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The Sign of Four (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN-10: 0192123165
ISBN-13: 9780192123169
Published: 1993-10-28
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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When a woman who has received mysterious pearls in the mail is asked to meet her correspondent, Holmes and Watson are called in on the case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and along the River Thames in this spellbinding mystery.
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The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords Three Men in a Boat
Author: Jerome K. Jerome
ISBN-10: 019423049X
ISBN-13: 9780194230490
Published: 2000-08-17
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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'I like work. I find it interesting ...I can sit and look at it for hours.' With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for a hundred years ...and they are still laughing.
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ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life
Author: Barbara (with Steven L. Hopp & Camille Kingsolver) Kingsolver
ISBN-10: 0571233570
ISBN-13: 9780571233571
Published: 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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The Devil's Dictionary
Author: Ambrose Bierce
ISBN-10: 0195126262
ISBN-13: 9780195126266
Published: 1999-01-07
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today.
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Author: Lee Allen Peterson
ISBN-10: 039592622X
ISBN-13: 9780395926222
Published: 1999-09-01
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
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Botany of Desire
Author: Michael Pollan
ISBN-10: 0747563004
ISBN-13: 9780747563006
Published: 2002-03-03
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn and in the spring has a riotous patch of colour to admire. Two simple examples of how humans act on nature to get what we want. Or are they? What if those potatoes and tulips have evolved to gratify certain human desires so that humans will help them multiply? What if, in other words, these plants are using us just as we use them? In blending history, memoir and superb science writing, Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species - the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato. All four plants are integral to our everyday lives and Pollan demonstrates how each has thrived by satisfying one of humankind's most basic desires. Weaving fascinating anecdote and accessible science, Pollan takes the reader on an absorbing journey through the landscape of botany and desire. It is a journey that will change the way we think about our place in nature
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The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords Washington Square
Author: Henry James
ISBN-10: 019423052X
ISBN-13: 9780194230520
Published: 2000-08-17
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year ...
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What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses
Author: Daniel Chamovitz
ISBN-10: 0374288739
ISBN-13: 9780374288730
Published: 2012-05-22
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect’s tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather? For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early fascination with stems to Seymour Krelborn’s distorted doting in Little Shop of Horrors. But now, in What a Plant Knows, the renowned biologist Daniel Chamovitz presents an intriguing and scrupulous look at how plants themselves experience the world—from the colors they see to the schedules they keep. Highlighting the latest research in genetics and more, he takes us into the inner lives of plants and draws parallels with the human senses to reveal that we have much more in common with sunflowers and oak trees than we may realize. Chamovitz shows how plants know up from down, how they know when a neighbor has been infested by a group of hungry beetles, and whether they appreciate the Led Zeppelin you’ve been playing for them or if they’re more partial to the melodic riffs of Bach. Covering touch, sound, smell, sight, and even memory, Chamovitz encourages us all to consider whether plants might even be aware of their surroundings. A rare inside look at what life is really like for the grass we walk on, the flowers we sniff, and the trees we climb, What a Plant Knows offers us a greater understanding of science and our place in nature.
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The Warden (The Barsetshire Novels)
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN-10: 0195208080
ISBN-13: 9780195208085
Published: 1989-11-02
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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This book is intended for general; all Trollope fans, students of Victorian literature.
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Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening--With information on mushroom cultivation, sowing a ... ways to keep livestock, and more...
Author: Sepp Holzer
ISBN-10: 160358370X
ISBN-13: 9781603583701
Published: 2011-04-11
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse neatly nestling amongst them. This is in dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures.In this book, Holzer shares the skill and knowledge acquired over his lifetime. He covers every aspect of his farming methods, not just how to create a holistic system on the farm itself, but how to make a living from it. Holzer writes about everything from the overall concepts, down to the practical details.In Sepp Holzer's Permaculture readers will learn:How he sets up a permaculture systemThe fruit varieties he has found best for permaculture growingHow to construct terraces, ponds, and waterwaysHow to build shelters for animals and how to work with them on the landHow to cultivate edible mushrooms in the garden and on the farmand much more!Holzer offers a wealth of information for the gardener, smallholder or alternative farmer yet the book's greatest value is the attitudes it teaches. He reveals the thinking processes based on principles found in nature that create his productive systems. These can be applied anywhere.
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