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Quetzals - Icons Of The Cloud Forest

by Alan F. Poole

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 Poole introduces readers to one of the world's most alluring group of birds. Native to the cloud forests of Mexico, and Central and South America, quetzals have played an essential role in the cultures of those lands, where their radiant, brightly colored feathers have been worshipped as sacred objects and coveted as luxury goods for millennia.
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Poppies, Politics, And Power - Afghanistan And The Global History Of Drugs And Diplomacy

by James Tharin Bradford

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 Historians have long neglected Afghanistan's broader history when portraying the opium industry. But in Poppies, Politics, and Power, James Tharin Bradford rebalances the discourse, showing that it is not the past forty years of lawlessness that makes the opium industry what it is, but the sheer breadth of the twentieth-century Afghanistan...
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Rough Draft - Cold War Military Manpower Policy And The Origins Of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance

by Amy J. Rutenberg

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 Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers' idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Federal officials believed that college educated men...
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Birds Of Nicaragua - A Field Guide

by David C. Hille, Liliana Chavarría-Duriaux e Robert Dean

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 Birders in Central America have long known that Nicaragua is one of the best birding locations in the world, and with tourism to the country on the upswing, birders from the rest of the world are now coming to the same conclusion. The largest country in Central America, Nicaragua is home to 763 resident and passage birds, by latest count...
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Hidden Kingdom - The Insect Life Of Costa Rica

by Piotr Naskrecki

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 Encounter some of the most beautiful creatures in Costa Rica in Piotr Naskreckiâ€™s Hidden Kingdom. This book is a visual journey into the world of the insects and their relatives that dominate all terrestrial habitats in Costa Rica through their sheer numbers, biomass, and the ecological functions they perform. Naskreckiâ€™s stunning photographs...
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Birds Of Aruba, Bonaire, And Curacao - A Site And Field Guide

by Allison Childs Wells, Jeffrey V. Wells e Robert Dean

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 Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and CuraÃ§ao is the essential guide for anyone traveling to those islands. It showcases the more than 280 species seen on Aruba, Bonaire, and CuraÃ§ao and provides descriptions of and directions to the best places to bird, from the famous white sand beaches to hidden watering holes to the majestic national parks.
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Too Few Women At The Top - The Persistence Of Inequality In Japan

by Kumiko Nemoto

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 In Too Few Women at the Top, Kumiko Nemoto draws on theoretical insights regarding Japan's coordinated capitalism and institutional stasis to challenge claims that the surge in womenâ€™s education and employment will logically lead to the decline of gender inequality and eventually improve womenâ€™s status in the Japanese workplace.
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Photo Guide To Birds Of Costa Rica

by Richard Garrigues

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 Few ecosystem destinations are as abundant in their biodiversity as Costa Rica. Having the right field guides in hand can make all the difference when you're enjoying the countryâ€™s birdlife. Photo Guide to Birds of Costa Rica features 549 excellent photographs and treats 365 species.
National Parks Of Costa Rica

by Robin Kazmier

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 This book, featuring stunning photographs by Gregory Basco, a professional Costa Rica nature photographer, provides an unparalleled glimpse into the treasures of Costa Rica's parks. Its stunning images and informative text, impart an appreciation for the richness of nature and the importance of environmental conservation.
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The Birds Of Panama - A Field Guide

by George Angehr; Illustration: Robert Dean

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 The Birds of Panama will be an essential tool for the new generation of birders traveling in search of Panama's spectacular avifauna.
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Nature Of The Rainforest - Costa Rica And Beyond

by Adrian Forsyth

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 A Zona Tropical Publication "The words 'tropical rainforest' may conjure up vistas populated by jaguars, brilliant macaws, and flowers amid the grandeur of towering buttressed trees. But the eager, expectant visitor is not regaled with the sight of...
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The Mammals Of Costa Rica - A Natural History And Field Guide

by Mark Wainwright

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 From the raucous mantled howler monkeys and the charismatic white-nosed coatis to the elusive jaguar, The Mammals of Costa Rica offers authoritative accounts of the fascinating creatures of the neotropics. With more than four hundred spectacular...
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Costa Rica - A Journey Through Nature

by Adrian Hepworth

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Textual Cacophony - Online Video And Anonymity In Japan

by Daniel Johnson

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Pocket Guide To The Mammals Of Costa Rica

by Fiona A. Reid e Gianfranco Gomez Zamora

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Tropical Plants Of Costa Rica - A Guide To Native And Exotic Flora

by Willow Zuchowski

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Community Architect - The Life And Vision Of Clarence S. Stein

by Kristin E. Larsen

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 Clarence S. Stein (1882â€"1975) was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of influential public figures. Kristin E. Larsen's biography of Stein comprehensively examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the "garden city" for a modern age.
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Origins - The Search For Our Prehistoric Past

by Frank H. T. Rhodes

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 In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted...
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Eyewitness To A Genocide - The United Nations And Rwanda

by Michael Barnett

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 Michael Barnett argues that the indifference of the UN to events in Rwanda was driven not by incompetence or cynicism but rather by reasoned choices cradled by moral considerations.
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Hard Sell - Work And Resistance In Retail Chains

by Peter Ikeler

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 In Hard Sell, Peter Ikeler traces the low-wage, largely nonunion character of U.S. retail through the history and ultimate failure of twentieth-century retail unionism.
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Same-Sex Marriage In Renaissance Rome - Sexuality, Identity, And Community In Early Modern Europe

by Gary Ferguson

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 Emphasizing the instability of marriage in premodern Europe, Ferguson argues that same-sex unions should be considered part of the institution's complex and contested...
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Untold Futures - Time And Literary Culture In Renaissance England

by J. K. Barret

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 In Untold Futures, J. K. Barret locates models for recovering the variety of futures imagined within some of our most foundational literature. These poems, plays, and prose fictions reveal how Renaissance writers embraced uncertain potential to think about their own present moment and their own place in...
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The Poetry Of Everyday Life - Storytelling And The Art Of Awareness

by Steve Zeitlin

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 Part memoir, part essay, and partly a guide to maximizing your capacity for fulfillment and expression, The Poetry of Everyday Life taps into the artistic side of what we often take for granted.
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Amphibians Of Costa Rica - A Field Guide

by Twan Leenders

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 Amphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders.
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