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Philadelphia, PA: Farm Journal Books, 1980 Farm Journal Books, Philadelphia, PA. 1980. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; slight shelfwear to bottom tips, head and tail; two areas of bumped textblock. DJ: VG+; slight chipping to cover at head; rubbing and light surface scratches to cover. Green cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine and front board. 272 pp. 8ov. The author left his comfortable life in Philadelphia to travel the country and find out what it is like to be a farmer in this country. The most realistic book about farm life in America and how it has evolved into a much more complex agricultural community. Technology and computer have invaded, but traditional values still abound. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.

Penguin Ananda. Paperback. NEW. A pragmatic mind may deem flowers unworthy of notice-devoid as they are of the nourishment and utility of fruit, leaf, bark and root. Yet these fragile and ephemeral blooms dare to flaunt the wonders of Nature. From heady fragrance to miraculous colours and intricate design, it is this spirited extravagance which draws, touches and inspires us in remarkable ways. A motley bouquet, the articles that comprise Flowers on the Path offer insights from Sadhguru that spark you with their incisive clarity, delight you with humour, or even render you in profound stillness within. Whether the subject covers social issues and worldly affairs, individual challenges, or dimensions of the beyond, Sadhguru's ability to delve to the root and look at life in all its totality is evident. As a flower can confound you with its brilliance and beauty, so too does each article hold the possibility to confuse you out of your conclusions, and pave the way towards true knowing.With a… Read More

Stonehenge with The American Museum of Natural History, 1983 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 96 pages, well illustrated.

New York: Wideview / Perigree, 1983. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; a bit foxed. 8.25 x 5.5 x .5 inches. First Perigree Edition Nice little book of plant lore; 217 pages including bibliography and index.

Dodd, Mead, 1978. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket. 9x6x1. Set down on the spot and in season, it is a richly varied interweaving of discoveries, reflections, original observations, remembrances, firsthand experiences and fresh insights into nature. A companion volume to Teale's A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm, it brings vividly to life a year of days at Trail Wood, his New England homestead.When you come to the end of these daily walks, they will remain in your mind as sharply defined as experiences of your won. You will remember the encounters with such unusual creatures as the loneliness bird, the cold-tailed squirrel, the butterfly swallowed by a flower, the cat that went hunting with a beagle. You will recall the beauty, the strangeness, the surprises, the thoughtful digressions along the way. Edwin Way Teale (1899 – 1980) was an American naturalist, photographer and writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North… Read More

'Inner Engineering is a fascinating read, rich with Sadhguru's insights and his teachings. If you are ready, it is a tool to help awaken your own inner intelligence, the ultimate and supreme genius that mirrors the wisdom of the cosmos'—Deepak ChopraIn his revolutionary new book, visionary, mystic and yogi Sadhguru distils his own experiences with spirituality and yoga and introduces the transformational concept of Inner Engineering. Developed by him over several years, this powerful practice serves to align the mind and the body with energies around and within, creating a world of limitless power and possibilities. Inner Engineering is your own software for joy and well-being.
About the Author Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. Absolute clarity of perception places him in a unique space, not only in matters spiritual but in business, environmental and international affairs, and opens a new door on all that he touches. Probing and passionate, insightful,… Read More

Henry Holt & Company, 1998. Hard cover. Like New/Very Good. 9x6x0. An important horticultural memoir articulating a new landscape art that's both environmentally sensitive and rich in creativity.Janet Marinelli left her comfortable city garden to join a botanist colleague in search of the rare Seabeach Amaranth--one of our many native species that is in danger of extinction. The result of the ensuing seven-year odyssey, Stalking the Wild Amaranth is a work of science and a work of art. Marinelli tells the story of her discovery that contemporary gardening is out of sync with theories evolving on the frontiers of science and philosophy. She also tells of her quest for a new garden art that nurtures a greater richness and variety of earthly life. Inspired by the legacy of Henry David Thoreau, Marinelli blends history, horticulture, erudition, and personal insight into a narrative that ponders the relationship between humankind and nature. She fleshes out a vision for a new, ecologically wise… Read More

St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Company, 1892. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo. vii, 156pp, decorative end papers and pastedowns, gilt stamped greenish cloth, light soiling. Written to offer suggestions as to the method of presenting nature to the child. Includes mineralogy, plant life, insects, etc. Very scarce..

NY: The Century Company, 1905. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 34pp article, printed in double columns, illustrated with photographs, including one of Burbank in his study, and numerous photos of the plants, salvaged from damaged issues of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXIX, Nos. 5 & 6, March / April, 1905. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

London: Moonlight Publishing. New. 2012. Spiral-bound. 1851033610 . First Discovery Close-up Series; Color Illustrations; 38 pages; Hard cover has orange spine with white lettering. Spiral bound inside book. Beautifully vibrant color pictures. Includes a cardboard magnifying glass, and case, to punch out, at rear of book. The vegetable garden is full of very hungry insects. Readers can try to spot the cardinal beetle (they are bright red and love to gnaw on onions) and the fruit bug (when it takes bites out of strawberries, it injects poison into them, turning them black) among the vegetables. Fascinating and fun bug to explore, and learn, about life in a vegetable garden! ! .

