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A volume of animal verse for the under-eights. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: T.C. Newby; Publication date: 1857; Subjects: Europe; History / Europe / General; Travel / Europe / General; Travel / Europe / Western; Travel / Essays ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2005, held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2005.

The 40 revised full papers, 15 revised short papers, and 15 posters presented together with 5 keynote and invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 164 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on concepts and models for digital library systems, case studies in digital libraries, digital archives and museums, multimedia digital libraries, information processing in asian digital libraries, digital libraries for community building, information retrieval techniques, ontologies and content management in digital libraries, information integration and retrieval technologies in digital libraries, information mining technologies in digital libraries, digital library system architecture and implementations, information processing in digital libraries, human-computer interfaces, and metadata issues in digital libraries.

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What do Oman, Nigeria and Tonga have in common? They all have monarchies. No matter where, royalty always has certain characteristics - a distance from the common people (in Tonga the older people still throw themselves to the ground as the king passes); flamboyant ceremonials, a household of courtiers coronations and so on. The book has its more serious side in the examination of processes of government and the difference between absolute and democratic monarchies, it also an entertaining, witty and amusing travel book. ... Read more

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Small Countries for a Small Reader
As a small person (4'10"), I have always had a fondness for smallcountries. As a geographer, I enjoy knowing about places most people havenever heard of. And as a veteran armchair traveller...Well, this book couldhardly miss with me. Edward Fox sets out to explore the mysteries ofroyalty by visiting a half-dozen small, non-European kingdoms andattempting to meet their respective kings, with varying success. Dressed inhis official king-meeting costume of a blue Brooks Brothers suit and tie,Fox meets with royal responses that cover the spectrum: casual affabilityin Tonga, fierce hostility in Swaziland, democratic divinity on Java.Meeting King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga was a snap. Fox simply made anappointment for an interview. He could also observe the King on HisMajesty's daily royal bicycle ride cum motorcade.On the other hand,he spent weeks chasing after Sultan Qaboos of Oman as the King made toursand military inspections up and down his nation. Finally Fox gave up hopeof an interview, contenting himself with a bow and a limp handshake in areceiving line. Fox met a fair number of Yourba kings, of whom thereare roughly 700 in all of Nigeria. Having lost their temporal power to thecentral government, they are primarily leaders of traditional Yourbareligion. Yet kings are usually chosen on the basis of wealth andprofessional background, not for their knowledge of and belief in thesetraditions. The Ataoja of Oshogbo was a well-educated, devout Muslim, andthus found himself caught in a serious spiritual dilemma. Besides his ownreligious duties, his daughter was required by tradition to be highpriestess of Oshun, the Yourba Venus, and preside at the goddess's annualfestival. Another Royal Annoyance was an Austrian sculptress and sinceredevotee of the Yourba gods who, during her 40-year residence in Oshogbo hasmade the town the cultural capital of Yourba, turned Oshun's grove into asculpture garden, and erected (if you'll pardon the expression) anithyphallic statue on the palace grounds. Not the sort of decoration apious Muslim usually wants to see in his front yard. A monarch's lot is nota happy one!Swaziland turned out to be downright hostile. On hisrequest for an interview, Fox was told, "I have just been in England. Ididn't see the Queen Mother. Do you think I could have seen the QueenMother just like that?" The author's only sight of King Mswati II was atthe performance of a long, boring public ritual ("Take your hands out ofyour pockets and stand still!" he was scolded after about two hours). Buthe did manage to meet Maja II, king of the Mamba clan, whose ancestor wasgiven royal title and dignity by Mswati II's ancestor in 1819. Most Swazisdon't know he exists, and the Mamba kingship is omitted from all officialSwazi histories. Fox met Maja II at His Anonomyous Majesty's butcher shop,where they had a chat and a smoke, and Fox took a photo of the King posingbeside his pickup truck.Fox's last royal pilgrimage was to the islandof Java and Hamengkubuwono X, Sultan of Yogyakarta, whose kingship hasbecome entirely spiritual. As a disciple hoping to be accepted by a guru,Fox knew his quest would require patience. He moved into a hotel where noone spoke English, took no tourist excursions, bought no souvenirs, andsettled down to read "War and Peace" while waiting for his contacts to turnsomething up. Step by step, contact by contact, Fox closed in on his goal:a highly formal interview, with interpreter, in which the Sultan was asdemocratic as he could manage. He wasn't exactly Maja II with his pickup,but he went so far as to acknowledge and show interest in Fox's gift, whichis more than the cycling Taufa'ahau of Tonga did. Our last glimpse ofHamengkubuwono X is of His Majesty enthusiastically playing soccer in therain, and afterward handing out gifts of soccer balls and jerseys to hissubjects and fellow-players. ... Read more

