The Laboratory Small Ruminant

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The Laboratory Small Ruminant details basic information and common procedures for individuals performing research with small ruminants. Details include duties of animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures. Researchers, investigators, lab technicians and animal caretakers alike will benefit from this resource. Features

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THE LABORATORY SMALL RUMINANT

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Peru, Lonely Planet Guide

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Lonely Planet Peru
Sara Benson , Paul Hellander , and Rafael Wlodarski
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The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu, 3rd: Includes the Vilcabamba Trek & Lima City Guide

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Bike, hike and ride a scary cable car to Machu Picchu on one of five alternatives to the busy Inca Trail, p. 277. Glide past manatees, dolphins, monkeys and macaws in the Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria, p.482. Swill a scoopful of chicha - saliva-fermented corn beer - to earn the respect of the locals, p.78. Descend into the narrow, hallucinatory underground chambers of the millennia-old ruins at Chavin de Huantar, p.415.

Three authors, 144 days of on-the-road research via planes, riverboats and dozens of death-defying bus rides. Dedicated Peru Outdoors chapter, plus expanded activities coverage throughout. Get the inside story on the Inca world from notes explorer and author Hugh Thomson. Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com fro up-to-the-minute reviews and traveler suggestions.

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Peru, Lonely Planet Guide.......2007-09-10

As always, Lonely Planet gives you all of the information you need for a trip that meets and exceeds all of your expectations. This includes those little known corners of a place that are the most memorable.

Lonely Planet is one of my most important travel accessories.......2007-09-04

I am a seasoned backpacker and have been to places in the remote jungles of the Philippines to the cosmopolitan city of Sydney and back. I have tried using Fodors and Frommers, but Lonely Planet has by far served me better. I am not saying that I totally depend on Lonely Planet for all of my travel needs and resources, but I use it as an invaluable resource especially for transportation and maps. I have yet to use the Rough Guide Series or the Moon Series, so I cannot speak on their behalf.

RIGHT ON LONELY PLANET PERU.......2007-08-01

The LONELY PLANET guides are always my one stop source guide when I travel. It was my bible on my trip to PERU. There aren't a lot of travel guides written about Peru but LONELY PLANET had the information I needed. The series always provides insight into the history and culture of a country. Peru is tranforming itself into a tourist country. It's a work in progress so realize that information can become quickly outdated once a book is published. Restaurants open and close, details on museums change so keep that in mind with any travel guide. I traveled to several cities and found the LONELY PLANET guide to be immensely useful. Lonely Planet guides are great for people of all budgets. Hotels and restaurants are broken down into budget and expensive. You have the choice. I used LONELY PLANET PERU to make my hotel decisions and couldn't have been more pleased with their honest recommendations. If a place is shabby but has a great staff and location, Lonely Planet will tell it like it is. I found their suggestions and recommendations to be right on the mark.

Choose a different guide!.......2007-06-06

Lonely Planet typically does a decent job with its guide books and I have bought quite a few of them. However, Lonely Planet Peru does not make the cut. This book is awful. I just purchased the newest version (2007) for a trip to Peru in May 2007 and the information in the book was almost useless.

First, there is a lot of incorrect information. For example, we had our hearts set on eating at a restaurant recommended by Lonely Planet in Cusco, but when we got to the address, we found that the restaurant was out of business. Also discovered that many addresses are wrong. Descriptions of the bus trip from Puno, Peru to La Paz, Bolivia are misleading, and the overall organization of the book is confusing and very disappointing.

Do yourself a favor and look for a different Peru guide book.

information needed.......2007-05-21

I needed this to go to Peru to update my information for contacts, for hotels, for food, ect - thatnks

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peru slightly under water
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Lonely Planet Peru
Charlotte Beech , and Rob Rachowiecki
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From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has the experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveler, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money.

Lonely Planet Peru is a good practical guide for independent travelers, whether they plan to explore Peru by dugout canoe, train, bus, or foot. Highlights include 64 maps of regions, towns, and historical sites; extensive background on archaeological sites; advice on food and accommodations for every budget; a useful history section ranging from pre-Inca cultures to modern; helpful hints on outdoor activities; and a traveler's Spanish section. Intriguing sidebars provide details on topics such as Inca Trail tours, fiestas, and folklore about Lake Titicaca, human sacrifice in the Andes, archaeology around Paracas, a week on the Amazon, and the Shipibo Indians, as well as their handicrafts. --Kathryn True

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Follow an ancient footpath to the lost city of Machu Picchu. Explore a colorful crafts market. Answer the call of the wild in the lush Amazon rainforest. Peru offers inspiration from every angle. Our unbeatable guide will enable you to climb mountains, delve into canyons and get to know the essence of the Andes.

* GET READY, SET GO! - highlights, itineraries and planning sections get your adventure started
* UNDERSTAND IT ALL - expert authors provide insight into Peruvian history, culture and current events
* FIND YOUR WAY with loads of detailed maps - more than any other Peru guidebook
* TALK THE TALK get from buenos dias to hasta luego with our easy-to-use guide to Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
* REST EASY - frank, in-depth hotel and restaurant reviews eliminate the guesswork at any budget

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Peru Guidebook.......2007-03-19

Initially I wanted to purchase the 2006/7 edition (that was supposed to be released in Feb, 2007) but was unable to find it anywhere. However, this edition was very helpful for my travels in Peru. I did come across some problems when trying to locate the listed Vegetarian restaurants (some were closed down since publication) but otherwise all descriptions of hostels/ travel destinations were accurate.

peru slightly under water.......2007-01-17

the material and facts are well provided and fairly well organized,but
the country deserves better then this. As one of the worlds most fasinating places, both from a human and natural perspective, this book falls short relative to providing a full view of Peru's incredable wonders, seek another source if you are looking for an informative guide or historic perspective.

Great book .......2006-10-14

I have a tour operator in Peru, [...] I meet the writer, Rob Rachowiecki, he is a great explorer and he was a tour leader in Peru andean areas.

This book is very help full not only for foreing people, also for peruvians ones, many times when I go to a specific areas and I does not have enught info.. I open my travel survival kit and read for some extra info and many times I sent updates that I see have been taken in next edition... just one word... BUY THE BOOK, it's a good help to do not be lost in Peru.

Rafael Belmonte

Take the advice!.......2006-07-19

I found the LP Peru guide to be a useful tool on my recent trip to Lima, Cuzco and Machu Pichu. The country overview was insightful, the restaurant recommendations were tastey, and the advice about altitude sickness was ignored. Big mistake. I've never paid attention to LP's health warnings and never had a problem. If you're heading to Cuzco, you'd be well advised to listen to their experienced writers and bring the necessary medicine.

Good, but missing info.......2006-06-01

I used this guide for travelling with my family and was fairly useful, except for some good spots that were not considered.
For example, in the jungle we stayed in the Explorers Inn (www.explorersinn.com), which has a very nice setting and fights to preseve the amazon rainforest.
I was also amazed to find a quality hotel chain that wasnt part of an international network. Hoteles Libertador (www.libertador.com.pe) were a very good option in many of the destinations we visited.
Overall, the activities and destinations recommended were good, but the info was sometimes out of date and/or incomplete.

Peru - Lonely Planet En Espaol (Lonely Planet Peru)

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Muy útil.......2005-08-11

Llevo una década viajando a Perú y viví en el país por un año entre 1996 y 1997. Mi esposa es peruana, lo cual es una de las razones por mis viajes frecuentes hasta ahí.

El Lonely Planet Perú es uno de los libros que utilizamos siempre para ideas y consejos para viajes y excursiones dentro del Perú. La información sobre las diferentes regiones del país es generalmente correcta y descriptiva, los teléfonos y precios para hoteles y restaurantes están al día, y el mismo formato del libro es fácil para seguir.

Lo más importante para recordar cuando estas utilizando un libro como éste es que estos guías no son enciclopedias y no toman el lugar de los conocimientos de los guías locales que puedes contratar. Pero te ayudan navegar de un lugar a otro con facilidad y dentro de tu presupuesto.

Últimamente, Perú es un país seguro y muy interesante con bastante historia, cultura, y naturaleza, pero como cualquier otro viaje es necesario tomar precauciones para asegurar que todo salga bien y sin problemas. El Lonely Planet será muy útil para tu viaje, y también recomiendo otro libro que se llama South American Handbook.

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Sara Benson , and Paul Hellander
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Lives of the Pope is the most thorough, vivid, and fascinating history of the papacy available. Renowned Catholic commentator Richard McBrien offers a fresh, intelligent look at each of the 262 popes, including:- The Apostle Peter, the first pope, in his singular role as Vicar of Christ Formosus, the pope whose corpse was exhumed, dressed in full vestments, and subjected to a mock trial for papal misdeeds Boniface, elected pope after having been defrocked twice for immorality John XXIII, perhaps the most beloved pope in all of history Lives of the Popes provides chronologically arranged biographies of the pontiffs, revealing the full sweep of the papacy. Each entry contains essential information on a pontiff's life, major writings, controversies, and deeds both great and evil. McBrien eloquently and powerfully brings to life the unique stories of the popes and reveals how they transformed Christianity and the world. John Paul II, the present Bishop of Rome

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Lots of ground to cover.......2007-01-13

McBrien, as he states right in the introduction to this book, is the first to admit that it is impossible to adequately cover the lives of all 260+ popes in a single book - other reserchers have written multiple volume works and/or devoted their entire lives to the same task. So, his somewhat sparse treatment of the lives of all of the Popes, even the most historically significant or interesting ones, is understandable - there simply wasn't room (or time) to do so.

