Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa

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The Field Guide to Kruger national Park........2006-08-05

This is an excellent guide to have if ever you wanted to go South Africa for the first time.

Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa

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Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa

Manufacturer: Struik
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ASIN: 0869772791

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112 brilliant color plates of 337 mammal species, with concise identification pointers which draw attention to the diagnostic features of each species, together with a wealth of additional biological information on measurements, habitat, behavior, food, reproduction, and geographical distribution.

Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park (Field Guide)

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Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park (Field Guide)
Robert T. Teske
Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers, Ltd.
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ASIN: 1868253864

Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park (Field Guide Series)

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Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park (Field Guide Series)
Gerrie De Graaf
Manufacturer: Struik Publishers
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ASIN: 0869774328

Hwange: Retreat of the Elephants (South African Travel & Field Guides)

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Beautiful and well written...

Hwange: Retreat of the Elephants (South African Travel & Field Guides)
Nick Greaves
Manufacturer: Southern Book Pub of South Africa
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 186812665X

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Beautiful and well written..........2000-09-18

Nick Greaves wrote and took all the pictures for this beautiful book. It depicts not only elephants, but other animals as well. It clearly explains about the wildlife in the park and goes further to explain the hard issues - culling (killing) elephants, ivory trade, and funding of the park. This is a book that will both look as good on your coffee table and is a pleasure to read. As a Zimbabwe guide in Hwange, Nick Greaves knows his elephants and this comes through clearly in the book. Highly recommended!

Field Guide - Mammals of South Africa (STRUSA/FIELD)

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Field Guide - Mammals of South Africa (STRUSA/FIELD)
Robert T. Teske
Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers,
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FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA [T4]

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FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA [T4]
C. & T. Stuart
Manufacturer: Ralph Curtis Books
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ASIN: B000WQ06GA

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Billie Jean King didn’t want to play Bobby Riggs. He baited and begged her for months while she ignored his catcalls and challenges. But after Margaret Court’s ignominious defeat in the so-called Mother’s Day Massacre, Billie knew what she had to do despite the personal and professional risks: take on the self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig and slay the myths about women and weakness. And so it was that King’s acquiescence led to the Battle of the Sexes, one of the most wildly surreal moments of the decadent 1970s. The worldwide event, showcasing three sets of tennis in a raucous Houston Astrodome, forever changed the social landscape for women.

In A Necessary Spectacle, Selena Roberts, one of the country’s finest sportswriters and the only female sports columnist in the New York Times’ history, has created a masterful and entertaining journey through the 1970s and beyond, capturing the color and passion, tackiness and anger, prejudice and progress of an American culture in transition. At the heart of the story lies the intersection of two complex characters: Billie Jean King, the daughter of a homemaker and a firefighter who grew up in the Norman Rockwell tradition of the 1950s; and Bobby Riggs, the gambling son of a fundamentalist minister who won everlasting fame as a card-carrying sexist—not because he believed women to be inferior, but because he craved attention.

Roberts enjoyed unprecedented access to the characters in this story, including numerous in-depth interviews with Billie Jean King and her former husband, Larry, as well as the friends and family of Bobby Riggs, who died in 1995. Essential details and insights also were provided through hours of conversation with key figures in the women’s rights movement and Title IX fight, including Gloria Steinem and Donna de Varona, and with tennis legends of the 1970s, such as Chris Evert, Margaret Court, Rosie Casals, and others. This book reveals the outsize personalities of Billie and Bobby; the intensity and intricacy of the Kings’ longtime marriage; the simmering social revolution that pitted chauvinists against feminists and tennis players against each other; and a wrenching coming-out story recounted in intimate detail by Billie Jean King for the first time. By the end of the book, Roberts has traced the cultural continuum of Billie and Bobby’s night at the Astrodome. She relates its significance to the day Richard Williams began hitting bald tennis balls to his pigtailed daughters, Venus and Serena; to the glorious afternoon when more than 90,000 fans watched as the U.S. women’s soccer team won the 1999 World Cup; and, ultimately, to the present day’s second-generation battle to keep Title IX alive. The book’s poignant last scene between Billie and Bobby serves to remind us how much of an effect that 1973 match—and the passion it fueled for change—continues to have on American society, showing how necessary it was, and how necessary it remains.

