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Introductory Problem Courses in Analysis and Topology - Paperback

$89.08

by E. E. Moise (Author) Number of Pages: 94 Dimensions: 0.22 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: May 05, 1982

$145.78

by Benson Farb (Author), R. Keith Dennis (Author)About This Book This book is meant to be used by beginning graduate students. It covers basic material needed by any student of algebra, and is essential to those specializing in ring theory, homological algebra, representation theory and K-theory, among others. It will also be of interest to students of algebraic topology, functional analysis, differential geometry and number theory. Our approach is more homological than ring-theoretic, as thi...

Amorphous Polymers and Non-Newtonian Fluids - Hardcover

$178.18

by Constantine Dafermos (Editor), J. L. Ericksen (Editor), David Kinderlehrer (Editor)This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications AMORPHOUS POLYMERS AND NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS is in part the proceedings of a workshop which was an integral part of the 1984-85 IMA program on CONTINUUM PHYSICS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS We are grateful to the Scientific Committee: Haim Brezis Constantine Dafermos Jerry Ericksen David Kinderlehrer for planning and implementing an exciting and stimul...

Desk Reference for Neuroscience - Paperback

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by Isabel Lockard (Author)In recent years, the boundaries of the neurological fields have blurred, and students and scientists in all subdivisions of neuroscience now must be familiar not only with the terminology of their own specialty but also with that of the related disciplines. In response to these developments, the author has written this revised and expanded edition of her Desk Reference for Neuroanatomy (Springer-Verlag 1977), entitled Desk Reference for Neuroscience, Second Edition. ...

American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn - Paperback

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by Ted Steinberg (Author)The rise of the perfect lawn represents one of the most profound transformations in the history of the American landscape. American Green, Ted Steinberg's witty exposé of this bizarre phenomenon, traces the history of the lawn from its explosion in the postwar suburban community of Levittown to the present love affair with turf colorants, leaf blowers, and riding mowers. Number of Pages: 314 Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2007

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by Peter C. Jones (Author), Lisa MacDonald (Author)Some gardening books are annuals and some are hardy perennials. Here is a one-of-a-kind book of the latter sort, an entertaining mix of facts, advice, reminiscence, and humor for gardeners to dip into year after year - especially in winter, when they can't dig into the ground. With tips, facts, and forecasts - from how to talk green to a guide to astrological gardening - this is a browser's delight and a keepsake for every gardener. An origin...

$19.99

by Henry Mitchell (Author)In the sequel to The Essential Earthman, the Washington Post columnist offers a harvest of sharp observations and humorous adventures gathered during a year in his garden, along with much down-to-earth advice on horticulture. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 14, 1999

Animal Suffering: The Science of Animal Welfare - Paperback

$89.08

by Marian Dawkins (Author)I wrote this book because I believe that the welfare of animals is a very important subject but one about which there is a of confusion and muddled thinking. I wanted to great deal write a book which straightened out some of the confusion by looking in detail at one particular problem: how to recognize animal suffering. The book is written for anyone interested in animals and the controversies over how human beings should treat them. I have tried to convince people w...

Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life - Paperback

$97.18

by Dilafruz Williams (Author), Jonathan Brown (Author)Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability education and learning garden design and p...

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart - Paperback

$24.00

by Carol Wall (Author)A unique friendship blooms in a backyard garden in this heartwarming and inspiring memoir of human connection, joy, and resilience. Carol Wall is at a turning point in her life when she meets Giles Owita, the Kenyan man who tends her neighbor's garden. Looking into her own neglected yard, she realizes she could more than use his help. But as Giles transforms Carol's property into a lush garden, Carol begins to form a deep, meaningful bond with Giles that transcends the...

And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road - Paperback

$21.99

by Margaret Roach (Author)Margaret Roach worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for 15 years, serving as Editorial Director for the last 6. She first made her name in gardening, writing a classic gardening book among other things. She now has a hugely popular gardening blog, "A Way to Garden." But despite the financial and professional rewards of her job, Margaret felt unfulfilled. So she moved to her weekend house upstate in an effort to lead a more authentic life by connecting with her g...

