This is an easy-to-read comprehensive book on birds covering all aspects of bird behavior including the number of bird species, endemic bird species, the classification of birds, extinct birds, eating and drinking, feathers and plumage, grooming and preening, eyesight, hearing, sense of smell, bills and beaks, feet, types of vocalization, non-vocal communication, types of flight, hunting techniques, courtship and mating, territories, nesting, migration, intelligence and learning, collective nouns for groups of birds of the same species, answers to commonly asked questions about birds (commonest, fastest, heaviest and so on), a section on who was that bird named after, and a final section on some intriguing bird names like the Kagu and the Melancholy Woodpecker. It is also the first bird book to show links between birds and paintings by Velasquez and Constable, Bob Dylan, TS Eliot, Shelley and even Lamborghini sports cars. Illustrated with over 300 color photographs, this bird book tells you everything you wanted to know about these miraculous creatures

This is an essential guide to the data, basic science, outcome studies and decision-making processes involved in blood and marrow stem cell transplantation. Organized according to disease types and procedures, it contains more than 100 tables, figures and algorithms that reflect up-to-date research and give guidance on the choices between different types of chemotherapy, autologous vs. allogeneic transplantation, peripheral blood vs. bone marrow stem cells, and standard vs. experimental treatments. This new edition summarizes the research of the last four years and gives mature data for all established indications, such as acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. New chapters discuss global trends in stem cell transplantation, cellular therapies including donor lymphocytes, and pediatric neurologic and metabolic disorders. With an expanded complications section, links to electronic databases and discussion of new drugs and alternative stem cell sources, this text belongs in every transplant unit.