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Book Captivity s Collections

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathleen S. Murphy
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2023-10-12
  • ISBN : 1469675927
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book Captivity s Collections written by Kathleen S. Murphy and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cashews from Africa's Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica—in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era's explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals, objects, and ideas through the networks of the British transatlantic slave trade. Plants, seeds, preserved animals and insects, and other specimens were gathered by British slave ship surgeons, mariners, and traders at slaving factories in West Africa, in ports where captive Africans disembarked, and near the British South Sea Company's trading factories in Spanish America. The specimens were displayed in British museums and herbaria, depicted in published natural histories, and discussed in the halls of scientific societies. Grounded in extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, Captivity's Collections mines scientific treatises, slaving companies' records, naturalists' correspondence, and museum catalogs to recover in rich detail the scope of the slave trade's collecting operations. The book reveals the scientific and natural historical profit derived from these activities and the crucial role of specimens gathered along the routes of the slave trade on emerging ideas in natural history.

Book Longevity of Mammals in Captivity

Download or read book Longevity of Mammals in Captivity written by Richard Weigl and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains many data of historical and present longevities of captive mammals, some of the data was never published before as well as many of extinct or very rare species and subspecies. 3398 taxa of 25 mammalian (all orders except Shrew-opossums, Order Paucituberculata) have been exhibited in zoos and other institutions. The records provide dates of arrival, birth, movement out of the collection or death dates, showing day, month and year.

Book Wild Mammals in Captivity

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  • Author : Devra G. Kleiman
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2010-08-15
  • ISBN : 0226440117
  • Pages : 586 pages

Download or read book Wild Mammals in Captivity written by Devra G. Kleiman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.

Book Catch Me  A Captive Romance Collection

Download or read book Catch Me A Captive Romance Collection written by Julia Sykes and published by Julia Sykes. This book was released on 2021-12-19 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three first-in-series captive romance books by USA Today bestselling author Julia Sykes, available in one collection for a limited time! Sweet Captivity I don't like to be touched. I'm the hacker-geek-goddess of the FBI. When I'm hiding behind my screen, I'm a safe distance from everyone; isolated, powerful. No man has ever touched me, but when I'm captured by Colombian drug lord Andrés Moreno, I no longer have the right to refuse. He's scarred and scary, and his cruel brother Cristian has tasked him with breaking me. The longer I remain trapped with him, the more I come to suspect that I'm not the only captive in his brother's home. Andrés' scars go deeper than the wicked furrows carved into his flesh, his pain reflected in the dark demands he imposes upon me. His obsession is twisted and wrong, but maybe I'm twisted, too. Do I want to be rescued from him? Or is he the one who truly needs saving? Mafia Captive Two darkly domineering alpha males. One sets my body on fire. The other makes me tremble. And they swear they won't let me go. My ordinary life as a college sophomore becomes extraordinary when Joseph storms into my world and sweeps me off my feet. Our intense connection seems too impossible to be real, like a wonderful dream. Until it becomes a nightmare. Drugged. Kidnapped. When I wake up, I find myself trapped in the arms of the man who was supposed to be my fierce protector. My sweet first love is a criminal, the son of a powerful mafia boss. And his best friend Marco--the terrifying, heavily-muscled man who abducted me--is a brutal enforcer. They say they can't let me go, or their enemies might hurt me. Despite everything, my heart still belongs to Joseph, and I can't help surrendering to the fiery chemistry between us. Marco's rigid rules infuriate me, but his steady onyx stare and stern orders make something darker than anger burn low in my belly. They swear they've kidnapped me for my own protection, but will staying close to my alluring criminal captors put me in more danger than ever? Impossible My life was irrevocably changed that night; the night I was taken. I saved a man's life, but at what cost to myself? Can I convince him to save me in return? I hate him for what he's done to me. But the longer I'm trapped with him, the harder it is to cling to that hatred. He is an enigma of a man, one who is shockingly arrogant, sweetly contrite, and frighteningly aggressive by turns. And the pain in his eyes is a mirror for my own. The longer I remain in his grip, the more confused I become. Is my freedom worth betraying him?

Book Island Captive Collection

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Storm
  • Publisher : Blushing Publications
  • Release : 2020-06-11
  • ISBN : 1645632997
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book Island Captive Collection written by Carol Storm and published by Blushing Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She needs protection along with a Dom’s discipline. Explore two dangerous destinations with hot Doms in DeMarco’s Captive and Santiago’s Secret. DeMarco’s Captive Determined to expose the cartel, American Agent Lucy Harrison goes undercover, only to get caught. A blown sting operation puts her life in danger and the man she had set eyes on sees right through her disguise. Santiago’s Secret Set up from the start, her best friend skips town, leaving a shed filled with cocaine and Mary to deal with the aftermath. With the drug cartel closing in, can Santiago keep her safe?

