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Texas Produce Calendar by...

A perpetual gardening calendar for Texas--for each month there are two lists: planting recommendations and what is in...

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(04/29/11) A perpetual gardening calendar for Texas--for each month there are two lists: planting recommendations and what is in season at the market. Each month also has a linoleum block print of a seasonal fruit or vegetable. The days of the month have space for notes--either for recording what you've planted, harvested or bought that month (I imagined one might keep a planting/harvesting record) OR for using as a birthday calendar. The calendar is not year-specific, so you can keep using it for years to come. I've also included sources in the back for further gardening research... Letterpress printed in three colors on heavyweight 100% PCW recycled card stock and wire-bound with a metal hanger. 5 1/2" w x 8 1/2" t.See less

Wild Fermentation: The Flavor,...

Fermentation is one of the earliest natural processes involving food and its preservation that humans sought to control....

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(04/08/11) Fermentation is one of the earliest natural processes involving food and its preservation that humans sought to control. The earliest puffed-up breads, wines, and cheeses likely occurred by chance, and results were scarcely uniform or predictable. Disconcerted by off-flavors and spoilage in beer, wine, and baked goods, early peoples learned to control microorganisms whose existence would not be demonstrated for centuries. But in that process of control, people lost some of the benefits of wild fermentation. Sandor Ellix Katz has experimented with Wild Fermentation, and his book explains to others how to take advantage of natural fermentation processes to produce bread, yogurt, cheese, beer, wine, miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, and other fermented foods. A gold mine for science-fair projects, Katz's work presents properly supervised young people ample opportunity to explore both the science and the art of fermented foods (alcoholic beverages excepted). Mark Knoblauch Copyright © American...See less

What Einstein Told His Cook:...

Why do recipes call for unsalted butter--and salt? What is a microwave, actually? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Robert...

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(02/20/11) Why do recipes call for unsalted butter--and salt? What is a microwave, actually? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Robert L. Wolke's enlightening and entertaining What Einstein Told His Cook offers answers to these and 127 other questions about everyday kitchen phenomena. Using humor (dubious puns included), Wolke, a bona fide chemistry professor and syndicated Washington Post columnist, has found a way to make his explanations clear and accessible to all: in short, fun. For example, to a query about why cookbooks advise against inserting meat thermometers so that they touch a bone, Wolke says, "I hate warnings without explanations, don't you? Whenever I see an 'open other end' warning on a box, I open the wrong end just to see what will happen. I'm still alive." But he always finally gets down to brass tacks: as most heat transfer in meat is due to its water content, areas around bone remain relatively cool and thus unreliable for gauging overall meat temperature. Organized into basic...See less

Book Buddy-Mi'Lady

Get in bed with a buddy!! A book buddy is a new product that holds ur book onto a fashionable pillow! The corner ribbons...

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(02/18/11) Get in bed with a buddy!! A book buddy is a new product that holds ur book onto a fashionable pillow! The corner ribbons hold open the pages of your book! And the Acrylic Desktop instantly turns your buddy into a writing surface, lap top surface and even an eating surface!!See less

Book Magic Book Clip by Maverick...

Hands-free reading! Whether you're trying to follow a difficult recipe from a cook book or reading your kids their...

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(02/18/11) Hands-free reading! Whether you're trying to follow a difficult recipe from a cook book or reading your kids their bedtime story, our convenient Book Magic Book Clip by Maverick Ventures will let you do it with a free hand. This innovative design keeps books in place, open to a particular page and upright too! So kick back and relax with a glass of wine while you enjoy your favorite book. The clip and stand comes in a chrome finish, occupies minimum space, and is easy to maintain. Use it at home, in your office, or even at school. It works well with books, magazines, and other reading material.See less

Book Buddy - Madison

Beautifully hand-crafted from high-end designer fabric. This easy to use, pillow serves as an elegant multi-use book...

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(02/18/11) Beautifully hand-crafted from high-end designer fabric. This easy to use, pillow serves as an elegant multi-use book holder,lap desk, writing desk and tray. As a book holder, the pillow makes your books feel weightless, reducing pain in your hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, and neck from holding a book while reading. The clear acrylic desktop can be added to use as a writing surface or laptop holder. Adjustable ribbons hold books or acrylic desktop perfectly in place. This perfect gift delivers high value for an affordable price.See less

Lap Desk: Euro-Style Mahogany...

