Field Guide to Orchids of Britain and Europe

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Flowers of Europe describes 2800 of the most common and interesting wild flowers to be found growing in Europe. For over 1900 of these species, the book provides detailed descriptions, their distribution across the continent, and their uses as poisons, dyes, foodstuffs, or medicines. It also
includes keys to the families and genera. The book's outstanding feature is its 192 pages of color plates containing roughly 1000 beautiful photographs of flowering plants in their natural settings. Line drawings are used to illustrate a further 280 species. Beginners in plant identification will
appreciate the illustrated glossary of botanical terms. Equally useful are the lists of the names of well-known plants in French, German, and Italian. First published in 1969, and familiarly known to plant enthusiasts as "the black book," this classic text by Oleg Polunin--one of the foremost
British botanists of his generation--has never been superseded. Ideal as a reference book for field trips, this reissued version will be welcomed by all students and researchers in botany, horticulture, or plant sciences. Conservationists, naturalists, and gardeners seeking a comprehensive guide to
the flowering plants of Europe will also find it invaluable.

Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe (Field Guide)

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Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe (Field Guide)
Paul Davies , and Bob Gibbons
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe: A Photographic Field Guide to over 600 Species

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Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe: A Photographic Field Guide to over 600 Species
Rae Spencer-Jones , and Sarah Cuttle
Manufacturer: Kyle Cathie
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 185626503X

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As our lives become more urbanized, many of us have lost the ability to name these beautiful flowers, whether in cities or countryside, in gardens or conservation areas. This comprehensive field guide will appeal to expert and beginner alike, with over 600 wild-flower specimens from the woodlands, grasslands, and chalk downlands and the mountainous, aquatic, and maritime habitats of Britain and Ireland. Each entry gives Latin and common names; descriptions of flowers, fruit, and leaves; and habitat. Anecdotes on historical background, medicinal or herbal uses, and common folklore breathe life into the text. Chapters also discuss the importance of wild flowers in their ecosystems, conservation and endangered species and offer advice on designing your own wildflower garden.

The Alpine Flowers of Britain and Europe (Collins Field Guide)

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The Alpine Flowers of Britain and Europe (Collins Field Guide)
Christopher Grey-Wilson , and Marjorie Blamey
Manufacturer: Viking Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Bob Press's Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

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Bob Press's Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

Manufacturer: New Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1853682918

$BOB PRESS\'S FIELD GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE$
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BOB PRESS\'S FIELD GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE
BOB PRESS
Manufacturer: NEW HOLLAND (PUBLISHERS) LTD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SBYSP4

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A Book of Wildflowers
William Niering
Manufacturer: Popular Culture Ink
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0831794399

A Field Guide to the Flowers of Britain and Europe (Collins Field Guide)

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A Field Guide to the Flowers of Britain and Europe (Collins Field Guide)
T. Schauer , and G. Caspari
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain & Northern Europe (Field Guides)

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Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain & Northern Europe (Field Guides)
D. A. Sutton
Manufacturer: Kingfisher Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Featuring the same portable and user-friendly format as the Insight City Guides and drawing on the best features of the original Insight Guides, the all-new Insight Regional Guide is filled with insightful writing, lavish full-colour photography and provides greater emphasis on practical information to create the most complete portable regional travel guide. .Magazine-style articles .Lively essays written by local writers on culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations of must-see-site - plus maps and floor plans .Restaurant listings at the end of each chapter ."Best of" section highlighting attractions, walks, activities for children and families, festivals and events, cafes, pubs, bars and more .Bonus pull-out Touring Map with tour suggestions and full-colour photos .Tabbed Travel Tips section for quick reference .Comfortable, rounded spine makes these volumes ideal for use on the go

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Perfectly wonderful introduction to Southern Spain.......2007-04-24

This was a great guide for a recent trip to Spain; both I and my young daughter thouroughly enjoyed looking through the photos...sometimes when I couldn't find the book, I'd look in her room and she'd have fallen asleep with it in her hands--no doubt dreaming of adventures to come! The info within is limited to Andalucia, so be aware of this if your travels take you beyond the borders of Southern Spain.

Insight Pocket Guide Southern Spain (Insight Pocket Guides Southern Spain)

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Insight Pocket Guide Southern Spain (Insight Pocket Guides Southern Spain)
Tisdall Collins
Manufacturer: Langenscheidt Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0887293298

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One of over 400 titles in the Insight series. This pocket guide provides lots of personal sight and activity recommendations by local writers, and, particularly for the traveler with limited time, it provides full and half-day itineraries. Special supplement: a pull-out map.

Insight Guide Southern Spain (Insight Guides)

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worst guidebook ever
A great overview of the area

Insight Guide Southern Spain (Insight Guides)
Dorothy Stannard
Manufacturer: Insight Guides
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9812349251

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Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children

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worst guidebook ever.......2006-08-11

Let's try to imagine something you'd want to learn from your Southern Spain guidebook once you get there. How to pronounce Spanish? Sorry, the glossary in the back has no pronunciation guide, just glosses every word in the Spanish spelling. Oddly enough, although they don't tell you how to pronounce each letter, they tell you how each is spelled in the Spanish language.

Hmm, what else? Whether or not to tip your taxi-driver on the way home from the airport? Nope, sorry. There are two entries on taxicabs, neither of which mention that you don't tip.

Siestas? Southern Spain is full of siestas. They have them every day. The times vary between regions, though, and you should really know when they are because you won't be able to access food or drink or some attractions during the siesta. This book doesn't mention them. AT ALL. This is an appalling omission.

The maps for the various cities aren't even a page big, making them utterly useless. The book itself, because it is inexplicably printed on heavy glossy paper (this book is really into the fact that it has several full-page photo spreads to help you get 'into the mood,'), weighs more than anything else I brought with me on vacation. It was so heavy that I had to ditch it on a day-long trip to Granada. Needless to say, it was not missed.

If you buy this book, you're an idiot.

A great overview of the area.......1998-12-31

Let's say you've decided to plunk down about $3000 to take a trip to Seville this summer. Your friends who have been to Spain tell you that you "must" see the Alhambra, or Gibraltar, or some other equally famous place, while you are there. Everyone has heard of Spain, of course, but you realize that you really don't know very much about the country or where the things are that you might want to see. If you're planning to do the trip on your own, finding out where to go and what to see is essential, but, even if you are on a guided tour, it really helps to know a little ahead of time about what you will be seeing, and makes the trip so much more enjoyable. Suppose I told you that for less than $25 you could have a team of experts, people who have spent a lot of time working or traveling in the area where you are going, who have even written guide books about it, come to your home at your convenience to show you beautiful pictures of the area and its inhabitants, tell you details not only about the places and the sights you should see, but also about the history of the region, the people, the food they eat and their customs. Would it be worth the cost? You bet! That's really what Insight Guides do for you.

When I recently found myself in that position, the first book I bought was the 1998 version of the Insight Guide to Southern Spain. This was not by accident. I've used the Insight Guides before and have enjoyed them very much. I'd always been a Lonely Planet kind of guy until I bought my first Insight Guide: Chile. My initial reaction to the book was that it was a lot of money to spend for a picture book kind of guide that didn't even have the detailed type of hotel and restaurant listings that I was used to in the Lonely Planet guides. But I bit the bullet and bought it anyway and, surprise, I really liked it and found it very useful. I've since followed it up with Boston, Mexico City, and now Southern Spain. What I like about the Insight Guides is that they are eminently readable and give you a fantastic overview of the area. They're short on the nuts and bolts (which hotel to choose, where to go for dinner, detailed maps of the cities) at which the Lonely Planet guides excel, but with both, you have it covered. This is the guide you read beforehand and when you are planning your day's activities, the Lonely Planet is the one you carry around to figure out where you are staying or eating, and how to get where you are going.

Southern Spain, as do all the Insight Guides, starts off with a history of the area, Andalucía, sometimes called "the Soul of Spain." If history's not your thing, you don't have to sleep in class, you can just skip that section, or return to it later to pick up a little perspective. That's followed by brief articles on subjects such as Bullfighting Heroes, Flamenco music and dance, Sherry makers, and "A Cook's Tour." The heart of the book is descriptions of the many places to visit and things to see. Included are 17 pages on Seville, 13 pages on Córdoba, 15 pages on Granada and the Alhambra, Gibraltar, Morocco, and even a narration of a walking tour through Andalucía. The descriptions are informative, without being drawn out, and very descriptive, evoking an excitement in experiencing the reality. I was enchanted by this description from the section on Granada:

"To enter the Albaicín, which one should first do without any formal list of places to see, is to leave civilisation as we know it behind. Or, rather to enter a civilised world where the smells of jasmin, of damp, of heat or of cooking take over from car fumes, where the dominant sound is burbling water and where mules are still used to carry bricks and bags of cement, not by courtesy of the tourist board but simply because they are the only means of transport suitable for the narrow, steep streets."

At the back of the book is Insight's rather brief attempt to give you "Travel Tips": 33 pages of information on addresses and hours of museums, restaurants, hotels, and the like. This may be of some help to you if you just have the one guidebook, but, frankly, you'd be much better off with another guidebook. Lonely Planet, one of the Insight Pocket Guides, or something like Michelin or Fodor's would suffice. This book is best used according to the proposition underlying all of the Insight Guides: that, with insight into a country's people and culture, visitors can both enhance their own experience and be accepted more easily by their hosts. In that, it does it's job admirably.

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`It is a pleasure to find that James Reaney's first book for children, first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1965, has just been re-issued in a handsome paperback edition, complete with the original illustrations by Leo Rampen. The Boy with an R in His Hand tells the story of two orphan brothers who arrive in York from the Red River Settlement in 1826 and quickly become involved with the complex politics of Upper Canada. Joel, the elder brother, aligns himself with the Family Compact and his overbearing, stuffy uncle, while Alex, more imaginative and courageous, becomes an apprentice to William Lyon Mackenzie at the Colonial Advocate. There he (and the reader) learn in some detail about Mackenzie's press and the art of type-setting. Alex, rather improbably, "had it set up right, and from that moment on his progress in the skill of type-setting was... like a house on fire."

`This is a satisfying, fast-moving story, full of incident and detail about colonial life. It climaxes with the wrecking of Mackenzie's printshop and press by a band of young Tories acting with the implicit approval of the government, at the end of which Alex finds a single capital R, his souvenir of life as a printer's apprentice. Recommended for ages nine and up, as a piece of Canadiana which enlivens history for the young reader.' - Marilyn Rueter, The Devil's Artisan.

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The boy with an R in his hand: A tale of the type-riot at William Lyon Mackenzie's printing office in 1826
James Reaney
Manufacturer: Porcupine's Quill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0889840318

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Harlan Ellison
Manufacturer: Signet Books - New American Library of Canada
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P4H9PA

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