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Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Butterfly Delight

Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Butterfly Delight

Peter Marren

University of Chicago Press
2016
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Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply personal, written with both wisdom and wit, Peter Marren's Rainbow Dust explores this idea of butterflies--the why behind the mysterious power of these insects we do not flee, but rather chase. At the age of five, Marren had his "Nabokov Moment," catching his first butterfly and feeling the dust of its colored scales between his fingers. It was a moment that would launch a lifetime's fascination rivaling that of the famed novelist--a fascination that put both in good company. From the butterfly collecting and rearing craze that consumed North America and Europe for more than two hundred years (a hobby that in some cases bordered on madness), to the potent allure of butterfly iconography in contemporary advertisements and their use in spearheading calls to conserve and restore habitats (even though butterflies are essentially economically worthless), Marren unveils the many ways in which butterflies inspire us as objects of beauty and as symbols both transient and transcendent. Floating around the globe and through the whole gamut of human thought, from art and literature to religion and science, Rainbow Dust is a cultural history rather than merely a natural one, a tribute to butterflies' power to surprise, entertain, and obsess us. With a sway that far surpasses their fragile anatomy and gentle beat, butterfly wings draw us into the prismatic wonders of the natural world--and, in the words of Marren, these wonders take flight.
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Bugs Britannica

Bugs Britannica

Peter Marren

Chatto Windus
2010
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As with Flora and Birds, Bugs is not a biological guide but a richly-illustrated cultural one, seen through the eyes of writers, musicians, artists and naturalists - from the great Tudor naturalist, Thomas Muffet (father of Little Miss Muffet) to Irvine Welsh's talking tapeworm in Filth - as well as contributions by ordinary men and women who are fascinated by creepy-crawlies of all kinds. The book is structured along a roughly evolving path, from simple cell life-forms - amoeba, worms, crustaceans (proof, say the authors, of 'just how far you can go on very little') - to bugs we all might recognise - spiders, butterflies, bees - and back into the water to meet molluscs and 'almost-fish'... The book works so triumphantly because author Peter Marren has examined bugs in the dusty corners of our houses and gardens as well as traversing mountains, lakes and fields. In addition to the fascinating habits of the bug world, he also includes the eccentric behaviour of the bug obsessives themselves.But of course, the true heroes of the book are the bugs themselves: the nimble-dicks, clock ladies and coffin-cutters. From the Boring Sponge (its official name!) to the Mermaid's Glove and Penis Worm, via the glamourous Dark Crimson Underwing and Ruby-Tailed Wasp - this rich compendium of bugs is a must not only for naturalists but for anyone who cares about the crawling, buzzing swarms at our feet.
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Rare Plants

Rare Plants

Peter Marren

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2024
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A beautifully written and illustrated account of the threatened plant species that inhabit the British Isles.Britain and Ireland are home to around 300 species of rare flowering plants, and many more rare ferns, mosses, liverworts and freshwater algae. These are species at the cutting edge of biodiversity: fascinating, often beautiful, and in decline. Yet as some teeter on the brink, more rare species are still being discovered.In Rare Plants, prize-winning author Peter Marren describes the allure of Britain and Ireland’s vanishing wild flora, from the simple joy of plant hunting to the wonder and (sometimes) weirdness of the plants themselves, as well as their important place in our landscape and culture. He also explores the condition of rarity in the context of our changing world and climate: why do plants become rare, what threats do they face, and what opportunities do we have to protect them before it is too late? The book concludes with an overview of different conservation techniques. Using test cases such as Lady’s Slipper Orchid and Starved Wood-sedge, Peter asks: at what point does careful management becomes gardening? And how far are we are justified in intervening in the life of a wild species?Illustrated with around 300 colour images by some of Britain's best plant photographers, as well as boxed texts telling the fascinating stories of several key species, this is above all a celebration of rare plants and why they matter.
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Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Peter Marren

Bloomsbury Wildlife
2019
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Mushrooms, the first of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides a remarkable insight into the natural and human world of fungi.Peter Marren, in his inimitable, relaxed style, guides the reader through the extraordinary riches of this often overlooked group, from the amazing diversity of forms and lifestyles that populate the fungal landscape, to the pursuit of edible fungi for the pot, and the complexities of identification thrown up by our modern understanding of DNA. Throughout the book, the author tells a story rich in detail about how we have come to appreciate and, in some cases, fear the mushrooms and toadstools that are such an integral part of the changing seasons. Marren also provides a refreshingly candid view of our attempts to name species, the role of fungi in ecosystems, and our recent efforts to record and conserve them.
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After They're Gone

