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America's Ancient Forests: From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery
Thomas M. Bonnicksen Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0471136220 |
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At the time of European discovery, the ancient North American forests stretched across nearly half the continent. And while today little remains of this past glory, efforts are underway to bring back some of the diverse ecosystems of that era. America's Ancient Forests: From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery provides scientists and professionals with essential information for forest restoration and conservation projects, while presenting a compelling and far-reaching account of how the North American landscape has evolved over the past 18,000 years.The book weaves historical accounts and scientific knowledge into a dynamic narrative about the ancient forests and the events that shaped them. Divided into two major parts, it covers first the glaciers and forests of the Ice Age and the influences of native peoples, and then provides an in-depth look at these majestic forests through the eyes of the first European explorers. Changes in climate and elevation, the movement of trees northward, the assembly of modern forests, and qualities that all ancient forests shared are also thoroughly examined.
A special feature of this book is its self-contained introduction to the early history of Native American peoples and their environment. The author draws on his roots in the Osage nation as well as painstaking research through the historical record, offering a complete discussion of how the cultural practices of hunting, agriculture, and fire helped form the ancient forests.
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Forest industry perspective.......2006-09-14
Excellent Book.......2003-02-24
Excellent Book.......2003-02-24
Review of Thomas Bonnicksen's America's Ancient Forests.......2001-01-20
Thomas M. Bonnicksen Brilliant Paen to our Ancient Forests.......2000-09-27
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Life in Ancient Ice
Scott O. Rogers Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0691074755 |
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Life in Ancient Ice presents an unparalleled overview of current research into microbial life in ancient glacial ice and permafrost. Particulates of fungi, bacteria, pollen grains, protists, and viruses are carried by wind around the globe. When they fall to Earth in polar regions they may be trapped in ice for hundreds of millennia. Some of the many implications sound like science fiction--for example, might melting glaciers release ancient pathogens that yield modern-day pandemics? But rigorous, coordinated research is nascent. This book points the way forward. Based on a National Science Foundation-sponsored symposium organized by the editors in 2001, it comprises twenty chapters by internationally renowned scientists, including Russian experts whose decades of work has been rarely available in English.
The book begins by setting forth many protocols that have been used to study microorganisms trapped in ice, discussing their potential sources and presenting evidence for microbial metabolic activity at temperatures below freezing. This is followed by nine chapters describing the fungi, bacteria, and viruses that have been found in permafrost and glacial ice. Later chapters include a look at Antarctica's subglacial Lake Vostok, at a robot that can be lowered into ice to detect microbes, and at the use of icy environments on Earth as model systems for studying similar environments on planets and moons. The editors conclude by reviewing key discoveries and outlining important areas for future research.
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Ice Age Mammoth: Will This Ancient Giant Come Back to Life?
Barbara Hehner , and Mark Hallett Manufacturer: Crown Books for Young Readers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding Similar Items: ASIN: 0375913270 Release Date: 2001-10-16 |
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Its trumpeting cries blasted into the cold Siberian air. But its mighty struggles only pulled it deeper into the soft mud. . . .Customer Reviews:
Text recreates their lives, world and habits.......2001-11-05
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An Ice Age Hunter (Everyday Life Series)
Giovanni Caselli Manufacturer: Peter Bedrick Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: School & Library Binding ASIN: 0872261034 |
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By His Word
Al 'Vojslav' Karanovich Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1412072565 Release Date: 2006-07-06 |
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Anyone with an open mind that wants to learn how physical things can come from a state of nothingness must read this book. In nothingness, similar to man's imagination, absolute truth must first exist or that nothingness will remain. There are Seven Absolute Essential Truths that must first exist in that state of nothingness before any beginning of a physical reality can take place.Those Seven are exclusively and clearly explained for the reader to gain better understanding how God created all things with the ability and power to do so and give life.
This is a distinctive book containing scientific truths with Biblical descriptions, verse by verse, of how God created the heavens, earth and Mankind - from Adam and Eve being created triune spiritual beings (image of their Creator) living in a physical body, to the New Heaven and Earth.
Many unique insights revealed exclusively in this book will strengthen the faith of the reader or lead to a belief in Christ. It's well laid out in an easy-to-read-and-understand format of how the eternal living Creator, who engulfs absolute truth, created and made all things 'By His Word'.
It explains the importance of absolute truth when creating or making any thing of substance and purpose in a physical reality; either by God or Man it must begin with truth or it cannot be made; like the 24 hour first day in Genesis there is a detailed description of it, also how and when the 7-day-week originated, along with the significance of that time element.
Some exclusive insights to God's mysteries are: Adam's age the day he was created; how long Adam and Eve lived before falling to sin and the day it occurred; a unique relationship of Eve and Noah's Ark with Christ's crucifixion in Passover (Easter) week.
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Dark Caves, Bright Visions: Life in Ice Age Europe
Randall White Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0393024105 |
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Life in the Ice Age
Anthony J. Stuart , and A. J. Stuart Manufacturer: Hyperion Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0852639295 |
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National Geographic: Mars: Is There Life in the Ancient Ice?
National Geographic Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WPLM0U |
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National Geographic: MARS: Is There Life in the Ancient Ice? Also: The Mystical Himba of Southern Africa, Bronze Age Map of the Stars, and much more.
