Author: Stephen Facciola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Guide to fifty categories of edible plants including fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, oils. Detailed cultivar listing for 110 major crops. Taxonomic nomenclature of families, genera and species follows that of Tanaka and Kunkel. Classification of cultivars is modified ater Lewis and Hortur Third. In three sections: botanical listings, cultivar listings, and sources.
Cornucopia
Author: Stephen Facciola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Guide to fifty categories of edible plants including fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, oils. Detailed cultivar listing for 110 major crops. Taxonomic nomenclature of families, genera and species follows that of Tanaka and Kunkel. Classification of cultivars is modified ater Lewis and Hortur Third. In three sections: botanical listings, cultivar listings, and sources.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Guide to fifty categories of edible plants including fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, oils. Detailed cultivar listing for 110 major crops. Taxonomic nomenclature of families, genera and species follows that of Tanaka and Kunkel. Classification of cultivars is modified ater Lewis and Hortur Third. In three sections: botanical listings, cultivar listings, and sources.
North American Cornucopia
Author: Ernest Small
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466585943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466585943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
A Christmas Cornucopia
Author: Mark Forsyth
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024197755X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF DRUNKENNESS Discover the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs this festive season. For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas. We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ". We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way. 'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant' Raymond Briggs 'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff' Matthew Parris
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024197755X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF DRUNKENNESS Discover the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs this festive season. For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas. We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ". We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way. 'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant' Raymond Briggs 'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff' Matthew Parris
Cornucopia at Home
Author: Eleanor Heffernan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955226144
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Contains a selection of recipes from the Cornucopia Vegetarian Wholefood Restaurant in Dublin. This book is divided into six sections which are soups, salads, main courses, desserts, breads and seasonal menus. It features recipes with consideration for the following dietary requirements: Vegan; gluten-free; yeast-free, dairy-free; and, egg-free.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955226144
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Contains a selection of recipes from the Cornucopia Vegetarian Wholefood Restaurant in Dublin. This book is divided into six sections which are soups, salads, main courses, desserts, breads and seasonal menus. It features recipes with consideration for the following dietary requirements: Vegan; gluten-free; yeast-free, dairy-free; and, egg-free.
Stamboul Ghosts
Author: John Freely
Publisher: Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
ISBN: 9780956594884
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Colorful, cosmopolitan, hard-drinking, often outrageous characters throng this rollicking memoir by the late John Freely, who moved with his family to Istanbul in 1960 and changed travel writing for good with his 1972 guide, Strolling Through Istanbul. Dozens of books on travel, history and science would follow.
Publisher: Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
ISBN: 9780956594884
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Colorful, cosmopolitan, hard-drinking, often outrageous characters throng this rollicking memoir by the late John Freely, who moved with his family to Istanbul in 1960 and changed travel writing for good with his 1972 guide, Strolling Through Istanbul. Dozens of books on travel, history and science would follow.
Eothen
Author: Alexander William Kinglake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake, first published in 1900, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake, first published in 1900, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Ziyaret Tepe
Author: Timothy Matney
Publisher: Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
ISBN: 9780956594891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This unique record charts the important archaeological finds over 18 years at Ziyaret Tepe in southeast Turkey - site of Tushan, a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire dating back to the 9th century BC. Informative, scholarly, copiously illustrated, personal and extremely readable, this groundbreaking book sets a new benchmark in the field.
Publisher: Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
ISBN: 9780956594891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This unique record charts the important archaeological finds over 18 years at Ziyaret Tepe in southeast Turkey - site of Tushan, a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire dating back to the 9th century BC. Informative, scholarly, copiously illustrated, personal and extremely readable, this groundbreaking book sets a new benchmark in the field.
Beyond the Cornucopia Kids
Author: Bruce A. Baldwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933583078
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933583078
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Cornucopia
Author: Dorothy Sells Clover
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1617773603
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The definition of the word cornucopia is an assortment of things in a funnel shaped container. Dorothy Sells Clover's Cornucopia is just that: a delightful and intriguing hodge-podge of mind searching, thought provoking, and just plain whimsical poems. Life is not cut and dry, and Dorothy projects this eloquently and openly in a brash, no holds barred style of poetry. Read on, and experience the Cornucopia of emotions and images encompassed in the everyday. 'I am always fascinated by the mind of the poet and her ability as a wordsmith to reach the inner chambers of the mind. Dorothy Clover, an outstanding poet, has communicated through poetry, words of insight and illumination to the human soul. Her gift allows her to express succinctly and yet eloquently the words the heart needs to hear. This volume of poems will become a lifelong treasure to everyone who secures a copy. I am honored to know Dorothy and highly recommend her book to you.' -Pastor Delbert Mack
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1617773603
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The definition of the word cornucopia is an assortment of things in a funnel shaped container. Dorothy Sells Clover's Cornucopia is just that: a delightful and intriguing hodge-podge of mind searching, thought provoking, and just plain whimsical poems. Life is not cut and dry, and Dorothy projects this eloquently and openly in a brash, no holds barred style of poetry. Read on, and experience the Cornucopia of emotions and images encompassed in the everyday. 'I am always fascinated by the mind of the poet and her ability as a wordsmith to reach the inner chambers of the mind. Dorothy Clover, an outstanding poet, has communicated through poetry, words of insight and illumination to the human soul. Her gift allows her to express succinctly and yet eloquently the words the heart needs to hear. This volume of poems will become a lifelong treasure to everyone who secures a copy. I am honored to know Dorothy and highly recommend her book to you.' -Pastor Delbert Mack
Cornucopia
Author: Laurel Bryan
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595384803
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
What begins as a relaxing, back to nature backpacking trip into Oregon's rugged Eagle Cap wilderness soon evolves into a three month adventure of a lifetime for three people and a big white dog. Physically unprepared and ill equipped, the party sets out on a three day hiking trip only to discover Mother Nature is not always willing to accommodate such novice trespassers in her back yard. Forced to confront the challenges of nature's wrath head on, each hiker learns true loss is not in the absence of material things, but rather the failure to discover the strength which is inside each of us. Follow the incredible journey as these ragtag wanna-be hikers set out to discover new trails and discover instead that sometimes it's not always the destination, but the journey that is most remembered.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595384803
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
What begins as a relaxing, back to nature backpacking trip into Oregon's rugged Eagle Cap wilderness soon evolves into a three month adventure of a lifetime for three people and a big white dog. Physically unprepared and ill equipped, the party sets out on a three day hiking trip only to discover Mother Nature is not always willing to accommodate such novice trespassers in her back yard. Forced to confront the challenges of nature's wrath head on, each hiker learns true loss is not in the absence of material things, but rather the failure to discover the strength which is inside each of us. Follow the incredible journey as these ragtag wanna-be hikers set out to discover new trails and discover instead that sometimes it's not always the destination, but the journey that is most remembered.