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Reproductive Versatility in the Grasses
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 052138060X |
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An authoritative guide to current problems in the world's most important plant families including cereals, the major forages, amenity grasses and those able to stabilize desert margins. After dealing with a computerized approach to grass taxonomy, the book considers in detail the grass spikelet. Thereafter, it examines fertilization, apomixis, and the structure of grass populations. The helpful role of grasses in reversing the trend toward desertification is also considered. The book then examines how molecular biology and tissue culture can be used with grass pollens to mitigate hay fever. Finally, the book seeks to identify some of the current major themes and key issues in grass research.
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Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 3) (Eat Smart, No 3)
Joan Peterson , and David Peterson Manufacturer: Ginkgo Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0964116812 |
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You may go to Indonesia for puppet theater and white beaches, but you'll return dreaming of nasi goreng (fried rice) and opor ayam (spicy coconut chicken). Still, there are so many Indonesian treasures that you might have tried, if only you'd known how to ask for them, and felt reasonably confident of the ingredients. Happily, Joan and David Peterson are masters of conferring culinary smarts. They provide regional specialties, food market aplomb, restaurant phrases, a glossary of ingredients, and the main course--an extensive list of Indonesian entries with English translations. I wish this book had been available when I visited Sumatra and Bali.Book Description
The compact, portable, and very readable EAT SMART guides to world cuisinethe first of their kindhelp travelers experience the delicious culinary delights of a foreign destination. This popular series contains fascinating food history, insight on regional specialties, great recipes to preview the tastes of the country, useful phrases, handy shopping tips, and two extensive bilingual dictionaries to simplify navigating menu and market. Travelers can now easily determine whats on the menu, whats in the market, whats on their plate, and what they can ask for as they travel.Customer Reviews:
Essential for travelers and foodies.......2000-06-17
This is a spectacular guide to Indonesian cuisine........1999-02-16
Well researched, accurate and very informative.........1999-02-06
The Most Comprehensive and Readible Survey.......1999-01-18
An indispensable companion for travellers........1998-12-22
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Ancienct Civilizations, Grades 4-6
Jean Wolf Manufacturer: Instructional Fair ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 156822060X |
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Corporate Interiors No.3
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1584710004 |
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Work performed by today's leading architecture/interior design firms is showcased in a compendium of noteworthy projects produced for corporations across the United States. Written by an esteemed professional with long experience in the field, whose perspective on contract design ranks this the quintessential book on corporate interiors, the book covers installations for Fortune 500 companies as well as new and rising firms concerned with image and office environment.Stanley Abercrombie, author of Hospitality & Restaurant Design, Corporate Interiors No. 2, and other design books, is editorial director of Interior Design magazine.
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A Splendid Find.......2001-06-01
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Corporate Interiors No. 3.
STANLEY (ED.) ABERCROMBIE Manufacturer: See notes ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RQTNC8 |
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Pyrenean Mastiff (Kennel Club Dog Breed Series)
Christina De Lima-Netto Manufacturer: Kennel Club Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1593783639 |
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As grand and wondrous as the Pyrenean mountains whence he comes, the Pyrenean Mastiff is an awe-inspiring guardian breed that remains one of Spain's best kept secrets. The Pyrenean Mastiff is rugged enough to weather the outdoors, though he prefers to be indoors with his family, to whom he is fiercely devoted. Towering at over 32 inches at the shoulder, the adult Pyrenean Mastiff offers expert protection for home and property, given his natural aloofness to strangers. Additionally, owners will prize this noble breed's calm, confident demeanor and its superior intelligence and bravery. The author provides a thorough history of the breed in its native Spain as well as in the US, where the breed has begun to win new admirers. In detailing the breed's history, the author rightly credits Rafael Malo as the savior of the modern breed and the man responsible for promoting the breed internationally through his La Tajadera del Tío Roy kennel.The first book of its kind in English, this Special Rare-Breed Edition serves as a comprehensive introduction to the Pyrenean Mastiff, written by Spanish breed fancier, Christina de Lima-Netto, who provides an insightful look at the breed's characteristics and the Spanish breed standard. Illustrated with over 135 color photographs, the book also presents sound and useful advice about puppy selection, house-training, feeding, coat care, health concerns, obedience training, behavior and more.
