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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Queer Studies and Communication offers an up-to-date collection of essays written by leading academics from regions around the world, revisiting established vocabularies and perspectives, introducing emergent research areas, and attending to queer communicative phenomena beyond English-speaking and Western contexts The articles spotlight further readings that will complement and guide readers interested in deepening their understandings of the issues.

A new and updated edition of the classic reference to animal and wildlife anesthesia Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia, Third Edition offers a thoroughly updated edition of this comprehensive reference to anesthetic techniques in captive and free-ranging wild species. Featuring 57 species-specific chapters covering animals both common and uncommon, the book includes both the basic principles of capturing, anesthetizing, and monitoring these animals and species-specific considerations. All chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect new information and references. The definitive reference for delivering anesthesia to zoo and wild animals, the book presents the gold standard for all aspects of anesthesia in a variety of settings. This Third Edition: Offers a fully updated new edition of the gold-standard reference to immobilization and anesthesia in captive and free-ranging wildlifePresents 57 species-specific chapters covering all aspects of anesthetizing zoo and wild animals, ranging from commonly treated animals to rare speciesFocuses on providing exceptional health care to wild and zoo animalsFully updated throughout to present new information, advances, and referencesFeatures full color photographs to demonstrate the concepts discussedZoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia is an essential guide for zoo and wildlife practitioners, veterinary professionals, and veterinary students, as well as wildlife or conservation biologists.

This illustrated account of all aspects of the music of ancient Greece includes actual transcriptions of the surviving examples of ancient music, complete with musical analysis, and covers a whole range of topics - from the place of music in Greek life to instruments; scales; and ancient theories of music.

Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly become aware of links connecting early Greek poetry with the literatures of the ancient Near East. Martin West's book far surpasses previous studies in comprehensiveness, demonstrating these links with massive and detailed documentation and showing they are much more fundamental and pervasive than has hitherto been acknowledged.