A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Author: Steven J. Phillips
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520219809

"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.

Morphologic Encyclopedia of Palynology

Morphologic Encyclopedia of Palynology
Author: Gerhard Kremp
Publisher: Century Collection
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780816540235

This encyclopedia is designed to serve scholars in palynology as a standard text in questions concerning spore morphology and as a source of information for understanding the descriptive literature in palynology. Of particular value to petroleum geologists as well as to palynologists and plant scientists.

Sonoran Desert Plants

Sonoran Desert Plants
Author: Raymond M. Turner
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2005-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780816525195

The Sonoran Desert, a fragile ecosystem, is under ever-increasing pressure from a burgeoning human population. This ecological atlas of the region's plants, a greatly enlarged and full revised version of the original 1972 atlas, will be an invaluable resource for plant ecologists, botanists, geographers, and other scientists, and for all with a serious interest in living with and protecting a unique natural southwestern heritage. An encyclopedia as well as an atlas, this monumental work describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants, most of them common and characteristic trees, shrubs, or succulants. Also included is valuable information on natural history and ethnobotanical, commercial, and horticultural uses of these plants. The entry for each species includes a range map, an elevational profile, and a narrative account. The authors also include an extensive bibliography, referring the reader to the latest research and numerous references of historical importance, with a glossary to aid the general reader. Sonoran Desert Plants is a monumental work, unlikely to be superseded in the next generation. As the region continues to attract more people, there will be an increasingly urgent need for basic knowledge of plant species as a guide for creative and sustainable habitation of the area. This book will stand as a landmark resource for many years to come.

Undocuments

Undocuments
Author: John-Michael Rivera
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0816540039

UNDOCUMENTS is an expansive multi-genre exploration of Greater Mexican documentality that reveals the complicated ways all Latinx peoples, including the author, become objectified within cultures. John-Michael Rivera remixes the Florentine Codex and other documents as he takes an intense look at the anxieties and physical detriments tied to immigration.

Encyclopedia of Arizona

Encyclopedia of Arizona
Author: Nancy Capace
Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 455
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0403098467

The Encyclopedia of Arizona contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.

The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies: The Ultimate A–Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost Civilizations and Forgotten Wisdom

The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies: The Ultimate A–Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost Civilizations and Forgotten Wisdom
Author: John Michael Greer
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0007359179

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about secret societies like the Freemasons, the historical mystery of Atlantis, why King Arthur, Leonardo da Vinci and Hitler are key figures, plus conspiracy theories, forgotten sciences and ancient wisdom.

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z
Author: Dan L. Thrapp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1988
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN:

Stretching from "Aaron, Sam, Arizona pioneer" to "Zutacapan, Acomo pueblo chief," the three-volume Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, and Supplemental-volume 4, profiles approximately 4,500 frontier pioneers and Native Americans. Dan L. Thrapp's comprehensive work will interest scholars, researchers, and general readers curious about the figures who developed, defended, decorated, and devilized the American West. All the famous ones are here: Volume I (A-F) includes Billy the Kid, Daniel Boone, Calamity Jane, George Custer, Buffalo Bill, Cochise, and John C. Fremont, among others. There are also entries for worthies less well known: Big Nose Kate, Nellie Cashman, Scott Cooley, to cite a few. Even Gary Cooper and other actors who portrayed westerners are sketched in. Thrapp's richly detailed biographies are continued in Volumes II (G-O) and III (P-Z). Thrapp has included seventeenth- and eighteenth-century figures in both New France and New England, as well as the trans-Appalachian country, but the majority are nineteenth-century men and women who discovered, settled, fought for, or simply lived in the raw lands west of the Mississippi River.

BMA A-Z Family Medical Encyclopedia

BMA A-Z Family Medical Encyclopedia
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 818
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0241208173

This new, revised sixth edition of the BMA's bestselling and definitive medical reference guide brings authoritative and up-to-date medical knowledge into your home. Stay up-to-date with medical advances and advice; from new developments in travel immunizations to the most recent guidelines for antenatal screening and the latest recommendations for breast awareness. Includes 3,000 diseases, disorders, conditions and symptoms, information on diagnosis & treatment, a wide range of drugs & tests, new & established surgical procedures and explanations of medical terms.