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- catalog abstract "Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys--or as he would later be known, Merlin--leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon, and the conception of Arthur--king for once and always.".
- catalog abstract "Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home.".
- catalog abstract "In the last six years, a remarkable series of studies have demonstrated an intimate relationship between red cell metabolism and the function of the cell as an organ of gas transport. First came the demonstration of binding of organic phosphocompounds of the red cell to hemoglobin; this was followed by studies that demonstrated modification of hemoglobin oxygen affinity by such binding. At present we are in an exhilirating phase of accrual of data showing that the levels of these phosphorylated intermediates can be rapidly altered in the red cell to modulate hemoglobin function. At one time it was said that the red cell was an inert bag full of hemoglobin. Now we know not only that the cell has an active metabolism crucial to its viability, but that this metabolism is just as crucial to the whole organism in the proper adjustment of oxygen transport. On October first, second and third, 1969, red cell biochemists, general biochemists, geneticists, cardio-pulmonary physiologists, exercise physiologists, experts in blood storage, and representatives from many other disciplines met in the Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to present recent findings and discuss developments in this new interdisciplinary field. The meeting was dedicated to Dr. Alfred Chanutin, Professor Emeritus of the University of Virginia, to honor his retirement in 1967 and in recognition of his great contributions to the studies outlined in the first paragraph of this preface. The program dealt with our present understanding of binding of organic phosphocompounds, and certain other substances, to hemoglobin, and how the binding affects oxygen dissociation properties. Interaction with the acid-base status of the blood was emphasized, as was interaction with carboxyhemoglobin, particularly in smokers. Changes in levels of phosphorylated intermediates in several hypoxic conditions, and the resulting effect on oxygen dissociation, were reported. Metabolic control mechanisms in the red cell and mechanisms of pulmonary and systemic gas transport were discussed at length. The effect of exercise on gas transport and red cell intermediates, and comparative aspects of gas transport were considered. An entire session was devoted to the serious problem of the capability of stored blood to transport oxygen after transfusion, particularly after the first 1-2 weeks of storage, in view of the marked decline of organic phosphocompounds during storage. This volume, the Proceedings of the above Conference, represents a comprehensive coverage of these new and important developments. The major part of the volume is comprised of the formal manuscripts, which present a rich bounty of new data and formulations. At the end is appended the recorded discussions of the papers, in sequence according to the order of the presentations. In toto, the volume displays the interchange of current thinking on the problems of oxygen transport in health and disease.".
- catalog abstract "How the patriarchal bias operates in culture and is reflected in literature.".
- catalog abstract "Contains an authoritative text, the correspondence of Swift, Pope's verses on Gulliver's Travels, critical essays.".
- catalog abstract "Sanskrit grammar; an abridgement of the Siddhāntakaumudī by Bhaṭṭojī Dikshit, 1560-1620.".
- catalog abstract "Archie's day would have been great if he hadn't started it by greeting the new cat on the block.".
- catalog abstract "An outgrowth of the author's three lectures delivered at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in March 1969, and a continuation of the author's 3 v. work entitled Asian drama.".
- catalog abstract "Dr. Newton discusses and analyses a very large number of ancient and medieval astronomical observations. The objective is the study of the rotation of the Earth and the motion of the Mood during the historical past -- essentially since about 750 B.C. F.R. Stephenson.".
- catalog abstract "A brief history of the Nobel Prizes and a biography of the man who founded them accompanies biographies of four Americans who received the Nobel Peace Prize.".
- catalog abstract "The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. Among the background materials are selections from Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague, and Euripides' Phoenissae. The best of ancient and modern criticism is represented, permitting discussion from many points of view: psychological, religious, anthropological, dramatic, and literary.".
- catalog abstract "Carmabi bezit 2 ex.".
- catalog abstract ""Selected chronicles ... [including] reviews, interviews, brief profiles, and narratives of such events as rehearsals, recording dates, television tapings, and evenings in night clubs. All were originally written during the decade under examination ..."--Preface.".
