This field guide is the first of its kind as a lichen identification guide for urban areas throughout northeastern North America. Divided into three sections?lichen basics, species descriptions, and an illustrated glossary and index?the book aims to connect city dwellers and visitors with the natural world around them.
The Preacher's Commentary meets the needs of today's pastors and teachers by offering clear and compelling insights that equip them to understand, apply, and communicate the truth in God's Word. Featuring vibrant paragraph-by-paragraph exposition, rich illustrations, and practical application, it is the go-to-resource for preachers and teachers.
This practical and comprehensive book enables the engineer to diagnose the cause of a fault, choose the appropriate remedial technique and ensure that the repair work is completed satisfactorily. It will be of value to all those who need to commission, supervise or carry out repairs to concrete structures.
Excerpt from Address by C. L. Allen Before the Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, Mass: Mch, 1903Alone in the solitude of the forest, his eye rests upon some noble old patrician that has defied the storms, sighed and sung to the winds for generations of trees and centuries of years. He asks, from whence comest thou, and why - but there comes no answer. He asks, What is a tree? The only answer comes from the spirit of the wood, look around you...
In this volume, some of the world's leading political and constitutional theorists come together to debate Michael Sandel's celebrated thesis that the United States is in the grip of a flawed public philosophy - "procedural liberalism." Practical, topical issues of immigration, gay marriage, federalism, adoption, abortion, corporate speech, militias, and economic disparity are debated alongside theories of civic virtue, citizenship, identity, ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...
Stewart Lee Allen racconta un anno della sua vita in viaggio sulle Vie del caffè per ripercorrere la storia di questa bevanda fin quasi a tracciare un insolito paradigma del progresso della civiltà. L'anno è il 1988: dal Kenya Allen risale in Etiopia nella città di Harrar dove ha avuto inizio la civiltà del caffè. Qui si spensero i sogni avventurosi di Rimbaud. La tappa successiva è Jiiga, alla scoperta di cerimonie religiose legate alla mistu...
Excerpt from Address by C. L. Allen Before the Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, Mass: Mch, 1903Alone in the solitude of the forest, his eye rests upon some noble old patrician that has defied the storms, sighed and sung to the winds for generations of trees and centuries of years. He asks, from whence comest thou, and why - but there comes no answer. He asks, What is a tree? The only answer comes from the spirit of the wood, look around you...
