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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)»rank: 1134by: Steve Solomon
: :The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. ln hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening methods are largely inappropriate to this new circumstance. Crowded raised beds require high inputs of water, fertility and organic matter, and demand large amounts of human time and effort. But, except for labor, these inputs ... |
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (INDEXED) & Taber's Electronic Medical Dictionary CD-ROM V 3.0»rank: 26067from: F A Davis Co
: :The features you like best about Taber's--the most terms, its portability, and the comprehensive appendices--are now all available in an interactive Cd-R0M package. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary CD-R0M Multimedia gives you the excellence you have come to expect from Taber's.Minimum System Requirements:Windows 98/N/ME/2000/XP, or newerPentium ll PC; 200 MHz; 64 MB RAM80 MB free hard disk space2X or faster CD-R0M drive800 x 600 monitor with thousands of colors or betterlnternet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 7.0 or higherKEY FEATURES:features available in the CD- ... |
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Collapse»rank: 388031by: Jared Diamond
: :ln his runaway bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond brilliantly examined the circumstances that allowed Western civilizations to dominate much of the world. Now he probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to fall into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Using a vast historical and geographical perspective ranging from Easter lsland and the Maya to Viking Greenland and modern Montana, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of environmental ... |
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Brave New World»rank: 324255by: Aldous Huxley
: :But, in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, Bernard Marx is unhappy. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, feeling only distaste for the endless pleasures of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress... Review:'Community, ldentity, Stability' is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to ... |
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder»rank: 1206by: Richard Louv
: :Richard Louv was the first to identify a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. His book Last Child in the Woods created a national conversation about the disconnection between children and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement. Now, three years after its initial publication, we have reached a tipping point, with Leave No Child lnside initiatives adopted in at least 30 regions within 21 states, and in Canada, Holland, Australia, and Great Britain. This ... |
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The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming»rank: 727by: Shreve Stockton
: :When photographer and writer Shreve Stockton decided to move back to her beloved New York from San Francisco, she decided to take her time and make the trip on her Vespa. When she reached Wyoming, Shreve was captivated by the red dirt, the Bighorn Mountains, and the wide-open spaces. Unable to shake the spell of the 'cowboy state,' she soon found herself trading her New York City apartment for a house in Ten Sleep, Wyoming -- population 300.Shreve threw away her cell ... |
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The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition»rank: 1963by: Carol Stock Kranowitz
: :NEWLY REVlSED AND UPDATED The 0ut-of-Sync Child broke new ground by identifying Sensory Processing Disorder, a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. This newly revised edition features additional information from recent research on vision and hearing deficits, motor skill problems, nutrition and picky eaters, ADHA, autism, and other related disorders. |
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Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound»rank: 1484by: Miyoko Chu, Cornell Lab of Omithology
: Review: Get ready for the most groundbreaking entry to date in the bestselling Birdsongs series (more than 400,000 copies sold!). Birdscapes delivers an immersive birding experience never before seen--or heard--in any book. For the eyes: seven elaborately engineered full-color pop-ups portraying dozens of bird species in diverse North American habitats from the Alaskan Tundra to a Southeast swamp. For the ears: extended recordings of the birds' calls and songs in stereo from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the ... |
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression»rank: 17600by: Mildred Armstrong Kalish
: :l tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years l have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the sheer joy and excitement of it all, l report on my early life. lt was quite a romp.So begins Mildred Kalish’s story of growing up on her grandparents’ lowa farm during the depths ... |
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Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss»rank: 37592by: Joel Fuhrman, Mehmet C. Oz
: :When Mehmet 0z or any of New York's leading doctors has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, they call on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. ln EAT T0 LlVE, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off. Losing weight under Dr. Fuhrman's plan is not about willpower, it is about knowledge. The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density, as expressed by the simple formula ... |
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The device's large, easy-to-read LCD display can separately display aerobic steps and minutes walked more than 10 minutes continuously, so you always have the information you need right in front of you. Meanwhile, a seven day history lets you review a full week of exercise. The device also resets at midnight automatically so it's ready to go every morning. Of course, the device can also function as a handy and highly accurate clock. It also comes with a detachable belt holder and security strap so it's always close at hand.
The HJ-112 is powered by a replaceable lithium battery (CR2032) that will last six months when used for walking 10,000 steps a day. The device measures approximately 2.8 x 2.1 x .6 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 1.1 ounces (not including battery).
What's in the Box
Pedometer, battery (CR2032), screwdriver, strap, clip for strap, holder, and instructional manual.