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Pyrenean mastiff: Guardian of the Spanish Pyrenees
Karin S Graefe Manufacturer: Pyrenean Mastiff Club of America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0966289404 |
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Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters
Reyahn King Manufacturer: National Portrait Gallery ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1855141922 |
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Insight into the life of an ex-slave writer in England.
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An African Man of Letters
Ignatius Sancho ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000VX1XC0 |
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Advanced Guide to Hydroponics (Soilless Cultivation)
James Sholto Douglas Manufacturer: Viking Penguin Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0720715717 |
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none better.......1999-06-22
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Advanced Guide to Hydroponics
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0720708303 |
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Decorating Entrances, Stairways and Landings
Susan Berry Manufacturer: Cassell ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 030434611X |
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Decorating Entrances, Stairways and Landings: Ideas and Inspiration for Hardworking Areas in the Home
Susan Berry Manufacturer: Sterling Pub Co Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0304349496 |
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Decorating Entrances, Stairways and Landings
Susan Berry Manufacturer: Sterling Pub Co Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000ORV0A8 |
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Decorating Entrances, Stairways and Landings: Ideas and Inspiration for Hardworking Areas in the Home
Susan Berry Manufacturer: Cassell/ Sterling ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NHWI5A |
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Still Lovers
Elena Dorfman Manufacturer: Channel Photographics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 097667081X |
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A fascinating, serious, and shocking glimpse into an alien realm, these are art photos of the complex relationships between sex dolls and their owners. These are not kitschy inflatables, but life-sized expensive, highly realistic dolls, customized to the smallest detail. Dorfman's deft treatment of the subject and neutral color palette keep the images grounded in documentary tradition, neither prurient nor fantastic. Viewers can believe in the owners' vision of these dolls as free objects of relation from this candid and non-judgmental approach. The dolls become sculptural beauties, sex kittens, companions, and family members. A woman owns several dolls representing different aspects of her personality. A military officer dreams of marrying his Rebecca. A family goes about their morning routine as Valentine sits at the table in a demure cardigan and straw hat. These photos are as riveting and culture-shifting as those of Diane Arbus.Customer Reviews:
"Realer than Real".......2007-05-27
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The Hasselblad way;: The Hasselblad photographer's companion
Heinrich Freytag Manufacturer: Focal Press; distributed in the U.S.A. by Amphoto, New York ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0817406204 |
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Manual for using older Hasselblad cameras........2004-01-22
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Young Companions
Manufacturer: Bruno Gmunder ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 3861872579 |
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Young Companions.......2006-04-14
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The Retina way;: The Retina photographer's companion
Otto R Croy Manufacturer: Focal Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007J3A7E |
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Young Companions (Postcard Books (Bruno))
Manufacturer: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 3861871084 |
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Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein, and Their Circle
David Leddick Manufacturer: Stonewall Inn Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312271271 |
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From the late 1920's through the early 1950's, photographer George Platt Lynes, painter Paul Cadmus, and critic Lincoln Kirstein helped to create and define the aesthetic and institutions of the American art world. With an overlapping circle of friends, lovers, collaborators, and models, Cadmus, Platt Lynes, and Kirstein created a world of gay esthetics and desire in art that was groundbreaking at the time and remarkable even today. Through hours of conversation with surviving members of their circle as well as unprecedented access to papers, journals, and previously unreleased photographs, David Leddick has brought to vivid life the lives and loves, connections and interconnections, and the inspirations and influences of this now vanished art world.Meticulously researched, completely forthright, and lavishly illustrated, Intimate Companions is a celebration of the art, the lives, and the impact of this groundbreaking circle.Customer Reviews:
a great tri-ography!.......2007-05-12
Mr. Leddick Tries To Do Too Much........2003-07-11
I would have preferred more insight into what made Mr. Lynes one of America's great photographers and less information and speculation as to whom he did bed or might have taken to bed. Mr. Leddick does discuss at some length many of Cadmus' paintings. Without the actual reproductions preferably in color, however, it is impossible to know whether or not this writer has a clue as to what he is discussing.