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Great Companion to Larson's book
Fortunately, I picked up Larson's "Summer for the Gods" and this book at the same time.Since there are so many characters in the trial, it was very useful to have a companion book to look at while going through Larson's sometimes dense prose.One does not have to look far in this book to see that the trial was one of the first examples of the prototypical "media circus"Overall, a very highly recommended companion piece for anybody interested in the trial.

The Scopes Trial as a Local Public Relations Event
Lost in the many legendary treatments of the Scopes trial are the details of the local context.Every event of mythic proportions about ideas also involves ordinary people in real surroundings.This brief photographic history provides that background, while correcting many of the popular misconceptions about the trial.This book contains many worthwhile details of how the case came to occur in Dayton, Tennessee and the lasting effects on Tennessee.The legislature continued to toy with evolution as a subject, even in the 1990s.

The case itself was pretty much a put-up job.Dayton had been on the economic skids for years.The ACLU wanted a test case of the new Tennessee criminal statute barring the teaching of evolution.Whoever prosecuted someone under the law could make a few extra dollars for the local community with the expected publicity.The local leaders in Dayton asked the new teacher, John Scopes, if he would be willing to go along.He was, and the rest is history.

The photographs capture a sense of the town at the time, and the festival atmosphere.They are not particularly outstanding photographs, but do add a note of reality to something that is otherwise very abstract to many of us.The captions that go with them are quite extensive.

I enjoyed the introduction by Edward Caudill that filled in many gaps in my understanding of the trial's background.

I graded the book down one star for the considerable repetition among the introduction, the captions, and the afterword.With more editing, this could have been a more compact and vital volume.

Like many important events where ideas clash, the physical reality is less important than the judicial precedent of contesting the right of ideas to be expressed in a few society.If you had a photographic history of the Magna Carta, the document itself and its application would still be the main story.The same is true of the photographs around the Scopes trial.The publicity around the case had more significance than the trial itself.It served to rally both scientific thinkers and fundamental religionists to their respective causes.

How can public debate advance understanding and cooperation rather than division?That question seems to be the heritage of this famous trial.In today's world, abortion seems to be playing a similar dividing role.What is missing to create progress on such a powerfully troubling issue?

May you always find the words to frame better questions, that reveal new understanding for all!

A nice collection of photographs with insightful captions
When I was in high school I read L. Sprague de Camp's account of "The Great Monkey Trial," became enamored of H. L. Mencken, and was fascinated with Dudley Field Malone's speech in Dayton.My interest in the Scopes Trial was such that eventually I used it as my dissertation topic.Since that time I have continued to collect materials about the trial and have followed contemporary versions of the 1925 battle between science and religion with quite some interest.It is certainly nice to have such an extension collection of photographs from the trial, especially since I have not seen most of the 38 shots.For me the best of the "new" photographs is of Rabbi Herman Rosennasser delivering a mock class in biblical translation.Having heard of the rabbi's fascinating translation of Genesis from Hebrew into German and then into English to make its meaning compatible with the theory of evolution.Except for shots of the monkeys that were brought to Dayton, all of the photographs are full page shots covering all of the major players and the fun both inside and outside of the Rhea County Courthouse.There seems to have been a concerted effort not to include a lot of the traditional shots (e.g., Judge Raulston and the jury posing outside the courthouse).

