Following the destruction of 95% of meadows during the twentieth century, there is an urgent need to understand what little unspoiled habitat remains in order to plan the management and restoration of existing sites, as well as re-creating future grassland habitats. This book is a much-needed guide to grassland restoration and management. Providing a thorough overview of recent research on grassland restoration and its implications for practical grassland restoration and management, it introduces grassland communities and the wildlife they support, including examples of species of conservation concern, and considers the management of semi-natural grassland habitats with particular emphasis on drier grassland habitats. Chapters cover: - Grassland character and communities - Introduction to grassland wildlife - Managing semi-natural grassland - Grassland restoration - threats and challenges - Opportunities in grassland restoration - Plant material for grassland restoration - Defining success in grassland restoration.A variety of management techniques are examined, including soil amendment, cultivation, harvesting and maintenance in creating suitable conditions for the successful restoration of species-rich grasslands. It is essential reading for conservationists, site owners or managers, practitioners, conservation organizations and students of ecological restoration with an interest in the creation of new grassland habitats, the restoration of semi-natural grassland, as well as the continuing management of semi-natural (unimproved) grassland communities.

Product Description: Driftwood is the second book in the Supernatural Tales series. Jane Mellows and her daughter Megan had escaped the city to start a new life in the picturesque harbour town of New London, Massachusetts. Out in the dark waters of the bay an ancient evil stirs...read more

Product Description: The Burning is the first part of a series of novellas and novels from the 'The Supernatural Tales' series by a new name in horror and fiction; Peter Buckley. A band of marauding cowboys leave death and destruction as they travel the plains of the west...read more

Product Description: Fully updated to cover the iPhone 5 and iOS6, the bestselling Rough Guide to the iPhone is the ultimate guide to the definitive gadget of our time. The full color guide shows you how to make the most of the iPhone 5's unique blend of fun and function...read more

Product Description: Fully updated to cover the iPhone 5 and iOS6, the bestselling Rough Guide to the iPhone is the ultimate guide to the definitive gadget of our time. The full color guide shows you how to make the most of the iPhone 5's unique blend of fun and function...read more

Product Description: Discover the 500 finest applications your iOS was born to run. So many apps and so little time. How do you get to the best with a minimum of fuss? The Rough Guide to the Best iPhone and iPad Apps solves the problem. It pinpoints the 500 best free and paid-for applications in all major categories...read more

Product Description: Getting Hitched bypasses the confetti and taffeta to bring you the only book you will need when planning your big day. Written by a unique female/male team, it addresses both the burning questions of every bride-to-be and the smoldering fears of every potential groom...read more

Product Description: Patients' failure to complete a simple prescription course presents a tremendous public health problem and a considerable challenge for practicing clinicians. For those with chronic mental illnesses, non-adherence is an even greater problem than in other patient populations and substantially lowers the possibility of improvement or recovery...read more

Product Description: "The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard" is the essential companion to your Apple computer. Packed full of handy advice, and covering laptops as well as desktops, the guide will help you choose a Mac and get the best deal, import files and emails from an old Mac or PC, master the finer points of OSX Snow Leopard and much more...read more

An introduction to the Internet provides information on getting connected, e-mail and file transfer, newsgroups, websites, and netiquette.

Covering 'v10.5 Leopard', Apple's OS, this guide helps you choose a Mac and get the best deal, import your files and emails, master the finer points of OS X v.10.5 Leopard, download music and hook-up to an iPod. It also explains how to edit photos and movies, along with information on finding the best free software to empower your system.

A guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. It covers Apple models, including the iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and the iPod touch. It also includes a fully revamped section on iTunes and Movies/Video, including the low-down on the 'Apple TV' hardware.

Serves as a guide to MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and other online communities. From Internet connection requirements and common misconceptions to the history of the site, this title looks at MySpace basics such as getting started and creating an account to making it your own by customising your profile. It looks at MySpace blogs, vlogs and podcasts.

Product Description: Essential guide to buying, using and upgrading PCs, choosing and downloading software, and getting the most from Windows XP. Contains everything you need to know about getting the right hardware – whether you''re buying a whole system on the high-street, upgrading or even building a machine from scratch...read more

Product Description: The Rough Guide to iPod, iTunes & music online is the ultimate companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era – and an essential guide to sounds on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. It explains how to select the right model and get the best deal, how to import your CDs and manage your music library, how to digitize music from vinyl or cassette and download from the best online sites and storesas well as much much more...read more

Compiles career biographies of over 1,200 artists and rock music reviews written by fans covering every phase of rock from R&B through punk and rap.

An introduction to the Internet provides information on getting connected, e-mail and file transfer, newsgroups, websites, and netiquette.

Product Description: Forget about the millennium. It’s now! What about the 22nd Century? What will the DNA alchemists, info age whizzes and the super-pure activists have done to sanitize our poor old world by then. THE FORMULA is that story seen through the eyes of a lost flier who's stretched life a bit with a life-extending elixir of exotic plants found hidden away in the upper Amazon...read more

Provides a layperson's overview of personal computers, covering hardware, software, operating systems, peripherals, and tips on buying a PC. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Uses a principles and practices approach to creating, transplanting and managing, as conservation areas, ecosystems in urban, industrial or agricultural settings of environmental stress. Distinguished contributors from diverse disciplines and experience describe how and why habitat reconstruction should be attempted and what can be achieved...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)