Molecular Approaches to Fundamental and Applied Entomology (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)

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The fruit fly Drosophila has been a major research organism in the molecular revolution that has swept through all areas of biology over the last two decades. Profound new insights into general mechanisms underlying animal development, behavior and evolution have emerged from Drosophila research. Only recently, however, have molecular biologists turned their attention to the many insect pests that plague agriculture and public health worldwide. This book reviews and extends the spectacular research progress with Drosophila and surveys the exciting early results and vast potential of exploiting molecular biology to control pest insects. Topics covered include: - the molecular genetics of insect meiosis, tissue differentiation, sex determination and biological rhythms; - the molecular basis of insect resistance to chemical insecticides and the development of alternative, genetically engineered microbial insecticides; - molecular tools for studying insect systematics and population biology; - gene cloning techniques and prospects for genetically engineering insects of economic importance. Molecular Approaches to Fundamental and Applied Entomology will be of interest to entomologists, cell and molecular biologists, and students and researchers in agriculture, plant science, and public health.

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Limited Road Atlas.......2007-05-13

It is complete in that it covers the Northwest, but the detail in rural areas is poor once you get outside of the cities.

Thomas NW Guide.......2007-05-03

An excellent road guide for the NW, if you still prefer paper like I do.
Not much else can be said about it. There are quite a few details of larger cities in the NW, as you'd imagine, and decent info on the smaller towns.

Thomas Guide Pacific Northwest: Road Atlas & Driver's Guide

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Thomas Guide Pacific Northwest: Road Atlas & Driver's Guide
Thomas Bros. Maps
Manufacturer: Thomas Brothers Maps
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Thomas Guide 2004 Pacfic Northwest Road Atlas (Thomas Guide Pacific Northwest Road Atlas)

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Thomas Guide 2004 Pacfic Northwest Road Atlas (Thomas Guide Pacific Northwest Road Atlas)
Rand McNally and Company
Manufacturer: Rand McNally & Company
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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The Thomas Guide 2005 Portland Metro Area Street Guide: Portions of Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, and Clark Counties (Portland Metro Area Street Guide and Directory)

ASIN: 0528995111

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Atlas of the Pacific Northwest

Manufacturer: Oregon State University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0870715607

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The Pacific Northwest, comprised of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, contain a lot of contrasts. There's sagebrush desert, rugged coastline and sand dunes, wheatlands, mountain ranges, and rainforests. There are conservative regions, liberal pockets, a lot of farmland, and major big cities. To get a true grasp of what makes the Northwest the sort of place that it is, it's worthwhile reviewing the rigorous research compiled by Jackson and Kimerling. There's a comprehensive overview of the geographical history, including early exploration, principal Indian groups and reservations, and immigration routes. There are chapters on population, transportation, and who owns which lands, chapters on geology, climate, soil, and water. The vegetation is explored, from the Ponderosa Pine to the Quaking Aspen, and energy resources are given the same thorough treatment.

The rest of the atlas is devoted to the industries of the Pacific Northwest, and it's indispensable to anyone pursuing business there. The chapter on agriculture covers everything from number of farms and value per acre to the wheat, barley, corn, hay, apples, grapes, pigs and sheep they grow. Commercial timberland, a divisive subject in the Northwest, is explained, and there are similarly expansive chapters on ocean resources, minerals and mining, manufacturing, and the big economy booster, tourism. For anyone wanting to move to the area, do business there, or travel with a well-informed understanding of the region, this atlas is full of value.

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What is the foggiest place on the Pacific Coast?

Where is the "grass seed capital of the world"?

What is the fastest-growing minority population in the Northwest?

What percentage of Idaho's population hold fishing licenses?

Northwest natives and newcomers can turn to the "Atlas of the Pacific Northwest" for answers-and for a wealth of other information about the region.

The "Atlas of the Pacific Northwest" has been respected for nearly fifty years as the standard reference book on Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. This new edition has been completely revised and updated to include the most recent information in an easy-to-use format. In addition to over 200 insightful maps, graphs, and tables, the "Atlas" contains authoritative essays by leading experts on topics ranging from climate to tourism, from land use to ocean resources.