After They're Gone

Peter Marren

Hodder Stoughton
2022
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'Wise, challenging and offering some unexpected laughter in the dark, this is a rational and insightful account of the sixth great extinction event. Peter Marren is a brilliant writer and a national treasure.' PATRICK BARKHAM'Thoughtful, fascinating and very timely.' STEPHEN MOSS'Important and thought-provoking.' CAROLINE LUCAS, GREEN PARTY MP'Essential reading. Marren makes a page-turner out of Armageddon.' SIMON BARNES'In his characteristic style Peter Marren has humanised the story of wildlife losses with humour and wit but also with his enormous knowledge and deep love for the living world.' MARK COCKERWe are in the midst of an extinction event: the sixth mass extinction on earth and one entirely caused by mankind. All species become extinct sooner or later, but we have accelerated that natural process several hundredfold and now, it is happening right in front of our eyes. Extinction has a terrifying finality to it. And many species have already been lost to us forever; there is little we can do about that.What we can do, however, is reflect, remember, and ultimately acknowledge the unvarnished truth. We must see the natural world as it is, and not as we might want it to be. Our trajectory is one that has benefited one species alone - humankind. For all other beings, from mammals to fish, from birds to insects and coral, from plants to lichens and fungi, the future, for better or worse, is in our hands.
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After They're Gone

After They're Gone

Peter Marren

Hodder Studio
2026
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'Wise, challenging and offering some unexpected laughter in the dark, this is a rational and insightful account of the sixth great extinction event. Peter Marren is a brilliant writer and a national treasure.' PATRICK BARKHAM 'Thoughtful, fascinating and very timely.' STEPHEN MOSS 'Important and thought-provoking.' CAROLINE LUCAS, GREEN PARTY MP 'Essential reading. Marren makes a page-turner out of Armageddon.' SIMON BARNES 'In his characteristic style Peter Marren has humanised the story of wildlife losses with humour and wit but also with his enormous knowledge and deep love for the living world.' MARK COCKER We are in the midst of an extinction event: the sixth mass extinction on earth and one entirely caused by mankind. All species become extinct sooner or later, but we have accelerated that natural process several hundredfold and now, it is happening right in front of our eyes. Extinction has a terrifying finality to it. And many species have already been lost to us forever; there is little we can do about that. What we can do, however, is reflect, remember, and ultimately acknowledge the unvarnished truth. We must see the natural world as it is, and not as we might want it to be. Our trajectory is one that has benefited one species alone - humankind. For all other beings, from mammals to fish, from birds to insects and coral, from plants to lichens and fungi, the future, for better or worse, is in our hands.
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Rainbow Dust

Rainbow Dust

Peter Marren

Vintage Publishing
2016
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Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike.
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Chasing the Ghost

Chasing the Ghost

Peter Marren

Vintage
2019
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**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018**Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain.The mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness among rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale and ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor and are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. Peter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. This expert and emotional journey takes Peter the length and the breadth of the British Isles, from the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherland. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist and rain, and walks several hundred miles, but does he manage to find them all? Partly about plants, partly autobiography, Chasing the Ghost is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us and enjoy what we see. Praise for Chasing the Ghost:‘Peter Marren is the unsung hero of Britain’s nature writers’ Stephen Moss, author of Dynasties‘Jolly, quixotic and ends with real poignancy’ Guardian ‘A poignant reminder to us all to engage with the wild flowers that grow around us’ i Newspaper
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Battles of the Dark Ages

Battles of the Dark Ages

Peter Marren

Pen Sword Military
2009
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Britain was a place of conflict in the Dark Ages, between the departure of the Romans and the Norman Conquest. Clashes of allegiance, competition for territory and resources, and intense rivalries among the warlords and kings gave rise to frequent outbreaks of fighting. This was the time of legendary military leaders, like Arthur, Alfred and Canute, and of literally hundreds of battles. In this fascinating book, Peter Marren investigates this confused era of warfare, looks for the reality behind the myths, and uses the techniques of modern scholarship to show how battles were fought in that brutal age, where they were fought, and why.
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The Devil’s Garden

