Plant Identification: Creating User-Friendly Field Guides for Biodiversity Management (People and Plants Conservation)

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* Written by the leading experts in the field
for use by non-experts
* Practical guide with step-by-step explanations including clearly drawn diagrams and illustrations
* Universal principles that can be applied in all environments worldwide

In order to manage, use, and conserve plants, we need to improve communication of useful information about them. For this, accurate identification using field guides is important. This book provides potential authors of field guides with an understanding of the issues and methods suitable for producing user-friendly guides which help to identify plants for the purposes of conservation, sustainable use, participatory monitoring, or greater appreciation of biodiversity.
The book draws on both scientific and participatory processes, supported by the experience of contributors from across the tropics. It presents a core process for producing a field guide, setting out key steps, options, and techniques available to the authors of a guide, and, through illustration, helps authors choose methods and media appropriate to their context.

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From historic cities and flamingo-filled wetlands to white-water rapids and the bright lights of Barcelona - this guide will help you to discover the whole of the wonderfully diverse Catalan region.

36 maps including full-colour Barcelona map section
special section on the local cuisine to help you tell your crema catalana from your cava
extensive accommodation options from palatial paraopres to practical pensiones
in-depth coverage of hiking, skiing and rafting in the Pyrenees
indispensable language guide to Catalan and Castilian Spanish

Customer Reviews:

Useful like most LP guides.......2002-10-06

I'm a big fan of Lonely Planet guides, so carried this (and the LP Spain guide as well) on a recent trip to NE Spain. This is a relatively recent edition, and so I found it to be largely accurate, though (understandably) some prices and hours had changed. Every phone number I tried was accurate, and the guide led me to some cheaper/better than the usual hotels. Of course, the flip-side of that is that the cheaper/better hotels are more likely to be booked up because they are mentioned in LP.

There were a few bars or restaurants in Barcelona that had either changed names or closed (or I completely missed them) that were in the guide... And if you are focusing on barcelona, maybe carry the LP Barcelona city guide also, since as the title would lead you to believe, the focus of the book is on the entire province, with only about 1/4 to 1/5 of this volume devoted to the city of Barcelona.

Recommended.

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Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures looks at the moment of discovery and the deeper stories behind some of the world's most astonishing finds. Archaeologists, explorers, naturalists, and even ordinary people have all made discoveries that have caused the world to marvel and have advanced our knowledge in an important way. Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures tells these stories and examines the influences they had on the course of history. Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures contains stunning photography and digital illustrations that give absorbing insight into the stories of excitement and discovery.

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packed with info.......2005-01-19

Ready to learn more about Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures? This is the book for you. The first chapter is all about Nature's Marvels. This is where we will learn more about fossils and the komodo dragon. Next is Chapter 2 with the focus on Earth's riches such as gold and silk. Then we move to Chapter 3 which has info on Lost Wonders like The Titanic and the Rosetta Stone. Chapter Four teaches us about Hoaxes and Frauds.

This is a great resource for learning about lots of topics. This is a great book to share with family members of all ages.

This book would be helpful to elementary students when writing reports on all sorts of topics.

Hidden Treasures: Amazing Stories of Discovery (Hidden! Series)

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Hidden Treasures: Amazing Stories of Discovery (Hidden! Series)

Manufacturer: Annick Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1550378031

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Ten tantalizing tales of hidden riches.

Dig this: In 1840 a surprised English workman uncovered a 900-year-old Viking treasure. The buried silver hoard contained over 7000 coins!

Not all treasures are found so easily. American treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched the Gulf of Mexico for fifteen years before discovering the wreck of a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship in 1985. That treasure contained over 130,000 silver coins!

Hidden Treasure unearths ten amazing and true treasure stories from across the globe.

From a junkyard in New York to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, join the hunt for history's most secret and often surprising hiding places.

Complete with a section on tips for true-life treasure hunters, and bursting with Tina Holdcroft's fun and dynamic cartoon-style illustrations, Hidden Treasure will lead any child to countless reading riches.

Key Features:

Games and activities incorporated into illustrations
Facts, jokes, and riddles on every page
Two-page spread of true-life treasure-hunting tips

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Magnificent photos, reindeer herders, boots, beads and more!.......1999-01-23

Oakes and Riewe present a beautiful portrait of the indigenous peoples of northern Siberia and the Russian Far East, using their own magnificent photographs of clothing, footwear and landscapes, plus those of other researchers, and from Russian and European museums. The beauty and harmony of traditional Siberian ways of life emerge from the pages. The authors, specialists in clothing and land use among northern peoples of Canada, have avoided showing us the poverty and destruction of today's everyday life in Russia's north, emphasizing instead the lifeways that indigenous peoples are struggling to preserve. (A less romantic picture can be seen in Doeker Mach's Forgotten Peoples of Siberia. Zurich: Scalo 1993.) The text, based on the authors' fieldwork, with the help of specialists from Russian museums and educational institutions, gives a historical overview, showing varieties of environment and ways of life, linguistic and cultural groupings, details of sewing tools, materials and methods of skin preparation, and of spiritual traditions based in nature. Some of these traditions relate directly to clothing and footwear, vital to survival in harsh northern climates. For example the Even people say that footwear provides a connection between the sacred and the profane. Good boots keep them in harmony with the earth. Sewing tools frequently show up in traditional tales, protecting and empowering women in the same way hunting tools empower men. I feel that the spiritual importance of clothing could have been clarified even more, and that it would have been valuable to give a more complete overview of Siberian spiritual traditions in the book's introduction. This would have allowed the authors to show which aspects are shared by many peoples and which are unique to one. They could also answer fascinating questions like why the Even and Evenk wear open coats in winter (which may reflect more southerly origins), and why Chukchi women make their clothing from whole skins instead of cutting them, (probably to keep the power of the animal intact). Emphasis on footwear reflects the authors' area of specialization as well as the help of the Bata Shoe Museum in bringing to Canada the footwear exhibit from the Russian Ethnographic Museum (also called "Spirit of Siberia") on which the book is based. The photographs and text elaborate the uses of reindeer skin, walrus skin, various furs, embroidery with threads and with the chin hairs of the reindeer, fur mosaics and beadwork. Appendices show the distinct details characteristic of the footwear of the various peoples, as well as skin preparation techniques. Besides the uniformly positive image provided by the photos, one other problem is with the frequent use of the "ethnographic present tense", which makes it difficult for the reader to be sure which traditions are still followed today and which are not. One example is the bear festival of the Amur peoples, in which a young bear was kept in a household for several years before being sacrificed to the masters of the taiga. This ceremony has been revived only once since the end of the repressive Soviet era, and the people decided not to do it again because changed mores made the sacrifice seem too cruel to the bear. Spirit of Siberia provides a beautiful and fascinating introduction to an ancient but radically changing tradition.

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Textile Arts: Multicultural Traditions
Margo Singer , and Mary Spyrou
Manufacturer: Davis
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0871925222

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Even the most contemporary fabric decorations embrace skills handed down through the ages in many cultures. In fact, this variety of techniques and approaches gives textile design a wonderful stylistic richness. Enhance your own pieces--whether embroidery, appliqué, tie-dyeing, or batik--with these internationally inspired projects. Shisha mirrorwork from India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan features beautiful star motifs and random crosses, perfect on shirts. Panamanian mola panels, with their wonderfully simple shapes and exuberant colors, have a delightful folk art quality. Cotton cloths from Nigeria and Sierra Leone combine tie-dye and stitch-resist. Or, try decorative techniques such as pleating, rouleaux, and ruching, reminiscent of the European 19th-century and Asian dress. Simple instructions on all these methods will open wide your design repertoire.

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Textile Arts Multicultural Traditions
Margo Singer
Manufacturer: CHILTON BOOK CO @
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000Q1N410

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Already available in English as Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot, this highly popular and expertly written handbook for parrot owners is now available in a Spanish-language edition for Spanish-speaking parrot owners. It advises owners on the most effective and humane ways to deal with common parrot behavior problems, including screaming, biting and feather chewing. The author also points out the need for periodic reinforcement of desirable behavior patterns, and tells parrot owners how to achieve it. The book is filled with full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Paperback / 152 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2001

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Caution: This book is for the Pacific Northwest Region!

100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden: The Botanical Bones of Great Gardening
Steve Whysall
Manufacturer: Whitecap Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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A Garden by the Sea

Seaside Gardening

Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Columbia

Gardening at the Shore

Seascape Gardening: From New England to the Carolinas

ASIN: 155110704X

Book Description

For Gardeners in the Pacific Northwest.

Gardening in a coastal environment presents a wide range of challenges, and thanks to 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden, bountiful rewards.

Easy-to-understand text answers a wide range of gardening questions in this fully revised, updated edition of a west coast regional bestseller.

