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Title Barbara McClintock : Nobel Prize Geneticist (People to Know)
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Economic features of plant life.......2005-02-23
This book is unparalleled in its thorough coverage of the impact that plants have made on our economy and even played in the creation and execution of wars.
You may find books that have chapters that rival this book but none of these books comes close to the comprehension and interest that Anne Dorrance puts into this book.
Marco Polo came back from his journeys to the east with tales of where cinnamon came from.
The book covers the ways in which nations hid their botanical secrets or knowledge of where plants grew, maintaining their monopolies. The wars other nations fought to gain these secrets and brake the monopolies.
Many plats were used as money including peppercorns.
The origin of the wardian case (terrarium) is also discussed.
We read how plants were moved all over the world to similar climates. And how the problems in shipping and growing were overcome.
Every page is an eye opener. You will never look at plants the same way.
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Histoire et renouveau des plantes medicinales (Sciences d'aujourd'hui)
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: A 1933 Archeological Expedition into Abyssinia
Byron De Prorok
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This is de Prorok's tale of his archeological expedition into Abyssinia (now called Ethiopia) in 1933-34. This fellow is the real Indiana Jones.
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: A 1933 Archeological Expedition into Abyssinia
Byron Khun De Prorok
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This is Prorok's tale of his archeological expedition into Abyssinia (now called Ethiopia) in 1933-34. Hardly the patient scientist, Prorok tells about raiding tombs, flirting with native women, outrunning murderous warlords, spying on magical cults, and getting hip-deep in political intrigue in one of the wildest places on Earth. This fellow is the real Indiana Jones.
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The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline B. Cooney
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No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar--a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey--she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl--it was she. How could it possibly be true?
Janie can't believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, but as she begins to piece things together, nothing makes sense. Something is terribly wrong. Are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson really Janie's parents? And if not, who is Janie Johnson, and what really happened?
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Missing.......2007-10-01
On milk carton is missing child for many years and it is her on it. she not understand and she was shock. she has somethings that not relate her to the family she is living with. she think the fact that family she live with is might kinapped her from. the family tell her the truth and it never confirm the fact she is kidnappped.
The Face on the Milk Carton.......2007-09-02
This believable book starts off with the surreal experience of seeing yourself on a missing children's ad! The story is set in high school when, one average day, 16 year old Janie sees herself on the back of a milk carton. This discovery changes how she feels about everything in her life. Janie suspects her parents of not being her parents, but then who are? The Face on the Milk Carton is a story about the secrets we keep, and the secrets we share. It is about the meaning of parents, friendship and her first real boyfriend, the boy next door. The book covers a wide range of issues that could lead to wonderful discussions; high school, girlfriends, boyfriends, friends, what it means to be a father, or a mother, what families will do for one another... Do you think Janie's life would have been better if she had stayed with her biological parents? Will Janie's parents face charges of abduction? Should they? What is the responsibility of people in this situation? The whole issue of cults comes up, what defines a cult? Is there anything else Janie's parents could have done to help their daughter Hannah? The fairly irrational way Janie handles the information in the story is a little too perfect to be completely believable for me, but a teenager might be fine with it. I think Janie describing her parents as, "...tired and used-up looking..." was a little bizarre and unbelievable for a 16 year old to really understand that statement, sounded too grown up. However, the story itself is very inventive and interesting. Great twists and turns to keep you wondering what is going to happen next.
Great book.......2007-08-16
This is a great book and I recommend it to any one. I have a really cool set of characters (including Reeve who is my favorite) and an interesting plot. What happens in the book is that the main character in the story (Janie Johnson) finds a milk carton with a picture on it that she thinks is herself. With the help or her neighbor Reeve she starts trying to figure out if the little girl is really her. It's a really good book and I loved it and have read it lots of times.
A Familiar Face.......2007-08-14
I first became familiar with "The Face on the Milk Carton" when it came out 17 years ago. In terms of literature, this book is pure junior high bliss. This upcoming school year, I will be teaching this book to a junior high class and I am anxious to see if they will embrace the book as I did.
Janie recognizes the face on the milk carton as being familiar. While the story seems so obvious in the first few pages, it changes as new pieces of the puzzle are added. For a story targeted at young adults, I am amazed at how well put together this mystery is. The reader can really feel for Janie as he/she wonders how Janie's story will unfold. Yet even as the book ends, not all of the questions will be answered.
Cooney is among the best writers for young adults today. She seems to know what teenagers are/were like in the present and the 80/90's. I must admit that I am looking forward to reading "Whatever happened to Janie".
