Author: Iowa State Horticultural SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Includes Transactions of affiliated societies.
Rainforest
Author: Graham OsbornePublisher:
ISBN: 9781890132248
Category : Rain forests
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With their towering spruces and cedars, verdant groundcover and cloaks of mist, the temeperate rainforests of North American have long been a source of wonder and awe. Extending from northern California to southern Alaska, these immense and mysterious forests are home to a constellation of life that is unique on this planet.In this magnificant photographic collection, Graham Osborne's breathtaking images depict the many guise of the rainforest--gnarled tree trunks dripping with moss, the spires of Douglas firs reaching into the sky, waterfalls tumbling over time-worn rocks, ice-encased fern fronds in winter, scarlet maple leaves littering the ground in autumn, a burst of wildflowers along a river bank in spring.In his eloquent text, Wade Davis describes the scale and abundance of these rainforests, where redwoods reach nearly 120 meters and read cedars can be 6 metres or more across at the base. Davis also discusses the role of the rainforest in Native culture and mourns the loss of much of this ancient foest through overcutting and other shortsighted forestry practices.Together, Davis's powerful writing and Osborne's spectular photographs provide a stunning tribute to this rare and beautiful ecosystem, as well as a compelling plea to preserve it.
Little Chicken's Big Day
Author: Jerry DavisPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442414014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Little Chicken is tired of being told what to do by Big Chicken, but when they become separated he misses all of the clucking.
The Magnolia Palace
Author: Fiona DavisPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593184017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions. Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists' models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an employment opportunity at the Frick mansion—a building that, ironically, bears her own visage—Lillian jumps at the chance. But the longer she works as a private secretary to the imperious and demanding Helen Frick, the daughter and heiress of industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick, the more deeply her life gets intertwined with that of the family—pulling her into a tangled web of romantic trysts, stolen jewels, and family drama that runs so deep, the stakes just may be life or death. Nearly fifty years later, mod English model Veronica Weber has her own chance to make her career—and with it, earn the money she needs to support her family back home—within the walls of the former Frick residence, now converted into one of New York City's most impressive museums. But when she—along with a charming intern/budding art curator named Joshua—is dismissed from the Vogue shoot taking place at the Frick Collection, she chances upon a series of hidden messages in the museum: messages that will lead her and Joshua on a hunt that could not only solve Veronica's financial woes, but could finally reveal the truth behind a decades-old murder in the infamous Frick family.
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Author: Iowa State Horticultural SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Includes Transactions of affiliated societies.
Transactions
Author: Iowa State Horticultural SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Our Horticultural Visitor
Author: Bulletin
Author: Home stories, collected by the brothers Grimm, tr. by M.L. Davis, illustr. by G. Thompson
Author: Jacob Ludwig C. GrimmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Primate Evolution and Human Origins
Author: Russell L. CiochonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351496689
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Primate Evolution and Human Origins compiles, for the first time, the major ideas and publications that have shaped our current view of the evolutionary biology of the primates and the origin of the human line. Designed for freshmen-to-graduate students in anthropology, paleontology, and biology, the book is a unique collection of classic papers, culled from the past 20 years of research. It is also an important reference for academicians and researchers, as it covers the entire scope of primate and human evolution (with an emphasis on the fossil record). A comprehensive bibliography cites over 2000 significant articles not found in the main text.
Transactions
Author: Iowa State Horticultural SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description