The Devil’s Garden

Peter Marren

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2026
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“Peter Marren is a master storyteller and gifted with an inimitable gallows humour. He was destined to write The Devil’s Garden.” Richard Mabey A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours. Some plants and fungi – those we cultivate in farms, gardens and allotments – are pretty, useful or edible. Others are more troublesome: poisonous, or with painful stings, sinister looks or foul smells. In the medieval mind, these would be the flowers of the devil, planted on earth to torment humankind. The infamous death cap mushroom, innocent-looking but lethal. The monstrous corpse flower, with a stench to match its name. The mandrake, said to scream if uprooted. In this deeply insightful and unflinching read, naturalist and conservationist Peter Marren explores the world’s ‘worst’ plants and fungi and the ways they maim, murder and make mischief to get by. These species have rich histories, steeped in folklore and superstition, but there are also biological reasons behind why they are the way they are. Step into the devil’s garden and discover their stories, amusing as they are unexpected and gripping as they are horrifying.
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The Consolation of Nature

The Consolation of Nature

Michael McCarthy; Jeremy Mynott; Peter Marren

Hodder Studio
2020
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ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST NATURE BOOKS OF 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY & WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP LITERARY PRIZE'Lovely: full of fascinating detail and anecdote, but the undertow of the virus moving in real time beneath its sunlit surface gives it a unique emotional heft.'-The Times'A literary window into the wonderful wild world during lockdown... a charming book.'-Daily Mail'An entrancing testament to nature's power to restore us to ourselves.'-Ruth PadelNature took on a new importance for many people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of light, growth, rebirth and renewal.Three writers, close friends but living in widely separated, contrasting parts of the country, resolved to record their experiences of this extraordinary spring in intimate detail, to share with others their sense of the wonder, inspiration and delight the natural world can offer.The Consolation of Nature is the story of what they discovered by literally walking out from their front doors.
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The Authoritarian Interlude

The Authoritarian Interlude

Peter Marden

Ashgate Publishing Limited
2015
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What do we value as a political virtue? What are the core values of democracy in the modern era? What is a democratic culture and can it coexist with a predatory capitalist corporatism? Is democracy just about human rights? What is the nature of public dissent? These are some of the questions posed in this book as Peter Marden extends debates on democracy by critically examining the key role of values often associated with neo-liberalism and the traditions of thought concerning public conceptions of democratic life. Within the volume various normative arguments from prominent political theorists are addressed, particularly those associated with deliberative approaches to the study of contemporary democracy. Marden is motivated by an interest in the language and spirit of democracy as a values-based culture not solely driven by technocratic devices but a genuine reframing of the values necessary to underpin any peculiar democratic practice. Throughout the book examples are taken from the Australian, United Kingdom, and United States democratic experience post-9/11 to explore the dimensions of democratic culture, the nuanced tensions between the individual as an autonomous reflective subject and conceptions of the common good.
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Optimierung von Kernenergiekraftwerken

Optimierung von Kernenergiekraftwerken

Peter Heinrich Erwin Margen

Vieweg+teubner Verlag
1962
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Die Wirtschaftlichkeit von Kernenergiekraftanlagen wird verbessert durch die Entwicklung fortschrittlicherer Reaktorsysteme, durch die Entwicklung besserer W erkstoffe, die die Ausnutzungsmoglichkeiten vorhandener Reaktorsysteme verbessern, und nicht zuletzt dadurch, daB man-bei gegebenem Reaktorsystem und gegebenen Werkstoffen-die beste Kombination der - fUr jedes System vorhandenen - unabhangigen EntwurfsgroBen auswahlt. Mit dieser letzten Aufgabe beschaftigt sich die vorliegende Schrift. Die meisten Reaktortypen haben zehn oder mehr unabhangige Verander liche - Abmessungen, Kiihl-und Arbeitsmittelgeschwindigkeiten, Tem peraturen usw. -, die willkiirlich in sehr weiten Grenzen variiert werden konnen, und dabei immer noch einen Reaktor und eine zugehorige Kraft anlage ergeben, die durchaus betriebsfahig ist. Aber nur eine Kombination dieser Entwurfsveranderlichen ergibt die Anlage mit den kleinsten Strom erzeugungskosten. Wollte man diese Kombination ermitteln, indem man fUr jede der zehn unabhangigen Veranderlichen etwa vier W erte vorgibt und dann alle Kombinationen durchrechnet, so waren 410 R:: i 106 Entwiirfe auszufiihren und in bezug auf ihre Kosten zu vergleichen - eine praktisch undurch fiihrbare Aufgabe, selbst bei Zuhilfenahme von Rechenautomaten. Man muB also geeignetere Berechnungsmethoden zur Erreichung dieses Zieles anwenden. Die in dieser Schrift beschriebenen Methoden gestatten es einem einzelnen Konstrukteur - mit Unterstiitzung durch einen Phy siker - eine Optimierung der Hauptveranderlichen einer Kernenergie kraftanlage in einer verhaltnismaBig kurzen Zeit durchzufiihren, auch ohne Hilfe von Rechenautomaten. Die angegebenen Optimierungsverfahren sind allgemein auf alle Typen heterogener thermischer Reaktoren anwendbar; die Mehrzahl der Abbil dungen und das gebrachte Entwurfsbeispiel beziehen sich dagegen auf einen speziellen Typ, eine 250-MW-Kernenergiekraftanlage mit einem schwerwassermoderierten, gasgekiihlten Hochtemperaturreaktor."
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Maren und Jonas

