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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.35
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Manufacturer: Timber Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ian R. Hall::Gordon Brown::Alessandra Zambonelli
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Publisher: Timber Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635.8
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Publication Date: 2008-01-04
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Whether the world's best truffles are found in Piedmont or Perigord inspires impassioned debate, but the effects of dwindling supply and insatiable demand for the elusive, ultimate mushroom are unquestionable: prices through the roof, intrigue and deception, and ever more intensive efforts to cultivate. The secrets of when, how, and where to collect truffles have benn passed from generation to generation since ancient times, but artificial cultivation remains the holy grail. Here in the most comprehensive practical treatment of the gastronomic treasure to date, the art and science of the high-stakes pursuit come together. Their enthusiasm and expertise leavened with wry humor, the authors explore the newest techniques; they describe the commercial species in detail along with their host plants, natural habitats, cultivation and mintenance, pests and diseases, and harvesting with pigs, dogs, truffle flies, and even the electronic nose. Pursuit of the fungus that costs more than gold is not for the faint of heart nor for those in a hurry, as under ideal conditions, truffle production in artificial truffieres can begin after three years but results may not be seen until a decade after planting, and maximum yields not for another decade still. So there is time to read and prepare, and no better source than this one.
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $9.00
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.30974
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Publication Date: 1998-10-15
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Reading Level: 512
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Description: This field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forests of eastern North America. With 53 full-color plates and 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects.
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Price: $17.00
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Sale: $8.95
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Wade Davis
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.6109811
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Publication Date: 1997-08-05
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Reading Level: 544
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Description: Best known for The Serpent and the Rainbow, Wade Davis is an ethnobotanist interested in the native uses of plants, especially psychotropics. He finds many such plants in the travels he recounts in One River, especially coca and curare. (The first, famously, is a curse in the First World but is a necessity in the Andes, where it promotes the digestion of many kinds of food plants.) Framing Davis's narrative is an account of the dangerous World War II-era Amazonian expeditions undertaken by his mentor, Harvard biologist Richard Evans Schultes. Davis describes a few hair-raising encounters of his own, making this a fine book of scientific adventure.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.08
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill or Keats Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Francois Couplan::James Duke
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill or Keats Publishing
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.632097
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Publication Date: 1998-11-11
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Reading Level: 570
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Description: From horsetails, ferns, and conifers to shrubs, vines, and herbaceous species, this guide describes how to find, identify, and use hundreds of plants as tasty morsels.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.12
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Fred Hageneder
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.16
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Publication Date: 2005-08-18
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: The tree is beloved as Mother Nature's visible symbol of power and grace. The Meaning of Trees is a beautiful celebration of their lore and spirit, botany and history. Genera from aspen to willow are captured in 70 dramatic photographs that illustrate their brilliant seasonal transformations. Featuring 50 different types of tree, this informative compendium describes each by way of botanical qualities; medicinal uses for their leaves, bark, and wood; cultural symbolism; magical associations; and so much more. Fascinating facts abound: the Druids believed that only the wood of the yew tree was fit to make wands; a Ukrainian tonic of birch leaves contains the same healing properties as aspirin. A visually stunning and engaging guide, The Meaning of Trees is a fitting tribute to this most majestic of natural wonders.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $8.58
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Manufacturer: Quirk Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Aliza Green
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Publisher: Quirk Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.657
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Publication Date: 2006-02-09
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Herbs and spices make everything taste better but can you tell your thyme from your sage? Do you know the difference between dill and rosemary? Where can you find hyssop or rose geranium? Field Guide to Herbs & Spices is here to help. With color photographs of more than 200 different international seasonings, you'll soon be flavoring your dishes like a pro. Award-winning chef Aliza Green shows the basic history of these spices (saffron used to be worth more than gold!), its season (if applicable), names in other languages, a recipe featuring the seasoning, and much more. This handy field guide will make all of your meals complete!
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Price: $33.95
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Sale: $33.95
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Manufacturer: Morton Pub Co
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Binding: Loose Leaf
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Author: Samuel R. Rushforth::Robert R. Robbins::John L. Crawley::Kent M. Van De Graaff
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Publisher: Morton Pub Co
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Edition: 5th
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580
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Publication Date: 2008-06-30
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Price: $131.80
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Sale: $81.80
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Manufacturer: Benjamin Cummings
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Murray Nabors
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Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580
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Publication Date: 2003-12-18
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Reading Level: 656
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Description: Introduction to Botany's comprehensive coverage captures readers' attention by showing them why plants are a fascinating and essential part of their everyday lives. The clear, concise text focuses on four major themes¿lants and people, conservation biology, evolution, and biotechnology¿nd gives readers practical and relevant information about the world of botany. Thematic boxes throughout each chapter further highlight the relationship between plants and readers' lives. Nabors' clear and engaging writing style keeps students interested in the science without ever becoming encyclopedic. Plants & people, conservation biology, evolution, and biotechnology. For college instructors, students, and anyone interested in plant biology or botany.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $15.44
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Manufacturer: Permanent Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Patrick Whitefield
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Publisher: Permanent Publications
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 634
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Publication Date: 2002-06-22
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Reading Level: 184
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Description: A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.
A close copy of a natural ecosystem, it is perhaps the most ecologically friendly way of gardening open to us.
It is also a low-maintenance way of gardening. Once established there is none of the digging, sowing, planting out and hoeing of the conventional kitchen garden. The main task is picking up the produce!
This highly practical, yet inspiring book gives you everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful and productive forest garden,
including:
* Basic principles
* Layout
* How to choose plants
* Details of over one hundred plants, from apples to mushrooms
* the most comprehensive account of perennial and self-seeding vegetables in print
* A step-by-step guide to creating your garden
* Full details of an example garden, and pictures of many more
Forest gardening is an important element of permaculture. This book explains in detail permaculture design for temperate climates and contains much of interest for anybody wanting to introduce sustainable practices into their garden.
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Price: $59.95
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Sale: $46.69
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Manufacturer: Univ Of Minnesota Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Welby R. Smith
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Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1609776
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Publication Date: 2008-11-24
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Reading Level: 640
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Description: With more than two hundred tree, shrub, and woody vine species in Minnesota, anyone with an interest in the outdoors has likely encountered an unfamiliar plant and wondered about its name, origin, characteristics, and habitat. In this new identification resource, the state’s foremost botanist and endangered species expert Welby R. Smith provides authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date information on the state’s native and naturalized woody plant species. This fully illustrated resource features: • Easy identification: more than one thousand color photographs of fruit, flowers, bark, and leaves for every species, as well as more than one hundred illustrations by botanical artist Vera Ming Wong • Distribution maps: more than five hundred maps, including state and North American range maps • Interesting background: descriptions of each species’ habitat, natural history, and ecology, which provide context to the entries • Comprehensive coverage: includes all native and naturalized trees, shrubs, and woody vines in Minnesota from Abies balsamea to Zanthozylum americanum. Written for everyone from scientists and environmentalists to teachers and people interested in horticulture and gardening, Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota will engage and educate anyone with a curiosity about the natural world. Welby R. Smith is a botanist for the Division of Ecological Resources at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He is the author of Orchids of Minnesota (Minnesota, 1993). |
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