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Wildlife of the Okavango: Common Animals and Plants
Duncan Butchart Manufacturer: Struik ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KP5KXW |
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St. Petersburg (Lonely Planet City Guides)
Tom Masters Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1741041694 |
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World-class entertainment at the Mariinsky Theatre, sultry White Nights in midsummer, ice-skating on the Neva and the sublime architecture of the Church on the Spilled Blood - Russia's 'northern capital' amazes all who visit. This smart, streetwise and stylish guide uncovers the cultural riches, captivating history and carefree nightlife of this magnificent city. IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ART - compare Picasso and Poussin, Gainsborough and Gauguin with a whole chapter dedicated to the vast Hermitage Museum
CATCH THE SCENE - dance on tables or watch world-class ballet; our St Petersburg expert reveals the complete range of entertainment options
EXPLORE the city with tailor-made walking tours, full color, cross-referenced maps and metro plan
TALK THE TALK with our detailed language chapter complete with Cyrillic script
ESCAPE to opulent Tsarist palaces and charming historic towns with our comprehensive Excursions chapter
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Great Guidebook.......2007-05-18
THE BEST THERE IS.......2005-08-23
Chock Full of Information.......2004-01-08
There is also a section on language and phrases as well as easy to follow maps of the subway. If you go, I also recommend a companion purchase, Lonley Planet's map of St. Petersburg. It is laminated and fits easily into one's coat pocket.
Good Additional Guide Book.......2004-01-08
Inevitably Out of Date, but Still Quite Good.......2003-12-18
That being said, the guide was, overall, quite good. I particularly enjoyed the Walking Tours within and the map of the Winter Palace, which was invaluable.
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Lonely Planet San Petersburgo (Lonely Planet San Petersburgo/St. Petersburg (Spanish))
Tom Masters Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8408056182 |
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Lonely Planet St. Petersburg City Guide (Lonely Planet St Petersburg)
Mara Vorhees Manufacturer: Lonely Planet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 174059827X |
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Lonely Planet St Petersburg City Map (City Maps)
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Map ASIN: 1864501790 |
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Good Tourist Map for Discovering Russia's Window to the West.......2005-06-08
Laminated pamphlet.......2001-07-13
Excellent reference.......2001-02-05
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ST. PETERSBURG A LONELY PLANET CITY GUIDE
Nick Selby Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RAYWYI |
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The African-American Odyssey: Volume II (Chapters 12-24) (3rd Edition)
Darlene Clark Hine , William C. Hine , and Stanley Harrold Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131922165 |
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This 3 rd edition of The African-American Odyssey includes not only a CD-ROM-bound into every book (which incorporates over 150 documents in African American history), but also has a broadened international perspective, expanded coverage of interaction among African Americans and other ethnic groups, and new material on African Americans in the western portion of the United States. Free access to Research Navigator is included. This allows readers to access this powerful research tool with one site. Written by leading scholars, The African-American Odyssey is a clear and comprehensive narrative of African-American history, from the Civil War through modern times. The Combined Volume traces African-American history from it African roots through the present. This book places African-American history in the context and at the center of American History. Balancing accounts of the actions of African-American leaders with investigations of the lives of the ordinary men and women in black communities, exciting and readable coverage includes: African-American history from the Civil War and the beginnings of Reconstruction through the Civil Rights movement to discussions of black life at the dawn of the 21 st century. This is a compelling story of survival, struggle, and triumph over adversity. Readers will learn an appreciation of the central place of black people and black culture in this country, and a better understanding of both African-American and American history.