Illustrated History of Landscape Design - Paperback

$111.62

by Elizabeth Boults (Author), Chip Sullivan (Author)Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.Front JacketA visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes const...

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies - Paperback

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by Owen E. Dell (Author)Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies provides hands-on, how-to instruction for realizing the benefits of a sustainable landscape, from selecting sutainable hardscape materials to installing a rain-water catchment system to choosing native plants.Back JacketCreate a beautiful, sustainable landscape that's easy on your pocketbook Want to go green outside your home? This practical, hands-on guide shows you how to design, create, and live with sustainable lawn and garden sp...

Organic Gardening for Dummies - Paperback

$19.99

by Ann Whitman (Author), Suzanne DeJohn (Author), National Gardening Association (Author)Organic Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows readers the way to ensure a healthy harvest from their environmentally friendly garden. It covers information on the newest and safest natural fertilizers and pest control methods, composting, cultivation without chemicals, and how to battle plant diseases. It also has information on updated equipment and resources. It helps readers plant organically year-r...

Western Fruit Gardening: A Handbook for the Home Gardener on Fruit Varieties; Climatic Adaptations; Soil, Water, and Nutrient Requirements; Pruning an - Hardcover

$171.00

by Reid M. Brooks (Author), Claron O. Hesse (Author), Beverley Farmer (Illustrator)This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953. Number of P...

Get Growing!: Exciting Indoor Plant Projects for Kids - Paperback

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by Lois Walker (Author)This amply illustrated, step-by-step activity book is sure to win the hearts of children and parents alike as it shows how to turn the fruits and vegetables found in most kitchens--carrots, popping corn, potatoes, peanuts, apples, beans, and others--into wonderful plants, fun crafts, and delicious treats.Author BiographyLois Walker is the author of Get Growing!: Exciting Indoor Plant Projects for Kids, published by Wiley. Number of Pages: 108 Dimen...

Turf Management in the Transition Zone - Hardcover

$154.01

by John Dunn (Author), Kenneth Diesburg (Author)The transition zone is the toughest area in which to maintain quality turf. It is a zone where temperature and precipitation vary greatly from season to season and where more intensive maintenance of seasonal grasses is required.This is the only book to cover the maintenance of intensive turfgrasses found in such zones. Easy to read and practical this book offers the superintendent or turf manager accessible information in a complex and difficul...

Forest Bonsai: from saplings to trees - Paperback

$24.28

by Craig L. Hunter (Author)The mesmerizing imagery of a bonsai forest doesn't happen overnight and so it is not surprising that the activity of designing and planting a bonsai forest will fully engage your mental processing. Based on a life time of practical experience and knowledge I have documented a considerable array of relevant guidelines and advice, that will insure your bonsai forests and bonsai trees live beyond your lifetime for the future generations of family and friends to nurture...

A Modern Herbal, Vol. I: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Margaret Grieve (Author)"There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest the common reader as well as the serious student. Regarded simply as a history of flowers, it adds to the joys of the country." -- B. E. Todd, Spectator.If you want to know how pleurisy root, lungwort, and abscess root got their names, how poison ivy used to treat rheumatism, or how garlic guarded against the Bubonic Plague, consult A Modern Herbal. This 20th-century version ...

The Basic Guide To Growing Herbs: With An Introduction To Healing Herbs - Paperback

$10.78

by Fee Mary O'Shea (Author) Would you love to be growing your own herbs? Perhaps you don't have the yard to do it in? The Basic Guide to Growing Herbs will tell you how you can easily start growing herbs regardless if you live on acreage or live in an apartment. Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow and the beauty is they are so incredibly useful not only adding color and fragrance to your garden but making your meals really delicious and healthy. This book, however, is not all about ...