Given that qualifier, the book is a good general introduction to the lives of every pope up through the late John Paul II. Its value is primarily as a starting point for learning how the Popes [and Christian thought and institutions in general] have evolved over the centuries, and to help us grasp the papacy's significance and impact on world history.

I would not say that Richard McBrien is a world class wordsmith. Much of the text is repetitive - how many times, for instance, do I need to be told what a Pallium is, or that a newly elected pope is technically not a pope until he is made a Bishop of Rome? One gets the impression that most of these one paragraph to two or three page mini-biographies were written as stand-alone documents, then assembled into a single volume. Even then, you often see the same sentence or parenthetical comment repeated two or three times within the biography of a single Pope.

McBrien presents each Pope in chronological order, and often discusses schisms and controversies of the time, the subject's relationships and connections with other past or future Popes, and their interactions with other European rulers. He segments the 2000 year history of the papacy into several large spans of time, such as the Early Papacy, the Reformation era, and the Modern era. At the start of each section, he gives a summary of the general tone and direction of the popes who ruled in those periods, and of the times in which they lived, before diving into their individual biographies. While the introductions to each section are again a bit repetitive, they did give me a better sense of how each pope's reign fit into the overall historical picture and the great events of the time.

All in all, this is a worthwile book: even though it is not as well written as I'd like, is a bit dry, has alot of material to plow through, and was made longer by a fair amount of needless repetition (which I would suppose has resulted in other interesting material being omitted).

As well as filling-in many blanks, I did learn some new information in reading this book, and, by virtue of the papacy's natural focus on Southern Europe, also presented me with a historical perspective different from that of the England- and North European-centric authors I've read in the past.

One interesting thing I learned in reading this book was the papacy's very early and ongoing interest in missions to China (starting in around 1300 AD or so), and their ongoing attempts to reconcile standardization and control over that church and its worship with the need to minister (in an understandable, approachable way) to a people with a language and culture entirely unfamiliar to Europeans.

I recommend "Lives of the Popes" as a good starting point for those interested in European History or the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church; and as a good supplementary resource for those wishing to learn more about the empires and kingdoms that replaced the old Roman Empire - and how they evolved up to the present day.

Now that I've read it end to end, I think I'll keep it as a starting point and reference material for my future informal research into World History.

OK, but promotes a stale agenda.......2005-04-14

The uses of history are many. The uses of this version of history are few. All history is biased because all history is relative, first and foremost, to the biases of its recorder. Here then is a brief and biased biographical account of the Roman papacy, name by name from Peter to John Paul II.

As a quick reference, it is satisfactory. A rough guess would be that the average papal mini-biography is less than a page in this moderately priced, though intellectually limited reference. Mr. McBrien is not entirely forthcoming about his sources. They seem to amount to the far superior list by J. N. D. Kelly and - perhaps directly, perhaps through some secondary source - the official Latin lists from Christian antiquity to the present. These latter are regularly cited by McBrien and then dismissed as pious legend, more or less. Anyway, there aren't notes, so most of the time (i.e., unless he tells us) his sources remain anonymous. This is probably appropriate for a book of this type, although a little more reference to sources would have been nice.

This book generates a definite lukewarm-liberal aura that has been dying out as Vatican2 grows more distantly into history. For example, whenever the subject can possibly be brought up, he gleefully reports historical facts that seem to be evidence that the Roman Pontiff is not infallible. Of course that's not his position. But he can't and doesn't want to leave it alone. Plus, everybody's heard the Honorius I and Boniface VIII arguments before, and they are what they are. McBrien though seems to take great pleasure in trotting these old saws out and tarting them up to look like he's the one that thought of them.

There are essays at the front of the book as introduction and the end of the book as appendix that reveal McBrien's agenda, which, if reduced perhaps too generally, seems to be the rather mundane project of complaining about John Paul II and lionizing John XXIII, whom he calls "the most beloved pope in history" (the dedication) and one of only two popes (the other being Gregory I (the Great), who can be "rated" as "outstanding" (this from an embarrasingly provincial chapter-appendix called "Rating the Popes.") NB: I think John XXIII was just swell. I think Vatican-2 was swell and still is. It's just that the greatest thing you see in a magnifying glass is not the greatest thing there is.

