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Author : Claude A. Barr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781452945224
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Jewels of the Plains written by Claude A. Barr and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claude A. Barr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816611270
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Jewels of the Plains written by Claude A. Barr and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Great Plains region, looks at the characteristics of native flowering plants, and offers tips on growing each species
Author : Claude A. Barr
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452945233
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Jewels of the Plains written by Claude A. Barr and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Abronia to Zinnia, Jewels of the Plains describes the natural history and garden merits of more than five hundred Great Plains wildflowers. Considered the authoritative guide by native plant enthusiasts and horticulturists, it captures the unique beauty, resilience, and variety of wildflowers in the Great Plains. Claude A. Barr did not set out to be a writer. In 1910, he homesteaded 160 acres of prairie in the southwest corner of South Dakota, intending to become a farmer. Despite challenging conditions, Barr fell in love with the land and its native flora. He began contributing profiles of plains wildflowers to gardening magazines, which precipitated requests for seed and led him to start a mail-order nursery, Prairie Gem Ranch. What began as a Depression-era sideline eventually gained a worldwide clientele, and Barr became a respected ambassador for the wildflowers of this part of the American landscape. Decades of observing plants in the wild and growing them for his nursery, as well as careful study of scientific sources, gave Barr unequaled knowledge that culminated in this acclaimed book. Wonderfully written and deeply researched, Jewels of the Plains is more than a field guide or how-to manual. It’s a pioneering text on native plant horticulture that details plant life on the prairie in the voice of one with intimate familiarity with the subject. Each description reads like a mini nature essay, giving insight into both the plants and Barr’s engaging personality. Edited to incorporate new scientific information, this edition includes an Introduction and supplemental notes by botanist and horticulturalist James H. Locklear. He places Barr’s remarkable life and work in historic and scientific context, illuminating his accomplishments from a fresh perspective.
Author : Victoria Finlay
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0345466950
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Jewels written by Victoria Finlay and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth. With the same intense curiosity and narrative flair she displayed in her widely-praised book Color, Finlay journeys from the underground opal churches of outback Australia to the once pearl-rich rivers of Scotland; from the peridot mines on an Apache reservation in Arizona to the remote ruby mines in the mountains of northern Burma. She risks confronting scorpions to crawl through Cleopatra’s long-deserted emerald mines, tries her hand at gem cutting in the dusty Sri Lankan city where Marco Polo bartered for sapphires, and investigates a rumor that fifty years ago most of the world’s amber was mined by prisoners in a Soviet gulag. Jewels is a unique and often exhilarating voyage through history, across cultures, deep into the earth’s mantle, and up to the glittering heights of fame, power, and wealth. From the fabled curse of the Hope Diamond, to the disturbing truths about how pearls are cultured, to the peasants who were once executed for carrying amber to the centuries-old quest by magicians and scientists to make a perfect diamond, Jewels tells dazzling stories with a wonderment and brilliance truly worthy of its subjects.
Author : Zoe Merriman Kirkpatrick
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292790629
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Wildflowers of the Western Plains written by Zoe Merriman Kirkpatrick and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching from western Texas and eastern New Mexico up through Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, and into Canada, the vast western plains often appear sparse and dry to the casual observer. But a closer look, especially after spring rains, uncovers flowers of all colors, sizes, shapes, and fragrances. These forgotten flowers, never before the main focus of a field guide, come into bloom in Wildflowers of the Western Plains. Organized by plant family, the guide presents 186 species of wildflowers, accompanied by vivid color photographs. Each entry includes both the Latin and common names and a description of the plant, flower, fruit, and range. A special feature of the guide is the inclusion of Native American botanical folklore, legends pertaining to wildflowers, and medicinal uses of native plants. The author's personal observations and occasional recipes round out this delightful array of information.
Author : Alexis Wright
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702267392
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Plains of Promise written by Alexis Wright and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant debut novel, Alexis Wright evokes city and outback, deepening our understanding of human ambition and failure, and making the timeless heart and soul of this country pulsate on the page. Black and white cultures collide in a thousand ways as Aboriginal spirituality clashes with the complex brutality of colonisation at St Dominic's mission. With her political awareness raised by work with the city-based Aboriginal Coalition, Mary visits the old mission in the northern Gulf country, place of her mother's and grand-mother's suffering. Mary's return re-ignites community anxieties, and the Council of Elders again turn to their spirit world.
Author : Stuart Max Walters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521420976
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The European Garden Flora written by Stuart Max Walters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : SAMPI Books
ISBN 13 : 656133227X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Jewels of Gwahlur written by Robert E. Howard and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Jewels of Gwahlur" by Robert E. Howard, Conan seeks the legendary Jewels of Gwahlur in the kingdom of Keshan. Encountering treacherous traps and rival thieves, he faces perilous challenges to claim the priceless gems. But as Conan's quest unfolds, he realizes that the true value of the jewels may be far greater than he imagined.
Author : Woman's Home Missionary Society (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church written by Woman's Home Missionary Society (Cincinnati, Ohio) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Woman's Home Missionary Society (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Annual Report ... written by Woman's Home Missionary Society (Cincinnati, Ohio) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John P. Rafferty Associate Editor, Earth Sciences
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615303170
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Deserts and Steppes written by John P. Rafferty Associate Editor, Earth Sciences and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the notable deserts and steppes of the world and describes their environmental conditions, plants, wildlife, peoples, and ecological issues.
Author : Wyman Meinzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Canyons of the Texas High Plains written by Wyman Meinzer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framing Meinzer's work in elegant historic context, preeminent Panhandle historian Frederick W. Rathjen gives us a rare appreciation of the topographic majesty of the Periman Red Beds that 230 to 280 million years ago lay below a shallow sea and through subsequent millennia and riverine deposit, erosion, and redeposit would gain 'variegated walls and formations of gray, yellow, maroon, lavender and orange shown most conspicuously in the lovely Spanish Skirts."
Author : William Morris
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Story of the Glittering Plain written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Panhandle-plains Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Cullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521761646
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants written by James Cullen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 5 completes the series, and includes many important ornamental families, such as Labiatae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Campanulaceae, and the largest family of Dicotyledons, the Compositae.
Author : Randall Platt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632202107
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Incommunicado written by Randall Platt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just about everyone is incommunicado in the small, sleepy Oregon coastal town of Sea Park during winter. Until Pearl Harbor, that is, when it springs to patriotic life. But is Ruby Opal Pearl (a.k.a. Jewels) Stokes the only person to see what’s really happening here? Tommy Kasamoto, the one person in her life who has provided security, shelter, and a smidgeon of respect—and who owns the biggest resort on the coast—is now the cause of the town’s rage. Tommy’s Japanese ancestry makes him the prime target of an angry mob, not to mention he’s also rich, has a shady past, and everyone in town owes him money. As the town's patriotism blossoms into paranoia and turns violent, Jewels has to do something to protect Tommy from internment (or worse), even if that something is going up against the town and the government, not to mention the FBI. Thus begins a fourteen-year-old girl’s war within a war. Randall Platt’s Incommunicado is both timely and timeless. It's about the meaning of courage and the willingness to stand up for what's right, even when it goes against the prevailing attitudes of the time and place. It's also about the insidious way groups and communities can nurture ignorance and prejudice. But most of all, it’s an adventure story set in a town full of unforgettable characters, during a time of great intrigue and peril, no matter which enemy or on what front you fight. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author : Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming
Publisher : London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains written by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming and published by London : Chatto and Windus. This book was released on 1884 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