- catalog abstract ""This is a study in depth of the eastern third of the central overland trail system from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast, that part which followed the Platte River via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie. ... [The information] is distilled from firsthand impressions of several hundred covered wagon emigrants, representing both sexes and all degrees of human latitude, who somehow contrived to leave something for the historical record. It is the story of their unique collective Platte River experience as it emerges from their own unvarnished journals."--Preface.".
- catalog abstract "This title "denies that men are created equal"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of American and English poetry about such facets of modern life as sonic booms, conscientious objectors, psychedelic images, and loneliness.".
- catalog abstract "Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will', and his writing demonstrates his innovative-and pessimistic-attitude towards human conduct.".
- catalog abstract "Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt.".
- catalog abstract "Poems about plastic, computers, alarm clocks, and other aspects of our modern world. Includes an essay on the writing of a poem.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the doctrines and structure of the Eastern cults and religions involved in the spiritual explosion shaking America.".
- catalog abstract "Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the geography, history, culture, people, and present-day political situation of Cambodia.".
- catalog abstract "Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Analysis of ecosystems. Studying the effects of environmental factors on ecosystems. Phenology in productivity studies. Biomass and productivity models of forest canopies. A synthesis of studies by the harvest method: primary production relations in the temperatue deciduos forests of Japan. Metabolism of terrestrial ecosystems by gas exchange techniques: the brookhaven approach. Insect influences on the forest canopy. Estimation of the effects of phytophagous insects on forest production. Secondary production of birds and mammals. Soil flora: Studies of the number and activity of microorganisms in woodland soils. The role of soil invertebrates in turnover of organis matter and nutrients. Micronutrientes: Forest ecology and systems analysis. Biological cycling of minerals in temperate deciduos forests. Carbon cycle and temperate woodlands. The water flux in temperatue forests: precipitation and evapotranspiration. Measurement and sampling of outputs from watersheds. Models of the hydrolic cycle.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the cleaning, feeding, courting, mating, and migrating habits of a variety of birds.".
- catalog abstract "Romantic classicism - Romanticism - Realism - Naturalism - Impressionism - Post-impressionism - Fauvism - Expressionism - Cubism - Futurism - Abstract art - Dada and surrealism - Fauvism - Fauves Daumier_____________".
- catalog abstract "In this country, and especially since the second world war, industraialization in developing countries has typically ment import substitution. Industries have been set up to produce goods that were previously imported, and these goods have mainly been sold in the home market. Governments have ensured the profitability of these industries by protecting them against competing imports through tariffs and controls.".
- catalog abstract "Text covers key topics in geometrical and visual optics for optometric practice ... features over 300 illustrations, summaries and self-assessment questions, and case studies.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of poems on topics such as games, holidays, animals, and writing poetry.".
- catalog abstract "A Hebrew legend in which a messenger from God sells himself into slavery in order to help a poor scribe.".
- catalog abstract "V. 1. The call of Fra Matteo -- First days of the reform -- A struggle for freedom -- The apostasy of Fra Bernardino Ochino -- Recovery and growth -- Fra Felice -- The Capuchins cross the Alps -- An adventure into politics -- V. 2. The Capuchins evangelise France and Savoy -- The Capuchins enter Germany -- More missionary provinces -- Fra Cristoforo and others -- The foreign missions -- The Capuchins make literature -- Epilogue --Appendix 1 : Of the sources of early Capuchin history -- Appendix 2 : Illustrative documents. Letter of Vittoria Colonna to Paul III -- The Capuchins and the spiritualist tradition -- Extract from a sermon of Fra Girolamo da Narni on the text "Homo quidam fecit coenam?"--Extracts from the sermons of Fra Mattia da Salo's Delli dolori di Gesu Christi -- Extracts from P. Yves de Paris : La theologie naturelle.".
- catalog abstract "Contemporary scholars offer critical analyses of various aspects of Poe's work and modern interpretations of his tales.".
- catalog abstract "Report of the Task Force on Mass Media and Violence.".