Love is in the book!!!!.......2007-05-16
"The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline B. Cooney is filled with love and adventure! It starts out with Janie at school eating lunch with her friends. Sarah-Charlotte has her milk and on the back of the milk there's always a picture of a missing child. Wait a minute, Janie remembers that dress. The one that's white with blue polka dots. Janie suddenly realizes that she might be kidnapped. I loved this book! I couldn't put it down! As soon as I finished I wanted the book to continue! Its sequel "Whatever happened to Janie" was the next one that I could read!
Janie is very adventurous in this book. She goes to New Jersey with Reeve, a boy she likes. They skip school to go there to see if she can find her real mother. Will Reeve get in trouble with is parents or will Janie get in trouble with her "parents?" Will she make it? Will she find her mother? What will happen? Find out when you read "The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline B. Cooney!
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When Janie first realized she was the missing child on the milk carton, her whole world fell apart. At first, she wondered if the parents she loved so much had actually kidnapped her, but it turns out that they were only trying to protect her. Now that the mystery of Janie's kidnapping has been unravelled, she is caught on the horns of a huge dilemma. Since the age of three, she has been calling the Johnsons Mommy and Daddy. Suddenly, at the age of 15, she is expected to start her life all over again with a house full of noisy siblings and two strangers who are her biological parents. Will things ever be normal again? Young adult listeners may see something of themselves in the teen-aged Janie, whose anger, stubbornness, and rebellion are natural in her situation. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan skillfully conveys the powerful emotions and the realistic decisions that this award-winning author so deftly tackles. Unabridged on 4 cassettes.
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The Voice On the Radio
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Janie Johnsons life has been in turmoil ever since she discovered she was kidnapped as a young child. Visiting and getting acquainted with her birth family was difficult. As the story spread throughout high school, facing her curious classmates was even worse. Maybe this year will be better now that shes no longer the focus of attention and she will be a mature junior. But late one night she hears her friend Reeve hosting a call-in program on a college radio station. To her horror, he reveals her story to his fans. Suddenly Janies world is turned upside down again. The Voice on the Radio continues the enthralling tale of Janie Johnson that started with The Face on the Milk Carton and followed in its sequel, Whatever Happened to Janie?. Award-winning novelist Caroline B. Cooney explores betrayal, love, and the power of words in this gripping page turner that can be read alone or as part of a series. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahans dramatic performance enhances the growing suspense.
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As the human impact on the earth leads to ever increasing environmental degradation, the restoration of dwindling populations of numerous plant and animal species has become urgent. In this volume, contributors examine the conceptual, planning, and applied aspects of recovery of rare or endangered species. It is unique in its treatment of both plants and animals, and in its presentation of scientific approaches to implemented restorations. Experts report on the restoration efforts and plans for the restoration of a wide variety of species including the dune thistle, lakeside daisy, woodland caribou, kit fox, and black-footed ferret and end with a broad overview, suggesting future opportunities and problems.
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This digital document is an article from Polymer Engineering and Science, published by Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 8605 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.
From the author: A useful and desirable method of synthesizing nanoscale organic-inorganic composites is to intercalate polymers into layered silicates by melt intercalation. Nanocomposites of poly(ethylene oxide) with a sodium montmorillonite and an organoions exchanged bentonite have been prepared by melt intercalation. The effects of polymer molecular weight, the nature of the clay (one unmodified, the other with organo-ion) and the presence of water molecules in the clay galleries have been investigated. Based on X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), a distorted helical conformation is thought to describe the conformation of the PEO chains in the hybrid materials.
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This monograph proposes how to manage complexity by organizing the system as a State Tree Structure (STS). Based on STS, which is an adaptation of statecharts to Supervisory Control Theory, an efficient recursive symbolic algorithm is presented that can perform nonblocking supervisory control design in reasonable time and memory for complex systems.
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Visions of Heaven & Hell Before Dante offers the first collection of medieval visions of heaven and hell in English translation. It presents original translations of several visions and brings together newly translated versions of previously translated ones.
The introduction describes the place of these works in medieval literature and art. It provides a helpful resource for studying penitential literature, Last Judgment iconography, the development of medieval concepts of purgatory, indulgences and sin, and the mystical and spiritual traditions.
This volume contains the most important and representative visions from the prototypes in the second century to the fully developed visions of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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Visions of Heaven and Hell Before Dante.......2005-07-23
This book was in excellent condition. I am more than satisfied with the purchase and pleased with the service.
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