Gentianaceae: Systematics and Natural History

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This volume provides a comprehensive review of the family, Gentianaceae, covering phylogeny, classification, biogeography, palynology, phytochemistry, and morphology, and also presents the first classification of the entire family to be published for over 100 years, generated using modern molecular- and morphology-based phylogenetic data. The volume places the Gentianaceae in context with its relatives in the order Gentianales and subclass Asteridae; presents an updated, phylogenetic classification of tribes, subtribes, and genera; investigates the corroborative value of morphological features in phylogenetic diagnoses; and comprehensively summarizes palynology, seed morphology, and phytochemistry.

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The family Gentianaceae is a diverse lineage of over 1500 angiosperm species, including many tropical and temperate trees, shrubs, and herbs with a wide range of floral types and colours. This volume provides the first comprehensive review of the family, covering phylogeny, classification, biogeography, palynology, phytochemistry and morphology, and also presents the first classification of the entire family to be published for over 100 years, generated using modern molecular- and morphology-based phylogenetic data. The volume places the Gentianaceae in context with its relatives in the order Gentianales and subclass Asteridae; presents an updated, phylogenetic classification of tribes, subtribes, and genera; investigates the corroborative value of morphological features in phylogenetic diagnoses; and comprehensively summarizes palynology, seed morphology, and phytochemistry. Descriptions of each of the 87 gentian genera are provided, as are discussions on morphological evolution and biogeography for each major evolutionary lineage.

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Using London as their home base (since they love dinner and the theater too), the jolly Amateur Historians take you on merry romp that travels back in time to the sites and history of some of the most fascinating areas of the English Midlands. Magnificent Windsor Castle and neighboring Eton College, the ancient educational institutions of Oxford and Shakespeareâ€™s hometown of Stratford are the anchor sites. In addition, the book explores the history of the great medieval castles of Kenilworth and Warwick, tours the glorious cathedrals and abbeys of St. Albanâ€™s, Dorchester and Reading and drops in for a look at the many medieval and Tudor manor homes, churches, almshouses, barns and other buildings in the region. Centuries will drop away as readers:

* Walk with Edward III in the first ceremonial procession of the Order of the Garter, held in 1348 at Windsor Castle;

* Slide down a rope of sheets with the Empress Matilda in her dramatic 12th-century escape from a siege of Oxford Castle;

* Fight--and die--with Richard III as he struggles to keep Englandâ€™s throne at the Battle of Bosworth;

* Dine with Elizabeth I on one of her numerous visits to Kenilworth Castle, one of the many properties that she gave to her favorite courtier Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester;

* Pray with Mary Queen of Scots as she waits at Fotheringhay Castle for her cousin Elizabeth to decide her fate.

These and many other exciting adventures await readers in the pages of "The Amateur Historianâ€™s Guide to the Heart of England."

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Pointing out that the style is correct..........2003-12-03

Now I have to say that the other review is very unfair. Art nouveau paintings are very monotone, usually using similar shades throughout the entire image. This is what you see here, and it is true to the style. Many of the images tend to be very plain, but I would use it as an example source for creating new nouveau inspired borders.

What?.......2000-01-30

Full color? I hardly think so. It seems that the borders that this book contains are 1.) limited to approx. three different colors per each, 2.) extremely odd [an example: it has one which contains a creepy cat with fangs] and almost completely useless, and 3.) all similar in design.

I do not recommend this book. Period. There are so many better ones out there I urge you to spend you money on something worthy.

