William Meredith Books

Animal Breeding and Infertility provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of reproduction in farm animals including goats and horses.

Each chapter is dealt with by a subject specialist and takes a problem -orientated approach to issues such as infertility, diseases, and breeding management. Information is given in table form and text, with a clear, attractive layout making the book readily accessible.

While the book strives to remain practical and easily understandable, much of the detail is highly scientific and technical and goes beyond the interest of those involved in day-to-day farming.

In particular the final chapter on biotechnology deals strictly with the science and avoids any interpretation or comment on the ethics of this controversial subject.

Suited to veterinary surgeons, specialist breeders and students as a reference book on a wide range of issues, Animal Breeding and Infertility is an excellent source of information on this diverse subject.
A detailed Contents list is available at:
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Contents and review details given below: Chapter List 1.GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN ANIMAL BREEDING by Heather G. Pidduck B.Sc., Ph.D., 2.CYTOGENETICS by Susan E. Long BVMS, Ph.D., MRCVS, 3.REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY by Prof. Hilary Dobson, B.Sc., Ph.D., 4.CATTLE BREEDING AND INFERTILITY by Dr. P. J. Hartigan M.A., B.Sc.(Vet), M.V.M., Ph.D., MRCVS, 5.GOAT BREEDING AND INFERTILITY by Katherine Bretzlaff, D.V.M., Ph.D., 6.EQUINE BREEDING AND INFERTILITY by Sarah J. Stoneham, B.V.Sc., CertESM, MRCVS, 7.PIG BREEDING AND INFERTILITY by M. J. Meredith, M.A., B.Sc., B.Vet.Med., Ph.D., MRCVS, 8.SHEEP BREEDING AND INFERTILITY by H. Ll. Williams, B.Sc.(Agric), M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.Ag.S., 9 BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL BREEDING by Dr. D. Powell, Ph.D. & Dr. I. Wilmut, Ph.D. FURTHER DETAILS AND REVIEWS OF THIS BOOK CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT: http://www-pdic.vet.cam.ac.uk/Other_Source/Books/abandi.html ----------oOo----------

When she was in the third grade my older sister bought a little book of christmas stories with the nickles she had saved by not having milk at break time. "Christmas Every Day" is our favorite story from this carefully preserved little book. Our mother still reads "Christmas Every Day" every year for her grandchildren. Though we are all grown we still enjoy the story too. Even my oldest sister's hyper-active 7 year old sit's quietly for his grandma's reading of "Christmas Every Day."

It was a great relief for me to find that Amazon.com had "Christmas Every Day" because the little book my sister brought home in the early 1960's is quickly becoming too fragile to handle. Thanks Amazon.com, someday I hope to read "Christmas Every Day" to my grandchildren.

I think the author as a very Good Imagination and very detaling In his work. It was a book that I could not put down. Always has you wondering what is going to happen next. Waiting for the next series to come out. Meredith! you are Great. Keep up the Good work. And not for a Child to read.

Wonderfully intense and extensive, yet well thought out and applicable. Extensive references allowing easy cross-bridging of information. Applicable from the most simple to the most complex concepts. Probably too deep for the average non-medical person, but easily lends self to anyone willing to study the material. I love it, and I am looking forward to an updated edition.

Skura's insights into Shakespeare are subtle and excellent.

She delves into one of the most important facts that we have about Shakespeare: He started his career as an actor. We might not know much more about him, but this much is certain. Shakespeare acted on the Elizabethan stage.

Skura takes this as her starting point and explores what it means that Shakespeare did act. In order to get perspective on the career of acting, she explores contemporary actors' experiences. One of the most fascinating arguments she makes is that acting is a process of hunting. . . and then becoming the hunted. When the reader starts to think about this, it becomes fascinating.

After Skura establishes some careful points about this process, she begins to explore possible parallels between Shakespeare's characters who act, his depictions of actors and plays, and Shakespeare himself. Skura uses her fine understanding of psychology in order to deepen her understanding -- possible understanding!! -- of this elusive historical personage. She is always careful about coming to conclusions, but this is done in a way that is respectful of the reader and of history. Nonetheless, some of her insights are particularly convincing. For instance, William and his actor brother Edmund were both possibly "replacement" children. Nowadays, such children often become accustomed to playing roles and denying their own selves. Skura suggests that this might be what helped both Shakespeare sons be able to act.

The book is scholarly, thoroughly researched, and yet written in an accessible style. Skura writes in somewhat of the tradition of Natalie Davis, whose research helps her offer possible interpretations of what it was like to live in the distant past. Skura is an excellent scholar whose article on The Tempest is one of the most insightful and thorough I have ever read.

I highly recommend Skura's wonderful book! It's a joy for actors, scholars, Shakespeare fans, and anyone interested in performance theory.

First, William Meredith writes a brief but useful essay to put Shelley's works into a context. He neither overpraises the poet nor dismisses him as overrated.

Second, it's the poetry itself that is crucial for any such volume. On page 28, we come across a poem that I think is wonderful, "Mutability." This indicates that there are few constants, and closes with a couple wonderful lines:

"Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow;
Naught may endure but mutability."

Brief, but telling. One of my favorite of Shelley's poems.

Then, perhaps, my favorite poem of all: "Ozymandias." What a wonderful warning against the Greeks' tragic flaw of hubris. The final five lines say it all:

"'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Powerful stuff, speaking to the futility of those who are arrogant.

And so many more poems. . . . The anti-war poem, "Similes for Two Political Characters in 1819," which closes with the line:

"Two vipers tangled into one."

I once used one of his poems, "To Sophia [Miss Stacey]," in a letter to a special person in my life at that time.

