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The Unofficial Guide to the Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamby, Stuart / Walton, Grace, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, "The Unofficial Guide to the Best RV & Tent Campgrounds in the Southwest & South Central Plains" features candid reviews and ratings of over 350 campgrounds in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. It includes: Detailed profiles and overall quality ratings of the best campgrounds for both RVers and tent campers Complete information on rates, hook-ups, and facilities Campgrounds rated for beauty, quiet, privacy, security, and amenities The only campground series with candid ratings for quality and value Easy-to-follow directions to each campground Tips on fun things to see and do near each campground Practical advice on RV repairs and maintenance

Guide to the Social Work Practicum: A Team Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rogers, Gayla / Collins, Donald / Barlow, Constance A., PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company, A useful book that guides social work students through the field practicum, this text offers words of wisdom, practical applications, reflective exercises, and helpful suggestions for all members of the practicum team--the student, practicum instructor, and practicum liaison. It includes well-developed tools and techniques that focus the student's learning in a range of critical arenas leading to the development of competent and confident social work professionals. GUIDE TO THE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM can be used as a self-study guide for students in distance education programs or distant field placements; as a textbook in a practicum seminar; or by students and practicum instructors as a manual that supports maximizing the learning value from the supervisory relationship.

Butterfly and moth libro

Vendo libro (in inglese) Field guide to Butterfly and moth di Reichholf-Riehm, 287 pag, con foto a colori. Ottime condizioni

Blue Guide Prague

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tilbury, Jasper, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Filled with extensive practical information, detailed maps and plans, and helpful suggestions for day trips to the countryside of Central Bohemia.

The Secret Life of Plants

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tompkins, Peter / Bird, Christopher O., PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."--"Newsweek"

Smartgarden Regional Guide: Southeast

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: American Horticultural Society / Pelczar, Rita / DK Publishing, PUBLISHER: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), Presenting a new way to think about gardening, the American Horticultural Society's "smart gardening" program teaches gardeners how to their own preferences and time availability, assess the possibilities of a location, and then create a garden that is in tune with the environment. A coding system, assigned to each plant, uses hardiness and heat zones, sun/shade, water needs, and plant size to help determine the perfect plants for any site. Includes more than plants that grow well in: Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Acquista Ora

Commissioning Technical Field Advisor for Oman

Is the company performing all activities related to site technical services: Construction: Installation supervision Management of turn over from construction to commissioning Site technical office Commissioning, start up and operation: Commissioning supervision and execution Commissioning engineering for manuals and procedures: Commissioning Operation and maintenance Operation execution and organization Training to operation and maintenance team We are searching a Technical Field Advisor, capable of supervising the activities of HRSG's conduit blows, commissioning and safety valves' calibrations.   Deep experience in commissioning of the following plants: steam generator (boilers) Thermal plant Operating Coordination of the boilers commissioning activities with the following in charged: Pre-commissioning and commissioning process setting superintendent Mechanical completion Mechanical Maintenance supervisor Experienced of management of the following operative activities: Coordinating of field activities and organization of for: Pre-commissioning Commissioning Gas in Plant turn over to production (Trial run and performance) Experienced in plant safety procedures approval and application during pre-commissioning and plant operation with gas in Good English Knowledge  fixed term contract for 1 month extendible

The Rough Guide to Horror Movies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Alan, PUBLISHER: Rough Guides Limited, The Rough Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive guide to the world''s most terrifying films. The guide includes all the icons, from Boris Karloff to Wes Craven and Frankenstein to Freddie Kruger, including classics from Argentina, Pakistan, South Africa and the recent chillers from East Asia. The canon of fifty essential horror movies features The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Switchblade Romance, via Psycho and The Exorcist. Everything you need to know is covered from festivals, adaptations, magazines and merchandise. The guide tells the stories behind the movies that have scared us throughout the twentieth century.

The Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery and Cultivation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bennett, Jackie / Grimshaw, John Michael / Ward, Bobby J., PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, The flowering plants in your garden, and their variety of color and form, are the result of hundreds of years of tradition, science, skill and intrepid exploration. They may be native plants carefully selected to provide larger blooms or a greater color range, exotic species with origins in far-distant lands, or cultivars which have been painstakingly bred to conform to an ideal of shape and form. The Gardener's Atlas explores the histories of many of the world's most popular cultivated plants and reveals how and where they grew in the wild. It relates extraordinary and uplifting tales of their discovery in some of the remotest regions on earth -- tales of determination and perseverance, of barter and exchange, and of international friendship struck up between enthusiastic horticulturists from the s onward. There are insights into how plants that are now simply decorative were once used for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, for food or ritual, and into how they earned their common or Latin names. This is a book which cannot fail to enrich your gardening experience.

