his commentaries.

The student of early church history will find this intriguing and enlightening work to contemplate and encourage continued ventures into this period of church history.

Kelly is major contributor of our times in this valuable area.

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Jerome : His Life, Writings and Controversies
J. N. D. Kelly
Manufacturer: Christian Classics Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0870610619

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JEROME : HIS LIFE, WRITINGS, AND CONTROVERSIES
J. N. D. KELLY
Manufacturer: HENDRICKSON PUBLISHERS
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 071561231X

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Jerome: His Life, Writings, and Controversies
J.N.D. Kelly
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEOMIS

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