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The Life of Miss Fanny Brown, (a Clergyman’s Daughter

John Alcock

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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John Alcock

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Sonoran Desert Spring

John Alcock

Spring on the Sonoran Desert can be a four-month-long spectacle of life and color. Within these well-written pages, Alcock exposes us to the plant and animal life of a land…

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Sonoran Desert Summer

John Alcock

What could seem less inviting than summer in the desert? For most people, this prospect conjures up the image of relentless heat and parched earth; for biologist John Alcock, summer…

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In a Desert Garden: Love and Death among the Insects

John Alcock

Draws readers into the strange and fascinating world of plants and animals native to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. As John Alcock studies the plants in his yard, he shares thoughts on…

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When the Rains Come: A Naturalist’s Year in the Sonoran Desert

John Alcock

John Alcock knows the Sonoran Desert better than just about anyone else, and in this book he tracks the changes he observes in plant and animal life over the course…

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After the Wildfire: Ten Years of Recovery from the Willow Fire

John Alcock

Swallowtail butterflies frolic on the wind. Vireos and rock wrens sing their hearts out by the recovering creek. Spiders and other predators chase their next meal. Through it all, John…

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A Review of the Bishop of Ossory’s [J.T. O'Brien’s] Plea, from ‘The Bible and the Bible Alone’, for the Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration

John Alcock

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…

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In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects

John Alcock

Provides an introduction to the lives and loves of desert insects as they forage in the author’s backyard in the American Southwest. The text examines the exotic plant life, and…

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1650-1800 Five Generations of the Family of Burr Harrison of Virginia

John P Alcock

This thoroughly documented genealogy covers most of the first five generations of descendants of Burr Harrison through his sons Thomas and Burr Jr., his proven daughter Sybil who married Thomas…

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Observations Concerning the Nature and Origin of the Meetings of the Twelve Judges: For the Consideration of Cases Reserved from the Circuits.

John C Alcock

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

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Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from American Scientist

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A Brief History of the Revolution: With a Sketch of the Life of Captain John Hewson (1843)

Sarah Alcock

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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A Brief History of the Revolution: With a Sketch of the Life of Captain John Hewson (1843)

Sarah Alcock

""A Brief History Of The Revolution: With A Sketch Of The Life Of Captain John Hewson"" is a historical book written by Sarah Alcock in 1843. The book provides a…

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The Triumph of Sociobiology

John Alcock (Regents' Professor of Biology, Regents' Professor of Biology, Arizona State University)

Animal behaviorist John Alcock illuminates how sociobiologists study behavior in all species. He confronts the chief scientific and ideological objections head on, with an analysis of case histories that involve…

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The Triumph of Sociobiology

John Alcock (Regents' Professor of Biology, Regents' Professor of Biology, Arizona State University)

Animal behaviorist John Alcock illuminates how sociobiologists study behavior in all species. He confronts the chief scientific and ideological objections head on, with an analysis of case histories that involve…

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Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind

Maximilian Werner

With startling insights, Werner explores how our Pleistocene instincts inform our everyday decisions and behaviors in this modern day Walden.

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A Brief History of the Revolution: With a Sketch of the Life of Captain John Hewson, Including the Constitution of the United States, a Statistical View of the Grand Federal Procession, Mr. Wilson’s Oration, Washington’s Farewell Address, &C., &C…

Sarah Alcock

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…

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The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

Randy Thornhill (University of New Mexico),Professor Emeritus John Alcock (Arizona State University)

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Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World

Susan Alcock,John Cherry

More than twenty-five years ago, John Cherry looked forward to the day when archaeological survey projects working around the Mediterranean region (the ‘Frogs round the pond’) would begin to compare…

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Animal Behavior

Dustin Rubenstein (Professor, Professor, Columbia University),John Alcock (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University)

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Bread: A Slice of History

John Marchant,Joan P. Alcock,Bryan Reuben

The story of bread

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An Impartial Report of the Trial of William Congreve Alcock, and Henry Derenzy, Esqrs. for the Murder of John Colclough, Esq. at Wexford Assizes, 26th March, 1808

Baron Smith

Full Title: An Impartial Report of The Trial of William Congreve Alcock, and Henry Derenzy, Esqrs, for The Murder of John Colclough, Esq. at Wexford Assizes, 26th March, 1808 Description…

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Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece

Pausanias

While fragments from the second century AD abound, Pausanias’ Periegesis (‘description’) of Greece is the only fully preserved text of travel writing to have survived. This collection uses Pausanias as…

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A Report of the Trial of William Congreve Alcock, and Henry Derenzy, Esqrs. on an Indictment for the Murder of John Colclough, Esq. at Wexford Assizes, 26th March, 1808, Before the Hon. Baron Smith

Baron Smith

Full Title: A Report of the Trial of William Congreve Alcock, and Henry Derenzy, Esqrs. on an Indictment for the Murder of John Colclough, Esq. at Wexford Assizes, 26th March…

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Mons Perfectionis: Otherwyse Called in Englyssh The Hylle of Perfectyon

John 1430-1500 Alcock

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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West Country Households, 1500-1700

Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration.

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Forest Futures: Science, Politics, and Policy for the Next Century

Essays by scientists, policy analysts, public lands managers, and environmental advocates address issues raised by the scale of the controversial Northwest Forest Plan: ideas and practices of sustainable forestry, science…

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