![]() ![]() Besides dry matter (DM), protein, ether extract (EE), calcium (Ca), and potassium (K) were higher in the ewe milk from the C group compared with the G group (P 0.05). At 60 days of age, the lambs were orchidectomized to collect their testes for macroscopy, histological, neutron activation, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. The animals were weighed from birth to 60 days of age, at fortnightly intervals. ![]() All lambs were offspring of Santa Inês ewes, fed on ration either with or without cottonseed during mating, gestation, and lactation, thus forming two treatments: control group (C) without cottonseed and treatment group with cottonseed (G). Eighteen lambs were used with an average LW at birth of 4 ± 1.0 kg. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ewe diet, with and without cottonseed (gossypol), on the testicular development of lambs from birth to weaning through the assessment of lamb live weight (LW), macro and histological morphology of testes, and mass fraction of chemical elements by neutron activation analysis (NAA) and microprobe X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, as well as the multielement distribution map in the testes. In mammals, part of the offspring phenotype is influenced by dam nutrition. ![]() The use of cotton co-products in animal feed is restricted by the presence of gossypol, which is a toxic and highly reactive molecule of complex minerals. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The very basic story is this: Laurence, scion of a wealthy and important family of the time, is sent away to school for his childhood and teen years, so that he "might become robust and manly, and haply learn to seem that which I could never be." He had been born an intersexed person (hence the title), then "baptized.with a masculine name" since his parents had decided to "invest" him with "the dignity and insignia of manhood." Throughout his school years, he rarely saw his parents when he did, they were "cold and reserved" so that unlike most kids, he would rather have been at school than at home. Now, having said that, I do think that it's an important book on many levels, considering when it was written and what was going on in the life of the author at the time. As a casual sort of reader, it was really all I could do to stay focused on this book at times, and toward the end it became even more difficult for me, even as it gained in intensity. ![]() Writing about this novel is not an easy thing to do, but I'll start by saying this: story very good, writing felt sloggy past the midpoint, difficult to understand sometimes but overall, very much worth the effort. (note: original is an unpublished manuscript, 1840s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.īefore marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. ![]() She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A smart lesson in thinking outside the box (or the square). Hall's (My Heart Is Like a Zoo) compositions never seem arbitrary or labored each (a park, bridge, mountain, etc.) delivers a smile as readers see how the new collages use the fragments. It wasn't perfectly square anymore." After a page turn, what looks like an act of destruction is transformed into a fresh image: "So it made itself into a fountain that babbled and giggled and clapped." Strips from the square, cut on the diagonal, become a many-tiered fountain, while punched dots become water bubbles. ![]() On Monday, "the square was cut into pieces and poked full of holes. Design decisions are strong and simple text appears in white, while the background colors (which progress through the spectrum) echo the compositions on the facing pages. In a series of paired spreads, the paper square is cut or torn or otherwise rendered into many pieces, after which it reforms itself into new and delightful things. A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal. A paper square ("It had four matching corners and four equal sides") embraces new possibilities in this deceptively simple work. Perfect Square Michael Hall, Michael Hall. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the Shadows is his debut crime novel. Meanwhile, Inverness-based social worker Michael Bach is worried about one of his clients whose last correspondence was a single ambiguous text message Nichol Morgan has been missing for seven days.Īs Monica is faced with catching a murderer who has been meticulously watching and waiting, Michael keeps searching for Nichol, desperate to find him before the killer claims another victim.įrom the Shadows introduces DI Monica Kennedy, an unforgettable new series lead, perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves's Vera, Susie Steiner and Peter May. 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All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won't find it while World War II rages on. In 1942 Paris, architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money – and maybe get him killed. "A gripping page-turner.a riveting reminder of sacrifices made by history's most unlikely heroes." -Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We HideĪn extraordinary book about a gifted architect who reluctantly begins a secret life of resistance, devising ingenious hiding places for Jews in World War II Paris. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a really compelling read, particularly for a YA-novel. ![]() The main characters are a few people who get lucky with their last-minute Costco runs plus a prepper family that ended up semi-flaunting their preparedness to everyone else. ![]() The premise is that the drought in the west gets so bad that the northwestern states stop the flow of water to southern California, leaving millions of people waterless. My family never believed in doomsday type-situations, but we were always comfortable whenever we had power outages, tornados, heat waves, someone getting sent to the hospital, etc.ĭespite the focus of my preps, I've still always been fascinated with doomsday / SHTF scenarios and have consumed a lot of the media around them and at least pondered a little what might happen. I've lurked around here off and on for years as I was raised to be a low-key prepper. ![]() ![]() Her book Modern Painters, Old Masters: The Art of Imitation from the Pre-Raphaelites to the First World War (2017) argues that Victorian artists were, paradoxically, at their most original when they imitated the Old Masters most faithfully. ![]() Her work on the critical fortunes of Victorian art has led to a more general interest in taste and aesthetics, explored in her books Beauty and Art 1750-2000 (2005) and The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso (2012). Her books on the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic Movement assessed the achievements of Victorian artists and placed them in relation to European Modernism. Liz’s research early in her career was motivated by curiosity about the low status of British (especially Victorian) art in academic art history. ![]() ![]() Al-Jahiz transformed the world 50 years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of Djinn Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. 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Author Brandon Sanderson, whose works include Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, Skyward, and much more, has just posted his latest weekly update to his YouTube channel…and it’s a big one.Īside from finishing Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Timeafter Jordan passed away in 2007, Sanderson is perhaps best known for his own series of massively epic tomes, The Stormlight Archive, which tell the story of a fierce war between the Knights Radiant and the Parshendi in the world of Roshar. Beginning with The Way of Kings in 2010, these books have been pushing the bounds of what’s possible in a fantasy series, and Sanderson shows no signs of slowing down. ![]() |