Book Dark Captive Collection

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  • Author : Allison West
  • Publisher : Blushing Publications
  • Release : 2020-04-29
  • ISBN : 1645632628
  • Pages : 574 pages

Download or read book Dark Captive Collection written by Allison West and published by Blushing Publications. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enslaved. Captured. Imprisoned. When society bends to the will of men, darkness beckons, hope fades, and love crumbles. Submit to your Alpha. There is no other choice. Three Alpha heroes in this collection of four steamy, dark romance tales – The Victorian Shift, Jailed Little Jade, The Murderess, and Betrayed by Blood – which contain power exchange and scenes which may trigger some reader The Victorian Shift In a world of five men to one woman, chaos is just the beginning. At a young age, Piper and her sister Ruby are placed into the prison system designed to keep the female population safe. With the knowledge Piper obtains about the program that women are forced into when they turn 18, Piper retaliates against the guards and finds herself locked in maximum security. It's been seven years since she's seen her younger sister. Her determination to rescue Ruby from the program is what keeps her going. In the decade that Piper's been locked up, the world has changed significantly. Women are forced to have a master, obey their every command, or expect severe punishment. Jailed Little Jade With a crappy ex-husband and a new lease on life, Jade moves to Spring Mills for a fresh start. What she gets is far more than she bargained for when Holden Foster shows up at her door. He's hot, dominating, and harbors a secret of intergalactic proportion. The Murderess Women that leave the royal harem, cast out by a Prince of Brayleigh, are sent into the Courtesan Slave Trade. Prince Aaron wants nothing to do with his father’s dark dealings and sinister ways. Can he disrupt the Courtesan Slave Trade, or will the courtesans find themselves in a fate worse than hell? Betrayed by Blood When Aaron discovers his father, King Gideon, and brother, Prince August, are alive and a verdict for treason to come within a few days, Aaron has no choice but to infiltrate the palace. Forced to align himself with the rebel leader Rhys, Aaron and Lorelei must return to the palace to seek justice and protect the crumbling nation of Brayleigh. Will she be loved by all who know of her as the murderess or feared for her deadly sins?

Book The Captive Muse  a Collection of Fugitive Poems Written by the Author During His Captivity in France  Interspersed with a Variety of Anecdotes Illustrative of the Cruel Treatment of the British Prisoners of War by the French Government and Its Agents

Download or read book The Captive Muse a Collection of Fugitive Poems Written by the Author During His Captivity in France Interspersed with a Variety of Anecdotes Illustrative of the Cruel Treatment of the British Prisoners of War by the French Government and Its Agents written by Thomas DUTTON (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rev  J  M  Neale Collection  2 Books

Download or read book Rev J M Neale Collection 2 Books written by Rev. J. M. Neale and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on with total page 2895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Captivities  Being a Collection of the Most Remarkable Narratives of Persons Taken Captive by the North American Indians    to which are Added  Notes  Historical  Biographical   c

Download or read book Indian Captivities Being a Collection of the Most Remarkable Narratives of Persons Taken Captive by the North American Indians to which are Added Notes Historical Biographical c written by Samuel G. Drake and published by Boston : Antiquarian Bookstore and Institute. This book was released on 1839 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Captive  A Dark Romance Collection  Volume 3

Download or read book Captive A Dark Romance Collection Volume 3 written by Julia Sykes and published by Julia Sykes. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes three books in the Captive Series: Wicked King, Caged Princess (bonus novella), and Ruthless Savior! Wicked King Carmen Ronaldo is my enemy and my obsession. I’ll conquer her and make her mine. For years, Carmen has hated me. I deceived her to learn her family’s secrets, and then I used those secrets to fracture the Ronaldo cartel. I took half of their territory and made myself a king, but I’ve never been fully satisfied in my victory. I’ve waited far too long to claim Carmen for myself. My feisty little kitten might hate me for taking her as my captive, but she'll surrender herself to me. I’ll protect her from all her enemies. Except me. My cage will be her refuge, my rules her fortress. Carmen is no longer my enemy. She's just mine. Caged Princess One night with the princess of the Ronaldo Cartel. One night to lure Carmen into spilling her brother’s secrets. Secrets that I will use the shatter his organization. I will pick up the pieces for myself. I will be the new king. Too bad she’ll hate me forever for my betrayal. That didn’t bother me before, but now that I’ve had the most intense experience of my life with my sweet kitten, I find that I don’t like leaving her behind. I’ve never experienced regret. The emotions that rule weaker men don’t affect me. Until her. Ruthless Savior My pretty little captive thinks she can run from me. She doesn’t understand how ruthless I truly am… Guarding my lovely hostage has become my obsession. I protect Marisol from the vicious men in my brutal cartel, including myself. I’ve kept the promise I made to my boss on the night of her capture: No one touches her. But she runs from me at the first opportunity, escaping the safe cage I built for her. I’ve spent endless nights imagining so many delicious ways to claim her. Now that she’s defied the cartel, I can indulge all of my dark desires. I’ll never let her escape me again. Marisol is mine.

