Authors:Wilbur H. Duncan, Marion B. Duncan,
Publisher: A Wormsloe Foundation Publication
Keywords: states, united, southeastern, trees
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2000-05-31
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0820322717
ISBN-13: 9780820322711

This popular guide enables users to quickly and confidently identify any of the trees of the southeastern United States, from the common loblolly pine or red mulberry to the rare Pinckneya (fever-tree) or goat willow. The guide treats more than 300 species--every one known to occur in the region, from the Coastal Plain to the highest elevations. Included are trees native to the region as well as those introduced and now reproducing. Helpful features include easy identification keys, common and scientific names, distribution maps, an introductory section on basic leaf, flower, and stem struc

Authors:Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, Lisa A. Strycker,
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Keywords: quantitative, methodology, issues, applications, series, concepts, modeling, latent, variable, growth, curve, introduction
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-05-23
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0805855475
ISBN-13: 9780805855470

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to latent variable growth curve modeling (LGM) for analyzing repeated measures. It presents the statistical basis for LGM and its various methodological extensions, including a number of practical examples of its use. It is designed to take advantage of the reader’s familiarity with analysis of variance and structural equation modeling (SEM) in introducing LGM techniques. Sample data, syntax, input and output, are provided for EQS, Amos, LISREL, and Mplus on the book’s CD. Throughout the book, the authors present a variety of LGM techniques t

Authors:Duncan M. Taylor, Alan Drengson, Duncan Taylor,
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: forest, sustainable, science, art, ecoforestry
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0865713650
ISBN-13: 9780865713659

Industrial forestry is widely regarded as being obsolete. Ecoforestry presents the new paradigm.

Author: Wilbur H. Somerto
Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
Keywords: rock, fluid, systems, behavior, related, properties, temperature, thermal
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 1992-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0444890017
ISBN-13: 9780444890016

This book brings together for the first time the results of research on the thermal properties and temperature-related behavior of rocks with their contained fluids, under subsurface environmental conditions. These data are of increasing importance with increased application of underground processes involving high temperature and, in some cases, low temperature environments. Some of the important processes are described in which thermal data are needed. Chapters deal with thermal properties of rocks, including heat capacities, thermal conductivities and thermal diffusivities under conditions s

Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperback
Keywords: falls, sparrow
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2007-01-02
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0312940688
ISBN-13: 9780312940683

Mark Anders grew up on eight thousand acres of African land that bore his family name. Then he fought in Europe’s Great War and, upon returning to his ancestral home, he saw savagery unlike any other…. In Africa, Mark’s family estate has been despoiled. His grandfather has died under mysterious circumstances. And he has inherited a murderous enemy—the rogue scion of the powerful Courtney clan—in an altogether new kind of war. Now, Mark will make a fateful choice between two women. Journey into the wilderness to uncover his grandfather’s fate. Find his way through battles raging bet

Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperback
Keywords: rage
Number of Pages: 896
Published: 2007-03-06
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0312940823
ISBN-13: 9780312940829

In the second half of the twentieth century, the future bears down on Africa—fueled by the sins of the past and the blood feuds of nations, tribes, and families. For the Courtney family, who have known this continent from the depths of its gold mines to the pinnacle of political power, a time of reckoning is at hand.Shasa Courtney has lived, fought and loved amongst Afrikaners, Englishmen, and natives. His mother is by his side but the rest of the world around him is exploding. Even his family harbors secrets more dangerous than his own worst enemies.Now, a continent is convulsed. Streets te

Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Keywords: scroll, seventh
Number of Pages: 9999
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0330449958
ISBN-13: 9780330449953

Within a fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old, lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time ...a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered, beautiful half-English, half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. With eminent archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper, she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life and find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For Duraid. And for the dreams of an ancient Pharoah ...Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as