Physiological Ecology Of Harmful Algal Blooms (NATO ASI SERIES)

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Blooms of toxic or harmful microalgae, commonly called "red tides", represent a significant and expanding threat to human health and fisheries resources throughout the world. The impacts of these "harmful algal blooms" range from illness and death of human consumers of shellfish or fish that have accumulated algal toxins to ecosystem alteration and mortalities of marine mammals and other animals.
Presented here is a state-of-the art review of all major topics relating to the ecology and physiology of harmful algal bloom species. The autecology of all major groups is covered in detail, and the ecophysiological processes and mechanisms that regulate their growth, bloom development, and toxin production are addressed as well.

The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton (Studies in Ecology, V. 7)

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The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton (Studies in Ecology, V. 7)

Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Photosynthesis, Productivity, and Growth: The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton (Limnology Report, No 10)

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Photosynthesis, Productivity, and Growth: The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton (Limnology Report, No 10)

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Physiological Bases of Phytoplankton Ecology

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Physiological Bases of Phytoplankton Ecology
Trevor Platt
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Physiological Bases of Phytoplankton Ecology (Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)

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Physiological Bases of Phytoplankton Ecology (Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)
Trevor Platt
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Physiological ecology of marine phytoplankton (IMR reference)

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Physiological ecology of marine phytoplankton (IMR reference)
Bill Thomas
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Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton
Rhee
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Paris

Dear Alice,

Each morning I am awakened by the sound of a tinkling bell. A cheerful sound, it reminds me of the bells that shopkeepers attach to their doors at Christmastime. In this case, the bell marks the opening of the hotel door. From my room, which is just off the winding staircase, I can hear it clearly. It reminds me of the bell that calls to worship the novice embarking on a new life. In a way I too am a novice, leaving, temporarily, one life for another.

Love,
Alice

In the tradition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun, in Without Reservations we take time off with Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Steinbach as she explores the world and rediscovers what it means to be a woman on her own.

"In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Alice Steinbach, a single working mother, in this captivating book. "For years I'd made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow, and had relationships that allowed for a lot of freedom on both sides." Slowly, however, she saw that she had become quite dependent in another way: "I had fallen into the habit . . . of defining myself in terms of who I was to other people and what they expected of me." Who am I, she wanted to know, away from the things that define me--my family, children, job, friends? Steinbach searches for the answer to this provocative question in some of the most exciting places in the world: Paris, where she finds a soul mate in a Japanese man; Oxford, where she takes a course on the English village; Milan, where she befriends a young woman about to be married. Beautifully illustrated with postcards Steinbach wrote home to herself to preserve her spontaneous impressions, this revealing and witty book will transport readers instantly into a fascinating inner and outer journey, an unforgettable voyage of discovery.

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A Remarkable Memoir.......2007-07-05

An absolute, unequivocal 10.
What a remarkable memoir - what a remarkable woman !! One of my favorite observations is that "being alone" is different from "being on my own".
Oh how I wish I had the adventurous spirit and spontaneity of Alice Steinbach. I wish I could morph into an independent woman, perfectly at ease travelling around Europe and Great Britain on my own. I so admire this woman: everything from her talent for falling easily into friendships and conversations with the strangers she met on her travels, to her poetic and thoughtful observations of the world around her.

This is wonderful: "...beauty and history that hangs like a bridal veil over the city of Paris" ; and this poignant statement, "...people and places and cats that were lost to me. I had been thinking a lot about that lately--the inevitability of separation, in one form or another, from all those we love and, in a different way, from ourselves as we were in the past." I love Steinbach's ability to rediscover and to celebrate who she is now rather than mourning who she was at 25.

This quote from Frey's writing (my ignorance of this writer is sending me to the Web for a search), seemed to be the grand finale to all of Steinbach's remarks about learning not to let life beat her down, to continue to move forward: "The unexpectedness of life, waiting around every corner, catches even wise women unawares.... to avoid corners altogether is, after all, to refuse to live life". I wish I had read this book about 30 years ago.

An inspirational read!.......2007-03-25

I was impressed with the courage of the writer and her willingness to share her journey into the unknown and into her own heart. A great one!

empty.......2006-08-17

Although the project that founds the book is very seducive (the reason why you might be convinced by friend's reviews and impressed by Pulitzer and other readers's ratings), this book is very disappointing. The lady is simply describing how she is pleased to see that cities can be beautiful; she makes friends by discussing paintings in a way that would send you to bed (to sleep), and simply describes the succession of her ordinary discoveries, whithout what was a awaited from such an endeavour: a specific vision of the world, be it simple, but at least original; a way to look at human beings. For example, a Parisian would tell you that her approach to Paris is that of any 1960's tourist guide, suprisingly obsolete; that may be nice... but does not deserve a book. Nicolas Bouvier, the Swiss writer, is immensely worthier.

everyone's dream.......2005-12-24

This book was wonderful, i read it as slow as possible, savoring every word. I liked how down to earth Ms. Steinbach appeared, she never talked down to the reader. there were many times when the author made fun of herself and the situations she put herself in, just like any normal person would do. i have traveled to europe five times but have never gone with the intention to learn a new skill, take a class etc. This book was so inspiring to me to travel in a new way, to go with my mom or a friend instead of the whole family. I really loved this book and read the sequel too. I hope Ms. Steinbach continues to write about future adventures. The chapters flow from one adventure to the next and my only complaint were that I wanted even more details of everything, just couldn't get enough!

Carpe Diem.......2005-11-26

Who doesn't dream of quitting her job and traveling the world? Alice Steinbach wangles a leave of absence from her job and goes to Europe -- the dream with training wheels. Even though she has the security of knowing her home and job are waiting for her and she goes to countries that are comfortably strange, it is still a big leap for her. She makes the most of it and tells a great story.

Steinbach seems to make friends everywhere she goes. She travels with the attitude of a college student backpacking through Europe, hooking up with temporary friends at each stop. She treats her affair with Naohiro like a summer romance, intense, but sure to be temporary. Sometimes you forget that she is a middle-aged woman with two grown sons and a responsible career back home.

And that is the point. She wants to see who she is when the responsibilities of adulthood are stripped away. Is the young woman who wasn't afraid to take chances still there somewhere? Who is Alice Steinbach when she is not defined as "mother" and "reporter"? In nine months of travels through Paris, Britain, and Italy, she gradually sheds her inhibitions and fears, and gets reacquainted with living for the day.

Without Reservations is an upbeat, sometimes bittersweet, narrative of what feels like a prelude to a bigger leap.

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The Independent Woman's Guide to Europe
Linda White
Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing
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ASIN: 1555910874

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A good book for a rainy day...

Purposes of a Biography

A Lazy Treatise

A dispassionate "Passions."

The Passions of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Burstein
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ASIN: 0375714049
Release Date: 2004-04-13

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Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and a man of the people, but he was much more—a man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Now, with the first major reinterpretation of his life in a generation, historian Andrew Burstein brings back Jackson with all his audacity and hot-tempered rhetoric.

The unabashedly aggressive Jackson came of age in the Carolinas during the American Revolution, migrating to Tennessee after he was orphaned at the age of fourteen. Little more than a poorly educated frontier bully when he first opened his public career, he was possessed of a controlling sense of honor that would lead him into more than one duel. As a lover, he fled to Spanish Mississippi with his wife-to-be before she was divorced. Yet when he was declared a national hero upon his stunning victory at the Battle of New Orleans, Jackson suddenly found the presidency within his grasp. How this brash frontiersman took Washington by storm makes a fascinating story, and Burstein tells it thoughtfully and expertly. In the process he reveals why Jackson was so fiercely loved (and fiercely hated) by the American people, and how his presidency came to shape the young country’s character.

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Hit and Miss.......2006-01-02

This book will surely enlighten those that want to learn more about Andrew Jackson. It does however glaze over a few of the mans more notorious deeds. There was barely a page devoted to the forced relocation of the Cherrokee and other tribes of indians that lived East of the Missippi. Today this would have been a crime against humanity and it led to the Trail of Tears which is one of the more humiliating parts of American history. Nothing at all was mentioned of the fact that this was done with the Supreme Court saying that such an action was unacceptable. The subject of the closure of the National Banks could have done with some more discussion as well. The book did give the reader a bit of a look into the "What was he thinking?" question that most modern minds are led to ask when thinking of some of the actions of Gen. Jackson.
It's shortcomings aside, I am glad to have read it as it is a good look into an all too often forgotten time of American history.

A good book for a rainy day..........2005-05-11

While the book was a pretty enjoyable read, I am not really sure that Burstein accomplished what he set out to do.

It seems en vogue nowadays to go against the grain when writing biographies, and Burstein's effort is no exception. I decided to read this book after seeing an hour-long documentary of Jackson on the History Channel.

I was particularly interested in the executions of Ambrister and Arbuthnot. Ironically in a book filled with anti-Jackson material this event wasn't covered in as much detail as I figured it would be.

While it doesn't appear that Burstein set out to discredit Andrew Jackson's image, the book definitely trends toward the negative. Burstein uses a lot of Jackson's own words, and in many cases they aren't pretty. Burstein also keeps a running count of all of the duels, scuffles and scrapes that Andrew Jackson was drawn into to protect his honor. Burstein DOES discuss Jackson's devote love towards Rachel Donelson Robards, (even if the events leading up to the marriage are rightly questioned) and as well as his acts of charity, but the majority of the books serves to tear down Jackson's image.