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A Comprehensive Primer.......2007-08-28
Terror and Triumph.......2007-01-21
Great Job.......2006-02-25
A Great History Book.......2004-04-15
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The African-american Odyssey Volume II (Custom Edition for University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Darlene Hine , William Hine , and Stanley Harrold Manufacturer: Pearson Custom Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0536970181 |
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Clip Art : Men: Hundreds of Copyright-Free Illustrations : All Ready to Use! (North Light Clip Art Series)
North Light Books Manufacturer: North Light Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0891344918 |
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A Natural History of Raccoons
Dorcas MacClintock Manufacturer: The Blackburn Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1930665679 |
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Originally published in 1981, A Natural History of Raccoons is a thorough study of the characteristics and habits of one of the most fascinating creatures among our country's wildlife. Topics covered include: behavioral characteristics (curiosity, raccoons in motion, winter denning); feeding habits, controlling their numbers (disease, parasites and predators); mating, and cubs; and habitat requirements. The book includes a chapter on caring for raccoons, which will be especially helpful for those who - like the author - have been called upon to nurture orphaned raccoon cubs. Raccoons are ecologic opportunists of the first order, living in forest, marsh and coastal environments, and forever exploring new habitats in suburb and city. Many people who have only occasionally glimpsed these predominantly nocturnal creatures will welcome this opportunity to become more familiar with them. Dorcas MacClintock is a mammalogist who is currently a Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences and a Curatorial Affiliate at Yale Peabody Museum. She is on familiar terms with raccoons, having reared a number of orphaned cubs. J. Sharkey Thomas's sensitive interpretations of wildlife are familiar to animal lovers throughout North America. Two solo exhibitions of her art in New York City have established a widening circle of collectors. "Delightful, painstakingly researched work that introduces the reader to just about every aspect of the structure, habits and life history of the raccoon. Packed with information. While the treatment is thoroughly scientific, the brisk writing style makes for easy, enjoyable reading. Illustrated with many truly exquisite sketches. A fine book." The Conservationist "MacClintock supplies here just about everything you could think to ask about raccoons. Thoroughly informative and smoothly integrated." Kirkus Reviews "A sprightly and detailed study of the appealing animal. The many drawings here are striking." Booklist "Informative and charmingly illustrated." Country JournalCustomer Reviews:
Astonishingly detailed.......2006-05-29
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Raccoon Moon (Accelerated Reader Program series)
Nancy Carol Willis Manufacturer: Birdsong Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0966276132 |
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Describing a year in the life of a raccoon family as the mother teaches her cubs to climb trees, find food, and survive predators, this fun and educational wildlife guide teaches children about one of North America's most intelligent and ubiquitous mammals. Detailed illustrations portray the birth and rapid development of the cubs, the cubs learning to catch a frog and eat a fiddler crab, and mother raccoon defending her cubs from a ferocious predator. Also included are facts about the raccoon name and range, raccoon relatives and trivia, tips on helping injured or orphaned raccoon cubs, and handling techniques and recipes for temporary diets approved by the Delaware Wildlife Rehabilitators Association.Customer Reviews:
Particularly suitable for bedtime reading.......2002-08-11
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Raccoons: A Natural History
Zeveloff Si Manufacturer: Smithsonian ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1588340333 |
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The word raccoon is drawn from the Native American Algonquian language. Their term arakun roughly translates to "he who scratches with his hands." Anyone who has found a raccoon rummaging around in a once securely closed trash container can attest to how skillful raccoons are with their front paws. In fact, they have four times as many sensory receptors in their forepaw skin as they do in their hindpaws-a ratio similar to that of human hands and feet. Samuel Zeveloff explores this trait and much more in his accessible natural history of raccoons.Customer Reviews:
Excellent for natural history buff/environmentalist, but..........2003-12-30
Still, this book is well worth the money!
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THE RACCOON IN KANSAS, NATURAL HISTORY, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.
H. Stains Manufacturer: University of Kansas ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WP8MS0 |
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Raccoons and their Relatives (Species Survival Commission)
David Stone Manufacturer: World Conservation Union ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 2831700515 |
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THE RACCOON CREEK GROUP (PENNSYLVANIAN) IN THE SUBSURFACE OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN.: An article from: Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
John B. Droste , and Alan S. Horowitz Manufacturer: Indiana Academy of Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00099P6LK Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, published by Indiana Academy of Science on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1480 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Raccoons and skunks as sentinels for enzootic tularemia.(DISPATCHES)(infectious diseases research)(includes statistical tables): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Zenda L. Berrada , Heidi K. Goethert , and Sam R., III Telford Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000GH3LKS Release Date: 2006-06-27 |
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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1999 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Age, distribution, and cultural affiliation of raccoon notched point varieties in Western Pennsylvania and Western New York (Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Stanley W Lantz Manufacturer: Carnegie Museum of Natural History ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006EVCLQ |
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Geographic variation of lean body mass and a model of its effect on the capacity of the raccoon to fatten and feast (Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History)
John N Mugaas Manufacturer: University of Florida ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006P5C0M |
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A Natural History of Raccoons
Dorcas MacClintock Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GLD9CE |
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Harley-Davidson Postcard Box (Harley-Davidson)
Harley-Davidson Manufacturer: Chronicle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Card Book ASIN: 0811825051 |
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Harleys have been roaming streets, highways, and trails for almost a century. These vintage postcards celebrate the history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and chronicle the early years of what began as a backyard experiment and has grown into one of the most revered motorcycle manufacturers in the world.Customer Reviews:
Perfect!.......2001-01-27
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Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White & Elizabeth Lawrence--A Friendship in Letters
Manufacturer: Beacon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807085596 |
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A legendary editor at The New Yorker during its first thirty-four years, Katharine S. White was also a great garden enthusiast. In March 1958 she began publishing her popular column, "Onward and Upward in the Garden." Her first column elicited loads of fan mail, but one letter in particular caught her attention. From Elizabeth Lawrence, a noted southern garden writer, it was filled with suggestions and encouragement. When Katharine wrote back her appreciation, she reported on her Maine garden and discussed the plants and books that interested her. Thus began a correspondence that would last for almost twenty years, until Katharine's death in 1977. Two Gardeners is a collection of these luminous letters, edited and introduced by Emily Herring Wilson. The letters bring to life the unique epistolary friendship between two intelligent women, the "formidable" Mrs. White and the "shy" Miss Lawrence, both avid gardeners and readers, both at a stage of life when to make a new friend was rare indeed: when they first wrote to one another, Katharine was sixty-two, Elizabeth, fifty-four. More than 150 letters went back and forth during the course of their correspondence, though Katharine and Elizabeth would meet face-to-face only once. Whether talking about gardens or books, friends or family, each held a special place in the other's life. Illustrated with photographs of both Katharine White and Elizabeth Lawrence, their families, gardens, and houses, this book is a special treat for gardeners, literature lovers, and anyone who delights in reading about women's friendships.