Mr. Leddick does briefly discuss Lynes' influence on later photographers, particularly Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts. For my money, Lynes is the best photographer of the male nude this country has had. His studio lighting is creative and quite wonderful. Just look at the photographs of anyone who followed him to see the long shadow he cast. (And all this inventive and difficult lighting before the strobe. At least there were no monotonous umbrella reflections in the eyes of Lynes' models.) Robert Mapplethorpe--whose work I admire a lot-- but who lit every photograph he ever took pretty much the same way-- could certainly have learned a plenty from studying Lynes' lighting.
So if you want to appreciate these two men-- study their works and made your own judgments. Mr. Leddick has edited a fine book on Mr. Lynes' photographs and there are several fine books on Cadmus in color.
[weak].......2003-03-31
an ardent fan of Paul Cadmus's work.......2002-07-08
I've stepped in deeper puddles.......2002-01-26
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The Retina Reflex way;: The Retina Reflex photographer's companion
L. A Mannheim Manufacturer: Focal Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007IUPVE |
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The Sappho Companion
Margaret Reynolds Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312239246 |
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The ways in which this sparkling, unexpected anthology will be classified in libraries and bookstores--lesbian studies; classical studies--will strike anyone who reads it as absurd. A sweeping look at the persistence of the Greek poet Sappho in the artistic and popular imagination, The Sappho Companion draws on everything from the Roman myths of Sappho to the eighteenth century rediscovery of Herculaneum, with its intriguing papyrus fragments, to Pat Califia's 1980 lesbian S/M book, Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality (out of print). The only book that compares to The Sappho Companion in its breadth and imaginative vigor is Charles Sprawson's lyrical book on swimming, Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero, in which the swan-diving Sappho makes an appearance. You don't need to know a thing about Sappho to relish this book, but for true enthusiasts, it makes a good companion volume for Yopie Prins's Victorian Sappho, Paige DuBois's Sappho is Burning, and Anne Carson's brilliant meditation, Eros: The Bittersweet. --Regina MarlerBook Description
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NOT yawn!.......2003-02-12
For me, this book was the perfect introduction to Sappho. It includes historical background followed by many of Sappho's fragments in a variety of translations. But that's just the beginning: Reynolds goes on to show how Sappho has been imagined/created by literature up to the present day. She anthologizes a variety of poems, plays, and fictions inspired by Sappho. It is amazing to see how, though so little of her writing survived, she has remained a titaness in our imaginations. Each literary generation has reinvented and recreated her. Reading Jeanette Winterson's amazing story "The Poetics of Sex" (narrated by a modern-day Sappho) fills me with hope and joy at the potential for lesbian creativity that is Sappho's legacy. I also appreciated the inclusion of works of art depicting Sappho through the ages. Although they are in black and white, they are an exquisite visual touch to this beautiful volume (the cover art is amazing as well).
I urge you not to judge this book by one bad review. It is a book to be perused at leisure, to leaf through in times of anxious sorrow and contemplative joy. Buy or borrow a copy and judge it for yourself.
Yawn.......2002-10-01
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The Hasselblad Way: The Hasselblad Photographer's Companion
H. Freytag Manufacturer: Focal Pr. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K4ZLCI |
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The Asahi Pentax way: The Asahi Pentax photographer's companion
H Keppler Manufacturer: Focal Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0240508890 |
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Breaking Through: A Migrant Child's Journey from the Field
Francisco Jimenez Manufacturer: Tandem Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: School & Library Binding ASIN: 0613607627 |
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Outstanding.......2003-11-24
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