Author: James M. Ryan
Publisher: UPNE
Keywords: guide, field, wildlife, adirondack
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1584657499
ISBN-13: 9781584657491

The breathtaking six-million-acre Adirondack Park in upstate New York is comprised of a multiplicity of habitats, including over 2,800 lakes and ponds, more than 30,000 miles of running water, and 46 major mountain peaks. Adirondack Wildlife: A Field Guide is, astonishingly, the first authoritative handbook devoted to the natural history and ecology of the Adirondacks and the Park’s invertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The book leads the reader on an intimate journey through the Adirondack Park, beginning with the alpine communities above timberline and descending through t

Author: James R. Ryan
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: empire, british, visualization, photography, picturing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1998-04-11
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0226732339
ISBN-13: 9780226732336

Coinciding with the extraordinary expansion of Britain’s overseas empire under Queen Victoria, the invention of photography allowed millions to see what they thought were realistic and unbiased pictures of distant peoples and places. This supposed accuracy also helped to legitimate Victorian geography’s illuminations of the "darkest" recesses of the globe with the "light" of scientific mapping techniques.But as James R. Ryan argues in Picturing Empire, Victorian photographs reveal as much about the imaginative landscapes of imperial culture as they do about the "real" subjects capt

Author: Ryan James
Publisher: Frommers
Keywords: frommer, complete, budapest, hungary
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 2010-06-16
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0470551267
ISBN-13: 9780470551264

Budapest, awakened in 1989 after its long slumber behind the Iron Curtain, is now one of Europe’s hottest destinations. It stands proudly at the center of Eastern Europe’s cultural rebirth, and best of all, it still ranks as one of the continent’s best bargains.Frommer’s Budapest & the Best of Hungary is meticulously updated and revamped every 2 years (more frequently than the competition).Our author, a longtime resident of Budapest, is a professor of Education and co-owner of a B&B on the Pest side of the city--and he loves nothing more than to chat up his

Author: James Ryan
Publisher: Dramatist’s Play Service
Keywords: monsoon, girl
Published: 1999-01
List price: $7.50
ISBN-10: 0822216507
ISBN-13: 9780822216506

Author: James G. Ryan
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Keywords: history, revised, local, family, records, sources, irish
Number of Pages: 668
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0916489760
ISBN-13: 9780916489762

The best source for tracking down records in Ireland.Irish Records is your guide to locating Irish genealogical sources in Ireland.For the period of greatest interest to family history researchers -- the late eighteenth and early to middle nineteenth centuries -- Irish family records are sparse. However, sources are available -- civil registers, censuses, land records, church records -- and Irish Records tells you where to find them.Irish Records is arranged by Irish count and describes civil, ecclesiastical, and printed primary and secondary sources for each county. It also provides important

Authors:Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: teach
Number of Pages: 521
Published: 2006-01-04
List price: $145.95
ISBN-10: 0618626379
ISBN-13: 9780618626373

As the best-selling introductory education text, Those Who Can, Teach, 11/e, maintains its current, dynamic, and reader-friendly approach to help students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs. Using multiple sources, including biographies, narratives, profiles, and interviews with top educators and scholars, the text promotes student interaction and exposes students to the realities of teaching. This acclaimed author team’s direct, conversational tone invites students to reflect on the problems and satisfactions of teaching in the United States, casting a car

Authors:James P. Ryan, Michael B. Wang,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Keywords: test, basic, science, series, pre, review, pretest, assesment, amp, physiology
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2004-10-25
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0071436537
ISBN-13: 9780071436533

PreTest is the medical student’s most dynamic weapon for acing the USMLE Step 1. Great for course review and exams, too! Physiology PreTest asks the right questions so you’ll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what’s on the test. PreTest is the closest thing you can get to seeing the test before you take it. This one-of-a-kind test prep guide helps you to: *Get to know material on course exams and the USMLE Step 1 *Practice with 500 clinically-oriented multiple-choice questions *Review key facts for exam success *Build confidence, skills, and knowledge The