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Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Considered is a book that belongs in your veterinary library. If you are a veterinarian wondering if you should incorporate complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) into your practice, if you have recently hired an associate eager to try such things as acupuncture or homeopathy, or if you have clients asking you about chiropractic, herbal, or magnetic field therapy for their pets, you 'll want to understand the history, science and ethics behind such therapies.In its 2001 Guidelines for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recognizes the growing interest in CAVM, and encourages the critical examination of these therapies using the scientific method. Following the AVMA 's lead on this subject, Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Considered thoroughly examines a variety of CAVM therapies and asks important questions regarding alternative treatments. For example, is acupuncture effective in pain relief? What is homeopathy? What is the history behind chiropractic? What does the research say (and not say) about various CAVM modalities? And, just as importantly, what are the ethical and regulatory considerations concerning such therapies? This book has the answers to those questions and more.Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Considered will help practicing veterinarians to make informed decisions about specific CAVM therapies. This text evaluates various prevalent therapies, and will give veterinarians the ethical and scientific bases they need to make sound decisions regarding CAVM therapiesCoverage includes but is not limited to:Acupuncture and acupressure;Energy medicine;Manual therapy (chiropractic);Manual therapy (massage);Magnetic and electromagnetic therapy;Laser and light therapy;Homeopathy; andHerbal therapy.

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Better Advice Found Elsewhere.......2007-09-27

This author is well-known for his disparagement of alternative therapies. Do not buy this book if you are looking into alternative therapies for your animals as the author is strictly a "Western Medicine" kind of
guy and very biased. Having used chiropractic, homeopathic, and acupressure on my horses, dogs, and cats, alternative therapy is extremely helpful when provided by a competent and trained professional. Research your practioner's training and background. See "Homeopathy for Horses" by Tim Couzens MRCVS, "Veterinary Acupuncture" or "Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practice" by Allen M. Schoen DVM. Also "4 Paws Five Directions" by Cheryl Schwartz, DVM. All excellent reference for the holistic practitioner.

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Be a man drive a Pan

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The PAN MAN`S BIBLE

Mechanics & Owners Guide to 1941-1959 Harley-Davidson O.H.V. Big Twins
Kirk Perry
Manufacturer: Vintage Twin Pub
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Original Harley-Davidson Knucklehead (Original Series)

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ASIN: 0967274400

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The Knucklehead motor was faithfully replicated by Tedd Cycle, Inc. and released on January 9, 2002; along with the (Linkert carburetor-intake port) OEM-style Pan cylinder heads in three models: The 1948-'54 (plumber manifold); the 1955-'62 (O-Ring manifold); and the 1963-'65 (external oiler) style.

Our shop manual was written for existing "runners"; and for "builders" of Knuckle & Panhead motorcycles using new, replicated parts. Some topics covered in the step-by-step procedures are not in other OEM Harley manuals, or the excellent Clymer's Panhead manual. When another manual suggest, "replacing the clutch hub liner..." we show you how, and the tools and parts necessary.

Read on through the editorials section for more story on where the Replication adventure is headed. The "motorcycle buying and building public" is still asleep about Knuckleheads. They want to see some pioneers go before them and blaze a trail of standards first. However, there are people out there (like Chris Haynes) that are already building cross-modeled "bobbers" with Knucklehead frames and (early army) XA spring forks (or 1949-'59 Glide forks); fitting upswept shotgun exhaust and KH barrel mufflers. Utilizing the interchangeability of a (1936-1964) 28-year parts run, these mix-and-match possibilities allow a builder to create a unique design, while still using replicated Harley-Davidson components.

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Best "Tool" in my tool chest.......2005-01-14

I'll keep this short and to the point. As the title says, this is the best "tool" I have in my tool chest. The information in this book has helped me more times then I can recollect. The book is written from a practical perspective and isn't full of theoretical "how to". It even includes descriptions of how to make some of the special tools you'll need from items you probably have laying around your shop. I can't wait for Vol. 2!

Be a man drive a Pan.......2001-11-23

This book is lacking in some important areas. No carburetors, no transmissions, no brakes. Need to know how to adjust your mousetrap, change springs on a springer, or fix a leak on your hydraulic front end? You won't find it in this book. The topics it does cover are great, easy to understand, and well detailed. The bottom line is I do use this book and it has become a permanent part of my shop library.

