Drummond Hugh (66 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. This book is inscribed by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is missing. The covers are clean with light shelf wear. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. A good solid copy. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING. Hugh Drummond Fulcher (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: LikeNew. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. God, the Universe, & You! Second Edition: Can we understand God. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear. . . . .

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 37, pp. 806-819, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardback. Condition: Like New. In Blue-Footed Boobies, Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed booby colony where social manipulation and life-and-death dramas are the stuff of family life. Here, dominant elder chicks prefer to bully their siblings into abject submission rather than killing them and younger siblings' susceptibility to subordination is an evolved ability. The narrative expands to survey the colorful strategies used by young birds and mammals to compete with siblings ruthlessly, with restraint or with courtly manners, scrutinize the role of parents in sibling conflict, and assess the lifetime impacts of bullying on those that survive.Next, a compelling eye-witness account of monogamous partnerships in blue-foots reveals a world disturbingly familiar to humans. After displaying their beauty and physical prowess to each other, females and males select partners and commit to months of relentless parental care, sharing duties and making decisions jointly. Half of them renew their bond the following year, and renewers are more efficient and successful than first-time partners. But colonies of bonded blue-foot pairs are hotbeds of infidelity! Nearly all females and males carry on semi-secret liaisons with 1-3 neighbors, roughly one third of them copulate repeatedly with those extra partners, and one in ten males ends up caring for another male's chick. Countermeasures include surveillance, aggression and partner-switching, and males unsure of paternity sometimes resort to infanticide. Drummond discusses a panoply of plausible biological functions of infidelity.Sibling competition and sexual conflict are widespread in animal species in which two partners raise contemporaneous offspring together, and notorious in humans. In the final chapter Drummond argues for a common evolutionary cause in the blue-foot and human lineages, despite the psychology of their behavior being quite different: whereas boobies thoughtlessly follow routines of predictable actions, humans experience inclinations and urges they can implement in diverse ways, or choose to veto.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine in original wrappers. This later reprint measures 4.75" x 6.75".

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine in original wrappers. This later reprint measures 4.75" x 6.75".

Hardback. Condition: Like New. In Blue-Footed Boobies, Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed booby colony where social manipulation and life-and-death dramas are the stuff of family life. Here, dominant elder chicks prefer to bully their siblings into abject submission rather than killing them and younger siblings' susceptibility to subordination is an evolved ability. The narrative expands to survey the colorful strategies used by young birds and mammals to compete with siblings ruthlessly, with restraint or with courtly manners, scrutinize the role of parents in sibling conflict, and assess the lifetime impacts of bullying on those that survive.Next, a compelling eye-witness account of monogamous partnerships in blue-foots reveals a world disturbingly familiar to humans. After displaying their beauty and physical prowess to each other, females and males select partners and commit to months of relentless parental care, sharing duties and making decisions jointly. Half of them renew their bond the following year, and renewers are more efficient and successful than first-time partners. But colonies of bonded blue-foot pairs are hotbeds of infidelity! Nearly all females and males carry on semi-secret liaisons with 1-3 neighbors, roughly one third of them copulate repeatedly with those extra partners, and one in ten males ends up caring for another male's chick. Countermeasures include surveillance, aggression and partner-switching, and males unsure of paternity sometimes resort to infanticide. Drummond discusses a panoply of plausible biological functions of infidelity.Sibling competition and sexual conflict are widespread in animal species in which two partners raise contemporaneous offspring together, and notorious in humans. In the final chapter Drummond argues for a common evolutionary cause in the blue-foot and human lineages, despite the psychology of their behavior being quite different: whereas boobies thoughtlessly follow routines of predictable actions, humans experience inclinations and urges they can implement in diverse ways, or choose to veto.…

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. One Bipolar Cure!: 28 Years Without an Episode. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Philosophy of Healing and Spirituality: A Mind Adventure. Book.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The cover has some minor surface wear. Articles include - WHERE THE BOYS ARE BY BARBARA EHRENREICH, THAT'S INFOTAINMENT BY JAMES HYNES, THE SOUNDS OF SOMINEX BY DERK RICHARDSON, SHOW DOWN AT GROUND ZERO BY FRANK CLANCY, TAKE TWO ECHOCARDIOGRAMS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING BY HUGH DRUMMOND, PULL THE PUG BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN, THE FOREST FOR THE TREES BY KIRKPATRICK SALE, WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE BY PAUL RAUBER. Kashi, Ed (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Shelf wear to dust jacket, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 94 pp. : illustrations, mostly in color ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0856850543; 9780856850547 ; OCLC: 2163728 ; Dewey: 635.933 ; "This material first published . in The Encyclopedia of gardening and 150 of the world's most beautiful roses." ; "This edition not to be sold in the United States of America, Canada, or the Philippines [!]" ; red cloth with gold lettering ; red endpapers ; interesting lists of preferred hybrid teas, floribundas, climbers, ramblers, and old shrub roses suitable for English gardens, the names of whose roses are not often seen, with details of growth and care ; VG. Book.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.