{"title":"University of Chicago Press","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince its origins in 1890 as one of the three main divisions of the University of Chicago, the Press has embraced as its mission the obligation to disseminate scholarship of the highest standard and to publish serious works that foster public understanding, provide an authoritative foundation for informed dialogue, and enrich the diversity of cultural life. Our publications actively engage with timely issues and debates and are written by authors who are the foremost experts in their fields. 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It has more than five thousand books in print at the present time, including such well-known works as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/C\/bo25956703.html\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Manual of Style\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/S\/bo13179781.html\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, by Thomas Kuhn; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/R\/bo3643831.html\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e by Norman Maclean; and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/R\/bo4138549.html\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Road to Serfdom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, by F. A. 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The plants, insects, birds, and mammals they discover come to life in colored pen-and-ink drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn engaging blend of science and storytelling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllie's Log\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Pages from Ellie's own field notebook, which provide a model for recording observations in nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Ellie's advice to readers for keeping a field notebook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Ellie's book recommendations Online resources for readers and teachers--including a Teacher's Guide--are available at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eellieslog.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith L. Li\u003c\/strong\u003e, a retired Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University, is a stream ecologist. She participates in National Science Foundation-sponsored Long Term Ecological Research at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and works with K-12 science teachers. She edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Harvest, To Hunt: Stories of Resource Use in the American West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and coedited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWading for Bugs: Exploring Streams with the Experts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM.L. Herring\u003c\/strong\u003e is a science writer and illustrator who works with researchers around the world to describe their discoveries within the natural world. She currently heads the communications department within Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTarget Age: 8-11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOregan State University Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePub Date: April 01, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780870716966\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.5\" H x 9.4\" L x 6.9\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e110 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37655547904186,"sku":"9780870716966","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/products\/Ellie_sLog.jpg?v=1668312456"},{"product_id":"forbidden-journeys-fairy-tales-and-fantasies-by-victorian-women-writers-by-nina-auerbach-u-c-knoepflmacher","title":"Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers by Nina Auerbach, U.C. 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From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of \"The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood\" and \"Beauty and the Beast, \" and Jean Ingelow's fantastic novel Mopsa the Fairy to Christina Rossetti's unsettling antifantasies in Speaking Likenesses, these are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns amusing, charming, and disturbing. In collecting these works, two of our most distinguished Victorian scholars rescue authors such as Ritchie, Ingelow, Juliana Horatia Ewing, and Mary Louisa Molesworth from undeserved obscurity. At the same time, Auerbach and Knoepflmacher bring to the fore the power of the shorter prose fantasies of more familiar writers like Rossetti, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and E. Nesbit. Five introductory essays by Auerbach and Knoepflmacher place these stories within the fairy-tale tradition and the context of Victorian juvenile and adult fiction. Defining the tales in relation to the Victorian preoccupation with mythmaking, they identify the astringent social satire and literary mockery present ineach work. As entertaining as it is enlightening, this anthology ushers readers into a fantasy world of wit, perversity, and wonder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart One: Refashioning Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Anne Thackeray Ritchie\u003cbr\u003eBeauty and the Beast, Anne Thackeray Ritchie\u003cbr\u003eThe Brown Bull of Norrowa, Maria Louisa Molesworth\u003cbr\u003eAmelia and the Dwarfs, Juliana Horathia Ewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Two: Subversions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick, Christina Rossetti\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Crackers, Julian Horathia Ewing\u003cbr\u003eBehind the White Brick, Frances Hodgson Burnett\u003cbr\u003eMelisande, or, Long and Short Division, E. Nesbit\u003cbr\u003eFortunatus Rex \u0026amp; Co., E. Nesbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Three: A Fantasy Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMopsa the Fairy, Jean Ingelow\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Four: A Trio of Antifantasies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking Likenesses, Christina Rossetti\u003cbr\u003eBiographical Sketches\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eForbidden Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not only a darkly entertaining book to read for the fantasies and anti-fantasies told, but also is a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies.--\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnited Press International\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\nA service to feminists, to Victorian Studies, to children's literature and to children.--Beverly Lyon Clark,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\nThese are stories to laugh over, cheer at, celebrate, and wince at. . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbidden Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a welcome reminder that rebellion was still possible, and the editors' intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy.--Allyson F. McGill,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelles Lettres\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/servlet\/ibg.common.titledetail.pd1000?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAAABXKuw5AQBSE4VeRqUVoT4lEROhUonBZIZaz2V0N8e6O7vsn88DNoGXQToVwzCBvL6HxIKTMO8TuBiVxLNKylk1R4z-L87rJfxtQ1yUhxBmf3m7j5dlKtVGQRUF1sjKLPoZpVRZ9_37AOLxUdwAAAA\u0026amp;R=74418\u0026amp;dNo=2#contributor_12843\" data-href=\"#contributor_12843\" class=\"doContributorSearch\" productlimit=\"INGM\" producttype=\"Book\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNina Auerbach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1943-2017) was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Though her area of academic concentration was in Victorian literature, she also ranged through cultural history, horror fiction, and film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eU.C. 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Modeled on the \"casebooks\" often used in freshman English classes at the time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/collections\/winnie-the-pooh\" title=\"Pooh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePooh\u003c\/a\u003e Perplex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtains twelve essays written in different critical voices, complete with ridiculous footnotes, tongue-in-cheek \"questions and study projects,\" and hilarious biographical notes on the contributors. This edition contains a new preface by the author that compares literary theory then and now and identifies some of the real-life critics who were spoofed in certain chapters.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eNote to the 2003 Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eParadoxical Persona: The Hierarchy of Heroism in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnie-the-Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarvey C. 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Penwiper\u003cbr\u003eAnother Book to Cross Off Your List\u003cbr\u003eSimon Lacerous\u003cbr\u003eThe Style of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePooh\u003c\/i\u003e: Sources, Analogues, and Influences\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Thumb\u003cbr\u003eA.A. Milne's Honey-Balloon-Pit-Gun-Tail-Bathtubcomplex\u003cbr\u003eKarl Anschauung, M.D.\u003cbr\u003eProlegomena to Any Future Study of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnie-the-Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmedley ForcE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/servlet\/ibg.common.titledetail.pd1000?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAAABXLMQqAMBBE0btMnULbLUUQEVPZBRHBiGJgQxIRFe_upnvM8F_EBbTOLlqFyAxK4RT6BELFfKhmXxNkiA-oLAqRk6vVTY9ciOte19keZEypIO7sfXFYpmFPzuaaecM4fj_CuiI4bwAAAA\u0026amp;R=5514813\u0026amp;dNo=59#contributor_566285\" data-href=\"#contributor_566285\" class=\"doContributorSearch\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Crews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a professor emeritus of English at the University of California at Berkeley. His many books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Critics Bear It Away: American Fiction and the Academy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Random House Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(currently in its sixth edition), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePostmodern Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eFebruary 14, 2003\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226120584\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.39\" H x 8.16\" L x 5.24\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e164 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37834308354234,"sku":"9780226120584","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/pooh.jpg?v=1701363687"},{"product_id":"daulaires-book-of-norwegian-folktales","title":"D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the authors who wrote and illustrated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOla, Leif the Lucky,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of the Northlights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes their collection of Norwegian folktales. First printed in 1938, this selection of timeless stories returns to enchant audiences all over again. 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At eight that evening, we spot a hawk swallowing bats whole, gorging on up to fifteen in rapid succession before retreating into the darkness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor each chapter, award-winning artist Tony Angell has depicted these scenes with his signature pen and ink illustrations, which grow increasingly light and then dark as our bird day passes. Working closely together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Hauber and Angell have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two--and a true gift for readers, amateur scientists, and birdwatchers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist's Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMidnight: Barn Owl (Worldwide)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 AM: Little Spotted Kiwi (New Zealand)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 AM: Oilbird (South America)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 AM: Kākāpō (New Zealand)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 AM: Common Nightingale (Eurasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 AM: Brown-Headed Cowbird (North America)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 AM (Sunrise): Silvereye (Australasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 AM: Bee Hummingbird (Caribbean)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 AM: American Robin (North America)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 AM: Eclectus Parrot (Australasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 AM: Indian Peafowl (Asia, Introduced Worldwide)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 AM: Common Pochard (Eurasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoon: Ocellated Antbird (Central America)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 PM: Secretary Bird (Africa)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 PM: Emperor Penguin (Antarctica)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 PM: Superb Starling (Africa)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 PM: Common Cuckoo (Eurasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 PM: Indian Myna (Asia, Introduced Worldwide)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 PM (Sunset): Standard-Winged Nightjar (Africa)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 PM: Great Snipe (Eurasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 PM: Bat Hawk (Africa and Asia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 PM: Black-Crowned Night Heron (Worldwide)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 PM: Cook's Petrel (New Zealand)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 PM: European Robin (Eurasia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stunning. . . . 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Ehrlich, author of \"Life: A Journey through Science and Politics\" and \"The Birder's Handbook\"\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"As much a meditation as a book, Hauber and Angell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBird Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gives us a bird to think about at each hour of the day and night. They take us around the world, visiting birds including the brown-headed cowbird (5 a.m.), Hauber's own research subject, the ocellated antbird (noon), Cook's petrel in New Zealand (10 p.m.), and twenty-one others. The narrative brilliantly captures the moment; the art makes the moment come alive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBird Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an excellent pairing of text and art, one I will return to again and again as the hours go by.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Joan E. 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Lushly patterned chiaroscuro drawings by Tony Angell heighten the mystery and delight of these tall-but-true bird tales.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Julie Zickefoose, author and illustrator of \"Letters from Eden,\" \"The Bluebird Effect,\" \"Baby Birds,\" and \"Saving Jemima\"\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One could not ask for two better field companions than Mark Hauber and Tony Angell as they observe some of the world's most interesting birds. Their book gives us all new ways of seeing, hearing, and thinking about them--hour by hour--without ever leaving home.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Robert McCracken Peck, author of \"A Celebration of Birds\" and \"The Natural History of Edward Lear\"\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"'What do birds do all day long?' Ecology professor Hauber answers this question by taking an hour-by-hour, worldwide tour of two dozen bird species. . . . Short vignettes about each bird are beautifully illustrated with Tony Angell's lively drawings, bringing the wonders of bird behavior to life.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Booklist\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A delightful book by research ornithologist Mark Hauber and illustrator Ton Angell. From owls hunting at night to the common pochard resting with an eye open to spot predators in the daytime, this is a global, hour-by-hour account of individual bird lives.\"  -- \u003cstrong\u003e\"New Scientist\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fine drawings by Tony Angell, with a grey background, have a quality recalling old woodcuts.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Birdwatching Magazine\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark E. Hauber\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis professor and executive director at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and previously served as the Harley Jones Van Cleave Professor of Host-Parasite Interactions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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One editor, so the story goes, replied, \"it has trees in it.\" Forty years later, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture--for fly-fishing, for the woods, for the interlocked beauty of life and art-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River Runs through It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has established itself as a classic of the American West. This new edition will introduce a fresh audience to Maclean's beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElegantly redesigned, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River Runs through It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincludes a new foreword by Robert Redford, director of the Academy Award-winning 1992 film adaptation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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As it has for many others, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River Runs through It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e became for me a kind of central text, equal parts fishing primer, literary masterwork, and spiritual guide. . . . It remains one of my most beloved books.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJon Gluck \"New York Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Maclean's book--acerbic, laconic, deadpan--rings out of a rich American tradition that includes Mark Twain, Kin Hubbard, Richard Bissell, Jean Shepherd, and Nelson Algren.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--James R. Frakes \"New York Times Book Review\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It is an enchanted tale.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Sale \"New York Review of Books\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The title novella is the prize. . . . Something unique and marvelous: a story that is at once an evocation of nature's miracles and realities and a probing of human mysteries. Wise, witty, wonderful, Maclean spins his tales, casts his flies, fishes the rivers and the woods for what he remembers from his youth in the Rockies.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Bannon \"Publishers Weekly\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A masterpiece. . . . This is more than stunning fiction: It is a lyric record of a time and a life, shining with Maclean's special gift for calling the reader's attention to arts of all kinds--the arts that work in nature, in personality, in social intercourse, in fly-fishing.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth M. Pierce \"Village Voice\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Maclean's book is surely destined to be one of those rare memoirs that can be called a masterpiece. . . . Earthy, whimsical, authoritative, wise; it touches the heart without blushing and traces lasting images for the eye. . . . This book is a gem.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eNick Lyons \"Fly-Fisherman\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[Maclean] would go to his grave secure in the knowledge that anyone who'd fished with a fly in the Rockies and read his novella on the how and why of it believed it to be the best such manual on the art ever written--a remarkable feat for a piece of prose that also stands as a masterwork in the art of tragic writing.\"--\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Connors \"Nation\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Altogether beautiful in the power of its feeling. . . . As beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Kazin \"Chicago Tribune\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Ostensibly a 'fishing story, ' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River Runs through It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is really an autobiographical elegy that captivates readers who have never held a fly rod in their hand. In it the art of casting a fly becomes a ritual of grace, a metaphor for man's attempt to move into nature.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Rosenheim \"Independent\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the years since I first read this collection's title story, I've never been able to think about fly-fishing without a genuine sense of reverence. . . . Maclean dedicates long, languid passages to the finer points of casting in the 'great trout rivers' of western Montana, which manage to be both technical and transcendent. . . . The beauty of the story lies in its specificity--the summer of 1937 on the Big Blackfoot River--against the sweep of religion, the primeval forces of geology, and the pure ache of loving someone whom you struggle to understand.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Atlantic\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Maclean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1902-1990), woodsman, scholar, teacher, and storyteller, grew up in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. As a young man, he worked in logging camps and for the United States Forest Service. He was awarded an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He was the William Rainey Harper Professor of English at the University of Chicago, teaching the Romantic poets and Shakespeare. After his retirement in 1973, he began to write the stories he liked to tell, which became the book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River Runs Through It and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published to widespread acclaim. The book was the first work of original fiction published by the University of Chicago Press. It was nominated by a selection committee to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Letters in 1977, but the full committee ignored the nomination and did not award a Pulitzer in that category for the year. In the last years of his life, he wrote an account of the 1949 Mann Gulch forest fire. It was published posthumously as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoung Men and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eMay 16, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226472065\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.8\" H x 8.4\" L x 5.5\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43755243307194,"sku":"9780226472065","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71WXpfKqpdL._SL1280.jpg?v=1717084328"},{"product_id":"metaphors-we-live-by-by-george-lakoff-mark-johnson","title":"Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe now-classic \u003ci\u003eMetaphors We Live By\u003c\/i\u003e changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are \"metaphors we live by\"--metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Concepts We Live By\u003cbr\u003e2. The Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts\u003cbr\u003e3. Metaphorical Systematicity: Highlighting and Hiding\u003cbr\u003e4. Orientational Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e5. Metaphor and Cultural Coherence\u003cbr\u003e6. Ontological Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e7. Personification\u003cbr\u003e8. Metonymy\u003cbr\u003e9. Challenges to Metaphorical Coherence\u003cbr\u003e10. Some Further Examples\u003cbr\u003e11. The Partial Nature of Metaphorical Structuring\u003cbr\u003e12. How Is Our Conceptual System Grounded?