The "Atlas" is a unique resource: an invaluable reference tool, an excellent teaching aid, and a handy introduction to the character of the region. No other single volume provides more comprehensive and up-to-date information about the natural environment and human activities in the Pacific Northwest. The new edition documents recent growth and change in the three states. It helps us to better understand the past and to plan for the future. No Northwest library, classroom, business, or household should be without a copy.

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A sense of place

Beautiful book of old maps and local history!

Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration and Discovery: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon
Derek Hayes
Manufacturer: Sasquatch Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1570612153

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A one-of-a-kind collection of maps created by the navigators, explorers, and cartographers who first charted the Northwest.

Representing four centuries of discovery and exploration, this unique reference book is a must-have for anyone interested in Northwest history. The Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest showcases more than 320 original maps, many never before published. Here are the maps of explorers such as Cook, Vancouver, Bodega y Quadra, Mackenzie, Thompson, and Lewis and Clark. Here too are maps created during boundary disputes, land purchases, the plotting of town sites, and surveys for railroads. Combined with historical background, these maps take the reader on an amazing visual journey through the discovery and development of the Northwest.

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A sense of place.......2002-01-19

The "Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest . . ." is an excellent read for anyone living in the Pacific Northwest from Coos Bay/North Bend to Nome, even if you aren't into maps. As someone who relocated here from the Midwest five years ago, this book has helped put the webbing between my toes.

The map research is impressive. Derek Hayes has reproduced maps in this book that I never would have known existed. The narative history is good reading as well (I detect the influence of Ken Burns here). The book has greatly increase my knowlege of the place I have chosen to live, both in terms of its history and the physical landscape.

I also recommend it to any history or geography buff, even if you mispronounce Oregon "Or E Gone!"

Beautiful book of old maps and local history!.......2001-11-02

Ok, so I love maps and I live in the area, but this is still a rightly highly-acclaimed wonderful piece of work! Map fans will love it; locals will love it; others will learn (many) things from it. As well as the maps themselves, you also get a sweeping series of historical vignettes associated with each map. The least you'll get from it is the sheer joy of looking at a fantastic collection of wonderful old maps!

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Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
Oregon State University
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Binding: Paperback

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Wine Atlas of California and the Pacific Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards

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wine 101(California)

Wine Atlas of California and the Pacific Northwest: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards
Bob Thompson
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0671796631

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wine 101(California).......2007-03-15

a dated book , but still filled with pertinent information for the wine enthusiast regarding ; California with a few sections on the Pacific NW vineyards.

Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands (Alaska History)

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Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America from Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands (Alaska History)
M.D. Teben'Kov
Manufacturer: Limestone Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Richard M. Highsmith
Manufacturer: Oregon State University Pres
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RAKNC8

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Another terrific book by Kasey Michaels !.......2007-04-24

I've read and enjoyed a lot of different genres in fiction, but Kasey Michaels' "Maggie" series truly has it all. The heroine is a writer who combines Regency romance with mystery, and "somehow" her characters, Alexandre, Viscount St. Just, and his sidekick have come to life! Plenty of murder mysteries to solve, romance between Maggie and Alex, humor, and a peek inside what it's like to be a writer. I'm collecting the entire series in paperback.

Maggie Without a Clue.......2006-02-15

When Maggie Kelley's agent, Bernie, calls tearfully informing her that Buddy is dead, Maggie thinks her friend is simply drunk again, at first. To the best of Maggie's knowledge, Bernie's ex-husband has been dead nearly seven years. However, when Maggie, along with Alex and Sterling, the two characters who have made her a best selling author and come to life literally, arrive at Bernie's, they find that yes, Buddy is in the bed, with his head almost taken off thanks to a deep knife slash. Fortunately, Alex, the Viscount St. Just is one of the best detectives ever invented and has a cool head on his shoulders. Taking charge, he sets things in motion for Bernie to be capably defended and starts his own investigation. If only Bernie's problems were all Maggie and Alex had to face! Recently, St. Just and Sterling agreed to housesit for Maggie's neighbor, and it looks like the old lady did something to get the mob afer her. First, they trash the house, and St. Just's big screen TV, then they kidnap Sterling, his valet. Yet, St. Just is as amazing as Maggie invented him to be, and can handle two cases at once and perhaps further his pursuit of Maggie along the way.

**** This series is just plain fun. St. Just, Sterling, and Maggie are easy to love. Ms. Michaels deftly shifts the voices telling the story, smoothly covering all the bases. Humor, drama, romance, what more could a reader want in one book? Easily, this is one of the best romantic mystery series in the land. ****

Amanda Killgore

Wasted potential.......2006-01-06

There's a lot of potential in the storyline and the idea of satirising its own genre with a fictional Regency hero come to life. The Amazon review episode was a nice touch. Still, on the whole, the writing doesn't quite fulfil the potential. It doesn't sparkle, it's not quite witty enough, the characters are a tad too hysterical and Saint Just just feels out of place. Maggie is meant to be endearing but comes across as a scatterbrain. The only real solid character is the policeman and he's underdeveloped. The book becomes tedious after a while.

Fabulous series.......2005-07-05

This is the 3rd in the series and continues to get better and better. I can't wait for the next one.

simplistic.......2005-03-15

I love quirky mysteries, so I really looked forward to this book. It was horrible--one of the dumbest books I've seen in years. The writing was simplistic, immature, sexist, and boring. I can't imagine a grown adult feeling interested in this grade-school level junk. The remarks of the characters were so sexist, I was sure I'd picked up an old book by mistake--I sure was surprised to see it was published in 2004, not 1940! Yes, I am over the age of 13, but there's no way anyone over the age of 13 would like this book, it's written at a 6th-grade level.

Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue (Jack Henry)

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Great for children and adults!
Gantos is terrific!

Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue (Jack Henry)
Jack Gantos
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ASIN: 0374437181
Release Date: 2005-08-11

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He's really at sea this time

As the Henry family sets sail for a new life on Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack is struggling to chart a course between his parents’ contradictory advice on making friends and influencing people. Just tell people what they want to hear, Dad advises. Just tell the truth, Mom cautions. Jack finds there are no easy answers as he drifts through his crazy school year, falling desperately in love with his young teacher, getting suckered into becoming a bad-behavior spy for the principal, and being forced to make a presentable pet out of a duck with backward feet. Indeed, with an airheaded, air-guitar-playing neighbor the closest thing to a friend, and a judgmental older sister his relentless enemy, it’s all he can do to stay afloat.

This colorful and comic new collection of interrelated stories featuring the author’s hapless alter ego is a prequel to the other four books in the Jack Henry series, praised by Booklist for their “hilarious, exquisitely painful, and utterly on-target depiction of the life of an adolescent and preadolescent boy.”

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Great for children and adults!.......2004-12-27

My fourth-grade son and I are reading "Jack Adrift" out loud to each other. We both love the book, which makes us laugh and nearly cry with the sensitive and humorous descriptions of a young boy's life. Gantos is an excellent writer, who really makes you feel sympathetic to the characters in "Jack Adrift." We are now eager to read his other books.

Gantos is terrific!.......2004-07-05

Jack Henry is back. The stories in this book weave together as Jack faces a new school with a nasty principal, a beautiful and smart teacher, irritating siblings, and parents who are preaching totally different approaches to success in life. The book has great humor and pathos. Gantos perfectly captures the mental state of boys at this age.

Some of the book's funniest moments are captured in the handwritten diary entries that precede the chapters. Be sure to read them. Also, given the fate of so many other Henry family pets, I have to admit I feared the worst when the vet tells Jack how to get his duck to put on new feathers. Like all his books, this one is a fun read aloud. You know the writing is terrific when listeners to the story put their hands over their eyes when the duck goes in the freezer.