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Identification of ancient feather fragments found in melting alpine ice patches in southern Yukon.: An article from: Arctic
Carla J. Dove , P. Gregory Hare , and Marcy Heacker Manufacturer: Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000ALOKQE Release Date: 2006-07-14 |
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This digital document is an article from Arctic, published by Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3758 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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Selected Methods of Trace Metal Analysis: Biological and Environmental Samples (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)
Jon C. Van Loon Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471896349 |
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This monograph focuses on the analysis of trace metals in biological tissues and environmental materials. In most cases, procedures are so completely covered that no other source is necessary to finish an analysis. Includes chapters on such important topics as determination techniques, basic materials, sample preparation, botanical and zoological samples, and clinical samples.
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Mathematics: Applications and Connections : Course 2
Collins Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 002833051X |
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Excellent Mathematics Textbook.......2004-03-27
Not Book As Indicated.......2000-10-17
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Mathematics: Applications and Connections Course 2
Na Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0028252179 |
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Great for home school.......2006-07-09
An excellent book of mathematics.......2003-04-15
Exellent GT Math Book!.......2002-10-09
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Mathematics, Applications And Connections: Course 2
GLENCOE Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0028240421 |
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7th Grade math.......2000-04-11
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Study Guide Masters (Mathematics Applications and Connections Course 2)
Manufacturer: Glencoe Macmillan McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0028240537 |
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Paperback STUDY GUIDE MASTERS Book includes: One Study Guide Masteer for every lesson in Mathematics Applications and Connections, Course 2. Also includes Answers.
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Glencoe Mathematics Applications and Connections Course 2 California Edition
ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0078212197 |
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Mathematics: Applications and Connections Course 2 (Practice Workbook
Ashlock Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0028245938 |
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Glencoe Mathematics, Applications and Connections , Course 2
collins Manufacturer: Glencoe ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NKPSIQ |
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Glencoe Mathematics Applications and Connections Course 2 Teacher's Wraparound California Edition
Manufacturer: Glencoe and McGraw Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0078213819 |
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Mathematics: Applications and Connections: Enrichment Masters: Course 2: Glencoe (Course 2)
Manufacturer: glencoe ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0028246187 |
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Mathematics Applications and Connections: Course 2
William Collins Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0078247888 |
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Tolkien Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: Gramercy ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0517120771 Release Date: 1995-02-05 |
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Here is the comprehensive reference guide for the millions of fans of the Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. All of the imaginary beasts, monsters, fauna, and flora of J.R.R. Tolkien's lush fantasy worlds of the Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands are presented in more that 100 black-and-white illustrations and 36 full color paintings. A Chronology of all the historical ages, a general index, genealogies of the races of men, maps, and a special index referring to Tolkien's original works are also included.Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Good book.......2007-03-29
One of the best Tolkien resources out there........2007-02-16
not worth your while.......2005-06-13
THE MONSTERS OF MIDDLE-EARTH.......2004-05-09
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Characters from Tolkien - A Bestiary
Manufacturer: Chancellor Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HKFYUY |
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Characters From Tolkien : A Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: Chancellor Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NXYBF4 |
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Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press (CA) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1571458786 |
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Guide to Tolkien's World is a scholarly, definitive, and enchantingly beautiful reference to all the living creatures -- both flora and fauna -- that inhabit J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. It is complete with descriptive text, both black and white and color illustrations, maps, a chronology, and a special index referring readers back to Tolkien's original works. All 129 races identified are clearly explained in terms of their physical appearance, language, behavior, and culture.Customer Reviews:
A Plus for Tolkien Library.......2004-06-18
COMPLETE!.......2004-03-09
Show some self respect.......2003-12-02
A Bestiary for the great saga of Middle Earth...........2003-10-14
David Day's Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary (also published as A Tolkien Bestiary) is a beautifully written and illustrated bestiary, containing entries on the 129 different races that inhabited Middle-Earth. Fauna and flora, ranging from the Athelas (kingsfoil) plant to the awesome Warg are vividly described, and all of Tolkien's major works (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion) are covered. The black and white drawings depict the various races (Elves, Men, Orcs, Istari, Vala, Maia...) and the color plates depict major events from the Creation of the World to the Ringbearers' departure to the West.
A must have for Tolkien fans.
Alex Diaz-Granados
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A TOLKIEN BESTIARY
Manufacturer: CHANCELLOR PRESS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0753704706 |
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A comprehensive, sumptuously illustrated reference guide by David Day, to all the living creatures - races, flora and fauna - that inhabited JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. A Tolkien Bestiary is scholarly, definitive and enchantingly beautiful, identifying, analysing and describing 129 separate races. Included are a map, a chronology of all the ages, a general index and a special index referring readers back to Tolkien's original works for the stories of the races described in the Bestiary.Customer Reviews:
Races and Creatures of Middle Earth.......2007-04-22
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A Tolkien Bestiary
J. R. R. and Day, David Tolkien Manufacturer: NY Ballantine Books 1979. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J5JDG8 |
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Tolkien Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: ANTIQUE COLLECTORS + CLUB (NY) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000Q33ZOO |
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Tolkien Bestiary
David Day; Several Illustrators Manufacturer: CHANCELLOR PRESS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000WTLVIY |
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Tolkien Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: GRAMERCY BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UD9M6K |
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Tolkien Bestiary
David Day Manufacturer: CHANCELLOR PRESS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000PUVB3U |
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