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  • Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It highlights common and important plants that lead to the adverse effects upon exposure, and it describes the mechanisms of action of the implicated toxin, clinical manifestations, and specific ... Leer más

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  • Plants, People, and Culture

    The Science of Ethnobotany

    Edición de Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox ...
    Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations ... Leer más

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  • Messages from the Gods

    A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize

    Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically and culturally diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species of plants can be found here, within a diversity of ecological habitats. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists, hosting over 900,000 visitors annually, who enjoy the natural habitat and friendly people of this nation. Many of the plants of Belize have a ... Leer más

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    The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

    de Amy Stewart ...
    The author of The Drunken Botanist "offers practical and tantalizing composite views of toxic, irritating, prickly, and all-around ill-mannered plants" ( Booklist ).American Horticultural Society Book Award WinnerChosen One of the Best Gardening Books of the Year by the Washington Post and National Pub... ... Leer más

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  • Catching Fire

    How Cooking Made Us Human

    The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humansEver since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking ... Leer más

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  • The Big, Bad Book of Botany

    The World's Most Fascinating Flora

    de Michael Largo ...
    "This combination of history, mythology, lore, science and sheer entertainment takes us on a tour of the world's most unusual plants." — Sacramento BeeThe Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful, and weird plants. Some are so rare, they were once more valuable than gold. Some found in ancient mythology hold magical abilities, including the power to turn a person to stone. ... Leer más

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  • The Future of Life

    ALA Notable Books for Adults

    Eloquent, practical and wise, this book by one of the world’s most important scientists—and two time Pulitzer Prize winner—should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world. It "makes one thing clear ... we know what we do, and we have a choice" (The New York Times Book Review).E.O. Wilson assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass ... Leer más

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  • Caique parrot. Caiques as pets. Caique Keeping, Care, Pros and Cons, Housing, Diet and Health.

    The Caique parrot is known as the clown of the parrot world. The funny demeanor of the bird, coupled with the awkward antics makes this parrot a very entertaining companion.They are brightly colored in shades of yellow and green. These medium sized birds can learn several tricks as they are highly intelligent creatures.These birds are fun loving, confident and happy. They are known for being ... Leer más

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  • Cichlid Fish

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  • Should We Eat Meat?

    Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

    de Vaclav Smil ...
    Meat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption.This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its ... Leer más

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  • Doctors by Nature

    How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves

    de Jaap de Roode ...
    The astonishing story of how animals use medicine and what it can teach us about healing ourselvesAges before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature’s pharmacy to heal themselves. Doctors by Nature reveals what researchers are now learning about the medical wonders of the animal world. In this visionary book, Jaap de Roode argues that we have underestimated ... Leer más

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  • The Ocean of Life

    The Fate of Man and the Sea

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