Plant Biotechnology and Developmentseries: Current Topics in Plant Molecular Biology

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Plant Biotechnology and Development is the first of a series of publications designed to provide readers with an overview of current topics in plant molecular biology. Such an overview is important due to the fact that researchers from many disciplines are successfully turning their attention to plant development in an attempt to increase our understanding of the laws of nature itself. Plant molecular biology is a new field resulting from this scientific concentration and can be classified anywhere from the purely scientific to the practical and applied. Plant Biotechnology and Development addresses biochemical as well as genetic analyses, in addition to morphological and evolutionary considerations. It emphasizes plant-microbe interactions, especially legume root nodule symbiosis. A glossary of terms is included at the back of the book to enable readers new to the field to "wade" through the jargon often associated with plant molecular biology. The book is fully indexed to allow easy access to information. Plant Biotechnology and Development and the series "Current Topics in Plant Molecular Biology" will interest pharmaceutical researchers, geneticists, botanists, molecular biologists, cell biologists, biochemists, and others who would like to learn more about plant molecular biology and its influence on all disciplines.

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This compact guide provides five in-depth walking tours of Paris, including the Champs Elysées, Ile de la Cité and Ile St-Louis, the Marlais, the Left Bank, and the Louvre; plus two more walks just for shoppers, one for clothes and one for accessories. Travelers will appreciate the large, easy-to-read maps with informative listings of sights, restaurants, and shopping areas along each route. Once the trip is planned, travelers can leave heavy guidebooks at home and carry only this convenient, lightweight walking guide. A list of dos and don'ts is especially helpful.

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This made our trip!.......2001-06-12

This was given to us by a friend prior to our trip. I barely looked at it and thought "well, this might help". The evening we arrived in Paris we decided to plan our next day. I pulled out this guide and realized this was our only hope for seeing all we wanted to see in a timely manner. The most valuable piece of information Jeanne gives in this guide is where the Metro stations are located and what train we need to catch to get to our desired destinations. Couple this guide with the metro & city map provided by the metro stations and probably your hotel and you have a fail-safe tour of Paris! Not only did we see all we wanted to see but we did it in an efficient manner! We travelled with my in-laws and they couldn't stop complimenting me on what a wonderful tour I "put together"!

I highly suggest Walk C!

very helpful guide.......2000-06-29

Just returned from a trip to Paris. Found this little guide very helpful. Used this along with bigger guide books, but this is the one we carried with us every day because it was so easy to fold up and carry in a pocket. The walking tours were very good and the suggestions about where to stop and where to eat excellent.

Extremely helpfu, convenient, comprehensive, easy-to-use.......1999-10-06

We've used Jeanne Oelerich's walking guides in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Paris and have found these truly unique guides to be the single most helpful sources in planning our day and time around the places that we want to visit. They are lightweight, compact, and remarkably comprehensive, with large, easy to read maps of specific areas, showing all the major sights, and many less obvious ones; good restaurants, great views, and special treats, such as small craft shops or great ice-cream. There are often museum floor-plans, brief histories of the area, travel and packing tips, ad glossaries. An incredible bargain!

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The secrets of the past are uncovered in this authoritative social history of the ancient proples of Central America and Mexico.

The Everyday Life of Aztec & Maya: The Story Of The Great Central American Civilizations With Over 300 Illustrations, Photographs, Maps And Plans

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The Everyday Life of Aztec & Maya: The Story Of The Great Central American Civilizations With Over 300 Illustrations, Photographs, Maps And Plans
Charles Phillips
Manufacturer: Southwater
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Mexico | Americas | History | Subjects | Books

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Aztec | Ancient | History | Subjects | Books

Mayan | Ancient | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1844763331

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Find out how the Aztec, Maya, Mixtecs, Tarascans and Olmecs lived - explore the excitement of the sacred ballgame, the cult of violence, the drama of ritual sacrifice, and the sacred culture of the land of the sun god.

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Everyday life of the Maya
Ralph Whitlock
Manufacturer: Putnam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0399610332

EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE MAYA. Drawings by Eva Wilson.

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EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE MAYA. Drawings by Eva Wilson.
Ralph Whitlock
Manufacturer: Dorset P.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W2EQA6

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With DSOS1 (Designer Shock Operating System 1) Berlin-based collective Designershock explores new interaction opportunities between web and print, successfully defying the fixed format of conventional books. With a dash of daring the manual offers both a comprehensive selection of innovative fonts and vector graphics (see “Büro Destruct”) as well as an assortment of ingenious content to be accessed exclusively via the enclosed digital medium. Here 80 specially created fonts, 98 icons, 23 screen savers as well as four graphic design tools await the daring user.

