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|  | Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen, Laura Regan
An introduction to the rain forest and its many inhabitants. Colorful gouache paintings illustrate the text and depict such creatures as golden toads, ocelots, and silver fish as well as the lush jungle where they all live. AUTHOR: Jane Yolen, Laura Regan
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Spring Wildflowers of the San Francisco Bay Region by Helen K. Sharsmith
To enjoy using this book, learn its limitations, for to ignore them will lead to frustration. With perhaps a thousand kinds of flowering plants in the San Francisco Bay Region, there are here included as spring wildflowers only about 300 kinds. Obviously many limitations had to be set and, nature lacking sharp boundaries, choices often had to be arbitrary. AUTHOR: Helen K. Sharsmith
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Alice in Quantumland by Robert Gilmore
Alice is about to embark on another fantastic journey. She's going to shrink again, to the size of a nuclear particle and enter Quantumland, a sort of intellectual amusement park smaller than an atom, where every ride, game, and attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum mechanics. She encounters some very strange experiences, at one point going backward in time and running into herself. The author uses the allegory of Alice's escapades to make the basic principles of quantum mechanics clear and accessible, even exciting. AUTHOR: Robert Gilmore
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Owls by Deborah Kops
Description not available.Describes various kinds of owls, their binocular vision, hunting and eating habits, mating and nesting behaviors, how they raise their young, and effects of humans on their habitat. AUTHOR: Deborah Kops
PUBLISHER: Gale Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Your First Horse by Jacqueline Dwelle
YOUR FIRST HORSE is a practical manual describing how to buy & care for a horse. Jacqueline discusses the factors involved in selecting a horse & notes the pitfalls to avoid. Topics include: where to look, what type of horse to buy, how to evaluate prospects, trial periods & pre-purchase exams. How to recognize good conformation is analyzed & clarified with diagrams & summary tables. Jacqueline shares her experience describing how to find & evaluate equestrian professionals (Veterinarians, Farriers, Boarding Stables & Equine Dentists). The second part of the book is devoted to horse care. Subjects include the care of stabled horses, pasture management, grooming techniques, choosing & buying feedstuffs, health maintenance, common ailments, lameness & hoof care. YOUR FIRST HORSE is an invaluable guide for current & future horse owners. The author writes knowledgeably from a horseman's viewpoint, thoroughly addressing horse buying. The horse care section is spiced with tips from professional stable managers, & is a detailed horse care manual. To order: Hoofbeat Publications, P.O. Box 2133-HM, Southern Pines, NC 28388. 910-695-1644. AUTHOR: Jacqueline Dwelle
PUBLISHER: Hoofbeat Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Dharma Rain by K Kraft, Stephanie Kaza
Description not available.Contemporary Buddhist insights on environmentalism are assembled here, with contributions from Basho, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gary Snyder, Chogyam Trungpa, Gretel Ehrlich, Peter Mattiessen, Philip Glass, and others. Original. AUTHOR: K Kraft, Stephanie Kaza
PUBLISHER: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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