The Turnstone

Author : Geoffrey Dean
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 0853237670
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turnstone written by Geoffrey Dean and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid and compelling memoir, Dr. Geoffrey Dean tells the story of his lifetime of travel, medical practice, and groundbreaking research. Born in Wales in 1918, Dean spent his early years in the north of England. After training to be a doctor in Liverpool, he served during the Second World War as a medical officer in Bomber Command. Following the war, as he recounts here, Dean relocated himself and his family to South Africa, where he established a busy medical practice that he continued for more than twenty years. During this period, he kept at the forefront of medical research, devoting the bulk of his attention to the epidemiology of porphyria, a disease that causes paralysis. All the while, his work kept him traveling, with stops in China, Sweden, Holland, Cyprus, and Spain—including a period as the personal physician to the millionaire governor of the Fiji Islands. Threaded through with surprising adventures and rich anecdotes of the author's travels in the course of his research, The Turnstone is a lively account of the life of a man whose commitment to medicine brought him to the ends of the earth—and kept him there for more than sixty years.

Author : Graham Hurley
Publisher : Orion Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780752843360
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turnstone written by Graham Hurley and published by Orion Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portsmouth is a city on the ropes. It has the highest volume of cases going through the Crown Courts of anywhere in England. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday.

Author : Boston Society of Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History written by Boston Society of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Charles Jeffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Coniferales written by Edward Charles Jeffrey and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ḟedor Dmitrīevich Pleske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds of the Eurasian Tundra written by Ḟedor Dmitrīevich Pleske and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally intended as a description of the ornithological material brought back by the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903, broadened to become "a general survey of the ornithology of the Eurasian portion of the holarctic region."

Author : Rollin H. Baker
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Avifauna of Micronesia, Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution written by Rollin H. Baker and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Avifauna of Micronesia, Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution is a book by Rollin H. Baker. It examines the birdlife of Micronesia from a historical viewpoint and takes a look at its evolution into current biological trends.

Author : John Yow
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807882607
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal written by John Yow and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his distinctively witty, anecdotal, and disarming voice, John Yow now journeys to the shore and shares his encounters with some of the most familiar and beloved coastal birds. Out of his travels--from North Carolina's Outer Banks, down the Atlantic coast, and westward along the Gulf of Mexico--come colorful accounts of twenty-eight species, from ubiquitous beach birds like sanderlings and laughing gulls to wonders of nature like roseate spoonbills and the American avocets. Along the way, Yow delves deeply into the birds' habits and behaviors, experiencing and relating the fascination that leads many an amateur naturalist to become the most unusual of species--a birder. Seasonally organized chapters explore the improbable, the wonderful, and the amusing aspects of these birds' lives. Yow embellishes his observations with field notes, anecdotes, and stories from some of America's finest naturalists--including John James Audubon, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Rachel Carson, and Peter Matthiessen. Combining the endless fascination of bird life with the pleasure of good reading, The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal is the perfect companion for any nature lover's next trip to the beach.

Author : Charles Stonham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birds of the British Islands written by Charles Stonham and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jan van de Kam
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004277994
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shorebirds written by Jan van de Kam and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shorebirds are the most visible inhabitants of coastal wetlands worldwide. Many undertake spectacularly long flights between their wintering and breeding grounds, embodying the miracle of long-distance migration in a profound way. In this illustrated behavioural ecology the migration, feeding and breeding of these birds are explained in a comprehensive but simple and visually stunning form. The core of the book is based on studies of shorebirds and other waterbirds (such as ducks, geese and gulls) that migrate along the East Atlantic Flyway. The emphasis is on those using the Dutch, German and Danish Wadden Sea; examples from the rest of the world are also included. The authors are experts in the fields of bird migration, shorebird behaviour and intertidal ecology, and have contributed much to our current understanding of these subjects. The 300 magnificent portraits of waterbirds in action were taken by Jan van de Kam, one of The Netherlands' foremost wildlife photographers.

Author : William Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Ireland: Revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton written by William Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: