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 ..
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..
This workbook presents a vital and transforming understanding of kingdom stewardship that considers not just money but all aspects of God's created order: time, physical resources, spiritual gifts, relationships, the gospel message, and life itself. Provides practical, thought provoking material for..
This wide-ranging book explores the origins, development, and character of Afro-Caribbean cultures from the slave period to the present day. Richard D. E. Burton focuses on ways in which African traditions including those in religion, music, food, dress, and family structure were transformed by inte..
In this fully revised and enhanced edition of his Religion in the New World, Wentz extends and deepens his successful account of the shaping of Americas diverse religious traditions. Using religious studies categories, such as myth, legend, symbol, and ritual, Wentz sketches the development and flow..
This is a complete, practical, up-to-the-minute guide to the use of subsurface mapping and cross-section techniques in the search for oil and gas deposits. Daniel Tearpock -- one of the field's leading consultants -- offers systematic coverage of the field's key principles and newest advances. The b..
Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread like wildfire across Europe, offering the scientific view t..
Guide to learning about attitudes, why do people have them and how are they measured, etc.- and the approaches to persuasion. Author: Petty, Richard E. Publisher: William C Brown Pub Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0697065510 ISBN-13: 9780697065513..
Product DescriptionAs energy crises, environmental mismanagement, and disease outbreaks increase in our world, an understanding of biology is becoming more important than ever. These laboratory exercises give readers a greater understanding of themselves and of current issues in a biological context..
Offers instructions and detailed plans for making toy cars and trucks, stilts, seesaws, rocking horses, go-carts, play houses, model farms and space stations, and sand box toys Author: Blizzard, Richard E. Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0806977981 ISBN-1..
The Terror of 1793-94, the Paris Commune of 1871, the Dreyfus Affair explosions of violence punctuated French history from the start of the Revolution until the Liberation at the close of World War II. The distinguished scholar Richard D. E. Burton here offers a stunningly original account of these ..
book in great condition. Author: Richard E. Williamson Publisher: Prentice Hall Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 013112367X ISBN-13: 9780131123670..
"This well-organized reference presents complete and explicit instructions on exactly what to do to manage multiple small projects -- using limited resources -- in any industry. The hands-on methods -- derived from proven successes in every type of business -- specifically address the needs of the n..
This book explores the organization of creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, movies, theater, sound recordings, and book publishing. In each, artistic inputs are combined with other, "humdrum" inputs. But the deals that bring these inputs together are inherently problematic:..
This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 193..
Anyone who has been stirred by the sight of California's Death Valley, or merely by its name, will want to read this remarkable accunt. Here for the first time is the whole story of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies at the foot of the Funeral Range. The story spans a century o..
The 1970s revealed a number of infamous and sometimes illegal practices used by federal law enforcement agencies to monitor political dissent in the United States. In the aftermath of Watergate the revelation of serious abuses created distrust of virtually all domestic intelligence operations and le..
In e-Learning and the Science of Instruction authors Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer- internationally recognized experts in the field of e-learning- offer essential information and guidelines for selecting, designing, and developing e-learning courses that build knowledge and skills for worke..
If there is one book every professional electrical designer, installation electrician, electrical inspector, consulting engineer, and contractor cannot afford to be without, it's Electrical Raceways and Other Wiring Methods by the authority on all things electrical, Richard Loyd! From power source t..
Provides a concrete understanding of the basic facts and experiences relating to the different behavior of rock types in engineering construction. Geological fundamentals are developed in a practical context, based on actual cases and experiences of the author. Emphasis is placed on rocks found in c..
The only collection of its kind on the market, this reader gathers the work of some of the most esteemed urban ethnographers in sociology and anthropology. Broken down into sections that cover key aspects of ethnographic research, Ethnography and the City will expose readers to important works in th..
Describes the basic relational qualities that characterize all experiential psychotherapy whether done by gestaltists, transactionalists, behavioral modifiers, rational-emotives, family therapists, psychoanalysts, or non-directive therapists. Contents: Guiding Principlesóthe Unconscious; Guiding Pri..
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of school finance, while establishing a firm understanding of the relationship between school finance systems to their broader economic, political and sociological context. Organization: This book is organized around (a) cont..
A revision of the best-selling introduction to classical thermodynamics written for undergraduate engineering students. Developed from first principles, the text goes on to include a variety of modern applications. Combines English and SI units, provides excellent examples and homework problems, int..