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Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants: The Tropical Deciduous Forest & Environs of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)
Published in Hardcover by University of Arizona Press (1998)
Authors: Paul S. Martin, David Yetman, Mark Fishbein, Phil Jenkins, Thomas R. Van Devender, Rebecca K. Wilson, and Howard Scott Rio Mayo Plants Gentry
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Hidden treasure
I was given the opportunity to catalog Dr. Gentry's herbarium collection at the Desert Botanical Garden in 1987-88. I haven't seen the new edition mentioned here, but read the original work at the time I was cataloging his herbarium specimens. Through it, I was able to share his experience as an explorer in the spirit of John Wesley Powell, someone who knew that the American southwest is best delineated by watersheds, not along false lat/long lines. I met Dr. Gentry a couple of times, and remember the occasions well. Last time I saw him, when I was cataloging his collection, I overheard a conversation between him and a consultant for the Fort McDowell Indian Community. The consultant was asking about desert-adapted crop plants. Dr. Gentry went into great detail describing many desert plants suited to agriculture - tepary beans, jojoba, Lippia (Mexican oregano), agave, chiltepines, gum arabic, etc. I learned a lot just by eavesdropping. The consultant listened, but did not hear the words. He recommended that the Fort McDowell people plant cotton. Not because it was best suited to desert agriculture - far from that. They planted cotton because it needs vast quantities of water. They did not want the best desert-adapted crops. What they wanted, instead, was the best crop for wasting water, so that they could establish valid rights to the water. Worse, I watched them clear off vast acreages of mesquite forests to make room for the water-wasting cotton crop. The Hopi call this koyaanisqatsi. This book should help folks in southwestern north America realize that we have a bounteous resource, if we can only learn to use it.

Excellent reference book
Located in a transition zone between the Sonoran Desert and the tropics,this region is well known for its biodiversity, thanks to a 1942 study by botanist Howard Scott Gentry. Revision of his classic work began before his death in 1993. For researchers, this is a must-read book. It provides a clear overview of botanical studies of the Rio Mayo, a contemporary view of the vegatation, excerpts from the original text and an annotated list of plants.


Hayward Sanitarium Episodes 1-10
Published in Audio Cassette by LodeStone Media (26 October, 1995)
Authors: Last Minute Productions, Matthew Baucco, and David Johnson
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Hayward Sanitarium 1-10
A great story line and fine performances. but the ending is missing. The final episodes to the story were never performed or recorded, so we are left hanging mid-climax with no conclusion in sight.

Hayward Sanitarium
These tapes are the best audio horror that I have ever heard. They make you feel like you are part the story. I would recommend this set to anyone who loves radio theater in the same vain as Masterpiece Theater.


Paradise Garden: A Trip Through Howard Finster's Visionary World
Published in Paperback by Chronicle Books (1996)
Authors: Robert Peacock, Annibel Jenkins, David Graham, and Karekin Goekjian
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FASCINATING!
beautiful, compelling...a great study of one of the most interesting rebel artists of our time. everyone should know who howard finster is!

Paradise in a different sense
Fans of the odd and eccentric will find Howard Finster's Paradise Garden fascinating and entertaining. The quality and selection of photographs of the garden is fantastic, and Finster's statments regarding the vision behind his creation are intriguing. This book is definitely worth examining for its unusual scope and content.


The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training and Technique
Published in Paperback by Princeton Book Co Pub (1991)
Authors: Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger, and David Howard
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this is really helpful
since i have just started pointe this book has really helped me break in my shoes and give me really good excercises to stregthen my ankles. one of the people in this book is my ballet teacher so that is even better. if u have just started pointe or have been on it for a while or even if u dont do pointe this book is really interesting and helpful.

This is the most thorough and informative book on pointe!
When I first learned pointe, I studied at two different dance schools. My instructor at each school gave a short lecture on the foot and pointe dancing in general, and the majority of their presentations came from "The Pointe Book". I quickly went out and bought it and now as a teacher myself, I require my students to get and read "The Pointe Book". I have not found any other work to be as thorough and informative -- who knew that so much was involved in a pair of shoes?! If a student only reads part of the book, I would recommend the chapters on proper pointe shoe fitting and pointe-related injuries. The chapter laying out a sample pointe class has come in handy for some of my beginning work with students and also provides them with exercises to do on their own. My favorite chapter, though, would have to be Conversations on Pointe, which has pointe stories from many well-known dancers. It was great knowing that some of my opinions and experiences are also shared by some of the greats! Janice Barringer and Sarah Schlesinger have done all of us dancers a great favor with "The Pointe Book".


