Product Description: At the age of 63, in August 2008, the author withdrew from the practice of law to go back to Kindergarten and observe his wife, Karen, commence her 33rd consecutive year teaching Kindergarten in Room 1 at Grover Beach Elementary School and where, over the next three years, until her retirement in June of 2011, he confirmed her beatific nature, the majesty of her teaching and the beauty of the angels in her care...read more

Product Description: Remarks by JVS. Volumes 1 and 2 of Feldspar Minerals were published in 1974, but Volume 3 was not completed because I was forced to devote 3 years to the resolution of unforeseen problems in the construction of an ion probe. By 1977, the incomplete draft for Volume 3 had become obsolete because of the enormous advances in knowledge of feldspars, particularly those in lunar rocks and meteorites, and in both deep-seated and ancient terrestrial rocks...read more

Presents subject reviews, two full-length practice tests with answer explanations, and tips on strategies to help maximize performance.

Product Description: This bibliography is a comprehensive compilation of the literature on ant systematics. Covering the period 1758 to 1995, it contains entries for approximately 8,000 publications on the taxonomy, evolution, and comparative biology of ants...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Brown, William L.

Cartoons target contemporary political and social themes, from middle class lifestyles to arms negotiations

Product Description: Describing all of Colombia's birds, Steven Hilty and William Brown bring together information on one of the world's largest avifaunas-nearly 1,700 species. Over half of all the species of birds in South America are included, thus making the book useful in regions adjacent to Colombia, as well as in the country itself...read more

Product Description: The feldspars form the most abundant group of minerals in the crust of the Earth and Moon and also occur in many meteo­ rites. They playa fundamental role in all rock-forming processes at shallow depths, but are rare or absent from the upper mantle...read more