This text examines the flora and fauna of the African continent by viewing it as a complex mosaic of landlocked islands; islands which vary from isolated forests in oceans of grassland to lakes in seas of land. Each of these islands represents a snapshot of millions of years of evolution. The author highlights representative species, and as the reader is led around continental Africa, a pattern emerges which provides a deeper understanding of the complexity of the biology of Africa. The author was born in Tanzania and now teachers at Oxford University. He has also published a 7-volume work called "East African Mammals".

Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Animals and Plants

Science & Math

Kingdon, Jonathan

Biological Sciences

Princeton Univ Pr

"The Letters of Samuel Johnson" contains 52 previously unknown letters or parts of letters which have come to light since R.W. Chapman's work on the subject, published in 1952. For the first time, substantive deletions are recorded, yielding intimate knowledge of Johnson's stylistic procedures, mental habits and chains of association. Furthermore, detailed ownership credits document the current disposition of the manuscripts, hundreds of which have changed hands during the last four decades. Finally, the annotation of the letters incorporates the many significant discoveries of post-war Johnsonian scholarship, as well as decoding references that had resisted explanation before.

The Letters of Samuel Johnson: Volume II: 1773-1776 (Letters of Samuel Johnson)

Literature & Fiction

bruce-redford

British & Irish

Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age

War cannot be controlled in future without an understanding of its past. These essays analyse war, its strategic characteristics and its political and social functions, over the past five centuries. Makers of Modern Strategy , first pub lished in 1943, deserved and demanded updating. The 28 essays in the new vol ume7 more t

Engineering & Transportation

Paret Peter [Editor]

Engineering

1st ed. Octavo. Cloth. xiv, 501 pp, illustration. Near Fine in Good d/j, owner name.

The Shaping of the Elizabethan Regime

Biographies & Memoirs

MacCaffrey, Wallace

Leaders & Notable People

The Description for this book, The Aesthetics of Architecture, will be forthcoming.

Aesthetics of Architecture

Arts & Photography

ROGER SCRUTON

Architecture

Wagner is one of the most controversial of composers, and much that has been written about him—including his autobiography—is misleading. Barry Millington draws on the best previous scholarship and his own original research to set the record straight. The first part of this book is devoted to biography; the second, to a detailed study of the operas. Millington offers a historical review of the critical interpretation of each opera, including a discussion of recent methods of formal analysis. In this revised edition, two chapters, those on Tannhauser and Die Meistersinger, include significant new material. The bibliography has also been updated.

Wagner

MILLINGTON, Barry

Arts & Literature

First edition. Ex-library copy of the definitive Hemingway bibliography. xi, 568 pages. cloth.. 8vo..

Ernest Hemingway: A Comprehensive Bibliography/With Supplement/2 Books

Hanneman, Audre

Reference

Coomaraswamy: Selected Papers : Metaphysics Vol 1 & 2

Politics & Social Sciences

Lipsey, Rodger

Philosophy

Light from the Ancient Past

Classics

This textbook presents a selection of thirteen expository essays written from the 1920s through the 1980s by influential Chinese intellectuals on controversial issues of their times, including the emancipation of women, the reforms of the Chinese language, the implementation of modernization, and freedom and patriotism. To provoke classroom discussion, each topic is treated by essayists with opposing views. Prepared for American students who have already completed two years of Chinese and who are interested in reading original documents, the book juxtaposes traditional and simplified characters for the text and vocabulary so that students can be exposed to both versions of Chinese characters. Each of the thirteen texts is followed by a detailed glossary, annotated in English, with suggested topics for class discussion. An index at the end of the book allows students easy access to the vocabulary items.
Audio and video materials are available for use with this text. For further information, contact the Chinese Linguistics Project, 231 Palmer Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544. (609-258-4269).

Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese: China's Own Critics: Volume I: Text: Volume II: Vocabulary & Sentence Patterns

Chou, Chih-P'Ing

Chiang, Joanne

Chao, Der-Lin

Social Sciences

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