The Rough Guide to Family Fun in Ireland INGLESE

Vendo guida in INGLESE "The Rough Guide to Family Fun in Ireland", in ottimo stato. Rough Guide, Pag. 172 Dimensioni: 10,5 x 21 x 1 cm circa Introduction Dublin Wicklow and Kildare Laois and Offaly Meath, Westmeath and Longford Louth, Monoghamn and Cavan Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny Waterford, Tipperary and Limerick Cork Kenny Clare Galway, Mayo and Roscommon Sligo and Leitrim Donegal Belfast Antrim and Derry Down and Armagh Tyrone and Fermanagh Index

Hiker's Guide High Sierra Tuolumne Mead

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schaffer, Jeffrey P. / Winnett, Thomas / Wilderness Press, PUBLISHER: Wilderness Press, A new look, up-to-date facts, and still small enough to tuck in your back pocket Use this revised edition of our classic hiking book to plan your trips and as a field guide on the trail. New geology and flora and fauna chapters provide natural history background. Area location maps get you there, updated descriptions of trails let you know what you're in for, and tips on backpacking keep you on track. Information on wilderness permits included.

Reaching for the Sun

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, John, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. King's narrative provides a simple, highly readable introduction, with boxes in each chapter offering additional or more advanced material for readers seeking more detail. He concludes that despite the challenges posed by growing environmental perils, plants will continue to dominate our planet.

100 Classic Hikes in Southern California: San Bernardino

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Riedel, Allen, PUBLISHER: Mountaineers Books, If you think Disneyland and Hollywood reign supreme in Southern California, think again This region is a paradise for hikers, offering diverse landscapes: mountains, forests, deserts, and coastlines with many trails to explore. This new guide covers Death Valley, Pinnacles Monument, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, the southern Sierras, Tronna Pinnacles, Mojave National Preserve, the Santa Lucia Mountains, the Central Coast, the San Rafael, Santa Ynez, and the Sierra Madra Mountains, Channel Islands, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Angeles, San Bernardino, and Cleveland National Forests, Anza Borrego State Park, and Joshua Tree. As a bonus, 100 Classic Hikes in Southern California also includes a few areas north of the 37th parallel--the White Mountains, Yosemite, and the eastern Sierras. Handy features in the guide include topographic maps, elevation profiles, sidebar tips, and a hikes-at-a-glance chart to help readers find the hikes they want quickly and easily.

Teachers Today: A Guide to Surviving Creatively

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGrath, Mary, PUBLISHER: Corwin Press, Current cultural and economic conditions can present a range of challenges to teachers, particularly when faced with the complex problems and needs of some students. Within this context, teachers must be able to meet students' educational and emotional needs, while ensuring their own personal survival. This guide uses research findings on teacher stress and burnout' to provide support and encouragement to teachers. Suggestions offered include how to prioritize work, and how to recognize and tap administrative support.

Healing Herbs A to Z: A Handy Reference to Healing Plants

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stein, Diane, PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, An alphabetical quick reference to 200 medicinal plants, their special healing attributes, most effective applications, potential side effects, and contraindications. The popularity of commercially available herbal remedies as adjuncts to conventional medicines has made it easier than ever to turn to medicinal herbs. Stein shares her extensive knowledge and experience with healing botanicals in this quick reference. Each entry includes an accessible and detailed resume of each plant's specific healing properties.

An Introduction to Crop Physiology:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Milthorpe, F. L. / Milthorpe / Moorby, J., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book was made available as a second edition in . It provides an understanding of the ways in which the various physiological processes are integrated to produce the responses shown by whole plants growing in the variable environment in the field, whilst stressing the quantitative aspects of these relationships. This was the first general text to attempt such a treatment, thereby digesting much material that had been found only in research papers or detailed monographs and complementing the reductionist approach of most standard texts of plant physiology. Most of the subject matter concerns agricultural systems, but many of the concepts and approaches are applicable to more complex natural ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on integrating knowledge from many sources and on trying to assess quantitatively the importance of each component. The result is a comprehensive account making the book a valuable background for all interested in the study of plants in the field.

Doing Social Psychology: Laboratory and Field Exercises

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gilmour, Robin / Foot, Hugh / Breakwell, Glynis M., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection of classroom-tested laboratory and field exercises engages students and their instructors in a thorough exploration of current central problems and topics in social psychology. The book is divided into three sections: technique demonstrations, technique applications, and problem investigations. Each section includes exercises on topics such as questionnaire design, interviewing, speech style, the observation of children, eyewitness testimony, and cooperation and competition. Students are provided with the necessary background knowledge of each social phenomenon investigated to make their research effort involving and meaningful. An instructor's manual accompanies the book and provides the supplementary information instructors need to organize the exercises for their students.

