Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest : Exploring the Heart of Central Africa

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Inside the Dzanga Sangha Rain Forest follows a team of scientists, artists, and filmmakers as they search for the elusive lowland gorilla, rare birds, leopards, a universe of insects, not to mention the powerful elephants for whom the forest is named. The team is guided by local BaAka people through elephant dung, swarms of sweat bees, and unexpected swamps as they explore and record everything they can about the rain forest. Readers learn about the rain forest, from the layers of forest canopy and the lives of the BaAka to practical skills, such as what to do if approached by a gorilla, and how to eat a termite. At the end of the expedition, the team sends back 6,000 pounds of specimens and materials and an incomparable first-hand account of life in the rain forest in order to create a unique walk-through exhibit, complete with sounds and smells.

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Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest.......2002-06-14

Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest is a spectacular book that follows a team of twenty scientists, artists, photographers, and filmmakers, into the heart of Africa in their search to find the essence of the rain forest. Guided by the BaAka people, a local tribe, the team spends two months filming and recording the beauty of Africa. They trudge through elephant dung, swarms of "sweat" bees, and thigh-deep flood plains, or bai as it is called in the national language of Sango, to collect items for a unique walk-through rain forest exhibit in New York City. In summary, this book takes readers on a vicarious trip through the rain forest so they can experience its beauty, meet its inhabitants, and learn practical survival skills such as gathering honey, eating termites, and playing basketball BaAka style. Regardless of age, you will find fun and adventure between the covers of Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest!

Exceptional and Exciting: A Rain Forest Experience.......2000-04-15

You may not have recently toured the rain forests of Central Africa, but you can enjoy the lush photographs and readable text about this facinating corner of the world, the Dzangu-Sangha Rain Forest. I am a lover of African lore and found this book to use in my class. My students and I have eaten it up. We marveled at the marvelous pictures and were fascinated by the facts and information we found in the text. We all loved the information about driver ants that can be used to close up wounds that formerly required stitiches. The BaAka people and their customs are carefully documented with care and with dignity. Three sections of ninth graders who have been studying Afrian literature and folklore adored this book. To boot, my own kids, ages 5-13, have poured over the book during family reading hour. I recommended our high school library acquire a copy for student use. It is incredibly readable and suitable for a large audience. It is not to be missed.

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Dear Bella and Bobby,

Thank you SO MUCH for letting us stay at your villa. It's gorgeous, and we're having a fab time looking after it and enjoying the view of the mountains and the lovely olive grove. I figured out the bus to Ercos on the first day here -- it's as easy as you said! And Miguel's son Juan is helping us take care of everything, so you needn't worry at all!

Love,
Laura

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only so-so.......2006-08-14

Laura Harvey and two of her friends, Yaz and Ruth, plan on spending part of their Gap year travelling to Spain. But then Ruth's boyfriend comes along, and the trip starts going downhill. All he wants to do is stop at junky, touristy, restaurants where "the prices are in English," and cheap, dirty motels so he can "spend some time" with Ruth. And since he's driving, he gets the casting vote. But then a Bella, who Laura and Yaz meet in a hotel restaurant, offer to let them stay in their villa to take care of it while they go to the States. They take them up on it, and their trip changes for the better, especially when they meet Juan, the caretaker's son. He's a total dish, and Yaz and Laura both fall for him. But will Juan pick one of them? And if he does, will it change the girls' friendship? This book is flat, but funny, and you can easily finish it in one sitting. I was expecting more zing from the cover, but I've read worse.

Who will he pick?.......2006-04-24

I read Spanish Holiday. The book was about three girls that went on a trip. Ruth is one of the girls, and she took her boyfriend Tom with her. Yaz and Laura didn't like him. The four people travel and travel till Laura meets a couple, and they ask Laura and Yaz to stay at there home and watch over their house. They all go there. Yaz and Laura loves it. Tom, Ruth's boyfriend didn't like it there so, they left. Yaz and Laura meet this guy named Juan and they both like him. You will have to read to find out who Juan likes!

I liked this book a lot. Some of my favorite parts were toward the end. I also liked it when they all moved into the house. The part I didn't like was when Tom was always yelling at Laura and Yaz.

I would recommend this book to girls. This book is a mixture of things like romance, drama and excitement.

A good book to start your Summer reading.......2006-04-21

A couple years ago, I read "Spanish Holiday" to start my Summer reading and it is truly a really good book to do so. The book starts at the beginning of the summer when a group of friends go to Spain. This book is a really fast read, I remember I read it in less than a day. The book is in a first person narrative of Laura, the main character. You'll find yourself rooting for your Laura and all that Laura finds herself getting into. The ending really satisfying too. There aren't many books that I would reread over again but "Spanish Holiday" is definitely one that I can read over and over. So if you're looking for a good beach read for the upcoming summer season, "Spanish Holiday" should definitely be in your beach bag.

English Cinderella meets Spanish Hunkalicious Perfect Man.......2005-06-15

The target audience for this novel is the high-school girl crowd. Laura and friends, one with boyfriend in tow, spend their "gap" year in Spain. There's all kinds of drama, torrid romance, betrayal, etc. It brought me back to my adolescence. Falling in love! Sex on the beach! However, the main male character in the book, Juan, is very unbelievable. He sounds soooooooooo understanding and balanced, and says things like: "but i know you need to think about it. I'll get you another drink". What was he, 50 and a counselor? I never met a Spanish adolescent with such an empathic head on his shoulders, and i've met a few.

This fluffy novel is perfect when you're semi-comatose and can't handle heavy writing but still want to have a book to move your eyes through.

It has a Spanish lexicon on the back. The spelling of Spanish words was quite good. No mistakes! My only objection is that in Spain you don't go into a café and ask for a capuccino. That's Italy. Other than that, no complaints for geographical or social veracity. My main objection remains Juan's maturity.

OMG!.......2005-06-05

OMG! when i read this book i thought omg this is soo boring at the beginning but once laura met juan i waz like omg here we go! so yeh this book rocked my socks!

Spanish Holiday : Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever into the Best Summer of My Life

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Spanish Holiday : Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever into the Best Summer of My Life
Kate Cann
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: B000OEX4YQ

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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today--truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.

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one of three volume set, 216, 217, 218. .......2005-01-08

This new volume 216, 217, 218 supplement old volume 153, 154, 155. Volume 217 includes vector for expressing cloned genes, mutagenesis, identifying and mapping genes, and methods for transforming animal and plant cells. As usual, Methods in Enzymology has a detailed subject INDEX and author INDEX at the end.
Section I : vectors for expressing clones genes.
Section II: Mutagenesis and gene disruption.
Section III: screening libraries, identifying and mapping genes.
Section IV: methods for transforming animal and plant cells.

Methods in Enzymology, Volume 217: Recombinant DNA, Part H (Methods in Enzymology)

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Methods in Enzymology, Volume 217: Recombinant DNA, Part H (Methods in Enzymology)
Ray Wu
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH91QS

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A practical, easily accessible guide for bench-top chemists, this book focuses on accurately applying computational chemistry techniques to everyday chemistry problems. Provides nonmathematical explanations of advanced topics in computational chemistry.

Focuses on when and how to apply different computational techniques.
Addresses computational chemistry connections to biochemical systems and polymers.
Provides a prioritized list of methods for attacking difficult computational chemistry problems, and compares advantages and disadvantages of various approximation techniques.
Describes how the choice of methods of software affects requirements for computer memory and processing time.

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Focuses on when and how to apply different computational techniques.
Addresses computational chemistry connections to biochemical systems and polymers.
Provides a prioritized list of methods for attacking difficult computational chemistry problems, and compares advantages and disadvantages of various approximation techniques.
Describes how the choice of methods of software affects requirements for computer memory and processing time.

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A nice practical guide for the non-specialist.......2005-10-12

This book is targeted at working chemists (not theorists) and engineers, who want to use computational chemistry to address real-world research problems. It does a good job of providing a general overview of a wide number of techniques with an emphasis on practical considerations, such as the appropriateness and accuracy of the various techniques for a given type of problem, and the potential pitfalls that must be avoided. It does a great job of explaining the jargon and technical nomenclature, which would otherwise stump new-comers to the field, including short descriptions of the various levels of theory (Semi-empirical Methods, HF, DFT Methods, Perturbation theory, CI, CC, etc...), Basis Sets (STO-3G, 6-31G, CBS, LANL2DZ, etc...), calculation types (geometry optimization, frequency calculations, population analysis), and so on. In addition it has a very useful appendix containing short reviews of about 30 different software packages used in the field.

While the book is a useful practical guide, the potential buyer should recognize that it is not intended to be a textbook on Quantum Chemistry. It provides a general overview of the various theories, indicating some of the major assumptions, but does not delve into any details of how the theories actually work or are implemented. It contains very little math and doesn't even attempt to explain how to solve the few equations it does have (the obvious assumption being that the computer will solve them). All of this is fine for the stated goal of the book, but the reader should realize that if he really wants to learn Quantum Chemistry, rather than just run a software program that uses it, he should at least find another book to read in conjunction with this one.

On the practical side, this book does a good job of pointing out the weaknesses and strengths of the many computational chemistry techniques. It also provides instructions for setting up calculations and, more importantly, recommendations for what to do when the calculations fail. On the downside, because the book covers such a wide range of topics and does not focus on a single software package or type of calculation, the advice or recommendations are sometimes too general to be of much use. Nevertheless, armed with this book, one of the many available computational chemistry software packages, and its corresponding user's manual any competent chemist or chemical engineer should quickly be able to start running useful calculations.

Guided Inquiry Experiments for General Chemistry: Practical Problems and Applications

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Guided Inquiry Experiments for General Chemistry: Practical Problems and Applications
Nancy Kerner , and Ram Lamba
Manufacturer: Wiley
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The use of the laboratory is a valuable tool in developing a deeper understanding of key chemical concepts from the experimental process. This lab manual encourages scientific thinking, enabling readers to conduct investigations in chemistry. It shows how to think about the processes they are investigating rather than simply performing a laboratory experiment to the specifications set by the manual. Each experiment begins with a problem scenario and ends with questions requiring feedback on the problem.

Chemistry 122 Laboratory Exercises: General Experiments in Chemistry

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Chemistry 122 Laboratory Exercises: General Experiments in Chemistry
Karen E. Eichstadt
Manufacturer: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Experiments and Problems in General Chemistry

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Experiments and Problems in General Chemistry
Albert W. Laubengayer
Manufacturer: Holt Rinehart & Winston
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Experiments for Atoms, molecules, and life: An introduction to general, organic, and biochemistry

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Experiments for Atoms, molecules, and life: An introduction to general, organic, and biochemistry
Michael S Matta
Manufacturer: Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co
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Chemical experiments, general and analytical,: For use with any text-book of chemistry, or without a text-book,

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Chemical experiments, general and analytical,: For use with any text-book of chemistry, or without a text-book,
Rufus Phillips Williams
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Chemistry 152 Laboratory Exercises: Fundamental Experiments in Chemistry

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Chemistry 152 Laboratory Exercises: Fundamental Experiments in Chemistry
Karen E. Eichstadt
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Experiments and Problems in General Chemistry
Albert W. Laubengayer
Manufacturer: Holt Rinehart & Winston
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ASIN: B000OEDBXU

General chemistry (for colleges);: A complete laboratory manual consisting of experiments, qualitative analysis, solution to problems,

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General chemistry (for colleges);: A complete laboratory manual consisting of experiments, qualitative analysis, solution to problems,
Dean Ralph Lee
Manufacturer: Burgess
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Lessons in general chemistry
Herbert Brownell
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In the late twentieth century, Admiral Julian 3rd can get no rest, for he knows his future. He will be reborn as his grandson in the next century to journey through space and make an ominous discovery inside the moon; he will live again in the dark years of the twenty-second century as Julian 9th, who refuses to bow down to the victorious Moon Men; and as Julian 20th, the fierce Red Hawk, he will lead humanity's final battle against the alien invaders in the twenty-fifth century. The Moon Maid is Edgar Rice Burroughs's stunning epic of a world conquered by alien invaders from the moon and of the hero Julian, who champions the earth's struggle for freedom, peace, and dignity.

The most complete version of The Moon Maid saga ever made available, this edition contains the story as published serially, along with numerous passages, sentences, and words excised from the magazine version or added later by the author. This edition also features an introduction by Terry Bisson, new illustrations by Thomas Floyd, the classic frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, essays by scholar Richard J. Golsan and writer Phillip R. Burger, a glossary by Scott Tracy Griffin, and a compendium of alterations to the text.

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I shall not bore you with dry, technical descriptions of our motors and equipment. Suffice it to say that the former were of three types--those which propelled the ship through the air and those which propelled it through ether, the latter of course represented our most important equipment, and consisted of powerful multiple-exhaust separators which isolated the true Barsoomian Eighth Ray in great quantities, and, by exhausting it rapidly earthward, propelled the vessel toward Mars.

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one of ERB's darkest tales.......2007-09-07

The Moon Maid, whether split into the three constituent parts or presented, as here, complete and unabridged, is definitely ERB's most overtly political work. Fearful of pacifism after World War I and nascent communist aggression, ERB (also mindful of communist refusal to pay him due royalties) wrote a story called Under the Red Flag that failed to sell. Not wanting the story to go to waste, he then rewrote it as The Moon Men, the second part of this book, and bookended it with two other tales of the struggle between the men of Earth and the invaders from the Moon. To give continuity to his story, ERB provides for the reincarnation of the primary hero, Julian, who appears in the framing portion as Julian 3rd and then in the stories themselves as Julian 5th, Julian 9th, and Julian 20th--the Red Hawk of the last story. (No last name is given the Julians, though in Under the Red Flag, the surname is James.) Just as brilliant as ERB's presentation of the desolation of two worlds by the (obviously) communist Kalkar menace is the havoc wreaked on the twin families of Julian and his greatest rival, Orthis (later named Or-tis). In this instance though, while our sympathies lie with Julian, in a way, he brings this on the world himself by his insouciant oneupping of his adversary. In simply brilliant fashion, ERB shows both families and two worlds ground to near oblivion by the twin menaces of unbridled jealousy and unchecked Marxist domination. Finally, after many travails, the end of the feud comes about, but it is unclear exactly what good that will do the Earth or the Moon. Appended to the main work are essays by various Burroughs scholars and fans who give their thoughts on this seminal dystopian SF work. I personally regard this dark narrative of a world under socialist utopia as one of ERB's finest works and a worthy addition to my library. Those who read it will almost certainly agree. Just remember, though, SF is a genre simply for fun and escape and has no underlying meaning at all.

