Author: John GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
The Birds of Australia
Author: John GouldThe Birds of Great Britain
Author: John GouldPublisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783337586942
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Birds of Great Britain - Vol. 5 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Birds of Asia
Author: John GouldBirds of South America: Illustrations from the Lithographs of John Gould
Author: John GouldThe Ruling Passion of John Gould
Author: Isabella TreePublisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780712621588
Category : Ornithologists
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
'Thoroughly absorbing.' The New Yorker 'A marvellous account' Sunday Telegraph This vibrant, fascinating account of Britain's most eminent bird illustrator was first published to wonderful reviews over a decade ago. Beautifully repackaged as a classic biography of one of our most extraordinary Victorians, The Bird Man, by acclaimed writer Isabella Tree, will captivate a new audience. John Gould was a genius and a cad. His volume of work eclipsed his American counter part Audubon in accuracy and artistic value. But John Gould's work was the result of sacrifice and alienation. Through the unacknowledged loyalty and handiwork of his wife, and many other artists, in particular one young fellow called Edward Lear, Gould cemented his reputation as the first gentleman of birds. Isabella Tree's lively biography reveals a story of discovery, ambition and betrayal - touching on some of the greatest wonders of the Victorian era, from the arrival of the first giraffe in London to Gould's crucial role in Darwin's theory of natural selection.
Speak No Evil
Author: Jon B. GouldPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226305139
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness. But Jon B. Gould's provocative book, based on an enormous amount of empirical evidence, reveals that the real reasons for their growth are to be found in the pragmatic, almost utilitarian, considerations of college administrators. Instituting hate speech policy, he shows, was often a symbolic response taken by university leaders to reassure campus constituencies of their commitment against intolerance. In an academic version of "keeping up with the Joneses," some schools created hate speech codes to remain within what they saw as the mainstream of higher education. Only a relatively small number of colleges crafted codes out of deep commitment to their merits. Although college speech codes have been overturned by the courts, Speak No Evil argues that their rise has still had a profound influence on curtailing speech in other institutions such as the media and has also shaped mass opinion and common understandings of constitutional norms. Ultimately, Gould contends, this kind of informal law can have just as much power as the Constitution.
The Greenleaf Fires
Author: John A. GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fathers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Birds of Europe
Author: John GouldCentury of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains
Author: John Gould Correspondence to J. Hearne
Author: John GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Correspondence from English ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881) to J. Hearne, dated January 28, 1847, in response to Hearne's offer to procure for Gould specimens of all the species of Colibri (violetears) of Santo Domingo. Gould thanks him for his offer and adds his specific requests, which include three of four male birds "of each kind killed at the breeding season when they are in their brightest livery; one or two females of each and young males in all their changes from youth to maturity in which great variation will be found to exists." He also seeks "perfect nests and eggs" and the branches and leaves to which they are attached. Gould additionally notes that any information on the history and migration patterns of the birds would be useful. Also includes two typed transcripts of the letter.