Nature Helps...

The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord—warrior by instinct, Viking by nature—has finally settled down. He has land, a wife, and two children, and a duty given to him by King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. But then trouble stirs: a dead man has risen, and new Vikings have arrived to occupy the decayed Roman city of London. Their dream is to conquer Wessex, and to do it they need Uhtred's help. Alfred has other ideas. He wants Uhtred to expel the Viking raiders from London. Uhtred must weigh his oath to the king against the dangerous turning tide of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles. And other storm clouds are gathering: Ætheleflæd—Alfred's daughter—is newly married, but by a cruel twist of fate, her very existence now threatens Alfred's kingdom. It is Uhtred—half Saxon, half Dane—whose uncertain loyalties must now

Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early Twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences

The "core actors" of the United States body politic are, in the words of Smith (criminal justice, Westfield State College), that "particular coterie of individual and small group actors who, in each g

An encyclopedia of the natural world covers the processes and life forms of the natural world from A to Z, including ecology, cells, classification, and over one hundred individual species of plants a

六十多年前，劉建康先生在黃鱔中揭示出雌雄同體和性反轉現象，被當時國際權威認為是在低等脊椎動物中的首次發現。六十多年來，魚類性別和生殖研究不但發展迅速、成果迭出，而且應用價值厚實，已為漁業所用。本書在重印劉建康院士關於黃鱔性別分化研究的兩篇論文和英國皇家學會博洛博士針對黃鱔雌雄同體和性反轉現象的發現在Nature上發表的專題評論的基礎上，結合作者的研究工作，系統地論述了魚類性別和生殖的遺傳基礎及其人

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This book introduces readers to politics by exploring the cultural foundations of American political ideals and understandings. The author discusses the basic values of America's political inheritance

Peter Rabbit, Mr. McGregor, and many other Beatrix Potter characters remain in the hearts of millions.However, though Potter is a household name around the world, few know the woman behind the

White, president of the U. of Illinois, offers his thoughts on leadership, drawing on his own experience as a leader in various capacities. The two sides of a successful leader require a cold and disc

This volume, which includes a number of Haeckel's drawings and watercolours which have never been published before, is the first detailed overview of the scientist and artist's vast output and provide

Grant (philosophy, U. of the West, UK) points out that approaches to "naturephilosophy" range from the 1830s to the present and that rather than dying out this inquiry seems to actually be growing. Pa

What are we as human persons? Are we immaterial souls capable of disembodied existence or merely animals destined to dust? For centuries, scholars have debated this issue, and that debate continues to

An inspiring new addition to the First Reference series is packed with fascinating facts about and spectacular photographs of the flora and fauna around us, giving children a wonderful head start on l

Marc Chagall is one of the most popular artists of the 20A?superscript thA" century, famous for his poetic, surreal images that represent a topsy-turvy world, combining fantasy and spirituality with

This is the third book in a series drawing on papers presented at annual Consciousness Reframed conferences. In addition to focusing on the 2003 conference, it also includes papers published in the jo

What does feeling a sharp pain in one's hand have in common with seeing a red apple on the table? Some say not much, apart from the fact that they are both conscious experiences. To see an object is

This volume examines the literatures of the Caribbean from an ecocritical perspective. Written by international academics, poets, and novelists, the 18 essays consider the multifaceted relationship be

In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of thelanguage of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology usesdescriptive and explanatory te

Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatchin

Hilary Kornblith argues for a naturalistic approach to investigating knowledge. Knowledge, he explains, is a feature of the natural world, and so should be investigated using scientific methods. He of

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Since colonial times, the sense of encountering an unseen, transcendental Presence within the natural world has been a characteristic motif in American literature and culture. American writers have re

As our scientific and technical abilities expand at breathtaking speeds, concern thatmodern genetics and bioengineering are leading us to a posthuman future is growing. Is Human NatureObsolete? poses