Everglades Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Historic Everglades, Including Big Cypress, Corkscrew, and Fakahatchee Swamps

Book Description

This guide features stunning color photographs of 300 common wildflowers from Everglades National Park and the Corkscrew, Big Cypress, and Fakahatchee Swamps. Detailed descriptions and line art aid the reader in identifying plants in the field.

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Rated by an Everglades Wildlife Biologist - Robert King.......2006-04-18

As you might tell from the above title I am quite proud of my professional attachment to the glades. I deeply love the glades and am angered by the deplorable condition that politicians, government and our American culture have allowed this unique ecosystem to degrade to. Americans, especially Florida residents, must be motivated to demand that politicians and government do whatever it takes to recover and nurture what is left of the Everglades. Anything less is shameful! Look for the book I am completing on the Everglades.

Roger L. Hammer's Everglades Wildflowers book is an outstanding work, both by him and the publisher The Globe Pequot Press (Falcon).

Knowledge of wildflowers is not a personal strength of mine. I needed a book that I was confident contained clear, accurate information on the wildflowers that are found in the glades. I'm very curious for any unusual characteristics that are not commonly known about species. Mr. Hammer gave me both. Example: The Horned Bladderwort is a very small yellow aquatic flower that is common to the Everglades marsh. But it was not until I got a copy of Mr. Hammer's book that I learned that this flower is a predator! It is the only aquatic carnivorous plant in North America.

This glossy paged book has color plates, a glossary and something that took me by surprise - a very informative description of Everglades natural history including habitat descriptions.

This is a book of unusually high quality. If you're an Everglades naturalist I think you'll want to add this one to your shelf.

A fine guide to the budding and experienced naturalist.......2003-07-28

I believe that this book will be valuable to the budding naturalist struggling to keep up on a wildflower hike and to the seasoned ranger in Everglades National Park. Arranged by color, the book is easy to use while giving a tour with interesting anecdotes that you can study beforehand. A great addition to anyones Nature Guides.

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A best-selling series of colorful and compact guidebooks, which provide an excellent all-round insight to many of the world's destinations.

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Nice balance in a great travel book to Majorca.......2004-11-04

This is a well put together book - perfect size and light for travel. Combines a good amount of history, photography and lists of things to do. It also combines some suggested itineraries and the information, etc is very easy to find. I was also surprised to find a CDROM enclosed that had a brief overview of the island -- my only wish on the CD would that it would have 'downloadable' items such as wallpapers or the music, etc -- otherwise, its a nice addition to get you excited for your trip.

Very well put together book. The best overall guide to Majorca I have --- two thumbs up!!!

British Travellers in Mallorca in the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology of Texts

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British Travellers in Mallorca in the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology of Texts

Manufacturer: Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Mallorca (Thomas Cook Travellers)
Nigel Tisdall
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 074952040X

Thomas Cook Travellers: Mallorca (AA/Thomas Cook Travellers)

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Thomas Cook Travellers: Mallorca (AA/Thomas Cook Travellers)
Mona King
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0749513497

Travellers Mallorca, 3rd: Guides to destinations worldwide (Travellers - Thomas Cook)

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Travellers Mallorca, 3rd: Guides to destinations worldwide (Travellers - Thomas Cook)
Nigel Tisdall
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing/Dist Globe Pequot
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1841578460

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Map Mallorca Travellers
Mosely W H
Manufacturer: Macmillan Education
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Describing a time long before Columbus came to America, this book details how Africans and Native Americans lived together peacefully.

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A worthwhile book for novices

2nd time around training

A must have

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Trailering Your Horse: A Visual Guide to Safe Training and Traveling
Cherry Hill
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1580171761

Book Description

Clear, step-by-step photography guides the reader through all the necessary procedures to prepare for safe, low-stress traveling. Readers will learn how to select a truck and trailer; train a horse to enter, exit, and travel in a trailer; pack the right gear and emergency equipment; drive safely while pulling a trailer; and care for a horse en route.

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A worthwhile book for novices.......2001-09-03

This book is less about horse trailers than I expected. It is more about preparing the novice horse and horse-person to load & unload their horse. It does not include a comprehensive discussion on the current types (and fads) of trailers, nor does it cover the "horse's perspective" of what makes a good trailer. The small sections on trailers and tow vechicles is okay, but not nearly as comprehensive and fact-filled as "The Complete Guide to Buying, Maintaining and Servicing a Horse Trailer" by the Scheves.

I would recommend "Trailering your Horse..." as a second source for the potential trailer buyer.

2nd time around training.......2001-01-25

This is a must-have for anyone just trailering for the first time or working with a horse that was mistrained in trailering. Using Cherry's techniques has helped me to learn a great deal about my horse's previous training and given me the information needed to retrain him properly. I would recommend it for the novice or the pro!

A must have.......2000-08-02

This book helped me put together a combination of safe tow vehicle; well-equipped, comfortable horse trailer; and well-trained horse. I wish I had read it years ago. It would have saved me and my horses a lot of trouble. I have recommended this book to many people and would suggest that anyone considering the purchase of a horse trailer and/or tow vehicle read it and re-read it before talking to a single dealer/seller.

