Best Selling Books by David Hancock

"This is the first published comprehensive account of Zambia's butterfly fauna, following over one hundred years of collecting activity" INTRO.

With 500 brand new entries, over 2000 pubs in England, Scotland and Wales have been selected anonymously for this popular and up-to-date guide. The emphasis in the descriptions is on the food and ambience and a quick reference list details those pubs with an AA Rosette award. Pubs serving good fish and seafood are highlighted, as are those with AA appointed accommodation. Plus, Pick of the Pubs tells you more about some really special places, with a longer description and a highlighted entry.

Food insecurity affects 16 percent of the population in northern Ghana, making food security a major focus for many of the development programs in the country. A major initiative to overcome food insecurity may involve the development of effective storage systems to help farmers control the flow of their production to markets and, thus, have higher control over the price they receive. While the poor storage infrastructure in the region is known, there is lack of knowledge about the factors motivating farmers to utilize storage in spite of these conditions. The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about storage behavior of smallholder maize farmers in northern Ghana. A review of the literature indicates credit plays a large role in storage behavior. The purpose of this thesis is to bridge the gap between literature on storage as a bank, and on storage as a way to ensure food security. Specific objectives include: i) estimating formal and informal credit's effects on storage behavior of smallholder maize growers, and ii) examining the effect of credit at various levels of storage. This analysis is based on data collected on 527 farmers in Ghana's four northernmost regions obtained from an agricultural production survey conducted in 2013 and 2014 by USAID-METSS - a project funded by the Economic Growth Office of the USAID mission in Ghana. Ordinary Least Squares modeling was employed to determine the marginal effects of formal and informal credit on storage. Additionally, quantile regression modeling estimated the marginal effects at different levels of storage, including the median. The results indicate that formal credit and on-farm storage had statistically significant negative effects on maize storage at both the mean and median, but only farm output proved to be statistically significant at different levels across the storage distribution. On-farm storage had a statistically significant negative effect on storage when compared to storing off-farm at facilities like local store rooms. Carryover storage from the previous year tested to have statistically significant negative effects on storage. Under the conceptual framework utilized for this study, the results suggest that using formal credit increases a household's food security.

This research topic pertains to an evaluation of computer generated three dimensional images and animations of crime scenes. Included is a brief history of producing maps, plans, presentations at courts, evaluation of varying software, appropriate hardware, actual cases in which computer three dimensional graphics and three dimensional animation reconstructions were used and a legal evaluation. Additionally a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of computer animation in court presentation. A brief description of the methods of obtaining the basic measurements for input into any three dimensional graphic and three dimensional animation is critical for a true representation. Matters requiring accurate critical analysis of persons and objects located in time and space, such as bullet trajectory, witness line of sight for witnesses and blood spatter, must be based on accurate measurements.

Typescript, undated. Unmarked typescript for a one-act one-man play. Used for the production that opened June 10, 1998, at a gallery next door to Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. The gallery has been made to resemble a flea market similar to those that are plentiful on this part of First Avenue. The actor plays the operator of the flea market and tells stories about items for sale. Most of the items are old and have been inherited from his foster father. The operator takes medication for a mental conditon which make him slightly frightening.