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MBRl'OLOGl' studies the succession of transformations undergone by the fertilized E egg in the formation of a new individual. Development of the embryo is directed by morphogenetic mechanisms ruled by a strict chronology. Survival of the egg, its -transport in the genital tract, and the adaptation of the maternal organism to its presence are controlled by hormonal actions. Knowledge of these subjects is proving to be increasingly important for...

The author of the recent popular Testimony of the Spade now gives us "a world panorama of life in the Second Millennium, B.C." or roughly, the years 2000 to 1000 B.C. Starting with what Egyptian farm life and city-states were like in those early times, he takes us in a pleasant, informal fashion through Mesopotamia, the primitive Scandinavian farms and woods, over to Asia, up to the Arctic, and so on. Converting libraries full of archeology in...

Even if [Bentham and Coleridge] had had no great influence they would still have been the classical examples they are of two great opposing types of mind...And as we follow Mill's analysis, exposition and evaluation of this pair of opposites we are at the same time, we realize, forming a close acquaintance with a mind different from either. From the introduction

This third volume of COMECON Foreign Trade Data includes official statistics relevant to the foreign economic relations of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR. The 1982 volume updates and improves upon earlier volumes by providing ongoing coverage of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance activities to encourage a comparative historical study of trends in foreign trade.

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?Seldom has so much valuable information been placed in such a small volume with such finesse. The editor has set out to evaluate the fighting capabilities of various armies which have recently or may soon engage in hostilities. Instead of an eclectic collection of essays, each author addresses the same aspects. Consistency in criteria facilitates the comparison of rival armies. Each short analysis covers history, equipment, organization, manp...

?Recommended for very large public and university collections of philosophy and French literature.?- Library Journal

An analysis of the constitutional aspects of a century-long struggle for civil rights.

Probably we are unduly partial to Ransome, but it seems to us that he is consistently tops in his stories of children and boats - and this is good Ransome. The same Walker tribe - John, Susan, Roger and Titty, are the central figures, and an unpredictable accident sets them adrift, in a new friend's outter, and against odds of storm and fog, cross the North Sea to Holland. There's more than due quota of nautical terminology, so it is ideal for...

The author sets forth the relevance of philosophy's past to present day concerns and issues. He shows how philosophizing has arisen from and played a central role in the complex process of cultural change. The author maintains that awareness of past experience throws light on present choices, and he demonstrates how classic visions of philosophy can liberate men from provincialism, insularity, and narrowness of outlook.

The third of the SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS stories, this time the open sea and adventures in modern treasure hunting, the best yet. (Kirkus Reviews)

That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. Using pigeons to carry messages, braving dangerous mines and fires, the Swallows, Amazons and D's Mining Company must stake their claim before their dreaded rival...

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Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.

An account of Jung's handling of the transference between psychologist and patient in the light of his conception of the archetypes. Based on the symbolic illustrations in a sixteenth century alchemical text.