The Mycobacteria: A Sourcebook (In Two Parts Part a)

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One of the Caribbean's most inviting destinations, Puerto Rico offers unspoiled diving in crystal-clear waters. Jump into easy dive and snorkel sites around Culebra and Vieques, the "Spanish Virgin Islands." The Parguera region boasts breathtaking vertical wall dives, while legendary Desecheo Island offers brilliant sponge gardens and migrating whales. Above water, Puerto Rico has something for everyone, from lush tropical rainforest and glowing phosphorescent bays to the rich cultural attractions and vibrant nightlife of San Juan. This book describes 54 of Puerto Rico's best dive sites, with full-color photos throughout.

You'll get specific information on:

Dive site depth range, access and conditions
Common and hazardous marine life
Topside activities and attractions
Diving services and accommodations
12 easy-to-read maps

Customer Reviews:

Beats the internet!.......2007-09-05

One previous reviewer suggests that if you are on the ground (or in the water) in Puerto Rico, you won't need this book, you can just "ask around". This is surely true. The chief use of such a book is for planning a visit to Puerto Rico; that is, you use the book at home and perhaps leave it there. The pictures are enticing, the information is well-indexed and quickly comprehended, and I found nothing incorrect in the one usage I made of the guide. I had one day free in a business visit to San Juan, I used to book to decide that Fajardo should be my starting point, I snorkeled at sites around the offshore island of Palominos, and I had a superb experience. No doubt the same info could have been found elsewhere, but this book allowed me to feel confident in my choice.

Duped and Had.......2006-07-12

My first reaction to this book was one of excitment, this came from my first perusing the pictures. I was, however, severly disappointed when I actually got into the information that the book contained. The first quarter of the book is devoted to a breif and very lacking overview of Puerto Rico. Although not that useful it didn't hurt. However, there were two things that really bothered me about the book. First was that almost all of the dive sites listed need a guide. The second was that despite the fact that it claims to be a snorkel and dive guide book there is virtually zero snorkel information and of the few sights mentioned only 3, I believe, were actually not seemingly impossible to get to. In fact, my old budget travel guide for puerto rico had over three times as many snorkelnig sites, with, as I was dismayed to see, a lot of sites that were not even included in the SNORKEL and dive guide. How a guide on underwater adventure can be outshown by a general travel guide is beyond me but it is. Do not buy this book if you are planning to mix dives with snorkel and are looking for an all inclusive, it just doesn't have the info. Also, as I said most of the dives require a guide which makes the information in the book rather pointless as the guides will know where the great sites are and a quick conversation can lead you to your next guide and site. This, it seems is probably what the guy who wrote the book did, just went from guide to guide. The main dive areas are well know on the island and you aren't really getting any information that you couldn't just by being here get yourself. My vote, Not worth it.

Great Diving ifno for Puerto Rico.......2003-01-27

It covered most of the island with greta details and information. it is a shamed that it di not cover mona Island the best dive site in PR. Also, it lacks enough info on shore dive in the island. But overall it gives you enough information to keep you wanting to go back to Puerto rico to dive.

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I'm glad that they had a reprint

Necessary book for turtle lovers!

Turtles of the United States and Canada
Carl H. Ernst , Roger W. Barbour , and Jeffrey E. Lovich
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1560983469

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Buy it! Read it! Learn it! Must Have!.......2004-03-02

For turtle owners everywhere this is a valuable resource to have on the shelf! Of all of my 'turtle books' this one is by far my favorite. Even for a novice multiple turtle owner (that knows how to read) this book will prove worthy of its purchase price because it goes a beyond the standard "get a uv light" material. It teaches you about the turtle in the wild so that you can be better equipped to build an environment as closely related to their preferred location as possible while also explaining their habits along with detailed descriptions to help you identify the turtle with certainty and understand its history. My only wish is that there were a book just like it for the turtles outside of the United States & Canada. I also would have appreciated every picture in color rather than just a few ;)

I'm glad that they had a reprint.......2001-11-24

Very much detailed description of each and every turtles and tortoises found in the US and Canada, from anatomy to behavior to breeding. It's a must for any experienced chelonian enthusiast. Although, I would not recommend this book to a novice.

