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The eclectic stories in this anthology speak to our changing climate and degrading environment--the transformation of our world from green to grey. Some stories are sardonic, treating environmental icons and…
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Alexander Pushkin
Only edition in print of the complete letters by Alexander Pushkin, brilliantly translated by Professor J. Thomas Shaw. This edition is fully annotated and completes Alma Pushkin Collection.
Thomas a Shaw
This book tells the story of the La Salle mission, a Jesuit mission established in the Mississippi valley in the 17th century. The mission aimed to convert the indigenous population…
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This informative guide provides practical tips and advice for cultivating and utilizing various forage crops beyond just grasses. Shaw's expertise in agriculture shines through in this comprehensive guide, making it…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
This travelogue from the 18th century describes the author's journey through the Barbary Coast (modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) and the eastern Mediterranean. The book offers descriptions of people…
First published in 1738, this classic travelogue follows the adventures of eighteenth-century scholar Thomas Shaw as he travels through the Middle East and North Africa. Shaw's keen eye for detail…
A practical guide to farming and crop management from the early twentieth century. Written by Thomas Shaw, an agricultural expert and author of numerous books on farming and animal husbandry…
This practical guide provides essential information for anyone involved in the care of sheep, from farmers to hobbyists. Drawing from his experience as a veterinarian and livestock expert, Shaw covers…
This book is a comprehensive guide to the art and science of farming in arid environments. Thomas Shaw draws on his years of experience as a farmer to share practical…
This comprehensive guide to sheep husbandry is an invaluable resource for farmers, ranchers, and anyone interested in animal husbandry. Shaw's writing is both practical and informative, providing detailed instructions on…
This early work on cultivated crops is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details of the methods of growing corn, sorghums, potatoes, field beans…
This volume contains a guide to ploughing, with particular focus on ploughing on dry land farms. Areas covered within this text include making seed beds, useful materials, equipment, technique, when…
This text contains a concise guide to keeping livestock on dry land farms, with information on keeping horses, cattle, and sheep. Written in clear, simple language and filled with interesting…
This antique volume contains a detailed treatise on crop rotation on dry farms. Discussed within this text are such topics as: the importance of rotation in dry areas, methodology, equipment…
This early work on grain crops is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains information on the methods of growing grain crops in dry areas…
This early work on hay and pasture crops is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains information on the methods of crop cultivation in dry…
This book contains a detailed and concise guide to maintaining fertility and humus on dry land farms. Written in clear, simple language and full of interesting information and helpful tips…
This vintage book is a beginners' guide to growing trees and fruits in dry areas, with information on common problems, different types of trees, tools and equipment, and many other…
This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive exposition on the feeding and management of sheep. Complete with detailed discussion, and a wealth of interesting and practicable information, this text constitutes a…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
The activities encompassing mechanical flight and the aircraft industry are known as aviation. It includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types of aircraft, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, lighter-than-air aircraft such as…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Tom Shaw weaves a tale of boyhood exploits on Baltimore's sandlots, in the Army and in semi-pro ball as he earned the title of World's Oldest Teenager as a visionary…
Sal vet cattle book. This book, Sal vet cattle book, by Thomas Shaw, is a replication of a book originally published before 1913. It has been restored by human beings…
