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Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis
Timber Press, Incorporated
Timber Press, Incorporated
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life-not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we...
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The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, Third Edition
Joseph C. Jenkins
Jenkins Publishing
Jenkins Publishing
There are almost seven billion defecating people on planet Earth, but few who have any clue about how to constructively handle the burgeoning mountain of human crap. The Humanure Handbook , third edition, will amuse you, educate you, and possibly...
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Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
Ben Kiernan
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. His writings have...
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
David R. Montgomery
University of California Press
University of California Press
Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing...
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Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices
Donald P. Coduto
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall
Rigorous and technically deep -- yet accessible -- this up-to-date introduction to geotechnical engineering explores both the principles of soil mechanics and their application to engineering practice -- emphasizing the role of geotechnical...
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Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition)
Donald P. Coduto
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall
Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and...
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Nature and Properties of Soils, The (14th Edition)
Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall
Featuring new photographs, diagrams, and special “boxes” , The Nature and Property of Soils is an engaging book for readers. It has an ecological approach that explains the fundamentals of soil science effectively. Chapter topics...
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Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
James B. Nardi
University Of Chicago Press
University Of Chicago Press
Leonardo da Vinci once mused that “we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot,” an observation that is as apt today as it was five hundred years ago. The biological world under our toes is often...
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