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Without A Clue
Chris Grover
Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592799256
Release Date: 2003-05-07

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Nine months ago, within hours of purchasing a valuable antiquarian diary for their grandfather, Paula Sinclair's brother, Eric, was killed by a car bomb and the diary disappeared.

Private investigator, Luc Dupré, and the French police insist the diary was destroyed in the explosion, but Paula isn't convinced. No trace of either the diary or Eric's briefcase was found in the rubble, so she believes the diary was stolen. Unfortunately, the diary wasn't insured and with the bank still owed half a million dollars, Paula cannot sit idly by and watch her beloved grandfather forced into bankruptcy.

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Wow, the eighties really WERE that stupid.......2000-06-12

The author bio at the bottom on the back flap states that Holly Uyemoto "is work on another novel." To the best of my knowledge, ten years down the road it hasn't seen the light of day. And that might not be a bad thing. I get the feeling Uyemoto was one of the authors snapped up in the wake of the success of McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, and the other wunderkind (Uyemoto was 19 when Rebel Without a Clue came out), when, as one pundit put it, "if you hadn't written your first novel by the time you were twenty-five, you were dogmeat." And Rebel Without a Clue suffers from most of the same problems that its more popular big brothers and sisters did-- it just isn't about all that much.

Granted, Uyemoto tackles a subject that's weighed down with emotion as it is-- a male model comes home from New York and tells his best friend, and only his best friend, that he has AIDS. (Interesting how he seems to have gotten it without having gotten HIV; in the hands of a more capable author, this could have been a Duesbergian masterpiece, but it seems as if Uyemoto just kind of forgot.) And it's possible that most readers will bring their own well of emotion to the table any time the acronym is mentioned. And granted, it appeared at a time when very few authors were dealing with the subject. But that's not an excuse for allowing your charcaters to change their viewpoints on someone else without knowing the full story. Thomas, the model, tells Christian, his best friend. He's also told his mother and stepfather (and the stepfather is one of the only clearly-drawn characters here, and is thoroughly unlikable). No one else knows, but still, the perceptions of their circle of kind-of-friends change towards him from a basic annoyance at "the famous one" to an active dislike as we go along, and we're never told why. As well, a lot of relationships in the book are just presented to us, static and without resolution, most notably Christian's relationship with his sometime-girlfriend Christabel. But I could probably have forgiven all of that and let the book get away with at least a ** 1/2 were it not for one thing that I despise (which is probably what drew the critics to it in the first place)-- Uyemoto's heavy-handed and liberal use of upper-middle-class/upperclass Northern California late 80s slang. One of the true pleasures of finishing this book is that hopefully I will never again have to read about someone talking to someone else on the tele about needing a vaca. I ended up wanting to gut a few of the less literate characters. Thankfully, Thomas and Christian wander through a number of different landscapes, most of which don't have annoying slang-- at least, not in the book-- and so pieces of it are spared.

Ultimately, a completely unsatisfying journey, though I have to give it credit for compelling me to read to the end to find out if any of the loose ends get tied up. I don't think it will be much of a spoiler if I tell you they don't.

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Fun n Cute

a long awaited Jensen gem!

wacky amusing romance

Without A Clue (Harlequin Flipside)
Trish Jensen
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0373442084

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Fun n Cute.......2005-04-28

This was a fun book - it's not great writing or literature but, hey, it'll give you a few laughs and pass the time. Meg is an events planner and has unknowingly rented Matt Rossi's estate for her latest event (a murder mystery weekend). The uptight Matt and free-spirited Meg are a great match - they have funny conversations, and great chemistry. I was impressed by this small book and would recommend it.

a long awaited Jensen gem!.......2005-04-12

Trish Jensen is back! After a long absence - her last book was the utterly delightful Stuck On You for Dorchester Publishing September 2001 - this is the first of two new books from her. It's so great to see the talented writer back where she belongs. She's been ill of late and I hope she is back on her feet. This book is another Jensen gem! For Harlequin Flipside, it's so much fun!

