About this product: Damselflies and Dragonflies are ancient life forms that also happen to be some of the most colorful and interesting species of insects in Northeast America and throughout the world. Breathtaking and painstakingly accurate illustrations and identification knowledge invaluable. Page for page one of the most accurate and valuable field books you can own.
About this product: With complete profiles taken directly from the latest edition of Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges—2008, this directory is of special interest to students who plan to restrict their college hunt to schools in the Northeast. It provides the latest facts, figures, and fees for all accredited four-year colleges and universities in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Each profile presents up-to-date facts and figures on:
Student body and faculty size and makeup
Tuition and fees
Programs of study
Housing and general accommodations
Library and computer facilities
Student life, sports, extracurricular activities, and more
Like Barron’s complete Profiles of American Colleges, this directory assesses each school according to its degree of competitiveness, from Noncompetitive to Most Competitive. It also cites an admissions contact by name and provides the school’s mailing and e-mail addresses.
About this product: See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a dog or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a skunk or a mountain lion? Scats and Tracks of the Northeast will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have passed your way and could still be nearby.
Clearly written descriptions and illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns will help you recognize seventy Northeastern species. An identification key, a glossary of tracking terms, and detailed instructions on how to document your finds are also included here. Easy-to-use scat and track measurements appear on each page, making this book especially field friendly and letting you know if a double-crested cormorant, a red fox, or even a black bear has been your way.
About this product: This is a nice picture ID book of waterbirds. It is not a substitute for a good Field Guide. I use it to refresh my memory every season - it's a quick way to review the different species.
About this product: This figurative stroll through the garden brims with wonderful observations and practical tips on when, how, and what to plant throughout the seasons. "Brings together the authority of an experienced horticulturalist and the grace of a fine writer."--Michael Pollan, author of Second Nature. Line drawings throughout.
Meticulously researched, accurate, and informative—the paper models and lessons in this book will help you teach about Native American tribes of the Northeast. Focusing mainly on the pre-colonial period, students will learn where different tribes lived, about tribal histories and cultures, and how different peoples met their needs for shelter, clothing, food, transportation, and more. Each reproducible model comes with easy how-to’s, a step by step lesson, and extension activities.
About this product: This is one of the most beautiful books I have EVER seen in print. There are over 110 prints of Ray Ellis' paintings in this book and they are all of frameable quality...which is why it is so hard to find a complete copy. Walter Cronkite wrote the story that accompanies this beautiful book and he is a master at the craft. This a coffee table sized book that will draw everyone inside!
About this product: "New France" consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th century. At its peak in the early 18th century its territory was huge, stretching from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico. This title reviews the lengthy chain of forts built to guard the French frontier in the American northeast from the province of Quebec through New York State to Pennsylvania and Indiana. Among the sites examined are forts Chambly, St. Frédéric (Crown Point), Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), Ouiatenon (Quebec) and Vincennes (IN).
These forts, some of them well-preserved and popular tourist destinations, ranged from large and elaborate, stone-built structures with classic, Vauban-style elements, to little more than cabins surrounded by stockades. Some, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest forms. Formerly Senior Curator with National Historic Sites of Canada, historian René Chartrand examines the different fort-types and the French military technology that went into their construction, and describes the strategic vision that led to their construction, their part in the conflicts with the British colonies in the east and the Indian nations of the interior, and their effect on trade.
About this product: Saltwater Flies of the Northeast is all about productive saltwater patterns of the Northeast--flies that are designed to consistently catch fish. Intended to serve as a reference guide for both beginning and advanced fly anglers and fly tiers, this book is also a window on the world of some of the region's most successful fly fishermen.
Angelo Peluso profiles the exceptional flies of more than 100 professional and amateur tiers, guides and captains. Their designs and patterns have been successfully fished regionally--from the southern tip of New Jersey up through the rugged coastline of Maine, and most all locations in between. Within these pages are the "go-to" designs that each contributing fly tier, professional guide and captain uses when the going gets tough.
With its beautiful photographs and stunning artwork, including its unique computer-generated cover, this book is worthy of being on display. It's also practical, with descriptions and recipes for more than 400 of today's most effective Northeast saltwater fly patterns. An indispensable guide for fly tying, Saltwater Flies of the Northeast is a "must-have" for the serious or aspiring saltwater fly tier and fly angler.
About this product: When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the fourth Union occupation of Jacksonville. Writing in clear, engaging prose, Daniel Schafer sheds light on this oft-forgotten theatre of war and details the dynamic racial and cultural factors that led to Florida's engagement on behalf of the South. He investigates how fears about the black population increased and held sway over whites, seeking out the true motives behind both the state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before the war's end. "From the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction, Thunder on the River" offers the history of a city and a region precariously situated as a major center of commerce on the brink of frontier Florida. Historians and Civil War aficionados alike will not want to miss this important addition to the literature.
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