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''Sometimes I play a game in my head: name the five best American rock bands of the '60s. My list goes: The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Doors, and then I stall on the fifth. Creedence? The Band - although they're mostly Canadian. Simon and Garfunkel? Jefferson Airplane? The Lovin' Spoonful? But I plump for The Monkees. '' - Robert Forster. . . . . . In The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, Robert Forster takes readers on an exhilarating trip through the past and present of popular music - from Bob Dylan, AC/DC and Nana Mouskouri through to Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand and ... Delta Goodrem. To accompany Forster's acclaimed writing for The Monthly, there are some stunning new pieces - 'The 10 Rules' and 'The 10 Bands I Wish I'd Been In' and an appreciation of Guy Clark - as well as a reflection on The Velvet Underground, a short story about Normie Rowe and a moving tribute to fellow Go-Between Grant McLennan. Funny and illuminating, The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll shows a great critic at work. ... Read more

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In the nineteenth century, the new field of medical bacteriology identified microorganisms and explained how they spread disease. This book interweaves the history of this discipline and the biography of one of its founders, Nobel Prize--winning German physician Robert Koch (1843--1910).

Koch contributed to modern medicine by inventing or improving fundamental techniques such as bacterial staining, solid culture media, mass pure cultures, and the use of animal models. His discoveries, which dominated medical science at the turn of the last century, are epitomized in a set of rules named after him. "Koch's Postulates" are still invoked today in attempts to prove the causal involvement of pathogens in infectious diseases.

In a double history, Christoph Gradmann narrates the development of a discipline and the biography of a scientist. Drawing on Koch's extensive laboratory notes, Gradmann details how Koch developed his scientific method and discovered the bacterial causes of anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera. Koch tried to bring this knowledge to clinical medicine by developing medicines that would specifically target the bacterial pathogens he identified. And Koch's passion for personal travel developed into a career signature, as he became a pioneer in the study of tropical diseases.

A fascinating look into Koch's personality and his experimental work in medical bacteriology, Laboratory Disease reveals both the biographical and the historical roots of our modern understanding of infectious diseases.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Forster (born 29 June 1957) is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens. Forster grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He met McLennan in drama classes at the University of Queensland and, inspired by a mutual love of Bob Dylan and the New York music scene, formed the Go-Betweens. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens, he has released five solo albums: Danger in the Past, recorded in Berlin in 1990; Calling from a Country Phone, recorded at Sunshine Studios, Brisbane, in 1993 with members of local pop group Custard; I Had a New York Girlfriend, a collection of cover versions recorded in Melbourne in 1994; Warm Nights, recorded in London in 1996 and produced by Edwyn Collins; and The Evangelist, recorded (all but one track - "A Place to Hide Away") at Good Luck Studios, London, September - November 2007 with long time collaborators Adele Pickvance and Glenn Thompson. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Nick Cave, Bon Scott, Rowland S. Howard, Andrew Gibb, Peter Garrett, Darren Hayes, Daevid Allen, Robert Forster, Dave Evans, Mick Harvey, Christine Anu, Wesley Carr, Nic Cester, Alex Lloyd, Harold Blair, Keith Urban, Colin Hay, Conway Savage, Neil Murray, Sam Sparro, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Michael Hutchence, Troye Sivan, Slim Dusty, Johnny Diesel, Ben Lee, Adam Lopez, Jason Donovan, Archie Roach, Daniel Merriweather, Santo Cilauro, Anthony Callea, Joel O'keeffe, John Paul Young, Mick Hart, Nicky Bomba, Mark Boyce, Bernard Fanning, Rowan London. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Nicholas Edward Cave, connu sous le nom de Nick Cave, né le 22 septembre 1957 à Warracknabeal (Australie), est un artiste pluridisciplinaire australien : ayant acquis sa notoriété en tant que chanteur, auteur et compositeur du groupe Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, où il exprime sa fascination pour la musique populaire américaine et ses racines, notamment le blues, il est en outre écrivain, poète, scénariste et aussi occasionnellement acteur. Il réside actuellement à Brighton, au Royaume-Uni. Nick Cave passe son enfance en milieu rural, dans la région céréalière de l'État de Victoria, d'abord dans la petite bourgade de Warracknabeal, puis à Wangaratta, une ville un peu plus importante. Il a deux frères aînés, Tim (né en 1952) et Peter (né en 1954), et une sœur cadette, Julie (née en 1959). Il grandit dans un environnement littéraire : son père, Colin, est professeur d'anglais et de littérature, tandis que sa mère, Dawn, exerce le métier de bibliothécaire. Ses parents, anglicans fervents, lui inculquent une éducation religieuse qui le marquera, comme en attestent les nombreuses références au sacré qui parsèment ses écrit...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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The Compendium of Bean Diseases, Second Edition is the first book in the Compendium of Plant Disease Series to be published in full color throughout. The 183 color images are now located in their corresponding disease review section for ease of use and diagnosis. The second edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide the most current and relevant information available. With 10 new disease reviews, this compendium covers more than 85 diseases affecting beans throughout the world. More than 35% of the images and figures are new. Introductory sections on disease diagnosis and plant health have also been added.

The second edition is a comprehensive, authoritative, and modern account of bean diseases that is international in scope and practical in emphasis. Designed to assist in disease diagnosis and provide recommendations for disease management, this book contains descriptions and illustrations of infectious diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, and phytoplasms and noninfectious diseases caused by abiotic factors, such as moisture stress, pesticides, air pollution, and mineral deficiencies and toxicities. Descriptions of each disease include a general account of its importance and world distribution, symptoms, causal organism or agent, disease cycle and epidemiology, management, and selected references.

Disease management must be both economical and compatible with the environment and production system. Thus, the book presents many disease management recommendations that may be adapted to a wide range of cropping conditions. This information is useful in the field, laboratory, or diagnostic clinic. It will be helpful to plant pathologists, crop production specialists, crop consultants, growers, diagnostic clinicians, regulatory agents, agribusiness representatives, educators, researchers, students, extension specialists, county agents, and others interested in the recognition or management of bean diseases throughout the world.

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Robert Lehman was a member of the first generation of American collectors to embrace what we call modern art. This lavishly illustrated volume catalogues 207 nineteenth- and twentieth-century European drawings that are now part of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. More than three-quarters of these drawings are French, but there are also sheets from Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. Most are from the nineteenth century, but Robert Lehman also acquired, in some cases from the artists themselves, a number of drawings made during his own lifetime.

The catalogue begins with drawings by David and Goya, the two most important artists in Europe at the turn of the nineteenth century, and it concludes with a group of watercolors made in the 1940s by the painter Marcel Vertès. Among the French drawings are outstanding sheets by David, Delacroix, Ingres, Chassériau, Corot, and Daumier. Drawings by Renoir, Morisot, Sisley, Pissarro, and Degas represent the Impressionists, and Robert Lehman also assembled one of the finest private collections of Neo-Impressionist drawings, including canonical works by Seurat, Signac, Cross, and Pissarro. Entries by four specialists elucidate various aspects of the drawings. The volume features an extensive bibliography and an index. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Perfect Introduction from a Queer Angle
I have often complained of poor quality of volumes put together by different scholars which offer nothing but a catchy title. This volume proves beyond any doubt that it is possible for a group of scholars (with editors who are in control of the project) to produce a volume which gives you a complete overview of a subject.
The volumes opens with an essay which retraces earlier critical approaches to the question of homosexuality in Forster's works and life. If you are interested in the subject, you can do nothing meaningful without reading it first. The other twelve essays aim first at establishing Forster's place within his period (e.g. through his relations with Carpenter and James) and then proceed to analyze a selection of Forster's work from a queer angle.
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E. M. Forster's homosexuality made him 'different' when it came to thepublic morals of English contemporary society. The essays in this bookexplore the intricate link between that fact and his fiction. It is not aneasy read for a Sunday afternoon, but certainly it opens a new world foranyone genuinely interested in E. M. Forster, colonialism in literature,queer theory and twentieth-century literature. Indispensable from thescholarly point of view. A beautiful journey through the Forster-landscape,with many great vistas and precious finds. ... Read more

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The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there.Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free.Original Publisher: s.n. Publication date: 1881Subjects: Corbridge (England); Northumberland (England); Fiction / Classics; History / General; History / Europe / Great Britain; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Diaries of nineteenth-century plantation managers are rare; diaries of French sugar planters are rarer still. Although such works as the diaries of Ella Gertrude Thomas and James Henry Hammond provide insight into the plantation societies of the antebellum South, virtually no contemporary source treats planter-slave relations as extensively, or presents a white planter's views on slave society in as much detail, as do the letters and diary of Pierre Dessalles.

Now Elborg Forster and Robert Forster have translated and edited the most historically and socially significant portions of this unusual work. Previously available only in a four-volume French edition, these materials treat a wide range of topics, including the slave economy, management and socialization of the labor force, the role of free blacks in society, the lives led by the plantation owners, and, significantly, black-white relations before, during, and after emancipation.

"This is a remarkable document, beautifully translated and well presented. I know of nothing else quite like it. The Dessalles diaries are both an account of the daily thoughts and actions of an important colonial planter over the course of an immensely rich and interesting period of societal transformation and a presentation of the life history of Dessalles himself. They contain an immense amount of information about the maintenance of the slave gangs, work routines, punishments and rewards, sugarmaking, relations between planters and merchants, race relations and the nature of the status order in the colonies, kinship, property, inheritance, and insight into the transatlantic character of planter society both in the colony and in France." -- Dale W. Tomich, Binghamton University

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An entertaining selection of original mystery tales features the works of Carole Nelson Douglas, Ed Gorman, Amanda Cross, Gillian Roberts, M. D. Lake, and others, read by Meredith MacRae, Mason Adams, Susan Anspach, Robert Forster, and other celebrities. ... Read more

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Twenty-five articles in two volumes concentrating on the complex interaction of societies and cultures initially alien to one another. Conflict was an obvious interaction, but accommodation, mutual adaptation, and institutional and behavioural synthesis were also present. However, the process of social and cultural hybridization was, this text argues, often one-sided in favour of European norms. Nonetheless something called acculturation did develop, albeit unevenly, among Europeans in contact with the land of the peoples of the non-European world. ... Read more

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Publisher: London : Sweet and Maxwell, Ltd.; [etc., etc.]Publication date: 1897Subjects: Mining law -- Great BritainNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more