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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $28.88
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Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Cotton Mather::P.P. Karan::Shigeru Iijima
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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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Dewey Decimal Number: 952
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Publication Date: 1998-09-24
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Reading Level: 112
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Description: From the busy streets of Tokyo to the secluded shores of Kyushu, from the volcanoes of Hokkaido to the temples of Kyoto, the treasured landscapes of Japan are brought to life in this concise visual guide. Drawing upon years of observation, Cotton Mather, P.P. Karan, and Shigeru lijima explore the complex interaction of culture, time, and space in the evolution of lands in Japan. They begin with a discussion of general principles and conceptual ideas that form the basis of landscape organization in Japan. They then apply those concepts to such favorite subjects as vernacular home gardens, sculpted plants, and walled-in residences, but also to more mundane matters such as roadside shoulders, utility lines, and vending machines.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Ronin Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter Stafford
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Publisher: Ronin Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 362.294
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Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: Heavenly Highs introduces the world of enthobotanicals used by shamans and psychedelic explorers. Included are explanations of DMT, found in psychedelic snuff; Amazonian ayahuasca, a bitter beverage that triggers visionary experiences with plant gods; Ibogain, a yellowish root ingested by indigenous peoples to achieve visionary experiences; and Belladona, Yohimbe, and Kava-Kava. Noted psychedelic scholar Peter Stafford profiles each group in detail. Photographs, illustrations, tables, and charts are included.
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Price: $22.47
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Sale: $142.26
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Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Hipolito Ruiz
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Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Dewey Decimal Number: 918.5043
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Publication Date: 1998-03-01
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Reading Level: 369
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Description: Ruiz spent 11 years exploring the villages and botanical landscapes of Peru and Chile. His journals contain detailed, personal observations of about 2000 plants, along with his impressions of the culture and perils of exploration in South America.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $6.95
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Manufacturer: Bison Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Melvin R. Gilmore
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Publisher: Bison Books
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Edition: Enl Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 978.00497
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Publication Date: 1991-04-01
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Reading Level: 165
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Description: A classic of ethnobotany, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region has been enlarged for this Bison Book edition with thirty drawings, by Bellamy Parks Jansen, of plants discussed by Gilmore. The taxonomic glossary has been updated as well. Readers will find here, conveniently described, the uses that Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and of those plants they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. This fascinating book, originally published in 1919, reveals cultures that evolved in close harmony with their environment.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Charles Bowden::Jack W. Dykinga
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Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.61097217
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Publication Date: 1993-08
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Reading Level: 141
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $39.95
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Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lise Manniche
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Edition: 1st University of Texas Press ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.10962
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Publication Date: 1989
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Reading Level: 176
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Description: The ancient Egyptians were skilled in the use of herbs and spices for medicines, cooking, cosmetics, perfumes, and many other purposes. Drawing on texts written by the Egyptians and their neighbors, and on works by classical authors and the Copts, Lise Manniche has reconstructed a herbal of 94 species of plants and trees used from before the pharaohs to the late Coptic period. Each plant is named in Latin and English, and where known in ancient Egyptian, Greek, and modern Arabic. An account is given of the plants' special properties, with authentic recipes for cosmetics and cures. In her introduction the author discusses the many uses the ancient Egyptians made of herbs and flowers, and the importance of plants for funerary and festive occasions.
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Price: $22.50
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Sale: $14.58
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Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William W. Dunmire::Gail D. Tierney
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Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.60979259
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Publication Date: 1997-05
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Reading Level: 312
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Description: This is the second book in a series by Dunmire and Tierney, exploring native plant uses. The book emphasises prehistoric uses of plants in the Four Corners area; focusing on Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Aztec Ruins, Hovenweep, and other major sites of the region once occupied by the Navajo, Ute, Paiute, Hopi, and Apache people. Dunmire and Tierney are able to eloquently illustrate: the importance of the people-plant relationship that has existed throughout the ages among native people; and how ancient traditional uses of these plants inform contemporary uses today. Through vignettes of background information drawn from lore and cultural traditions and interviews with tribal elders, "Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners" describes uses for edible, medicinal, and dye plants, as well as plants used for making baskets, tools, and shelters. Complementing these essays are profiles of fifty new trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and grasses common to traditional Native America.
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Price: $12.50
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Sale: $6.28
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Manufacturer: Ballena Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Delfina Cuero::Florence Connolly Shipek
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Publisher: Ballena Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 979.49800497502
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Publication Date: 1991-06
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Reading Level: 98
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $7.69
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Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: George Staples::Michael S. Kristiansen
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.709969
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Publication Date: 1999-11
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Reading Level: 122
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Description: A fully illustrated guide book that describes more than thirty herbs grown, sold, and used in Hawai'i. A brief, non-technical description of each herb is accompanied by a full-page line drawing and one or more color photographs. Entries on culinary use are followed by specific instructions for the herb's cultivation and best methods of propagation.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $7.50
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Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: David Yetman
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Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 972.17
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Publication Date: 1998-10
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Reading Level: 351
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Description: "From the very first, Teachive captivated me," David Yetman writes in this ethnography of a Mayo Indian peasant village in Sonora, Mexico. Over the centuries, the Mayos have evolved a profound union between the monte, or thornscrub forest, and their cultural life. With the assistance of resident Vicente Tajia and others, Yetman describes the region's plant and animal life and recounts the stories and traditions that animate the monte for the Mayos. That folk culture, so critical to their identity, is under assault by the global economic revolution. A passionate observer and chronicler, Yetman analyzes how galloping capitalism is destroying the monte and thus eroding traditional Mayo society. Listing Indian, Spanish, and scientific terms, an appendix glosses plants used by the Mayos in the Teachive area.
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