\u003cbr\u003e13. The Grounding of Structural Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e14. Causation: Partly Emergent and Partly Metaphorical\u003cbr\u003e15. The Coherent Structuring of Experience\u003cbr\u003e16. Metaphorical Coherence\u003cbr\u003e17. Complex Coherences across Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e18. Some Consequences for Theories of Conceptual Structure\u003cbr\u003e19. Definition and Understanding\u003cbr\u003e20. How Metaphor Can Give Meaning to Form\u003cbr\u003e21. New Meaning\u003cbr\u003e22. The Creation of Similarity\u003cbr\u003e23. Metaphor, Truth, and Action\u003cbr\u003e24. Truth\u003cbr\u003e25. The Myths of Objectivism and Subjectivism\u003cbr\u003e26. The Myth of Objectivism in Western Philosophy and Linguistics\u003cbr\u003e27. How Metaphor Reveals the Limitations of the Myth of Objectivism\u003cbr\u003e28. Some Inadequacies of the Myth of Subjectivism\u003cbr\u003e29. The Experientialist Alternative: Giving New Meaning to the Old Myths\u003cbr\u003e30. Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lakoff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of, among other books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen, Fire, and Dangerous Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body in the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Johnson and Lakoff have also coauthored \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eApril 16, 2003\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226468013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.0\" H x 8.4\" L x 5.4\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43755250221242,"sku":"9780226468013","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/51tIXraUKdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1717084794"},{"product_id":"plant-families-a-guide-for-gardeners-and-botanists-by-ross-bayton-simon-maughan","title":"Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists by Ross Bayton \u0026 Simon Maughan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of us lump plants together in one big family, and when pressed can only explain their grouping by what they're not--not an animal, not a mineral, and so just a plant. In reality, there are hundreds of different plant families, each grouped logically by a unique family history and genealogy. This brings sense and order to the more than a quarter of a million different plant species covering a diverse spectrum that includes soaring sequoias ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCupressaceae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), squat prickly pear ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCactaceae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and luxuriant roses ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosaceae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlant Families\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated guide to the more than one hundred core plant families every horticulturist, gardener, or budding botanist needs to know. It introduces the basics of plant genealogy and teaches readers how to identify and understand the different structures of flowers, trees, herbs, shrubs, and bulbs. It then walks through each family, explaining its origins and range, and describing characteristics such as size, flowers, and seeds. Each family is accompanied by full-color botanical illustrations and diagrams. \"Uses For\" boxes planted throughout the book provide practical gardening tips related to each family. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe have much to gain by learning about the relationships between plant families. By understanding how botanists create these groupings, we can become more apt at spotting the unique characteristics of a plant and identify them faster and more accurately. Understanding plant families also helps us to make sense of--and better appreciate--the enormous biological diversity of the plant kingdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant family tree\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first plants to flowers\u003cbr\u003eFerns--fronds to fiddleheads\u003cbr\u003eGymnosperms\u003cbr\u003eAngiosperms\u003cbr\u003eMonocotyledons (monocots)\u003cbr\u003eEudicotyledons (eudicots)\u003cbr\u003eWhat to look for when identifying plants\u003cbr\u003eThe different plant types\u003cbr\u003eRoots and stems\u003cbr\u003eLeaves\u003cbr\u003eFlowers\u003cbr\u003eFruits and seeds\u003cbr\u003eKey to major groups\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 1: GYMNOSPERMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCycadaceae, 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(lily)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrchidaceae (orchid)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIridaceae (iris)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmaryllidaceae (daffodil)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsphodelaceae (daylily)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsparagaceae (asparagus)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArecaceae (palm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZingiberaceae (ginger)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBromeliaceae (pineapple)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoaceae (grass)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 3: EUDICOTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBerberidaceae (barberry)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePapaveraceae (poppy)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanunculaceae (buttercup)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrassulaceae (stonecrop)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHamamelidaceae (witch hazel)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaeoniaceae (peony)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSaxifragaceae (saxifrage)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEuphorbiaceae (spurge)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalicaceae (willow)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViolaceae (violet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFabaceae (legume)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoraceae (mulberry)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRosaceae (rose)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBegoniaceae (begonia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCucurbitaceae (squash)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetulaceae (birch)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFagaceae (oak)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuglandaceae (walnut)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeraniaceae (cranesbill)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMyrtaceae (myrtle)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnagraceae (evening primrose)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSapindaceae (maple)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRutaceae (citrus)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalvaceae (mallow)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCistaceae (rock rose)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrassicaceae (cabbage)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmaranthaceae (amaranth)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCactaceae (cactus)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaryophyllaceae (carnation)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDroseraceae (sundew)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolygonaceae (rhubarb)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCornaceae (dogwood)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHydrangeaceae (hydrangea)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEricaceae (heather)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrimulaceae (primrose)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheaceae (camellia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConvolvulaceae (morning glory)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolanaceae (nightshade)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApocynaceae (milkweed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGentianaceae (gentian)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLamiaceae (mint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOleaceae (olive)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScrophulariaceae (figwort)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlantaginaceae (plantain)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoraginaceae (borage)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsteraceae (daisy)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCampanulaceae (bellflower)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApiaceae (carrot)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAraliaceae (aralia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdoxaceae (elder)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An amazing guide filled with botanical information and exacting illustrations and diagrams.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Oregonian\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Examines the major families of the plant world. . . . For each included family, information is provided on family origins, morphology, and ornamental or agricultural uses for members of the family. Elegant color illustrations throughout highlight important terms, structures, and example species associated with each plant family.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Choice\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A visually engaging introduction to systematics that would make a perfect gift or decorative tabletop book for almost any level of budding horticulturist. Its beauty does not detract from the bite-sized knowledge that it imparts, but rather works well to pull in the novice reader and maybe even attract a few future botanists.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Economic Botany\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss Bayton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ehas a doctorate in palm taxonomy and is the curator of a large succulent plant collection at Hare Hatch Sheeplands, an independent garden center and nursery in Berkshire, United Kingdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Maughan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has worked as an editor and publisher for the Royal Horticultural Society for over twelve years, and is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRHS Botany for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 7, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 9.1\" L x 6.8\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43755274207418,"sku":"9780226523088","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71nh6q0QVsL._SL1280.jpg?v=1717085727"},{"product_id":"practical-botany-for-gardeners-over-3-000-botanical-terms-explained-and-explored-by-geoff-hodge","title":"Practical Botany for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Botanical Terms Explained and Explored by Geoff Hodge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGardening can be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy. Fickle plants make seemingly spontaneous decisions to bloom or bust, seeds sprout magically in the blink of an eye, and deep-rooted mysteries unfold underground and out of sight. Understanding basic botany is like unlocking a horticultural code; fortunately learning a little science can reveal the secrets of the botanical universe and shed some light on what's really going on in your garden. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractical Botany for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides an elegant and accessible introduction to the world of botany. It presents the essentials that every gardener needs to know, connecting explanations of scientific facts with useful gardening tips. Flip to the roots section and you'll not only learn how different types of roots support a plant but also find that adding fungi to soil aids growth. The pruning section both defines \"lateral buds\" and explains how far back on a shoot to cut in order to propagate them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book breaks down key areas and terminology with easy-to-navigate chapters arranged by theme, such as plant types, plant parts, inner workings, and external factors. \"Great Botanists\" and \"Botany in Action\" boxes delve deeper into the fascinating byways of plant science. This multifaceted book also includes two hundred botanical illustrations and basic diagrams that hearken to the classic roots of botany. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart handbook, part reference, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractical Botany for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautifully captivating read. It's a must for garden lovers and backyard botanists who want to grow and nurture their own plant knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to use this book\u003cbr\u003eA short history of botany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The Plant Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlgae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMosses and liverworts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLichens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFerns and their relatives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGymnosperms: conifers and their relatives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAngiosperms: flowering plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMonocotyledons versus dicotyledons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant naming and common names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant families\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHybrids and cultivars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Growth, Form, and Function\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant growth and development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoots\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBulbs and other underground food storage organs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Inner Workings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCells and cell division\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotosynthesis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant nutrition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNutrient and water distribution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant hormones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Reproduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVegetative reproduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSexual reproduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant breeding--evolution in cultivation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Beginning of Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevelopment of the seed and fruit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeed dormancy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeed germination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSowing and saving seeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeed saving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: External Factors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe soil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoil pH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoil fertility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoil moisture and rainwater\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNutrients and feeding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife above ground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Pruning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy prune?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePruning trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePruning for size and shape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePruning for display\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Botany and the Senses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeeing light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSensing scent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScent as an attractant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeeling vibrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Pests, Diseases, and Disorders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInsect pests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther common pests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFungi and fungal diseases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViral diseases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBacterial diseases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParasitic plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow plants defend themselves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBreeding for resistance to pests and diseases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhysiological disorders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCredits and websites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBotanists and Botanical Illustrators\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGregor Johann Mendel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarbara McClintock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Fortune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProspero Alpini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichard Spruce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Sprague Sargent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuther Burbank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFranz and Ferdinand Bauer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatilda Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Lindley FRS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarianne North\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePierre-Joseph Redouté\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Sowerby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVera Scarth-Johnson OAM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"For anyone who has been horrified by the lopsided life that remains after a bout of pruning, gardening writer Geoff Hodge has some gentle advice: Pruning is both an art and a science. You'll be better equipped to take on the challenge after reading the chapter on pruning in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractical Botany for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . . Botanical illustrations on almost every page add a decorative touch, and profiles of botanical artists pay tribute to those who make plants come alive on the page.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Boston Globe\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A gentle guide to the green world . . . organized precisely how a nonbotanist would need it done. Chapters introduce the plant kingdom and how botanists classify it; tackle growth, form and function; and take you inside a plant to understand how its cells, nutrition and hormones actually function. Others explore reproduction, soil, pests and disorders. . . It's a beautiful book.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Denver Post\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Hodge\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a gardening and horticultural writer living in Peterborough, UK, and the former gardening editor for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGardening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His most recent books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe RHS Allotment Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRHS Propagation Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRHS Pruning and Training.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 18, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.93\" H x 9.23\" L x 6.97\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43755280531642,"sku":"9780226093932","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81sYv4PItKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1717086254"},{"product_id":"latin-for-gardeners-over-3-000-plant-names-explained-and-explored-by-lorraine-harrison","title":"Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored by Lorraine Harrison","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHellebores foetidus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePotentilla reptans\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith the expectation that it will stand straight as a sentinel rather than creep along the ground. \u003cspan\u003eAn essential addition to the gardener's library, this colorful, fully illustrated book details the history of naming plants, provides an overview of Latin naming conventions, and offers guidelines for pronunciation. Readers will learn to identify Latin terms that indicate the provenance of a given plant and provide clues to its color, shape, fragrance, taste, behavior, functions, and more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull of expert instruction and practical guidance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatin for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will allow novices and green thumbs alike to better appreciate the seemingly esoteric names behind the plants they work with, and to expertly converse with fellow enthusiasts. Soon they will realize that having a basic understanding of Latin before trips to the nursery or botanic garden is like possessing some knowledge of French before traveling to Paris; it enriches the whole experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Use This Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of Botanical Latin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBotanical Latin for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to the A-Z Listings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ezabeliana\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ezonatus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant Profiles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcanthus\u003cbr\u003eAchillea\u003cbr\u003eAlyssum\u003cbr\u003eDigitalis\u003cbr\u003eEryngium\u003cbr\u003eEucalyptus\u003cbr\u003eFoeniculum\u003cbr\u003eGeranium\u003cbr\u003eHelianthus\u003cbr\u003eJasminum\u003cbr\u003eLycopersicon\u003cbr\u003eParthenocissus\u003cbr\u003ePassiflora\u003cbr\u003ePlumbago\u003cbr\u003ePulmonaria\u003cbr\u003eQuercus\u003cbr\u003eSempervivum\u003cbr\u003eStreptocarpus\u003cbr\u003eTropaeolum\u003cbr\u003eVaccinium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant Hunters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaron Alexander von Humboldt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir Joseph Banks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeriwether Lewis and William Clark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrancis Masson and Carl Peter Thunberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Bartram and William Bartram\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Douglas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Carl Linnaeus\" href=\"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/collections\/carl-linnaeus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarl Linnaeus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Colden and Marianne North\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir Joseph Hooker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndré Michaux and François Michaux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant Themes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere Plants Come From\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlants: Their Shape and Form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Color of Plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Qualities of Plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlants: Their Fragrance and Taste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumbers and Plants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlants and Animals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlossary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"For those who want a better understanding of plant taxonomy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatin for Gardeners,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Lorraine Harrison, is a treasure.