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The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora
Michael Largo · William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Book
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David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany Michael Largos entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the worlds most amazing and bizarre plants their history and their loreThe Big Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild wonderful and weird... |
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Seven Flowers: And How They Shaped Our World
Jennifer Potter · Overlook Books
Format: Hardcover
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The lotus. The lily. The sunflower. The opium poppy. The rose. The tulip. The orchid. Seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle but powerful ways. But what is the nature of their power and how did it develop? Why have... |
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GMO Food: A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton Ph.D. · ABC-CLIO; annotated edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Genetic engineering has long been used to impart desirable characteristics to food plants in order to improve crop yield, pest resistance, and herbicide tolerance. Genetic modification of foods, however, has created a storm of controversy everywhere in the world—including the United States.... |
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The Stars: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Cosmos
Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The definitive visual guide to exploring all the marvels of the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond.Chart the wonders of the cosmos in our own solar system and beyond with The Stars. Packed with 3-D artworks of each constellation and incredible new imagery from the Hubble Space... |
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Handbook of Mammals of the World, Vol. 1: Carnivores
Don E Wilson · Lynx
Pages: 727
Format: Print book
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The first work to illustrate and describe every living species of mammal on Earth. Volume 1 of this 8-volume series is devoted to Carnivores. The Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) will be an unprecedented reference work for the Class Mammalia. This series of eight volumes will... |
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Basic Illustrated Medicinal Plants
Jim Meuninck · Falcon Guides; First edition
Format: Book
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An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this guide, youll discover how to identify medicinal plants in the contiguous United States., |
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The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing: More Than 300 Tips for Anglers of All Levels
Tom Rosenbauer · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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In this compendium of fly fishing from three of the most respected names in the sport, Tom Rosenbauer, David Klausmeyer, and Conway X. Bowman share all of their most successful fly-fishing secrets. With tips on fresh- and saltwater fly fishing and tying flies, this book will help readers... |
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Noah Strycker · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world - and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand... |
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When Science and Politics Collide: The Public Interest at Risk
Robert O Schneider · Praeger
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
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This book explains why science and politics collide, why this is an especially critical problem at this precise time in U.S. history, and what should be done to ensure that science and politics coincide.* Shows the contentious science/policy relationship through examples of current controversies... |
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The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
William Rosen · Viking Adult
Format: Book
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How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn’t stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two separate animal epidemics... |
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