Burstein does try to account for Jackson's flaws by discussing the political and social environment of the times, as will as addressing the fact that Jackson was the first President from 'the frontier', however I was left with the impression that Jackson was an extremist, when it came to protecting his honor. With Jackson there were no middle grounds, it was a personal affront to him to disagree with him politically.

Some of the book reads more as a general history book with Jackson as the main character rather then a biography. This is good in the sense that it may peak the reader's curiosity (as it did mine) to learn more about Burr, Calhoun, Clay and Monroe.

One very irritating part of the book, as one reader has already mentioned was Burstein's lack of structure with regards to his references. Bursteins uses 'notes' and while they are easy to follow, I found myself flipping to the back of the book way too much. What was really annoying was the fact that several of the notes were a paragraph long and should have probably been included in the main text of the book.

While Burstein uses his 'Introduction' to alert that reader that what he is about to write is not a 'heroic saga' as many prior biographers have written, after reading this book I was left wondering whether the definitive Jackson biography is still waiting to be written.

Purposes of a Biography.......2005-01-02

Biographies concentrate on many subjects - detailed analysis of actions and their motives, character studies, descriptions of times and events or, as in this case, an examination into what motivated the seventh president of the United States to do and say what he did. I sympathize with reviewers who castigate the author for skimming historical events, but he plainly states that the purpose of this book was an explortaion of the early 19th century mindset and what makes it so "American" and even compelling to this day.

As a Tennessean, where AJ takes on demigod status, I judged the author to be harsh but in the end, just. The question persists - were his "passions" atypical of the times? One must remember that Jackson's life encompassed the most important years of the nation. A Revolutionary War incident forever soured his view of Britain. He witnessed the founding of the Republic, the settling of the West, the coming of age of the body politic. He may be a grand - even great - figure but his flaws are legendary and it is these upon which Burstein dwelled.

Whether it was slavery, duels, treatment of Indians, inability to compromise, hot temper or pattern of blaming others for his own mistakes, AJ fares poorly. What is missing is that inner self so brilliantly illuninated in recent books on Franklin, Hamilton and Adams. What caused his monomania over the US Bank, why could he never accept criticism, keep friends? In a sense, he was a "modern" politician - opponents were not simply mistaken but instead were morally corrupt.

It is the politics that is missing. I mean, he was President for two terms through sheer force of will. A diehard Jeffersonian, a believer in an agrarian American, a populist, a foe of "special interests", a defender of states rights. His ideas changed once in office and that in itself would have made for good reading. All in all, a good overview.

A Lazy Treatise.......2004-07-18

Burstein seems to have been in a hurry to write this uninvolved book about a complex historical figure. His style is entertaining but he never delves into what Jackson DOES! I rather accept some of the assessments about Jackson's character as so totally self-centered that he couldn't keep a friend, take advice, or even adhere to the constitution, but I'd have liked to see more actual evidence put forth. Jackson's actual participation in the events he directed, caused, or undermined are completely skipped and replaced with a single opinionated point of view (which may well be accurate, but I'd rather form those conclusions myself).

I particularly dislike his arrangement of notes and the lack of a structured list of references. This (lately popular) method of substantiating the facts (or even opinions) in non-fiction books is an insidious attempt to thwart verification. I spent more time recording by hand the references I wished to check than I did actually reading the book. Why not list them in the conventional manner? It makes me suspect, especially when Remini is so cavaliarly dismissed.

Andrew Burstein is an entertaining writer, but this work is just too sloppy to be taken as a serious study of a complicated topic.

A dispassionate "Passions.".......2003-08-29

While reading this book, I didn't feel the author was particularly motivated to create a negative protrait of Jackson. By utilizing Jackson's own writing Burstein examines Jackson as he presented himself to others. This Jackson seems to be a man motivated by his belief that he was right in all things that mattered and if you disagreed you were disloyal. These are probably not uncommon traits for a president who was exceptionally popular, but played fast and loose with the U.S. Constitution and the will of the other branches of government.
That being said by focussing on Jackson's relationships with various individulas in his life, I felt I was not getting a complete portrait. Why was this man so revered by the people and what motivated his his various decisions? I feel this book gave me a starting point in understanding Jackson, a president who I feel abused his position like few others, but there seems to be more of a story here and THE PASSIONS OF ANDREW JACKSON seems to raise as many questions as it answers.

