"You need not move to live gracefully and safely as you age. A respected author taps into expertise on how your home can be modestly renovated to ease the physical challenges and provide a great quality of life in a familiar surrounding."
"An indispensable, fully updated guide for everyone interested in identifying, studying, or conserving the flora of New England This comprehensive manual offers accurate, up-to-date, and clear information for identifying New England's remarkable array of tracheophytes (vascular plants, excluding mosses). With fully researched entries on some 3,500 native and nonnative species, the book is the first in decades to provide a complete and co ..."
"Often, when a butterfly or moth is at rest, it will be cryptic, blending very well w ith
its background, but many butterflies and moths "hedge their bets" against
escaping predation by also employing distraction patterns in the event of
discovery. Distraction patterns are evident when the insect ... Another adaptation
that serves to startle predators is the presence of eye-like spots on the wings of
various butterflies, moths, and ..."
"Driven by a professional mission to improve the quality of software and reduce complexity whenever possible, my goal was to provide an architecture that takes the quality of software to an even higher level of structural efficiency, that goal has been achieved with the Temporal Engineering of Software."
"An ingenious key system for quick, positive field identification of wildflowers, flowering shrubs and vines in Northeastern and North-central North America. Amateur and expert alike can quickly and accurately identify almost any wildflower using Lawrence Newcomb's system, which is based on natural structural features that are easily visible even to the untrained eye. Every time you see an unknown plant, ask yourself the same five ..."
A Drop of Water by GordonMorrison Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2006 by Hmh Books For Young Readers Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-618-58557-1, ISBN: 0-618-58557-5
"A child crouches beside a meadow brook, and a drop of water collects and falls from the child’s fingertip to continue on its journey. Where does that journey begin? High in the sky, rain clouds are parting. Water trickles and flows down the mountain, collecting in an upland bog, seeping through a beaver’s dam, rushing over rocks, passing many plants and animals along its winding way—each dependent on water and the different environments ..."
Nature in the Neighborhood(1st Edition) (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12) by GordonMorrison Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-35215-9, ISBN: 0-618-35215-5
"Take a stroll through the seasons with naturalist Gordon Morrison as he reveals all of the many plants and animals to be found around one’s own neighborhood. Beautiful detailed watercolors paired with clear text and captions for additional information make this a book that will be enjoyed by readers young and old."
"Features more than one hundred dinosaurs and explains how recent scientific discoveries have changed our view of the way these fascinating creatures lived. 100 color illustrations."
Nature in the Neighborhood(Reprint) by GordonMorrison Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2008 by Hmh Books For Young Readers Topaz_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-547-01548-4, ISBN: 0-547-01548-8
"In a book as beautiful as it is informative, author and nature artist Gordon Morrison reveals the diversity and abundance of life that can be found as nearby as your own backyard. As the seasons change, readers learn how the stories and life cycles of each of the plants and animal families in the neighborhood change too. Filled with lovely, detailed illustrations and overflowing with information, Nature in the Neighborhood invites reade ..."
Peterson Field Guide Coloring Books(2nd Edition) Dinosaurs (Peterson Field Guide Color-In Books) by John C. Kricher, GordonMorrison Novelty Book, 64 Pages, Published 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Coloring Book ISBN-13: 978-0-544-03255-2, ISBN: 0-544-03255-1
"From the green Proceratops to the fearsome orangy gray Tyrannosaurus rex, coloring your own field guide is the most enjoyable way to learn about dinosaurs. Each drawing is accompanied by a brief description that educates as it entertains. Place the new color stickers next to the drawings for a visual reference while coloring. Coloring the drawings helps reinforce the color, image, and shape of each dinosaur, improving your memory and pe ..."
"This book contain's Story's and Poem's written in "Boddam Doric" a form of Scot's language, about Gordon Morrison's experience's in the Inshore Fishing off the North East Coast of Scotland, even though these story's can be quite funny, all these story's are true and are written from Gordon's memories of his life in and around Boddam, a small Crab Fishing Village, born out of the Herring Fishing Industry. The Harbour was built in 1831. I ..."
Pond by GordonMorrison Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2002 by Hmh Books For Young Readers Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-0-618-10271-6, ISBN: 0-618-10271-X
"As winter melts into spring, birds return to the pond, turtles and frogs crawl out of the holes in which they buried themselves through the cold months, and the trees at the water’s edge begin to bud. Witness the array of life in and around a pond throughout the course of a year. From the giant glaciers that carved the earth and melted to create the pond, to the microscopic plankton eaten by the mussels that slowly scoot along its botto ..."
Oak Tree by GordonMorrison Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2000 by Hmh Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-395-95644-1, ISBN: 0-395-95644-7
"As the oak tree blossoms, robins and squirrels begin to build their nests, bees fly in and out of their hive, and the tree comes to life. Not only is the oak a living thing itself, it is also a habitat for other living creatures that depend on it for nesting, food, and shelter. Readers follow the tree and its inhabitants through seasons of flowering, leafing and fruiting, the return to a deep winter sleep, and the springtime reawakening ..."
"Color your own field guide and make nature come alive. Coloring your own field guide, from the delicate pink of a Roseate Spoonbill to the greenish brown of a Horseshoe Crab, is the most enjoyable way to learn about seashores. Each drawing is accompanied by a brief description that educates as it entertains. Place the new color stickers next to the drawings for a visual reference while you work. Coloring the drawings helps reinforce the ..."
" The quintessential A-Z guide, this is a book that anyone interested in birds will want to have close at hand. First published more than twenty years ago, this highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated. It captures the fundamental details as well as the immense fascination of North American bird life in a style that is authoritative, yet fresh, witty, and eminently readable. Both a practical handbook for ..."
"John C. Kricher ... The system is now used throughout the Peterson Field Guide
series. which has grown to over 40 volumes on a wide range of ... Even though
Peterson Field Guides are intended for the novice as well as the expert. there are
still many beginners who would like ... This one gives the beginner a start on the
forests of North America. from the deciduous forests of the eastern United States
to ..."
"... in the canyon walls. Arizona's distant past is also revealed in a "forest" made
entirely of rock, the Petrified Forest, east of Winslow in the northeastern part of the
state. The tall conifer trees have been dead for nearly TOO million years, their
fallen remains long since replaced by minerals, a replacement so precise that
you can still see the fine details of the bark. ... Oak Creek Canyon is filled with
hroad-leaved cottonw ..."
"John C. Kricher. Editor's. Note. In 1934. my Field Guide to the Birds first saw the
light of'day. This book was designed so that live birds could be readily identified
at a distance. by their patterns. ... The book introduced the "Peterson System."
"Companion volume to Eastern Forests, these are the first field guides that go beyond identification to interpretation, combining wildlife and plant life in a single volume, and providing today's environmentally conscious readers with insightful, intriguing ecological information. 48 color plates. 50 line drawings."