"In fundamental ways, the functioning of all living systems obeys the laws of physics and chemistry. This is true for all physiological processes that occur inside cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. This new edition of a classic text has been throughly revised while maintaining its unparalleled commitment to the clear presentation and student user-friendliness. Certain to maintain its leading role in the teaching of general and comparative physiological principles, Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, 2nd Edition establishes a new standard of excellence in the teaching of quantitative plant physiology."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Drawing on the example set by feminists, this textbook explores the problems of pursuing lesbian and gay political agendas within the present structure of democracy." "Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author connects the analysis of lesbian and gay identities in sociology and cultural studies with the analysis of democracy in political theory. This paves the way for a consideration of the implications of sociological theories of sexuality for democratic theory and practice."--Jacket.
"Original photographs and essays on more than forty Chicago-area residences, religious institutions, and public and commercial buildings, focusing on the structures' interiors and the stories behind them"--
"Notes Smith, a landscape designer and gardening columnist, the front garden is the "stepchild" of garden design, all too often overlooked as a no-man's-land between street and front door. And since houses today are situated on smaller and smaller lots, and backyards--if present at all--may be unsuited to horticulture, she argues that a front yard is too precious to waste on the tract of lawn and dreary foundation plantings endemic to suburbs from coast to coast. After a brief survey of American front-yard "traditions," she gives trenchant hands-on advice on designing a front garden, covering such practical matters as siting paths, screening unpleasant views, and whether to employ a landscape architect or garden designer. The chapter "A Public or Private Front Yard?" explores how to use man-made structures and plantings to create either type. Nine exemplary gardens across the country are detailed; although some are professionally designed for well-to-do clients, others are, refreshingly, made by the "get dirty" gardeners and not beyond the skills or means--of the average homeowner. Clearly written, elegantly produced, this book is sure to melt the winter doldrums and inspire readers to rework their front gardens at the first hint of spring. Photos. Better Homes and Gardens, Rodale Book Club, and Garden Book Club alternate."--Publishers Weekly.
Then is the record of a remarkable life and the people with whom it was lived. Spies, fashion designers, aristocrats, dancers, editors, publishers, and Nobel laureates come and go in this photographic chronicle of half a century. The cast of characters includes Baryshnikov, Brodsky, Braque, Chanel, Raymond Lowey, Picasso, Dior, Horowitz, Jasper Johns, Truman Capote, Babe and Bill Paley, Irving Penn, and many other talented friends and family members. Alexander Liberman began taking photographs as a boy in revolutionary Moscow, and he has kept his camera with him throughout his life. He is a distinguished sculptor and painter, but has also spent much of his life making magazines. As he notes in his introduction, perhaps a million photographs - other people's photographs - have passed under his discerning gaze. "I look at a sheet of contacts for the unplanned, unpremeditated vision," Liberman says. Most of his own photographs were unplanned, in that they were taken to document a moment, but they reveal a life full of charm and valor and creative energy, and a time that shaped the world we know now.
Physicochemical and environmental plant physiology by Park S. Nobel | Literally Just Books