The introduction by Edward Caudill, author of "Darwinian Myths: The Legends and Misues of a Theory" provides a 20-page of the drama in Dayton that covers the passage of the Butler Act, the ACLU's decision to intervene, the defense putting Bryan on trial and the legacy of the case.It is a concise coverage of the multi-faceted trial, certainly superior to the mostly erroneous treatments found in so many reference books that confuse the play/film "Inherit the Wind" with the actual trial.Jesse Fox Mayshark, a senior editor of a Knoxville weekly newspaper, provides an afterword "Seventy-five Years of Scopes" that provides some nice insights into what the trial has meant to the State of Tennessee.Since the volume is published by the University of Tennessee Press this is not particularly suprising, but it is a topic that has been pretty much dismissed in the past and I found it quite interesting.

What I really liked were the photo captions provided by Edward J. Larson, who won the 1998 Pulitizer prize for history for his book on the Scopes Trial, "Summer for the Gods."Whereas Caudill provides the groundwork for the photographs, Larson provides the detail work.Certainly it would be worth your while to have read Larson's book before you go through these photographs.The more you know about the Scopes Trial the more you will appreciate what you are seeing and reading in this photographic history.

Personally I would have liked to have seen portraits of my hero Malone and A. T. Stewart, the true head of the prosecution in Dayton, because the importance of those two men in the trial is always underplayed in the literature.The most glaring photographic ommissions of course would be the celebrated cross-examination of William Jennings Bryan by Clarence Darrow that took place on a platform on the courthouse lawn.I have seen a half-dozen photographs of this infamous confrontation and am surprised one is not included.But since the photos came from the collections of W.C. Robinson (he ran the drug store in Dayton where the plan for the trial was hatched) and Sue K. Hicks, I have to temper my disappointment.Overall this is certainly a first class presentation of a collection of photographs. ... Read more

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JacobsBook Review
Are you ready to rock?"Fox Be Nimble" is a toe-tappin', finger-snappin' book.Author James Marshall has written a great book about a guitar-playing fox.
Fox loves to play rock star.So, come and be his fan and read his story.It will be music to your ears.Fox only has one person in his audience, his sister, Louise.He has to stop playing music to babysit the Bear's family.He always talks back to his mom.
After Fox went to Bear's family, he goes to pracice with the band and finally finds something that he is good at.
So, find out, read and keep on rocking!

Fox is the best!
I own every Fox book because they are so incredible funny but teach a lesson.If you like Love and Logic Parenting, this is it. Fox gets to face a hilarious consequence every time!

Fox Rocks!
Fox introduces small children to the delightful world of humor and irony in books.What a welcome relief from the drills on simple words that characterize so many early readers. With the simplest of words, Marshall conveys sibling rivalry, naughtiness, and even phobias with a sweet chuckle understandable to early readers. Fox was a constant favorite with both my girls and I only wish more children could go along on his misadventures.

Fox's Mom gave Fox one of those Looks...
That basically sums up all these books.They are absolute classics!I love everything about every single one of these books- I read them growing up and nearly cried as a teenager when they removed them from my local library.No matter what age you are you can enjoy these fantastic books.James Marshall has turned out nothing but classic, wonderful and fun books.If you've never read them, you're missing out on your childhood, and that goes for his George and Martha books too!Get one TODAY! ... Read more

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A true murder mystery that unfolds in the astonishing world of biblical archaeology, a field rife with skulduggery and intrigue.

Biblical archaeology has for centuries been subject to the manipulations of adventurers, generals, and statesmen, all seeking to further their own aims. Now more than ever, digging into the land of the Bible is a weapon as two rival nations seek to prove their claims to its treasures.

The most recent casualty in this bloody tug-of-war is Albert Glock, a prominent American archaeologist, shot dead in the West Bank in 1992, who had devoted his life to helping Palestinian archaeologists find evidence of their historic roots. Edward Fox investigates the puzzle of Glock's murder and its background in the explosive cultural politics of archaeology in the Holy Land. Fox reveals the strange subdiscipline of biblical archaeology -- a field rich in obscure mystics, greedy opportunists, and religious charlatans. He pursues the various suspects in Glock's death -- Islamic zealots, Jewish extremists, and rival archaeologists -- only to find himself caught in an expanding labyrinth of deceit.

A lively history and a riveting mystery, Sacred Geography is also the tragic story of a man who devoted himself to a cause that ultimately destroyed him. ... Read more

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Review of Fox's 'Sacred Geography'
Fox does a great job of blending biography, history and crime novel in his short account of Glock's life and assassination. He also blends archaeology with criminal forensics, which I really admired. The writing isn't terribly exciting, but its enough to hold one's attention for 200 pages, and this book offers a lot more than thrills.

Conclusion unwarranted
Fox can't decide whether to write an academic book on the politics of archeology, or a mystery novel, so it makes for slow reading.He makes factual errors about Albert Glock's religious affiliations--makes me wonder what other factual errors he includes.

If I were a member of Glock's family, I think I would regret giving Fox access, as he paints yellow-journalism's sensationalist and negative portrait of this good man.Then after shifting through a lot of complicated evidence, he draws a silly conclusion: Hamas did it.Please!--how politically convenient!The preponderance of the evidence he himself offers supports the more plausible view that Israelis did it--either army or Mossad-like agents--as Palestinian archeology is a basic threat to the Israeli state's official narrative of who has claims to the land.

Most disappointing.Fox, you took on an admirable and courageous task, but dropped the ball in the end.

Local complexity of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
How important can archeology be today?Unbelievably crucial.In this part of the world it is the justification forworldview, religion, the meaning of life. It seems all of the parties involved come off are charlatans, awful human beings, and trying to justify their own criminality via archeology.This poor Dr Glock gets ineptly kmixed up in it and gets himself killed.
No matter how complex the issues of Palestine/Israel appear, they are clearly more complicated.And they are international, national, and LOCAL.
The book is clearly written and fun to read.Do not expect an answer.
I would have liked even more archeology.

Digging Up Conflict, Fascinating and Biased
The phenomenon that catalyzes - and paralyzes --the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to be the riddle of our age.By reopening this 1992 murder investigation, journalist Fox reveals how much wider a puzzle it is. Why has this patch of earth attracted so much political, cultural, and religious investment?

Investigating the murder of Dr. Albert Glock, director of the Palestinian Institute of Archaeology, Fox uncovers the key role Biblical archaeology, an opportunistic subdiscipline founded on the idea that the Bible is a true chronicle of history, has played in Palestine's tumultuous history.

Since the age of the Holy Roman Emperor Constantine, the field has been replete with religious charlatans and swashbuckling adventurers, generals and statesmen, all mining Palestine for biblical wonders to advance their own causes.Fox calls this "negative cosmopolitanism", meaning the identification of many people with one place-- the region's most insoluble problem.

Making the landscape fit the map has served the modern state of Israel, Fox claims, yet soon enough he admits his bias, writing that he "took to rooting for the Palestinian underdog."

Regarding the Hague Convention's 1954 prohibition of excavation in occupied territories, the author gleefully reports Professor Glock's circumventions, while reminding us "all respectable archaeologists" refrained from excavating, "except the Israelis."

Fascinating and compelling!
A well-written, compelling account of the politics and various agendas of two centuries of archaeology in Palestine and Israel, as well as as a troubling and eye-opening study of social, political, andcrime issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories in the '90s. ... Read more

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Widely used as the sole grammar text for many classrooms, here is the ideal text for teaching English grammar through rule and not exception. Unusually lively sentences comprise the plethora of model and practice material: 50 exercises, 1800 problems, 4 quizzes and 7 tests. ... Read more

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Terrific Grammar Book
I'm the surviving author.We wrote the book in the early '60's as a reaction to the street English grammars that were being written then.We wrote it somewhat tongue in cheek, with the purpose of a student's enjoyingthe sentences even if he or she did not learn any grammar.It is now beingpublished by Wayside Press, and has been in print for nearly forty years. I still think that it is good. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Ruppert/Barnes’ best-selling introduction to the biology of invertebrates is highly regarded for its accuracy and strong research base. This thorough revision provides a survey by animal group, emphasizing evolutionary origins, adaptive morphology and physiology, while covering anatomical ground plans and basic developmental patterns. New co-author Richard Fox brings to the revision his expertise as an ecologist, offering a good balance to Ruppert's background as a functional morphologist. Lavish illustrations and extensive citations make the book extremely valuable as a teaching tool and reference source. ... Read more

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Great Book
I recently purchased the latest edition and have been studying it pretty closely. Its one of the best biology texts I have, good for building a foundation in understanding the structure and function of invertebrate taxa.It is not very heavy on the ecology, but even though I am an ecology grad student I don't really mind.It is more helpful for me to feel like I grasp the basics of what an organism is, before moving on to an explicit focus of how an organism functions in an ecosystem.I own the seventh edition, and from what I read in the introduction, it is a significant revision from the sixth.The classification system has been updated and 5 additional chapters that I amvery fond of have been added.These chapters focus on the conceptual significance of thematic changes in organism design - there is a chapter on the eukaryotic cell, on multicellularity, or the eumetazoa and the development muscles and nerves, on bilatera, and one other that I haven't gotten too.The chapter on protozoa (though limited in scope) did quite a lot to impress me that the strange animals like sponges and coral at the base of animal phylogeny are not at all strange when viewed in the context of their protist predecessors.

One thing that bothered me at first about the book was that its all in black and white. Many invertebrates are really spectacular to look at, so my heart was a little heavy when I first flipped through the pages. I suppose this saves them money and makes the book more affordable, but the excellent line diagrams are probably more helpful in learning tissue and organ anatomy, so I've forgiven them. The diagrams are worth half the value of the book - you really need to see the structures you are reading about to understand them.

In short, its a great book, and I recommend it for the more hardnosed, curious type of student and enthusiast.

An Outstanding Textbook and Reference
This is the best invertebrate zoology textbook on the market, perhaps the best ever written. The authors are not content to merely present in fine detail the classification, anatomy, physiology, behavior, and ecology of invertebrates, they present alternative interpretations and controversial opinions where these topics are concerned. In that way, invertebrate zoology comes alive as an active, important, and relevant field of study for understanding the ecology and evolutionary relationships of these organisms in a global setting. I highly recommend this book for a course of study or as a reference for Earth Science instructors who wish to solidify and deepend their knowledge and understanding of invertebrates.

The best invert book on the planet
This text is the most comprehensive yet easy to read book on invertebrates out there. Using an evolutionary approach, it begins with the simplest organisms and ends with the most complex. Reproduction, organ systems, and lifestyle are discussed in detail giving the reader a functional view of a continuum of simple to complex nervous systems, digestive systems and locomotive and reproductive life styles. This book explains invertebrate zoology using techniques and concepts that can be used to study most biology topics in a systematic fashion. It is a must own for any undergraduate or post graduate!!!

The ""Bible" of Invertebrate Zoology
A modern replacement of Libby Hyman's classic series, but, even so, is now beoming out of date because of the rapid advances in molecular biology. Dr. Barnes is deceased and I understand that Dr. Ruppert has no plans to update the book, a horrendous undertaking. Nevertheless, I know of no substitute for this fine text. Readers should also refer to Margulis & Schwartz "Five Kingdoms".

Sets the standard for Invertebrate Zoology texts
Ruppert and Barnes' text, now in its 6th edition sets the standard for invertebrate zoology texts.The authors provide adequate depth for undergraduate courses in invertebrate zoology, and good fodder for graduatestudents starting in the discipline as well.

There are outstandingcollections of line drawings in the text -- a method of illustration Iprefer to photographs for most instructional purposes.

There is goodcoverage of invertebrate animal groups, but, since it's published in 1994,there are a few places where the book is becoming dated.There is, forexample, no information about the Cycliophora, the latest invertebratephyla to be proposed.

I hope that there will continue to be neweditions of this text produced.I cut my teeth on the 3rd edition, andother editions have figured prominently as I have worked through mygraduate and professional careers.

Top-notch material.If you areconsidering which text to select for an invertebrate zoology course, I urgeyou to give this book a look. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more