Hiking, Cycling, and Canoeing in Maryland: A Family Guide

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My copy is wearing thin.......2004-06-17

I first purchased this book a few years ago and have used it so often that I may have to invest in a new copy. As a lifelong outdoor enthusiast and Marylander, I was surprised at how many little known gems Mr. MacKay packed into this one book. The trip descriptions are accurate and complete; directions are easy to understand; and the natural history info is authoritative, sharply observed, and truly fascinating. It's the best Maryland guidebook of its kind. Thank you Mr. MacKay. I've recommended it to so many new paddlers, cyclists, hikers, and out-of-towners that I should probably get a commission...

Cycling in Baltimore: A Family Guide.......2002-07-14

From the standpoint of a cyclist who doesn't live near Baltimore, this book is no help at all. It offers a description of 16 bike rides, most of them near Baltimore or Anne Arundel county, and a few rides in Pennsylvania and Virginia. This may be helpful for anyone near the city, but I feel calling it a guide for Maryland is misleading.....However, their descriptions do go into great detail about directions, what kind of traffic you can expect, and the wildlife you may encounter. There are about 10 pages for each trail described.

If you're looking for good biking near the city then I highly recommend this book.....

At last!.......2001-08-28

At last a perfect guide for hiking and biking in Maryland! I don't have children but found this book to be a great resource for the short hikes and bike trips I enjoy with my husband. We went to the Cranesville swamp and had a difficult time finding information. This guide had the trails, directions, and plenty of interesting info on the natural history and ecology of the sites. I have used it for two of the other sites and have dogged-eared several more. I find it to be the perfect companion.

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Volume 1 of the landmark Flora of New South Wales, published with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, was first published in 1990, and describes the naturally occurring and naturalized ferns, cycads, conifers, and some of the flowering plants of this state. This revised edition responds to wide-ranging revisions to taxonomy and the discovery or identification of new plant species--such as the "living fossil" Wollemi pine. It includes a 64-page insert that lists all the updates to the information within the book, including taxonomic changes, new species descriptions, new data about species, and changes to keys. The reference list, glossary, and index have all been revised.

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. With Sixty-five Plates of Non Descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and Other Natural Productions

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Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. With Sixty-five Plates of Non Descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and Other Natural Productions
John WHITE
Manufacturer: Angus & Robertson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PSTFQW

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The trees of New South Wales
R. H Anderson
Manufacturer: Dept. of Agriculture
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Wildflowers of Sydney and Adjoining Areas (A Field Guide To)

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Wildflowers of Sydney and Adjoining Areas (A Field Guide To)
Alan Fairley
Manufacturer: Blooming Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Sydney district is one of the great wildflower regions of the world with over 1500 species occurring within an hour's drive of the city center. This field guide contains 268 of the more common species, or those with striking attributes. Each page is devoted to a single plant - there is a full-color photograph and a straightforward description, overall distribution, flowering period, habitat, particular notes and information on its specific location.

Wildflowers of Sydney aims to encourage an appreciation of the floral beauty and variety of this area, and to foster the conservation and wise management of plant communities so they will be here for future generations to enjoy.

This guide engagingly and authoritatively introduces the wealth of wildflowers that are easily accessible to everyone living in or visiting the city of Sydney.

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The bora ground;: Being a continuation of a series on the customs of the aborigines of the Darling river valley and of central New South Wales. Part IV. ... art galleries of western New South Wales,
Lindsay Black
Manufacturer: Printed by F.H. Booth & Son pty. Ltd.]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Ethnology | Anthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
General | Trees | Plants | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007JJ0VY

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Burial trees;: Being the first of a series on the aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and central New South Wales
Lindsay Black
Manufacturer: Robertson & Mullens
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007J22LY

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Cylcons; the mystery stones of the Darling river valley: Part II, being a continuation of a series on the customs of the aborigines of the Darling river ... New South Wales, "Burial trees" being part I
Lindsay Black
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Anthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books | Cultural | Ethnobotany | Ethnology | Evolution | General | History & Philosophy | Physical | Primitive | Religious | Sociobiology
ASIN: B0007J245S

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Decision trees and multi-valued attributes (Technical report series. New South Wales Institute of Technology. School of Computing Sciences)
J. R Quinlan
Manufacturer: New South Wales Institute of Technology, School of Computing Sciences
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007BIRV6

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Field Guide to the Orchids of New South Wales and Victoria
Tony Bishop
Manufacturer: UNSW Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0868407062

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· A critically acclaimed budget travel guide with attitude, mixing an irreverent look at culture and politics with brutally honest dining, lodging, and sightseeing reviews; original, socially aware.
· Covers Europe in detail, from the cultural capitals to medieval villages in Slovakia.
· Researched, written, and edited by University of California at Berkeley students.
· Packed with sidebars full of trivia and fascinating facts on everything from bullfights in Portugal to "liquid gold" in Orvieto.
· Up-to-date information on topics ranging from the economy in Spain to the Paris café scene.
· Hundreds of recommended cheap eats and sleeps plus suggested splurges.
· What's low-cost or free.
· Loaded with outdoor activities.
· Travel information for gays, women, people with disabilities.
· 127 pages of maps.
· Complete destination/topic indexes.

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The best travel guide to Europe I have seen!.......1998-06-26

When I went looking for a guide book for my European vacation I had so many choices I didn't know where to begin. So, I looked at the authors. Did I want some stuffy Ivy Leage brats telling me how to have fun? Or fun loving hippies from Berkeley. :,) The Berkeley guides have the most accurate information I have seen, laid out in a form that makes sense. They have the inside scoop on all the local haunts and pubs. I showed my guide to several friends I made there, and all of them were impressed by the little, out of the way places that were listed. Some they didn't know about. Alas, I lost my guide in Berlin and had to find my own way home. My only criticism: the lack of population sizes for cities. Knowing a cities' population gives is the best indication as to what you will find.

Berkeley Guides: Great Britain & Ireland '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)

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Berkeley Guides: Great Britain & Ireland '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Europe | Travel | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0679031790
Release Date: 1996-12-30

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· A critically acclaimed budget travel guide with attitude, mixing an irreverent look at culture and politics with brutally honest dining, lodging, and sightseeing reviews; original, socially aware.
· Covers Great Britain & Ireland from Oxford and London to Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
· Researched, written, and edited by University of California at Berkeley students.
· Packed with sidebars full of trivia and fascinating facts on everything from Bloomsday celebrations to Regency-style architecture.
· Up-to-date information on politics and culture.
· Hundreds of recommended cheap eats and sleeps plus suggested splurges.
· What's low-cost or free.
· Loaded with outdoor activities.
· Travel information for gays, women, people with disabilities.
· 55 pages of maps.
· Complete destination/topic indexes.

Berkeley Guides: Italy '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)

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Berkeley Guides: Italy '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Europe | Travel | Subjects | Books

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General | Travel | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0679031804
Release Date: 1996-12-30

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· A critically acclaimed budget travel guide with attitude, mixing an irreverent look at culture and politics with brutally honest dining, lodging, and sightseeing reviews; original, socially aware.
· Covers Italy from the Italian Riviera to Sardinia.
· Researched, written, and edited by University of California at Berkeley students.
· Packed with sidebars full of trivia and fascinating facts on everything from the Festival of San Gennaro to a history of the Roman emperors.
· Up-to-date information on politics and culture.
· Hundreds of recommended cheap eats and sleeps plus suggested splurges.
· What's low-cost or free.
· Loaded with outdoor activities.
· Travel information for gays, women, people with disabilities.
· 46 pages of maps.
· Complete destination/topic indexes.

Berkeley Guides: London '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)

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Berkeley Guides: London '97: On the Loose, On the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path (Berkeley Guides)
Fodor's , and Sunny Delaney
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Europe | Travel | Subjects | Books

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Berkeley | Guidebook Series | Travel | Subjects | Books

Off the Beaten Path | Guidebook Series | Travel | Subjects | Books

Budget Travel | Specialty Travel | Travel | Subjects | Books

General | Travel | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0679031812
Release Date: 1996-11-26

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· A critically acclaimed budget travel guide with attitude, mixing an irreverent look at culture and politics with brutally honest dining, lodging, and sightseeing reviews; original, socially aware.
· Covers London from traditional sights like the National Portrait Gallery to Brixton's The Fridge.
· Researched, written, and edited by University of California at Berkeley students.
· Packed with sidebars full of trivia and fascinating facts on everything from Regency architecture to the Campaign for Real Ale.
· More than 70 recommended cheap sleeps, from inexpensive campgrounds to luxurious B&Bs and options for long-term stays.
· Hundreds of places to eat for less, from wine bars in Soho to Indian restaurants in the East End.
· What's low-cost or free.
· Loaded with outdoor activities--everything from joining an American softball game to understanding the intricacies of cricket.
· Short trips from London, including Bath, Oxford, Cambridge, Winchester, Canterbury, and Stratford-upon-Avon.
· Travel information for gays, women, people with disabilities.
· 26 pages of maps.
· Complete destination/topic indexes.

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 4110 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.

Citation Details
Title: Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection 1825-1859.(Review)
Author: Paul Crook
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Page: 110(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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This book examines the recent advances in the art of organic synthesis via organoboranes. The volume includes a wide range of topics in asymmetric synthesis, such as reduction, aldol reaction, allyboration, homologation, and cyclopropanation. Additional subjects include Suzuki coupling, amino acid synthesis, fluoro-organic synthesis, boron catalysts for stereoselective transformations, heterocyclic synthesis and novel borohydride reagents.