- catalog abstract ""In this illuminating study of the characteristic styles and personalities of over three dozen principal directors, Roy Armes demonstrates the enormous range and variety of the last seventy-five years of French film making."--Inside page.".
- catalog abstract "Instructions in verse for painting the picture of a cage realistic enough to attract and capture a real bird.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of the 19th century American poet.".
- catalog abstract "A humorous collection of poems about a fanciful menagerie of friends and watchamacallits.".
- catalog abstract ""Dante's ultimate vision of universal harmony and eternal salvation"--Cover.".
- catalog abstract "Terms used in the study of fungi, representing both the modern and obsolete, as well as the popular and scientific. Brief definitions and linguistic origins of words. 15 plates.".
- catalog abstract "An anthology of poems by such authors as Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsay, Sara Teasdale, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, Stanley Kunitz, Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Levertov, Sylvia Plath, and several others.".
- catalog abstract "Introductory text explores the biochemical and biophysical processes which occur within the living plant cell.".
- catalog abstract "A legend in his lifetime, Lord Byron was the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The text of this edition, which contains nearly all of Byron's published poems together with the poet's own Notes, was first published in The Oxford Poets in 1896, and has been reprinted numerous times. Fredrick Page's text has been revised by John Jump, who has made a number of substantive corrections, and added to Don Juan the fragment of a seventeenth canto that was previously unavailable.".
- catalog abstract "Surveys the beliefs, nature, and values of white ethnic groups living in the United States.".
- catalog abstract "Biography of commander of three arctic expeditions: in search of Franklin relics, 1860-62 and 1864-69, and towards North Pole, 1871-73.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of essays which describes the reading audience, publication methods, and literary style of the Victorian novel and provides a critical analysis of the period's major fiction writers.".
- catalog abstract "William Wing Loring was born in 1818 in Wilmington, North Carolina. His parents were Reuben Loring and Hannah Kenan. He died in 1886 in New York City.".
- catalog abstract "Poems commissioned for CBC radio's literary series Anthology.".
- catalog abstract "Anthology of work of four Canadian poets.".
- catalog abstract "A poor man tries to find someone wiser, stronger, and more clever than himself to persuade the king not to build a fountain that will cut off the city's water supply.".
- catalog abstract "Covers Greenland, north polar basin and antarctic.".
- catalog abstract "Detailed history of U.S. social control of the criminal, poor, and mentally ill from colonial practices centered on human resources to "the age of the asylum," the Jacksonian era.".
- catalog abstract "If public paranoia continues, it is only a matter of time before apple pie itself comes under the toxicologist's scrutiny. I do not mean to sound frivolous or to imply that I consider chemicals in foods a trivial problem. I do not. On the other hand, I am not worried by their presence -- and neither should you be, and I shall attempt to explain why. - p. 14-15.".
- catalog abstract "Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.".
- catalog abstract "This edition of John M. Lothian{u2019}s transcription of an almost com{u00AD}plete set of a student{u2019}s notes on Smith{u2019}s lectures given at the University of Glasgow in 1762{u2013}63 brings back into print not only an important discovery but a valuable contribution to eighteenth-century rhetorical theory.".
- catalog abstract "Fortunately for the Whittakers and the noisy ghost in the beach cottage they rent for the summer, their personal quiet ghost Georgie comes along on the vacation.".
- catalog abstract "After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.".
- catalog abstract "The Third International Conference on Lymphatic Tissue and Germinal Centers in Immune Reactions was held at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, September 1-4, 1970. The conference is obliged to Professor K. E. Fichtelius for his initiative in establishing the meeting, as well as for the assistance of his staff at the Department of Histology in organizing the meetings.At the University of Uppsala inquiries into the lymphatic system go back to the 17th century and are marked by milestones, such as Olof Rudbeck's discovery of the thoracic duct in 1651 and August Hammar's fundamental work on the thymus in the beginning of this century. So one is justified to say that the conference gathered on historical ground. The organizing committee, naturally, hopes that the achievements presented at the conference will contribute to and provide significant advances in the history of lymphatic research.The material presented in this volume displays a great diversity of methods and the ingenuity of different investigators in their experimental designs. It is also apparent that contemporary research on lymphatic tissues or cells no longer recognizes the artificial borderline of morphologic versus functional. It has become a multidisciplinary affair in which an increasing number of different specialists are working closely together. Apparently this is one reason why so many new and important discoveries have been made recently.Primarily, the proceedings - as should be - reflect the communications between and the achievements of a representative sample of investigators who are using different tools in their research on the lymphatic system. Also, the ascertainment value of this sample is probably very high. Nevertheless, several sections, such as those dealing with phylogeny and ontogeny of immune response, regulation of lymphoid function, cancer immunology and immunosuppression, should be of interest to a broader audience of biologists, physicians and clinical research workers.".
