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When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the daughter of Carolina gentry. He was a skinny tena nt farmer who had never owned anything in his life. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each ot her and held on for dear life.

This is a textbook on graph theory, especially suitable for computer scientists but also suitable for mathematicians with an interest in computational complexity. Although it introduces most of the classical concepts of pure and applied graph theory (spanning trees, connectivity, genus, colourability, flows in networks, matchings and traversals) and covers many of the major classical theorems, the emphasis is on algorithms and their complexity...

In his seventh book of verse Reginald Gibbons ponders human consciousness and memory the blessedness of human love and the force and fury of human destructiveness. By turns intimate imaginatively historical and deeply engaged in the paradoxes of language itself, It's Time belongs to that genealogy of poetry that registers ideas as much as it does feelings. From free verse to subtle regularities of metrical or syllabic verse from discursive arg...

For use in schools and libraries only. Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking.

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The polar bear is the biggest and most powerful of the animals that are able to survive the hostile climate of the Arctic. Cubs are born during the cold dark winter, even though they start out with only a thin coat of fur and weigh a little over one pound. The mothers raise and teach them so they may grow and survive in the wild. Here is information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and the many other ways they a...

For use in schools and libraries only. An outing to a modern post office offers the opportunity to see culling and canceling machines, watch postal workers, and follow a box of baby chicks through the mail.

The essays in this collection of John Gibbons's non-technical writings show both the limiting and liberating influence of government on technological research and development. Gibbons addresses the issues involved in the government's directing as well as supporting technological and scientific advance, he discusses the ways in which government and science join in serving society, and provides a look behind the scenes of the making of science p...

Giant pandas: they are indigenous to China and are adored the world over. But they are more than a bundle of fluff and squeaks. Giant pandas are energetic climbers and swimmers. In one year, they may eat around 10, 000 pounds of bamboo. And people in China have worked together to create protected areas for giant pandas to live peacefully.Discover a detailed introduction to giant pandas - including baby panda development - in this beautifully i...

An evaluation of the intellectual legacy in England of the ideas of Jacob Boehme (1575 1624).

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Interesting facts about the smartest of all farm animals.

This foraging and cooking classic was first published in 1964 and has continued to be one of America's most appreciated works on the subject of seafood. As a young man, Euell Gibbons kept his family alive during the Dust-Bowl era by gathering wild foods. In later years he foraged for seafood all over the coastlines of North America and even Hawaii. He drew on his extensive experience and research to write his "Stalking" series, books which hav...

Following the success of his first book, The New American Revolution, Mr. Gibbons brings us another thriller: Danny Crocket, a professional football player and the husband of a wealthy Texas Tycoon, retired from football and decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Because Danny was a populist in his political beliefs, the Plutocratic Elite decided that he should not run for office. Their efforts to derail him failed. His wife Rosalind, in the wron...

A new edition of the bestselling, groundbreaking work on bowel disordersThoroughly updated and revised, "The Self-Help Way to Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions "returns with the latest research on the diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. It also includes the practical, effective, do-it-yourself treatments that have made the book a classic of natural health.

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Following the success of his first book, The New American Revolution, Mr. Gibbons brings us another thriller: Danny Crocket, a professional football player and the husband of a wealthy Texas Tycoon, retired from football and decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Because Danny was a populist in his political beliefs, the Plutocratic Elite decided that he should not run for office. Their efforts to derail him failed. His wife Rosalind, in the wron...

Wolves are more than what they seem.For centuries people have been afraid of wolves, yet these animals tend to be shy and live peacefully among themselves. Here is information on gray wolves (also called timber wolves) who live in packs that hunt in territories as large as 500 square miles. Pack leaders mate for life, and pack member hunt together, share food, and protect each other. There is also information about the red wolf, and how all wo...

Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack. Choo, choo! Race down the tracks with this colorful book all about trains. In this fun nonfiction picture book, Gail Gibbons introduces the youngest readers to all kinds of trains. Featuring powerful locomotives, huge tanker cars, and boxcars full of cargo-- and many other types of trains-- this is a kid-friendly way to learn the ins and outs of trains, their parts, and why we ride them. For even young readers, ...

Gibbons describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. Full-color illustrations.