1973. The Battle of the Sexes.

It was the match that changed everything. In this riveting book by New York Times sports columnist Selena Roberts, the whole spectacle returns, larger than life and more important than ever. This story reaches beyond two outsize and utterly fascinating personalities who emerged during a simmering social revolution that pitted chauvinists against feminists. It also chronicles the complex, longtime marriage of Billie Jean and Larry King; the cavalcade of issues that rocked the 1970s, from equal pay to abortion rights; and a wrenching coming-out story recounted in intimate detail by Billie Jean King for the first time.

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the best about a great person, and tennis player.......2006-06-18

she changed the world that nite. read this to know how.

Goes A Bit Off Track.......2006-04-25

Some interesting archaeology about the now nearly forgotten King-Riggs tennis match. Roberts, of the NYT, brings to life how important this thing seemed at the time, even though it all looks decidedly quaint today. Where the author goes off is when she tries to relate this to the federal Title 9 law on equality for women in sports. It's a bit forced, even if valid. Perhaps it's the book's herky-jerky structure that is just not nuanced enough to make this work. She also includes some interesting background about the Williams sisters, the relevance being that they later reaped what Billie Jean King sowed, financially. Maybe so. In the end, Riggs comes off more sympathetic than pathetic, and King is a bit too deified. Still, this is some high quality social history about an episode whose effects still have an echo.

THE MATCH and how it changed the world.......2005-09-14

The subtitle of this book 'the Tennis Match that Leveled the Game' isn't quite strong enough. This single match, called the 'Battle of the Sexes' was far, far more than a tennis match, and the aftereffect was far, far more than levelling the tennis game.

For a tennis standpoint, before The Match womens tennis was not a serious sport. The women played, but almost by themselves. The money, the sponsors, television, the fame wasn't there. After it was all there.

From a legal standpoint, The Match put power behind Title IX that required equal funding in schools for men and womens atheletic programs. From the overall women's rights viewpoint The Match was in 1973, so was Row v. Wade.

Ms. Roberts is a sports columnist. This training gives her a newspaper like writing style that is very well suited to the subject she is covering here. The book reads almost like a novel, an excellent novel but also conveys the impact of The Match that changed women's sports forever.

GREAT BOOK ABOUT A GREAT LEGEND!.......2005-08-27

I'VE FOLLOWED BJK'S CAREER SINCE SHE WON HER 1ST WIMBLEDON TITLE IN 1961! THIS BOOK GIVES YOU A VERY CANDID LOOK INTO THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT TENNIS LEGEND, THE STUGGLES SHE FOUGHT BOTH PERSONAL & PUBLIC.
INTERSTING DETAILS ON THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES WITH BOBBY RIGGS AND HIS LIFE.
AN EASY ENJOYABLE READ FOR ANYONE, BUT ESP. FOR TENNIS FANS FROM THE 60'S70'S ON!

A necessary read!.......2005-08-27

I loved this book! I'm not a huge tennis fan so as I began reading, I was shocked at how quickly this story pulled me in and kept me fascinated. It's about so much more than tennis. The personalities and motivations of Billie Jean and Bobby were so thoroughly explored that as this spectacle of a match was becoming imminent, I could feel the pressure and the tension that must have been felt not only by them, but by many women and men in the 1970s as gender lines were being tested. This book did a great job of framing the importance of that one event, as circus-like as it was. Billie Jean and Bobby brought discussions of gender roles into people's living rooms that day and the consequences have paved the way for women and for the athletes we cheer on today. "A Necessary Spectacle" gave me new insight. Excellent!

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Exemplary style and substance

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Iraq - another Vietnam

A Lot Of Talk Little Meat

If this was a movie, I'd have gotten my money back

Spy Sub: A Top-Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific
Roger C. Dunham
Manufacturer: Onyx
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Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.

