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In this companion volume to Bird Coloration: Volume 1, Mechanisms and Measurements, Geoffrey E. Hill and Kevin J. McGraw have assembled some of the world's leading experts in the function and evolution of bird coloration to contribute to a long-overdue synthesis of a burgeoning field of inquiry. In Volume 2, the authors turn from the problem of how birds see and produce color and how researchers measure it, to what is the function of the colorful displays of birds and what are the factors that shape the evolution of color signals.

The contributors to this volume begin by examining the function of coloration in a variety of contexts from mate choice, to social signaling, to individual recognition, synthesizing a vast amount of recent findings by researchers around the world. The volume and the series conclude with chapters that consider coloration from an explicitly evolutionary perspective, examining selective pressures that have led to the evolution of colors and patterns on body and plumage. These functional and evolutionary studies build from research on mechanisms of production and controls of expression, covered in the previous volume, bringing the study of color full circle.

This sumptuously illustrated book will be essential reading for biologists studying animal coloration, but it will also be treasured by anyone curious about why birds are colorful and how they got that way.

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One cannot help being struck with wonder at the vivid pink of 10,000 flamingos rising from Lake Nakuru or the glowing red gorget of a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding outside the kitchen window. How birds produce the brilliant and striking coloration of their feathers and other body parts is the focus of this first volume of Bird Coloration. It has been more than 40 years since the mechanisms of color production of birds have been reviewed and synthesized and in those 40 years new pigments have been discovered, new genetic mechanisms have been described, new theories have been developed, and hundreds of new experiments have been conducted.

Geoffrey Hill and Kevin McGraw have assembled the world's leading experts in perception, measurement, and control of bird coloration to contribute to this book. This sumptuously illustrated volume synthesizes more than 1,500 technical papers in this field. The focus is on the three primary mechanisms of color production--melanin pigmentation, carotenoid pigmentation, and structural coloration--but less common as well as newly described mechanisms of color production are also reviewed in detail. The visual perception of birds and the best ways to collect and analyze color data are, for the first time, presented as part of the review of mechanisms of coloration. This book will be essential reading for biologists studying animal coloration, but it will also be treasured by anyone curious about how birds produce and perceive their bold and brilliant color displays.

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This is the story of a minister driven by faith to risk the death of his wife and child. "Brand" pits a man of vision against the forces of ignorance and venality. ... Read more

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Patience hardens
This is unmistakeably Hill's _Brand_: the technical grace of his Englishing of Ibsen shows an acute awareness of the responsibility of thetranslator to both the original text and the language into which it is tobe translated. Hill's translation enriches not only the English languagebut the ability of English (and non-Norwegian) speakers to appreciateIbsen's brooding, symbolically charged drama of the challenge of faith inthe midst of common life. Is Brand's fidelity to his "dear Christ hurtwith thorns" obdurate or obstinate? In this play, the repudiation ofsocial morality in the name of higher things is put to the question: whatif devotion to such "higher things" also leads to, or becomes amask for, moral isolation, the cauterization of social feeling?Uncompromising and yet compromised, Brand is a caution, and _Brand_ acautionary tale...

The "Good" Ibsen
Brand is the flip side of Peer Gynt. Ibsenmay well have intended to write heroism into Brand, a charismatic dissenting priest, but could not breathe any life into his protagonist at all. Brand is cold, righteous,merciless, uncompromising. The play is dated, dull, static, but ofhistorical interest toIbsen scholars, since he may have learned plenty bywriting Brand. The rather rigid Norwegian state/church of his time lovedit, granted Henrik a permanent poet stipend for Brand. Modern gentlereaders may roll their eyes.

One of the best books I have read....
This book captures the essence of humanity.I recommend to anyone who wants to find themself. ... Read more

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(written by Dwight Anderson, Louisiana Tech) This popular study guide provides additional learning aids and questions and problems, including the solutions. ... Read more

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Text for up & coming Business Professionals
This is a great text, has a lot of ratios and explainations of why one would use them.

Excellent Self Study
The text is very easy to read and simple to follow along.The self study guide that comes with it is very handy to get a full understanding of the mathematical equations.I was disappointed that the weblink provided in the book to get more up to date information from Standard & Poor's was not working.I had to order the 11th edition for my second finance class but that was by order of the university.When the 11th edition arrived the weblink in that book worked.I really enjoy reading the book on my commute to and from work.I recommend this book to even the curious person who wants a better understanding of retirement and pension plans.
I will always refer back to the two texts for all my finance needs.

