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Sequence Alignment: Methods, Models, Concepts, and Strategies

Sequence Alignment: Methods, Models, Concepts, and Strategies


Michael S. Rosenberg



Sequence Alignment: Methods, Models, Concepts, and Strategies...
Watershed Dynamics

Watershed Dynamics


William S. Carlsen



Watershed Dynamics...
Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land

Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land


W. D. Wetherell



From Approaching his fifty-fifth birthday, Wetherell felt he needed to take stock of his life and that Yellowstone Natio...
A Grouse Hunter's Almanac: The Other Kind of Hunting

A Grouse Hunter's Almanac: The Other Kind of Hunting


Mark Parman



From Publishers Weekly In the past five years, Latin America's new cadre of leftist leaders have been struggling to shake...
The Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present, and Future

The Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present, and Future


Andrew S. Goudie



The new edition of this classic student text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the major environmental issues fa...
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations


David R. Montgomery



From Publishers Weekly Montgomery (King of Fish), a geomorphologist who studies how landscapes change through time, argue...
Wildlife in Asia: Cultural Perspectives

Wildlife in Asia: Cultural Perspectives


John Knight



Wildlife in Asia: Cultural Perspectives...
100 Reasons to Be Glad

100 Reasons to Be Glad


Losada



From Publishers Weekly Lieutenant Bak and his Medjay police at Buhen fortress?southern Egypt during the 18th Dynasaty?are...
No One Gardens Alone: A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence

No One Gardens Alone: A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence


Emily Herring Wilson



From Publishers Weekly Gardening seems a solitary endeavor, perfect for those who like to be alone with nature without le...
Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us

Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us


Pat Norris



Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us...
Nature-inspired informatics for intelligent applications and knowledge discovery: implications in business, science, and engineering

Nature-inspired informatics for intelligent applications and knowledge discovery: implications in business, science, and engineering


Raymond Chiong



This second edition of Modeling and Computation of Boundary Layer Flows extends the topic to include compressible flows includi...
Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living

Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living


Eliot Wigginton



Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living...
The Practice of the Wild: Essays

The Practice of the Wild: Essays


Gary Snyder



From Publishers Weekly Essayist and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Snyder ( Turtle Island ) offers nine sensitive and though...
The Coasts of Carolina: Seaside to Sound Country

The Coasts of Carolina: Seaside to Sound Country


Bland Simpson, Scott D. Taylor



Bird lovers, take heart! While the birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic ...
Evolution on Planet Earth: Impact of the Physical Environment (Vol 1)

Evolution on Planet Earth: Impact of the Physical Environment (Vol 1)


Adrian Lister, Lynn Rothschild



"An excellent text for introductory courses in biology, geology, and evolution."- SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST (May 2006)"The entrie...
Water: The Causes, Costs, and Future of a Global Crisis

Water: The Causes, Costs, and Future of a Global Crisis


Julian Caldecott



When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? W...
With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change

With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change


Fred Pearce



From Publishers Weekly Pearce (When the Rivers Run Dry) presents some climate modelers' frightening predictions about the conseq...
Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives


Mike Smith, Peter Hiscock, Peter Veth



Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an overview of hunter-gatherers in desert landscapes. Written by an internati...
Canoe Country Wildlife: A Field Guide to the North Woods and Boundary Waters

Canoe Country Wildlife: A Field Guide to the North Woods and Boundary Waters


Mark Stensaas



Warblers, wolves, and whirligig beetles-the creatures of the canoe country come alive in Canoe Country Wildlife. In this read-al...
Better, Not Bigger: How To Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community

Better, Not Bigger: How To Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community


Eben V. Fodor



If you have had enough of endless growth, and want to do something about it, then Better NOT Bigger: How to Take Control of Urban ...
How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics

How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics


David B. Fogel, Zbigniew Michalewicz



Review The March 2002 issue of ACMs Computing Reviews identifies a review of "How to Solve It" as the best review they published i...
Chemical evolution and the origin of life

Chemical evolution and the origin of life


Horst Rauchfuss, T. N. Mitchell



The recent dramatic growth of research into the origins of life has led to the formation of a new, interdisciplinary branch of sci...
Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture

Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture


Bruce Winterhalder, Douglas J. Kennett



This innovative volume is the first collective effort by archaeologists and ethnographers to use concepts and models from human be...
Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution

Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution


David Rains Wallace



From Publishers Weekly If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this excellent work proves that a mural is worth 300 pages. ...