Maren und Jonas

Peter Siefermann

Books on Demand
2023
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Da sind zum einen der See mit seinem Panorama- und Wilde Seite-Rundweg, zum anderen zwei Menschen, die sich auf diesem Weg begegnen. Aus dem einen oder anderen Grund nicht unbedingt gewollt, aber letzten Endes doch unvermeidlich. Zwei Personen, eine Frau und ein Mann, die vom Schicksal gebeutelt sind und den Zenit des Lebens bereits berschritten haben. Ein Maler, der nicht mehr malt, und eine Lehrerin, die nicht mehr unterrichtet. Irgendwo dort drau en in einem Dorf an einem See.
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The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

John Marenbon

Cambridge University Press
1997
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This 1997 book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079–1142) which argues that he was not, as usually presented, a predominantly critical thinker but a constructive one. By way of evidence the author offers analyses of frequently discussed topics in Abelard's philosophy, and examines other areas such as the nature of substances and accidents, cognition, the definition of 'good' and 'evil', virtues and merit, and practical ethics in detail. Part I discusses Abelard's life and works, and considers problems of chronology and canon (including the question of the authenticity of the correspondence with Heloise). Part II analyses Abelard's ontology, epistemology and semantics, showing how he tried to reconstruct the ideas he had learned from Aristotle, Porphyry and Boethius to fit his presumption that there is nothing which is not a particular. Part III analyses Abelard's ethical theory, showing that it is far wider and more sophisticated than has been believed.
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The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

John Marenbon

Cambridge University Press
1999
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This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079–1142) which argues that he was not, as usually presented, a predominantly critical thinker but a constructive one. By way of evidence the author offers new analyses of frequently discussed topics in Abelard's philosophy, and examines other areas such as the nature of substances and accidents, cognition, the definition of 'good' and 'evil', virtues and merit, and practical ethics in deatil for the first time. Part I discusses Abelard's life and works, and considers problems of chronology and canon (including the question of the authenticity of the correspondence with Heloise). Part II analyses Abelard's ontology, epistemology and semantics, showing how he tried to reconstruct the ideas he had learned from Aristotle, Porphyry and Boethius to fit his presumption that there is nothing which is not a particular. Part III analyses Abelard's ethical theory, showing that it is far wider and more sophisticated than has been believed.
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Die Regesten der Archive im Markgrafthume Mähren, und Anton Boczek's Berichte über die Forschungen in diesem Lande

Die Regesten der Archive im Markgrafthume Mähren, und Anton Boczek's Berichte über die Forschungen in diesem Lande

Peter Chlumecky

Anatiposi Verlag
2023
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Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1856. Der Verlag Anatiposi gibt historische B cher als Nachdruck heraus. Aufgrund ihres Alters k nnen diese B cher fehlende Seiten oder mindere Qualit t aufweisen. Unser Ziel ist es, diese B cher zu erhalten und der ffentlichkeit zug nglich zu machen, damit sie nicht verloren gehen.
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Die Regesten der Archive im Markgrafthume Mähren, und Anton Boczek's Berichte über die Forschungen in diesem Lande

Die Regesten der Archive im Markgrafthume Mähren, und Anton Boczek's Berichte über die Forschungen in diesem Lande

Peter Chlumecky

Anatiposi Verlag
2023
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Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1856. Der Verlag Anatiposi gibt historische B cher als Nachdruck heraus. Aufgrund ihres Alters k nnen diese B cher fehlende Seiten oder mindere Qualit t aufweisen. Unser Ziel ist es, diese B cher zu erhalten und der ffentlichkeit zug nglich zu machen, damit sie nicht verloren gehen.
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