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by A. J. Winkler (Author), James A. Cook (Author), William Mark Kliewer (Author)Wherever grapevines are cultivated, this book will be welcome because it fills a long-standing need for a clear, concise treatment of modern viticulture. During the past fifty years, more progress has been made in the science and art of growing grapes for table use and raisin or wine production than in any previous century.This new edition has been revised throughout. The chapters on vine structure, vine physiolog...

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by John Dixon Hunt (Editor)Italian Renaissance gardens were the admiration of Europe and North America. They revived the classical art of garden making, as well as drawing on medieval literary traditions; but they also developed their own forms and styles, even when they began to borrow back ideas of landscape gardening from England in the late eighteenth century. But until the late nineteenth century Italy was a collection of different states, each of which developed its own kind of garden, ...

The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy - Paperback

$159.03

by Michael Hoskin (Editor)Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our study of the cosmos from prehistory to a survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics. It does not attempt to cover everything, but deliberately concentrates on the important themes and topics, including stellar astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries--the source of many important concepts in moder...

Heidegger: Off the Beaten Track - Paperback

$43.20

by Martin Heidegger (Author), Julian Young (Editor), Julian Young (Translator)Originally published in German under the title Holzwege, this collection of texts is Heidegger's first post-war work and contains some of the major expositions of his later philosophy. Although translations of the essays have appeared individually in a variety of places, this is the first English translation to bring them together as Heidegger intended. It is an invaluable resource for all students of Heidegger, whe...

Foraging Wild Edible Plants & Mushrooms of Arizona - Paperback

$21.13

by Stephen Fleming (Author)"Foraged ingredients add to that sense of authenticity to food. It's another way to express that we live in Arizona."- Janos WilderForaging is a hobby that connects you to nature and the instincts of our ancestors. That's how we started collecting our food in the wild.Add to that Arizona's landscape and flora, which in itself is unique. There are contrasting landforms from the Colorado Plateau to the lowland basin and an array of areas of the Sonoran desert.Multiple...

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by H. E. V. Pickstone (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 ...

Old-Fashioned Gardening: A History And A Reconstruction - Paperback

$46.01

by Grace Tabor (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN Publ...

Field Book Of American Wild Flowers (1902) - Paperback

$66.17

by F. Schuyler Mathews (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 624 Dimensions: 1.38 x 9 x 6...

101 Gardening Tips: Growing Your Fruits and Vegetables - Discover The Nutritional Value of What You Plant - Paperback

$14.02

by Catherine Osilama (Author)Are you wondering if or how you can grow your fruits and vegetables and enjoy the fresh aroma and crisp taste of what you have planted? Get a copy of 101 Gardening Tips. 101 Gardening Tips is a book about growing fruits and vegetables and their nutritional values. The book contains a vivid explanation of cultivating common fruits and vegetables in any available space - yard, patio, or balcony. The book explains how to sustain a garden all year round, in different ...

In the Garden: A Botanically Illustrated Gardening Book - Paperback

$24.41

by Sandra Lynn McPeake (Author), Sandra Lynn McPeake (Illustrator)a botanically illustrated gardening book for all ages Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.16 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 09, 2014

In the Garden: A Collection of Poems - Hardcover

$41.02

by Antonia May Vandenberg Dunshie (Author), Joe Dougherty (Illustrator), Mary Ann Dunshie (Contribution by)When I Was Little is a playful, joyous and mindful collection of poems by Antonia May Vandenberg Dunshie, 20th century self taught poet, that was commissioned by her surviving female descendants. As an observant child, Antonia began penning this collection of poems based on the colorful cast of characters in her rural Iowa garden. The book offers a channel for children and adults to conn...

High Altitude Vegetable Gardening: A Guide to Organic Abundance at Any Elevation - Paperback

$33.10

by Kevin Korb (Author)Everyone is capable of being an incredible gardener and every piece of land is capable of becoming an incredible garden. High elevation gardeners may experience cold, dry, and windy weather, along with invading wildlife, and less than ideal soil. But with this book you will learn the tricks and techniques to overcome any challenge and create an oasis of edible plants, even in the harshest of environments. In part one of this book, we explore what makes your garden plot ...