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Thomas Lyon's splendid anthology offers a powerful synthesis of American ideas on nature, along with a first-rate set of essays of his own on the history of United States naturalism. These essays are alone worth the price of the book; so is Lyon's detailed chronology of events in the natural history of the continent. The anthology proper begins with an excerpt from William Wood's New England's Prospect (1634), a properly awed account of "the kingly lion and the strong-armed bear," moves on to great but little-known naturalist-explorers like William Bartram, John James Audubon, and Thomas Nuttall, and ends with modern giants like Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey. Lyon's enterprise and unfailing good taste has yielded not only a model of literary selection and commentary, but a book that celebrates the best of the North American continent and what there is to protect. ... Read more

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This Incomperable Book....
One .."need not know how to name all the oaks or the moths, or be able to recognize a synclinal fault, or tell time by the stars, in order to possess Nature. [S]he may have his mind solely on growing larkspurs, or [s]he may love a boat and a sail and a blue-eyed day at sea. [S]he may have a bent for making paths or banding birds, or [s]he may only be an inveterate and curious walker..."from the preface of THIS INCOMPERABLE LAND.

I've been reading Thoreau this morning, and decided to find the hard cover edition of this book, so I'm off to the Z-shops, but before I go, I wanted to write a review because I see no one else has, and I don't want to be the only one who knows about this wonderful book.

I'm a naturalist by avocation, and I like reading the writings of other naturalists--people more accomplished than me or people like me who simply love all things natural. If you're a member of either group, you will love this collection of essays.

The book contains stories by the finest America naturalists including: John James Audubon, Liberty Hyde Bailey, John Burroughs, Rachel Carson, Annie Dillard, and Henry David Thoreau. Essays range in time from the 1600s in New England. "Of the Beasts That Live on the Land" (William Wood), to the 1700s in North Carolina "Travels in North and South Carolina..." (William Bartram), to the ramblings of Audubon in the 1800s in "The Great Pine Swamp."Henry David Thoreau's "Walking" is reproduced from THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, June 1962, and John Muir's "The Water-Ouzel" from THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA in 1894 is included.

Every part of the U.S. and every period since the settlement of the first English colony is covered in almost 500 pages. This is a wonderful book of American nature writing by some of America's finest writers. ... Read more

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The 850 entries here (from books, newspaper, magazine and professional journal articles, public opinion collections, and government documents) are divided into five subject areas: the environment, parks and recreation areas, outdoor recreation, wildlife, and wildlife management. ... Read more

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Current environmental catastrophes and concerns have been accompanied by an explosion of information about the environment. The concerned citizen, whether a business professional, student, homemaker, government employee, educator, or union member, needs access to this information, but may feel overwhelmed by the bewildering array of material available. This annotated bibliography guides readers through the vast amount of information about the environment currently available. It answers questions about usefulness, subject matter and approach of environmental literature. More than 800 entries on books and popular magazine articles found in most public libraries list standard bibliographic information and its scope, organisation and bias. Notations mention whether tables, figures, graphs, glossaries, reference lists or summaries are particularly noteworthy. The overall scientific level of the work is also addressed. Focus is on timely and informative books and articles that are readily available and understandable to the general public.Subjects covered include overpopulation, air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, the greenhouse effect, water pollution, toxic waste, energy and resource depletion, pesticides, food additives and other chemicals, land mismanagement, noise pollution, visual pollution, pollution of outer space and health problems in the environment, as well as practical suggestions for improving the environment. ... Read more

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A dog and a rabbit become great friends. ... Read more

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Focusing on the North American continent, this book, the first of its kind, identifies and describes major field guides in all scientific subject areas (from plants, animals, and insects to astronomy and weather, geology and fossils, and man-made objects). Organized by topic, it offers complete bibliographic information and descriptions of more than 1,300 field guides. ... Read more

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The latest edition of the Geological Time Table provides students of earth history and professional geologists/paleontologists with a succinct survey of chronostratigraphic names encountered in literature. The chart is colourful and attractive, and packed with practical, up-to-date information.

Among its many valuable features, the user will find: international correlation of chronostratigraphic units worldwide (both local and regional units are correlated to standard international units according to the most recent and up to date information); major orogenic events tied to the chronostratigraphic scale and updated; major biotic evolutionary events (including hominid events) and major oceanographic/paleogeographic events.

