Download or read book The Adamant written by Mary Ruefle and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers of a meeting of the Environmental Physiology Commission of the Intl. Union of Physiological Sciences held in Jerusalem, Aug. 1984. The work provides comprehensive, up-to-date reviews and ideas of the many regulatory mechanisms which help to preserve the intricate and delicate state of homeostasis allowing an animal to cope with a stressful environment. Ruefle's third volume of poetry is cowinner of the 1988 Iowa Poetry Prize. Cloth edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR