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Unlikely Friendshipsby Jennifer Holland
Workman Publishing Company 2011; US$ 10.95It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: ?The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ? Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey?an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc... more...
King Solomon's Ringby Sir Julian Huxley; Konrad Lorenz
Routledge 2002; US$ 19.95A delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. It is a wonderfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends! more...
Lean TPMby Dennis McCarthy; Nick Rich
Elsevier Science & Technology 2004; US$ 79.95Merging the benefits of two well-known methodolgies, Lean Thinking and Total Productive Maintenance, Lean TPM shows how to secure increased manufacturing efficiency. Based on their experienc of working with organisations that have successfully achieved outstanding performance, McCarthy and Rich provide the tools and techniques that convert strategic vision into practical reality. Lean TPM accelerates the benefits of continuous improvement activities within any manufacturing environment by challenging wasteful working practices, releasing the potential of the workforce, targeting effectiveness and making processes work as planned. * Unites world-class manufacturing, Lean Thinking and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) * Shows how to achieve... more...
Animals in Translationby Temple Grandin; Catherine Johnson
Simon & Schuster 2009; US$ 11.99Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation speaks in the clear voice of a woman who emerged from the other side of autism, bringing with her an extraordinary message about how animals think and feel. Temple's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Standing at the intersection of autism and animals, she offers unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas about both. Autistic people can often think the way animals think -- in fact, Grandin and co-author Catherine Johnson see autism as a kind of way station on the road from animals to humans -- putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk."... more...
Inside of a Dogby Alexandra Horowitz
Simon & Schuster 2009; US$ 9.99The internationally bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. What’s it like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the house but also to smell sadness in humans or even the passage of time? How does a tiny dog manage to play with a Great Dane? What is it like to hear the bodily vibrations of insects? Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What’s it like to use your mouth as... more...
Essentials of Ecologyby Colin R. Townsend; Michael Begon; John L. Harper
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 99.95This textbook presents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of, and fascination with, the natural world. In a concise, engaging style, this text outlines the essential principles of ecology from the theoretical fundamentals to their practical applications. Full color artwork, simple pedagogical features, and a wide range of carefully-chosen examples make this book an ideal introduction to ecology for students at all levels. The third edition of this successful text is much more than a simple update, reflecting the vibrancy of the field. With hundreds of new examples, it contains for the first time a separate chapter on evolutionary ecology, with all other chapters,... more...
Biodiversityby Kevin J. Gaston; John I. Spicer
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 74.95CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ARTWORK This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it. Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific way Acts as an easy entry point into the primary literature Provides real-world examples of key issues, including illustrations of major temporal and spatial patterns in biodiversity Designed primarily with undergraduate students and course lecturers in mind, it will also be of interest to anyone who requires an overview of, and entry to, the vast literature on these topics. All the figures... more...
Parrot's Lament, The and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligenby Eugene Linden
Penguin Group US 2000; US$ 5.99In "The Parrot's Lament", noted environmentalist Eugene Linden offers more than 100 true anecdotes about animal acts of cooperation, heroism, escape--even tales of deception or manipulation of human beings. more...
Kinesiologyby Arthur Steindler
Charles C Thomas 1977; US$ 99.95By Arthur Steindler. This comprehensive study of the mechanics of joint function in health and disease covers four major areas which include general kinetics, the trunk including the spine, the extremities and the gait. Emphasis is on the clinical significance and practical application of kinetic findings. "This is not a book that will be outmoded in a few years, but rather is in itself an entire library of the subject of kinesiology and will serve its reader through a lifetime. No physician or educator who deals with the musculoskeletal system can consider his library complete without this brilliant treatise."The journal of Bone and joint Surgery more...
Evolution of Island Mammalsby Alexandra van der Geer; George Lyras; John de Vos; Michael Dermitzakis
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011; US$ 99.95Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors. This timely and innovative book is the first to offer a much-needed synthesis of recent advances in the exciting field of the evolution and extinction of fossil insular placental mammals. It provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal... more...