Six paleocirculation maps make the chart more useful for teaching purposes. No specific stratigraphic school of thought prevails. Rather than following a dogmatic approach, the chart lists both the general and local/regional stratigraphic terms, as well as those names that are generally considered obsolete or terminologically incorrect but which, nevertheless, still occur frequently in the literature.

For those familiar with earlier versions of the chart, new features of this fourth edition include:
• Expansion of the geomagnetic data
• Addition of palaeoceanographic reconstructions
• Addition of major biological events
• Addition of major oceanographical events
• Incorporation of regional classification of China.

The Geological Time Table is a must for students of earth history, practising geologists, archaeologists, climatologists, and should find a place in all geological institutions, universities, museums, schools, and oil exploration companies.
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Presenting a selection of 70 works of art from The Natural History Museum's collection, this book introduces some of these little known works to a wider audience as the collections are rarely exhibited. The images show how the animal, mineral and plant worlds have been depicted since the 1700s. ... Read more

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The fascinating field of reptilian parental behavior is now addressed in this comprehensive survey.More than 1400 references are indexed by specific categories of behavior and nine well-researched tables organize the literature on useful topics for the species covered.This will prove to be an invaluable resource to herpetologists, herpetoculturists, zoologists, and students of animal behavior.It is the author's hope that this will stimulate interest in this field of study, which until now, he feels has been much neglected in these taxa. ... Read more

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This book picks up where the Goldmine Standard Catalog of® American Records 1950-1975 leaves off. Thousands of vinyl records, along with current values, for some of today’s hottest recording artists including Madonna, Prince, U2, REM and Garth Brooks are listed. This is the book that will get young collectors interested in the vinyl of their time.

Readers will find 60,000 listings in three grades of condition for LPs, 45s, 12-inch singles and some EPs from the past 25 years, arranged alphabetically by artist.

From Goldmine’s record expert Tim Neely comes another authoritative book in the record collecting industry. Collectors will learn what to look for when seeking both common and obscure vinyl of the 1970s, 1980s and beyond.

-First price guide to cover the past 25 years of vinyl
-More than 60,000 listings in three grades of condition
-From well-known author and record collector Tim Neely ... Read more

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A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles. ... Read more

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This is a guide for record collectors, providing comprehensive listings of collectible Christmas records. It includes 50 years of Yuletide recordings, with more than 600 listings and 18,000 prices, ranging from Bing to Sting and from the profound to the profane. ... Read more

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Indispensible Resource for Christmas Music Buffs!
Goldmine's Neely has once again produced a gem of a book, this time focusing on the oft-neglected niche of Christmas music. Well documented, with lots of color glossy pages of rare album covers, this is a must-have for those of you addicted to holiday vinyl.
The book's only shortcomings: (1) It has now been almost seven years since its publication, it would be nice if Goldmine would issue an updated version of the book every few years to update its content; and (2) the book contains few international titles, of which there are hundreds if not thousands, particularly from the Western European countries (where most of our modern-day Christmas celebration traditions originated!). It would be nice to see more of them incorporated into a future edition.
Well organized and written by someone who obviously is passionate about the genre, I highly recommend this publication.

The Ultimate Bible Of Christmas Music
Even during the off season I find myself thumbing through this book, it'sa great source of information on collecting rare, hard to find holidayrecords.Plenty of singles and albums are listed that are worth hundredsof dollars if they're in mint condition and have a picture sleeve cover. It is also fun to look up the names of favorite artists & groups to seewhat, if any, holiday tunes they may have recorded.So next time you'recleaning out your attic, basement or in back of your closet, if you comeacross an old box or bin of 45s and/or albums-poke through, you never knowif some hidden treasure is in there, and not just Christmas music either! Tim Neely has a few Goldmine Collectors guides out there and all are tops. Very highly recommended.

The Best Guide For Collecting Christmas Music
If you are into collecting Christmas Music of every variety whethertraditional,pop,rock,etc.than this is the book for you! It lists everyartist who ever recorded Christmas songs and hymns,and it also gives alisting of the worth of the original vinyl record(according to thecondition of it,of course). A fun book to browse through even if you justwant to see what's out there & perhaps to make some additions to yourcollection. ... Read more

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This book describes the methodology for predicting the genetic merit of animals in the context of genetic improvement in an animal breeding programme. Information on an animal and its relatives, on either the characteristic to be improved or from other traits, can be used to predict the animals genetic merit, taking account of the relationships between measurements and the economic values of traits. The methodology is developed from first principles, without unnecessary detail or complexity, and all the required statistical and mathematical concepts are fully described in the book. The text discusses the methods for combining different sources of information and illustrates their use with examples of breeding programmes in cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. A series of questions with detailed answers is included in the book, to help reinforce the ideas and provide some practical experience in the prediction of genetic merit. The text is aimed at final year undergraduate and first year postgraduate students of quantitative genetics and animal breeding. ... Read more

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This new book in the Warman’s Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles series is a comprehensive guide to record collecting and a must-have for collectors of all levels.

Focusing on American records released from 1950 to 2000, the guide includes LPs, LLPs and 45s for alternative, country, blues, jazz, doo-wop, soul, funk, R&B, rock, disco, surf, heavy metal and punk music, plus much more. More than 2,000 records are listed by genre and include history, references, what to look for to identify a record and accurate pricing in up to three grades of condition, near mint, very good + and very good.

This book takes a broad view of the collectible records field and will be in demand by anyone with an interest in records because of its helpful, comprehensive and easy-to-follow format.

-More than 750 photos, including a 16-page color section-Great reference guide for both beginning and long-time collectors-More than 2,000 listings from a variety of music genres-Another authoritative and trusted Warman’s reference ... Read more

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prices are not accurate
I don't like the prices in this book, they are not accurate at all compared to what the records sell for in stores or what they sell for on ebay.

Very good overview
What this book lacks as a reference it makes up for in structure. By stylistically grouping the vinyl entries and providing a well written preamble for each section, Chuck Miller does a great service for the vinyl collector who may not be an expert in every musical genre. If you need a good general vinyl primer or are new to vinyl collecting, this is it. If you need a reference book, get Tim Neely's volumes.

A FIRST RATE AND FAR-RANGING MUSIC INFORMATION GUIDE!
This is a terrific book that not only fits the needs of anyone seriously interested in music, but will also hold the interest of the more casual music fan.It is filled with fascinating
trivia and a knowledge of the music industry that gives an added depth to the various genres of music explored. It will updoubtedly send the reader re-examining their record collections in search of hidden *finds*.For *anyone* buying or
selling records ... or even just learning more about American music ...this book is a *must*!

Chuck Miller's encyclopedic knowledge of music shines through in this record guide!It would make a perfect gift for the music lover (or even the trivia buff!) in your life.

I recommend it most highly!

A Fix For Music Junkies
Warman's American Records is not only a great reference book but is also a terrific source of entertainment.Being much more than a price guide, it delves into the history of many of the recordings and offers quite a bit of amusing trivia.I am not a collector in the true sense of the word (although I do own a couple of pieces of valuable vinyl) but I am a music junkie and this book delivers a great fix! I'm looking forward to Volume 2!

Definitely informative, a great record collecting guide
This book is a tremendous guide for people who want to start their own record collection, but aren't sure where to begin or which genre to collect.Over 50 different musical genres, artists and labels are profiled, each with photos of classic and rare LP covers, 45 labels, 78 RPM records, and 7" picture sleeves.The book even explains some rising collectible genres, such as Northern Soul music, Space Age Pop, and jukebox-only collectibles.It also contains ancillary information on record and music websites, magazines, museums and books, in order to help collectors increase their knowledge of their favorite music.If you are a record collector, or are thinking of becoming one, this book is essential reading!I enjoyed it immensely!! ... Read more

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In the last twenty-five years, progress in information gathering and dissemination has surpassed that of any other period of history. Apiculture and apicultural research have been very much a part of this progression. This volume lists, in a very simple format, just about everything that has been written on bees, bee science, beekeeping, hive products etc for each Commonwealth country in the Tropics.

Some entries contain a note to amplify the title or to give further brief information. Each entry is accompanied by symbols and abbreviations, explained in a key, which indicate the original language, publication date, country of publication, and details of where the full version may be obtained. ... Read more