Insects of the Los Angeles Basin

Insects of the Los Angeles Basin
Author: Charles Leonard Hogue
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Insects
ISBN: 9780938644323

"Southern California is home not only to the country's second largest metropolitan center but to an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 different kinds of insects. Insects of the Los Angeles Basin provides an introduction to more than 400 of the most conspicuous or curious of these invertebrate animals and to about 70 spiders, mites and ticks, and related forms. With color photographs or drawings of all but a few species, the text describes the size and most striking physical characteristics of adults and immature stages and gives information on locomotion and behavior, offensive and defensive maneuvers, mating rituals, food preferences, nests and traps, and noises and scents. The specific habitat and general geographic range of each insect are included, as are lore and superstition regarding some notorious species." "The author, Dr. Charles L. Hogue, has answered the questions that he was most often asked in his position as Curator of Entomology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The result is a highly readable text with an emphasis on the effects that insects have on the people who encounter them."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The New Deal Fine Arts Projects

The New Deal Fine Arts Projects
Author: Martin R. Kalfatovic
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1994
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

...fills another important need for art researchers. New Deal art is the product of the largest publicly funded arts program in American history and as such, holds a special attraction for collectors... --ANTIQUE WEEK ...a valuable reference resource. Highly recommended for all research collections serving American history and art.--LIBRARY JOURNAL

The Agitators

The Agitators
Author: Mat Smart
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2019
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0573708304

The Agitators tells of the enduring but tempestuous friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Great allies? Yes. And at times, great adversaries. Young abolitionists when they met in Rochester in the 1840s, they were full of hopes, dreams, and a common purpose. As they grew to become the cultural icons we know today, their movements collided and their friendship was severely tested. This is the story of that forty-five-year friendship – from its beginning in Rochester, through a civil war, and to the highest halls of government. They agitated the nation, they agitated each other, and, in doing so, they helped shape the Constitution and the course of American history.

The Sandia Pulsed Reactor Facility (SPRF)

The Sandia Pulsed Reactor Facility (SPRF)
Author: P. D. O'Brien
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 1962
Genre: Nuclear physics
ISBN:

The Sandia Pulsed Reactor Facility (SPRF) is a laboratory facility specifically designed for radiation effects experiments which require an intense pulse of fast neutrons and gamma rays.

Long Beach Fire Department

Long Beach Fire Department
Author: Glen Goodrich
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2005-08-03
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439614407

The Long Beach Fire Departments adaptability has been tested by a wide variety of disasters that have marked it as a unique firefighting force on the West Coast. Thousands of residents and others have owed their very lives to the department since its 1897 formation. The LBFD moved into action during the devastating 1933 Long Beach earthquake, in which its own Fire House No. 1 was reduced to rubble. Its firefighters have quelled oilfield blazes through the 20th century, and its fireboats have poured water onto flames engulfing the docks and warehouses of the bustling port. Other duties have included such side excursions as working standby during Howard Hughess 1947 flight of the Spruce Goose and taking care of Sam the cat, a Station 6 mainstay who slid down the fire pole to the delight of television audiences.

NAA-SR.

NAA-SR.
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1958
Genre: Radiochemistry
ISBN: