Global Seagrass Research Methods

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This thorough and informative volume presents a set of detailed, globally applicable techniques for seagrass research.
The book provides methods for all aspects of seagrass science from basic plant collection to statistical approaches and investigations of plant-animal interaction. The emphasis is on methods that are applicable in both developing and developed countries.

The importance of seagrasses in coastal and near shore environments, and ultimately their contribution to the productivity of the world's oceans, has become increasingly recognised over the last 40 years.
Seagrasses provide food for sea turtles, nearly 100 fish species, waterfowl and for the marine mammals the manatee and dugong. Seagrasses also support complex food webs by virtue of their physical structure and primary production and are well known for their role as breeding grounds and nurseries for important crustacean, finfish and shell fish populations. Seagrasses are the basis of an important detrital food chain. The plants filter nutrients and contaminants from the water, stabilise sediments and act as dampeners to wave action. Seagrasses rank with coral reefs and mangroves as some of the world's most productive coastal habitat and strong linkages among these habitats make the loss of seagrasses a contributing factor in the degradation of the world's oceans.

Contributors from around the world provide up-to-date methods for comparable collection of ecological information from both temperate and tropical seagrass ecosystems.

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Global Seagrass Research Methods
F.T. Short
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Great travel dreaming book and high level planning tool

Reader's Digest Quality

spend the money on a real guide book

Very disappointing.

A good book for a beginner - but nowhere near enough detail

Lonely Planet Read This First: Central & South America (Read This First Series)
Conner Gorry
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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South American Handbook 2007: 83rd Edition (Footprint South American Handbook)

ASIN: 1864500670

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Planning a trip to Mexico, Central and South America? Lonely Planet's know-how will help you scramble up the Andes, navigate the seething megalopolis of Sao Paulo and salsa the nights away with the savvy of a local.

advice on getting the ticket to suit you, organising visas on the hop and what to do if your passport gets stolen
full-colour country maps with itineraries to suit three days, three months or beyond
snap-shot profiles of 22 countries in the region, including all the highlights you won't want to miss
stories from Lonely Planet authors about their first-time travel adventures (and misadventures)
tips on saving money on the road, bargaining and tipping
essential health warnings and everything you need to know about vaccinations

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Great travel dreaming book and high level planning tool.......2004-08-13

I'm going to buck the trend here and give this book a positive review. In the past 2 years I have been on the road for over 1 year. Most recently returning from a 7 month trip which included Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, India, Nepal, UAE, and Qatar among others.

Prior to this recent trip I spent 6 weeks in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina. I used the LP RTF series as a general planning tool - correlating the maps with the weather charts provided. As well as utilizing the regional travel tips provided.

While certainly not a detailed guide it provided just the right level of information to help me determine where I wanted to go, how to get to and from those points (quick border info) and roughly how much time I wanted to spend there via the sample itineraries. The maps are colorful and excellent, they include different colors showing the sample itineraries which are based on trips of different time lengths (1 week, 2 weeks, etc...) and little flags indicating land border checkpoints. Paper quality is also nice and glossy.

I am now planning another trip to Brazil, Colombia, and Panama. I am finding this guide to be useful once again in charting out an overall course. I have specific guidebooks for each of these countries (Not all LP I'll add), but as a "1 stop shop/read" in a compact format the LP RTF series is unbeatable in my opinion.

Another useful feature of the book is the chart showing all the countries listed in the region and whether a visa is required. Although I did find one mistake in the chart, a visa is required for US Citizens visiting Brazil. Though I'm not sure if the latter is a result of this books April 2000 print date.

For the real adventurous this might be the only guide one needs to bring to the region. (It wasn't my only guidebook, maybe someday) Strong language skills and confidence in travelling "lite" and/or picking up guidebooks / tourist pamphlets / searching out internet sites on the way would be recommended.

Great book, if used the right way. If you are only planning on going to a single country, then I wouldn't bother with this book. But, if you are planning a multi-country trip, or just need a better idea of where to spend your time - this could be a book for you.

Reader's Digest Quality.......2002-08-13

This is Lonely Planet Lite, all of it material cribbed and repackaged from other Lonely Planet guides on the region, and in many cases the summaries grossly distort what appears in the individual country guides. It's like drinking non-alcoholic beer--so diluted that there's no satisfaction in it--and some of the original wasn't all that great to start with.

spend the money on a real guide book.......2002-05-09

complete waste of time and money. wish id looked at the content in more detail before buying. i actually went through in disbelief at the scarcity of contents, compared with my other guide books and realised its exactly the same information which gets condensed into the front of other guide books.
lots of common sense information, only of use to someone who really wouldnt even know the first thing about travelling. this was the least useful resource in planning a trip to latin amrica, to the degree theres actually a lot of bad advice.
avoid

Very disappointing........2001-11-30

This book is designed for a first time traveller -- over half of it was advice about weather, shots, and traveller's checks. Detail about where to go and what to see is disappointing -- it only gives a very general outline about it country (they seem to all have jungles, mountains, and ruins) and then recommends other guide books. If you are only buying 1-2 guide books, just buy the other ones.

A good book for a beginner - but nowhere near enough detail.......2001-02-22

This book is probably a good start for anyone who has never travelled to Latin America. It does provide some good background info (weather statistics, cultural info, major festival times, etc) on how to plan a rough outline for a trip. It even has sections on travel themes (e.g. where to go whitewater rafting, where to go hiking, where the good beaches are, etc.) The problem is that the information is way too general and brief. For example, in this 300 page book there are only 1-2 pages covering the highlights of each country, and only a half page that describes possible itineraries in each country. Detailed trip planning will require more than this book, so you might as well start with a more complete book.

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Logos Go Digital (Carter Library of Design)

Manufacturer: McNally & Loftin Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0688157017

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Where did U go? Beavers' logo comes up a letter short.(Columns)(Column): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PAAEAQ
Release Date: 2007-04-09

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on April 5, 2007. The length of the article is 637 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.

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Title: Where did U go? Beavers' logo comes up a letter short.(Columns)(Column)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 5, 2007
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Let's face it: indoor cats may get bored when their owners are away or otherwise occupied. No more. This user-friendly, step-by-step guide takes owners through the process of establishing successful bird-watching windows for the endless enjoyment of their cats - and without harming (in fact, benefitting) the birds on the other side. The vividly illustrated chapters describe how to set up appropriate window feeders, birdbaths and even birdhouses for your home or apartment. Suggestions for planting natural cover outside windows, one-way viewing, bird videos, outside speakers, and special toys - all for the pleasure of cats - are also included. This remarkable book by renowned bird experts (and lifelong cat owners) George and Kit Harrison is sure to be a valuable resource - for both you and your cat.

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Superb and Serious.......2003-03-26

Excellent works, both Volumes I and II.
Very important that all photos in colour, grouped according to type.
Careful and clear document, with accompanying advertisement reproductions illustrating the compacts, the styles, the periods covered.
Carefully researched, very neat, clear easy to follow.
Huge selection, especially with 2 volumes.
Estimated values may/not be accurate, but author explains which models need what parts for best vlues.
I highly recommend.

the source for compacts.......2001-06-21

This volume, along with volume one, is the source for compacts. There are tons of color photos of everything from compacts and vanities to plies, powder boxes, rouge compacts, and advertising. Mueller gives fine intros to each of her topics, educating the reader on the makers, the different styles, and where to focus your collecting if you don't have big bucks. Mueller also doesn't jack up the prices to astronomical heights like Gerson's book--prices are reasonable and acceptable for easy- and hard-to find compacts. The book is well organized, and I'd be hard-pressed to see how to do this one better.

Exceptional Guide for the compact collector........2000-07-23

I have both volumes and find these books easy to read with beautiful pictures and descriptions of compacts and carryalls. I reference these books everytime I am about to make a purchase. The compact values are listed under each picture with description so you don't have to look in another part of the book for the price as so many price guides are written. I highly recommend this book as well as volume 1 for any serious compact collector.

COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPACTS, CARRYALLS & FACE POWDER BOXES

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COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPACTS, CARRYALLS & FACE POWDER BOXES
Laura M. Mueller
Manufacturer: Collector Books
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ASIN: B000TWR2QE

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The Random House Book of Roses

Absolutely essential for a meaningful rose library!

Great pictorial coverage of many kinds of roses.

Random House Book of Roses (Random House Book of ... (Garden Plants))
Roger Phillips
Manufacturer: Random House
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ASIN: 0394758676
Release Date: 1988-03-12

Book Description

Every one of 1,400 varieties is illustrated with a color photo and with descriptions of origin, characteristics and growing conditions. Includes a list of U.S. suppliers. (Besides being practical, it's just a pretty book to look at!)

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Review amendment from East Bay grower.......2000-11-06

When I first got this book I wasn't impressed with its layout. However, after using it and other reference books for 9 months I find it has the BEST photography for clarity when identifying a rose and it has roses listed that are not in other reference books. I've been able to identify some "mystery roses" because of the excellent and very natural appearance of the roses photographed. It's been an excellent reference source and I highly recommend it.

The Random House Book of Roses.......2000-03-18

Excellent illustrations, but not in alphabetical order within groups. The index will direct you if you are looking for a particular rose. Not as informative or comprehensive as the Ultimate Rose Book, which is my preference. But it would be a nice addition to your library.

Absolutely essential for a meaningful rose library!.......1998-07-28

Learning about roses from what's available in your local garden centers or through the major rose suppliers' catalogues doesn't even HINT at the incredible diversity of types of roses. This is a book to fire the imagination and open the eyes to extraordinary possibilities. The 1400 rose photographs are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. The book uses a seldom seen and tremendously useful technique, in some cases, to show you roses of a certain category all laid out in a single perfect photograph. If you want, for example, a yellow rose, then its so useful to see them all together to compare and contrast their blooms. If appearance is a strong criteria in your rose selection and you'd like something besides the frequently average roses the commercial rose people are pushing, take a look at this book!

Great pictorial coverage of many kinds of roses........1998-05-12

If you are looking for a book which will allow you to see many different kinds of roses, this is it. This book is packed with pictures of roses. An added bonus is that these pictures are not "perfect" pictures of roses - the roses are pictured as they would appear in your garden. Many are shown in all stages of bloom, from bud to full blown rose. There is a very interesting section on the history of roses, and many wild roses are shown growing in their countries of origin. The only thing I didn't care for about this book is that the roses are not arranged alphabetically within their divisions. However, use of the index makes it easy to look up any rose you might have in mind. This is a great book to dream over during the winter!

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The Random House Book Of Roses
Roger & Rix, Martyn Phillips
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RIVGH6

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Beautifully illustrated with full-color photos

Random House Book of Old Roses, The
Roger Phillips
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0375751963
Release Date: 1999-03-09

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Beautifully illustrated with full-color photos.......2002-11-10

A wonderful book about roses, 5.75" X 8.25", with soft laminated full color cover. The inside illustrations, several on each page of the book, are beautifully photographed older varieties of roses, all in full color and very well done. If you want to be able to identify a particular variety of old garden rose (not bred for exhibition at a rose show or the florist's shop), this may be the book for you. If you are a rose lover, it is certainly a book you will want in your library.

Joseph Pierre

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The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees

I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised and, in fact, a little terrified when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening.

Sue Monk was a "conventionally religious, churchgoing woman, a traditional wife and mother" with a thriving career as a Christian writer until she began to question her role as a woman in her culture, her family, and her church. From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore to monastery retreats and rituals in the caves of Crete, Kidd takes readers through the fear, anger, healing, and transformation of her awakening. Retaining a meaningful connection "with the deep song of Christianity," she opens the door for traditional Christian women to discover a spirituality that speaks directly to them and provides inspiring wisdom for all who struggle to embrace their full humanity.

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One of the best books I have ever read.......2007-09-27

This is not THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES kind of book nor is it a recreational read. This is an account of Sue Monk Kidd's personal search for a spiritual place of belonging and peace. It resonanted with me at the point in my live when I read it, and it has many post-it note flags marking areas with special meaning.

Inspiring and important.......2007-09-08

This is a fabulous book. I recommend it to every woman struggling to find a place for herself spiritually. I grew up in one form of the Christian tradition only to find myself disenchanted in my young adulthood. Even though this book is written from the viewpoint of a woman raised in christianity, it is relevant and important for women of all faiths that have been steeped in patriarchy. I felt that my idea of finding my own way spiritually was somehow blasphemous (according to my conditioning at a young age) until I found this book. Sue Monk Kidd writes a truely amazing account of her own struggle and how she eventually came out the other side of it a stronger, fuller woman. When I read this book, I felt like I had come home. This book is very important not just for me personally, but for the whole of society. The world can benefit greatly by the return of a sacred feminine to the collective consciousness.

Great.......2007-08-26

Mrs. Kidd needs no review from the likes of me. She writes beautifully and her words are written with grace, dignity and integrity. This is the way my life long friend was raised in her Christian home in Sylvester, Georgia.

All of her wonderful works will be fine additions to anyone's home library.

Kind Regards,

George Ray Houston, Author, Southern Poetry
Sylvester, Georgia

More of an attack on males than anything........2007-08-05

This book was a required read for a class on the Sociology of Religion. I did not like it myself. It felt more like the author was attacking men than truly asking to be treated as an equal as she claimed. It sounds like the author is pretty much creating her own feminine religion (which I have no problem with). This book is about that process. She bashes most Christian churches when she leaves two or three (taking her family with her). She gets support from her husband (support from a spouse should have been a given!) and ends up with a conglomeration of practices and beliefs. The book came off as too whiny for me. She needed to put her arguments in a different tone. Maybe using more academic tones than accusatory. I would not recommend this book.

