Regulation of Feed Intake

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This book collects new research on arguably the key factor in determining the health, welfare, and productivity in farmed animals. Topics include natural behavior, form-function relationships, physiology, metabolism, and genetic make-up, as well as feed choices and environmental factors. It includes information from studies of humans and of wild birds, as well as extensive research on farm animals.

Role of leptin in the regulation of feed intake in dairy cattle (Project)

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Role of leptin in the regulation of feed intake in dairy cattle (Project)
John Joseph Kennelly
Manufacturer: Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Wander inside a 12th-century cathedral in an ancient Pyrenean town, see the paintings Picasso gave to his family, savor roast lamb in the world's oldest restaurant, surrender to flamenco or go tapas-bar hopping —Fodor's Spain 2005 offers all these experiences and more! From Bilbao to the Canary Islands, our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best —"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

-New compact trim size make these guides even more portable
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Visit www.fodors.com to find up-to-date travel bargains, mini-guides to worldwide destinations, information on local festivals, dazzling drives, maps, vacation planning tips and much more!

And, for more insider secrets, visit “Travel Talk” and “Rants and Raves” online at www.fodors.com/forums to get advice from other travelers like you.

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"The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent use of oral traditions give this work a high degree of . . . intellectual excitement. . . . a landmark in the field." --Warren d'Azevedo

Making use of archival and oral resources in this extensively researched book, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political strategy. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority?

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BENIN, PORTRAIT OF AN ANCIENT KINGDOM.......2000-03-14

Letter to Paula Girshick Ben-Amos, author of "Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin." Your book, "Art Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin", is superb. I'm not a reviewer so the much I can see is that you lead us, the reader, easy and firmly across the ancient history of a Kingdom with her obas, uzamas, ezomos, iyases, chiefs -- and give us a handy list of the obas from Ehengbuda to Akengbuda, and teach us how they were, through the art they left behind. You make ease to understand the Civil War and different behave of various obas and chiefs. As well their relation with the spiritual world. When you refer to Father Monteleone, and the cloths "made in five or, at the most, six months" on pg. 41, using Ryder, you touch in a subject that has connection with Brazil. In the book "A enxada e a lança", (The Hoe and the Spear), the Brazilian writer Alberto da Costa e Silva depicts a panel of Africa, before the Portuguese's arrival (he starts his book on Africa's prehistory), and refers (pg. 526)to Pano da Costa (Cloth from the Coast - Ijebu), largely exported from Benin to Brazil on the first half of Eighteenth Century. It seems, later on, when the slave traffic has ended, and commerce between Bahia (Brazil) and West Coast was very strong, industrialized Pano da Costa, produced in Brazil has turned itself into a largely disputed merchandise all over the Coast, including in Benin . And moreover, in your book you teach us how to see and comprehend the bronzes, plaques, heads, in metal, ivory, clay and wood. Is all absolutely perfect. If one want to have a spotless ideas, in 177 pages, about the Kingdom of Benin, in your book one will find it. So, I indeed have enjoyed your book.

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More than a coffee table book

Something to be Desired: Essays on Design

Something to Be Desired: Essays on Design
Veronique Vienne
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1888001763

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Informative, provocative, touching, and entertaining, this book's essays are written with the insight of a designer, the hunger for knowledge of a scholar, and the sophistication of a seasoned social commentator. The author's range of topics runs the gamut from magazine design, resort architecture, and consumerism to typography and exhibit design, conveyed in witty and insightful text that will appeal to anyone who takes an interest in popular culture and the design of places, spaces, and products.

Vronique Vienne, a former exhibit designer and magazine art director who now writes about design and cultural trends for many publications, lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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More than a coffee table book.......2002-04-06

This book is a very readable collection of meanderings, mutterings and muses. Veronique dives into the fields of art, industrial design, graphics, branding, and architecture, and puts the world to rights with her cynical and witty viewpoint.

It's thought provoking too, as she introduces the reader to a number of interesting observations from her varied professional life. For instance, she points out -with a witty "coming to America" story that the coffee table is in fact a product of the latter half of the 20th century, which was as integral to the American Dream of the 1950's as Marilyn Monroe and Rock 'n Roll. The last chapter that explains the truth about women's relationship with cars is a refreshing and humorous statement that will stick with me for some time.

I'd recommend this book to designers and architects of all kinds. It's a short, pleasurable read that stays with you much longer in memory than it does on the coffee table.

Something to be Desired: Essays on Design.......2001-10-25

Informative? Yes. Provocative? Yes. Witty? Yes. I found Veronique Vienne's theories compelling. I continually emitted chuckles and nodded yes at her very insightful remarks on design of all types. I was made aware of things in a new perspective that only enforce and enhance my own design applications. This is an inspiring read.

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Horrible advise on how to care for your new puppy....

Good introductory, but...

Not complete in its areas listed

Guide to Owning a Maltese: Puppy Care, Grooming, Training, History, Health, Breed Standard (Re Dog Series)
Brandlyn James
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Breeds | Dogs | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0793818710

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Series.......2005-03-25

These books are GREAT! I had a Maltese and this book helped me raise him until he died. They tell you every thing you need to know. So buy this inexpensive book.

Horrible advise on how to care for your new puppy...........2004-03-23

This book is filled with useless information. The advise on how to care for your new puppy is horrible. The author tells you to put your new puppy on the floor and not to handle the puppy unless it's absolutely necessary. The author also advises you to leave your puppy in the kitchen and let him cry all night if that's what it takes. Is this how a new puppy taken from its litter mates and dam should be handled on its first night in your home? I don't spoil my dogs, but they do receive lots of TLC. Don't waste your money on this book.