Foundations of Financial Management, 10th Edition
Delivery was terrific.I received the book 6 days after I ordered it and it's brand new!

Very Good, But Not Excellent
As an undergrad taking his first finance class, I have have found this book to be quite useful.The concepts are explained in simplified, less-complicated ways and make reading each chapter less frustrating than perhaps some others (compared to some of the econ texts that I have had to use!).

It is well-written, concise, and employs some very straightforward, easy-to-follow graphs/diagrams.Also, both the formulas and the exercises at the end of each chapter are quite useful.

The only reason that I did not give it a 5-star rating is because some of the chapters did not use enough "real-world examples" or hypothetical situations in some of the more challenging lessons.This might better aid those students who are new to finance or simply need another angle to better grasp the idea.

A comprehensive, well-written finance textbook
This text is characterized by its extreme simplicty in explanation and presentation of its material. The flow of presenting the contents of each chapter is so sequentially logical that it makes the reader grasp the financial concepts very fast and effectively. Colorful illustrative diagrams are employed extensively to facilitate a high level of understanding and help the learner develop the necessary conceptual links between inter-related topics and items. In addition, it is very comprehensive and intensely supported with a "luggage" of real-life cases .I recommend this excellent text to everyone who needs to take an introductory course in corporate finance. ... Read more

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This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration. ... Read more

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Each slide in the acetate/Powerpoint products (except for the solutions) are reduced in size and included in this supplement as an easy note-taking device. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Christianity and Literature, published by Conference on Christianity and Literature on June 22, 2009. The length of the article is 2324 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Collected Critical Writings.('Selected Poems' by Geoffrey Hill)(Book review)
Author: Emily Taylor Merriman
Publication: Christianity and Literature (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2009
Publisher: Conference on Christianity and Literature
Volume: 58Issue: 4Page: 773(6)

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Chapters: Alfred Edward Housman, Jonathan Coe, Michael Ball, William Dugard, Kevin Poole, Geoffrey Hill, Steven Davies, John Gayle, Mark Williams, Winston Field, Andy Goode, Laurence Housman, Pat Roach, Robert Wilks, Mathew Birley, Jimmy Davis, Malcolm Boyden, Stuart Whitehead, John Flavel, Craig Pead, Jessica Varnish, Gary Rowett, Alan Smith, Nicholas Evans, Andy Smith, Mark Gayle, William Hampton, Walter Gadsby, James Salter, Steven Burrows, Francis Harris, Ian Taylor, Derek Monaghan, Stefan Hodgetts, George Herbert Goodman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alfred Edward Housman (pronounced ; 26 March 1859 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written before 1900. Their wistful evocation of doomed youth in the English countryside, in spare language and distinctive imagery, appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, and to many early twentieth century English composers (beginning with Arthur Somervell) both before and after the First World War. Through its song-setting the poetry became closely associated with that era, and with Shropshire itself. Housman was counted one of the foremost classicists of his age, and has been ranked as one of the greatest scholars of all time. He established his reputation publishing as a private scholar and, on the strength and quality of his work, was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London and later, at Cambridge. His editions of Juvenal, Manilius and Lucan are still considered authoritative. Housman was born in Fockbury, a hamlet on the outskirts of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, the eldest of seven children of a co...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3198 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Geoffrey (William) Hill, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 3176 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Unscholarly yet boring
How Mr Milne managed it, I have no idea. But this book is a turgid mess with nothing to say about Mr Hill's poetry besides the platitudinous. This would be expected and perhaps even acceptable in a scholarly book eager to display its credentials, but Mr Milne doesn't even bother to include references to his quotations from critics infinitely more interesting than himself. Upon finding no page references or footnotes to quotations from Peter McDonald and Conor Cruise O'Brien, I eagerly flicked to the back of the book, seeking a bibliography- but I was twice disappointed, for it consisted of five books, and nothing more. Appalling. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 494 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Geoffrey Hill. The Orchards of Syon.(Book Review)
Author: David Rogers
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 77Issue: 3-4Page: 97(1)

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