books about: exotic

books about: exotic

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Exotic

Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants

William Cullina

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Wonderful book for a newbie to Orchids
This book explains it all. From lighting to the different kind of Orchid. I recommend it highly to someone looking into starting their own Orchid collection or even those with years of experience with these wonderful plants. Has terrific colored illustrations as ...

The Field Guide to Safari Animals: Explore Exotic Africa (Field Guides)
Paul Beck

Silver Dolphin Books, 2008

Young explorers embark on the safari adventure of a lifetime with this fabulous faux-journal, ?written? in 1924 by fictional naturalist Rebecca Mayhew. Through her journal entries, youngsters accompany Mayhew as she explores mysterious Africa, from tracking lions in Nairobi to watching white rhinos in Pretoria to marveling at the birth of a baby ...

The Exotic Kitchens of Peru

Copeland Marks

M. Evans and Company, Inc., 2001

Best Peruvian Cookbook
My wife is from northern Peru, and she introduced me to Peruvian cuisine. Everyone I know who has been to Peru says it has the world's greatest food, and I agree. I've asked cooks in Peru to teach me the recipes: they don't use cookbooks and they don't measure ...

Best Exotic Baby Names: New, Historical, Ancient, Mystical

Allison Jones

Neoteric Pubns, 2008

Best Exotic Baby Names
Best Exotic Baby Names: New, Historical, Ancient, Mystical This book is perfect! We are expecting our baby in the Spring and are looking for a name that is meaningful and unique. We found 4 names right away that we're considering now! This book is the most ...

Exotic Ethiopian Cooking : Sociey, Culture, Hospitality, and Traditions. Revised Extended Edition. 178 Tested ...

Daniel J. Mesfin

Ethiopian Cookbook Enterprises, 1994

A sincere and genuine effort...
I give this book 5 stars, because it has so much cultural history in it, because it is a genuine, truly sincere effort, and because it is so vast; it truly has *a lot* of recipes. The injera recipe is difficult to recreate, as are many of the amts. of ingredients ...

How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques (Motorbooks Workshop)

JoAnn Bortles

Motorbooks, 2007

This book is a great buy!
I'll start off by saying I keep picking up this book over and over. The Troubleshooting chapter is so detailed. It covers nearly every problem I have ever had with an airbrush. I have other airbrush books and none of them have this much "fix it" info. That one chapter ...

Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know Instructions for Life From the Everyday to the Exotic

Lauren Smith, Derek Fagerstrom

Collins Design, 2008

What a delightful way to learn how to do lots of things
I was delighted to find this little book at the store yesterday, and we decided over coffee to buy a couple of copies for presents. Lots and lots of illustrations and a wide variety of projects: How to make the perfect bed Tell time with a potato clock A color ...

Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (Wiley Finance)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Wiley, 1997

Revised edition?
Books-A_Million lists a revised edition, ISBN: 0471353477, with December, 2008, as a publication date. Their advance order price is $76.95.

Exotic Betting: How to Make the Multihorse, Multirace Bets that Win Racing's Biggest Payoffs

Steven Crist

DRF Press, 2006

Solid review of sound wagering strategies
I thought this was a pretty solid book on the proper ways to construct exotic betting tickets. I found Crist's discussions of exacta and trifecta plays to be particularly interesting. Specifically, Crist tells the player to get away from the boxes (and other "chance ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Exotic and Pole Dancing Illustrated (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

Wendy Reardon

Alpha, 2007

Awesome!
All I can say is: AWESOME! This book is so great and the step by step guides are super easy to follow. My boyfriend is REALLY happy that I made this purchase!

Supercars: The World's Most Exotic Sports Cars (Five-View)

Craig Cheetham

Motorbooks, 2006

Awesome book of awesome cars!!!
The photography and detail of this book sets it above many others. Well worth the purchase. Makes a great gift!!

Careers With Animals: Exploring Occupations Involving Dogs, Horses, Cats, Birds, Wildlife, And Exotics

Ellen Shenk

Stackpole Books, 2005

Career options range from breeding and treating animals to being a show judge or working for a zoo or aquarium
Readers who are animal lovers and who dream of working with animals often stop at the idea of being a vet: in actuality, there's so much more available, as Careers With Animals: Exploring Occupations Involving Dogs, Horses, Cats, Birds, Wildlife And Exotics ...

Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora

Willow Zuchowski

Cornell University Press, 2007

A very handy plant guide for visitors to Costa Rica
I picked up a copy of this guide (published in San Jose by Zona Tropical) at La Selva last year and consider it a worthy addition to the small library I carry in Costa Rica. I would recommend it as the most useful single volume work on Costa Rican plants. The guide ...

The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic ...

Vicki Croke

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

Stalking the Panda-Stalker
Here's a biography that reads like a novel - a love story, a detective story and an adventure story, all rolled into one. Much of it plays out in one of the most peculiar and remarkable settings ever - 1930s China - and the characters, beginning with the irrepressable ...

Reptile Medicine and Surgery

Douglas R. Mader

Saunders, 2005

Brilliant!
This is the BEST reptile book i ever had the pleasure of owning! Brilliant pictures, easy to read text and very complete tables! If you are a veterinary surgeon starting your experience on reptiles dont think twice... It was my case and i just loved it... this one ...