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Kornél Esti
Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, The Adventures of Kornel Esti sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked doppleganger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later. Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all brilliance, Kosztolanyi in his final book serves up his most magical, radical, and intoxicating work. Here is a novel which inquires: What if your id (loyally keeping your name) decides to strike out on its own, cuts a disreputable swath through the world, and then sends home to you all its unpaid bills and ruined maidens? And then: What if you and your alter ego decide to write a book together?
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Transylvanians in the Humber
The conditions surrounding the visit of Prince Ferenc II Rakoczi of Transylvania to Hull are discussed. The Prince and his party left in furtive manner by sea from Danzig. Passage was taken on the 'St George', an English merchant vessel. The chaotic departure and stormy voyage up the pirate infested Baltic are described in vivid detail in 'Confessio Peccatoris', as is the eventual landfall in England on 8 December 1712.
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Ivor Porter: diplomat and SOE operative who worked to liberate Romania from Nazi Germany
Obituary of British diplomat and author Ivor Porter. Born in 1913, he tried to help restore freedom to Romania during and after World War 2 as part of the Special Operations Executive.
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Diana Lamplugh
Obituary of British campaigner Diana Lamplugh. Born Diana Howell in 1936, she was the mother of the estate agent Suzy Lamplugh who disappeared in 1986; in response, Diana set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which sought to find ways of increasing personal safety, and she also wrote about healthy eating and stress.
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Frank McCourt
Obituary of American writer Frank McCourt. Born in 1930, he was a late-flowering author whose 1996 book about his Irish Catholic childhood, \"Angela's Ashes\", began the genre of \"misery memoirs\".
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Characterising a species-rich and understudied tropical insect fauna using DNA barcoding
West Africa has high biodiversity that is relatively understudied, especially for insects. Studies of West African arthropod diversity can therefore help address important questions regarding conservation, ecosystem services, and insecticide use and other species-control interventions in agriculture and disease management. We intensively sampled arthropods in Ghana using complementary trapping methods, generated DNA barcodes, and classified sequences by Barcode Index Numbers (BINs, a species proxy). Using this dataset, we investigate assemblage composition, temporal activity patterns, and the state of regional biodiversity sampling.
Sequencing DNA from 95,996 individuals captured using Malaise, yellow pan, pitfall, Heath and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) traps, we identified 10,120 unique BINs. The rate of species accumulation did not approach an asymptote for any taxonomic group or trap type, indicating high biodiversity. The different trap types sampled different subsets of the local community, with greatest similarity between yellow pan and pitfall traps. More insects and species (BINs) were trapped during the day than at night. Our dataset shared more BINs in the Barcode of Life Database with South Africa than with any other country, although this predominantly reflects the limited sampling and DNA sequencing campaigns in Africa.
This study more than doubles the published BINs for West Africa, offering insights into the biodiversity of an ecologically important but understudied taxon and region. Using multiple trap types allowed a more complete assessment of the local arthropod assemblage. The public release of these data will support and stimulate further taxonomic and ecological work in the region.
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