Query: Little brown handbook

title: The Little, Brown Handbook
abstract: Authoritative, comprehensive, and always reliable, The Little, Brown Handbook meets the current and recurrent needs of composition students and instructors. A bestseller since the first edition, The Little, Brown Handbook provides reliable and thorough coverage of handbook basics the writing process, grammar and usage, research and documentation while also giving detailed discussions of critical reading, academic writing, reading and writing arguments, writing in the disciplines, and public writing. Widely used by both experienced and inexperienced writers, The Little, Brown Handbook works as both a comprehensive classroom text and an accessible reference guide. The twelfth edition of The Little, Brown Handbook provides all the resources that instructors have come to expect but with an added media component. Students who purchase the e text or iPad version of this handbook will benefit from added instruction and practice through exercises, tutorials, podcasts, and sample papers. The Little, Brown Handbook builds on its best selling features with five emphases: (1) media rich eText and iPad versions, including video tutorials, podcasts, sample documents, exercise, and checklists;(2) academic writing, including a new introduction on joining the academic community, new coverage of genre, more on summary and academic integrity, and four new sample academic papers; (3) research writing, including new material on finding and evaluating Web sites, social networking sites, blogs, wikis, and multimedia; (4) thorough and up to date documentation guidelines, including the most recent versions of MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles with models of new media in each style and new annotated sample sources; (5) the writing process, including new material on genre and strengthened discussions of the thesis and paragraphs.

title: The Little, Brown Essential Handbook for Writers

title: The Little, Brown Compact Handbook

title: Handbook of religion and the authority of science
abstract: Contributors include: Kathinka Froystad, Jesper Aagaard Petersen, David L. McMahan, Helen Farley, Christal Whelan, Martin Repp, C. Mackenzie Brown, Benjamin Zeller, Meera Nanda, Cynthia Ann Humes, Richard Cimino, David Christopher Lane, Damian Setton, Hanna Skartveit, Martin Riexinger, Carie Little Hersh, Jeremy Rapport, Sarah M. Lewis, Cathy Gutierrez, Gustavo Andres Luduena, Egil Asprem, Jochen Scherer, Ruth Bradby, Nevill Drury, Regis Dericquebourg, Carole M. Cusack, Kathryn Rountree, Charles Nuckolls, Ulo Valk, Christopher McIntosh, Asbjorn Dyrendal

title: 663 Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 8 Broadbills to Tapaculos
abstract: Edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, and Jordi Sargatal 2003. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. 850 pages. U.S. $195.  This volume of the Handbook of Birds of the World covers Broadbills, Asities, Pittas, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Ground antbirds, Gnateaters, and Tapaculos; in all just over 670 species. These include some of the world's most wildly coloured birds, the pitas, and some of the most uniform little brown birds such as the horneros. Like its predecessors this volume has great photographs and artwork, current distribution maps and comprehensive text. The editors are continuing to maintain their uniform, high standard. With this volume the Birds of theWorld project has turned more than one corner. First, it is halfway through its allotted task, having covered slightly over half of the approximately 200 families of birds in the world. Second, it has finally reached the passerines. This is the last order of birds out of about 30 orders, and this will fill the remaining volumes. It includes close to half the known species. The biggest change is in the nature of the birds themselves. In the past it has dealt with birds that are relatively well known. For example, a lovely drawing of the Northern Pintail (Anas acuta in volume 1) can be found in Nebumum's Egyptian tomb from 3500 years ago. It is a widespread and uniform species (there are only two tiny populations of subspecies on remote islands) and has lived close to developed nations for millennia. The tapaculos, by contrast, live in remote jungles that are rarely visited by scientists or even informed travelers. They are frustratingly hard to observe and often difficult to identify. While the indigenous folks know their home turf, they have never applied the scientific discipline needed to separate subspecies or closely related species. With this in mind I have been keenly aware that this volume represents the contemporary "bible." I looked carefully at the current state of taxonomy compared to the species accounts. While I think this volume is current I did find several points of confusion. First there is no great consistency in the English names, or even in the alternative names. Second, the splits (for in tropical small bird biology this is the trend) made pre 1997 are included. Post 1997 the record is less clear. I took a sampling of 50 species and found that the English name and scientific names were consistent with other published literature for over three quarters of the species. About 15% the birds were given as sub species, rather than full species. For the remaining birds there were more significant differences. This is not a criticism of the Handbook of Birds of the World as much as comment on the state of the knowledge of taxonomy for species that typically live only in some Amazonian backwater or on top of a remote mountain. A good example of these problems is shown by the Orange bellied Antwren (Terenura sicki) that is also known as the Alagoas Antwren. This volume of instance, in North America, it is widely implemented by governmental agencies research scientists. The public believe that large predator mammals like Grizzly Bears are generally dangerous to humans; thus, they need to be controlled. This is why hunting bears is still widely accepted and why hunting predators is seen as "heroic" by the general public. However, as the authors show so impressively, Grizzly Bears can be petted and they can live well in proximity to humans, if they are treated and respected correctly. The authors show in their book that this claim is well backed up by historical facts on how Russian natives lived together with bears for over thousands of years. Despite the well accepted work by many zoos and circuses, by Konrad Lorenz (raising geese and ravens) J. Goodall and B. Galdikas (raising monkeys) B. Kilham and Ed Gray (raising Black Bear orphans) Terry D. DeBruyn (living closely with bears) and others, and mostly to cater to the powerful hunting (resource) lobby, this aspect of wild bear biology brought forward by the authors was never really considered, nor really allowed in classical wildlife management circles. It was an outstanding achievement of the Canadian authors to go to Russia as early as 1996; only few other western people acknowledged the opening political situation and had the vision to work and to publish in an area as remote and hidden as Kamchatka (see for instance the work by Emma Wilson and also by UllrichWannhoff) Using their own small plane to overcome transportation problems in remote Kamchatka is another outstanding aspect of this book. The real punch line comes when the authors basically stole three orphaned bear cubs from a local zoo and hand raised them in a remote nature reserve, showing that such "predatory" animals can do well among humans and adjust back to nature easily. Obviously, anti poaching action, bear talk and some Russian realities are other interesting themes of this book. As a reader, I am curious to see the paintings by M. Enns, which are so often mentioned in the text but not part of this publication. The fact that Russia allowed the authors to carry out their experiment over several years shows how wrong an opinionated Western World can be in its attitude and science: strict and narrow views are usually misleading, and instead, an open minded diversity of approaches is required to study wildlife in a more meaningful way. For additional project information see the authors'website http: www.cloudline.org/

