"A comprehensive illustrated guide to the lichens of North America Explores more than 400 species of lichens, alongside full-color photos Shows the ways that Indigenous peoples of North America have traditionally used lichens for food, clothing, dye, paint, and medicine Explains ...
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"In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore - old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child. Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed. Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a s...
"Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: it drastically slows the aging process. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his f...
"This collection offers 16 original essays on Nobel laureate Alice Munro's writings, providing an enlightening range of approaches and interpretive strategies by her most eminent critics. The essays cover the entirety of Munro's career, from the first stories she published as an ...
Step outside with Caroline Hyde-Brown and learn how to find natural materials to great beautiful fiber art. Suitable for all levels and abilities, find a wealth of instruction and inspiration on how to incorporate naturally foraged materials such as leaves, grasses, lichen and dr...
"An introduction to the hidden world of Lichens. The book first introduces lichens - what they are, how they reproduce and grow, what they can do - and then provides a survey of 38 interesting lichen species found around the world. Published in collaboration with the Canadian Mus...
Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an op...
"In images that are as exquisite as any art, this stunning collection unearths some of the most unique photographs of flowers, trees, grasses, and other plants ever created, all made possible by the electron microscope. It not only allows us to appreciate the beauty of seeds, pet...
A painting with twenty-two species of animals (polar bears , walruses, beluga, ringed seals, musk oxen, dall sheep, arctic terns, caribou, arctic wolves, arctic char, snowy owl, arctic hare, puffins, snow geese, sandhill crane, arctic foxes, willow ptarmigan, red-necked phalarope...
High Country: A forbidding Arctic-like environment exists on the Rockies' summits. An amazing variety of plants and animals are able to grow and survive there despite the winter cold, the incessant winds and the harsh sunlight. Lichens grow on bare rockfaces, and tenacious alpine...
"Science gets the stitched treatment in this stunning science book from textile artist Lauren Wright Vartanian. During the pandemic, Lauren started stitching an ABC book of science, but it soon became clear that some of the topics she was exploring were too advanced for your aver...
Lucy Stone is in the doghouse-with her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Prudence Pratt. It seems that Kudo, the Stones' misbehaving mutt, has developed a taste for Mrs. Pratt's blue-ribbon winning chickens, as well an escape artist's talent for sneaking out. With the Fourth of July comin...