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Jonas Maust was born 10 December 1830 in Keim, Pennsylvania. He was a descendant of Jacob Maust who immigrated to America from Switzerland 8 October 1737 and settled near the present town of Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Jonas married Barbara Miller ca. 1857 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Moses Miller and Catherine Friday. Jonas and Barbara lived in Pennsylvania and were the parents of thirteen children. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Maryland and elsewhere.
Many field ornithologists record where and when they identify species of birds, especially when they encounter a species out of its normal range or for the first time. Until now, however, a checklist based on the Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe classification has not been available. In this book, Burt L. Monroe, Jr., and Charles G. Sibley provide a list of 9,702 living avian species based on their 1990 book Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World and its 1993 Supplement.
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Tabus befinden sich im ständigen Wandel und die zu bestimmten Zeiten geltenden Tabuzonen verschieben sich ständig. Dieser Band versammelt Beiträge, in denen diverse, sowohl typisch schweizerische als auch allgemeingültige Tabuzonen und Tabubrüche angesprochen werden, wobei es sich ebenso um literarische wie auch geschichtlich-politische, geschlechtliche, sittliche und religiöse oder künstlerisch-gesellschaftliche Tabus handelt, wie sie in verschiedenen Werken der Deutschschweizer Literatur zur Sprache gebracht wurden. Damit wird aufgezeigt, dass vor allem die Kunst den Mut und die subversive Kraft hat, die geltenden Tabus kritisch zu hinterfragen und durch die Inszenierung von TabubrÃ...
Finding Australian Birds is a guide to the special birds found across Australia's vastly varied landscapes. From the eastern rainforests to central deserts, Australia is home to some 900 species of birds. This book covers over 400 Australian bird watching sites conveniently grouped into the best birding areas, from one end of the country to the other. This includes areas such as Kakadu in the Top End and rocky gorges in the central deserts of the Northern Territory, the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, rainforests distributed along the eastern Australian seaboard, some of the world's tallest forests in Tasmania, the Flinders Ranges and deserts along the iconic Strzelecki and Birdsville Trac...
Natural products play an integral and ongoing role in promoting numerous aspects of scientific advancement, and many aspects of basic research programs are intimately related to natural products. The significance, therefore, of the Studies in Natural Product Chemistry series, edited by Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, cannot be overestimated. This volume, in accordance with previous volumes, presents us with cutting-edge contributions of great importance.