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Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence--A Friendship in Letters
Manufacturer: Beacon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807085588 |
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A legendary editor at The New Yorker during its first thirty-four years, Katharine S. White was also a great garden enthusiast. In March 1958 she began publishing her popular column, "Onward and Upward in the Garden." Her first column elicited loads of fan mail, but one letter in particular caught her attention. From Elizabeth Lawrence, a noted southern garden writer, it was filled with suggestions and encouragement. When Katharine wrote back her appreciation, she reported on her Maine garden and discussed the plants and books that interested her. Thus began a correspondence that would last for almost twenty years, until Katharine's death in 1977. Two Gardeners is a collection of these luminous letters, edited and introduced by Emily Herring Wilson. The letters bring to life the unique epistolary friendship between two intelligent women, the "formidable" Mrs. White and the "shy" Miss Lawrence, both avid gardeners and readers, both at a stage of life when to make a new friend was rare indeed: when they first wrote to one another, Katharine was sixty-two, Elizabeth, fifty-four. More than 150 letters went back and forth during the course of their correspondence, though Katharine and Elizabeth would meet face-to-face only once. Whether talking about gardens or books, friends or family, each held a special place in the other's life. Illustrated with photographs of both Katharine White and Elizabeth Lawrence, their families, gardens, and houses, this book is a special treat for gardeners, literature lovers, and anyone who delights in reading about women's friendships.Customer Reviews:
Trip down memory lane...via the garden path.......2003-01-15
Lawrence and White corresponded for several decades. The two women discussed their gardens, their columns, their books, and their lives. In the early part of their correspondence, they often wrote each other by return mail. Toward the end of Katherine's life, the letters were few and far between as illness began to affect her movement and ability to see. In spite of their suffering, they continued to observe the world around them and relay how things were going in the garden-the latest blooms, the ravenous mice, the unexpected cold snap, the new greenhouse. Their words remind me of the hope and comfort women have long experienced when a letter from a loved one arrives. As my 87-year old aunt with whom I still correspond says, it doesn't matter what you write, the smallest thing matters.
The editor of this collection of letters Emily Wilson, quotes a librarian who remarked after having read the letters Elizabeth and Katherine wrote to each other, "I got a feeling of moral interdependence on a creative level. Somehow I had viewed the creativity of successful people as a strong force that perhaps needed channeling but not encouragement. Now, on this new-to-me-plane, I see again that no man is an island."
Letters, we've got letters.......2002-06-26
The inspiration for a modern perennial garden!.......2002-06-20
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Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White & Elizabeth Lawrence--A Friendship in Letters
Emily Herring Wilson Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MU2QSW |
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Gudea's Temple Building: The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image (Cuneiform Monographs, 17)
Claudia E. Suter Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 9056930354 |
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Old Type, New Face: Digitizing a Classic Typeface
Gehl Baker , Paul Gehr , Paul Baker , and Paul Paul Manufacturer: Hartley & Marks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0881791458 |
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Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955 (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Trudier Harris Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810345544 |
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Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol 76 Review.......2001-10-31
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Afro-American Biographies: A Bibliography
Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1560728299 |
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This Bibliography presents citations of hundreds of biographies of Afro-Americans under the categories of General, Science, Engineering and Invention, Entertainment, Sports, Civil Rights, Women and the Arts. Access is provided via Title, Author and Subject Indexes.
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Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955 (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Thadious M. Davis Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810317117 |
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Afro-American Poets Since 1955 (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810317192 |
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Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Thadious M. Davis Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810317168 |
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Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Trudier Harris , and Thadious Davis Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810317281 |
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Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
Trudier Harris , and Thadious Davis Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 081031729X |
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A Bio-Bibliography of Countee P. Cullen, 1903-1946 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
Margaret Perry Manufacturer: Greenwood Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0837133254 |
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A long essay on "The Man and His Poetry" plus extensive bibliography of Cullen's major writings, writings about Cullen, including newspaper references, and poetry anthologies in which Cullen's work appeared.
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Black Americans in Autobiography
Russell C. Brignano Manufacturer: Duke Univ Pr (Txt) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0822303175 |
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Black Writers in New England: A Bibliography, With Biographical Notes, of Books by and About Afro-American Writers Associated With New England in the (Special Report)
Edward Clark Manufacturer: Dept. of Interior National Park Service ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0934441014 |
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