"Johnny's such a bright boy, what a shame he's retarded" Author: Long, Kate Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395253462 ISBN-13: 9780395253465..
Celebrate Italian cooking with this authoritative and engaging tributeAuthor Michele Scicolone offers simple recipes for delicious classics such as lasagne, minestrone, chicken cutlets, and gelato, plus many more of your favorites; a wealth of modern dishes, such as grilled scallop salad; and a trav..
A photoessay focusing on the Least Tern journeys to a beach in Maine that has become a wildlife refuge for the endangered seabird and examines the possibility for successful survival of a species that must live side by side with humans. Author: McMillan, Bruce Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bi..
Selected by a Nobel Prize-winning poet, a collection of the world's greatest poetry from the past two thousand years brings together five hundred great pieces by more than two hundred poets, along with commentary by the editor. Author: Milosz, Czeslaw Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Binding: Ha..
Poems derived from old collective nouns for animals, such as "a murder of crows" and "a leap of leopards" Author: Hooper, Patricia Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0395616204 ISBN-13: 9780395616208..
Bill Jordan's life changed forever the day a stray cat nesting under his bougainvillea bit him on the hand. A reformed biologist, Jordan had no particular love for animals and felt vaguely contemptuous of those who did - until the cat, beckoning with a wink and a yawn, led him on a journey to exotic..
Take a journey back in time to an era of simplicity where no telephones or electricity exists in order to experience the Christmas celebrations of one family in a rural town where sleigh rides, family stories, and moonlight skating on an ice pond are cherished elements of their special holiday tradi..
A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms is a brief, inexpensive, and accessible handbook of literary terms for a full range of courses, including introduction to literature, literature for composition, American literature, British literature, and Shakespeare. In clear, concise, and user-friendly lang..
With this audio guide, you can learn to identify your favorite birds by their songs and calls alone. Backyard Bird Song includes 28 of the most common backyard birds, such as the American Robin, the Song Sparrow, and the Downy Woodpecker, arranged in groups with similar vocalizations. Author: Lawson..
A detailed guide brings to life the beauty, inhabitants, and various kinds of trees and plants of the Sierra Nevada forests, the California forests, the Pacific Northwest forests, and the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska. Original. Author: Kricher, John C. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bin..
Depicts the ecology and formation of coral reefs and describes the various animals that inhabit the reefs of southern Florida and the Caribbean Author: Kaplan, Eugene Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395316618 ISBN-13: 9780395316610..
Product DescriptionIdentifies North American forest fauna and floraFrom Library JournalThis latest edition to the "Peterson Field Guide" series seeks to train the reader to recognize patterns that define a woodland. Calling his book a "field guide to ecology," Kricher introduces basic ecological con..
With more than 130 color photographs and 170 drawings, this book shows how to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas, and other forces that have shaped the earth over millions of years. Each geological region of eastern North America is described vividly and il..
Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length ..
Describes the calls, range, and male and female markings of more than one thousand species Author: Edward L. Chalif Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395171296 ISBN-13: 9780395171295..
With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador. Author: Chalif, Edward L. Publish..
Discusses the food, geographic distribution, and characteristics of more than 1000 moths Author: Covell, Charles V. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0395361001 ISBN-13: 9780395361009..
More than 600 species are described in detail, with more than 525 illustrations. This is the guide for quick, reliable identification of fishes that you'll encounter while fishing, snorkeling, diving, or even strolling along a Pacific Coast beach. Author: Herald, Earl S. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ..
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such..
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such..
Accompanied by vivid illustrations and photographs, a valuable guide covers the Great Plains, South Texas, Rocky Mountain habitats, and Southwest habitats, including the riparian forest and the giant saguaro cactus forest. Original. Author: Kricher, John C. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bindi..
Describes and depicts eight hundred species of shells Author: Abbott, R. Tucker Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395697808 ISBN-13: 9780395697801..
With more than 750 illustrations, including 300 color photographs, this guide covers more than 1,000 species, such as shoreside plants, clams, shrimps, crabs, corals, seaweeds, sponges, and sea urchins, as well as all of the common seashore communities found from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast, Flo..
Supplies practical tips on collecting beetles and discusses the habits and identifying characteristics of the different types of beetles Author: White, Richard E. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395318084 ISBN-13: 9780395318089..