This popular series for gardeners covers both popular and exotic plant groups. Each title is written by an expert gardener, breeder, or horticulturist having intimate familiarity with the species covered. Crisp photographs, charts, and indexes permit the reader to gain a total awareness of each plant's needs. View More...
Where did we come from? Though researchers have done much work on this question in recent years, the answer remains elusive. In The Spark of Life, Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada examine the enduring mysteries surrounding life's origin: Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Were they based on RNA, DNA, or on something we would hardly recognize today? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of "the source"-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant and c... View More...
Where did we come from? Though researchers have done much work on this question in recent years, the answer remains elusive. In The Spark of Life, Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada examine the enduring mysteries surrounding life's origin: Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Were they based on RNA, DNA, or on something we would hardly recognize today? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of "the source"-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant and c... View More...
The EArliest Surviving Autobiography in English, the Unique Account (dated 1436-8) of the Extraordinary Life, Travels And Revelations Of Margery Kempe, A Norfolk England Housewife And Mother, Pilgrim, Prophet And Visionary View More...