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eDominique Browning \"New York Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatin for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is useful, surprising, and beautiful--an accessible dictionary for everyone who puzzles over botanical identifications, an opportunity to get better acquainted with the extraordinary discoverers and namers of so many of our favorite plants, and a treat for all who enjoy the art and lore of the garden.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eJane S. Smith, author of The Garden of Invention\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I have several books dedicated to Latin plant names but none fall into the category of Lorraine Harrison's book which is not only informative but entertaining and beautifully illustrated. This is no dull list of Latin plant names--it is a book which begs to be picked up and looked at.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Reckless Gardener\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Martha Stewart Living\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorraine Harrison\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of several books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInspiring Sussex Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shaker Book of the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Potted History of Vegetables: A Kitchen Cornucopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eSeptember 21, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.0\" H x 9.0\" L x 7.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43755291574458,"sku":"9780226009193","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71MvVwUROwL._SL1280.jpg?v=1717086992"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-frogs-a-life-size-guide-to-six-hundred-species-from-around-the-world-by-tim-halliday","title":"The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin's Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. Six hundred of nature's most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size--including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewill captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is a frog?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComplex life cycle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn acoustic world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrogs, toads \u0026amp; people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePopulation declines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmphibian diseases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDistribution \u0026amp; classification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy the number of frog species is increasing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe frogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eResources\u003cbr\u003eA note on nomenclature\u003cbr\u003eIndex of common names\u003cbr\u003eIndex of scientific names\u003cbr\u003eIndex of family names\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If you are a serious (and I mean serious) fan of the frog, you are in for a real treat. From poisonous frogs to tiny toenail-sized frogs, whistlers, \"explosive breeders,\" endangered frogs, and recently discovered frogs, author and one of the world's leading frog experts Tim Halliday covers an exhaustive gamut of frog species from around the planet. A wonderful source for anyone trying to decipher and learn about frogs they find in nature.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Boing Boing\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog. The book is a looker.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Wired\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An unlikely human phenomena, an exploration of the intricacies and eccentricities of our world and the amount of knowledge it is possible for one person to possess and present with inspiringly obvious passion. Halliday's personality pops on every page, rendering even the dullest frogs adorable through his eyes. Halliday captures both the extraordinary and ordinary of frogs in the same breathless prose that you wrote in love notes to your eighth-grade crush. Couple that with six hundred beautifully composed pictures of sometimes beautiful animals, and you've got yourself one hell of a novelty book. In its several months as the centerpiece of my coffee table, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has generated more conversation than any other item in my apartment. It's an aesthetic pleasure as an art object, informative as a reference guide.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Spectrum Culture\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Scientific knowledge about frogs has been increasing rapidly. For example, the number of described species has jumped from 5,000 to more than 7,000 in the last 15 years. At the same time, frogs are a focus of great concern due to severe population declines and extinctions worldwide. This large book by amphibian expert Halliday is a photographically rich introduction to the global diversity of frogs.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Choice\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Glorious, magnificent new behemoth of a book. Wisely, Halliday chooses to stick to the basics. His enormous book--a big, beautiful hardcover filled with color photos--follows a close-focused remit, giving a one-page snapshot of some 600 species of the world's frogs. In the book's mesmerizing master stroke, there's also a life-sized photo of each frog, from the ones as small as your fingernail to the ones as big as a fat Guinea Pig. It's a stunning cavalcade, ranging from dull and knobby toads to tree frogs of almost translucent beauty....It's a joyous experience to savor the unbridled strangeness, the bursting profusion in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \"Open Letters Monthly\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An in-depth ecology not of all the world's frogs and toads, but of a representative fascinating ten per cent--what a superb 600 it is! . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does a splendid job of showing the diversity of frogs and toads.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e \"Times Literary Supplement\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A rich compendium of 600 frog species, including many that are critically endangered. This taxonomy provides complete distribution, natural history, and conservation status information, as well as life-size photographs for each species, and is laden with fascinating facts that emphasize the diversity of frogs and the many risks to their persistence worldwide.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \"Ecology\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Halliday has compiled an extensive compendium of frogs, and presents a wide array of fascinating facts in rich prose....The real selling point is the full-color photos, showing the actual size of each frog. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the perfect coffee table book for anyone with a passing interest in Anura.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Conservation Biology\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This book will be a wonderful source of basic information for any young person who has become fascinated with frogs, or anyone unfamiliar with frogs who has a desire to learn more about their diversity and biology.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Quarterly Review of Biology\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Halliday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis one of the world's foremost authorities on amphibians. 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The next time you admire a field of waving green grassland or a stunning grove of acacia, stop to consider how it got that way--often against incredible odds. Seeds can survive freezing temperatures and drought. They can pass through our digestive systems without damage and weather a trip across the ocean, hitching a ride on marine debris. They can even endure complete desiccation, a feat taken to extraordinary lengths by the date palm, a seed from which was recovered from the palace of Herod the Great was germinated after some two thousand years. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes readers through six hundred of the world's seed species, revealing their extraordinary beauty and rich diversity. Each page pairs a beautifully composed photo of a seed--life-size, and, in some cases, enlarged to display fine detail--with a short description, a map showing distribution, and information on conservation status. The whole spectrum of seeds is covered here. There are prolific species like corn and less widely distributed species, like the brilliant blue seeds of the traveler's palm or the bird of paradise flower, aptly named for its distinctive orange coiffure. There are tiny seeds and seeds weighing up to forty pounds. 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Learn here about achenes like rhubarb seeds, which are dispersed by the wind. Or samaras, like the seeds of the English elm, found in the middle of two transparent green wings.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"New York Times\" \u003c\/strong\u003e(6\/5\/2018 12:00:00 AM)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A well-written primer on seed anatomy, evolution, and use, including conservation. . . . It will be useful to both the professional botanist and amateur, as well as anyone curious about how nature looks and works.\"-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Huntia\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is secretary general of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, a nonprofit organization that promotes plant conservation in botanic gardens. 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Through text and image, Black leads us further and further into the depths to reveal how this unique and largely unexplored habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved, and what the future will bring in this dark and mysterious environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Because of the rapid rise in ocean levels and the constant threats from climate change, the deep, unexplored parts of the ocean are hot subjects right now. So much of the ocean is still unexplored. 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Provocative and profound.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) - \"Offers plenty of food for thought.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ball's marvelous book is both wide-ranging and deep. . . . I could not put it down.\"--Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Cell\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of All Maladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works--the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of genes as instructions for building an organism, of proteins as precisely tailored molecular machines, of cells as entities with fixed identities, and more--have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Ball explores the new biology, revealing life to be a far richer, more ingenious affair than we had guessed. Ball explains that there is no unique place to look for an answer to this question: life is a system of many levels--genes, proteins, cells, tissues, and body modules such as the immune system and the nervous system--each with its own rules and principles. \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works \u003c\/i\u003eexplains how these levels operate, interface, and work together (most of the time).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this knowledge come new possibilities. Today we can redesign and reconfigure living systems, tissues, and organisms. We can reprogram cells, for instance, to carry out new tasks and grow into structures not seen in the natural world. As we discover the conditions that dictate the forms into which cells organize themselves, our ability to guide and select the outcomes becomes ever more extraordinary. Some researchers believe that ultimately we will be able to regenerate limbs and organs, and perhaps even create new life forms that evolution has never imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncorporating the latest research and insights, \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping journey into this new frontier of the life sciences, a realm that will reshape our understanding of life as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ball has the rare ability to explain scientific concepts across very diverse disciplines. In his book \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology\u003c\/i\u003e he employs that understanding to introduce the reader to the profound changes taking place in the life sciences. As researchers understand in ever-greater detail how sensitive, sophisticated, and purposeful different living organisms can be, Ball explains the turn away from a purely mechanical view of life to one that embraces the inherently dynamic, complex, multilayered, interactive, and cognitive nature of the processes by which life sustains and regenerates itself.\"--James A. Shapiro, author of \"Evolution: A View from the 21st Century. Fortified.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ball's new book offers a much-needed examination of exciting, cutting-edge findings in contemporary biology that is likely to dramatically transform our understanding of living systems--what they are (and, even more importantly, what they are not!), how they are organized at different levels, and the way they develop over time. It will be of interest not just to professional biologists and students of biology, but also to historians and philosophers of science, as well as to anyone curious to learn about the current state-of-play in twenty-first century life science.\"--Daniel J. Nicholson, coeditor of \"Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book really does deliver on its subtitle 'A user's guide to the new biology.' . . . You will be richly rewarded with a far more accurate picture of biology and medicine than so many books that came before.\"-- \"Evolution 2.0\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We are rewarded with some astonishing revelations. For example, it is possible to rearrange the face of a tadpole, so that the eyes are where the ears should be and the nose is where the mouth goes, but when that tadpole transforms into a frog, its face is as it should be, a beautiful frog you might want to kiss. This reconfiguration does not occur through genetics. . . . We are our genes is only partly true, and we don't yet have the complete picture. This book goes pretty deep into biology, but it provides an excellent overview of our current understanding of how life works.\"-- \"Fireside Reading\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ball is a terrific writer, pumping out books on incredibly diverse subjects at a rate that makes me feel jealous and inadequate. There's a wealth of well-researched information in here. . . . The book serves as an essential primer on our never-ending quest to understand life. Ultimately, 'what is life?' is a question without a useful answer. 'How does life work?' is the question that should drive the next wave of aspiring biologists from the cradle to the grave.\"--Adam Rutherford \"Guardian (Book of the Day)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A robust and sustained takedown of the 'simplistic', 'distorted', 'barren' and 'intellectually thin' notion that biology is all about the gene. There is very much more to life than that, according to Ball. It might even have some meaning. . . . Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer. . . . There is so much [in \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e] that is amazing. . . . Urgent. . . . Astonishing.\"--James McConnachie \"Sunday Times\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why did the genome fail to deliver? The answer is that life turned out to be more complicated than the sequencing pioneers imagined. A conceptual earthquake has radically shifted the gene paradigm underpinning biology since the early twentieth century. . . . Ball aims to address these shortcomings with a new vision of biology.\"--Johnjoe McFadden \"Times Literary Supplement\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ball is a clarifier supreme. It is hard to imagine a more concise, coherent, if also challenging, single volume written on the discoveries made in the life sciences over the past seventy years. . . . \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e has a sense of up-to-the-minute authority. Yet Ball is also deeply alive to the human story within his project, leavening technical matters with wit and humour. He opens with a synoptic history of the way thinkers from Aristotle onwards have characterised life's operation. He digresses to incorporate many knotted cultural subplots which are embedded in the seemingly sterilised surfaces of the laboratory.\"--Mark Cocker \"The Spectator\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ball demotes the role of the double helix molecule, arguing that biology is far messier and marvellous than many scientists suspected. . . . Ambitious and eye-opening.\"--Debora Mackenzie \"Financial Times\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For too long, scientists have been content in espousing the lazy metaphor of living systems operating simply like machines, says science writer Ball in \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet, it's important to be open about the complexity of biology--including what we don't know--because public understanding affects policy, health care and trust in science. . . . Ultimately, Ball concludes that 'we are at the beginning of a profound rethinking of how life works.' In my view, beginning is the key word here. Scientists must take care not to substitute an old set of dogmas with a new one. It's time to stop pretending that, give or take a few bits and pieces, we know how life works. Instead, we must let our ideas evolve as more discoveries are made in the coming decades. Sitting in uncertainty, while working to make those discoveries, will be biology's great task for the twenty-first century.\"--Denis Noble \"Nature\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Well researched, interesting, and stimulating. Ball's very eloquent presentation . . . is a useful reminder to continue to interpret genetics and genomics with care.\"-- \"Science\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In his bold and intriguing \u003ci\u003eHow Life Works\u003c\/i\u003e, the journalist and author Philip Ball tackles the thorny issue of causality in biological systems. While acknowledging formidable advances in our understanding, Ball argues that the structural triumphs of molecular biology and the pervasive language of genes have obscured life's true nature. . . . Life, he says, 'will not be found in the genome'; it 'does not resemble any instruction booklet ever made by humans.' Living things cannot be reduced to a parts list.\"--Adrian Woolfson \"Wall Street Journal\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nearly all 'the neat stories that researchers routinely tell about how living cells work are incomplete, flawed, or just totally mistaken, ' according to this bold report. Science writer Ball explains how advances in biology have upended traditional understandings of how organisms develop and reproduce. The most revelatory material pushes back against the notion that DNA constitutes the 'blueprint' for life. . . . The author takes glee in tearing down scientific shibboleths . . . and his penetrating analysis underscores the stakes of outdated assumptions. . . . Provocative and profound, this has the power to change how readers understand life's most basic mechanisms.\"-- \"Publishers Weekly (starred review)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In showing that complex life is more 'emergent' than 'programmed, ' Ball takes on many conventional notions about biology. 'We are at the beginning of a profound rethinking of how life works, ' he writes. Evolution has consistently invented new ways of creating living beings, and it will continue to do so. 'The challenge, ' writes the author, 'is to find a good way of talking about these vital stratagems, ' and his latest book offers plenty of food for thought for scientists in disciplines from medicine to engineering. A bold effort to create a new language that forces a 'rethinking' of 'thinking itself.'\"-- \"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ball\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at \u003ci\u003eNature \u003c\/i\u003efor more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture, including \u003ci\u003eH2O: A Biography of Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Music Instinct.\u003c\/i\u003e His book \u003ci\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also the 2022 recipient of the Royal Society's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for contributions to the history, philosophy, or social roles of science. 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The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson's favorite sounds. In \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e, Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better--to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribing sounds from around the natural and human world, the forty-eight essays that make up \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e are a celebration of all things \"auraculous.\" Henderson calls on his characteristic curiosity to explore sounds related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), the planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony). Henderson finds the beauty in everyday sounds, like the ringing of a bell, the buzz of a bee, or the \"earworm\" songs that get stuck in our heads. \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the marvelous, miraculous sounds we may never get the chance to hear, like the deep boom of a volcano or the quiet, rustling sound of the Northern Lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e will teach readers to \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003elisten to the sounds of the world around them, to broaden and deepen their appreciation of the humans, animals, rocks, and trees simultaneously broadcasting across the whole spectrum of sentience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A piece of concentrated listening, with science and environmentalism at its heart. . . . You could read the book for the sheer cascade of facts it offers, but it has a tender, lyrical quality, which at points makes the writing sing.