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Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon Publisher Comments In his insightful new book, Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure-our greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws... (read more) Your price: $17.50 New - Trade Paper 
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Soil Characterization Classification and Survey by Ivara Ejemot Esu Publisher Comments This book focusses on theoretical and practical processes of carrying out the characterisation of the morphological, physio-chemical and mineralogical properties of soils for the purposes of understanding the theory and practice of undertaking soil... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryan Logan Publisher Comments "You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff that won't come off your collar." John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R Montgomery Publisher Comments "From this gritty and compelling state-of-our-earth report comes the inescapable truth that we are nothing if not dirty-minded. A brilliant and essential book."--Roger Swain, science editor of Horticulture magazine "The relationship between soils and... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Soil Genesis and Classification by S. W. Buol Publisher Comments Soils are natural bodies wherein inorganic components derived from geologic materials combine with organic materials produced by biological activity in ecosystems. The nearly infinite combinations of geologic materials and biological diversity of life on... (read more) List Price $120.50 Your price: $114.95 New - Hardcover
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Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics by Thomas J. (edt) Sauer Publisher Comments Sustaning Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change is a two-part text bringing together the latest research in soil science and climatology and the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of this vital resource... (read more) Your price: $199.95 New - Hardcover
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Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping: Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook) by Seth Kroeck Publisher Comments Part of the NOFA guides. Covers:Historical roots of cover-crop techniquesThinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops)What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems: From Science to Land Management by Robert Jandl Et Al Publisher Comments Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in European Ecosystems is a comprehensive overview of the latest research in this field drawn together by a network of scientists, currently working for the European research programme, COST Action 639 BurnOut(www... (read more) List Price $129.95 Your price: $87.07 New - Hardcover
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Reclamative Soil Science by I. I. Plyusnin Publisher Comments CONTENTSIntroductionPart One - Soil Formation. Composition and Properties of SoilWeatheringFactors and Conditions of Soil FormationComposition of SoilSoil Colloids and Absorbing Power of SoilSoil MorphologyChemical and Physical Properties of SoilWater... (read more) Your price: $61.25 New - Trade Paper
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Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils by Robert N. Carrow Publisher Comments A comprehensive, science-based approach to understanding the various salinity stresses on turfgrass, landscape plants, and soils, this book covers the causes, problems, and characteristics of saline and sodic sites. It discusses site assessments for each... (read more) Your price: $114.95 New - Hardcover
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Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual, Second Edition by J. Benton Jones, Jr. Publisher Comments This updated Plant Nutrition Manual discusses the principles that determine how plants grow and the essential elements necessary for successful crop production. Within its four detailed chapters are numerous subject topics including physical and chemical... (read more) Available February 2012 Your price: $93.50 New - Trade Paper 
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The Soul of Soil by Joseph Smillie Publisher Comments All of us involved in the cultivation of plants -- from the backyard gardener to the largest farmer -- need to help regenerate a "living soil" for only in the diversity of the soil and its creatures can we ensure the long-term health of ourselves and our... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Soil Respiration and the Environment by Yiqi Luo Publisher Comments The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very active area of research internationally because of its relationship to climate change.... (read more) List Price $83.95 Your price: $80.80 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis by Martin R. Carter Publisher Comments Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition of the bestselling Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysispresents several new chapters in the areas of biological and physical analysis and soil sampling. Reflecting the burgeoning interest in soil... (read more) Your price: $162.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Pyrene Degradation by Mycobacterium Sp. KMS: Biochemical Pathway, Enzymatic Mechanisms, and Humic Acid Effect by Yanna Liang Publisher Comments Pyrene, a four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), was identified as the chemical that requires the largest land area for soil bioremediation due to the slow rate of biodegradation at the Libby, Montana Superfund site. Prepared bed land treatment... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $20.41 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Africa and the Carbon Cycle: Proceedings of the Open Science Conference on "Africa and Carbon Cycle: The Carboafrica Project." Accra (Ghana) 25-27 by A. Bombelli Publisher Comments This publication includes a selection of articles derived from the presentations and posters showed at the Open Science Conference Africa and Carbon Cycle held in Accra, Ghana. The conference focused on Africa's contribution to the global carbon cycle... (read more) Your price: $35.75 New - Trade Paper
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Soils in the Urban Environment by Peter Bullock Publisher Comments Urban areas contain a wide variety of open spaces, yet much of this has evolved under the pressures of human population with minimal management. The last 40 years have seen problems of varying severity begin to appear, including contamination, erosion... (read more) Your price: $119.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils by A. (edt) Tarantino Publisher Comments This collection focuses on recent advances in laboratory and field testing of unsaturated soils. Leading researchers from fourteen countries to represent global research in the area of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics have been invited to... (read more) List Price $170.50 Your price: $159.00 New - Hardcover
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Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil by John M. Kimble Publisher Comments The potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change is one factor driving agricultural policy development of programs that might pay farmers for practices with a high potential to sequester carbon. With chapters by economists... (read more) Your price: $226.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights: Challenges in Taxonomy and Law (Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity) by Michael Halewood Publisher Comments This book is about crop plant varieties developed by local farmers - commonly referred to as farmers' varieties - and policies to increase the share of benefits farmers receive from the use of those varieties. This subject is problematic because there... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $169.75 New - Hardcover
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