Bill Hash author of AMRA.......2007-02-08

I have always regarded Moon Maid and it's sequel as one of Burrough's very good works. Unlike most of his other works evil triumphs temporarily
and adds a sense of pathos to the work. Although the science is outdated it is still a fine read. It's a shame that so few of his works made it to the screen (he is the author of Tarzan) This book was an inspiration for my own novel AMRA

The Moon Maid.......2005-09-11

I received this book in a timely manner in excellant condition and packaged acceptably. I would buy from this seller again and I would recommend them to my friends.

More Fantasy from ERB.......2004-10-17

I've had ERB's Moon series sitting on my shelf for quite some time, and only now got around to reading them; shame on me. The story is about a Captain in the International Peace Fleet named Julian 5th (seems every male child in this family is named Julian). Captain Julian and four other officers are tasked to fly a new spacecraft to Mars (Barsoom; if you've read ERB's John Carter series, this should ring familiar). Unfortunately, Lieutenant Commander Orthis, one of the travellers, has been harboring a hateful, ongoing jealousy of the successful Julian. Julian, by right of his rank, has been appointed as the mission commander, and this sends Orthis off the deep end. Orthis sabotages the mission, forcing the travellers to make an emergency landing upon the moon. Imagine their surprise, when the craft is pulled through a crater into a whole new world beneath the surface! Much like the "deathless John Carter," Julian is an above-average speciman of the human race, and the environmental differences of the moon only contribute to his superiority. However, ERB caught me off guard in this one; I got too used to John Carter succeeeding and saving the day in every single episode of the Mars series; such does not happen here. Julian 5th is constructed into a tragic hero- his story finalized in book 2 of the Moon series, "The Moon Men." Entertaining light reading, and definately ahead of its time.

The opening romantic adventure in ERB's Moon trilogy.......2003-09-03

With Mars now closer to the Earth than it has been for hundreds of thousands of years, some of us are given pause to think about how all the stories of spaceships going to Mars have never really been concerned with the actual logistics involved. Such practical considerations are a minor part of "The Moon Maid," a 1923 pulp fiction yarn from the master of adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which a spaceship headed for Mars is sabotaged and ends up on the Moon instead. Unlike John Carter, who made his way to Mars simply by raising his open arms to the red planet, the adventures in this story, the first in ERB's Moon trilogy, actually take a spaceship.

It is interesting that Burroughs played a bit more attention to the science in his pulp novel this time around, even in terms of the fanciful Eighth Ray, given that the Moon books are his most political. Burroughs began working on a story, "Under the Red Flag," at end the First World War, which voiced his concerns over the Communist takeover of Russia, albeit in slightly dramatic form. However, with the war over pulp magazine editors were not interested in ERB continuing to fight the war, even in his Tarzan novels. Over the course of the next several years, while he worked on other projects, the prolific Burroughs turned his grim prediction of a world under the yoke of a communistic goverment into a space adventures that would allow him to make the points he felt needed making. After all, the man who created Tarzan was obviously a big believer in personal freedom.

However, the first volume in the trilogy turns out to be a rather standard ERB romantic adventure. "The Moon Maid," originally published in "Argosy All-Story Weekly," is the first book in the Moon trilogy and takes place after the end of the Great War (1914-1967). Captain Julian commands "The Barsoom," the Earth vessel that ends up on the Moon. Once there he and his companions discover flora and fauna, including small horse-like creatures with human features. The title creature is Nah-ee-lah, human type known as U-ga, who comes from the city of Laythe where she is the daughter of it's Jemadar (come on, this is an ERB yarn: you knew she would be royalty). The godless Kalkars prove to be the biggest threat to both Julian's survival and his chance of a romantic relationship with the Moon Maid. The first time around saving the girl becomes the prime objective. Saving the rest of the Moon people from a fate worse than death will happen in the next set of stories, "The Moon Men" and "The Red Hawk" (usually you will find all three combined as "The Moon Men").

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