At the same time DSOS1 aims to playfully expand horizons and demands active interaction - to download bonus fonts the user has to prove his gaming skills, and the tools on offer, too, will only reveal their true worth in the actual application.

By softening the boundaries between book, site, tool and user DSOS1 generates unusual symbioses and design options, permitting the synthesis, modulation and active usage of pixel font layouts, screensavers, wallpapers or icons.

Behind this wonderland of playful functionality hides a flexible manual, work tool and inspiring creative guide with true, unique added value.

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Taking interactivity to another level........2003-08-08

E-zine Designershock has created DSOS1 (Designer Shock Operating System 1). It is the cumulative efforts of Berlin-based Stefan Gandl, Rob Meek and B. Ludwig with coding help from Michael Kuphal, Christoph Schuster, and Mike Kelly.

A beautiful marriage of media, from the Letraset inspired layout of the manual to the Atari 2600-esque games available through the CDROM (once connected to the Internet), Designershock have created a thorough and warm brand for themselves. In addition, the book doubles as a mousepad. Very sexy.

There's a lot of information in the User Manual and I found it the best place to start exploring DSOS1. It explains where the different components of the DSOS1 are and how these parts relate to each other. The manual, besides showing the Designershock sensibility offline, is a needed reference while playing the games or for instructions to use the programs. It's not overwhelming if you start from the beginning and slowly go through each little section. There is actually a nice pacing to it and it gives you a great over-view of Designershock and the DSOS1.

Once you have the CDROM in and create your profile, the DS Booter prompts you to login ("What are you waiting for?"). A browser will then connect you to the DSOS1 Online Emulation. From here, you can start playing the quirky games, working in any of the four programs, or download various extras.

The joining of application and design puts another twist on the role of designer as author. Not only are designers today producing their own content via Flash, video or the Web, but also, a new generation of designers will be pushing things even further conceptually. With creatives like Designershock and K10K (to name a few) taking interactivity to another level, it will be interesting to see where this trend goes.

bad knock off.......2003-08-04

Yuck! This is without a doubt the worst graphic novel residing in my house, I can't wait to get rid of it. The only reason why I bought the book was because someone had told me that it was in fact produced by DR ... but it obviously isn't even close. It is page after page of DR (Designer's Republic) imitations that have about 1/4 of the content, and 1/10 of the innovation. The illustration is garbage, done by people who obviously can't even draw with pencils, so they have resorted to bad vector illustration.

Interact with book and Web site.......2002-11-07

What do you get with a book cover that doubles for a mousepad, a user manual, and a CD-ROM that includes 80 fonts, 10 games, 25 screensavers, 55 wallpapers and 98 icons? This is not the start of a joke, but an introduction to Berlin-based Designershock design group's DSOS1: The User's Manual, a guide to their eccentric and abstract world where they're known for their Internet experimental electronic experiences.

Not knowing where to begin except at the beginning, the beginning of the book sets the tone, "Unless you're very strong, please resist the temptation to flick, browse, skip or skim. Start by going from page to page sequentially. Linear experiences are still the most satisfying, and this way you may remain calm and focused."

Using a polyglot of colors, pages splashed with shades of reds, grays, and blacks guide you through three parts (from left to right on the screen):

Electronic Workmates (EWM) - an introduction to the accompanying software, which is the key to accessing DSOS1's online world that is exclusive to owners of the CD-ROM tool.

Electronic Playmates (EPM) - fonts and typographical games to die for and each time you win, you get to download fonts and other tools.

Electronic Decomaters (EDM) - "is about creative control over your environment. Taking it; losing it. How to open the window on the sublime." Create an ambience with screensavers, wallpapers, and icons.

At first glance, this book seems cryptic, threatening and confusing. But remember what the introduction says and take it one step at a time from the beginning. It becomes easier to follow along with the print after connecting online. Designershock successfully leaps into the innovative world of combining print, screen, and typography.

Load the DVD and let Ozzy, the DSOS1 avatar, take you where you need to go to register for the first time and get a four-digit pin number. The user manual also outlines the steps to get started. EWM is on the left column, EPM in the middle, and EDM on the right. Pick online or offline tools, the latter downloads an archived file for playing offline. Offline is the better choice since it takes time to load the online version.

DS MEEK (Modulated Esoteric E-Type Kreator), a Flash program and the first in the book, lets the user manipulate fonts based on grids. The first impression is overwhelming, but the HELP and the user guide clearly explain the background and how to complete the activity. Turn the dials, flip the switches, and press the buttons to transform, morph, and scale a letter and apply the changes to the entire alphabet to create your own fonts. The book shows creations from using the MEEK emulator. One word: awesome!

Saving and loading a previously created doesn't work, at first. The save dialog box won't open, but attempting it another time is successful. According to instructions, "The SAVE and LOAD buttons work a little differently, depending on whether you are using the on- or off-line versions of the tools. Online, every user can save up to 10 modulations and 10 layouts on the DSOS1 server, using a simple DSOS1 file dialog. Offline, users can save and load an unlimited number of MEEK files, using normal system file dialogs." There two types of saved files in MEEK: layout and modulation. After printing a Meryl font creation, the program wouldn't go back to the EDIT mode or any mode. Just stuck there in font space. Despite a few runtime flaws, one could get hooked on this stuff.

Next activity, the DS EWG, has a few added features not in MEEK to increase the complexity. Hence, the user guide's wise suggestion of working through the book from beginning to end.

Expect nothing to come easy when playing the games, but that will make the rewards all the sweeter. This interactive print medium and accompanying Internet webzine slash software is not for the faint of heart or in this case, beginner designers. Like fine wine, give it time, let it age, and get a feel for it. It's not something to be swallowed whole, but instead slowly sipped. Not only can you consider this as a coffetable masterpiece, but also as a designer's interactive toy.

Surf to Designer Shock's Web site or see sample pages at the publisher's Web site.

designers republic.............2002-04-09

Check out Designers Republic's site. This "style" is them and not DSOS/Designershock.

oh lets all appropriate Designer's Republic's style create a book and make money and be happy. Let's all see a logo and copy it and sell it. Lets all see a brochure and copy the layout. Lets all see a photo and copy it.

There is no innovation here, just pure shameless copying.

Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money. Copy and Make Money.

>pleasant shock.......2002-01-04

I kind of expected to hate this book (Christmas present) but once I got past the superficial similarity with TDR I really got into it. The print part of the book is quite reserved but there's a lot interesting details in there. I was surprised by the quality of the text. The online part of the book is really something new - you really only can get to it with the book but there's masses of really groundbreaking flash work there and tons of quality freebies for download. I thought the playing games to win fonts concept was a bit weird at first but it kind of makes sense once you get into it. I would recommend DSOS1 to anyone interested in the combination of print, screen design and typography.

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This book offers a humerous look at a very important subject through easy-to-follow tips and comical illustrations.

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Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application - Vol I
Luther Burbank
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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The Training of the Human Plant

ASIN: 0898752981

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Vol. I of a twelve Volume set

"Just as a stranger, going into a home for the first time, will see, vividly, either beauties or incongruities which constant association has dimmed in the eyes of the steady occupants, just so, a fresh mind may be better able to visualize the more common processes, all too familiar to me, which I employ in my daily work."

"There are in fact many details in my routine, which are no less important because they are common to me and which may need some little explanation when described to others in different walks of life."

"I have, therefore, asked my associates, whose new viewpoint should enable them to observe these details in clear perspective, to present in this --- the first volume, a survey of the working methods employed; so that the reader may in the first few chapters be brought to the point where he and I may go out into the fields together, and work among our plants with perfect understanding."

Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa, California January 7, 1914

Some of the chapters are: How the Cactus Got Its Spines--And How It Lost Them, The Rivalry of Plants to Please Us, How Far Can Plant Improvement Go? and many more.

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HIS METHODS AND DISCOVERIES AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION: VOLUMES I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XII. 9 vols. (of 12) missing VI, X, XI. Edited by John Whitson, Robert John, & Henry Smith Williams.
Luther. Burbank
Manufacturer: Luther Burbank Press,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NPOIUU

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Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application - Vol I
Luther Burbank
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUD870

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Facing Artists: Portraits in Platinum
V. Tony Hauser
Manufacturer: Studio/Gallery Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0968132022

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Facing Artists: Portraits In Platinum
V. Tony Hauser
Manufacturer: CULTURAL CAPITAL
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WTPEM8

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African Americans and Latino Americans have played an increasingly significant role in the ongoing saga of American sports--and not just in popular sports like basketball and baseball. This is the first comprehensive, multisport biographical resource to concentrate exclusively on the accomplishments, achievements, and personal struggles of notable African American and Latino American athletes of the last quarter century. A total of 175 important contemporary athletes--113 African Americans and 62 Latino Americans--are profiled. Most made significant contributions to their sport since 1990. Athletes include:

Roberto Alomar

Oscar De La Hoya

Forence Griffith Joyner

Evander Holyfield

Michael Johnson

Michael Jordan

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Ray Lewis

Sammy Sosa

Serena and Venus Williams

Tiger Woods

And many more Eighteen sports, from baseball to bobsledding, are covered. The profiles of the men and women include personal background information and athletic career achievements through 2002. Each athletic career is traced, including entrance into sport, major accomplishments, records set, awards and honors, and overall impact. Quotations from the athletes enrich each profile. Bibliographies and photos complement the entries.

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