- catalog abstract "Also contains the Burnet/Hutcheson correspondence.".
- catalog abstract "Eighteen Afro-American folktales from South Carolina, including several tales about Br'er Rabbit.".
- catalog abstract "On a rainy day two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.".
- catalog abstract "A magic cloak is an important item to a peasant boy who becomes king by being the forty-seventh person to enter the city after the old ruler dies.".
- catalog abstract ""Proceedings of the San Joaquin Study Group conference, Solvang, California, March 9-11, 1966."--T.p.".
- catalog abstract "Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.".
- catalog abstract "Sir William Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and during the Interregnum.".
- catalog abstract "Presents the argument that man's environment must be changed rather than man himself if the traditional goals of the struggle for freedom and dignity are to be reached.".
- catalog abstract "Story leading up to the signing of the contract for the CPR.".
- catalog abstract "On their second flight to the planet of Basidium, two boys find that they have a would-be scientist as a stowaway. Sequel to The wonderful flight to the Mushroom Planet.".
- catalog abstract "Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.".
- catalog abstract ""An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (generally referred to by the short title The Wealth of Nations) is the masterpiece of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. It was first published in 1776. It is an account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written for the generally educated individual of the 18th century - advocating a free market economy as more productive and more beneficial to society. The book is often considered to have laid the basic groundwork for modern economic theory"--Wikipedia.".
- catalog abstract "Describes a sequence of experiments conducted over the past few years in the field of bird migration and navigation. For the specialist and interested layman.".
- catalog abstract "One of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Test is the seminal work on the hippie culture, a report on what it was like to follow along with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they launched out on the "Transcontinental Bus Tour" from the West Coast to New York, all the while introducing acid (then legal) to hundreds of like-minded folks, staging impromptu jam sessions, dodging the Feds, and meeting some of the most revolutionary figures of the day.".
- catalog abstract "This book on macro-economic theory is confined to a treatment ofdeterministic models in contrast to the stochastic models of econometrics, and is largely limited to positive economics as opposed to the problems of planning and optimalisation. The simpler parts of the text are designed for use in undergraduate courses for economics specialists in their third year and the rest is aimed at first-year graduates.".
- catalog abstract "Additional keywords : optical painting, perceptual abstraction.".
- catalog abstract "Volume 1 contains: Robert Boyle's experiments in pneumatics --The overthrow of the phlogiston theory: the chemical revolution of 1775-1789 -- The early concepts of temperature and heat -- The atomic-molecular theory.".
- catalog abstract "Text and pictures explain how to identify wildflowers, a visual approach arranged by color, form, and detail.".
- catalog abstract ""Tells the story of Hazel Motes of Eastrod, Tennessee. After release from the army at twenty-two, he comes to a Southern city where he falls under the spell of Asa Hawks, a "blind" street preacher who is led around by his degenerate daughter, Sabbath Lily Hawks, age fifteen. In his struggle to outpreach and outfox Asa Hawks, Hazel founds his own religion, "The Church Without Christ", and announces his mission: "I'm member and preacher to that church where the blind don't see and the lame don't walk and what's dead stays that way". It is Enoch Emery, a boy with "wise blood, like his daddy", who discovers for Hazel a manger-child in a building labeled Mvsevm."--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog abstract "Contemporary critical opinions and commentaries on Herman Melville and his works, with a chronology, notes, and bibliography.".