Buy this book first.......2001-07-31

I am looking into buying a Pan, and searching for more than anecdotal information. This book is the best source of Pan info I have read so far. It helped me realize that a Pan wasn't the best choice, and that I would need to spend a lot of time wrenching, instead of riding.

I wish they'd write one for Shovelheads!!

The PAN MAN`S BIBLE.......2001-03-07

It has taken me close to a year to write this,cause the proof is in the pudding.I know I have done everything short of capital crimes, to get the information this fellow is GIVING you for a mere fifty dollars.From A to Z Kirk gives you ALL. I have restored pans for 20 years,Kirk my hats off to you an all who helped AAAAA+++. This is the book. I have had my nose in an out of it since it arrived.I have found everything to be right on the money. I know that`s the stuff that makes it best. The Truth. this is what it`s all about.Kirt THANK-YOU

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Original knucklehead

Original Harley-Davidson Knucklehead (Original Series)
Greg Field
Manufacturer: Motorbooks
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ASIN: 0760310610

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Harley-Davidson stunned the world when it unveiled its EL 61, better known as the Knucklehead, on November 25, 1935. The overhead-valve technology was impressive at a time when sidevalve engines were the order of the day, and the engine formed the basis for all Harley Big Twins to follow, right through the Evolution engines of the 1980s and 90s. But what really grabbed enthusiasts' attention was the styling of the new Harleys. The Knucklehead formed the die from which all future cruisers would be cast. Fittingly, Knuckleheads are much sought after by collectors today. This book, like others in the Original series, aids anyone collecting or refurbishing these classic Harleys. It illustrates and describes the correct parts, finishes, and options and trim pieces for all Knuckleheads, from the 1936 debut through the 1947 bikes, the last year of production.

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Original knucklehead.......2007-02-07

I think that the piece is well thought out, and packed with usefull and informative information brought forth at a fair price. I plan to order more from Mr. Field. ( The Author )

Harley-Davidson Knuckleheads (Motorbooks International Motorcycle Color History.)

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Harley-Davidson Knuckleheads (Motorbooks International Motorcycle Color History.)
Greg Field
Manufacturer: Motorbooks International
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World's Most Expensive and Sought After V-Twin.......2001-05-19

This color-history book explains the unique oiling system of Harleys' first (intake and exhaust) OverHead Valve motor. Greg Field is one of the few authors that has access to Harley-Davidsons' detailed black and white "studio" photographs. The Knucklehead motor with those oil-filled lower valve spring covers and the utilization of internal suction created by the breather gear, is the epitome of "last minute" American engineering, that was developed in several stages. This book reveals the process. The Knuckle motor was a "runner" back then, and a "runner" today.

EXCELLANT!!!!.......1999-10-28

If you want to know about knuckleheads, this book will tell you. It is full of great photo's as well. It was an EXCELLANT reading experience. Greg Field really did his homework when he wrote this!

1946 Harley-Davidson 1200 cc Knucklehead Type 74 Touring Class Motorcycle (Printed in USA D2 000 02-04)

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Harley-Davidson Service Manual: 1940-1947 Knucklehead and 74/80 Flathead

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Harley-Davidson
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Inside Harley Davidson: An Engineering History of the Motor Company from F-Heads to Knuckleheads, 1903-45

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Inside Harley Davidson: An Engineering History of the Motor Company from F-Heads to Knuckleheads, 1903-45
Jerry Hatfield
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This volume contains some thirty important studies on the history of medicine among Jews, published between 1948 and 1985 in the Revue d'histoire de la médecine hébraïque. Some bear on physicians (e.g. Maimonides, Ibn Zabarra, Moses Hamon, David de Pomis, Jacob Zahalon, Elie Montalto, Michel Lévy, Gumpertz Levison, Ferdinand Cohn, etc.), other studies are thematic: medicine in the Talmud, Jewish contributions to French surgery, Jewish medical students at German universities, Jewish hospitals in Moldavia, etc. This erudite wide-ranging volume will be indispensable to all students of the history of medicine among Jews. The editors also provide biographical information on the authors.

