Wildflowers and Weeds: A Guide in Full Color

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Please reprint- everyone needs this book

Needs to be reprinted

excellent photos in a field guide format

Wildflowers and Weeds: A Guide in Full Color
Booth Courtenay , and James H. Zimmerman
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0139576304

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Please reprint- everyone needs this book.......2003-05-09

Everyone should have this book in their personal library. This is the best book I have ever seen on wild plant identification. I use it regularly to identify and know the difference between native wild plants and weeds making sure not to destroy the beneficial plants.

I have learned a lot about plant identification from this book and wish it was more available. Everyone I know would have a copy.

Needs to be reprinted.......1999-09-12

I do volunteer prairie restoration and this book is currently used by many people in the field. The people who use it a great deal say it is the best for plant ID. I have a list of 13 people who are looking for a copy of this book and it is highly recommended. Anyone know how to get 13 copies of this book or get the publisher to put it back in print?

P. Schulte Mokena IL

excellent photos in a field guide format.......1998-11-14

most of the weed i.d. books i've seen are line drawings but this one (i assume by courtenay and zimmerman tho it doesn't say) is very good-nice clear pictures with easy quick info and many sub species are listed as well-sure wish i could buy this book to stock for my customers who are now growing wildflowers and have no clue which are flowers and which might as well be plucked from the area-

A Guide in Full Color Wildflowers and Weeds

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A Guide in Full Color Wildflowers and Weeds
Courtena
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0442217048

Wildflowers and Weeds: A Field Guide in Full Color

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Wildflowers and Weeds: A Field Guide in Full Color
Booth Courtenay , and James Zimmerman
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0671765760

Wildflowers and Weeds: A Guide in Full Color

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Wildflowers and Weeds: A Guide in Full Color
Booth; Zimmerman, James H. Bourtenay
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0JAIY

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WILDFLOWERS AND WEEDS: A GUIDE IN FULL COLOR
Booth and James H. Zimmerman Courtenay
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J3VP1Q

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Wildflowers and Weeds a Guide in Full Color
Booth and James Hall Zimmerman Courtenay
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MMRNQU

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As Gray is quoted as saying, "if the Orchid-book (with a few trifling omissions) had appeared before the 'Origin' the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians."

The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (On the Fertilisation of Orchids by Insects)

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The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (On the Fertilisation of Orchids by Insects)
Charles Darwin
Manufacturer: D. Appleton & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SPUHO6

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The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids Are Fertilised By Insects
Charles Darwin
Manufacturer: D. Appleton and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TYJPG2

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A practical and comprehensive guide to the countries of East and Southern Africa most frequently visited by backpackers.

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A Great Introduction to Ancient China for Kids!.......2000-04-21

Although categorized as a book for 9-12 year olds this abundantly illustrated book was a big hit at my daughter's preschool.

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Romans - Interfact.......2000-03-28

A great title to this series. All ages will want to inter-actwith the many activities offered on the CD that accompanies the seriesbook.

A great springboard for: research, intelligent play, and further reading.

Only drawback: it may seem that the sound should be more robust - not a worry for our family, it forced our children to take a more active role in reading - not just playing through this learning tool.

World Book - The Romans.......2000-03-25

A comprehensive study companion for the students or families learning more about Ancient Roman Society.

Please do not assume that this nicely packaged CD-ROM and Book cover all areas that you need to know. It is a wonderful springboard for inquiring young minds.

The activities are engaging, and encourage revisiting of all the areas offered in the book & CD. It would be difficult to stay in just one area without investigating the other areas.

My 7 year old son wanted to keep playing the Time Trek adventure, & guess which answers were correct. The adventure ends when an answer is incorrectly answered, forcing the player to go do a "little" research in other areas offered. Some areas seem silly at first, like the Mix & Match. But once the match is completed correctly information on a specific Roman person is provided. Silly isn't so bad either!

I found myself drawn to the screen as my son was playing, & really wanted to give him the answers. I held back but snuck back to the computer after he was in bed.