title: Deployed Analyst Handbook (DAHB)
abstract: community is one of the largest organizations of ORSAs in the world; however, there has been little if any doctrine development on the strategic, operational, or tactical use of personnel, beyond DA PAM 600 3. Without such doctrine, it is difficult to inform the decision maker what skills and abilities ORSAs possess and how ORSA personnel may contribute to the mission. The Deployed Analyst Handbook is intended to provide deploying analysts with a quick reference overview of expectations and types of analysis that a forward deployed analyst may encounter in supporting the supporting the warfighter. (1) Gives the deployed analyst a general orientation and an ongoing reference to many of the key issues and situations that a deployed ORSA will face. (2) Contains collective experiences and best practices of many who have served as deployed analysts.

title: Handbook of Patient Care in Vascular Surgery
abstract: An abbreviated, quick reference on the safe and effective care of patients with common vascular diseases. It is a concise and practical guide that stresses basic principles of diagnosis and management of common arterial and venous disorders. Special attention is given to the new tests and techniques that have made a recent impact in the field. Formerly called "Patient Care in Vascular Surgery" this edition is now in the pocket format of the Little, Brown Handbook series in order to make it a more accessible and practical reference.

title: COMPLEMENTARITY IN MARITAL ADJUSTMENT: COMMENT
abstract: ADLER, A. What life should mean to you. Boston: Little, Brown, 1931. BURGESS, E. W. WALLIN, P. Engagement and marriage.  Lippincott, 1953. EDWARDS, A. L. Manualfor the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule.  Psycho! Corp. 1954. HOLLINGSHEAD, A. B. Two factor index of social position. New Haven, Conn. 1957, dittoed.  In C. Murchison (Ed. A handbook of child psychology. Worcester: Clark Univer.  1931. LEVINGER, G. Note on need complementarity in marriage.  Predicting adjustment in marriage. N ew York: Holt, 1951. MILLER, N. CAMPBELL, D. T. TWEDT, HELEN, O'CONNELL, E. J. Similarity, contrast, and complementarity in friendship choice.  Issues in the concept of need complementarity. Sociometry, 1957, 20, 216 233. SCHACHTER, S. The psychology of affiliation. Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univer. Press, 1959. THARP, R. G. Psychological patterning in marriage.  TOMAN, W. Family constellation as a basic personality determinant.  21 1. TOMAN, W. Family constellation as a character and marriage determinant.  1959, 40, 3 16 3 19. TOMAN, W. Family constellation.  TOMAN, W. Family constellation of the partners in divorced and married couples.  1962, 18, 48 51. TOMAN, W. GRAY, B. Family constellation of "normal" and "disturbed" marriages: an empirical study.  a study of complementary needs.  Harper, 1958. WINCH, R. F. KTSANES, T. KTSANES, VIRGINIA. The theory of complementary needs in mate selection. Amer. sociol. Rev. 1954, 19, 241 249.

title: from the American Birding Association Checklist Committee
abstract: Yducntionnl Cornrnunicntions, SUNY Henlth Science Center nt Syracuse, 766 ltving Avenue, Syrncuse, New York 13120 University of Alaska Museum (UAM 5611) photographs by S. Komito. Identification. Small streaked heron, buffy brown above, with light brown streaking on the neck and chest; less richly colored throughout than the other small bitterns; female in definitive plumage. Origin. Breeds in China, southeastern Siberia including Sakhalin Island, and Japan; highly migratory, wintering in southeastern Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and occasionally the western Tropical Pacific. Motion to add. Gibson/ DeBenedictis. Vote. 7/0. Placement on the ABA Checklist. Insert between Least Bittern and American Bittern. Status: A. Birding code: 5. English name. This species has often been called "Chinese Little Bittern," but the shorter and more descriptive English name adopted here and by the AOU Check list Committee has been used in The Herons Handbook (Hancock and Elliot 1984, Harper Row, New York) as well as most recent works on Asian birds (with the notable exception of A Field Guide to the Birds of lnpn [Wild Bird Society 1982, Tokyo]

title: Temperature dependent consumption of spiders by little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) but not northern long eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in northern Canada
abstract: Intraspecific variation in diet has been observed in many species, including the geographically widespread little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831) Spider consumption by M. lucifugus i.