A basic cookbook, providing numerous suggestions for planning meals and recipes for a variety of dishes (view table of contents)

Walking around, a young puppy sees his mother, a tortoise, a duckling, a squirrel, and his sister, who is nibbling on a twig

Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life

Harlequin Presents #1213. Out of print VINTAGE book.

Introduces the three types of seashore and the creatures and features of each, and presents related experiments (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This third edition of Essentials of Oceanography conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students taking the introductory course. It is a streamlined version of his best-selling Oceanography text, but was created specifically to meet the needs of the shorter course...read more

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Product Description: This book looks at Florida's ocean as a habitat, a community of elaborate mini-creatures swimming next to bulky saltwater giants. Drifting alongside these living creatures are inanimate objects--bottles, nurdles, rafts, toys and tar blobs--lost or tossed from cargo ships...read more

XML and Java(tm): Developing Web Applications is a tutorial that will teach Web developers, programmers, and system engineers how to create robust XML business applications for the Internet using the Java technology. The authors, a team of IBM XML experts, introduce the essentials of XML and Java development, from a review of basic concepts to thorough coverage of advanced techniques. Using a step-by-step approach, this book illustrates real-world implications of XML and Java technologies as they apply to Web applications. Readers should have a basic understanding of XML as well as experience in writing simple Java programs. XML and Java enables you to: * Develop Web business applications using XML and Java through real-world examples and code * Quickly obtain XML programming skills * Become familiar with Document Object Models (DOM) and the Simple API for XML (SAX) * Understand the Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) system design using XML and Document Type Definition (DTD), including * coverage on automating business-to-business message exchange * Leverage JavaBean components * Learn a hands-on, practical orientation to XML and Java XML has strong support from industry giants such as IBM, Sun, Microsoft, and Netscape. Java, with its "write once, run anywhere" capabilities, is a natural companion to XML for building the revolutionary Internet applications described in this book. XML and Java demonstrates how developers can harness the power of these technologies to develop effective Web applications. If you want to learn Java-based solutions for implementing key XML features--including parsing, document generation, object tree manipulation, and document processing--there is no better resource than this book. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Eight Cassettes, 10 hoursContains: Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and THE Lost WorldThe collection is sure to please avid Crichton fans and new listeners alike.  These three audios are offered at 40% off the indivial retail price...read more

Product Description: Garrison's clear and current ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY is based on his bigger Oceanography text. However, unlike competing books, which are simply abbreviated versions of a larger text, ESSENTIALS is crafted specifically to meet the needs of the shorter course, with less biology and a total of 15 chapters...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Documents Captain Guyan March's ill-fated voyage above the Fantome during Hurricane Mitch, a category-five storm identified as the worst in western hemisphere history. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A world-class explorer and diver offers an evocative study of the lure, thrills, and danger of scuba diving from the perspective of the tragic true story of the deaths of Chris and Chrisy Rouse, a father and son, from decompression sickness during a deep-sea accident. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.

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Product Description: ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 7e provides a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use, and the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet...read more

Provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use and the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet. This book includes information on topics such as upwelling, tsunamis, and the ocean-related environmental issues.