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Sunset Western Garden Book 8TH Edition
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Sunset Western Garden Book 8TH Edition
by Sunset

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Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of...
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (77 Edition)
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (77 Edition)
by Lawrence Newcomb

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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide covers more plants than any other guides and has more color illustrations, a more complete glossary, and — most important — a more accurate identification system, easilt mastered by nonbotanists. It is...
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan

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In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant -- though this...
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Western Landscaping
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Western Landscaping
by Sunset

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This companion book to the much-beloved "Western Garden Book" is packed with expert advice from landscape designers, gardeners, and others, and addresses climatic, soil, and topographical challenges and solutions for the West....
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Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape
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Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape
by James Howard Kunstler

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The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon...
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Voluntary Simplicity (REV): Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
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Voluntary Simplicity (REV): Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin

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When Voluntary Simplicity was first published in 1981, it quickly became recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable ways of living.Now, more than ten years later and with many of the planet's environmental...
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The Future of Life
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The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson

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From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
by Elbert L. Little

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All 933 identification pictures are full-color photos of significant details of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat....
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Botany for Gardeners ((Rev)05 Edition)
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Botany for Gardeners ((Rev)05 Edition)
by Brian Capon

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A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded and updated to include an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even richer...
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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden : Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (87 Edition)
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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden : Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (87 Edition)
by Gilbert L. Wilson

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Includes sustainable gardening methods from seed preparation to harvest, including the ceremonies, songs, and stories required for a bountiful harvest....
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Ecological Methodology (2ND 99 Edition)
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Ecological Methodology (2ND 99 Edition)
by Charles J. Krebs

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A translation of the methods of statisticians into "ecological English", enabling students to readily apply these methods to the real world. It offers a balance of material on animal and plant populations and teaches students of ecology how to design...
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Orthos Home Gardeners Problem Solver
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Orthos Home Gardeners Problem Solver
by Ortho

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Learn to diagnose and treat more than 750 plant problems with the new edition of Ortho's Home Gardener's Problem Solver. Over 100 North American horticultural authorities contributed to this book to make it the standard for reliability in horticultural...
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Fundamentals of Conservation Biology 3RD Edition
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Fundamentals of Conservation Biology 3RD Edition
by Malcolm L Hunter

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In the new edition of this highly successful book, Malcolm Hunter and new co-author James Gibbs offer a thorough introduction to the fascinating and important field of conservation biology, focusing on what can be done to maintain biodiversity through...
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Accessible Gardening for People With Physical Disabilities (94 Edition)
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Accessible Gardening for People With Physical Disabilities (94 Edition)
by Janeen R. Adil

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Presents all the information and practical know-how necessary for designing, planting, and maintaining a garden that suits the special needs of young and older gardeners with physical disabilities. Dozens of mail-order sources are provided for the many...
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Introduction To Forest and Renewable Resources (7TH 03 Edition)
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Introduction To Forest and Renewable Resources (7TH 03 Edition)
by Grant W. Sharpe

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This introduction to forestry text embraces changes in policies and practices related to the conservation and management of forests and other renewable resources in the U.S. and other countries. Sharpe et al. features a thorough updating of the text...
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Practice of Silviculture : Applied Forest Ecology (9TH 97 Edition)
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Practice of Silviculture : Applied Forest Ecology (9TH 97 Edition)
by David M. Smith

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This is the premier source of ecologically and econimically sound information on the long-term treatment of forests. It provides the information necessary to understand, analyze, and apply the various techniques available for growing stands under any...
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Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications (Aquatic Ecology Series)
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Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications (Aquatic Ecology Series)
by Walter K Dodds

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ems *Written for undergraduate students, with explanations of complex contemporary concepts in freshwater ecology *Self-contained and succinct chapters suited to specific applications as well as to use as a...
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Gardener's Guide To Common-sense Pest Control (96 Edition)
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Gardener's Guide To Common-sense Pest Control (96 Edition)
by William Olkowski

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This important resource gives homeowners hundreds of environmentally effective ways to control garden pests. Here are all the no- to low-toxicity remedies for ridding lawns, gardens, and trees of destructive invaders. From microscopic organisms that case...
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Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective (Princeton Science Library)
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Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective (Princeton Science Library)
by Paul Colinvaux

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A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation....
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Ecological City
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Ecological City
by Rutherford H Platt

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"An excellent and timely treatise on preserving and restoring biodiversity in the urban landscape....An ecological classic for the '90s". -- Choice...
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