Authors:George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Ve
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: ecology, diversity, adaptation, mammalogy
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2007-09-07
List price: $99.50
ISBN-10: 0801886953
ISBN-13: 9780801886959

The Class Mammalia is amazingly diverse, ranging from whales to marsupials to bats to primates. The more than 5,400 species occupy many habitats, with mammals present on all the continents. They are rare only on Antarctica and a few isolated islands. Mammals present a complex set of conservation and management issues. Some species have become more numerous with the rise of human populations, while others have been extirpated or nearly so -- such as the Caribbean monk seal, the thylacine, the Chinese river dolphin, and the Pyrenean ibex.In this new edition of their classic textbook, George A. F

Authors:John H. Burde, George A. Feldhamer,
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: parks, national, mammals
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-05-13
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0801880971
ISBN-13: 9780801880971

From the stunning seascapes of Acadia to the desert of Death Valley, America’s national parks are home to hundreds of species of wild mammals. Captured in vivid photographs, both the mammals and the parks are revealed in this breathtaking book written by two leading experts -- one a forester and the other a zoologist. The first section of the book describes the history and landscape of each park, and gives an overview of conservation issues and tips on sighting particular animals. The second section provides a thorough description of each type of mammal, including physical characteristic

Authors:George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, Joseph A. Ch
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: management, conservation, biology, america, mammals, north, wild
Number of Pages: 1232
Published: 2003-10-21
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0801874165
ISBN-13: 9780801874161

Winner of the 1984 Wildlife Publications Award from the Wildlife Society, the first edition of Wild Mammals of North America (published in 1982) offered zoologists, naturalists, wildlife specialists, and students detailed information about the biology, conservation status, and management of 57 mammalian species and species groups, with contributions from 100 of the leading authorities. Now thoroughly revised to reflect new biological research and approaches to wildlife conservation and management, the second edition of this "essential volume" (Wildlife Society Bulletin) continues to prov

Authors:George Adam Roberts, George Krauss, Richard Kennedy,
Publisher: ASM International
Keywords: steels, tool
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 1998-04-01
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 0871705990
ISBN-13: 9780871705990

Authors:George Orwell, Keith Gessen, George Packer,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: essays, critical, propaganda, art
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2008-10-13
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0151013551
ISBN-13: 9780151013555

As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ahead. All Art Is Propaganda follows Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trench

Authors:Kevin B Smith, H George Frederickson, H. George Fred
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: primer, theory, administration, public
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2003-01-31
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0813398045
ISBN-13: 9780813398044

In the past thirty years public administration has developed more systematic patterns of inquiry about the substance of public organization behavior, public management, and public policy implementation. This work has contributed to an increasing reliability in understanding public administration. The work of public organizations has been examined with improved conceptual methodological and theoretical forms of analysis. The forms of analysis seek to create knowledge that is retraceable, cumulative, and at least at some level, replicable. These forms of analysis aspire to be scientific, using

Authors:Various, George Wilson, Mike Sekowsky, George Tuska, D
Publisher: Hermes Press
Keywords: volume, series, complete, sea, voyage
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-07-13
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 193256330X
ISBN-13: 9781932563306

It’s back! the comic book adaptation of one of the most famous and popular sci-fi television series of the 1960s: Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. This first of two hardcover volumes collects eight, digitally remastered reprints of the original Gold Key comic books featuring Admiral Nelson, Captain Crane, and the Sea View, and includes documentary material about the series, its designs, and special effects.