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1998 Small Press Book Award Finalist

Delight in this beautiful and empowering book which portrays women in moments of confidence, focus, passion, and strength. With its insightful photographs and inspiring essays, MY SPIRIT FLIES serves as a roadmap which every woman can follow to unearth her greatest treasure: the power within.

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Much needed inspiration.......2001-03-30

Cathy Angell has the ability to reach into the truth in each one of us. She is passionate about revealing the individual's beauty. Her book is a treasure filled with love and life.

See the art in this book.......1999-06-06

I enjoyed this "book," but I put that word in quotes because I think it really should be seen as art. Angell's photographs are, after all, a travelling exhibit. This is just the small-scale, paged version of the exhibit.

I have also written a more detailed review of this book at [online].

A gift of photography and prose.......1998-11-22

Cathy Angell, whose obvious talent for catching on film the empowered spirit of her subject, has given her readers a positive connection with what resides at the core of each of us when we dare to live life with *heart*. As I read the text accompanying Angell's photos, I was struck with the integrity of her book. Here each of us honestly can find something to hope for,something to pin our dreams on, and renewed pride.

Janeanne Narrin, Author of "One Degree Beyond: A Reiki Journey Into Energy Medicine"

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Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important twentieth-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman; the Cuban Reinaldo Arenas, author of Before Night Falls; and Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

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Jaime Manrique's slim Eminent Maricones starts off with some disjunctive memories of his childhood in Colombia, but truly begins to pick up steam when Manrique recounts his friendship with fellow writer Manuel Puig (best known as the author of Kiss of the Spider Woman), who, despite his "drag queen mannerisms" was "one of the most tough-minded people I've ever met." After a short chapter portraying an encounter with Reinaldo Arenas two days before Arenas, his body ravaged by the effects of HIV, committed suicide, Manrique launches an in-depth consideration of the shifts in attitude toward homosexuality in the writings of Federico García Lorca. Reading Lorca after the deaths of Puig and Arenas, Manrique explains, helped him come to terms with his own internalized homophobia; it also creates a loose canon of gay Latino writers who fought against tyranny--though any influence this canon may have had on Manrique's own writing is left undiscussed. Although its intimate portraits will be appreciated by those with an interest in gay or Latino literature, or both, other readers may find Eminent Maricones too brief to hold their interest.

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"Where Manrique's tale differs from others is in its unabashed and sensitive treatment of sexuality. One reads his autobiographical account with pleasure and fascination."-Jose Quiroga, George Washington University

"Manrique's voice is wise, brave, and wholly original. This chronicle of self- discovery and literary encounters is heartening and deep."-Kennedy Fraser

"In this charmingly indiscreet memoir, Jaime Manrique writes with his customary humor and warm sympathy, engaging our delighted interest on every page. He has the rare gift of invoking and inviting intimacy, in this case a triangulated intimacy between himself, his readers, and his memories. These are rich double portraits."-Phillip Lopate

Jaime Manrique, one of the leading Latino writers working today, offers a provocative autobiography interweaving his own story with the lives of three other gay Hispanic authors: the Argentine Manuel Puig; Reinaldo Arenas, originally from Cuba; and Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garca Lorca. The result is a poetic, moving memoir that has much to say about literature, sexuality, and Hispanic culture, as well as about four of contemporary literature's leading writers.

As one of those writers, Manrique chronicles his own intellectual and emotional journey to becoming an author. Through the account of his early years in Colombia, he provides a candid glimpse of what it means to grow up gay in Latin America. Other surprises abound-from revelations about the last days of Arenas and Puig, to new details about Lorca's emotional life.