And, at this point in my life, his lament about aging, "A Lament," takes on some poignancy.

And so on. . . .

This is a special slim little volume that I bought decades ago, but it still resonates.

We all have those little fast food toys from McDonalds..Now you can turn those little goodies to real cash... I never realized what I had just lying around a little loved, and looking for a new home. Finally a up to date price guide from someone who does collect and well knowledged about my collection. Fast and easy to read. I carry it with me at all times for a quick reference to check a possible treasure... A must have for the serious collector..

Niclo and Danny are two children who live on a mountain (perhaps somewhere in the Alps), with their parents and baby brother. Life for them is simple, predictable -- the only danger is being carried away by the eagles to the valley on the other side of the mountain. Until one day, a child is carried over, from the valley, and plopped right into their laps. She is Marta, and she is the Toymaker's daughter . . .

What follows is a story of one little girl's journey to escape her past, to grow the heart of a real child, and to find a place with a family who truly loves her. She does not ever want to go home again. This book is quaint and comforting, mysterious and delightful. A truly hidden treasure that everyone should discover.

While one can quibble with some things in this book (the author seems to draw on anti-Kennedy books for his material on the Kennedys) all in all it tells the story well, and is really exciting, even tho one is appalled that there could be in the 20th century such benighted persons as instigated and participated in the insurrection to prevent a student entering Ole Miss. The last chapter tho makes a person feel better and I am glad the author spent some time finding out what happened to the people involved in the tumultous events of October, 1962. How pleasant to know that the student body president, the newspaper editor, the quarterback, and the head basketball coach in 2000-2001 were all African-American, and how stupid the rioters must feel now about the views they had in 1962. This is a popular account but it is great reading.

found this to be superficial and pompous. it overwrites facts and at the end fails to provide sufficient perspective. i am an academic and would not use for my students.

William Doyle has written an excellent account of the events surrounding Meredith's entry into Ole Miss. Particularly noteworthy is his detailed account of the behind the scenes negotiations between the Kennedys and Mississippi's segregationist governor, Ross Barnett. The book's depiction of the riot is also rich: Doyle vividly potrays the chaos that reigned in Oxford during the riot. The narration is gripping and this book is an entertaining read.

I thought the book was not nearly as strong in the final 30 pages. There is no clear direction to the book's "conclusion." Doyle sort of vasillates between providing updates on the book's main characters and attempting to place the riot into a historical perspective. While both are interesting, this portion of the book drags on.

Overall, a very enjoyable read.

I am 62 years old now. On that morning when
the 716th MP Battalion was brought to the campus,
I was in one of the groups exactly as pictured in
the middle of the book. At the time I had no idea
what the big picture was. I just did as I was told.
I was in the army for about a year prior to that day,
but never had live ammunition except for practice.
We had our gas masks on and our bayonets fixed. We
were each handed one clip of live ammunition for
our M-1 rifles. I vividly remember my knees literally
knocking together as we stood there waiting for the
trouble that never came at that time. We had heard
that a soldier had been killed prior to that. This
book is giving me the big picture and a full under-
standing of how we got there and why we were there.
I am finding this book to be riviting and educational.
I heartily recommend it. Mike Cuggino, NY.

Mr. Doyle has done very well what so many others have failed at. He has taken the stuff of a compelling story and told it as a straightforward and detailed narrative that needs no excessive or distracting "artfulness" to make it live on the page. Here are real, hateful villains, conflicted heroes, confused bureaucrats and the inscrutably zen-like James Meredith. Every one of these individuals - with the possible exception of Meredith - is caught up in circumstances way beyond his "job description" and required by fate to draw his best or worst abilities to the tasks he has been drawn into.
Whatever anyone else may say about this book it is first and foremost a wonderfully compelling reading experience. As a writer of history, Doyle is right up there with McCullough, Ambrose and Goodwin as a writer of skill, insight and a willingness to let the story take the front seat. You will appreciate this book; you will respect this story; but most of all you will savor every minute you spend reading it.

This book is awesome. Buy it. That's all there is I have to say about it.

This is the greatest book I've ever read. It gives great advice. BUY IT!

WAITE IS A GENIUS WHOS IDEAS ARE OUT OF THIS WORL

As a member of the financial industry, I'm always looking for hints as to which sectors of the market will do well in the future. This book is exactly what I was looking for. Using demographic trends, the authors have come up with some scenarios which will definitely change my outlook on the future.

Imagine that you are perusing one of Yahoo's stock message forums, say symbol SSI and some guy with the moniker "catofan" posts a message like this: "CATO is going through the roof, sell SSI short, it's a Ponzi scheme and pile into CATO before it's too late!" What sort of credence would you give such a poster? For me, I wish I had hit the "Next" button, but no, I was unfortunate enough to buy the book.

If you like regurgitated CATO Institute ideology, you'll love this book. Gems like: *Social Security is a Ponzi game; let's put all the SSI money in a safe place---like the stock market. *America has too many low paid workers; lets' do away with "destructive" minimum wages and give generous tax subsidies to employers that pay low wages instead.

All written in the style of: "See Dick. See Jane. See Dick and Jane put all their retirement money in the stock market. See Dick and Jane go dumpster-diving in New Jersey for retirement."

There are actually a few concepts about the Boomer generation that could be useful---when the Boomers all try to sell financial and real estate assets all at once to fund their retirements there *could* be a bear market, just like there are bull markets when they are all buying at the same time.

However, most of the ideas in this book are like some kind of horrible pop song, repeated so much in the press that you find yourself almost unconciously humming along. Save yourself some money and time by surfing over to Cato to get "enlightened".