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Ethnobotany: A Modern Perspective

Author(s): Rani Vajravelu

Ethnobotany: A Modern Perspective focuses on the indigenous plants and their impact on modern society. It discusses more than 260 plants that originated in different parts of the world and how they relate to human lives every day. This comprehensive text is built on the indigenous plants used around...

Navajo Traditional Stories and the Science of Geology

Author(s): Dale Nations, Max Goldtooth, Henry Haven

The three authors of this book vary greatly in backgrounds and experience but share in the love of the land and a desire to impart their knowledge of it. Comparisons are made of the rock record of geologic events known to geologists, to the legends in stories known to traditional Navajos. Ages and e...

Applied Engineering Experiments

Author(s): Aixi Zhou

The applied engineering experiments in this book are designed to cover some fundamental hands-on skills in engineering practice. Topics include metrology for dimensional and temperature measurements, properties and behavior of solid materials, properties and behavior of fluids, and product design an...

A Variorum Commentary on the Poems of John Milton: Volume 3 Samson Agonistes Duquesne University Press Hardcover

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Over a span of three centuries, scholarly work dedicated to Milton's Samson Agonistes has gradually evolved, reflecting changing critical interpretations within historical contexts. This variorum edition of the poem, the first since 1809, gathers together all significant contributions to understandi...