\"-- \"Sunday Times\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spell-binding, brilliantly executed, extraordinary.\"--Previous praise for Henderson \"The Guardian\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificent, bravura, beautiful and astoundingly interesting.\"--Previous praise for Henderson \"Sunday Times\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A splendid survey of the symphony (and spectra) of sound. . . . Fittingly, Henderson says writing the book was his attempt to listen closely, deeply, to the world around him. Readers will be grateful to accompany him on his 'earwitness' explorations. This is a writer who thinks, really thinks, though always gives full credit to those who preceded him in sonic studies, quoting them liberally. In sound terminology, Henderson consistently strikes dulcet tones.\"-- \"Kirkus Reviews, starred review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mind-bending revelations about the nature of sound, in a book gloriously packed with hundreds of them, are delivered with such wonder, detail, and scientific heft by British science writer Henderson that they will delight audiences ranging from widely read--even jaded--adults to elementary-age kids. . . A total blast!\"-- \"Booklist, starred review\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Henderson nicely brings out the pull of shared rhythm, whether the lilt of a nursery rhyme or the elastic syncopation of jazz, which a drummer describes to him as feeling like 'plasticine.' This experience of self melting into sound elicits some of Mr. Henderson's best passages.\"-- \"Wall Street Journal\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Henderson's book stands out for its breadth, its humor, and especially the author's passion for the material.\"-- \"Undark Magazine\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dividing the noises of creation into four -- humans, other life, space and the planet -- Henderson explores, via a series of well-researched essays, the sounds of volcanoes, earworms, plants and even climate change.\"-- \"The New Zealand Listener\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this delightfully titled series of notes on the miraculous 'auraculous, ' Henderson documents noises emanating from humans, the planet, and space. He revels the everyday--the buzz of a bee--as much as he marvels at the incredible--the deep book of a volcano. . . . A truly magnificent adventure.\"-- \"The Big Issue\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e is another \u003ci\u003ewunderkammer\u003c\/i\u003e, this time of aural wonders and curiosities. . . . An irresistible blend of colloquially insinuating and accessible writing, and rigorously researched scientific detail.\"-- \"Times Literary Supplement\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pursuit of auditory wonders--a paean to the act of listening and a salute to silence. . . . Ransacking \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e affords hours of listening pleasure. . . . Readers can and should take their time. It will be time well spent.\"-- \"The Spectator\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A whistlestop tour past thunderstorms, volcanoes, bees, blackbirds, bells, haiku, earworms, noise pollution, climate change, even silence. . . . The way Henderson plucks and assembles his sources from literally centuries of collected knowledge is an impressive feat.\"-- \"The Wire\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Henderson's appetite for marvellous phenomena, and commitment to searching them out, makes him a most congenial literary companion. . . . Readers will come away struck by different items in the glittering array here. Henderson offers them up with just enough commentary to leave you wanting more.\"-- \"The Arts Desk\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book of exquisite richness and erudition, dedicated equally to the beautiful strange and the precious ordinary.\"-- \"Jay Griffiths, author of \"Wild: An Elemental Journey\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Caspar Henderson documents how our home on this planet has actually never been quiet, and why that's (mostly) awe inspiring. After the big bang, the universe was so dense that only sound, not light, could travel through it. These soundwaves formed a sort of cosmic scaffold on which galaxies such as our own formed. We'd be nothing without sound.\"-- \"Sierra Magazine\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Henderson] listens deeply, amplifying centuries of research into our understanding and production of sound. He offers engrossing cultural (art, literature, film), historical, philosophical, medical and political background to render a book of genuine insight and value.\"-- \"The Post and Courier\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By turns haunting and captivating, \u003ci\u003eA Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel of curiosity and elegant storytelling. Caspar Henderson confirms that, for all its turbulence, this is still 'a world alive with good noises.' Open your ears.\"-- \"David Farrier, author of \"Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Henderson spotlights the wonderful concatenation of noises that enrich one's ears. In 48 essays, the book moves from cosmological exploration to technical dissections of musical works, extolling both rare and common sounds that are glorious in their expressivity and beauty. . . the author's joy and breadth of study come through clearly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- \"Library Journal\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Caspar Henderson's books are a special kind of treasure; I struggle to think of another writer who achieves this combination of scope, intellectual rigour, and deep reflection with such grace and style. Don't be deceived by the title--far from being a noisy book, this is a quiet and determined call to listen better.\" -- \"Helen Jukes, author of \"A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You will gasp with surprise and sigh with delight over the pages of \u003ci\u003e A Book of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the most elegant and erudite history of the world as sound ever written.\"-- \"David Rothenberg, author of \"Whale Music\" and \"Secret Sounds of Ponds\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A feast for the ears, mind, and spirit. Henderson not only celebrates the marvels of sound but also offers wonderfully original reflections on the relationships among music, science, and the living world. A delightful and generative invitation to deeper listening.\"-- \"David George Haskell, author of \"Sounds Wild and Broken\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaspar Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and journalist living in Oxford, England. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Barely Imagined Beings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA New Map of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. 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Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates just the opposite, with research tying the chemical to cancers and a host of other health threats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eveteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture, exposing new evidence of corporate influence. Gillam introduces readers to farm families devastated by cancers which they believe are caused by the chemical, and to scientists whose reputations have been smeared for publishing research that contradicted business interests. Readers learn about the arm twisting of regulators who signed off on the chemical, echoing company assurances of safety even as they permitted higher residues of the pesticide in food and skipped compliance tests. And, in startling detail, Gillam reveals secret industry communications that pull back the curtain on corporate efforts to manipulate public perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis more than an exposé about the hazards of one chemical or even the influence of one company. It's a story of power, politics, and the deadly consequences of putting corporate interests ahead of public safety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction. A Silent Stalker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 1. What Killed Jack McCall?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 2. An Award-Winning Discovery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 3. The \"Roundup Ready\" Rollout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 4. Weed Killer for Breakfast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 5. Under the Microscope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 6. Spinning the Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 7. A Poisoned Paradise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 8. Angst in Argentina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 9. Uproar in Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 10. When Weeds Don't Die, But Butterflies Do\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 11. Under the Influence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 12. Seeking Solutions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"Many had waited for this book, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGillam delivered\u003c\/b\u003e...In a work that evokes 'Silent Spring, ' the self-described 'Kansas girl' closely followed the international furor over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide...This\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003etimely and well-organized\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexamination of one of the world's most compelling controversies over science and agriculture is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ewell-researched and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e.\"-- \"Rachel Carson Environment Book Award\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Journalist Gillam exposes a plethora of scientific research, legal materials, and documentary evidence recovered from corporate and government resources to paint\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ea damning picture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the peddling of glyphosate by Monsanto and other agribusinesses...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front where corporate malfeasance intersects with issues of public health and ecology.\" -- \"Publishers Weekly\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As veteran investigative journalist Gillam points out in this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eunsettling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereport on [glyphosate] and its drawbacks, most of the positive press comes from the herbicide's manufacturer, Monsanto, who, as the title suggests, 'whitewashed' the scientific data to validate its safety...This is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ea must-read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor everyone concerned about the increasing burden of toxic chemicals in water and food, the health and environmental consequences thereof, and corporate influence on government agencies.\"-- \"Booklist\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHard-hitting, eye-opening narrative\u003c\/b\u003e...A forceful argument for an agricultural regulatory environment that puts public interest above corporate profits.\"-- \"Kirkus\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003egutsy, compelling read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom beginning to end...\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ea clarion call for action\u003c\/b\u003e.\"-- \"Society of Environmental Journalists\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ehard-hitting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einvestigation.\"-- \"Environment Guru\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-documented compedium of wrongs, fraud, conflicts of interest, undue influence, and troubling forms of plain old public relations.\"-- \"Los Angeles Review of Books\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gillam lays out a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003etruly frightening yet crucial narrative\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003esurrounding the use of the famous chemical [glyphosate].\"\u003cspan\u003e-- \"Paleo\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"'Outrage' is the only word that captures the experience of reading Carey Gillam's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...Her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eexhaustive examination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the history of glyphosate--the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup--reveals that a herbicide as common as laundry detergent is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe health and environmental calamity of modern agriculture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...This is a story about what happens to public health and the environment when capitalism overthrows the social contract and the fever for profit poisons the heart against all morality.\"-- \"Sierra\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eMust-read\u003c\/b\u003e...Just as Rachel Carson started the environmental revolution which led to getting the dangerous pesticide DDT banned over 40 years ago...I believe [\u003ci\u003eWhitewash]\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewill have the same impact on our world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Though investigative reporting, Gillam unveils Monsanto's dubious playbook, from bankrolling supportive scientists to blackballing critics and strong-arming regulators... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e release could not be better timed.\"-- \"Pesticide Action Network\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Presents a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ecompelling account\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of this herbicide's troubled history and a commentary on corruption in the agriculture industry.\"-- \"CHOICE\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ewake-up call\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor us all.\"-- \"Nexus\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Comprehensive and compelling.\" -- \"Thrive Global\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reads like a mystery novel, as Gillam skillfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies to convince countries around the world that its Roundup products are safe. The book unravels a tapestry of pesticide industry tricks to manipulate the scientific truths about their products while placing profits above human health and the environment. As someone who has experienced similar actions by corporations firsthand in my work far too often, I am hopeful that Carey's book will be a wake-up call for more transparency about the dangers surrounding many chemicals in the marketplace.\"--Erin Brockovich, consumer advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the grand tradition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Carey Gillam's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a powerful expose that sheds light on a chemical that -- to most of us -- is both entirely invisible and yet profoundly damaging to our bodies and our environment. It is a deeply researched, entirely convincing account of the politics, economics, and global health consequences implicit in the spread of the world's most common herbicide. Gillam has done what all great journalists strive to do: she has made us see clearly what has long been right before our eyes. Highly recommended.\"--McKay Jenkins, author of Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet and ContamiNation: My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Whitewash, says Carey Gillam, is what Monsanto, Monsanto-paid scientists, and the Monsanto-influenced EPA are trying to do for the herbicide glyphosate (\"Roundup\")--make it appear benign in the face of evidence that glyphosate may be carcinogenic, strongly promotes weed resistance, and causes genetically modified crops to require even greater use of toxic chemicals. Gillam's deep dive into corporate manipulation of science gives us even more reasons to advocate for organic and sustainable agricultural systems.\"--Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of Food Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Carey Gillam is a brave warrior in the mold of Rachel Carson. She has exposed the ruthless greed and fraud which have led to the poisoning of our planet. The bell is tolling and the Monarch butterflies are disappearing. It is urgent to seek the support, knowledge, and innovation needed to save humanity from further environmental destruction and even extinction.\"--Brian G.M. Durie, hematologist\/oncologist and attending physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Carey Gillam has brilliantly assembled the facts and describes how Monsanto and other agricultural chemical companies lied about their products, covered up the damaging data, and corrupted government officials in order to sell their toxic products around the world.\"--David Schubert, Professor and Laboratory Head, Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarey Gillam\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist, researcher, and writer with more than twenty-five years of experience covering corporate America. A former senior correspondent for Reuters international news service, she is currently research director for the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsland Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 03, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781642830422\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 8.9\" L x 6.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e328 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Univeristy of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44516916035770,"sku":"9781642830422","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/91eVhUw5AYL._SL1500.jpg?v=1736364495"},{"product_id":"the-business-of-being-a-writer-chicago-guides-to-writing-editing-and-publishing-by-friedman-jane","title":"The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by  Friedman, Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriters talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business. The reality is, those who want to make a full- or part-time job out of writing are going to have a more positive and productive career if they understand the basic business principles underlying the industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Business of Being a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers the business education writers need but so rarely receive. It is meant for early-career writers looking to develop a realistic set of expectations about making money from their work or for working writers who want a better understanding of the industry. Writers will gain a comprehensive picture of how the publishing world works--from queries and agents to blogging and advertising--and will learn how they can best position themselves for success over the long term.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Friedman has more than twenty years of experience in the publishing industry, with an emphasis on digital media strategy for authors and publishers. She is encouraging without sugarcoating, blending years of research with practical advice that will help writers market themselves and maximize their writing-related income. It will leave them empowered, confident, and ready to turn their craft into a career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart One: First Steps: Making a Life as a Writer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 Can You Make a Living as a Writer?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 The Art of Career Building\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 Generating Leads, Gaining Exposure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Pursuing an MFA or Other Graduate Degree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart Two: Understanding the Publishing Industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 Trade Book Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 Magazine Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 Online and Digital Media\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart Three: Getting Published\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 Book Publishing: Figuring Out Where Your Book Fits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 Understanding Literary Agents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 Researching Agents and Publishers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 Book Queries and Synopses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13 The Nonfiction Book Proposal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 Working with Your Publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15 Self-Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 Publishing Short Stories, Personal Essays, or Poetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 Traditional Freelance Writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 Online Writing and Blogging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart Four: The Writer as Entrepreneur: Laying the Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19 Author Platform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 Your Online Presence: Websites, Social Media, and More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21 Turning Attention into Sales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22 The Basics of Book Launches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart Five: How Writers Make Money\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 Starting a Freelance Career\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24 Freelance Editing and Related Services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25 Teaching and Online Education\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 Contests, Prizes, Grants, Fellowships\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e27 Crowdfunding and Donations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 Memberships, Subscriptions, and Paywalls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e29 Advertising and Affiliate Income\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 Pursuing a Publishing Career\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e31 Corporate Media Careers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfterword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 1: Contracts 101\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 2: Legal Issues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix 3: Recommended Resources\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgments and Credits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Destined to become a staple reference book for writers and those interested in publishing careers.