Technical Writing. a Guide for Effective Communica

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bombard Sols, Carme / Edicions Upc, Upc, PUBLISHER: Edicions Upc, The authors are lecturers of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPe at the faculties of Telecommunications, Engineering and Nautical Studies, respectively. They have a wide experience teaching technical communication and have carried out research within the field of English for academic and specific purposes. This book is intended to be a practical and clear guide to engineering students who need to familiarize themselves with the characteristics of technical writing in order to become efficient writers in their future technical professions. To this purpose, it includes authentic texts and reference materials from different degrees (general engineering, telecommunications, computing, civil engineering, etc.) and fosters extensive writing practice through a rich variety of tasks. Besides, this guide develops active learning methods adapted to the European Higher Education Area framework. The book follows three approaches (process, product and genre), the process approach being the central one to which the other two are subsumed. This is reflected in the organization of the contents, which have been basically divided into three main parts. The first is a thorough introduction to technical communication. The second includes three practical chapters that fully develop the main stages of the writing process (pre-writing, writing and post-writing) and the third offers a useful handbook. Acquista Ora

West Virginia Wildlife Viewing Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duda, Mark Damian / Damian Duda, Mark, PUBLISHER: Falcon Press Publishing, This is a colorful and useful guide to 63 areas where the reader can find wild animals in their natural surroundings in the Mountain State of West Virginia. Wildlife enthusiasts will learn where to look for beavers. river otters, bald eagles and the spring peeper. The extensive and diverse system of public lands and preserves protect the state's 6 species of mammals as well as birds, butterflies reptiles and amphibians.

Rhododendrons and Azaleas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bryant, Geoff, PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, Rhododendrons have it all -- beautiful flowers, magnificent foliage and an ability to thrive in a wide range of climates. The genus Rhododendron (to which azaleas belong) always has something to surprise and delight the gardener. With more than species, and many thousands of cultivars, there are plants in a huge variety of form, color and size -- something to suit every need, every taste and every location. This guide for North American gardeners will help the novice and the experienced gardener get the best from their rhododendrons and azaleas. Beginning with a history of rhododendrons in cultivation and a fascinating discussion on the development of the most popular species and varieties, the book includes expert advice and information about: deciduous azaleas evergreen azaleas assessing your climate garden design cultivation, maintenance and propagation soil and nutrition choosing plants for flower and leaf color pests and diseases pruning. The author shares his personal recommendations of over 390 varieties of rhododendron and azalea, as well as practical tips gained from his many years of professional experience growing and hybridizing rhododendrons and azaleas. This is an inspiring and very useful handbook on these much-admired plants.

Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Study Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Althouse, Andrew Daniel / Turnquist, C. H. / Bracciano, A. F., PUBLISHER: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher, Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning provides an excellent blend of theory with job-qualifying skills, making it a leader in the refrigeration and air conditioning field This comprehensive text teaches both fundamental principles and the service techniques needed to diagnose and remedy HVAC problems. Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning contains the most recent information and advances in the field needed to prepare the technician for success in today's world. This edition includes up-to-date material on EPA rules and regulations covering refrigerant recovery, recycling, and reclaiming. Both students and practicing technicians will benefit from the comprehensive approach of this text, which provides a solid and thorough knowledge of all aspects of refrigeration and air conditioning.

The Firefly Dictionary of Plant Names: Common and Botanical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bagust, Harold, PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, This is the only guide needed to find the name of a plant. Using whichever name is already known -- common or botanical -- readers will quickly find the name needed using the extensive cross-reference lists. From alpines to trees and shrubs, from houseplants to wild flowers, this essential gardening reference covers an amazing terms over 448 pages, all in a compact, easy-to-carry size: Quickly find the common or botanical equivalents of plant names Easily convert common plant names to their botanical equivalents -- and vice versa Inclusive coverage of North American, European and UK common names, plus earlier versions of common names Explanations of Latin help to identify whole groups of plants at a glance Convenient pocket-sized format, with a wipe-clean flexibind cover, makes it easy to carry along on visits to the garden center or nursery

The International Politics of Central Asia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anderson, John, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, Central Asia is a fascinating region yet remote and unfamiliar to many people. This new study provides an introduction to the politics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan. The early chapters introduce the readers to the history of Russian and Soviet involvement in the region up until the collapse of communism, whilst the bulk of the book focuses on the politics of independence. The search for national identity in each region and the influence of Islam are discussed and attention is paid to political, economic and international developments. A central theme of the book is the importance of informal politics associated with national, regional and tribal networks in shaping the evolution of the five states.

Washington State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mueller, Marge / Mueller, Ted, PUBLISHER: Mountaineers Books, Surf-washed beaches, lush forests, sagebrush-dusted plains, sparkling lakes and rivers -- nature has packed Washington with the stuff of every outdoor lover's dream. Using their first-hand knowledge and thorough research to showcase almost 200 parks. Marge and Ted Mueller direct readers to the best camping, hiking, swimming, fishing, skiing, and more. Each park description includes a map; listings of park hours and months open; facilities; attractions; regulations; and access; plus a detailed description of the parks history, highlights, plants, and animals. The wide range of activities is perfect for everyone from young families, to avid hikers and skiers, to retired travelers exploring the state. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the guide is organized into five regions, and each park map incorporates easy-to-spot icons representing available activities. Acquista Ora

Networking: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hallberg, Bruce / Hallberg Bruce, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Here is an unparalleled introduction to networking, offering easy-to-follow details on design and configuration, hardware, networking protocols, remote access, and security. This updated guide contains expanded coverage of wireless networking, the latest Windows and Linux releases, and security measures. New networking professionals will first learn what they need to know about network technology, and then how to apply that knowledge to set up, manage, and secure networks.

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