- catalog abstract "The text deals with policies and practices in the management of human resources in business and industrial organization, examining them in the light of current social science knowledge about human nature and behavior. Two important suppositions form the basis of this material. Theory X: the assumptions upon which traditional organizations are based and which appear inadequate for the full utilization of human potentialities. Theory Y: the assumptions consistent with current research knowledge which could lead to higher motivation and greater realization of both individual and organizational goals. The implications of Theory Y in regard to the administration of salaries and promotions, performance appraisal, staff-line relationships, participation, leadership, management development, and the managerial team are discussed.".
- catalog abstract "Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines--one humble, the other a scheming social climber--who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status--and the need for humility.".
- catalog abstract ""[Examines] how movieland changed golden slippers for GI boots, make-believe for reality. What it contributed -- what it learned -- how it is using its new knowledge for postwar plans. Hollywood's contributions to the Allied war effort are many and of high importance ... Inside, [the] pages of pictures and prose give the details"--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "Overview of the contemporary educational scene and the forces working for reform.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the abuses and triumphs of the Arabian stallion who became a founding sire of the Thoroughbred breed, and of the mute Arabian boy who tended him as long as he lived.".
- catalog abstract "Eight stories based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe include: Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser; Tsirtsur & Peziza; Rabbi Leib & the Witch Cunegunde; The Elders of Chelm & Genendel's Key; Shlemiel, the Businessman; Utzel & His Daughter Poverty; Menaseh's Dream; When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.".
- catalog abstract "Tells the story of life in America in terms of the houses Americans have planned, built, and lived in. From this we can reconstruct the growth of ideas, of cultural patterns, and of practical expedients that have led to the problems and possibilities that are our present inheritance.".
- catalog abstract "The birth of a nation follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate camoes of historical events such as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.".
- catalog abstract "For students, statisticians, and other research workers.".
- catalog abstract "The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of 114 modern poems chosen for their appeal to young people.".
- catalog abstract "Provides a layman's guide to Piaget's ideas and experiments on children's intellectual development.".
- catalog abstract "Mosquitoes centers around a colorful assortment of passengers, out on a boating excursion from New Orleans. The rich and the aspiring, social butterflies and dissolute dilettantes are all easy game for Faulkner's barbed wit in this engaging high-spirited novel which offers a fascinating glimpse of Faulkner as a young artist."It approaches in the first half and reaches in the second half a brilliance that you can rightfully expect only in the writings of a few men. It is full of the fine kind of swift and lusty writing that comes from a healthy, fresh pen."--Lillian Hellman, New York Herald Tribune.".
- catalog abstract ""Material...originally delivered in November 1965 in a symposium on freedom and order in the university, sponsored by the WRU-Case Program of Philosophical Studies."".
- catalog abstract "Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.".
- catalog abstract "For college undergraudates beginning the study of cell biology or molecular biology.".
- catalog abstract "Articles originally published in a special issue of the Comparative educational review.".
- catalog abstract "George, also known as Billy Bockfuss and as Giles, was raised as a goat rather than as a boy by a brilliant atomic physicist whose guilt about the bomb has driven him to the country. George sets out to become the messianic Grand Tutor of a university and to conquer the terrible Wescac computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant 'fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex.'".
- catalog abstract "A plea for education based on the humanities and for long range educational planning.".
- catalog abstract "'The Way It Spozed to Be' deals incisively with what is still the root problem of ghetto schools: their appalling failure to reach the kids, their obsession with rote learning and imposed discipline, which only drives them further into apathy and rebellion. . . This book exposes the conflict between image and reality, between the way things 'spozed to be' and the way they are.".
- catalog abstract "Photo-text report on the author's expedition into the Judaean desert during the summers of 1960-61 that found 15 letters of the Jewish leader, Bar Kokhba, 132-135 A.D.".
- catalog abstract "Portrays the conflict of loyalties to church and state as they influenced the lives of two powerful men in English history.".
- catalog abstract "Portrays a dreamlike world in which parables are even more obscure than the novels.".