Must Have for Horse People.......2000-01-19

I found this book extremely helpful. Even though I don't trailer my horse but a couple times a year, I thought that the information provided, was layed out well and the pictures were great. Besides learning how to safely trailer my horse, this book also taught me how to control my horse from the ground using voice commands, which I found handy whether I was putting her on a trailer or not. I have all of Cherry Hill's books and the pictures always make things quick and easy to follow. What horseperson has time to read wordy, time-consuming volumes on horsecare? Pictures tell a thousand words!

Trailer Training Your Horse (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-279)

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Trailer Training Your Horse (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-279)
Laura Harrison McBride
Manufacturer: Storey Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1580174175

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How do you train a horse to get in and out of a trailer safely and calmly? With the renowned trailer-training method taught by the late Dr. Edwin Goodwin, long-time equine professor at the University of Maryland, it's simple. In "Trailer-Training Your Horse", journalist and equine enthusiast Laura Harrison McBride brings to publication for the first time the lessons and advice of Dr. Goodwin. The step-by-step training technique works quickly on green horses; it works fairly quickly on older horses that have always been led; and it works a bit more slowly on horses that have had negative trailering experiences. Most important, it works, almost without fail, and it can help your horse overcome fear, stubbornness, bad training, and bad handling. To accompany the training, you'll learn how to choose the right trailer, as well as how to prepare your horse for the trip and what supplies you need to make the trip as comfortable and stress-free as possible.

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great game book. Especially for trivia buffs.......1999-04-13

we are asking for help trying to find the name of a game not found in this book. email us and we can send you a picture of the bonus board that is in the game. WE NEED YOUR HELP! ANY TAKERS? WE ARE PLAYING IN THE WORLDS LARGEST TRIVIA CONTEST.

Best designed and most colorful book for game collectors.......1998-10-02

"Spin Again" is one of several good books for game enthusiests and collectors available on Amazon. Of them, this book is has the best in visual design; a fun, well layed out "coffee table" book about the best of the cool baby boomer games.

[NOTE: You can read my review of several of the other books on games and game collecting in my review of "Games: American Boxed Games and Their Makers 1822-1992"]

Compared to some of the price guides, "Spin Again" doesn't cover nearly as many games as the others, but it is designed more as a display piece than a reference book. However, this book does contain quite a lot about the game company histories and histories of some of your favorite classics, and some cool games you may never have heard of... This book is great fun!

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SPIN AGAIN #5
Rick Polizzi
Manufacturer: Pilucho Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MIO35S

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New spin: collectors playing it again with vintage vinyl.: An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
Matt Myerhoff
Manufacturer: CBJ, L.P.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000ALQ19S
Release Date: 2006-07-14

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on April 18, 2005. The length of the article is 1149 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.

Citation Details
Title: New spin: collectors playing it again with vintage vinyl.
Author: Matt Myerhoff
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 18, 2005
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 27 Issue: 16 Page: 3(2)

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Our media, ourselves: dieting again? Blame it on the liberals.(Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappines - and Liberalism - tothe Women ... An article from: Columbia Journalism Review

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Our media, ourselves: dieting again? Blame it on the liberals.(Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappines - and Liberalism - tothe Women ... An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Andie Tucher
Manufacturer: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000827LQ6
Release Date: 2005-07-31

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1067 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.

Citation Details
Title: Our media, ourselves: dieting again? Blame it on the liberals.(Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappines - and Liberalism - tothe Women of America)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Author: Andie Tucher
Publication: Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: 42 Issue: 6 Page: 57(1)

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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10-Pak Spin Again PB
Schaefer F. Polizzi
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0811893588

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Spin Again
Barbara Daniels
Manufacturer: National Poetry Foundation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Gorgeous photos, packed with ideas

Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guide to Window Boxes: How to Plant and Maintain Beautiful Compact Flowerbeds (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)
Tovah Martin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0395813719

Book Description

Learn how to brighten any window with colorful, attractive window boxes.

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous photos, packed with ideas.......2002-03-16

This is the second Tova Martin book I have purchased. There are so many beautiful photos that you won't even look at the text the first time through! Once you do, though, you'll find the text very informative on plant types and other wonderful tips.
Window boxes and container gardens are a must in our mountain community -- this book will give you terrific ideas for anywhere in the country, beachfront or Rocky Mts! Great coffee table book too.

Book Description

This monograph explores the relationship between angels and humans during the late Second Temple and early Christian period (200BCE-100CE).

The issue of the similarity of appearance between humans and angels is considered in the first part of the book. In the second part three topics are covered: humans and angels living together in communities, angels as recipients of human hospitality, and the possibility of human-angel hybrid offspring.

This study provides insight into how the ancient Jews and Christians defined "angel", and it argues that a clear distinction was maintained between angels and humans. These analyses have implications for our understanding of nascent Christology as well as soteriology, and also for our understanding of early Jewish Mysticism.