Over 100 color photographs make this book a solid reference to 100 essential plants -- trees, shrubs, roses, vines, perennials, and bulbs -- for the coastal garden.

Each plant has at least one outstanding quality: beautiful blooms, sensational foliage, marvelous form, or exquisite scent. With 100 Best Plants for the Coastal Garden, gardeners can confidently establish the botanical bones of a garden. Excellent ideas for plant combinations and an intriguing list of top-rated plants are provided. The author also includes expert advice on shopping for plants and how to create a garden paradise, full of color and fragrance.

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Caution: This book is for the Pacific Northwest Region!.......1998-12-27

I purchased this book for my mother in North Carolina and was quite surprised to find that it contained information for the Pacific Northwest Region. Oops.

100 Best Plants For The Coastal Garden: The Botanical Bones Of Great Gardening

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100 Best Plants For The Coastal Garden: The Botanical Bones Of Great Gardening
Steve Whysall
Manufacturer: Whitecap Books Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NZSDUQ

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This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future productive research in the Mediterranean. After an introduction to the issue of texts and archaeology, the essays treat concepts such as: site as text, artifactual contingency of meaning, correlating survey with documents, contextual independence of evidence, textual bases for archaeological approaches, and correlating faunal evidence with texts. This book will be of important use to archaeologists and historians of the Mediterranean, and scholars of archaeological research in historical archaeology in general.

Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views on Texts and Archaeology.: An article from: American Antiquity

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Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views on Texts and Archaeology.: An article from: American Antiquity
J.D. Muhly
Manufacturer: Society for American Archaeology
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Book Description

This digital document is an article from American Antiquity, published by Society for American Archaeology on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1216 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: Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views on Texts and Archaeology.
Author: J.D. Muhly
Publication: American Antiquity (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1996
Publisher: Society for American Archaeology
Volume: v61 Issue: n2 Page: p433(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Susan Branch doesn't disappoint.......2007-08-26

If you are a fan of Susan Branch, these postcards won't disappoint. Worth the value for her wonderful artwork. These make a great gift.

Not so cute.......1999-04-29

I love Susan Branch, but this postcard collection is not her best work. The cards are very boring and not very cute.

One for You and One for Me ..........1998-09-27

Diehard fans of Susan Branch are likely to scoop her works up two at a time (one for me, one for Mom/sis/girlfriend ...) -- what's extra lovely about this volume of postcards is that there's two of each design! So one set to keep for yourself, another to send out to all your dearest friends and fellow-Branch fans. Or one set to keep, another for framing and decorating ... The cards are nicely perforated for easy removal. A must for any Branch afficianado,

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Close to Home Postcard Book
John McPherson
Manufacturer: Garborgs Heart N Home
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1583756434

Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City

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A topographical perspective

Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City
Ellen Williams
Manufacturer: Little Bookroom
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0964126273
Release Date: 1999-01-01

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Nearly a century after his arrival in the French capital as an unknown Spanish teenager, Pablo Picasso's presence still can be felt in Paris. Four walking tours follow the painter from the gaslit garrets of fin-de-siècle Montmartre to the Left Bank quarter where he sat out the Nazi Occupation. Both art book and travel guide, this pocketable volume identifies the sites where Picasso created some of his best-known masterpieces and describes his celebrated circle of friends, among them Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, and Coco Chanel. The tours are enhanced by recommendations for conveniently located dining at many of Picasso's favorite haunts: elegant brasseries off the Champs-Élysées, charming bistros in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and the legendary cafés of Montparnasse.

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A topographical perspective.......2000-05-05

This book contains many Picasso photographs at various stages of his life in Paris (before he moved to Vallauris). Did you know this revolutionary artist spent a great part of his life in a very "typical" flat of the most "bourgeois" district of Paris (8th arrondissement)? Paintings are displayed both along a geographical and a chronological perspective which is a refreshing and appropriate approach for such a book. This guide is practical, full of facts. You will like it.

