Maize
Maize
Maize Handbook
This important book brings together a wealth of information and techniques for working with maize (corn), a plant of enormous significance as a crop and as a model system for studies in plant genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. A distin...
Endangered Maize
Charting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity. ¿ Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agricul...
Endangered Maize
Charting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity. ¿ Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agricul...
Mazie
*Deserves a standing ovation. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * This is a terrific and realistic piece of historical fiction that is perfect for theater lovers and historical fiction fans. --SLC (starred review) *The peppy first-person narrative keeps the story zipping along, and adroitly placed period details make the setting come alive in this bighearted, exuberant novel. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) An eighteen-year-old aspiring actress trades in starry Nebraska skies for the bright lights of 1950s Broadway in this show-stopping novel from award-winning author Melanie Crowder. Mazie has always longed to be on Broadway. But growing up in her small Nebraska town, that always seemed like an impossible dream. So when an opportunity presents itself to spend six weeks auditioning, Mazie jumps at the chance, leaving behind everything--and everyone--she's ever known. New York City is a shock to the senses: thrilling, but lonely. Auditions are brutal. Mazie's homesick and she
Maine
This small but photo-heavy book's 90 images showcase Maine's natural splendors, historic sites, wonderful people . . . and, of course, lobsters! Take a journey across the picturesque and historically rich state of Maine,¿from the Atlantic coast to...