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Passions of Andrew Jackson

Manufacturer: Knopf Publishing Group
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ASIN: 0641663757

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What transformed a frontier bully into the seventh president of the United States? A southerner obsessed with personal honor who threatened his enemies with duels to the death, a passionate man who fled to Spanish Mississippi with the love of his life before she was divorced, Andrew Jackson of Tennessee left a vast personal correspondence detailing his stormy relationship with the world of early America. He helped shape the American personality, yet he remains largely unknown to most modern readers. Now historian Andrew Burstein (The Inner Jefferson, America's Jubilee) brings back Jackson with all his audacity and hot-tempered rhetoric. Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and man of the people, when he was much more: a power monger whom voters thought they could not do without -- a man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Declared a national hero upon his stunning victory over the British at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, this uncompromising soldier capitalized on his fame and found the presidency within his grasp.

Appetites and passions ;: Their origin, and how to cast them out. A lecture (Progressive tracts)

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Appetites and passions ;: Their origin, and how to cast them out. A lecture (Progressive tracts)
Andrew Jackson Davis
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A Testament to The Ultimate Human Fighting Spirit

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The Long Road Back

The Long Road Back, A Survivors Guide to Anorexia
Judy Tam Sargent
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"Today, I see the link between my feelings of craziness and loss of control over my own life and my need to place rigid restraints on my weight and eating.

"When other areas of my life felt out of control, there was always one thing I knew I could control. My weight and eating became the focus of my life, and all of my other troubles were forgotten -- at least temporarily."

From The Long Road Back: A Survivor's Guide to Anorexia

Each year, in the United States alone, thousands die of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which carries the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. To make matters worse, it is some of our brightest and best young people (more than 90 percent of them females) whose lives are lost to this insidious illness.

Anorexia is characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight. The individual suffering from it is intensely afraid of gaining weight, and has a distorted perception of the size and shape of his or her body. Unless there is successful intervention and treatment, the anorexic may die of starvation, suicide, or electrolyte imbalance.

In THE LONG ROAD BACK, Judy Sargent tells the story of her ten-year struggle with anorexia, which began to manifest when she was thirteen. As it progressed, the disease repeatedly brought her weight to life-threatening lows of less than seventy pounds.

Now completely recovered, and pursuing a career as a clinical nurse specialist, Sargent details in this book her return to health and a normal life. She writes with an honesty, humor, and insight that make her fascinating and harrowing story all the more absorbing. Young people afflicted with eating disorders (and those who love them) will find hope, inspiration, and valid advice in these pages.

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Huge Disappointment.......2005-02-04

The title of this book should have been "The bad things doctors did to me while I was in the hospital." While going into explicit detail of her experience at several different treatment centers, she glosses over her recovery - the main thing her book is supposed to address.

I have read several books on the subject of anorexia, and I found this book to be the worst I have ever come accross. A complete waste of time and money.

A Testament to The Ultimate Human Fighting Spirit.......2003-12-04

This book is not just for current or past anorexic, but for everyone who has some serious setbacks in their lives. It is a true testament to the ultimate human fighting spirit. As far as anorexia is concerned, I find this book a real eye-opener to the many flaws of the mental health system where the doctors and nurses seem to be just as obessed with the patients gaining the weight, as the patients with losing it. I could not put this book down oce I started reading it. It left me wondering how Ms(?) Sargent is still alive today. It is even more amazing that not only she is leading a normal life, but she is only excelling in her career and her true passion of figure skating. It is a matter of time unil this gem is made into a movie.

Insightful and comprehensive look at anorexia.......2003-05-12

Sargent writes a passionate account of her battle with anorexia. She comes forth shining and gives others the hope that sustained her through her 'dark night of the soul'. She is truly an inspiration for anyone suffering with any eating disorder, compulsive eating included. A beautifully written and carefully detailed book.

The awful pain of anorexia.......2000-07-17

As an anorexic of several years, I was deeply affected by this book's account of another's suffering with the same disease. I alternately cried and was filled with anger by the descriptions of the often barbaric "treatments" the author was forced to endure. I have been in such treatment centers, where the people who are supposed to be helping instead make patients feel less than human, by watching them eat as if it were a circus sideshow and referring to them by numbers instead of names. These people think that the only thing an anorexic has to do to get better is to eat and gain weight, and that's it. Wrong, wrong, wrong, as this book shows, and it's high time people started realizing it. No one starves herself to make someone else suffer, or as a way of getting what she wants. Anorexia is a terrible, terrible disease that makes you want to just die. If you know someone who's suffering from this hell of a disease, treat that person with the utmost love, respect and compassion. Read this book to help you understand: No one CHOOSES to be anorexic, and no matter how many times the anorexic says, "Leave me alone, I'm fine," she really does want help, deep down. It just has to be the right kind of help.

The Long Road Back.......2000-06-13

For some one who has experienced an eating disorder first hand, this is one of the most accurate portrayals that I have come across. In the book, Sargent tells about her struggles with therapists and hospitals. I found this to be more than true. This is an amazing book for any one, especially health care providers for those with eating disorders. I would reccommend it to every one.

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