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Starlet is an homage-- a collection of archival material (1970-95) that covers a quarter of a century of shooting starlets by renowned Hollywood photographer Nancy Ellison. Many of her subjects became superstars--- but others existed so ephemerally only these beautiful images and the dreams they represent remain. But, they dared; they risked everything; and their beauty still remains as they once dreamt it.

Among the young hopefuls included at this first stage in their careers are Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Molly Ringwald, Rosanna Arquette, Jennifer Beals, Anne Archer, Grace Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dana Delany, Robin Wright (Penn), Jennifer Tilly, Rachel Ward, Geena Davis, Andie MacDowell, Mariska Hargitay, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sean Young, and many others.

Their images-- striking, adventuresome, sexy, fresh, vulnerable, sometimes wistful, dramatic, overeager, resistant, uncomfortable, and uncomfortably pretending-- are all seen through a curious, sympathetic, and extremely revealing eye.

Customer Reviews:

High Potential Book Harmed by Too Small Page Size and Price!.......2002-01-02

Caution: Starlet contains much female nudity of the torso and derriere. The images are intended to be provocative, without being in poor taste. The book also contains occasional coarse words. If such things offend you, avoid this book.

If Starlet had a larger page size and a lower price, this would be a five-star book. It contains the writing and photography to warrant a five-star rating.

Starlet's theme is how an aspiring young actress or actor goes about defining herself or himself to attract the attention of Hollywood producers, directors, and casting executives while then going on to grab a mass audience in the theaters.

In the days of the studio system, the studio hired hundreds of such youngsters and tried to build them into stars around a preconceived marketing concept. Today, the youngsters have to do the same thing, but by relying on their own resources. It makes the odds much more difficult to overcome.

Ms. Nancy Ellison's photography from 1970-1995 shows a remarkable ability to capture the uniqueness of her strivers, rather than putting them all into simple molds. Her results seemed best at capturing the subtleties of personality, body type, and acting ability of the subjects when women were involved. But a few of her male photographs are quite remarkable, too.

Ms. Ellison's opening essay on her philosophy is very well done, and explains her work quite well. "To the viewer, the starlet holds this problem, availability, surrender, and finally, possession." "With another woman, I choose to be in collusion with her -- to seduce the world with her beauty." "What has she got that no one else has?" "It is the imagery that creates the desirability of the subject." "Starlet is an homage to all those beautiful creatures who posed for my camera hoping for stardom, and to their youthful dreams."

As fine as her essay is, it is easily outshone by Mr. Paul Theroux's musings about what a starlet is. He begins by recalling his experience as a youngster spotting Marilyn Monroe in Scubba-Hoo! Scubba-Hay! listed in the credits as "girl in rowboat" (which was actually a canoe). From there he describes the Margot Peters character in Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark. Mr. Theroux puts up many contradictory, but partially accurate, dictionary definitions. These ideas are contrasted with popular conceptions and how directors think about starlets. Ultimately, he feels that a starlet is many things including "the siren, the waif, the girl with screen potential, the babe, the expressive face, the eloquent [derriere] . . . ."

You will recognize and be interested in many of the photographs in the book. Most of the subjects went on to have noteworthy careers, but there are also unknowns who are probably out of the industry now.

My favorite female images were of Rosanna Arquette, Shari Belafonte, Jamie Lee Curtis, Geena Davis, Molly Ringwald, Jennifer Tilly, Grace Jones, Isabelle Adjani, Kim Bassinger, Catherine Hicks, Isabelle Huppart, Isabella Rosellini, Margot Kidder, Maud Adams, Heather Locklear, Sharon Stone, Glenn Close, and Arielle Dombasle. In terms of acting skill for the camera, Rosanna Arquette, Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppart, Sharon Stone, and Glenn Close will make the biggest impressions on you. These women were all quite young in these photographs (although clearly over 18) so there's a dewiness that you may not have seen before. On the other hand, strong character is also clearly present in some of these women at quite a young age. In others, emotional maturity is evident also.

My favorite male photographs were of Pierce Brosnan (the best in my opinion), Christopher Reeve, River Phoenix, and Nicholas Cage.

The page size for these images should have had an area about 40 percent larger. The details would have reproduced much better if that had been the case.

In many cases, a two page layout has five or six images on it. These images are really too small to do justice to the work.

I would like to mention that the captions were excellent. Ms. Ellison discusses the subject, the issues involved with the shooting, and makes broader observations about starlets in these captions.

For the number of pages in this volume, I thought the price was excessive. The volume felt more like one that should have had a suggested retail price of $27.50 to me.

Despite my quibbles, most people who love to look at beautiful women and handsome men will find this to be an outstanding volume.

I suggest that you take out photographs of yourself at various ages, and look objectively to see what these images tell you about how you represent yourself. In which ones are you playing a role? In which ones are you being yourself? What lessons do you draw from these observations and from seeing Starlet about how you should portray yourself in the future?

Let the beauty of your soul shine through!

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