Project Spectrum: Preschool Assessment Handbook (Project Zero Frameworks for Early Childhood Education, Vol 3)
Published in Paperback by Teachers College Pr (1998)
Authors: Howard Gardner, David Henry Feldman, Mara Krechevsky, Jie-Qi Chen, and Harvard Project Zero
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good for preschool teachers
I recomend this book to the teachers who want to be challenged. With this book You can change your mind.

challenging to boring preschool teachers
Specially to preschool teachers, I recomend this book to read. I hope this book can help the boring and bored preschool teacher change their thoughts concret.


Analysis of Ordinal Data
Published in Paperback by Sage Publications (1977)
Authors: David K. Hildebrand, James D. Laing, and Howard Rosenthal
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All You Need to Know About Analysis of Ordinal Data
This book by Hildebrand is a little gem that I recently discovered in the course of looking up other information. At less than 100 pages, the book is easily overlooked on library shelves, but proves that great things come in small packages. The author presents a clear, concise, and practical exposition of how to analyze ordinal data, and what to do with the results. There is plenty of math for the mathematically inclined, but plenty of practical examples so that non-mathematical researchers can easily perform good analysis of ordinal data. Professional statisticians would, of course, prefer more technical detail, but for those of us "in the trenches" who need to know how to apply statistics, this text is invaluable. I liked the book so much, I bought a copy. What more can I say?


Boot Disk Management: A Guide for the Solaris Operating Environment
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall PTR (27 December, 2001)
Authors: John S. Howard and David Deeths
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Excellent book on Solaris Boot Disk Management
Summary

This is a great book for Solaris system administrators or planners. This book offers practical planning advice as well as real world demonstrations on how to configure and maintain Solaris boot disks that ensure minimal outage and recovery effort when a disk fails or when the boot disk is corrupted. This book covers using the VERITAS Volume Manager, Sun Solstice DiskSuite Software and the Sun Live Upgrade software to configure and maintain boot disks.

Details

The first 3 chapters discuss the issues involved in choosing and building a Solaris boot disk. Boot disk partitioning is covered in detail. Swap device recommendations are presented. Upgrading Solaris installations using Live Upgrade is demonstrated. Basic concepts dealing with patches, firmware upgrades and Open Boot Prom maintenance are also covered.

Chapter 4 deals with various configuration scenarios for boot disks. It clearly discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario from a technical and budgeting perspective. Reference configurations are documented, which offers a great framework for customization.

The rest of this book focuses on using VERTIAS Volume Manager and Sun Solstice DiskSuite Software to build robust boot disks environments. Each logical volume manager is given 2 chapters of coverage on the configuration and maintenance of a Solaris boot disk environment. Commands to build the boot disk environments are demonstrated using each LVM.

This book also discusses documentation procedures, boot disk disaster recovery procedures and general boot disk backup procedures. Technical, budgeting and procedural perspectives are used to examine these topics.

I think this is a great book for Solaris administrators of all technical levels. It is also a great reference for Solaris planners to use when building robust Solaris systems.

This book is well worth the money. Any serious Solaris administrator or planner should buy this book and read it.


China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection
Published in Hardcover by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications (1978)
Author: David S Howard
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Wonderful Book On Chinese Export Porcelain
This is an excelent book which gives one insight onto the history of how the Chinese came to export porcelain to the west. This is an amazing book documenting the largest collection in the world of Chinese export porcelain for the West. While it is out of print, one can esaily get it.


Chinese Armorial Porcelain
Published in Hardcover by Faber & Faber (1974)
Author: David Howard
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Excellent - The definitive work on the subject
For serious collectors of armorial porcelain this is the definitive work. Over 6000 coats of arms are illustrated and described in considerable detail. Howard is the generally recognized expert in the field.


Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza De Vaca and the Indians of the Americas
Published in Paperback by Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt) (1997)
Author: David A. Howard
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Excellent Book!
David A. Howard has written an excellent book for both academic purposes and casual reading. This insightful and provocative look at the life and times of Cabeza De Vaca should supplement any course that strives to thoroughly explore Latin American history. I highly recommend this text for not only people who are searching for historical truths but also for those interested in reading a genuinely captivating chronicle.


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