Good introductory, but..........1999-03-15

This is a great book if you're looking into different breeds: It's inexpensive, and is a good introductory to the breed. But if you are bringing a Maltese home in a week, you need to get a more complete book that covers the aspects of training, grooming, and puppy care more than this book.

Not complete in its areas listed.......1998-02-20

If you are looking for a overview of the Maltese, this book will work. But if you are needing breeding, grooming, etc. questions answered, look for another more complete Maltese book.

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The ultimate guide to the exciting, colorful hobby of collecting first day covers. The 2005 edition features new listings and value updates, along with more than 200 stamp and cover illustrations. Listings are arranged by Scott number and includes a brief description featuring denomination and subject. Users can also determine the value of a specific cachet using the exclusive Cachet calculator.

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A few years back, escaping the sound and fury of New York, Richard Goodman moved to a small southern French farming town he calls by the alias St. Sebastian de Caisson, everything about which "suggests the uneventful, and the eternal." There Goodman found a tiny plot of streamside land and set about raising a copious vegetable garden, about as uneventful an event as a seasoned New Yorker is likely to experience. He writes lovingly of tilling the soil and watching his lettuce, tomatoes, and leeks spring from the ground, but at heart his book is about the generous people he met during his stay and what they have to say about life on the land. Armchair travelers, gardeners, and small-scale farmers alike will enjoy his charming memoir.

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A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to oneself to till.

Richard Goodman saw the ad in the paper: "SOUTHERN FRANCE: Stone house in Village near Nimes/Avignon/Uzes. 4 BR, 2 baths, fireplace, books, desk, bikes. Perfect for writing, painting, exploring & experiencing la France profonde. $450 mo. plus utilities." And, with his girlfriend, he left New York City to spend a year in Southern France.

The village was small--no shops, no gas station, no post office, only a café and a school. St. Sebastien de Caisson was home to farmers and vintners. Every evening Goodman watched the villagers congregate and longed to be a part of their camaraderie. But they weren't interested in him: he was just another American, come to visit and soon to leave. So Goodman laced up his work boots and ventured out into the vineyards to work among them. He met them first as a hired worker, and then as a farmer of his own small plot of land.

French Dirt is a love story between a man and his garden. It's about plowing, planting, watering, and tending. It's about cabbage, tomatoes, parsley, and eggplant. Most of all, it's about the growing friendship between an American outsider and a close-knit community of French farmers.

"There's a genuine sweetness about the way the cucumbers and tomatoes bridge the divide of nationality."--The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American."--San Francisco Chronicle

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"French Dirt".......2007-10-06

As May came to Wellsboro, I longed for the smell of fresh air and the feel of my hands in the dirt. Reading Richard Goodman's "French Dirt" satisfied me when my garden efforts were stymied. An account of an American who eventually gets to know his new neighbors in a small village in France, I think "French Dirt" is better than the more well-known books by Peter Mayle.

Editor,"Of A Predatory Heart"

A fantastic travel/garden/social/cultural book!.......2007-07-19

Beautiful writing, and a delight to read. You will go back to it over and over again!

French Dirt - inspiring.......2006-04-25

I really loved this book. It made me laugh out loud. It made me tear up. It made me want to get my hands dirty.

Oooo la la.......2006-04-15

What a lovely visit to France. I enjoyed Goodman's honest appraoch to this book. It was like having a conversation. As a fairly advid gardener myself, I especially enjoyed the discussion of his garden. The people he encounters seem quite genuine and true to nature. Sometimes, it's inspiring to live in a foreign land--- even if for just a handful of hours.

Skillfully written and heartfelt,..........2003-05-31

Skillfully written and heartfelt, I found Richard Goodman's
sundrenched first novel "French Dirt" a true feast on every
level. A must read - I literally could not put this novel down.
I was transported into Mr. Goodman's village, St. Sebastien de Caisson - where the earth, sun and love interweave with one another like a summer salad - filled with fresh tomatoes that burst in your mouth from the heat of the sun, and a love story that will stir your soul. You won't want to miss a word, or a moment, of this enchanting journey!

French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

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French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

Manufacturer: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GQUQN4

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Fascinating interviews with contemporaries of Diaghilev.......1999-07-22

How could any book about Diaghilev be boring? This was the man who brought Chaliapin in Boris Godunov to Paris then Pavlova, the man who originated more than 70 ballet productions with great performers like Nijinsky, great artists like Picasso, great composers like Stravinsky. John Drummond, who famously ran the Proms and the Edinburgh festival for many years, took on the project of filming a two part documentary about the great impresario in the 1960's but decided the interviews with his surviving co-workers were too good to waste and prints them in full. Every single one is a treasure trove for ballet fans. He bookends these interviews with, at the beginning, the full story of how he tracked down the living survivors of the Ballets Russe, and at the end a provocative and thought-provoking essay about the development of world ballet since Diaghilev's death , right up to Adventures in Motion pictures Swan Lake 1994. I read this book right through in two days, and I'm buying another copy to lend to friends. Absolutely superb, and some nice archive photos too.

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THE BANJO OF THE BUSH the Work, Life and Times of A.B. Paterson
Clement Semmler
Manufacturer: Lansdowne
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0701801115

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Banjo of the Bush: The Life and Times of A B Banjo Paterson
Clement Semmler
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0702217565

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The Banjo of The Bush: The Life and Times of A. B. Paterson
Clement Semmler
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGN4BC

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The Banjo of the bush;: The work, life and times of A.B. Paterson
Clement Semmler
Manufacturer: Lansdowne
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007J7XPE

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The Banjo Of The Bush - The Life and Times Of A. B. Paterson

Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I73CAU

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THE BANJO OF THE BUSH. The Work, Life and Times of A.B. Paterson.
Clement: Semmler
Manufacturer: Pan
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W2V8JS

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