Spiders are the most obvious group of animals - they share with us our houses and gardens. They also have some of the most fascinating colours, behaviour and biology. This book is designed to aid identification of these animals, without using any complicated keys or equipment. Each of the 450 species covered is illustrated in colour, with paintings of all the common colour variations and differences between the sexes, and described in detail in the text. The general features of each family are also described, with information on courtship, hunting and web-making behaviour. A key to spiders' webs is also included in the introduction. Each species has illustrations of its genitalia - to allow conclusive identification of the species.

Spiders of Britain & Europe (Collins Field Guide)

Science & Math

Roberts, M.

Biological Sciences

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

"An introduction to town planning techniques" provides a comprehensive analysis of explanations and examples of planning techniques needed by students and practising planners. It covers in detail all the stages of the land-use planning process from information to communication as well as all major land-using activities such as employment, housing, shopping, leisure and transport. "Margaret Roberts was formerly Head of Planning at the Polytechnic of Central London.".

Intro Town Planng Techn 2Ed Pb

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Univ Coll Londo

Essays in Swedish History

Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd)

The turning of biblical texts into Latin poetry - biblical paraphrase - was a significant literary activity in late antiquity (third to sixth centuries AD). The most important surviving examples of this form are Juvencus and Sedulius (of the Gospels), Arator (of Acts), "Cyprianus Gallus" (Genesis to Judges), Claudius Marius Victorius (Genesis) and Avitus (parts of Genesis and Exodus). Generally described as biblical epics because they are written in hexameters and imitate pagan epic (especially Virgil), they have also been widely recognized to have drawn for their technique of composition on the rhetorical school exercise of paraphrase. Dr. Roberts analyses in convincing detail how the epic genre interacted with the biblical text through the medium of paraphrase to produce a distinctively Christian literature. He begins by offering the first modern study of paraphrase; two chapters describe its theory and practice, taking into account the standard rhetorical handbooks and recently discovered papyrological evidence. From this perspective, he analyses the types of alterations biblical epic writers made to the biblical text, thereby demonstrating the literary effects they were trying to achieve.

Biblical Epic and Rhetorical Paraphrase in Late Antiquity (Arca Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs, No 16)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd

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