I also teach an introductory Latin Class to 5th graders, and will incorporate this package as a reward for other good performances in class. Oh, did I mention that successfully answering questions in the Time Trek Adventure produces a certificate? My students will be recognized for this accomplishment as well.

The only initial drawback is that the sound could be better. On further consideration, I like the fact that my children & students will be forced to read. After 10 minutes my son really didn't mind - although it forced me to teach him correct Roman pronunciations.

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This does NOT have a CD.......2007-01-03

I think the reviewer below made a mistake; this book does not come with a CD and is not interactive. There is a series called "Interfact" that includes an interactive CD.

This book by Nicholson doesn't seem to have any activities at all, if that's what you're expecting (I was told that it did so I was disappointed greatly). However, getting over that disappointment, I will reconsider purchasing this book as simply a read-aloud for a young child. It is nice and brief, compared to the information-filled Usborne books (besides the Usborne Beginners series).

World Book - Ancient Greece.......2000-04-02

An interactive fact explorer of ancient Greece, book &accompanying CD. This is filled with puzzles, activities andgames.

Published by WorldBook - Encyclopedia - The series of interactive books & CDs is a slice of research for young minds, while having fun.

You will learn great facts, and may want to look up additional information on Ancient Greece in another encyclopedia, or other books on this topic. What a nice way to get young minds interested in new topics.

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Dead-on observations.......2000-08-09

Bill Barich travels throughout the state, meets people, and describes California's various places. As a native Californian, it was interesting to see how he described the various people at the various places that both he and I have been. In order to be pithy, he has to distill a town into a short description, which risks greatly oversimplifying matters. Barich pulls it off amazingly well, with dead-on descriptions of many places. Readers may take issue with how he depicts a favorite place, but I think he manages to capture the feel of each place he goes. Definitely worth reading if you're from California or know someone who is.

Where's the politics of water?.......1999-07-04

Barich can write colorfully about California, no doubt about that, but he errs in including too much minutinae and not enough about California's most important issue: water. The politics of water must be central to ANY discussion of California. Southern California would not exist as we know it today without Northern California water. The movers and shakers in the water game are crucial for any understanding of 20th century California. Barich misses the boat, so to speak.

A beautiful soul-searching book ........1998-09-07

The Kirkus review missed the point. The book was on California, technically. It tells the history of places there. But what the reviewer missed was the ride each reader gets to take with Mr. Barich as he drives from the tip of California down briefly into Mexico. On it we hear bits of Mr. Barich's past when he first moved to California, then settled down with his wife only to be upheaveled again 15 or so years later when that love ends. Those are brief mentions with the crux of the story being HIS observations on the state of things in California, meaning the state of things all over. How we haven't grown much as a culture (despite our young dreams and hopes for ourselves), how we still remain ignorant to others experiences, and how kindness is so rarely shown but desperately needed. Reading the book I didn't feel like a reader at all, but a listener along on the journey.

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not compatible with today's computers

The Vikings (Journey Into Civilization)
Robert Nicholson
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0590461206

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not compatible with today's computers.......2007-10-17

Unfortunately, I can't say anything about the contents of the CD. It doesn't work on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Mac OSX. Many Macs can install the VERY VERY outdated "Classic" environment (OS 9) on their OSX system, but because I have an intel-based Mac, no "Classic" environment is permitted. So, I have a useless CD that won't run on anything other than a thrift store computer. I called Worldbook to see if this amazing product was their latest version, and it is, indeed. What is wrong with you, Worldbook? Are you asking to go out of business? No more Worldbook products for me.

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The Aztecs (Journey Into Civilization)
Robert Nicholson , and Claire Watts
Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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The Maya (Journey Into Civilization)

ASIN: 0791027015

Book Description

The book and disk that work together! The Interfact series offers a unique range of integrated illustrated books and multimedia CD-ROMS. Kids will learn and enjoy from this fact-filled book containing amazing facts, dazzling photographs, and a full glossary and index. In addition, the disk has seven interactive features with up to 15 hours of inter-linked activities, games and on-screen adventures related to Aztecs.

The packaging for this book/CD set is compact and ring-bound for easy use. The book cover is protected by a plastic sleeve to which the disk is attached in a sealed plastic wallet. Users will find clear cross-referencing between the book and the disk, which encourages both reading development and computer skills.

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wonderful overview of Africa past and present

shatters streotypes about African people

Wonderful

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An enlightening account of Africa's past and present

Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires
Marq de Villiers , and Sheila Hirtle
Manufacturer: Key Porter Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Africa: A Biography of the Continent

The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa

Life In Ancient Africa (Peoples of the Ancient World)

ASIN: 1550138847

Book Description

Into Africa is a passionate immersion into the incredible variety of the continent - its tribes, languages, governments and ancient empires; its cultures, art and music.

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wonderful overview of Africa past and present.......2003-05-13

"Into Africa" is a wonderful, almost breathless, whirlwind tour of the African continent. The travels described in the book may have begun as a search for what remains of the ancient empires that once existed, but became as much a discovery of what Africa is today, and what it will become.

Authors Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle divide the book (and the continent) into nine sections, each with its own distinct character and history. Part one looks at southeast Africa, highlights of which include a visit to the impressive stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe, ruins which produce a sound when one's ear is pressed against them, the source unknown. We are introduced to the Makuni or the "Living Stones" of Zambia, named not after the famous explorer and missionary but rather for the fact that a chief begins his duties by swallowing a small stone, which lodges in his gut and becomes an embodiment of his people. This region is also home to the colorful Maasai warriors, often noted by tourists in colorful red garb (so that people will want to photograph them), nomadic pastoralists that have been pushed out of the increasingly artificial wildlife sanctuaries of Ngorongoro and the Serengeti despite having lived there for many hundreds of years.

Part two looks at the east coast of Africa, the lands of the Swahili speakers. Fabled east Africa, long a tropical coast skirted by (increasingly threatened) coral reefs and (disappearing) dhows, one can still find along it Lamu, near the Somali border, still an island of coral brick buildings and mosques dating back to the 14 century. Even more famous is exotic Zanzibar, fabled island known to the ancients and part of Tanzania in name only, once a famous source of spices.

The third section looks at southern Africa, a land largely shaped by the Zulus and the migrations they caused in the 1800s thanks to the tyrant Shaka Zulu. We read about mountainous Lesotho, well known for its conical hats, vigorous ponies, and blankets (called Victorians), a distinct national character that is only 150 years old, invented by arguably Africa's wiliest diplomat, Moshoeshoe the Great; and Swaziland, one of the last of the traditional African monarchies, famous for the Umhlanga or Reed Dance, where barely clad young maidens symbolically offer themselves to the king as brides. The enigmatic San or Bushmen of the Kalahari also receive attention.

Part four looks at the ancient rain forest lands of the Kongo, long a source of slaves for the world and even well into the 20th century under the yoke of forced labor by France (in the Congo) and Belgium (in Zaire). It is a troubled region, but one of great contrasts; separated by the Stanley Pool of the mighty Congo River are two very different capital cities; Brazzaville of Congo the authors describe a sleepy and pleasant town, in vivid contrast to Kinshasa, capital of Zaire, a much larger, angrier, and dangerous city. Some of the most interesting passages in the book are in this section, particularly of his travels up the Congo River, in war torn Angola, and among the pygmies of Cameroon.

The fifth section looks at the Gulf of Guinea, long fabled as the Gold Coast and dominated by the fierce Ashanti, bold enough to challenge the British Empire and almost win. Of particular interest are violent and overpopulated Nigeria; the country of Benin (growing more into a model of how Africa could be), whose ancient kingdom of Dahomey was once noted for "Amazon" warriors; Togo, where vodun (the African incarnation of Haitian voodoo) still reigns; Ghana, perhaps the most "Christian" of the west African nations and a robust democracy; and Liberia and Sierra Leone, whose prospects are gloomy indeed.

Section six was quite interesting, examining the peoples and old empires of the Sahel, the grasslands bordering the southern Sahara, as well as the Sahara itself. Once dominated by a series of mighty empires, first Ghana for over 800 years, then Mali, the greatest perhaps of Sub-Saharan African empires, then nearly 400 years later the Songhai. Fabled Timbuktu is covered in this section, the desert city a center of Islamic learning from the 14th century on. The authors' coverage of Mali is especially interesting, notable for Mansa Musa, an African king so extravagantly wealthy he was well known in 14th century Europe after his pilgrimage to Mecca, and his predecessor, Abu Bakari II, the Voyager King, who actually sought to reach lands he believed to exist on the other side of the Atlantic, disappearing from history when he accompanied personally 2000 vessels for a perilous journey into the unknown. Also fascinating was coverage of the Tuareg or "Blue Men" of the Sahara, a fair-skinned desert nomad group where the men go veiled, not the women, and the Dogon tribe, cliff-dwellers in southern Mali that are neither Christian nor Muslim but have instead their own complex religion.

The later sections of the book are somewhat shorter, but no less interesting. Part seven looks at the Maghreb and the Barbary Coast of North Africa, an area once controlled by the now extinct Carthage, the land of the Berbers, the Bedouin, and the Moors, once dominated by the Almoravid and the Almohad civilizations, in part infused from the Andalucian culture of Islamic Spain. Part eight devotes some time to Egypt, which the authors maintain it is definitively a part of African civilization, and Ethiopia, a fascinating land of rock-hewn churches and according to some the home of the Ark of the Covenant, and once dominated by the powerful Axumite Empire. The book closes with the Great Rift, believed by paleontologists to be the true cradle of mankind, home to the enigmatic Chwezi or BaChwezi empire, the fabled Mountains of the Moon, and the horror that was Idi Amin in Uganda and is the conflict between the Tutsi and the Hutu in Rwanda and Burundi.

A fantastic book!

shatters streotypes about African people.......2001-11-03

I really enjoyed this book because it was well written history of the African people. The man who wrote this book is an exceptional writter for National Geographic. He seems to have a very good perpective upon the history of the African people. The other great thing is he provides a source for the Pharoah Khufu being an African person. He shows the deepest respect to African people and their culture. He is one of the only white writters on Africa that seem to do this. We have other people like J PHilipe Rushton,John R Baker,and the people behind the bell cruve seem to be on a cultural campain to posion the masses.
I wish however the writter would have went more indepth into African spirtuality. He does talk about the Mountains of the Moons being the source of the acient Egyptains.

Wonderful.......2001-10-03

The major highlight of this book is that it mentions every country on the continent; many books which view Africa as a whole tend to stick with maybe a dozen of the 45 countries that make up Africa, but the authors have touched, albeit briefly, along all modern African states, and attempt to bring them together as a whole, and make cohesive conclusions about the continent. The continent - a real study of the continent in all of its incarnations. As an overview of the continent, as a pair of authors taking the long view, and reaching unique and enlightening conclusions, there is no better book.

Highly Enjoyable.......2000-01-04

This book was extremely entertaining and interesting and most importantly stimulated interest in me for learning more about many of the regions and peoples described. Much in the work, however, seemed a bit over-romanticized. Nevertheless, I highly recommend the book: it was one of the best I read last year. Excellent introduction to the history and current situations in Africa (a little out of date for Zaire, of course)

An enlightening account of Africa's past and present.......1998-01-21

As a seasoned traveller to Africa (on bicycle and 4wd). I was relieved to find this book both informative and enlightening in its excellent balance of past and present times. The lighthearted approach mingled with the odd tribal poem and sometimes witty dialogue will appeal to those for have an affinity for Africa and wish to delve a little deeper. My only real criticism is that the book doesn't delve deep enough - but should it have, then the lighthearted feel would be lost. The style of writing is a joy considering the breadth of Africa and to have the authors own past thrown in at times, reaqlly does purvue a sense of a 'personal account' of this wondrous continent. If you want to feel Africa in your heart and its culture in veins without the security blanket of a tour operator and a 5* hotel this is the book you have been waiting for!

Ireland: A Celebration of History and Heritage (History/Journey's Into the Past)

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Ireland: A Celebration of History and Heritage (History/Journey's Into the Past)
Stuart Bowden
Manufacturer: New Line Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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