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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $13.99
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Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jean-Luc E. Cartron::David C. Lightfoot::Jane E. Mygatt::Sandra L. Brantley::Timothy K. Lowrey
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Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.789
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Publication Date: 2008-11-16
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Reading Level: 391
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Description: Extending from the spillway below Cochiti Dam, about fifty miles north of Albuquerque, to the headwaters of Elephant Butte Reservoir, near Truth or Consequences in the southern portion of New Mexico, the Middle Rio Grande Bosque is more than a cottonwood woodland or forest. It is a complete riverside ecosystem, among the more important in the world's arid regions. Every day hundreds of visitors to the bosque encounter flora and fauna they can't identify. Researchers and municipal, county, state, and federal resource agency personnel concerned with the bosque's management need to know how plants and animals are linked to their habitats. With descriptions of more than seven hundred plants and animals illustrated with color photographs, this authoritative guide is the first of its kind for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque and is an invaluable resource for land managers, teachers, students, eco-buffs, and nature enthusiasts. It also reveals the important role the bosque plays in New Mexico's natural heritage.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $17.00
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Manufacturer: Readers Digest
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Editors of Reader's Digest
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Publisher: Readers Digest
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Dewey Decimal Number: 570.97
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Publication Date: 1998-04-13
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Reading Level: 576
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Description: A valuable at-home reference and an extraordinarily usable guide to more than 2000 of the most common and conspicuous wild plants and animals. Specially designed for quick and easy identification. Vibrant, specially drawn full-color illustrations of each of the 2000-plus species.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $5.64
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Manufacturer: Falcon
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Orson K. Miller::Hope Miller
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Publisher: Falcon
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 579.6097
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Publication Date: 2006-05-01
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Reading Level: 592
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.78
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Glenn Keator::Alrie Middlebrook
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.951794
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Publication Date: 2007-06-04
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant communities--bluffs, redwoods, the Channel Islands, coastal scrub, grasslands, deserts, oak woodlands, mixed evergreen woodlands, riparian, chaparral, mountain meadows, and wetlands--the book's twelve chapters each include sample plans for a native garden design accompanied by original drawings, color photographs, a plant list, tips on successful gardening with individual species, and more. Both residential and professional gardeners will learn the benefits of going native with gardens that require less water and fewer fertilizers, attract wildlife, engage the senses, create a sense of place, and, at the same time, preserve our rich natural heritage.
Designing Native California Gardens includes:
* More than 600 selected native species recommended for the garden
* More than 300 photographs of native plants, natural plant communities, and residential native gardens
* Recommended places to visit for viewing each plant community
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $17.99
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Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert G. Haehle
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Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
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Edition: Rev Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635
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Publication Date: 2004-05-25
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Reading Level: 360
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Description: This book describes every type of regional flora--from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines and aquatic gardens.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $16.99
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Thomas Pakenham
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.16
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Publication Date: 2003-09
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Thomas Pakenham embarked on a five-year odyssey to most of the temperate and tropical regions of the world to photograph 60 trees of remarkable personality and presence: dwarfs, giants, monuments and aliens.
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Price: $150.00
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Sale: $91.39
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Manufacturer: TASCHEN America Llc
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Prof Dr Werner Dressendrfer
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Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc
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Edition: Box Set Portfolio
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Dewey Decimal Number: 704
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Publication Date: 2008-10-01
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Reading Level: 110
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Description: The complete reprint of all color plates from Robert John Thornton's monumental work The Temple of Flora, first published in London in 1799. Presented as 35 loose-leaf Elephant folio-sized color prints as well as a booklet including an introduction and the original texts of the 31 botanical plates
The year 1799 witnessed the first installment of a work that has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable books of botanical plates ever published. Two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton's The Temple of Flora, but its charm remains unsullied today. Although trained as a medical doctor, Thornton (c. 1768 1837) passionately devoted himself to botany, a study that had only a few decades earlier established itself as a modern science through Carl Linnaeus`s revolutionary new system of botanic classification based on the structure of blossoms. Thornton greatly honored the ingenious Swedish scientist and wished his own prodigious undertaking to serve as an ultimate monument to the great botanist.
Today, Thornton`s large-format plates with their allegorical depictions and stunning floral portraits number among supreme achievements of botanical illustration. Thornton engaged the most renowned flower painters of his age and spared no cost in the creation of this unique work. His reckless enthusiasm, however, reduced his originally considerable fortune so drastically that, sanctioned by Parliament, Thornton had to organize a botanical lottery in order to bring his spectacular project to a provisional end. Surviving complete editions of the Temple number today among the great treasures of only a few libraries; meanwhile, the individual plates have become sought-after and extremely expensive collectors` items, whose particular allure lies in their unusual combination of at times exotic plant motifs with highly romantic background landscapes. More than any other floral painting, the bewitchingly illuminated blossoms of the "Queen Plant," posed before darkening ruins, expresses the late 18th century sentiment that in the following decades found its characteristic expression in European Romantic literature and painting. Including all the plates of the Temple of Flora as loose-leaf color prints, this large-format edition represents a consummate reprint of the work. In addition to the botanical and cultural historical explanations of the individual plate illustrations, the volume narrates the history of the origin of the work and the life of its author. This resplendent reprint has been made from one of the finest complete original copies, belonging to the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
TASCHEN s Temple of Flora consists of the following, packaged in a presentation case:
a 44-page booklet including author Werner Dressendörfer s introduction as well as the texts of the 31 botanical plates
33 loose-leaf Elephant folio-sized color prints for browsing or framing
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $5.39
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Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marc Rogers
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Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.0421
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Publication Date: 1991-01-03
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Looking for something to add excitement and interest to your garden? Try raising and saving seeds for your own vegetables and flowers! Saving seeds is a time-honored tradition ; one that more and more gardeners are rediscovering. It can be as simple as growing a few extra peas or beans for next year's use or as challenging as wintering over cabbage heads, waiting for the flower stalks to poke up in the spring. Any gardener can become a successful seed saver ; the only limitations are your time, space, and interest. And the benefits of growing and saving your own seeds are many: * You can save money on expensive yearly seed bills. * You can select seed each year from the plants best suited to your garden and your particular growing conditions. * You can help preserve old-time and regional favorites ; heirloom vegetables and flowers that your grandparents grew, but that are often hard to find these days. * You can share seeds from your own favorite flowers and vegetables with family, f
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.78
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Tony Rodd::Jennifer Stackhouse
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.16
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Publication Date: 2008-04-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective--from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a single leaf. Arresting color photographs of a wide variety of trees and close-ups of many of their remarkable features provide an enormous amount of information in a highly accessible format. The volume illustrates how trees grow and function, looks at their astounding diversity and adaptations, documents the key role they play in ecosystems, and explores the multitude of uses to which we put trees--from timber and pharmaceuticals to shade and shelter. A highly absorbing read cover to cover or dipped into at random, Trees: A Visual Guide delves into many specific topics: the details of flowers, bark, and roots; profiles of favorite trees; how animals and insects interact with trees; trees in urban landscapes; the role trees play in our changing climate; deforestation and reforestation; and much more. With clear diagrams, illustrations, and intriguing sidebars on many featured topics, this unique volume is a complete visual guide to the magnificence of the arboreal world.
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Price: $125.00
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Sale: $78.75
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Manufacturer: Park Street Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Christian Ratsch
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Publisher: Park Street Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.788
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Publication Date: 2005-05-05
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Reading Level: 944
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Description: The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants. • Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances. • Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality. • Contains 800 color photographs and 670 black-and-white illustrations. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Ratsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as "legal highs," plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 800 color photographs--many of which are from the author's extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactives.
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