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This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated history of herbal texts throughout the world from ancient cultures through the seventeenth century. A "herbal" by definition is a book that is descriptive of plants and the term did not come into use until the sixteenth century. The production of herbals is closely connected to the history of early printing and offers the finest examples of this art and craft. However, the earliest records...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2: Cretaceous Deposits of the Pacific Coast Northward in California, and in Southern Oregon, the Cretaceous beds are restricted to the larger valleys lying among the Klamath Mountains or upon their eastern out skirts, and here, also, they rest upon the older crystalline or metamorphic rocks, and are overlaid by Tertiary or Neocene deposits largely of fresh-water origin, or b...

Excerpt from The Constitutions: And Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1901 The brevity of the introductions has made it necessary that I should confine myself to pointing out only a very few of the ways in which the documents are of interest. In some cases I regret that the plan has not made possible more ex tended comment. But in general I believe that as much has been furnished the student as he can profitabl...

Excerpt from The Frank Slide Story The boy telescoped the level and joined him. Where do you want to hide the equipment tonight, Mr. Green? The surveyor glanced around at the bush and rocks, trying to decide upon a hiding place for their expensive instruments. Rather than pack the heavy equipment two miles back to Blairmore every night, they had been in the habit of concealing it in the underbrush, ready for service the next morning. He had ...

Excerpt from Handbook for the Diplomatic History: Of Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1870-1914 The diplomatic history of Europe from 1870 to 191 - 1 falls naturally into four rather sharply defined periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology t...

Excerpt from Mineral Belt of Alabama: The Favored Section of the South, For Agricultural, Mineral and Timber Lands The Alabama State Land Company, owner of the lands of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad - now known as the Alabama Great Southern Railroad - has for sale in North Alabama over six hundred thousand acres of agricultural, timber and mineral lands. These lands are situated convenient to the stations and on each side of the Alaba...

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Das Jahr 1999: Durch die Explosion des auf dem Mond gelagerten Atommülls wird die dort stationierte Mondbasis Alpha 1 ins All geschleudert. Die 311 Bewohner der Station, darunter der Commander John Koenig (Martin Landau), Dr. Helena Russell (Barbara Bain), Prof. Victor Bergman (Barry Morse), Alan Carter (Nick Tate), Paul Morrow (Prentis Hancock), David Kano (Clifton Jones), Sandra Benes (Zienia Merton) und Yasko (Yasuko Nagazumi) landen fortan...

The thirsty days of Prohibition in Alberta began at midnight on June 30, 1916, but many had been drinking so hard that the booze had long ago run out. Suddenly, the rumrunner was king, and backyard stills popped up everywhere. Even though the government introduced new laws and set up a new police force, liquor was still being made, sold and consumed by those who could outwit the law. Here is Frank W. Anderson's rollicking account of the Prohib...

Excerpt from Morals in Trade and Commerce: A LectureNever before has it been so hard to know the facts as it is to - day. If we must give credit to the press for the diffusion of knowledge so also must we recognize its equal power to diffuse prejudice and bias. The newspaper and the magazine ofoto - day are vast and intricate machines that supply the great majority of us with prae tically all the data upon which we base our judgments. The publ...

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A review and analysis of existing scholarship on the different national traditions and on the various modes and subjects of law and humanities.

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