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Spy Sub is the tale of a top-secret submarine named Halibut that lowered miles and miles of special cable along the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in order to investigate a sunken Soviet sub. The mission was such a success that the Halibut itself received a Presidential medal in a secret ceremony. It's a true story, even the part about the sub getting a medal. Roger C. Dunham, a nuclear-reactor operator on board the Halibut during the mission, provides a firsthand account of an aspect of Cold War espionage that has only recently begun to surface. To this day, the Pentagon refuses to acknowledge such missions, in all likelihood because they are still going

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Exemplary style and substance.......2007-07-09

One should truly enjoy this book on many levels. The clear prose helps to place the reader inside the submarine environment, submerged in a world hundreds of feet below the sea in a "motionless sensation of losing contact with the world." There is a Hitchcock like feel to the interweaving saga of becoming a submariner, with drills, alarms, and other anomalies. Dunham also gives a good glimpse of the politics and spirit of the times. Moreover, it is also an account of one man's enlistment reaching into the entire morale of the crew. Some of the secrets are subtle. For instance it was the engine cushioning in-part that made the US subs superior. In Spy Sub, Dunham speaks of a "rubberized" engine room. What more does one need to say?

Keep it in context.......2007-01-22

Readers need to keep this book in context. This isn't a Hollywood movie script. This was a factual account of an individual's experience on a submarine on one of the most important missions of the Cold War. What the men on this sub did was extremely difficult and the reader does not fully appreciate the hardship the crew went through. The importance of this discovery was one of the pivotal points in the cold war, and significantly altered USA-Soviet and USA- China policies.

This book is the only book authorized and approved (and heavily edited) by Naval Intelligence on this subject, which is why many people have complained about the lack of details. The last chapter of the manuscript was completely removed by Naval Intelligence and never went to print. The author was well aware of what was happening, but he was not allowed to publish it because of the secrecy agreement he had signed with the Navy.

Red Star Rogue and Blind Man's Bluff, while written by submariners, are not first hand accounts of that happened, and the author's were not bound by the secrecy agreements. Red Star Rogue does give a much more detailed explaining of what happened, as that author apparently interviewed both Soviet and USA Naval Officers who were involved. That author never reveals his sources so the reader has no idea of how much of it is true, and how much is speculation. Spy Sub is more of the story of one submariners' experience and what happened on that critical mission. It is an accurate description of the life on a submarine.

While the author's attempt to tell the story of the mission, most of the interesting elements were removed. The only names what are real are the author's name and President Johnson. All other names including the name of the sub, were changed to satisfy Naval Intelligence editors. Perhaps someday this material will be declassified (as it should be) and they publish the original manuscript in it's entirety. In the mean time, understand you're reading a book about a story that the US Navy doesn't want told, written by submariner who took his secrecy oath seriously.

Iraq - another Vietnam.......2007-01-09

excellent Book to learn how U.S.'s Presidents' Policy caused which international Results. An important Piece of the Puzzle to understand why Vietnam was to happen, and Iraq to go the same.

A Lot Of Talk Little Meat.......2006-06-23

The Author Writes a lot but say's little about what the title of the book say's
Person think they will read about the K-129 Mission in 1968they will sadly mistaken the author very touches on the subject
He even does not give the name of the sub calling it Viperfish when others Call it by it's true name the Halibut.
This Author did not have the need to know about the mission but since he was on the sub and the K-129 is still in the news i will write a book about my time on the Halibut or sorry ViperFish and get persons to think i knew anoput the sub's mission to the wreck of the K-129.
If you want to read about the about the K-129 Mission read Project Jennifer / Red Star Rogue and Blind Man's Bluff for a better understanding of the mission.

If this was a movie, I'd have gotten my money back.......2006-06-08

The actual text of this book begins on page 13, but by page 21 I had lost interest. After having read the poor reviews here, I knew going in that the book may be a bit lacking, but what killed it for me was the author's description of having gone to the library to find out what a "viperfish" was, and then describing the creature. Since we all know by now that the boat was in fact the Halibut, this obvious, unneeded lie in a 'secret mission' story (one that is no longer as much so) is certain to make any reader question whether or not what he or she is reading is distorted, hidden fact, or outright fiction.
I would instead recommend a book such as Red Star Rogue. While that book itself is poorly edited, the story is fascinating.

