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Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
The biggest enemy of any garden is not a pest, disease, or poison—it’s any plant with tougher survival skills than the plants it competes with. The best way to weed out the invaders is ... > read more -
The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk
A firsthand account of the discoveries at this seminal ancient site in Turkey, one of the first farming settlements in history.Çatalhöyük, in central Turkey, became internationally ... > read more -
Enterprise AJAX: Strategies for Building High Performance Web Applications
“The core technologies of Ajax are quite straightforward; the hard part is applying them in the real world. Fortunately, the authors have been putting Ajax into practice since long ... > read more -
A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the ... > read more -
Patron Saints: How the Saints Gave New Orleans a Reason to Believe
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, devastating not only buildings and homes, but the hope, spirit and faith of its people. The Saints were cast out on the road, not knowing when ... > read more -
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
"Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, ... > read more -
Invasive Plants: A Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species
Identifying and understanding the plants that are changing the North American landscape forever Full-color photographs make identification simple An easy-to-use, wide-ranging guide to invasive ... > read more -
Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe
In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur ... > read more -
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found—until now. ... > read more -
Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States (Jeffrey Glassberg Field Guide Series)
Many of us have stopped to pick bunches of wildflowers or have admired them as they flourished in fields, hiking trails, and roads. Always appreciated but not always recognized, now these beauties ... > read more
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