The final piece to the puzzle.......2007-05-30

I read this book in an attempt to find the last piece to the puzzle that is Sue Monk Kidd. My first experience with her writing was her well-received book "The Secret Life of Bees" which I enjoyed. I then read "The Mermaid Chair" and was surprised at the frequent mentions of the Sacred Feminine. Upon learning that she had been a Christian author before she began her career in fiction, I then read "God's Joyful Surprise" in which she explains a spiritual crisis in which she came to realize that she did not have to be a perfect person to earn God's love but could merely accept it and enjoy a close relationship with Him. Her second non-fiction book "When the Heart Waits" chronicles another crisis in her life when she realizes that God's timing is not her timing and that she sometimes has to wait for answers to her questions. "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter" recounts her third spiritual crisis in which she begins to question what she perceives as the "patriarchal" traditions of the church which glorify men and exclude or demean women. I carefully read this book about her spiritual journey, but I must respectfully disagree with her conclusions. Rather than seeking her wisdom from God, Kidd claims that all the wisdom she'll ever need is within herself. She also states that the earth is a sacred place and is our true home, rather than the heavenly home we have to look forward to after our death. She celebrates her "awakening to the Sacred Feminine" with rituals in the woods, on the beach, or in a circle of trees and has found joy and freedom in dancing and singing with her female friends.

Sue Monk Kidd is undoubtedly a sensitive, creative, and highly talented woman. It must be painful for her that each spiritual revelation that she goes through causes so much angst in her life. Her husband, Sandy, has been remarkably supportive of her, as has her mother and daughter. She carefully leaves out the reactions of her father and her son, but I wonder if they haven't suffered some fallout from her experiences.

I cannot identify with Kidd's anger or disappointment at what she considers her second-class citizenship as a woman. Being a child of God does not come with a gender bias and submitting to Him, not creating my own reality, is what has freed me. I deeply respect this very intelligent woman, but the disagreement I feel with her life choices will probably preclude my reading any more of her books.

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
Sue Monk Kidd
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God & the second sex.(Book review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

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God & the second sex.(Book review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
Colleen Carroll Campbell
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000W6LTY8
Release Date: 2007-09-18

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2007. The length of the article is 3016 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.

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Title: God & the second sex.(Book review)
Author: Colleen Carroll Campbell
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

Manufacturer: Harpercollins
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ASIN: B000HINXYK

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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

Manufacturer: Sue Monk Kidd
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Dance Of The Dissident Daughter - Woman's Journey From Christian Tradition To The Sacred Feminine

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Dance Of The Dissident Daughter - Woman's Journey From Christian Tradition To The Sacred Feminine
Sue Monk Kidd
Manufacturer: Harper-collins Publishers
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ASIN: B000VGGRN2

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This gerat book is a real eye opener........2006-01-17

I couldn't put this book down. It is amazing how the Irish Government and some cheesey media types tried and indeed are still trying to criminalize this man. It's as if the Dublin government is controlled by Britain,I now think they are. Read this great book if you need to know the other side of the story.

Padraig O Braonain
Galway

Humanity at its Best........2001-11-03

What a treasury of facts! Read it even if you believe that the Anglo-Irish conflict's terrorists are Irish; perhaps especially if you do. Author Feehan's facts are devastating and he organizes them masterfully. His preface,"A Word To The Reader" is alone worth the book's price. Its chapters ("The Background" followed by "Caveat Emptor" (news media involvement), "The Beginning" (Sands' earlier life ),"The Young Man," "The Prisoner," and "The End") are jam-packed with revelations. Even the Epilogue contains stunners. The Irish gov't, by its deeds, reveals itself as a London-run Quisling operation. This book is a great read; but its historical importance derives from the uniqueness of its truthfulness regarding Sands and Northern Ireland. From it you will learn about integrity and understand why communities as disparate as, for example, Le Mans, France and Teheran now contain streets named "Bobby Sands."
For greater detail of the actual (mostly British) terrorists' identities see any of the compilations all of which are undisputed and mutually consistent. The most concise of them, available from Amazon.com, is "An Index of Deaths From the Conflict in Ireland: 1969-1993" by Malcolm Sutton.

A True Hero.......1998-12-24

Bobby Sands is a true hero of the Republican Movement and the fight to end British injustice in the north of Ireland. Due to government censorship of all press and media coming out of the north, many people either don't know much about the War, or don't know the truth to the stuggle that continues today. Read the book-if you don't know, don't know what to think, or want to know more. It is a wonderfully well written and researched book, and it is here solely to bring you the real story. Take advantage of it.

mmmmmmmmmmmm chicken supper !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......1998-11-12

i really did think that the book was very very biased . obviously it was bound to be one sided " oh! we're soooo poor and oppressed". what i fail to see is that you beleive to be so rightious. you say there is a war, but that his death was caused by his/your oppression. even if there was a war it is acceptable to say that there will be fatalities.

BOBBY SANDS AND THE TRAGEDY OF NORTHERN IRELAND

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BOBBY SANDS AND THE TRAGEDY OF NORTHERN IRELAND

Manufacturer: The Permanent Press Sag Harbor, NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IB8I00

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