All the appeal of The Da Vinci Code, with music and the specialty of violin-making as the backdrop. *Starred review in Publishers Weekly *First time in paperback Particularly beautiful cover *Mysteries involving art and music - and particularly when they have a historical angle, as this one does - have a strong following among readers of the genre ...
This book provides a broad introduction to saltmarsh ecology, concentrating on plants, although much of the information should also be of interest to zoologists. Particular attention is given to the geographical diversity of saltmarsh vegetation and to the ecophysiological mechanisms which permit tolerance to the major challenges of high, but ...
Until recently, few people have associated rainforest with Australia. The present-day distribution of Australian rainforest is limited but it was formerly more widespread and was the dominant vegetation type of the entire continent. The contraction to its present limits reflects environmental changes that have taken place over many millions of ...
Published in 1888, this glossary is the only work of its kind produced by Decadent and Symbolist writers themselves, and is full of "definitions" as mystifiying as the words they claim to define. It offers both a scholarly and humorous examination of linguistic innovation, and shows how literary language remains subtler and more alive than any of ...
In London, a newly-arrived Kurdish immigrant is brutally murdered by Turkish people-traffickers. The dead man's wife, Irena, flees to East Anglia where she disappears into the murky world of illegal foreign workers. Reporter Joe Verdi goes undercover as a migrant worker to try to find Irena. But he's not the only one looking for her -- the Turks ...
This book presents the first comprehensive review of the ecology and management of Australian saltmarshes. The past 10 years in particular have seen a sustained research effort into this previously poorly understood and neglected resource.In 10 chapters contributed by experts in each discipline, the book outlines what is known of the biogeography ...
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