The single most important issue that McBrien hammers on about in one way or another in just about every biography is the problem of the Roman primacy, i.e., Rome's claim to be the Primatial See not only of the West but of the Universal (i.e. "Catholic") Church, east and west - an obvious preliminary problem to any history of the papacy, casual or otherwise. Over all others, this is the claim that separates the Roman Catholic Church in doctrine and jurisdiction from every other Christian church or sect (oh, right, I'm not supposed to call them sects, I should say, Christian Communities...).

Predictably, McBrien is best on the patristic period and too skeptical of the modern papacy (by that I mean since the Reformation of the 16th century) to portray, say the Renaissance papacy as anything other than corrupt. Ironically, he emphasizes that the Petrine ministry is one of service to the People of God, and specifically, as a sign of unity (no room here for a Sign of Contradiction), and yet he refuses to acknowledge that, in the history of the Roman papacy there have often been times when the only political power competent to hold Europe and Northern Africa together or East and West, in other words, civilization, was the Roman pontiff. And sometimes the only way the Roman pontiff could acheive these goals was to stop up a destructive vacuum by taking hold of the temporal power and wielding it - sometimes, though you wouldn't know it from McBrien, to the establishment of lasting peace and reliable civic institutions. Which is not to say that Julius II in armor on his war-horse is an edifying sight, but that sometimes Catholicism, and specifically Roman Catholicism was the only institution capable of keeping the world (i.e., Europe, "western civilization," &c.) from disintegrating into murderous chaos (not the exclusive property of the 10th century popes after all).

But, notwitstanding his "progressive" bias, the book seems mostly to be accurate with a few wierd slips. For example he says that only two popes in history have been called "the Great," Leo I and Gregory I. This is wrong. Nicholas I (858-67) was also called "the Great." Or when he says that no pope enforced priestly celibacy before Gregory VII (Hildebrand -1073-85) in the eleventh century, and in another place relates that Gregory the Great (590-604) "enforced priestly celibacy."

Since the death of Pope John Paul II, these errors and the prejudices that they reflect seem to be a dated by-product of the kind of lukewarm "dissent" that McBrien has made a career out of publishing. But wherever you find yourself on the religio-ideological chart, the question remains, why do we need this list? There are plenty of others.

excellent reference.......2005-04-04

This is nicely written and easy to use--a good strating place for anyone interested in the papacy. I have it on the sheleves with other reference works, and I have referred to it quite frequently in these last few days as John Paul II has passed.

an interesting book, reab about a pope a day.......2003-02-21

Apparently the author is a dissenter in the catholic church, unbeknowngst to me. I picked this up in Italy to read about all the popes(most of which I knew nothing about). This book, with its short synopsis on each pope is a great read. It also illustrates the marvelous variety of personalities that inherited the throne of peter. From the smiling Pope John Paul I to the warrior pope Julious II. It details the roman persecutions and shows how few popes were killed in the period, details the schisms and also the sexual adventures of the popes. Shows how many popes were murdered, and how many had short periods in power. It also details the papal election process and its developments. A must read for those interested in a history of the Popes without the usual tenderness associated with some publications and the usual wordiness of academics.

Not a History, but doesn't pretend to be one..........2002-09-10

This is a great book if you're curious about the basics of the life of a particular pontiff, or about papal statistics (i.e., shortest reign, longest reign, dates of reigns, etc.). It is not a history, and does not advertise to be one. It is a reference book from which history can be extracted (there are sections on papal history and the book is divided up into sections or epochs). You can literally pull up the name of a pope and get a glimpse of what his rule was like, as well as the highlights and relevant dates for each pope.

This book was perfect for me, coming from a non-catholic background. Since it does not read like a book laden with catholicism, I wasn't turned away by the language or structure of the book. Not once did I feel the author was trying to proselytize me (something sadly lacking in some other books about the catholic church). What I found was an honest, objective look at the papacy: there have clearly been good and bad popes (some, though very few, have been downright loathsome people), and there have been popes who were incredible men. This book is honest in its appraisal of the men who held the highest earthly order of the catholic church.

There is a slant, and the author hits you in the face with it, but not until the very end of the book. It is not laced throughout the text. Depending upon your perspective, it will either horribly offend you or surprise you with its candor. I personally found it refreshing.

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Title: Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II. (book reviews)
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