The second edition of The Diversity of Fishes represents a major revision of the world's most widely adopted ichthyology textbook Expanded & updated the second edition is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs depicting the spectacular evolutionary adaptations of the most ecologically & taxonomically diverse vertebrate group The text incorporates the latest advances in the biology of fishes covering taxonomy anatomy physiology biogeography ecology & behavior A new chapter on genetics & molecular ecology of fishes has been added & conservation is emphasized throughout Hundreds of new & redrawn illustrations augment readable text & every chapter has been revised to reflect the discoveries & greater understanding achieved during the past decade Written by a team of internationally-recognized authorities the first edition of The Diversity of Fishes was received with enthusiasm & praise & incorporated into ichthyology & fish biology classes around the globe at both undergraduate & postgraduate levels The second edition is a substantial update of an already classic reference & text Companion resources site This book is accompanied by a resources site wwwwileycomgohelfman The site is being constantly updated by the author team & provides Related videos selected by the authors Updates to the book since publication Instructor resources A chance to send in feedback ...

Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight & delightful imagery
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In the wake of a disaster the tenants of an apartment building turn on one another in this thriller from director Xavier Gens New York is hit by an unexpected nuclear attack & Eva (Lauren German) & her husband Sam (Ivan Gonzalez) rush to the basement of their apartment block believing the cellar is their best bet for safety They soon discover the basement is the domain of building manager Mickey (Michael Biehn) who is a survivor of the 911 attacks & doesn&t put much trust in anyone Convinced venturing outside will kill them all Mickey refuses to let anyone leave & Eva & Sam are trapped with macho bully Josh (Milo Ventimigila) Josh&s soft-spoken brother Adrien (Ashton Holmes) loudmouth Bobby (Michael Eklund) high-strung single mother Marilyn (Rosanna Arquette) Marilyn&s daughter Wendy (Abbey Thickson) & an impatient man named Delvin (Courtney B Vance) As the days in the basement turn to weeks & supplies of food & water run low the neighbors become increasingly tense & violent; eventually the men & women form cliques & turn against one another ...

Described variously as the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages & because of the author's evangelical purpose the 'fifth Gospel' the Divine Comedy is central to the culture of the west The poem is a spiritual autobiography in the form of a journey
- the poet travels from the dark circles of the Inferno up the mountain of Purgatory where Virgil his guide leaves him to encounter Beatrice in the Earthly Paradise Dante conceived the poem as the new epic of Christendom & he creates a world in which reason & faith have transformed moral & social chaos into order Charles Sisson's blank verse translation is remarkable for its lucidity & vigour & the Introduction diagrams maps & notes by David Higgins provide the reader with invaluable guidance ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more
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Journey through Inferno Purgatorio & Paradiso in this stunning gift edition of Dante's epic poems The next elegant edition ...

An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1 Inferno that retains all the style power & meaning of the original this Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Italian with an introduction by Mark Musa This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple natural style & captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries Musa's introduction & commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) an exercise in sonnet form constructed as a tribute to Beatrice Portinari the great love of his life It is believed that The Divine Comedy
- comprised of three canticles Inferno Purgatorio & Paradiso
- was written between 1308 & 1320 If you enjoyed the Inferno you might like Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron also available in Penguin Classics' Musa operates on the principle that a translator's first duty is to render the original text as exactly as possible without compromising the literary quality of the work This is the best English-language version of the Inferno currently available' Library Journal

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Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy tracing Dante's journey from Hell to Purgatory & finally Paradise is published here for the first time in a single volume The volume

Includes:: a new introduction notes maps & diagrams & is the ideal edition for students as well as the general reader who is coming to the great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time The Divine Comedydescribes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory & encounter with his dead love Beatrice; & finally his arrival in Heaven Examining questions of faith desire & enlightenment the poem is a brilliantly nuanced & moving allegory of human redemption ' The perfect balance of tightness & colloquialism likely to be the best modern version of Dante'
- Bernard O' Donoghue' The most moving lines literature has achieved'
- Jorge Luis Borges' This version is the first to bring together poetry & scholarship in the very body of the translation
- a deeply-informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read'
- Professor David Wallace University of Pennsylvania Individual editions of Robin Kirkpatrick's translation
- Inferno Purgatorio & Paradiso
- are also available in Penguin Classics & include Dante's Italian printed alongside the English text Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 & belonged to a noble but impoverished family His life was divided by political duties & poetry the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari whom he called Beatrice including La Vita Nuova & The Divine Comedy He died in Ravenna in 1321 Robin Kirkpatrick is a poet & widely-published Dante scholar He has taught courses on Dante's Divine Comedy in Hong Kong Dublin & Cambridge where is Fellow of Robinson College & Professor of Italian & English Literatures







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This edition prints all three parts of Dante's great poem about the journey of the soul
- Inferno Purgatorio & Paradiso
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Translated by H F Cary With an introduction by Claire Honess Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important & innovative figures of the European Middle Ages Writing his Comedy (the epithet Divine was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally & politically At the same time he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular to produce a radically new & all-encompassing work The Comedy tells of the journey of a character who is at one & the same time both Dante himself & Everyman through the three realms of the Christian afterlife Hell Purgatory & Heaven He presents a vision of the afterlife which is strikingly original in its conception with a complex architecture & a coherent structure On this journey Dante's protagonist
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- meet characters who are variously noble grotesque beguiling fearful ridiculous admirable horrific & tender & through them he is shown the consequences of sin repentance & virtue as he learns to avoid Hell & through cleansing in Purgatory to taste the joys of Heaven

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Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell Purgatory relates his ascent accompanied by Virgil of the Mount of Purgatory
- a mountain
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