Book La Belle Captive

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1995-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520059160
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book La Belle Captive written by Alain Robbe-Grillet and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the myth of the beautiful captive, this novel, first published in 1975 and reprinted with a critical essay, takes its themes from the paintings of the French surrealist, constructing a dream-like narrative suffused with eroticism, playfulness, and subversion.

Book Captive  A Dark Romance Collection  Volume 2

Download or read book Captive A Dark Romance Collection Volume 2 written by Julia Sykes and published by Julia Sykes. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes three books in the Captive Series: Stolen Innocence (prequel), Stealing Beauty, and Pretty Hostage! Stolen Innocence I was sold like property on the day of my father’s funeral. I’d thought his death would set me free, but I’d never truly understood what it meant to have all my freedoms stripped away. Until that day, I’d been living in a child’s fantasy. Then my brother sells me to Vicente Rodríguez, a ruthless drug lord. My only reprieve from my hellish reality is in the strained companionship I share with his son, Adrián. Sometimes, I think he hates me. He can be cold and cruel, his burning green eyes glowering when he looks at me. But the longer I’m trapped in his home, the more heated those looks become, and not just with hatred. They make something burn within me, too. My innocence is no longer mine to give, but Adrián might be the first one to claim it for himself. Stealing Beauty Valentina hates me. That doesn't stop me from kidnapping her, stealing her away for myself. She was brought into my home when we were teenagers, sold to my father to pay a debt. She became the only light in my dark criminal underworld, and I couldn't help loving her. Now, ten years have separated us, and I've established my reputation as the most notorious, ruthless drug lord on the west coast. I don't care if she's grown to hate me. I'm finally powerful enough to claim Valentina for myself, and no one can stop me. A decade hasn't dulled my obsessive need for her. I'll kill anyone who tries to take her from me. Valentina was always meant to be mine. Nothing will stop me from possessing her, body and soul. Pretty Hostage "She's yours now." With those three words, my boss gives me a gift: permission to kidnap and keep the woman I've wanted for years. Ever since we were teenagers, I've denied my desire for Sofia. Despite her father's involvement in running our cocaine empire, Caesar Hernández has carefully sheltered her from the brutal realities of our world. She's always been far too innocent and pure for me to drag her out of her charmed life and into my depravities. But Caesar chose to betray my ruthless boss. He'll have to prove his loyalty once again if he doesn't want any harm to come to his beloved daughter. I have her now, and he's well aware of my darker tendencies. I tried to save her from this, but I can't fight my savage nature when Sofia is in my home and under my command. I'll do whatever it takes to keep my pretty hostage. If anyone tries to steal her from me, I'll start a war to protect my most precious possession. Sofia is mine, and I'll never let her go.

Book Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles

Download or read book Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles written by Clifford Warwick and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs. The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed. In addition to greatly revised original content are nine new chapters offering readers novel insight into: • sensory systems • social behaviour • brain and cognition • controlled deprivation and enrichment • effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare • spatial and thermal factors• evidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity • record keeping as an aid to captive care • arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptions The authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare and behavioural studies will benefit from this updated work.

Book The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research

Download or read book The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research written by Robert P. Marini and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research is the first text dedicated exclusively to this species,filling an urgent need for an encyclopedic compilation of the existing information. Sponsored by the AmericanCollege of Laboratory Animal Medicine as part of its authoritative Blue Book series, the book covers the biology,management, diseases, and clinical and research applications of this important species. The common marmoset(Callithrix jacchus) has come of age in the scientific community as a behaviorally complex, cognitively advanced,small, prolific, and easily maintained nonhuman primate with many of the advantages of larger animals, such asmacaques, but without the attendant physical and zoonotic risks. Marmosets are currently being used in diverse areas of inquiry, including vision and auditory research, infectious disease, cognitive neuroscience, behavior, reproductive biology, toxicology and drug development, and aging. Themarmoset genome has been sequenced and there is currently an intensive effort to apply gene editing technologies to the species. The creation of transgenic marmosets will provide researchers with a small nonhuman primatemodel to study a number of poorly understood disorders, like autism. - Presents a complete view of the marmoset, covering their biology and management, diseases and clinical applications, and research applications - Includes contributions from renowned and international authors and editors - Provides the first authoritative and comprehensive treatment of marmosets in biomedical research as part of the ACLAM Series

Book Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum

Download or read book Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum written by British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Domestic Captivity and the British Subject  1660 1750

Download or read book Domestic Captivity and the British Subject 1660 1750 written by Catherine Ingrassia and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. This work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.

Book Health and Disease in Free Ranging and Captive Wildlife

Download or read book Health and Disease in Free Ranging and Captive Wildlife written by Robert James Ossiboff and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: