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Description not available.Examines the life of the hippopotamus, pointing out differences between the two remaining species and the impact humans have had, and continue to have, on these African mammals. AUTHOR: Melissa S. Cole
PUBLISHER: Gale Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Advanced Techniques for Military Vehicles by Jerry Scutts
For more experienced military vehicle modelers, this book takes readers to a level of proficiency that many only dream of. Step-by-step color photographs and a clear, precise text show scratchbuilding and superdetailing techniques for everything from Hummers to tanks and amphibious trucks. AUTHOR: Jerry Scutts
PUBLISHER: Compendium
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Ethnobotany by Richard E. Schultes
Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline is a seminal volume, published on the 100th anniversary of this fascinating science, celebrating its recent evolution and providing a comprehensive summary of the history and current state of the field. It brings a broad and fully interdisciplinary approach to the study of human evaluation and use of plant materials in primitive or unlettered societies. The contributors of the thirty-six articles represent a broad spectrum of academic and scientific skill, as well as an international perspective. The editors are world-renowned ethnobotanists, and the range of carefully selected articles (most of them written specifically for this book) presents a truly global perspective on the theory and practice of today's ethnobotany. Although rooted in antiquity, ethnobotany is a dynamic contemporary science with tremendous importance for the future. The diminishing rain forests may well hold unknown keys to conquering devastating new diseases, and peoples native to those regions can often lead the way with their herbal knowledge. Experimentation with as-yet-unstudied plants may provide new solutions to expand food and energy reserves for our overpopulated planet. This volume offers important new material for those who work in fields of science devoted to plants, people, or both - including anthropology, archaeology, botany, environmental conservation, ethnopharmacology, geography, history, medicine, psychology, religion, and sociology. It is fascinating information for the general lay reader as well. Considering the impact of plant use throughout history in the human social structures of economics, politics, religion, and science, this is a book thatcontributes immeasurably to our understanding of human history and the world today. AUTHOR: Richard E. Schultes
PUBLISHER: Timber Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Physics for Engineering & Science by Michael Browne
This book will save you time as you master the basics taught in first-year, calculus-based college physics courses. You'll firmly grasp the all-important building blocks needed for every physical science and all branches of engineering. The many problems included with guided solutions make this potentially daunting subject much easier. Additional problems with answers give you a chance to reinforce what you've learned and gauge your progress as you go. This next-best thing to a private tutor makes especially clear the topics most students find most difficult. It's ideal for independent study, brushup before an exam, or preparation for the MED-CAT and GRE. AUTHOR: Michael Browne
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Stand-Alone Inventor by Robert G. Merrick
From the creator of four successful inventions, each posting sales in the millions, these step-by-step lessons and real-life experiences will help aspiring inventors move ahead and succeed with a new product idea. Beginning with the basics of what to invent, how to test it cheaply to see if it will sell, and how to protect and distribute it, Stand Alone, Inventor! also offers guidelines on manufacturing and merchandising products from the ground up. Advice on gaining store acceptance, writing a press release and sales material, and getting services for less than what the big guys pay make this book a valuable reference for anyone who wants to turn a simple idea into a million-dollar seller. AUTHOR: Robert G. Merrick
PUBLISHER: Lee Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Digital Video Solutions
Description not available.Filled with tips and techniques for film montage, MTV-style hyper videos, and split screen effects, a wonderful guide for enhancing home movies or short films features a wealth of information on creating digital videos, from cameras, video editing software, and video capture cards, to movie formats, digital audio recording, camera controls, and more. Original. (Intermediate)
PUBLISHER: Muska & Lipman Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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