Spy Sub: Top-Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific

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Spy Sub: Top-Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific

Manufacturer: NY: Onyx, 1997
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ASIN: B000HFL43A

SPY SUB:A Top Secret Mission to the Bottom of the pacific.

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SPY SUB:A Top Secret Mission to the Bottom of the pacific.

Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press
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ASIN: B000ICTGMS

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Graphic-Sha's best-selling series is now available in Spanish! This book covers all aspects of drawing manga for beginners, containing a brief introduction on the instruments and materials for drawing manga, plus various chapters on drawing the face, facial expressions, how to express age, drawing hair, bodies, hands, and feet; the folds in clothing, shadows, deformations of the body, character design, and story planning!

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Nice book since my Lhasa Apso got mated to a mixed breed..........2002-12-08

Nice book since my Lhasa Apso got mated to a mixed breed and she is about to give birth. But I think some of the info is general, like in training. Excluding the part dedicated to mixed breeds, I think the book can also be called Guide to owning a dog.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Treasures Of The Chinese Scholar
Fang Jing Pei
Manufacturer: Weatherhill
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Treasures of the Chinese Scholar presents the most detailed and illuminating commentary on the objects of the Chinese scholar's studio available in English. These treasures of the Chinese scholar's studio—including brushes, inkstones, water droppers, toggles, figurines, and scholar's rocks—represent the pinnacle of a complex art, which, having been refined over thousands of years by Chinese artisans, came to embody the highest degree of technical precision and a finely honed aesthetic sensibility. Through an understanding of the materials and motifs with which these objects were so artfully crafted and embellished, one can gain profound insight into the classical Chinese civilization, while the pieces themselves stand alone brilliantly as objects of aesthetic interest. This book examines in detail the form, function, and symbolism of some of the finest scholar objects extant, primarily from the Ming and Qing dynasties and spanning five hundred years of continuous craftsmanship.

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Because of the variety of colors, shapes, forms, and textures, there is hardly a more versatile material to combine with living plants in your garden than natural stone, either local or exotic. By way of introduction Jan Kowalczewski Whitner, author of Stonescaping, gives a historical perspective on Asian and Western traditions in the use of stone and its countless potential applications. She then launches into garden plans, techniques, and advice on taking advantage of many kinds of stone--even some now-available artificial stone materials--for paths and steps, walls and terraces, stone-water features, and rock gardens. For example, Whitner diagrams and explains how to make a proper foundation for stone walls, build a stone pergola, lay gravel and stone paths, cut natural stone, and create stone fountains and water features. Readers can duplicate these projects or can use them as a starting place for personalized, customized sites or designs.

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Fantastic!!! Even encludes lite-weight Trough/Rock making!.......1999-06-15

We've been looking for the 'recipe' on how to make light weight Rocks and Trough's, This is the only book we've found to do more then mention that it can be done. One of the best all around books for folk who don't have a Daddy Warbucks bank account.

high-quality, inspiring book.......1998-05-29

I didn't read every word on every page. I have used it more as a reference. Captivating set of color illustrations, well written, obviously edited thoroughly to give a more professional read. If you're drawn towards the rewarding art and science of working with stone, this book is a must.

Stonescaping: A Guide to Using Stone in Your Garden

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Stonescaping: A Guide to Using Stone in Your Garden
Jan Kowalczewski Whitner
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing LLC,US
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ASIN: B000P0SZXO

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This 1838 autobiography ranks among the most important and authentic accounts of life in slavery, recounting the experiences of a North Carolina native who was sold or traded until his successful escape to New England. Roper's moving reminiscences offer a powerful first-hand account of the realities of life in bondage. Introduction.

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My escape from slavery
Frederick Douglass
Manufacturer: Century
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ASIN: B00088NM3G

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Unabridged Audiobook in MP3 format.

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