* Extra Large Dimensions provide plenty of room for your all your lap desk needs: 22.5" wide x 16" long x 2.2" high. *...

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(02/18/11) * Extra Large Dimensions provide plenty of room for your all your lap desk needs: 22.5" wide x 16" long x 2.2" high. * Contoured European Design fits your lap comfortably and provides excellent work space. * Distinctive wood top with Mahogany finish. * Elastic straps right and left secure your pencils, pens, markers, etc. * Micro bead filled, faux leather bottom pillow conforms comfortably to your lap. * Built-in carrying handle for easy portability. * Rigid top easily supports laptop computers, keyboards, hobby materials, writing materials, just about anything. * Light weight for easy transport. * Reduces heat buildup. * Optional clip-on book light makes your lap desk useful in reduced light situation, allowing you to work while conserving energy or allowing those around you to watch TV or sleep undisturbed. * A perfect surface for writing, playing games, craft projects, reading, working crossword, etc.See less

Wooden Lap Desk with Book Holder

Trademark 82-4306 Wooden Lap Desk with Book Holder, It's long, strong and ultra-light, and has enough room to rest an...

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(02/18/11) Trademark 82-4306 Wooden Lap Desk with Book Holder, It's long, strong and ultra-light, and has enough room to rest an open book and take notes, or use it as a laptop lap desk, Convenient for taking notes Home work on the go Study and write anywhere18 inches by 8.5 inches, UPC 017874143061 (824306 82 4306 824-306) SKU: 824306 Brand: TrademarkSee less

Carousel Revolving Bookcase

Use our revolving bookcase for keeping many books in circulation Our Carousels are revolving, stacking units you can...

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(02/18/11) Use our revolving bookcase for keeping many books in circulation Our Carousels are revolving, stacking units you can rearrange. Each unit swivels independently for effortless turning. The lazy susan mechanism locks into place with the next unit-no hardware or patience required. Place this wood bookcase on a table or on top of any of the carousels for an instant revolving dictionary stand. * Carousels can be stacked * Each carousel turns independently 360 degrees * The Bookstand stacks on top of any carousel or a table and comes with a 3 1/2-diameter bright-field magnifier that nests inside a leather-lined dock * Domed magnifier is made of optical-quality acrylic and draws in ambient light, making type appear three times larger and brighter * Made with solid alder and cherry veneer * Each carousel measures 24 inch in diameter * Large Carousel is 13 1/2H and holds big books up to 12H x 9W * Medium Carousel is 9 1/2H and holds 80 DVDs and books up to 8H * Carousel Bookstand is 8 1/4H and...See less

Lapwriter™ Lap Desk

The lap desk for the student of life We've taken the superlative aspects from each of our renowned lap desks, made a few...

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(02/18/11) The lap desk for the student of life We've taken the superlative aspects from each of our renowned lap desks, made a few enhancements, and compiled them into one. The result is our comprehensive Lapwriter lap desk. * Padded Lycra wrist rest also serves as a ledge your laptop or book * Collapsible handle for carting from den to patio to family room * Hidden flip-up magnetic storage cubby for index cards and pens * Thick foam bottom cushion—covered in Lycra—over a deep wooden base for stability on your lap * Cherry veneer * Brass hardware * 17 7/8W x 13 7/8D x 5 1/8H; 8.6 poundsSee less

Levenger Lap Desk®

Our popular portable lap desk With the Levenger Lap Desk, you can sit in your favorite chair and do serious work. It's...

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(02/18/11) Our popular portable lap desk With the Levenger Lap Desk, you can sit in your favorite chair and do serious work. It's long, strong and ultra-light, and has enough room to rest an open book and take notes, or use it as a laptop lap desk. * Ideal for using a laptop, iPad or tablet computer * Curvy bean shape allows you to come in close to your work * Rests on the arms of a chair * Elastic suspenders keep papers and pens in place * The lap desk can also create an alternative surface on which to rest your keyboard or mouse, adding ergonomic comfort when using a conventional computer * Elastic suspender now has a pen loop to hold your pen * Just 2.75 lbs * Made with cherry veneer in a natural or dark cherry finish * 32W x 1/4D x 16H Read Steve's blog to go behind the designSee less

Nantucket Lapreader™

Lapreader lap desk gets a Nantucket face lift We've taken two favorite Levenger lap desks—the Lapreader and Nantucket...

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(02/18/11) Lapreader lap desk gets a Nantucket face lift We've taken two favorite Levenger lap desks—the Lapreader and Nantucket Laptop Lifter—and combined them into one portable, comfortable workstation...adding pen holders and a card holder for good measure. The result is a lap desk that can be used atop a hard surface, such as your kitchen counter or desk, then brought into the living room for use on your lap. * Velcro-attached cushion can be removed and used alone as a firm lap pillow * Removal of the cushion allows the bamboo portion to rest solidly on a desktop or counter * Excellent for propping everything from a cookbook to a textbook, laptop or iPad * In back are 2 pen holders that can accommodate a total of 4 pens * Between the pen holders is a long slot for note pads, envelopes and 3 x 5 cards * Bamboo frame * Foam cushion covered in blue cotton canvas * 14W x 12 1/2D x 4H; 3 pounds Corporate pricing is available. Please call 800-357-9991See less

Good Eats: The Early Years...

Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and—underneath it all—a science geek who’s as...

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(12/21/09) Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and—underneath it all—a science geek who’s as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well, almost.) Here, finally, are the books that Brown’s legion of fans have been salivating for—two volumes that together will provide an unexpurgated record of his long-running, award-winning Food Network TV series, Good Eats. From “Pork Fiction” (on baby back ribs), to “Citizen Cane” (on caramel sauce), to “Oat Cuisine” (on oatmeal), every hilarious episode is represented. Each book—the second will be published in fall 2010—is illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos taken on the Good Eats set. Each contains more than 140 recipes and more than 1,000 photographs and illustrations, along with explanations of techniques, lots of food-science information (of course!), and more food puns, food jokes, and food trivia than you can shake a wooden spoon at. See all Editorial ReviewsSee less

Shelter

In times past people built their own homes, grew their own food, made their own clothes. Knowledge of the building...

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(09/21/09) In times past people built their own homes, grew their own food, made their own clothes. Knowledge of the building crafts and other skills of providing life's basic needs were generally passed along from father to son, mother to daughter, master to apprentice. Then with industrialization and the population shift from country to cities, this knowledge was put aside and much of it has now been lost. We have seen an era of unprecedented prosperity in America based upon huge amounts of foreign and domestic resources and fueled by finite reserves of stored energy. And as we have come to realize in recent years, we are running out. Materials are scarce, fuel is in short supply, and prices are escalating. To survive, one is going to have to be either rich or resourceful. Either more dependent upon, or freer from centralized production and controls. The choices arc not clear-cut, for these are complex times. But it is obvious that the more we can do for ourselves, the greater will our...See less

Shoes: What Every Woman Should...

Product Description -An exuberant expose of the history of shoes from the first modest moccasin to the latest Burberry...

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(08/28/09) Product Description -An exuberant expose of the history of shoes from the first modest moccasin to the latest Burberry boot -Exceptionally illustrated with shoe photographs, intriguing vintage advertisements, and stunning celebrity images -A low price point makes this the perfect gift for all women with a weakness for shoes Peep-toes, kitten heels, Chelsea boots, espadrilles, slingbacks, mules, stilettos, wedgies, platforms -- fabulous footwear of all forms takes center stage in this must-have gift book for all dedicated followers of fashion. The beautifully packaged gift book is a veritable shoe bible, allowing readers to explore the footwear hall of fame and explore every significant development in the evolution of shoes. From the earliest moccasins of 8000 BC to the latest innovations of the 21st century, Shoes charts the rise of shoes from comfort to couture, and features top designers, trendsetters, celebrity shoeaholics, and fashionistas, and is sure to excite and inspire glamour...See less

Vintage Shoes: Collecting and...

Product Description Vintage Shoes: Collecting and Wearing Twentieth-Century Designer Footwear is the ultimate guide to...

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(08/28/09) Product Description Vintage Shoes: Collecting and Wearing Twentieth-Century Designer Footwear is the ultimate guide to the most exemplary women's shoes from the turn of the twentieth century through the present day. Accompanied by detailed text, this beautiful book offers breathtaking images, stunning fashion photography, and exquisite period footwear designs from the most collectable and fabulous designers. Each chapter focuses on a specific decade and is a rich survey of each era, revealing how footwear has been influenced by fashion, society, and world events. The most important designers and signature looks are examined in great detail and are accompanied by myriad examples of each type of shoe style. Finally, each chapter ends with a Key Looks feature showcasing all the important shapes, materials, and iconic designs that defined the era. Vintage Shoes concludes with a shopping and collecting guide, offering advice on sourcing and caring for vintage shoes, along with a glossary of...See less

Rainwater Collection for the...

