Author: M.P. ORFILAPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Traité des poisons tirés des règnes minéral,végétal et animal, ou toxicologie générale...
Author: M.P. ORFILABlood Thirst
Author: Leonard WolfPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195132505
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
In Blood Thirst: One Hundred Years of Vampire Fiction, Leonard Wolf gathers thirty tales in which vampires of all varieties make their ghastly presence felt.
Blood Sisters
Author: Paula GuranPublisher: Start Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1597805769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
A tantalizing selection of stories from some of the best female authors who’ve helped define the modern vampire. Bram Stoker was hardly the first author—male or female—to fictionalize the folkloric vampire, but he defined the modern iconic vampire when Dracula appeared in 1897. Since then, many have reinterpreted the ever-versatile vampire over and over again—and female writers have played vital roles in proving that the vampire, as well as our perpetual fascination with it, is truly immortal. These authors have devised some of the most fascinating, popular, and entertaining of our many vampiric variations: suavely sensual . . . fascinating but fatal . . . sexy and smart . . . undead but prone to detection . . . tormented or terrifying . . . amusing or amoral . . . doomed or deadly . . . badass and beautiful . . . cutting-edge or classic . . . Blood Sisters collects a wide range of fantastical stories from New York Times bestsellers Holly Black, Nancy Holder, Catherynne M. Valente, and Carrie Vaughn, and critically acclaimed writers Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Tanith Lee, all of whom have left their indelible and unique stamps on the vampire genre. Whether they are undeniably heroes and heroines or bloodthirsty monsters (or something in between), the undead are a lively lot. This anthology offers some of the best short fiction ever written by the “blood sisters” who know them best: stories you can really sink your teeth into.
Analysis of Wild Animal Populations: An Appraisal of Generalized Population Models
Author: Bulletin International
Author: Ceská akademie věd a uměni, PraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Traite Des Poisons Tires Des Regnes Mineral, Vegetal Et Animal Ou Toxicologie Generale, Consideree Sous Les Rapports de la Physiologie, de la Pathologie Et de la Medecine Legale
Author: M.P. OrfilaAnimals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages
Author: Hannele KlemettiläPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317551915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book explores views of the natural world in the late Middle Ages, especially as expressed in Livre de chasse (Book of the Hunt), the most influential hunting book of the era. It shows that killing and maiming, suffering and the death of animals were not insignificant topics to late medieval men, but constituted a complex set of issues, and could provoke very contradictory thoughts and feelings that varied according social and cultural milieus and particular cases and circumstances.
Nietzsche's Animal Philosophy
Author: Vanessa LemmPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823230295
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
“[Lemm] consolidates her reputation as one of Nietzsche’s most original, attentive, and lively readers.” —The Journal of Nietzsche Studies This book explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and provides the first systematic treatment of the animal theme in Nietzsche’s body of work. Vanessa Lemm argues that the animal is neither a random theme nor a metaphorical device in Nietzsche’s thought. Instead, it stands at the center of his renewal of the practice and meaning of philosophy itself. Lemm provides an original contribution to ongoing debates on the essence of humanism and its future. At the center of this new interpretation stands Nietzsche’s thesis that animal life and its potential for truth, history, and morality depends on a continuous antagonism between forgetfulness (animality) and memory (humanity). This relationship accounts for the emergence of humanity out of animality as a function of the antagonism between civilization and culture. By taking the antagonism of culture and civilization to be fundamental for Nietzsche’s conception of humanity and its becoming, Lemm gives a new entry point into the political significance of Nietzsche’s thought. The opposition between civilization and culture allows for the possibility that politics is more than a set of civilizational techniques that seek to manipulate, dominate, and exclude the animality of the human animal. By seeing the deep-seated connections of politics with culture, Nietzsche orients politics beyond the domination over life and, instead, offers the animality of the human being a positive, creative role in the organization of life. This book will appeal not only to those interested in Nietzsche, but to anyone interested in the theme of the animal in philosophy, literature, cultural studies, and the arts, as well as those interested in the relation between biological life and politics.
The Century of Hope
Author: Francis Sydney MarvinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals
Author: Bruno StreitPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783764356941
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Evolutionary ecology includes aspects of community structure, trophic interactions, life-history tactics, and reproductive modes, analyzed from an evolutionary perspective. Freshwater environments often impose spatial structure on populations, e.g. within large lakes or among habitat patches, facilitating genetic and phenotypic divergence. Traditionally, freshwater systems have featured prominently in ecological research and population biology.This book brings together information on diverse freshwater taxa, with a mix of critical review, synthesis, and case studies. Using examples from bryozoans, rotifers, cladocerans, molluscs, teleosts and others, the authors cover current conceptual issues of evolutionary ecology in considerable depth.The book can serve as a source of critically evaluated ideas, detailed case studies, and open problems in the field of evolutionary ecology. It is recommended for students and researchers in ecology, limnology, population biology, and evolutionary biology.