Entomology and palynology

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Bradford Angier

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.--Publisher description.

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Stephen Leigh

Containing three novels in one volume, this exciting book follows the Hoorka - a guild of assassins with a single law: if the victim can survive until dawn, he or she may go free, as they deal with some unpleasant consequences of their own ethics.

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Anne Baudier

Les informations nécessaires pour identifier les principaux insectes d'Europe : caractéristiques, habitat, conditions de vie, alimentation, rôle dans la nature, reproduction. Des pages de jeux et d'activités en fin d'ouvrage.

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Ted Dekker

Seventeen-year-old Nyah Parks is a genius hacker who makes a living by cracking the firewalls of the world's largest corporations. But when the biggest job of her life goes wrong, she's plunged into a desperate situation with only one way out: one last hack that will either save her or kill her.