Review ...the book manages to be both an educational and entertaining read. It is an invaluable resource for someone who...

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(06/30/09) Review ...the book manages to be both an educational and entertaining read. It is an invaluable resource for someone who is seriously considering replacing or supplementing an existing well or public water supply. It does a nice job in helping one assess current water usage and estimating water requirements if one does decide to go off the grid. It details the pros and cons of different types of rainwater collection, filtration and purification systems and gives cost comparisons for each. Even for an apartment-dweller in the city such as myself, the book is still a page-turner. The sections about pumps, ultraviolet disinfection, turbulent flow, valves and gauges, and wiring took me back to my days as a high school Physics and Principles of Technology teacher. The informal and humorous (She ain't heavy, she's my cistern) writing style is also right up my alley. Good how-to books are ones that make the project seem do-able, even for those with little or no experience. The best how-to...See less

Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of...

Product Description Every day, we urinate nutrients that can fertilize plants that could be used for beautiful...

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(06/30/09) Product Description Every day, we urinate nutrients that can fertilize plants that could be used for beautiful landscapes, food, fuel, and fiber. Instead, these nutrients are flushed away, either to be treated at high cost or discharged to waters where they overfertilize and choke off aquatic life. Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants tells you how urine—which contains most of the nutrients in domestic wastewater and usually carries no disease risk—can be utilized as a resource. Starting with a short history of urine use—from ritual to medicinal to even culinary—and a look at some unexpected urinals, Liquid Gold shows how urine is used worldwide to grow food and landscapes, while protecting the environment, saving its users the cost of fertilizer, and reconnecting people to the land and the nutrient cycles that sustain them. That's real flower power! Liquid Gold details three ways to use urine hygienically and productively for plant growth, with studies that...See less

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands...

Product Description Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscape...

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(06/30/09) Product Description Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscape is the first volume of three-volume guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional water-harvesting plan specific to your site and needs. Volume 1 helps bring your site to life, reduce your cost of living, endow you with skills of self-reliance, and create living air conditioners of vegetation growing beauty, food, and wildlife habitat. Stories of people who are successfully welcoming rain into their life and landscape will invite you to do the same! About the Author Brad Lancaster has taught, designed, and consulted on the sustainable design system of permaculture and integrated...See less

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands...

Review "What a wonderful, enthusiastic book. Brad Lancaster lives what he preaches—a water-careful lifestyle that is all...

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(06/30/09) Review "What a wonderful, enthusiastic book. Brad Lancaster lives what he preaches—a water-careful lifestyle that is all about more life." -- Ben Haggard , author, sustainable systems designer and teacher Product Description Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscape is the first volume of three-volume guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional water-harvesting plan specific to your site and needs. Volume 2 builds on the information presented in volume 1, showing you how to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed how-to information and...See less

Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns,...

Review A guide to water systems that explores every facet of designing water resources wisely, efficiently, and in...

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(06/30/09) Review A guide to water systems that explores every facet of designing water resources wisely, efficiently, and in concert with nature. -- Richard Freudenberger, Executive Editor, Back Home Magazine All sorts of alternatives to your standard plastic water tank, accessible by anyone from homeowner to builder to civil engineer. -- Amy Wynn, Builders Booksource If you run a water system, for a weekend shack or a whole community, you need this book! -- Doug Pratt, Real Goods Technical Editor On average water systems, this book will pay for itself a hundred times over in errors avoided and maintenance savings. -- Zane Satterfield, P.E., National Drinking Water Clearinghouse Practical design solutions, comprehensive illustrations, and plenty of photos—a thorough treatment of a topic that’s vital to our survival. -- Claire Anderson, Home Power Magazine, Mother Earth News Product Description A do-it-yourself guide to designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns and ponds, and...See less

Builder's Greywater Guide:...

Review "Any contractor, architect or homeowner interested in sustainable architecture would do well to buy and study a...

