Landscaping: Principles and Practice is the book serious horticulturists need in order to prepare themselves for success in this industr...(more)

The beauty of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Cretan art is shot through with oddity. However much we are fascinated by the ancient works, we find...(more)

Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half o...(more)

Modern Commercial Wiring is an outstanding new title by the author of the widely used Goodheart-Willcox text, Modern Residential Wiring. Thi...(more)

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