Till the boys come home: The picture postcards of the First World War

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Till the boys come home: The picture postcards of the First World War
Tonie Holt
Manufacturer: Macdonald and Jane's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Greetings from Beverly Hills
Mike Oldham
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764326287

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Since the early twentieth-century, Beverly Hills, California, has been known for its movie stars and mansions. Here, in over 300 color and black and white postcards, Beverly Hills' glamorous heyday comes to life. Follow this famous city's development into the "Movie Star Capital," beginning in the early days when silent movie star Mary Pickford could be seen socializing at the Beverly Hills Hotel and, as Charlie Chaplin noted, "Sidewalks ran along and dissapeared into open fields..." Experience mid twentieth century Beverly Hills, a more trusting era when one could stroll past the residence of a favorite star, and perhaps even call on them for a visit! Gaze at Beverly Hills' grand hotels, like the Beverly Wiltshire, which opened in 1928, and later was home to Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Hollywood Homes: Postcard Views Of Early Stars' Estates

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Great Hollywood Book
Wow -- Great Illustrations!

Hollywood Homes: Postcard Views Of Early Stars' Estates
Mary Martin
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764322028

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Great Hollywood Book.......2007-07-09

This is a great book for any hollywood fan. I find it hard
to put it down.

Wow -- Great Illustrations!.......2006-07-09

This is an excellent reference guide to the architecture of Golden Age Hollywood. The paper is quality -- glossy and heavy-weight -- and the color illustrations are superbly reproduced. It's lots of fun to look through, and what surprises is how modest some of the homes are, compared to the mega mansions of today. The price guide isn't very useful, however. In addition, I would have preferred more about the history of the house rather than the brief star bios. For example, I'd love to know if the house still stands--or even have comparison contemporary photographs of the house/site. There are also the inevitable typos. Perhaps the most obvious one is "Clarke Gable." And why no index for a relatively small book? Still, no book is perfect and this one is gorgeous--you won't regret your purchase if you're a fan of old Hollywood. Some of my favorites are the residences of Bette Davis, Claudette Colbert, Eleanor Powell, and William Powell.

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Rich Collection of Riveting Poetry

Postcards Home: Poems New and Selected
Christopher Wiseman
Manufacturer: Sono Nis Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Poetry | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0919203876

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Rich Collection of Riveting Poetry.......2000-06-24

Postcards Home contains some of the most mesmerizing pieces ever. The poetry reflects Wiseman's thoughts and raw emotions ranging from place to place and time to time (Hence the title). Some pieces are very observant, blunt and to the point. Others require one to not just witness the vision being presented but to be involved in it. Nature, hatred, uncertainty, love, bitterness are all explored in a beautiful melange. Some pieces may be dated (eg. written a long time ago) but the voice is fresh and the vision is timeless. Highly recommended for all poetry lovers.

A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Oxford Poets)

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A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Oxford Poets)
Craig Raine
Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (T)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Between Home and Heaven Postcard Book
John McQueen
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0937311030

Book Description

Contains 30 removable color postcards. Size 4 x 12 inches.

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Christmas Bless Each Home Postcard

Manufacturer: B&H Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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In this first full-fledged intellectual biography of the brilliant and multifaceted Chinese scholar Wang Kuo-wei (1877-1927), Joey Bonner throws important new light on the range and course of ideas in early twentieth-century China. Coincidentally, she illuminates the nature of Wang's intimate, thirty-year personal and professional association with the well-known Chinese scholar Lo Chen-yü (1866-1940) and provides a most comprehensive and compelling account of her biographee's posthumously controversial career in the years following the 1911 Revolution.

Pursuing her subject across the whole spectrum of his many scholarly interests, Bonner critically examines Wang's essays on German philosophy and philosophical aesthetics; his poetry, literary criticism, and aesthetic theory; and his works on ancient Chinese history, particularly of the Shang dynasty. Insightfully relating his strenuous intellectual search in the fields of philosophy, literature, and history to his very personal quest for truth, beauty, and virtue, Bonner shows in this finely crafted book how Wang's unhappiness in later life as well as his suicide can be understood only within the context of his humanistic concerns in general and his extreme commitment in the postimperial period to the Confucian ethicoreligious tradition in particular. Without compromising the clearheaded critical detachment that characterizes her analysis of the intricacies of his thought, Bonner has produced a portrait of Wang Kuo-wei suffused with warmth and sympathetic respect.

Wang Kuo-Wei: an Intellectual Biography (Harvard East Asian Series)

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Wang Kuo-Wei: an Intellectual Biography (Harvard East Asian Series)
Joey Bonner
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JVGO3C

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Wang Kuo Wei an Intellectual Biography
Joey Bonner
Manufacturer: HARVARD UNIV PRESS @
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7DBCE

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Wang Kuo-Wei: an Intellectual Biography (Harvard East Asian Series)
Joey Bonner
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NWKH30

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