Necessary book for turtle lovers!.......2000-12-02

This book is a must have for turtle lovers everywhere. It is a clear and concise reference book for the known species of turtles and tortoises in the U.S. and Canada. The authors are both well known scholars in the field of herpetology. Carl Ernst has written many scientific papers on a variety of chelonian species. His partner, Barbour is also well known throughout the reptile world. Being a professional herpetologist, I feel that this was a perfect addition to my collection of books.

Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California (Comstock Classic Handbooks)

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Absolute classic

Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California (Comstock Classic Handbooks)
Archie Fairly Carr
Manufacturer: Comstock Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0801482542

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Absolute classic.......2000-05-13

This book not only is an invaluable factual resource for anyone interested in turtles, it's written in Carr's delightful and completely readable style. He says, for example, about people who intentionally run over turtles, that there "is probably nothing much that can be done about these people except to hope they skid." A great book for anyone who loves nature, turtles, or just good writing.

Handbook of Turtles The Turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California

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Handbook of Turtles The Turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California
CARR (Archie)
Manufacturer: Cornell U.P.
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000CI9UV

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Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California
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An illustrated key to the turtles, lizards, and snakes of the western United States and Canada (Naturegraph pocket keys)

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Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nations

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Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nations
Jane Louise Curry
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Algonquins are a great family of tribes who were widely spread across the North Central, Northeastern, and Middle Atlantic United States and Canada. Among them are the Lenapé, the Blackfoot, the Cree, the Micmac, the Ojibway, the Pequot, and the Wampanoag. A number of the tribes vanished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their stories with them, for not until the late nineteenth century were many tales written down. In Turtle Island, Jane Curry retells twenty-seven such tales from a selection of tribes across the ancient Algonquian homelands.

Here are stories of shapechangers, of magic and mystery, of heroes and tricksters, of how the world was made, and of why crows are black and beavers have broad tails. Animals and humans are of equal importance, sharing the world around them, sometimes as friends, sometimes as opponents.

Skillfully retold by a master storyteller and with evocative illustrations that reflect the customs and culture of the Algonquins, this is a special book for all who, like the Algonquins, enjoy a good story.

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Turtles of the United States
Carl Ernst
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Binding: Hardcover
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Turtles of the United States offers a survey of knowledge concerning the life histories of the forty-nine species of the turtles native to the United States and Canada at the time of publication. A series of striking color photographs shows each turtle in its natural setting, and black and white photographs depict the skulls and details of physical structure. The book has more than 800 illustrations, 61 of which are in full color. Maps indicate the range of each species in the United States.

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Clifford H. Pope
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Binding: Hardcover
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Clifford Hillhouse Pope
Manufacturer: Knopf
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HANDBOOK OF TURTLES -THE TURTLES OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND BAJA CALIFORNIA
Archie Carr
Manufacturer: Comstock Publishing Associates of Cornell University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J4VULA

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A Pine Barrens Odyssey is a detailed perspective of the seasons in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Meant as a companion to Howard P. Boyd's previous title A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens, it continues the comprehensive look at this natural region in New Jersey.

A Pine Barrens Odyssey includes descriptions of plant and animal life along with coordinating illustrations, but is primarily focused on the chronology of the natural features of the Pine Barrens. Boyd includes little known facts about the events that occur throughout the year to give the reader a look into his insight on the area.

Boyd's Odyssey and Field Guide books are a complete collection for anyone interested in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. The Field Guide can be used as a reference tool for the types of flora and fauna and the Odyssey as a calendar of what to expect and look for in this beautiful natural area of New Jersey.

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In Thomas Flechtner's photographs, snow become a metaphor for timelessness, stillness, peace, distance and loneliness. Both civilization and the untouched countryside succumb to the gentle weight of this element. "Coldness" remians a superficial memory. In fact these images, without any people in them make the viewer long for silence and transparency.

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Thomas Flechtner: Snow
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Manufacturer: Lars Muller
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In Thomas Flechtner's photographs, snow becomes a metaphor for timelessness, stillness, peace, distance, and loneliness. Both civilization and the untouched countryside succumb to the white weight of this element, undergoing a transformation equally enigmatic and physically definitive, overwhelmingly magical and bitterly cold. Bereft of people, Flechtner's images of snow-covered places cause the viewer to pine for silence and transparency, for buildings bleached by their coats of hard frost and ice floes broken into unstable shards. In their elegant, often abstracted compositions and the diversity of their shades of white, Flechtner's photographs also admit the poignancy of the artist's perceptive abilities.

11.5 x 14.5 in.
100 color illustrations

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