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"Features a stimulating selection of papers on abelian groups, commutative and noncommutative rings and their modules, and topological groups. Investigates currently popular topics such as Butler groups and almost completely decomposable groups."

Cohomological dimension of discrete modules over profinite groups (Universidad de Buenos Aires. Departamento de Matemática. Impresiones previas)

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Cohomological dimension of discrete modules over profinite groups (Universidad de Buenos Aires. Departamento de MatemaÌtica. Impresiones previas)
Juan JoseÌ MartiÌnez
Manufacturer: Departamento de MatemaÌtica, Universidad de Buenos Aires
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007AQ8HW

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Nine gripping tales of psychological terror and the supernatural, by the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum" and 4 others.

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Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

This includes:

Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Masque of the Red Death
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Gold-Bug
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado

The usual suspects are here, and a bit of variety like The Masque of the Red Death. So, another fine collection from Dover.

Nine Great Tales by the Master of the Macabre.......2004-05-02

America was a young country; its age was measured in decades. America had few established colleges and had produced few writers, artists, and musicians. It is ironic that Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), living in poverty and suffering from alcohol and opium abuse, would be one of America's greatest writers, and one of the key creators of two genre of fiction - the deductive mystery and the horror story.

This inexpensive Dover Thrift edition - The Gold Bug and Other Tales - contains nine unabridged short stories arranged in chronological order. Two are classic mystery stories. Seven are superb horror stories.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) was not only innovative, but had lasting influence on later writers. Some fifty years later Conan Doyle closely patterned Sherlock Holmes on Poe's amateur detective, Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, and Dr. Watson on Poe's unnamed narrator that had so much difficulty keeping pace with the brilliant deductions of Dupin. Would we have had Holmes without Dupin?

The Gold-Bug (1843) is the other deductive mystery story in this Dover edition. I still remember reading it for the first time years ago. I was a young, intense entomologist at that time; after reading this intriguing tale, I carefully reinspected every beetle in my collection. I will say nothing about the plot as it is best savored as a surprise.

Six of the horror stories - The Cask Of Amontillado (1846), The Black Cat (1843), The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), The Pit and the Pendulum (1842), The Masque of the Red Death (1842), and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) - are among Poe's best known tales. They have all been adapted to films, often with considerable license on the part of the screen writer. Ligeia (1838), the earliest story in this collection, may be unfamiliar. These tales are usually told in narrative form, sometimes from the perspective of one not entirely sane.

Many years ago a teacher, Mr. McLeod, loaned me a thick, heavy book containing the complete stories and poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. I read it cover to cover. Poe remains one of my favorite authors.

Great Stories That Could Use Some Footnotes.......2002-08-02

First of all, I think it goes without saying that the stories collected here are wonderful. "The Cask Of Amontillado", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" - it doesn't get much better (or more horrifying) than this. The price is also nice. A dollar fifty? What can you buy for a dollar fifty these days?

My sole complaint regards the absence of footnotes. Take "Cask Of Amontillado", for example. It's hardly essential to know that "motley" is the garb of a jester or a clown (or that a "pipe" is a wine cask) in order to enjoy the story, but that information would have been nice to have nonetheless.

In conclusion, this collection is a wonderful bargain, but if you have a little more money you may want to invest in an annotated collection of these tales.

Edgar.......2000-04-30

Edgar Allan Poe is a master of words, wisdom and the English language in general. He sits high up with the greats of English literature and reading this book, you will know why. He is master of his words and moulds them with such love that leads the reader into thinking they are one with the author. Lead me on...

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THE GOLD BUG AND OTHER TALES

Manufacturer: Somerset Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Gold Bug and Other Tales

Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

The Gold Bug and Other Tales (Cameo Classics)

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The Gold Bug and Other Tales (Cameo Classics)

Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000G9NOQM

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Raised cameo on front board, in original cardboard slip box with paste-down illustration

The Gold Bug and Other Tales by Poe/the Cask of Amontillado/the Fall of the House of Usher (The Mind's Eye)

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The Gold Bug and Other Tales by Poe/the Cask of Amontillado/the Fall of the House of Usher (The Mind's Eye)
Edgar Allan Poe
Manufacturer: Soundelux Audio Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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The Gold Bug and Other Tales of Mystery
Poe, Edgar Allan
Manufacturer: Classic Press, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The gold bug,: And other tales of mystery
Edgar Allan Poe
Manufacturer: Childrens Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006BZZB2

The gold-bug ; The purloined letter ; and other tales (The Riverside literature series)

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The gold-bug ; The purloined letter ; and other tales (The Riverside literature series)
Edgar Allan Poe
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales
Edgar Allen Poe
Manufacturer: A L Burt Co, NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000O9GJ8O

The gold-bug: And other tales and poems ([The Macmillan children's classics])

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The gold-bug: And other tales and poems ([The Macmillan children's classics])
Edgar Allan Poe
Manufacturer: The Macmillan Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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