Reston Publishing / Prentice Hall, 1983. Pages [xi, 452 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Black leatherette boards, red foil lettering. Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, a little edge wear, two small bits missing [top edge, spine bottom]. PO's name at endpapers. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Illus. by Conway, Carol [jacket].

New York: Ronald Press Co., 1964. 8vo. vii. 361 pgs.Very Good condition blue cloth hardbound, no jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked excep for owner name on front pastedown, light foxing to fore edge and several tiny check marks in table of contents. Sections include: symptomology - changes in appearance, physiological changes and host-plant metabolic changes; methods of transmission; assay methods; composition of virus particles; morphology of viruses; inactivation; multiplication; movement; genetic variability; classification; control.#951.. 4th Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of Arkansas, 2004. Covers clean, colors bright, minimal edge wear. Pages [161] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Printed with soybean ink on recycled paper. Includes a new sunflower section on p. 160. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Trade Paperback. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: Massachusetts Horticultural Society , 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with sixteen full page black and white plates. Dark navy textured cloth with heavy gilt cover lettering, 210 pages with extensive index. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels about new, with very gently rubbed extreme spinefoot, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Massachusetts Horticultural Society , 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with sixteen full page black and white plates. Dark navy textured cloth with heavy gilt cover lettering, 210 pages with extensive index. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Yale University Press, 2018. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2018 Yale University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. Brought together by their work to alleviate the plight of sailors caught up in the Dutch wars, they shared an inexhaustible curiosity for life and for the exotic. Willes explores their mutual interests-diary-keeping, science, travel, and a love of books-and their divergent enthusiasms, Pepys for… Read More

Unity in diversity cooperation between Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.

Classifications
Dewey Decimal Class
303.48/2590597
Library of Congress

DS525.9.S65 U55 1992

Viet Nam - a microcosm of Asian culture



A moment in time: Monks walk past Tu Hieu Pagoda in Hue City.

The charming Cham: The Cham attend the traditional Ka te festival at Poklong Garai tower in Phan Rang-Thap Cham Town in Ninh Thuan Province. Although Vietnamese culture is heavily influenced by India and China, it is still quite distinct. Nguyen Van Chien affirmsStretch your eyes beyond the S-shape of Viet Nam to the north of the Yangxi River in China, or to the west until the Indian northeast state of Assam, or eastward to the Philippines waters, Hawaii and even Madagascar in Africa, or southward to the Pacific Islands, and it is not difficult to see landscapes and people similar to that of Viet Nam.
More surprises might well be unveiled if one undertakes a deeper exploration.

In fact, if one goes back into history… Read More

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. xii. 274 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover in Very Good jacket. Ex-library with the usual markings and stamps on fore edges, title and copyright pages and endpapers, else minor shelf wear with clean and unmarked text. Jacket in very nice condition, minimal signs of wear. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings by Stanley Wyatt. Chapters: Ingenious Kingdom, The Coming of Life, Algae, Viruses and Bacteria, True Fungi, Slime Molds, and Lichens, Mosses, Ferns and Their Relatives, The Ancient and Honorable Order of Conifers, Flowering Plants, Fruits and Seeds, The Engineering and Design of Plants, Hormones, Calendars and Clocks, Adaptations to Environment, Forests, Grasslands, Tundras and Deserts, Succession and Competition, War and Peace Among Plants and Animals, Guarding Our Environment, Index. ISBN 0134648595. #1695.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Wyatt. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Ex-Library.

University of Massachusetts Press:, 1987. 395 pages, illustrated in b&w. "For the eighteenth century homesteader, life itself depended upon his understanding of the plants that would best enable him to survive a North American winter." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback / softback. New. Plant physiology - the structure of plants- is often perceived as complex and difficult. Yet it need not be. In this comprehensive yet concise guide, we tackle topics in straightforward bite-sized chunks, consolidating each one before moving on to the next. This will save you valuable revision time by helping you to learn more easily and quickly and tackle coursework and examinations with greater confidence. There are 'tutorials' at the end of each chapter to help you improve your learning with practice questions, discussion points, practical assignments and study and revision tips. It is complete with a glossary, a guide to web sites for biology students and a detailed index. This new edition of this book has been specially written for students wanting a clear and concise introduction to this fast-developing field, whether for A and AS Level core and modular courses in Biology, Human Biology and Social Biology, or for first year degree courses in life sciences. It… Read More