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Report copyright infringementby Betsey Dexter Dyer (Author)"Although most people are aware that bacteria are all around us, few would guess that they produce such distinctive and accessible signs. Whether you're walking on the beach, visiting a zoo or aquarium, buying groceries, looking for fossils, drinking beer, traipsing through a swamp, or cleaning scum from beneath a dripping outdoor faucet, you're surrounded by bacterial field marks. You don't need a laboratory or fancy equipment to fin...

An Introduction to Reptiles and Amphibians For All Ages - Paperback

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by James Vanas (Author): A COLLABORATION: This book was written by Jim Vanasand his grandson Gus Hester. They share a love of wildlife and have spent many hours as volunteer citizen scientists in the desert southwest exploring and tracking transmitted Gila monsters and desert tortoises.SIX CHAPTERS AND BONUS PAGES: Each of the six ordersof reptiles and amphibians has a dedicated chapter. Gus wrote and illustrated a page in every chapter. The ten bonus pages discuss interesting topics, such as...

Regenerative Agriculture Can Heal the Planet - Paperback

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by Ellen Keogh (Author)Want to learn a way to help reverse climate change? In this picture book you will learn how we can help heal the planet. This book describes regenerative agriculture and how it can help reverse climate change, reduce drought, flooding, provide healthier food, and protect our waterways and oceans. Reading this book is like attending an art show on the subject. This book, designed for young and busy adults, reviews new findings in ecology and suggests solution based pract...

The Butterfly Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America - Paperback

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by W. J. Holland (Author)The book "" The Butterfly Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. Nu...

The Gardener's Bug Book: 1000 Insect Pests and Their Control - Paperback

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by Cynthia Westcott (Author)This antiquarian volume comprises a comprehensive guide to the identification and control of a wide array of common insect pests. Written in clear, concise language and profusely illustrated, this book constitutes an invaluable handbook for the discerning gardener, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. Although old, much of the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much use to modern readers as it was when this te...

History of Water Development at the Nevada Test Site: A Literature Review - Paperback

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by U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Author)Water availability has been a long-standing issue in the history of the arid Southwest United States. Natural precipitation is generally insufficient for farming. Number of Pages: 50 Dimensions: 0.1 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 09, 2014

Indiana Bigfoot Reports: bigfoot encounters from the state of Indiana - Paperback

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by Violet G. Abney (Author), Steve a. Abney (Author)INDIANA'S first book on encounters and reports that date back as far AS 170 YEARS, over 400 pages of reports for you to enjoy Number of Pages: 418 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2016

Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture - Paperback

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by Michael A. Dirr (Author), Charles W. Jr. Heuser (Author)Compiled by two distinguished professors of horticulture, The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation is a must for professionals and students of horticulture. Over 1,100 species and their propagation requirements by seeds, cuttings, grafting and budding, and tissue culture are discussed in exhaustive detail. Essentially a recipe book for making more trees and shrubs, this reference is a high-level how-to.Author BiographyMichael A...

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Author)In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of the Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work attempts to moves "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favor of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of kn...

The Practical Beekeeper Volume I Beginning Beekeeping Naturally - Paperback

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by Michael Bush (Author)This book is about how to keep bees in a natural and practical system where they do not require treatments for pests and diseases and only minimal interventions. It is also about simple practical beekeeping. It is about reducing your work. It is not a main-stream beekeeping book. Many of the concepts are contrary to "conventional" beekeeping. The techniques presented here are streamlined through decades of experimentation, adjustments and simplification. The content wa...

NASA Graphics Standards Manual Remastered Edition - Hardcover

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by Tony Darnell (Illustrator), Tony Darnell (Editor)The NASA Graphics Standards Manual: Remastered Edition is a modern spin on the original NASA Graphics Standards Manual published in 1976 and puts it into a new and clean format. Using high-resolution scans of the original book, over two-hundred man-hours were spent in recreating and remastering the original drawings with very fine details. This book is not in the same format as the original, as the original manual was in a binder. However, m...

Alternate Memories: The Mandela Effect: Deluxe Edition - Paperback

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by Jay Wheeler (Author)Learn why people are misremembering Hannibal Lecter saying ''Hello, Clarice'' in The Silence of the Lambs, the evil queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs saying ''Mirror, mirror, on the wall'', and the cheshire cat in Alice and Wonderland saying ''we're all mad here''. From the best selling Alternate series, this 2021 edition combines the entire series into one completely updated and revised book. Alternate Memories: The Mandela Effect [Final Edition] offers a comple...

Integrative Facial Cupping: Drenaje linfático y protocolos de face-lifting con ventosas - Paperback

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by Carlos Paulo (Author)...Para profesionales de la salud, esteticistas, SPA o para todos...Este libro es pr ctico y accesible con diagramas explicativos.Es una t cnica sencilla y eficaz. La acci n de las ventosas act a sobre las diferentes profundidades de la piel, m sculos y fascia. Se estimulan todas las estructuras vasculares y nerviosas. El cupping facial tendr un efecto de drenaje linf tico manual (D.L.M). El cupping facial de este libro no se refiere en la medicina china. Se basa en e...

Reincarnation: Science of the Afterlife - Paperback

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by Steven L. Richheimer (Author)Is there life after death? The Eastern religions universally affirm the doctrine of reincarnation along with the law of karma. They define salvation as the attainment of union with God. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have strong historical ties to reincarnation and the idea that we must "reap what we sow." Even today, a majority of the world's population believes in reincarnation.But is belief in an afterlife just wishful thinking or can the scientific method...

Physics Olympiad - Basic to Advanced Exercises - Paperback

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by The Committee of Japan Physics Ol Japan (Author)Front JacketThis book contains some of the problems and solutions in the past domestic theoretical and experimental competitions in Japan for the International Physics Olympiad. Through the exercises, we aim at introducing the appeal and interest of modern physics to high-school students. In particular, the problems for the second-round of competition are like long journey of physics, beginning with fundamental physics of junior-high-school l...

Solar Power: The Beginner's guide for solar electricity systems, for off-grid solar systems and for your home energy independence - Paperback

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by Turgon Annárë (Author)Ever wanted to save on electricity bills and without being dependent on energy? Want to protect your family from regular power outages and the negligence of local utilities?Your desire may be to get your energy bill lowered or be independent of the payment all together. Then Solar energy is the answer to all your expensive energy consumption.Solar power is the most abundant of all renewable resources available. It is essentially a source of achieving safe energy for h...

Culpeper's Complete Herbal: A Comprehensive Description of Nearly all Herbs with their Medicinal Properties and Directions for Compounding the Med - Paperback

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by Nicholas Culpeper (Author)"... Truly my own body being sickly, brought me easily into a capacity, to know that health was the greatest of all earthly blessings, and truly he was never sick that doth not believe it." --Nicholas Culpeper, Epistle to the Reader (1653) Culpeper's Complete Herbal was originally published in 1652 as The English Physitian, and in 1653 under its more well-known title. It is a practical health guide, describing plants, where and when they grow, and what symptoms th...

Einstein's Violin: The Love Affair Between Science, Music, and History's Most Creative Thinkers - Hardcover

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by Douglas Wadle (Author)Music brings great joy to many of us. But its other benefits often go underappreciated. Numerous studies and historical anecdotes highlight how powerfully music alters the human mind. Two characteristics drive most of music's cognitive benefits: It builds a faster highway between the right and left sides of the brain, enabling greater cooperation between the logical and the creative. It also creates a vast mesh of connectivity within the brain, like a microcosm of the...

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by Bin Tian (Guest Editor), Jicheng Zhan (Guest Editor)Wine has a complex matrix with many volatile compounds present, which evolves over time. These volatile compounds are important to wine quality as they contribute to the aroma and varietal characteristics of wine. Recent development in the analysis of volatile compounds in wine has greatly improved our understanding of the complexity of wine aroma. Analytical methods used for wine aroma fingerprinting have shown potential in determining t...

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by Paul Johnsgard (Author)This annotated list of the birds of Nebraska has been updated to conform with the most recent (2017) major revision of the American Ornithologists' Society's Checklist of North American Birds (Chesser et al., 2017) and modified to conform to the most recent "Official List of the Birds of Nebraska" by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union-461 species as of 2017. I have classified 368 species of Nebraska birds as ranging in relative frequency of occurrence as "abundant" t...

Wildflowers of Zion National Park - Paperback

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by Steve W. Chadde (Author)Wildflowers of Zion National Park is a non-technical, full-color introduction to over 100 of the more common wildflowers found in Zion, as well as in nearby Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument. In addition, common ferns are described as are six of the region's most common cacti. Each plant is illustrated with one or more color photographs, and a brief description of the plant's features, habitat, and cultural uses is provided. Number of Pag...

Electromagnetic Health: Making Sense of the Research and Practical Solutions for Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and Radio Frequencies (RF) - Paperback

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by Case Adams Naturopath (Author)Updated in 2017. Our modern technologies are bombarding us with electromagnetic fields (EMFs) now more than ever. Are EMFs really harmful and if so, to what degree? Are all EMFs bad? The EMF controversy has now pitted scientists, action groups and the technology industry into rigid corners. In "Electromagnetic Health," the author clearly and objectively presents the evidence and latest research from a perspective that embraces both the scientific and natural h...

I've Never Been Old Before: A Practical Guide to Aging - Hardcover

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by Marilyn Laken (Author)Based on the latest research on aging, along with hundreds of interviews and focus groups with retirees ages sixty-five to ninety-five, Marilyn Laken has written a comprehensive guide to living into old age. Her unique background as a nurse and a biological anthropologist provides a rich context to topics such as why we age, the role that culture plays in how older adults are treated, and even what kind of ancestor we want to be. She covers everything from early retir...

Induction Coils - How To Make, Repair And Use Them - Paperback

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by T. Edwin Lowell (Author)An Unabridged Printing With Text And All Illustrations Digitally Enlarged - A Practical Book On The Construction And Use Of Induction Coils, Containing Full Illustrations For Making A Shocking Coil, A One Half Inch Spark Coil, A Four Inch Spark Coil, And Also Hints On Experiments With Induction Coils. Chapters include: the principles of electrical induction - practical hints on the construction of induction coils - how to make a shocking coil - how to increase the e...

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures - Hardcover

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by Merlin Sheldrake (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE B...

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by Jacqui Greene Haas (Author)Discover the pure power and aesthetic beauty of dance as you perfect your technique with Dance Anatomy, Third Edition. With more than 100 anatomical illustrations in a vibrant new color palette, you will see how specific dance, movement, and performance exercises will help you maintain posture, find more flexibility, breathe appropriately, and reduce the risk of injury that is inherent in executing repetitive movements. Dance Anatomy is a must-have for every danc...

Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming - Paperback

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by Andreas Malm (Author)A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power--and contributed to the worsening climate crisis The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to a...

The Biological Universe: Life in the Milky Way and Beyond - Hardcover

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by Wallace Arthur (Author)Are we alone in the universe, or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is one of the most scientifically and philosophically important questions that humanity can ask. Now, in the early 2020s, we are tantalizingly close to an answer. As this book shows, the answer will almost certainly be that life forms are to be found across the Milky Way and beyond. They will be thinly spread, to be sure. Yet the number of inhabited planets probably runs into the trillions....

At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Climate Crises and Other Emergencies - Paperback

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by Dougald Hine (Author)"Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into [the] abyss and rethink our securest certainties about what is actually going on in the climate crisis."--Brian Eno, musician "Maybe it's time to stop talking about climate change?" For two decades, the writer and social thinker Dougald Hine has been among the most influential voices in the environmental debate. Then one day, he heard these words come out of his mouth--and realized that he would have to explain himself. At ...

Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy - Paperback

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by Michael Hartle (Author), Pavel Tsatsouline (Foreword by)Reap the benefits of kettlebell training with Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy! Used increasingly for strength training over the last decade, kettlebells enable you to mimic real-life movements, making it an extremely functional form of exercise. Unlike a dumbbell or barbell, where the weight is evenly distributed on both ends of the handle, the kettlebell has an asymmetrical design and offset center of gravity. Compensating for t...

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by Marco Visscher (Author)From the pilot's seat in the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to Chernobyl's exclusion zone and to the site in Finland where highly radioactive waste will be buried, this is the incredible story of nuclear power. Providing a vivid account of the characters and events that have shaped the world's most controversial energy source and our thinking around it, The Power of Nuclear weaves politics, culture and technology to explore nuclear power's past and f...

It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World - Hardcover

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by Mark Miodownik (Author)The New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters presents a rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.Gases are all around us--they fill our lungs, power our movement, create stars, and warm our atmosphere. Often invisible and sometimes odorless, these ubiquitous substances are also the least understood materials in our world, and always have been. It wasn't long ago that gases...