\"-- \"Publishers Weekly\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Friedman's 20-plus years in the industry, launching and managing the social media presence of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriter's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, along with her expertise in business strategies for authors and publishers, combine to create an invaluable compendium of practical advice with encouragement for aspiring and seasoned writers alike.\"--Starred Review \"Library Journal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If you've found yourself drowning in the 'what's a writer to do?' platform-creation pool and have no real understanding of how a book gets published, it's time to discover Jane Friedman. Grab hold; she's a buoy.\"-- \"Press-Enterprise\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Business of Being a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides lucent, sage advice on setting realistic goals toward shaping a rewarding career, going well beyond simply achieving publication or getting an agent. At last, a single book to recommend to writers peering into the vast labyrinth of how to become a successful, professional writer. Thank you, Jane!\"--Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director, Small Press Distribution and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"While countless books and classes exist to help writers improve their craft, few focus on the practical aspects of maintaining a writing career over time. Friedman's wise and wide-ranging \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Business of Being a Writer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers essential and extremely helpful advice on how writers can survive and thrive in the current publishing landscape.\"--Dinty W. Moore, author of The Story Cure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Every writer needs tough love. Typically that's delivered by your editor as you're writing the book. But where's the tough love once your book is ready for the world? It's in here and Jane Friedman's got the goods for you. No one will better help you understand the challenges ahead; no one will offer a more comprehensive approach to scaling the walls. Writers ask me all the questions Jane answers in here. All I need to do now is send them to this book.\"--Richard Nash, CEO, Cursor, and former publisher of Soft Skull Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An interesting book, chock-full of information that should be discussed in every MFA program in the country and yet doesn't seem to be.\"--Teresa Peschel \"Peschel Press\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Friedman\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis widely known in the creative writing community for her website and blog JaneFriedman.com and as cofounder and editor of the Hot Sheet newsletter. She has spent more than twenty-five years working in the publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She has appeared in countless media outlets, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eMarch 16, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226393162\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.8\" H x 8.9\" L x 6.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44547448930490,"sku":"9780226393162","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/61tVMla0X8L._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1736791840"},{"product_id":"the-chicago-guide-to-grammar-usage-and-punctuation-chicago-guides-to-writing-editing-and-publishing-by-garner-bryan-a","title":"The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by  Garner, Bryan A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFew people can write on the English language with the authority of Bryan A. Garner. The author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Manual of Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's popular \"Grammar and Usage\" chapter, Garner explains the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the book Garner describes standard literary English--the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also offers historical context for understanding the development of these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage section provides an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of English literature. Garner also treats punctuation and word formation, and concludes the book with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and references.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner's lifelong study of the English language. The result is a landmark resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and editors alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 The field of grammar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 Who killed grammar?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 Why study grammar?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Overview of the book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The Traditional Parts of Speech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 How did we arrive at the canonical eight? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNouns\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraditional Classifications\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 Nouns generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 Common nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 Proper nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 Count nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 Collective nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 Expressions of multitude\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 Expressions of partition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13 Mass nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProperties of Nouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15 Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 Number\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 Gender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 Person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlurals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 Adding \"-s\" or \"-es\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21 Plurals of proper nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22 Nouns ending in \"-f\" or \"-fe\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 Nouns ending in \"-o\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24 Nouns ending in \"-y\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25 Nouns ending in \"-ics\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 Compound nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e27 Irregular plurals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 Borrowed plurals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e29 Plural form with singular sense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 Plural-form proper nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e31 Tricky anomalies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e32 Function\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e33 Common case, nominative function\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e34 Common case, objective function\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e35 Genitive case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36 The \"of\"-genitive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e37 Genitives of titles and names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e38 Joint and separate genitives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgent and Recipient Nouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e39 Definitions; use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e40 Appositives: definition and use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e41 Nouns as adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e42 Nouns as verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e43 Adverbial functions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e44 Other conversions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePronouns\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefinition and Uses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e45 \"Pronoun\" defined\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e46 Antecedents of pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e47 Clarity of antecedent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48 Pronouns without antecedents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e49 Sentence meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProperties of Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e50 Four properties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e51 Number and antecedent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e52 Exceptions regarding number of the antecedent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e53 Pronoun with multiple antecedents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e54 Some traditional singular pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e55 Gender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e56 Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e57 Pronouns in apposition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e58 Nominative case misused for objective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClasses of Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e59 Seven classes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersonal Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e60 Form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e61 Identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e62 Changes in form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e63 Agreement generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e64 Expressing gender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e65 Determining gender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e66 Special rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e67 Case after linking verb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e68 Case after \"than\" or \"as-as\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e69 Special uses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e70 The singular \"they\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePossessive Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e71 Uses and forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e72 Possessive pronouns vs contractions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReflexive and Intensive Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e73 Compound personal pronouns: \"-self\" forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e74 Basic uses of reflexive and intensive pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemonstrative Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e75 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReciprocal Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e76 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e77 Simple and phrasal pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterrogative Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e78 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e79 Referent of interrogative pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelative Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e80 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e81 Gender, number, and case with relative pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e82 Positional nuances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e83 Antecedent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e84 Remote relative clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e85 Omitted antecedent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e86 Relative pronoun and the antecedent \"one\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e87 Function of relative pronoun in clause\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e88 Genitive forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e89 \"Whose\" and \"of which\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e90 Compound relative pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e91 \"Who\" vs\"whom\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndefinite Pronouns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e92 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e93 The indefinite pronoun \"one\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdjectives\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTypes of Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e94 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e95 Qualitative adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 Quantitative adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e97 Demonstrative adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e98 Possessive adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e99 Interrogative adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 Distributive adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e101 Indefinite adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e102 Pronominal adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e103 Proper adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e104 Compound adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e105 Relative adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArticles as Limiting Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e106 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e107 Definite article\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e108 Definite articles and proper names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e109 Indefinite article\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e110 Indefinite article in specific reference\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e111 Choosing \"a\" or \"an\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e112 Articles with coordinate nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e113 Effect on meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e114 Omitted article and zero article\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e115 Article as pronoun substitute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDates as Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e116 Use and punctuation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePosition of Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e117 Basic rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e118 After possessives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e119 Adjective modifying pronoun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e120 Predicate adjective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e121 Dangling participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e122 Distinguishing an adjective from an adverb or participle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegrees of Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e123 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e124 Comparative forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e125 Superlative forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e126 Forming comparatives and superlatives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e127 Equal and unequal comparisons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e128 Noncomparable adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpecial Types of Adjectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e129 Participial adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e130 Coordinate adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e131 Phrasal adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e132 Exceptions for hyphenating phrasal adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunctional Variation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e133 Adjectives as nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e134 Adjectives as verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e135 Other parts of speech functioning as adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e136 The weakening effect of injudicious adjectives \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVerbs\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefinitions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e137 Verbs generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e138 Transitive and intransitive verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e139 Ergative verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e140 Dynamic and stative verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e141 Regular and irregular verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e142 Linking verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e143 Phrasal verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e144 Principal and auxiliary verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e145 Verb phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e146 Contractions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfinitives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e147 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e148 Split infinitive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e149 Uses of infinitive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 Dangling infinitive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParticiples and Gerunds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e151 Participles generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e152 Forming present participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e153 Forming past participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e154 Participial phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e155 Gerunds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e156 Gerund phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e157 Distinguishing between participles and gerunds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e158 Fused participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e159 Dangling participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 Dangling gerunds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProperties of Verbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e161 Five properties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVOICE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e162 Active and passive voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e163 Progressive conjugation and voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e164 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e165 Indicative mood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e166 Imperative mood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e167 Subjunctive mood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e168 Subjunctive vsindicative mood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e169 Present subjunctive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e170 Past subjunctive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e171 Past-perfect subjunctive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTENSE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e172 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e173 Present tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e174 Past indicative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e175 Future tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e176 Present-perfect tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e177 Past-perfect tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e178 Future-perfect tense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e179 Progressive tenses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e180 Backshifting in reported speech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTENSES ILLUSTRATED\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e181 Conjugation of the regular verb \"to call\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e182 Conjugation of the irregular verb \"to hide\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e183 Conjugation of the verb \"to be\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePERSON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e184 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNUMBER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e185 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e186 Agreement in person and number\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e187 Disjunctive compound subjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e188 Conjunctive compound subjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e189 Some other nuances of number involving conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e190 Peculiar nouns that are plural in form but singular in sense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e191 Agreement of indefinite pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e192 Relative pronouns as subjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e193 \"There is\"; \"Here is\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e194 False attraction to intervening matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e195 False attraction to predicate noun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e196 Misleading connectives: \"as well as,\" \"along with,\" \"together with,\" etc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e197 Agreement in first and second person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuxiliary Verbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e198 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e199 Modal auxiliaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e200 \"Can\" and \"could\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e201 \"May\" and \"might\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e202 \"Must\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e203 \"Ought\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e204 \"Shall\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e205 \"Should\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e206 \"Will\" and \"would\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e207 \"Dare\" and \"need\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e208 \"Do\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e209 \"Have\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdverbs\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefinition and Formation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e210 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e211 Sentence adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e212 Adverbial suffixes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e213 Adverbs without suffixes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e214 Distinguished from adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimple vs Compound Adverbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e215 Standard and flat adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e216 Phrasal and compound adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTypes of Adverbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e217 Adverbs of manner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e218 Adverbs of time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e219 Adverbs of place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e220 Adverbs of degree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e221 Adverbs of reason\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e222 Adverbs of consequence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e223 Adverbs of number\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 Interrogative adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e225 Exclamatory adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e226 Affirmative and negative adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e227 Relative adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e228 Conjunctive adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdverbial Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e229 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e230 Comparative forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e231 Superlative forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e232 Irregular adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e233 Noncomparable adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePosition of Adverbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e234 Placement as affecting meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e235 Modifying words other than verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e236 Modifying intransitive verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e237 Adverbs and linking verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e238 Adverb within verb phrase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e239 Importance of placement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 Adverbial objective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e241 Adverbial clause\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e242 \"Only\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrepositions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefinition and Types\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e243 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e244 Simple, compound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e245 Phrasal prepositions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e246 Participial prepositions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrepositional Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e247 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e248 Prepositional function\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e249 Placement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e250 Refinements on placement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e251 Preposition-stranding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e252 Clashing prepositions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e253 Elliptical phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e254 Case of pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther Prepositional Issues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e255 Functional variation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 Use and misuse of \"like\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLimiting Prepositional Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e257 Avoiding overuse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e258 Cutting prepositional phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e259 Cutting unnecessary prepositions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e260 Replacing with adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e261 Replacing with genitives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e262 Using active voice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e263 Definition and types\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e264 Types of conjunctions: simple and compound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e265 Coordinating conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e266 Correlative conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e267 Copulative conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e268 Adversative conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e269 Disjunctive conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e270 Final conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e271 Subordinating conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 Special uses of subordinating conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e273 Adverbial conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e274 Expletive conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e275 Disguised conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e276 \"With\" used loosely as a conjunction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e277 Beginning a sentence with a conjunction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e278 Beginning a sentence with \"however\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e279 Conjunctions and the number of a verb \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterjections\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e280 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e281 Usage generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e282 Functional variation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e283 Words that are exclusively interjections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e284 Punctuating interjections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e285 \"O\" and \"oh\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Syntax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSentences, Clauses, and Their Patterns\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e286 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e287 Statements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e288 Questions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e289 Some exceptional types of questions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e290 Directives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e291 Exceptional directives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e292 Exclamations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Four Traditional Types of Sentence Structures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e293 Simple sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e294 Compound sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e295 Complex sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e296 Compound-complex sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish Sentence Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e297 Importance of word order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e298 The basic SVO pattern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e299 All seven patterns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e300 Variations on ordering the elements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e301 Constituent elements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e302 Identifying the subject\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e303 Identifying the predicate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e304 Identifying the verb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e305 Identifying the object\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e306 Identifying complements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e307 Inner and outer complements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e308 Identifying the adverbial element\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClauses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e309 In general\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e310 Relative clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e311 Appositive clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e312 Conditional clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllipsis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e313 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e314 Anaphoric and cataphoric ellipsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e315 Whiz-deletions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e316 Negation generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e317 The word \"not\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e318 The word \"no\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e319 Using negating pronouns and adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e320 Using \"neither\" and \"nor\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e321 Words that are negative in meaning and function\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e322 Affix negation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e323 Negative interrogative and imperative statements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e324 Double negatives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e325 Other forms of negation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e326 \"Any\" and \"some\" in negative statements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpletives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e327 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e328 Expletive \"it\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e329 Expletive \"there\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParallelism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e330 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e331 Prepositions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e332 Paired joining terms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e333 Auxiliary verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e334 Verbs and adverbs at the outset\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e335 Longer elements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleft Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e337 Types\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e338 Uses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraditional Sentence Diagramming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e339 History and description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e340 Benefits of diagrams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e341 Using diagrams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e342 Criticisms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e343 How diagrams work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e344 Baseline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e345 Subject\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e346 Predicate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e347 Direct object\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e348 Objective complement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e349 Indirect object\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e350 Subjective complement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e351 One-word modifiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e352 Prepositional phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e353 Adjective clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e354 Adverbial clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e355 Noun clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e356 Infinitives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e357 Participles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e358 Gerunds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e359 Appositives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e360 Independent elements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e361 Conjunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e362 Diagramming compound sentences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e363 Diagramming complex sentences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e364 Diagramming compound-complex sentences \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransformational Grammar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e365 Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e366 Scope of section\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e367 Terminology of transformational grammar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 Tools of transformational grammar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e369 Universal symbols in rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e370 Tree diagrams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBase Rules in Transformational Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e371 Parts of speech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e372 Sentence basics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNouns and Noun Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e373 Functions of noun phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e374 Simple noun phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeterminers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e375 Types of determiners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e376 Numeric and nonnumeric determiners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e377 Multiple determiners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e378 Determiners in noun phrases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e379 Prearticles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e380 Noun phrases with determiner and prearticle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoun-Phrase Modifiers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e381 Modifiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e382 Compound nouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e383 Combined rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e384 Number, person, and possession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVerb Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e385 Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e386 Functions of verb phrase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e387 Principal verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e388 Auxiliaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e389 Auxiliary verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e390 \"Have\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e391 Multiple auxiliaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e392 \"Be\" as a principal verb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDifferent Types of Principal Verbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e393 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e394 Middle verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e395 Special subtypes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdverbials\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e396 Adverbials with principal verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e397 Simple adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e398 Functions of simple adverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e399 Prepositional phrase as adverbial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e400 Noun phrase as adverbial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e401 Adverbials of place, time, and manner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e402 Number and tense of verbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransformations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e403 Deep and surface structure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e404 Transformational rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e405 Surface transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e406 Simple-question transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e407 Imperative transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e408 Active- to passive-voice transformation and back again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpotting Ambiguities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e409 Identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e410 Lexical ambiguity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e411 Surface-structure ambiguity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e412 Deep-structure ambiguity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e413 Active- and passive-voice diagrams \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Word Formation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e414 Generally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e415 Criteria for morphemes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e416 Free and bound morphemes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e417 Stems and affixes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e418 Inflectional and derivational suffixes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e419 Compounding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e420 Conversion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e421 Shortened forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e422 Elongations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e423 Reduplicative forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e424 Loan translations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e425 Acronyms and initialisms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e426 Neologisms \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Word Usage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e427 Grammar vsusage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e428 Standard Written English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e429 Dialect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e430 Focus on tradition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTroublesome Words and Phrases\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e431 Good usage vs. common usage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e432 Using big data to assess linguistic change\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e433 Preventive grammar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e434 Glossary of troublesome expressions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBias-Free Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e435 Maintaining credibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e436 Gender bias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e437 Other biases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e438 Invisible gender-neutrality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e439 Techniques for achieving gender-neutrality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e440 Necessary gender-specific language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e441 Sex-specific labels as adjectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e442 Gender-neutral singular pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e443 Problematic suffixes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e444 Avoiding other biased language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e445 Unnecessary focus on personal characteristics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e446 Unnecessary emphasis on the trait, not the person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e447 Inappropriate labels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrepositional Idioms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e448 Idiomatic uses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e449 Shifts in idiom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e450 Words and the prepositions construed with them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Punctuation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e451 Introduction \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Comma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Commas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e452 With a conjunction between independent clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e453 After a transitional or introductory phrase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e454 To set off a nonrestrictive phrase or clause\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e455 To separate items in a series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e456 To separate parallel modifiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e457 To distinguish indirect from direct speech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e458 To separate the parts of full dates and addresses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e459 To separate long numbers into three-digit chunks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e460 To set off a name, word, or phrase used as a vocative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e461 Before a direct question inside another sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e462 To set off \"etc.,\" \"et al.,\" and the like at the end of a series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e463 After the salutation in an informal letter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Commas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e464 Not to separate a subject and its verb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e465 Not to separate a verb and its object\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e466 Not to set off a quotation that blends into the sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e467 Not to set off an adverb that needs emphasis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e468 Not to separate compound predicates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e469 Not to use alone to splice independent clauses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e470 Not to use after a sentence-starting conjunction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e471 Not to omit after an internal set-off word or phrase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e472 Not to set off restrictive matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e473 Not around name suffixes such as Jr., III, Inc., and Ltd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e474 Not to separate modifiers that aren't parallel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Semicolon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Semicolons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e475 To unite two short, closely connected sentences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e476 To separate items in a complex series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e477 In old style, to set off explanation or elaboration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Semicolons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e478 Not where a colon is needed, as after a formal salutation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e479 Not where a comma suffices, as in a simple list \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Colon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Colons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e480 To link matter and indicate explanation or elaboration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e481 To introduce an enumerated or otherwise itemized list\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e482 To introduce a question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e483 Use a colon to introduce a question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e484 After the salutation in business correspondence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e485 To separate hours from minutes and in some citations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e486 Without capitalizing the following matter needlessly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Colons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e487 Not to introduce matter that blends into your sentence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eParentheses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Parentheses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e488 To set off inserted matter that you want to minimize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e489 To clarify appositives or attributions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e490 To introduce shorthand or familiar names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e491 Around numbers or letters when listing items in text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e492 To denote subparts in a citation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e493 Correctly in relation to terminal punctuation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e494 To enclose a brief aside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Parentheses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e495 Not before an opening parenthesis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Em-Dash (or Long Dash)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Em-Dashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e496 To set off matter inserted in midsentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e497 To set off but emphasize parenthetical matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e498 To tack on an important afterthought\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e499 To introduce a specification or list\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e500 To show hesitation, faltering, or interruption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Em-Dashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e501 Not using more than two in a sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e502 Not after a comma, colon, semicolon, or terminal period \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe En-Dash (or Short Dash)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing En-Dashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e503 In a range, to show tension, or to join equivalents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused En-Dashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e504 Not in place of a hyphen or em-dash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e505 Not with the wording it replaces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hyphen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Hyphens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e506 To join parts of a phrasal adjective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e507 To mark other phrasal-adjective and suffix connections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e508 In closely associated compounds according to usage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e509 When writing out fractions and two-word numbers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e510 To show hesitation, stammering, and the like\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e511 In proper names when appropriate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e512 In some number groups or when spelling out a word\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e513 With \"l-\" suffixes (e.g., \"-like\") on words ending in \"-ll\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Hyphens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e514 Not after a prefix unless an exception applies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e515 Not in place of an em-dash, even when doubled (\"--\")\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e516 Not with an \"-ly\" adverb and a participial adjective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e517 Not in a phrasal verb \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Apostrophe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Apostrophes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e518 To indicate the possessive case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e519 To mark a contraction or to signal dialectal speech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e520 To form plurals of letters, digits, and some abbreviations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Apostrophes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e521 Not to form other plurals, especially of names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e522 Not to omit obligatory apostrophes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuotation Marks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Quotation Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e523 To quote matter of 50 or fewer words\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e524 When using a term as a term or when defining a term\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e525 When you mean \"so-called\" or \"but-not-really\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e526 For titles of short-form works, according to a style guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e527 To show internal quotation using single marks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e528 To signal matter used idiomatically, not literally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e529 Placed correctly in relation to other punctuation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Quotation Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e530 Not for a phrasal adjective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e531 Not to emphasize a word or note its informality \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Question Mark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Question Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e532 After a direct question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreventing Misused Question Marks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e533 Not after an indirect question \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Exclamation Mark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Exclamation Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e534 After exclamatory matter, especially when quoting others\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Exclamation Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e535 Not to express your own surprise or amazement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Period\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Periods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e536 To end a typical sentence, not a question or exclamation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e537 To indicate an abbreviated name or title\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e538 Placed properly with parentheses and brackets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e539 To show a decimal place in a numeral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Periods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e540 Not with an abbreviation at sentence end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrackets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Brackets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e541 In a quotation, to enclose matter not in the original\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e542 In parenthetical matter, to enclose another parenthetical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e543 To enclose the citation of a source, as in a footnote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Brackets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e544 Not in place of ellipsis dots when matter is deleted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Slash (Virgule)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Slashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e545 To separate alternatives (but never \"and\/or\")\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e546 To separate numerical parts in a fraction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e547 Informally, to separate elements in a date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e548 Informally, as a shorthand signal for \"per\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e549 To separate lines of poetry or of a song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Slashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e550 Not when a hyphen or en-dash would suffice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBullets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e551 To mark listed items of a more or less equal ranking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllipsis Dots\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing Ellipsis Dots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e552 To show that an unfinished sentence trails off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e553 To signal rumination, musing, or hesitation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e554 To signal an omission of matter within a quotation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e555 With following period, to show omission at sentence end\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e556 With preceding period, to show omission after sentence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreventing Misused Ellipsis Dots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e557 Omitting space or allowing a line break between dots\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e558 Beginning a quotation with ellipsis dots \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelect Glossary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSources for Inset Quotations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWord Index\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePronunciation Guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"[A manual] for those of us laboring to produce expository prose: nonfiction books, journalistic articles, memorandums, business letters. The conservatism of his advice pushes you to consider audience and occasion, so that you will understand when to follow convention and when you can safely break it. When someone offers you good advice, you would do well to take it.\"--John E. McIntyre \"Baltimore Sun\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"At last, everything I had long been looking for in a single volume presented logically and explained adequately in terms that any interested reader can not only follow but also make his or her own with a little due diligence and old-fashioned intellectual elbow grease.\"--Thomas R. Claire \"Publishing Research Quarterly\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not what I expected, but it is what I had hoped for. There are a lot of grammar books available and a lot of sharply focused books on specific items . . . but there aren't many, if any, that are comprehensive and accessible. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecertainly is accessible and comprehensive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \"An American Editor\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This grammar book doesn't shoot and leave. It stays with you.\"-- \"Hamodia\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Writers, copy editors, and students seeking advice or explanations of the conventions of standard literary English will find definitive, clearly expressed rulings in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . . Essential.\"-- \"Choice\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Garner's guide is well-organized, logical, comprehensive, up-to-date, and comes alongside the reader in his or her search for clear as well as correct language (the second is not always the first).\"-- \"Reference Reviews\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A grammar companion such as this one to CMS and an authoritative dictionary would establish language authority across company texts. Therefore, this work is highly recommended.\"-- \"Technical Communication\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A thoroughgoing, clear explication of the traditional categories of grammar, expanded from his summary in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Manual of Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a fit companion to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarner's Modern English Usage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"--John E. McIntyre, author of The Old Editor Says\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Garner is the greatest writer on grammar and usage that this country has ever produced. This book will be an instant classic.\"--David Yerkes, Columbia University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan A. Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is president of LawProse, Inc. and Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of the \"Grammar and Usage\" chapter of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Manual of Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and editor in chief of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack's Law Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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Ancient and enchanting, dazzling in form and variety, these beautiful objects come from mollusks, one of the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, including snails, oysters, cuttlefish, and chitons. Soft-bodied, these creatures rely on shells for protection from enemies and their environments, from snowy mountains to arid deserts, in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the jungles of the tropics, on rocky shores, and in coral reefs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this book, mollusk expert Andreia Salvador profiles some of the world's most beautiful and quirky shells, each selected from the more than eight million specimens held in the collection at London's Natural History Museum. We lock eyes with the hundred-eyed cowry, named after \"the all-seeing one,\" the giant Argus Panoptes of Greek mythology. We see how shells' appearances translate into defense strategies, as with the zigzag nerite, which varies its patterning to deceive and confuse predators. And we meet shell inhabitants, such as the amber snail, which eats earthworms by sucking them up like spaghetti. Reproduced in full color and striking detail, these shells have much to reveal about the history of collecting, the science of taxonomy, and the human desire to understand the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"With excellent photographs accompanied by informative and interesting text, this book belongs in shore homes, collectors' cabinets, and artists' studios alike.\"--Paul Callomon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautiful book to spark interest among the general public and to highlight important issues from the conservation status of mollusks to ocean acidification.\"--Ángel A. Valdés, California Polytechnic State University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Beautifully illustrated with photographs of mollusk shells held by the Natural History Museum in London, this appealing book educates and inspires simply by showing and telling us about the animals that created these stunning works of art. Who ever thought that a person could learn so much about natural history and evolution, about human culture and human nature by learning about mollusk shells?\"--GrrlScientist \"Forbes\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A dazzling new release . . . takes you on a tour of the world's most fascinating and impressive shells. . . . Salvador proves that there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the structure of marine mollusks, and there's some serious construction going on among our ocean's smallest residents.\"-- \"IFLScience\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fully captures their sheer extraordinariness. . . . The mind boggles to think how Salvador whittled the museum's collection of 8 million-plus specimens down to the 121 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFascinating Shells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"--Simon Ings \"New Scientist, Best Books of 2022\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndreia Salvador\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a senior curator of marine mollusca at the Natural History Museum in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003e March 17, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226819136\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.0\" H x 7.1\" L x 6.2\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Univeristy of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44547543204026,"sku":"9780226819136","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71Ija_BgLEL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1736793278"},{"product_id":"ideas-have-consequences-enlarged-by-richard-m-weaver","title":"Ideas Have Consequences (Enlarged) by Richard M Weaver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdeas Have Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e uses \"words hard as cannonballs\" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication, the book is now seen asone of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn its pages, Richard M. Weaver argues that the decline of Western civilization resulted from the rising acceptance of relativism over absolute reality. In spite of increased knowledge, this retreat from the realist intellectual tradition has weakened the Western capacity to reason, with catastrophic consequences for social order and individual rights. But Weaver also offers a realistic remedy. These difficulties are the product not of necessity, but of intelligent choice. And, today, as decades ago, the remedy lies in the renewed acceptance of absolute reality and the recognition that ideas-like actions-have consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis expanded edition of the classic work contains a foreword by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e editor Roger Kimball that offers insight into the rich intellectual and historical contexts of Weaver and his work and an afterword by Ted J. Smith III that relates the remarkable story of the book's writing and publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword to the Expanded Edition\u003cbr\u003eThe Consequences of Richard Weaver \/ By Roger Kimball\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ By Richard M. Weaver\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 The Unsentimental Sentiment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 Distinction and Hierarchy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 Fragmentation and Obsession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Egotism in Work and Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 The Great Stereopticon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 The Spoiled-Child Psychology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 The Last Metaphysical Right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 The Power of the Word\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 Piety and Justice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ideas Have Consequences \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCame to Be Written \/ By Ted J. Smith III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A profound diagnosis of the sickness of our culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Reinhold Niebuhr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard M. Weaver's book is important; his explanation of the breakdown of modern man is the best in years.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Crowe Ransom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This deeply prophetic book not only launched the renaissance of philosophical conservatism in this country, but in the process gave us an armory of insights into the diseases besetting the national community that is as timely today as when it first appeared.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdeas Have Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the few authentic classics in the American political tradition.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Nisbet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliantly written, daring, and radical. . . . it will shock, and philosophical shock is the beginning of wisdom.\" \u003cspan\u003e--Paul Tillich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard M. Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1910-63) was an American scholar, revered twentieth-century conservative, and professor of English and rhetoric at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisions of Order: The Cultural Crisis of Our Time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eNovember 04, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226090061\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.64\" H x 8.46\" L x 5.61\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44558974320826,"sku":"9780226090061","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/61NiIbtwbUL._SL1280.jpg?v=1737043478"},{"product_id":"why-birds-matter-avian-ecological-function-and-ecosystem-services-by-cagan-h-sekercioglu-daniel-g-wenny-christopher-whelan","title":"Why Birds Matter: Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit, carrion, and pests; spread seed and fertilizer; and pollinate plants, among other services, they have rarely asked what birds are worth in economic terms. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an international collection of ornithologists, botanists, ecologists, conservation biologists, and environmental economists seeks to quantify avian ecosystem services--the myriad benefits that birds provide to humans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first book to approach ecosystem services from an ornithological perspective, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks what economic value we can ascribe to those services, if any, and how this value should inform conservation. Chapters explore the role of birds in such important ecological dynamics as scavenging, nutrient cycling, food chains, and plant-animal interactions--all seen through the lens of human well-being--to show that quantifying avian ecosystem services is crucial when formulating contemporary conservation strategies. Both elucidating challenges and providing examples of specific ecosystem valuations and guidance for calculation, the contributors propose that in order to advance avian conservation, we need to appeal not only to hearts and minds, but also to wallets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Jeffrey A. Gordon\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 1. Bird Ecosystem Services: Economic Ornithology for the 21st Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Whelan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, and Daniel G. Wenny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 2. Why Birds Matter Economically: Values, Markets, and Policies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew D. Johnson and Steven C. Hackett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 3. Trophic Interaction Networks and Ecosystem Services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Whelan, Diana F. Tomback, Dave Kelly, and Matthew D. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 4. Pollination by Birds: A Functional Evaluation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra H. Anderson, Dave Kelly, Alastair W. Robertson, and Jenny J. Ladley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 5. Seed Dispersal by Fruit-Eating Birds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel G. Wenny, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Norbert J. Cordeiro, Haldre S. Rogers, and Dave Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 6. Dispersal of Plants by Waterbirds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy J. Green, Merel Soons, Anne-Laure Brochet, and Erik Kleyheeg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 7. Seed Dispersal by Corvids: Birds That Build Forests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiana F. Tomback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 8. Ecosystem Services Provided by Avian Scavengers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravis L. DeVault, James C. Beasley, Zachary H. Olson, Marcos Moleón, Martina Carrete, Antoni Margalida, and José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 9. Nutrient Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling by Birds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotoko Fujita and Kayoko O. Kameda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 10. Avian Ecosystem Engineers: Birds That Excavate Cavities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Floyd and Kathy Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 11. Avian Ecological Functions and Ecosystem Services in the Tropics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eÇağan H. Şekercioğlu and Evan R. Buechley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter 12. Why Birds Matter: Bird Ecosystem Services That Promote Biodiversity and Support Human Well-Being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eÇağan H. Şekercioğlu, Daniel G. Wenny, Christopher J. Whelan, and Chris Floyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Such an interesting volume. Authoritative and well-researched, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will appeal to both ornithologists and conservation biologists--I can see myself referring to it frequently in the future. Authors of each chapter are well chosen world leaders on their topics, and the material is well written and cohesive. It will be an exceedingly useful book to those of us who work on bird conservation and want a one-stop summary of what we know about the contributions of birds to ecosystem services.\"--Chris S. Elphick, University of Connecticut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The endeavor is fascinating because birds of almost all kinds have far more impacts on human life than most humans realize.\"--Steve Donoghue \"Open Letters Monthly\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"For those with an interest in avian\/human ecology.\"--Ian Paulsen \"Birdbooker Report\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An impressive collection of papers that explains how birds fit into our world. It examines birds' roles in pollination, seed dispersal, nutrient cycling, how birds engineer their habitats, and their economic value. As the subtitle suggests, this book is geared to academic and professional readers, but any serious student of birds will appreciate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Matter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"--Scott Shalaway \"Farm and Dairy\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes a valuable contribution to the literature and brings together disparate empirical studies examining the ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by birds. Moreover, by highlighting those areas where further research is likely to prove fruitful, the book is likely to prompt other researchers to initiate studies examining other ecosystem services. Some excellent editing has ensured that the chapters are all relatively consistent in terms of style and language used. . . . I would thoroughly recommend it for college, university, and museum libraries and also in the personal libraries of those interested in ecosystem services. I congratulate the editors and contributors for producing such an informative volume.\"--Mark C. Mainwaring, Lancaster University \"Condor\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Highly recommended for different types of ornithological audiences, from the amateur involved in conservation objectives to the researcher concentrated on the study of functional diversity, passing through to the scientific communicator.\"-- \"Ardeola\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÇağan H. Şekercioğlu\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Utah, associate of ornithology at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, and distinguished visiting fellow at Koç University of Istanbul. He is coauthor, most recently, of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConservation of Tropical Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinged Sentinels: Birds and Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel G. Wenny\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis landbird senior biologist at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory and visiting research scholar at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher J. Whelan\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis visiting research associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a research affiliate at the Field Museum, Chicago. He is coeditor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRestoration of Endangered Species: Conceptual Issues, Planning and Implementation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eAugust 24, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780226382630\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 8.9\" L x 6.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44559008989370,"sku":"9780226382630","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/91aSzR3tEvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1737043965"},{"product_id":"yellowstone-wolves-science-and-discovery-in-the-worlds-first-national-park-by-douglas-w-smith-daniel-r-stahler-daniel-r-macnulty-forward-by-jane-goodall","title":"Yellowstone Wolves: Science and Discovery in the World's First National Park (Forward by Jane Goodall)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2020, it will have been twenty-five years since one of the greatest wildlife conservation and restoration achievements of the twentieth century took place: the reintroduction of wolves to the world's first national park, Yellowstone. Eradicated after the park was established, then absent for seventy years, these iconic carnivores returned to Yellowstone in 1995 when the US government reversed its century-old policy of extermination and--despite some political and cultural opposition--began the reintroduction of forty-one wild wolves from Canada and northwest Montana. In the intervening decades, scientists have studied their myriad behaviors, from predation to mating to wolf pup play, building a one-of-a-kind field study that has both allowed us to witness how the arrival of top predators can change an entire ecosystem and provided a critical window into impacts on prey, pack composition, and much else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, for the first time in a single book, is the incredible story of the wolves' return to Yellowstone National Park as told by the very people responsible for their reintroduction, study, and management. Anchored in what we have learned from Yellowstone, highlighting the unique blend of research techniques that have given us this knowledge, and addressing the major issues that wolves still face today, this book is as wide-ranging and awe-inspiring as the Yellowstone restoration effort itself. We learn about individual wolves, population dynamics, wolf-prey relationships, genetics, disease, management and policy, newly studied behaviors and interactions with other species, and the rippling ecosystem effects wolves have had on Yellowstone's wild and rare landscape. Perhaps most importantly of all, the book also offers solutions to ongoing controversies and debates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing a foreword by Jane Goodall, beautiful images, a companion online documentary by celebrated filmmaker Bob Landis, and contributions from more than seventy wolf and wildlife conservation luminaries from Yellowstone and around the world, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYellowstone Wolves\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a gripping, accessible celebration of the extraordinary Yellowstone Wolf Project--and of the park through which these majestic and important creatures once again roam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eStudy Area Map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Note on Accompanying Video\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert K. Landis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane Goodall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDouglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 History and Reintroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 Historical and Ecological Context for Wolf Recovery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDouglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, and Lee H. Whittlesey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 1.1 Wolf History and Surveys in Yellowstone National Park John Weaver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 How Wolves Returned to Yellowstone Steven H. Fritts, Rebecca J. Watters, Edward E. Bangs, Douglas W. Smith, and Michael K. Phillips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 2.1 To Reintroduce or Not to Reintroduce, That Is the Question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiane Boyd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: Why Are Yellowstone Wolves Important? L. David Mech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Behavioral and Population Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 Essential Biology of the Wolf: Foundations and Advances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel R. MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, Tim Coulson, and Douglas W. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Ecology of Family Dynamics in Yellowstone Wolf Packs Daniel R. Stahler, Douglas W. Smith, Kira A. Cassidy, Erin E. Stahler, Matthew C. Metz, Rick McIntyre, and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 4.1 Naming Wolf Packs Daniel R. Stahler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 Territoriality and Competition between Wolf Packs Kira A. Cassidy, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Erin E. Stahler, and Matthew C. Metz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 5.1 Auditory Profile: The Howl of the Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn B. Theberge and Mary T. Theberge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 Population Dynamics and Demography Douglas W. Smith, Kira A. Cassidy, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Quinn Harrison, Ben Balmford, Erin E. Stahler, Ellen E. Brandell, and Tim Coulson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: Yellowstone Wolves Are Important Because They Changed Science Rolf O. Peterson and Trevor S. Peterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Genetics and Disease\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 Yellowstone Wolves at the Frontiers of Genetic Research Daniel R. Stahler, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, and Robert K. Wayne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 The K Locus: Rise of the Black Wolf Rena M. Schweizer, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Tim Coulson, Phil Hedrick, Rachel Johnston, Kira A. Cassidy, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, and Robert K. Wayne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 Infectious Diseases in Yellowstone's Wolves Ellen E. Brandell, Emily S. Almberg, Paul C. Cross, Andrew P. Dobson, Douglas W. Smith, and Peter J. Hudson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: Why Are Yellowstone Wolves Important? A European Perspective Olof Liberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Wolf-Prey Relationships\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 How We Study Wolf-Prey Relationships Douglas W. Smith, Matthew C. Metz, Daniel R. Stahler, and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 10.1 Nine-Three-Alpha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDouglas W. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 10.2 The Bone Collectors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKy Koitzsch and Lisa Koitzsch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 Limits to Wolf Predatory Performance Daniel R. MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, and Douglas W. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 11.1 Tougher Times for Yellowstone Wolves Reflected in Tooth Wear and Fracture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlaire Van Valkenburgh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 What Wolves Eat and Why Matthew C. Metz, Mark Hebblewhite, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Aimee Tallian, and John A. Vucetich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 12.1 Bison in Wood Buffalo National Park\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eL. N. Carbyn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13 Wolf Predation on Elk in a Multi-Prey Environment Matthew C. Metz, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, and Mark Hebblewhite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 13.1 Generalizing Wolf-Prey Dynamics across Systems: Yellowstone, Banff, and Isle Royale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark Hebblewhite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 13.2 The Predator's Perspective: Biomass of Prey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatthew C. Metz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 13.3 Lessons from Denali National Park: Stability in Predator-Prey Dynamics Is a Pause on the Way to Somewhere Else\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLayne Adams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 Population Dynamics of Northern Yellowstone Elk after Wolf Reintroduction Daniel R. MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, Travis Wyman, Joel Ruprecht, Lacy M. Smith, Michel T. Kohl, and Douglas W. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 14.1 Wolves and Elk in the Madison Headwaters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert A. Garrott, P. J. White, Claire Gower, Matthew S. Becker, Shana Drimal, Ken L. Hamlin, and Fred G. R. Watson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 14.2 Ecology of Fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel R. Stahler and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: The Value of Yellowstone's Wolves? The Power of Choice Michael K. Phillips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 Ecosystem Effects and Species Interactions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15 Indirect Effects of Carnivore Restoration on Vegetation Rolf O. Peterson, Robert L. Beschta, David J. Cooper, N. Thompson Hobbs, Danielle Bilyeu Johnston, Eric J. Larsen, Kristin N. Marshall, Luke E. Painter, William J. Ripple, Joshua R. Rose, Douglas W. Smith, and Evan C. Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 15.1 Long-Term Trends in Beaver, Moose, and Willow Status in the Southern Portion of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel B. Tyers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 Competition and Coexistence among Yellowstone's Meat Eaters Daniel R. Stahler, Christopher C. Wilmers, Aimee Tallian, Colby B. Anton, Matthew C. Metz, Toni K. Ruth, Douglas W. Smith, Kerry A. Gunther, and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: Old Dogs Taught Old Lessons Paul C. Paquet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6 Conservation, Management, and the Human Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 Wolves and Humans in Yellowstone Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Rick McIntyre, Erin E. Stahler, and Kira A. Cassidy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 The Wolf Watchers Nathan Varley, Rick McIntyre, and James Halfpenny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 18.1 Bob Landis's Yellowstone Wolves Documentaries 000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox 18.2 Seeing Wolves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Hayes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19 Conservation and Management: A Way Forward Douglas W. Smith, P. J. White, Daniel R. Stahler, Rebecca J. Watters, Kira A. Cassidy, Adrian Wydeven, Jim Hammill, and David E. Hallac\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Essay: Making Better Sense of Wolves Susan G. Clark Afterword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRebecca J. Watters, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, and Daniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppendix: Species Names Used in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterature Cited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A gathering of scientific essays on the natural history of the reintroduced wolf population in Yellowstone National Park. Wolves were long a key predator in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem before they were extirpated. In 1995, they were reintroduced in what the editors characterize as 'a change of heart.' That change of heart is 'the single most important fact of wolf recovery everywhere.' . . . A welcome contribution to the conservation-biology literature on wolves.\"-- \"Kirkus Reviews\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I consider the restoration of the gray wolf into the northwestern United States to be the single most important event in the past fifty years of wildlife conservation and management. This volume will serve as a major reference for years as it covers the key social\/ecological\/behavioral\/management issues related to the wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Virtually all of the principal individuals who have been involved in wolf investigations and management across the continent have contributed.\"--James M. Peek, professor emeritus, Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Very informative. Every reader of this book will learn something new and interesting about wolves, their ecology, or how they compare to other species in the animal world. It will be a great resource, sought out as the de facto authority on wolf knowledge and discovery for Yellowstone most certainly, but also on how the knowledge gained lends itself to understanding wolves elsewhere. Compelling.\"--Dean Cluff, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYellowstone Wolves\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a Herculean attempt to synthesize research on Yellowstone National Park subsequent to wolf recovery. It is likely to be touted as the definitive work on the subject for years. This is a necessary, wonderful book.\"--Mark Boyce, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Reintroducing the wolf to Yellowstone is arguably the world's greatest wildlife experiment. The wolves' progress has been documented meticulously by a team of hiking, driving and flying biologists and passionate volunteers--so much so that no wolf study comes close to yielding its abundance of information. The research generated has been distilled into a new book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYellowstone Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, assembled by three of the biologists who studied the wolves' return.\"-- \"New York Times\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The huge volume of information presented in this book, plus illustrations, diagrams, and an extensive bibliography, underpin its significance to ecological research as do the many contributors; several guest essays add useful overviews. It is a fitting tribute to the 100 years plus of research pre and post wolf reintroduction, and a sound basis for future studies.\"-- \"The Biologist\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An intimate look at these wild canines and their ways. Humans have always felt more about wolves than we've actually known about them. Their emotions seem similar to our own, but they inspire dark fairy tales and anger among some livestock owners. By 1960, the wild canines were nearly extinct in the lower forty-eight, but in 1995, scientists plucked forty-one wolves from Canada and Montana and released them into the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Since then they've thrived, splitting into myriad packs and offering researchers an unparalleled opportunity to witness their secrets. Now, twenty-five years of intensive research has been distilled into a fascinating new book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYellowstone Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"-- \"American Way\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rich with photographs, charts, and maps, this volume provides a wealth of information for those studying the project, ecology, rewilding, and wolves in general, and it also brings the complex workings of the natural world of Yellowstone into clear focus...A comprehensive resource well-suited for natural science collections.\"-- \"Booklist\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the largest and most successful conservation efforts in modern history: the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park. This gorgeous book explains why wolves were eradicated from the park when it opened nearly seventy years ago, and how their reintroduction fundamentally changed the park's ecosystems for the better. Edited by the people responsible for studying and managing the wolf reintroduction project--and with a forward by Jane Goodall--Yellowstone Wolves is a must-read for anyone interested in wildlife or conservation. The text is accompanied by stunning, full-color photographs and an online documentary by Bob Landis, perhaps best known for his work with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"--Amy Brady \"LitHub\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas W. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has studied wolves for more than forty years. In 1994 he was hired by the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park as the project biologist to reintroduce wolves, and in 1997 he became the project leader, a position he still holds today. Besides wolves in Yellowstone, he is also responsible for supervising the park's bird, elk, and beaver programs. He is coauthor, most recently, of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolves on the Hunt: The Behavior of Wolves Hunting Wild Prey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel R. Stahler\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the Yellowstone Wolf Project's lead biologist and the project leader of the Yellowstone Cougar Project. In addition, he helps manage the elk program and is Yellowstone National Park's threatened and endangered species coordinator, working with species like lynx, wolverine, and grizzly bears. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel R. MacNulty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is associate professor of wildlife ecology in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University and was one of the first volunteers hired by the Yellowstone Wolf Project. 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A must-read for anyone interested in how the human mind works.\"-- \"Rafael Núñez, University of California, San Diego\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is potentially the most important book ever written on the relation of mind, thought, and language. With a sweeping interdisciplinary vision, supported by wonderful examples and accessible explanations, it integrates linguistic, psychological, cognitive scientific, and neuroscientific research that provides a new understanding of how our minds work. It is a deep exploration of how the brain is continuously reorganized by the way we live and engage our environments, thereby structuring our brains, which, in turn, shape our experience, meaning, thought, and language.\"-- \"Mark Johnson, University of Oregon\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Neural Mind\u003c\/i\u003e offers one of the only encompassing reviews of embodied cognitive science. 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