Since Meg Renshaw's wedding plans collapsed, she's thrown her energy in her work as an events planner in Charleston. Her current projects is a Murder Mystery Weekend at a plantation. However, the real mystery here is how poor Meg is going to survive the festival without turning into the corpse herself - not 'done in', but from a mortal faint from having everything go wrong! Her assistant first informs her the hired "corpse", on Terry Brogan, an actor who is so ashamed of this low pit stop in his career, has taken too many pain pills and has passed out. He swore he had root canal surgery and explained he was not drunk - just before he passed out. Well, that would have been fine if he waited, but playing dead to the world too soon has ruined the game of 'CLUE'. One guest is a cat - really. And things go to from bad to worse when the owner, developer Matt Rossi returns to his plantation where the event is being held and informs Meg she is trespassing.

Matt is an uptight business sort, but Meg is an irresistible force and she soon has her fiddlie-dee charm wrapping the man around her finger. Not only does Matt not boot them out lock, stock and barrel, he agrees to play the corpse. Meg sighs of relief that things are finally back to normal and running smooth, soon learns differently. Her new corpse refuses to stay murdered, and her uptight, control freak of a 'body' is very warm and has designers on her!

The book is lively, charming and shows Jensen is sharp as ever. This is just great fun from start to finish!! Welcome Back, Jensen!

wacky amusing romance .......2005-02-09

In Charleston, events planner Meg Renshaw hosts a weekend murder mystery gala. However, the festival goes poorly even before it begins as her assistant Tina Brown tells her the "corpse" Shakespearean actor Terence Brogan is so high probably to hide from how low he has fallen he would not feel a cement truck land on his head. Terence explains that he is a professional regardless of the gig, but he had emergency root canal surgery and is not inebriated; instead he is filled with pain pills slurring his words. That is the positive highlight as Meg concludes that Murphy was an optimist as everything seems to be going wrong and the weekend is just starting.

Developer Matt Rossi comes to the estate her owns and rented to Meg. She and Tina persuade him to act the lord of the manor as her corpse. Out of character for the staid Matt he agrees because eh is very attracted to the creative Meg. She reciprocates though she feels somewhat like a necromantic sex fiend except this corpse stays warm and alive as he tries to lure her into his coffin, make that his bed.

Though the theme of a prim and proper male meeting a loose extroverted female (think Sabrina) has been done plenty of times, Trish Jensen refreshes her tale with two wonderful opposites struggling with a wacky weekend made wackier by love. The lead duet is a likable pair and the support cast augments the plot by bringing to life the fun and pitfalls of the mystery weekend. The clues are obvious that this is an amusing romance in which the heroine gets the live corpse.

Harriet Klausner

Corpse Without a Clue, The , Philip Tolefree Mystery.

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Corpse Without a Clue, The , Philip Tolefree Mystery.
Blank Endpapers Heavy FoXing Stains, R. A. J. Walling
Manufacturer: William Morrow NY
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Detective Book Club/"The Corpse Without a Clue","The Black Path of Fear", "Death Strikes at Heron House"

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Detective Book Club/"The Corpse Without a Clue","The Black Path of Fear", "Death Strikes at Heron House"
Various Authors
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Garfield Landscape Books: Rebel Without a Clue (Garfield Landscape Books)

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Garfield Landscape Books: Rebel Without a Clue (Garfield Landscape Books)
Jim Davis
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Insects and Other Small Animals Without Bony Skeletons (Clue Books)

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Insects and Other Small Animals Without Bony Skeletons (Clue Books)
Gwen Allen , Joan Denslow , and OUP
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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The immensely successful Clue Books, completely revised and redesigned to provide a series of up-to-date pocket field guides to exploring and identifying the creatures and features of the natural world. * Each title provides a step-by-step logical sequence of visual clues to identification, and how to interpret them. * Fact files and colour plates provide background information. * Practical advice on where to look for specimens and how to collect and examine them. * Includes all common plants and animals of N.W. Europe. * New pocket-book format for ease of use.

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