Colombian-born writer Jaime Manrique interweaves his own life story with the lives of three other gay Hispanic writers: the Argentinian Manuel Puig, Cuban-born Reinaldo Arenas, and Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. A friend of both Puig and Arenas, Manrique also draws on his interviews with friends of Lorca (who was killed in Spain in 1936) to provide warmly sympathetic portrait of men who lived and wrote from the perspective of exiles and outcasts, both for their sexuality and for their politics.

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Beautifully written and inspiring!.......2007-05-19

This small book is glorious. It is beautiful and poetic. It contains much self analysis on the part of Manrique, and has many intimate details on the men featured therein. It is extremely inspiring and should be read by anyone with even the slightest interest. I will read his other works now. Bravo Jaime!!

Notes towards a pan-Hispanic gay consciousness.......2001-02-01

"Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me" is an extraordinary achievement by author Jaime Manrique. The book combines autobiographical material by the Colombian-born Manrique with chapters about three other gay male Hispanic writers: Cuba's Reinaldo Arenas, Spain's Federico Garcia Lorca, and Argentina's Manuel Puig. The book thus constitutes an exploration of a sort of pan-Hispanic gay male identity, as well as a moving meditation on the place of the literary artist in the modern world. Portions of the book have been previously published in both Spanish and English.

Manrique's autobiographical writing is fascinating. He describes his childhood in Colombia, his emigration to the United States, and his "births" as both a writer and a gay man. Particularly powerful is his memoir of learning how to read; for him, awakening to the power of literacy was a life-changing revelation: "I felt as Balboa must have felt when he first glimpsed the Pacific."

Manrique knew both Arenas and Puig personally, and he writes with tenderness and insight of the last days of these two great writers. In his chapter on Lorca, he "reconstructs" a portrait of the man and the artist through second-hand accounts and through readings of Lorca's own fascinating writings.

Manrique describes Arenas, Lorca, and Puig as "the great triumvirate of openly homosexual writers who have written in Spanish." Reading his reclamation of these three writers as his literary forbears, I was reminded of the work done by African-American writer Alice Walker to recover Zora Neale Hurston as a black literary foremother. Like Walker, Manrique honors those whose revolutionary literature continues to inspire new generations of writers.

Ultimately, Manrique expresses solidarity with and compassion for all who have suffered dispossession or persecution due to the prejudice of an entrenched status quo. I recommend "Eminent Maricones" to those interested in Latin American and pan-Hispanic studies, gay literature, and contemporary autobiography.

Inspiring and well-written.......1999-12-27

Jaime Manrique writes clearly and with precision about himself and the three authors he joins with himself as "eminent maricones." I found this book to be very enjoyable and educational. I was familiar with all of these authors, and now feel closer to each of them. I hope that this book will be read by Latin Americans who like to read; by North Americans interested in Hispanic-American culture; by gay activists interested in our history and the coming-out process.

A deceptively simple, tender set of diary excerpts.......1999-11-27

Emminent Maricones is a treasure. It is rare that a writer of Manrique's skill takes the time to lovingly explore the very human side of the lives and literary contributions of fellow writers. This is not a an irreverant comparison of whether or not Puig, Lorca, and Arenas were able to write well BECAUSE they were gay but how perhaps their perception and world view was more acute because of their sexuality. I found it irresistable and read through this little jewel of a book twice in one sitting, the next logical step being to return to the recommended books Manrique thoughtfully suggests!

An Insightful Peek at the Masters via Masterly Prose.......1999-11-09

Simply stated, I learned plenty about these great literary heroes. Manrique does not pretend to know everything, but he has much to share in this touching memoir about his encounters with Lorca, Puig and Arenas. I commend Manrique for showing us how human--vulnerable and flawed--these men were. Grounded in a prose that is unpretentious and generous with glimpses of writers at their best and at their worst, this is a must for any collector of Lorca, Puig or Arenas scholarship.

Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me

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Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me
Jaime MANRIQUE
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me
Jaime Manrique
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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