The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin details the life of one of the most accomplished Founding
Fathers of the United States.Franklin, born into humble circumstances, was self-educated, and rose to become an inventor of note, philosopher, satirist, political theorist, statesman, and ...
In light of the dwindling honey bee population, this century-old guide is more relevant than
ever. Written by the scion of a celebrated family of beekeepers that continues to operate today, the richly illustrated volume is the perfect companion for ...
Frogs are amazingly diverse—ranging from the massive goliath frog, which weighs several pounds, to the
recently discovered gold frog, which measures a mere three-eighths of an inch when fully grown—and have inhabited the earth for more than 200 million years. ...
In six short years, Galileo Galilei went from being a somewhat obscure mathematics professor running
a student boarding house in Padua to a star in the court of Florence to the recipient of dangerous attention from the Inquisition for his ...
What in the ever-loving blue-eyed world do these [U1ano wicz's] innocuous comments on thermodynamics have
to do with ecology! Anonymous manuscript reviewer The American Naturalist, 1979 The germ of the idea grows very slowly into something recognizable. It may all ...
Maryland affords a rich variety of natural places for residents and visitors to enjoy, from
the Chesapeake shores through expansive Piedmont farmland to the Appalachian Plateau. And whether you’re headed to the seashore or the mountains, there are few better ...
Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) was the cousin of the subject of this biography, published in
1917, and greatly admired his older relative, who had acted as his mentor. Clements R. Markham (1830-1916) is remembered as a prolific writer on historical ...
The first book-length treatment of one of John James Audubon’s background painters. Maria Martin
(1796-1863) was an evangelical Lutheran from Charleston, South Carolina, who became an accomplished painter within months of meeting John James Audubon. Martin met Audubon through ...
