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Alexander Skutch: An Appreciation

Alexander Skutch: An Appreciation

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Alexander Skutch: Selected Writings of an American Naturalist include selections from Skutch's writing spanning his 70 years of contributions to ornithology, travel, nature and philosophy.
El ascenso de la vida

El ascenso de la vida

Alexander Skutch

El naturalista Alexander F. Skutch declara, en El ascenso de la vida, la responsabilidad enorme depositada con el tiempo y la historia en el ser humano, cúspide de esa evolución maravillosa, única especie capaz de apreciar los valores ...
A Naturalist in Costa Rica

A Naturalist in Costa Rica

Alexander Frank Skutch

A Naturalist in Costa Rica picks up Alexander F. Skutch's story in 1935, the year his memoir The Imperative Call ends.
Birds Asleep

Birds Asleep

Alexander Frank Skutch

"This very readable book by one of the world's distinguished ornithologists reviews the existing literature on bird sleep, and also provides a wealth of new information based upon 50 years of observation in the American tropics and ...
The Minds of Birds

The Minds of Birds

Alexander Frank Skutch

A timely and useful contribution to the debate on animal intelligence, this book offers--with precision, force, clarity, and a wide range of examples--a challenge to the longstanding mechanistic view of nonhuman life.
Birds of Tropical America

Birds of Tropical America

Alexander Frank Skutch

Describes the behavior, nesting habits, and life cycles of the various types of birds in the tropical forests of South and Central America
Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes

Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes

Alexander F. Skutch

... Thryothorus modestus, 11 —Stripedbacked,Campylorhynchus nuchalis, 241 WrenSpinetail, maluroides, 184 Xenops, Baycapped, Spartanoica 128,164,199. See alsoPlainXenops —Great, Megaxenops parnaguae,128, 142 Young, AllenM. , ...
Social Register, Summer

Social Register, Summer

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Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record

John W. Busey

... North Carolina 904 Alexander, J.B.; “C.” 8th Georgia 305 Alexander, J.M. (2nd Lieutenant); “K,” Sth Texas 1442 Alexander, Jacob B.; “G,” 12th South Carolina 1332 Alexander, James C.; "I," 26th Alabama 178 Alexander, James Needham; “ A ...
A History of Pythagoreanism

A History of Pythagoreanism

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2vols. London: Institute of ClassicalStudies. Shirokogoroff,S. 1935. The PsychomentalComplex ofthe Tungus. London: Kegan Paul. Shrimpton, G.S. 1991 . Theopompus the Historian. Montreal: McGillQueen's UniversityPress. Skutch, O. 1985.
Register of Members of the General Council of the University ...

Register of Members of the General Council of the University ...

University of Glasgow

Dunbar, Mrs. Joseph — see Whish, Grace Birrell Duncalfe, Mrs. Arthur B. — see Begg, Lilias Scott Craig Duncan, Alexander Duncan, Alexander, M.A. . Duncan, Alexander Adams, B.D. Duncan, Alexander Findlay, M.A. Duncan, Sir Andrew ...
Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander

Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander

Highly acclaimed cook, writer and seasonal food pioneer Stephanie Alexander shares some of her all-time favourite recipes in this classic collection.
Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Edward Porter Alexander

Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manass Rescued from an archive and published only eight years ago, this private memoir by Confederate General Porter Alexander is now recognized as one of the ...
The Works of Alexander Pope

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR, etc. Once (says an Author, where I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their way ; Both fierce, both hungry; the dispute grew strong, While Scale in hand  ...
Sputnik

Sputnik

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Photograph by Alexander Makarov. PHOTO AND PICTURE CREDITS Front cover: Alexander Makarov; page 43: Nikolai Rakhmanov; pp.79 — 85: Alexander Makarov; pp.88— 95: Valeri Shustov; pp.124— 127: Vassili Peskov. Design and  ...
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Peter Green

r = PETSAS, P. 'New discoveries at Pella, birthplace and capital of Alexander', Archaeology 1 1 (1958), 246-54.. PFISTER, F. 'Alexander der Grosse. Die Geschichte seines Ruhms im Lichte seiner Beinamen', Historia 13 (1964), 37-79.
The works of mr. Alexander Pope

The works of mr. Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. All bail ! Ye virgin daughters of the main ; iU Ye streams , beyond my Hopes beheld again/ To you once more your own Ulyjfes bows, Attend his transports, and receive his vows. If Jove prolong my days , and Pallas crown The ...
Ergonomics in Manufacturing: Raising Productivity Through ...

Ergonomics in Manufacturing: Raising Productivity Through ...

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... DC ashington, DC ashington, DC David C. Alexander David C. Alexander David C. Alexander David C. Alexander David C. Alexander,,,,, President, resident,resident,resident,resident, Auburn Engineers, uburn Engineers, uburn Engineers, ...
Conflict in Cyber Space: Theoretical, Strategic and Legal ...

Conflict in Cyber Space: Theoretical, Strategic and Legal ...

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Alexander Klimburg has written extensively about a wholeofnation approach to cyber defense and offense (Alexander Klimburg, “The Whole of Nation in Cyberpower,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 11 (2010): 171–79; Alexander ...
Alexander Dalrymple and the Expansion of British Trade

Alexander Dalrymple and the Expansion of British Trade

Howard T. Fry

The Earl of Egmont desired him to do so; and Captain Kempenfelt called upon Alexander Dalrymple after his return to England, and informed him of the Earl of Egmont5s desire to see him; which Alexander Dalrymple declined, as Lord (then  ...
Walter Scott's Books: Reading the Waverley Novels

Walter Scott's Books: Reading the Waverley Novels

J.H. Alexander

David Hewitt and Alison Lumsden 7a *The Bride of Lammermoor [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 7b A Legend of the Wars of Montrose [1819], ed. J. H. Alexander 8 * Ivanhoe [1820], ed. Graham Tulloch 9 The Monastery [1820], ed. Penny Fielding  ...
Reuben Doty: his ancestors and descendants from the ...

Reuben Doty: his ancestors and descendants from the ...

Kathleen Moore Fitzpatrick

Alexander DOTY's Occupation Alexander DOTY was a sugar cane and corn farmer. A sketch on Alexander DOTY in Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical states: "...Mr. Doty has always used the greatest business tact in the ...
1585-1592

1585-1592

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Esmn of Caution by Alexander Burnett of Leyis for Alexander Burnett in Kynnes- Edinburgh, kie, J ohnne Burnett in Inverrie, and Thomas Burnett in Brachanis gland“); (Braichinche), in 500 merks each, and for Alexander Blakhall in Leyis ...
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology

The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology

Jeffrey C. Alexander

Alexander, Jeffrey C. 1998, Winter. “Bush, Hussein, and the Cultural Preparation for War: Toward a More Symbolic Theory of Political Legitimation.” Epoche 21 (1): 1–14. Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2000a. “Theorizing the Good Society: Hermeneutic, ...
General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
Inaugural address by lords rectors of the University of ...

Inaugural address by lords rectors of the University of ...

Glasgow univ

1837, James Graham, Duke of Montrose. — Ex. Chart. Universitat. Glas'j. LORDS CHANCELLORS. 1664, Alexander Burnett, do. 1670, Robert Leighton, do. 1674, Alexander Burnett, do. 1679, Arthur Ross, do. 1684, Alexander Cairncross, do.
General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
The Works of Alexander Pope

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope Joseph Warton. EPISTOLA. I. Prima dicte mihi, summa dicende camena, bSpectatum satis, et donatum jam rude, quaeris, Maecenas, iterum antiquo me includere ludo. Non eadem est aetas, non mens. cVeianius, armis d ...

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