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(06/30/09) Review "Any contractor, architect or homeowner interested in sustainable architecture would do well to buy and study a copy of this book." -- Chris Prelitz, Seacrest Builders, Laguna Beach, California "Extremely helpful for interpreting the arcane language of the plumbing code for the uninitiated. Without it, many pitfalls await the unwary." -- Bahman Sheikh , Director, City of Los Angeles Greywater Pilot Project "The best guide for actual hands-on greywater system construction available. Contractors need this book, do it yourselfers will simply love it. Time saving tricks, traps to avoid, flowcharts for system selection, user education, it's all here in plain English with an easy reading style." -- Doug Pratt, Technical Products Developer, Real Goods Renewable Energy Division Product Description The Builder's Greywater Guide (a supplement to Oasis's book Create an Oasis with Greywater) will help building professionals or homeowners work within or around building codes to successfully...See less

The New Create an Oasis with...

Review "Greywater for dummies and greywater encyclopedia in one information goldmine." -- Dan Chiras, author, The New...

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(06/30/09) Review "Greywater for dummies and greywater encyclopedia in one information goldmine." -- Dan Chiras, author, The New Ecological Home; The Solar House "Ludwig is a water visionary... The most practical and complete presentation of the subject I have seen." -- Michael MacCaskey, Editor-in-Chief, National Gardening Product Description Create an Oasis describes how to quickly and easily choose, build, and use a simple greywater system. Some can be completed in an afternoon for under $30. It also provides complete instructions for more complex installations, how to deal with freezing, flooding, drought, failing septics, low perk soil, non-industrialized world conditions, coordinating a team of professionals to get optimum results on high-end projects, and "radical plumbing" that uses 90% less resources. See all Editorial ReviewsSee less

Shelter

In times past people built their own homes, grew their own food, made their own clothes. Knowledge of the building...

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(06/30/09) In times past people built their own homes, grew their own food, made their own clothes. Knowledge of the building crafts and other skills of providing life's basic needs were generally passed along from father to son, mother to daughter, master to apprentice. Then with industrialization and the population shift from country to cities, this knowledge was put aside and much of it has now been lost. We have seen an era of unprecedented prosperity in America based upon huge amounts of foreign and domestic resources and fueled by finite reserves of stored energy. And as we have come to realize in recent years, we are running out. Materials are scarce, fuel is in short supply, and prices are escalating. To survive, one is going to have to be either rich or resourceful. Either more dependent upon, or freer from centralized production and controls. The choices arc not clear-cut, for these are complex times. But it is obvious that the more we can do for ourselves, the greater will our...See less

Desert Gardens (Hardcover)

From Booklist Levick's 100 opulent color photographs capture the beauty of 18 private and public desert gardens in...

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(06/28/09) From Booklist Levick's 100 opulent color photographs capture the beauty of 18 private and public desert gardens in southern California. Among them are the garden in the Los Angeles City Zoo (200 species of cacti and other succulents), the Huntington Desert Garden in San Marino (3,000 species), and the Balboa Park Cactus Gardens in San Diego with hundreds of species. Lyons, a much respected drought-tolerant garden designer, gives an informative history of the desert garden from the 1880s (the "cactus craze" era) to the present, and offers readers a personal tour of all 18. He apologizes for the excessive use of botanical names, explaining that many of the plants are so unusual that common names for them do not exist. This beautiful book also includes a garden directory, giving the addresses and visiting hours of the nine gardens open to the public. George Cohen Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Product Description Whether explosive displays of columnar cacti...See less

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to...

* Paperback: 240 pages * Publisher: Chelsea Green; Ill edition (April 1, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1890132527...

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(01/04/08) * Paperback: 240 pages * Publisher: Chelsea Green; Ill edition (April 1, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1890132527 * ISBN-13: 978-1890132521 * Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches * Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) * Average Customer Review: (39 customer reviews) * Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,183 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?)See less

Small Urban Interiors: 500...

* Paperback: 420 pages * Publisher: Universe Publishing (October 4, 2002) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0789306670 *...

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(01/03/08) * Paperback: 420 pages * Publisher: Universe Publishing (October 4, 2002) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0789306670 * ISBN-13: 978-0789306678 * Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.8 x 1.1 inches * Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) * Average Customer Review: (10 customer reviews) * Amazon.com Sales Rank: #273,029 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)See less

New Mexico Gardener's Guide:...

* Paperback: 240 pages * Publisher: Cool Springs Press; Revised ed. edition (January 20, 2005) * Language: English *...

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(01/03/08) * Paperback: 240 pages * Publisher: Cool Springs Press; Revised ed. edition (January 20, 2005) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1591861179 * ISBN-13: 978-1591861171 * Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches * Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) * Average Customer Review: (3 customer reviews) * Amazon.com Sales Rank: #384,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?)See less