A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Shells, Including Shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California, (Peterson Field Guides (Paperback))

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Seashells are the most exquisite of all architecture.......1996-11-30

As a child growing up on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., and obsessed with seashells, the gastropods of the Pacific Ocean beckoned to me more strongly than any seaweed bedecked sirens in my 8th grade Latin book.

And this was the book that fueled by imaginations. The heck with Botticelli and his "Venus on a half-shell" or Cyndy Crawford's teeth -- this book illustrates and explains some of the most beautiful pieces of calcium carbonate ever secreted by man or mollusc.

Seashells are the most exquisite of all architecture.......1996-11-30

As a child growing up on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., and obsessed with seashells, the shells of the Pacific Ocean beckoned to me more strongly than the sirens in my 8th grade Latin book.

And this was the book that fueled by imaginations. The heck with Botticelli and his "Venus on a half-shell" -- this book illustrates and explains some of the most beautiful pieces of calcium carbonate ever secreted by man or mollusc.

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Field Guide to Pacific Coast Shells, Including Shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California (Peterson Field Guide Series)
Percy A Morris
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OC0H5M

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A Field Guide to Shells of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, Including Shells of the Gulf of California

Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FMMY48

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PACIFIC COAST SHELLS Including Shells of Hawaii and Gulf of California, Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides, Collectors Lifetime Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
Percy A. Morris
Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000WPXZ6Y

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Pacific Coast shells: Including shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California (Roger Tory Peterson field guides)
Percy A Morris
Manufacturer: / Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00070SV0E

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Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides - Pacific Coast Shells - including shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California
Roger Tory ] - Percy A, Morris [ Peterson
Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000IOW48O

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Based on the same authors' definitive and highly acclaimed Flowers of the Himalayas, the concise edition retains all of the colour illustrations and black-and-white drawings of its parent volume. The descriptions of the species have been abbreviated and are mostly limited to those illustrated, in order to produce a more portable and less expensive book. The geographical area covered remains the same, however - from the Nepal-Sikim border in the south-east to the north-eastern India-Pakistan border, with the Tibet border to the north. The sub-tropical flora found at lower altitudes towards the south has been omitted, with the exception of a few major species.

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Human Molecular Biology is an introduction to the molecular basis of health and disease for the new generation of life scientists and medical students. By integrating cutting-edge molecular genetics and biochemistry with the latest clinical information, the book weaves a pattern that unifies biology with syndromes, genetic pathways with developmental phenotypes, and protein function with drug action. Lavishly illustrated throughout with two-color diagrams and full color clinical pictures, this text brings the complexities and breadth of human molecular biology clearly to life.

Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Health and Disease

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Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Health and Disease
Richard J. Epstein
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MVFDLS

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The nitrogen-containing ring structures are at the hub of metabolism and include ATP, nucleic acids, many coenzymes, metabolic regulators and integrators such as adenosine and GTP, signalling compounds such as cyclic nucleotides and plant cytokinins and biochemically functional pigmets of which haemoglobin, the cytochromes and chlorophyll are examples.
This important book collates and integrates current knowledge of all the biologically important N-heterocyclic compounds, covering the relationship between their chemical structures and physiological functions within this key group of compounds. Few biochemical reaction sequences do not involve one of these compounds as a substrate, product or coenzyme and a full understanding of the interrelationship between their structure and function is vital for all those woorking in the field of biochemistry.
Professor Eric Brown who has a huge wealth of experience in teaching and research on these compounds has written a very comprehensible and thorough book which will be of great value for advanced students and researchers in biochemistry and those at the interfacing subject areas of chemistry, biology and pharmacology including all those employed in researching biological function within pharmaceutical companies.

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During the last years, scientific computing has become an important research branch located between applied mathematics and applied sciences and engineering. Highly efficient numerical methods are based on adaptive methods, higher order discretizations, fast linear and non-linear iterative solvers, multi-level algorithms, etc. Such methods are integrated in the adaptive finite element software ALBERTA. It is a toolbox for the fast and flexible implementation of efficient software for real life applications, based on modern algorithms. ALBERTA also serves as an environment for improving existent, or developing new numerical methods in an interplay with mathematical analysis and it allows the direct integration of such new or improved methods in existing simulation software. The book is accompanied by a full distribution of ALBERTA (Version 1.2) on a CD including an implementation of several model problems. System requirements for ALBERTA are a Unix/Linux environment with C and FORTRAN Compilers, OpenGL graphics and GNU make. These model implementations serve as a basis for students and researchers for the implementation of their own research projects within ALBERTA.

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"Jonathan Goldstein is one of the funniest and most original writers I can think of. Anything by him is better than anything by just about anyone else." (David Sedaris)

This startlingly original debut from This American Life contributor Jonathan Goldstein is, according to a Vice magazine reviewer, "the cleanest dirty book I've ever read." It's a snapshot of the mind of Josh, a rather confused young man who must cope with his father's listlessness and his own overwhelming lust, not to mention the arrival of the Moschiach, inventor of the infamous Love Lotion.

Lenny Bruce Is Dead walks a tightrope between the searingly funny and the poignant. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll long for some Love Lotion of your own. And you won't forget Josh-ineptitude, scatological neuroses, urban angst, self-deprecating humor and all.

"The embarrassing, penetrating and I've-neverseen- this-before-on-paper secrets that Jonathan Goldstein carefully accumulates eventually all add up to something much more painful and probing than one would expect from such a readable, hilarious book-leaving one with the nagging impression that the writer's real concern is telling the truth, and in a deeply personal and original way." (Chris Ware)

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Clever and entertaining.......2007-09-10

Amazingly clever book. I read it twice and intend to read it again. It says more in what it doesn't say than in what it does. Brilliant.

Read it- why not?.......2007-09-01

Okay, if you're looking at this book you probably know Jonathan Goldstein from This American Life.
The important thing to know about this book is it's not a straightforward narrative. It's a novel in fractallized pieces.
That said, the pieces themselves are often funny, and sometimes very sad.
The book isn't for everybody, but it's not for nobody.
Just read it. You can get through it in an hour or so, so even if it's not your favorite it's not like plowing through Ulysses.

Waste of time and money.......2007-01-29

If I could give it fewer stars I would. Masturbatory, adolescent stream of consciousness, with absolutely nothing to say. Its only redeeming feature is that it is short.

perfect.......2007-01-17

I thought this was an absolutely fantastic book. The way Goldstein creates a full characters out of paragraph-length scenes is visionary, and his subject matter is funny, sad, and truthful, without ever giving a damn about a proper plot.

Burn this book.......2006-10-16

This book was not funny or interesting. It is sort of like those columns Larry King used to write..... I want a pastrami sandwich,.....isn't the Godfather a great movie,..........I remember when the Yankees won all the time.... This author must have a lot of friends in the writing business, because this waste of time shouldn't get good reviews. Thank you very very mush.

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It's hard to believe that as late as 1830, Chicago was a desolate fur-trading outpost. Within half a century, it become a manufacturing, agriculture and industrial center and the railroad capital of the country. Donald L. Miller, a history professor at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, chronicles the evolution of the "Windy City" and the people who made their mark in it. From railroad entrepreneur George Pullman, to retailers Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck, to reaper inventor Cyrus McCormick and architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago was built by innovators. With its system of mass transit, regimented work force, diverse immigrant groups and historic battles between private and public good, Chicago symbolizes the emergence of modern American life.

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The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900.

Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects -- which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the great city it brilliantly brings to life.

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Very Interesting.......2004-04-19

I thought this book was one of the more interesting pieces on Chicago history. I am lucky enough to work in the Loop and loved the section of the book about the buildings and to my surprise many of them are still around. I even took a walk to the Rookery and Monadnock buildings to see them for my self and now have a renewed respect for these buildings. I see some readers have complained about the apparent lack of organization throughout the book but that is because it is theme based and not a chronological history of the city like a history book would be but rather he covers topics of the city's past that cover years,decades or even generations. Anyone that considers themselves a Chicagoan will understand and like this book.

Now I Know Why Chicago is Chicago!.......2003-01-14

Donald L. Miller's "City of the Century" is one of the best books of its genre. The book has the sweep of a novel with the detail of an exegesis. Miller's forte is the taking of several historical characters and weaving the truth of their lives into the fabric of the history he would have us read. And in "City", he has excelled at his own methodology.

We are introduced to those who settled the "City" and become close to those who not only grew Chicago but soon after it had reached new heights in the 19th century were faced with the destruction by fire of most of what had been built. And we learn that they were not daunted by this monumental task of re-building the "City". And reading the gripping description of the ruins, we are yet elated by the notion that Chicago is not finished. In less than a decade Chicago rose from the ashes -- to become by the end of the century on of America's greatest cities.

Dr. Miller takes us through the whole of Chicago's century of growth, destruction, and rebirth never losing command of the many threads that made the final fabric. And in the telling of Chicago's story we also learn much about the America that contributed its people and its wealth, along with their hopes and dreams to making the "City of the Century".

Read this book and you will agree that the only thing lacking is a volume two depicting the continuing evolution of Chicago through the 20th century.

Disjoined and disappointing.......2003-01-03

I was not impressed with this book. The glowing reviews are a mystery to me. Miller seemed to begin one train of thought jump to another and back again. The lack of organization was overwhelming. The dry, unexpressive writing was disappointing. As a text this is muddled, as "engrosing non-fiction" utterly lacking. Furthermore, this book was extremely long. The length is not necessarily a negative in itself, but it is when it seems that nothing of substance is being said. The length of this book can be attributed to the constant reiteration and the poor organization. Pure facts are as difficult to weed out as it is to understand the structure. Very disappointing.

Comprehensive and Yet Extremely Entertaining.......2002-12-27

I want to echo the rave reviews this book has gotten. I just finished it tonight. Wonderful stories, insightful analysis. It makes you think past the usual chicago folklore that many of us city dwellers have come to accept as fact. I highly reccomend this to anyone interested in chicago or the growth of urban america in the 19th century.

Very comprehensive !.......2001-11-22

I have read dozens of books on Chicago history. This book is by far the best. Can't imagine one being any better.

City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. (book reviews): An article from: Planning

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City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. (book reviews): An article from: Planning
Harold Henderson
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 377 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. (book reviews)
Author: Harold Henderson
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1996
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: v62 Issue: n5 Page: p30(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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Brilliant!.......2000-06-14

Mr. Melton writes a wonderful book that gives a whole new side to the World War II most people learn about. The book is in catalogue style, picturing and explaining the different tools used by the OSS and SOE (during WWII). This book gives assurance that the US government is able to do excellent work under pressure. It is an absolutely fascinating read that should not be missed!

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Man In The Shadows Inside the Middle East Crisis With A Man Who Led the Mossad
Halevy Efraim
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VNGG0Y

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Over the past decade ecotoxicology has a emerged as a distinct subject of interdisciplinary character. Courses in ecotoxicology reflect this and are taught by specialists in chemistry and biochemistry through to population genetics and ecology. As the first textbook to incorporate these disciplines, the first edition of this book proved to be well received. The second edition builds on the first by incorporating new data on topical subjects. Principles of Ecotoxicology identifies the major classes of organic and inorganic pollutants, their properties, release and environmental fate, and transport in air, water and along food chains, before considering the effects that they might have upon individual organisms and ultimately whole ecosystems. This timely second edition incorporates data collected since the first edition on subjects of current research and media interest such as organochloride pesticides, endocrine disruptors, aquatic toxicity, industrial waste and ecotoxicity testing. Once again the disciplines of chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, physiology, population ecology, and genetics are brought together in this cohesive text.

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An Important Perspective of Ecotoxicology.......2007-08-09

This text does an excellent job of addressing the subject from a multi-discipline perspective. It is well written but requires some background in chemistry; as it addresses the biological fate of many chemical/organic compounds. It does so in a format that does not prepare the reader for immediate sleep but does require active participation on the part of the reader. This is not a High School or Doctorate level reference but aimed well at the BS level reader.

Ecotoxicology Text.......2006-03-16

I received the text book very quickly and the book was in mint condition. The service was perfect.

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