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Buy Now	Real Estate Development: Principles and Process (more) »rank: 1712943 by: Richard L. Haney, Gayle Berens : :Ideal for those new to real estate development, this comprehensive reference book offers a thorough and practical introduction. Using an eight-stage model of the development process, the authors explain idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, and asset management. Ongoing case studies of an office and a multifamily development provide realistic examples.	Buy Now	Wildwood Wisdom (more) »rank: 6908445 by: Ellsworth Jaeger : :Ideal for those new to real estate development, this comprehensive reference book offers a thorough and practical introduction. Using an eight-stage model of the development process, the authors explain idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, and asset management. Ongoing case studies of an office and a multifamily development provide realistic examples.
Buy Now	Wildlife & Woodlot Management (more) »rank: 1030318 by: Monte Burch : :Written by Monte Burch, a leading expert with over thirty years of experience of planting food plots and managing woodlots on his own farm, this book will help you to develop, manage, and maintain your property to attract and hold wildlife. Wildlife & Woodlot Management Handbook is the ultimate reference on the subject. Over 330 pages with hundreds of instructional photographs & illustrations. Chapters cover Choosing and assessing the right piece of land; Planning food plots, soil testing, preparing the land; How to select the right seed for your property; Food plot tools (including planting plots with ATVs); Timber stand improvement, maintenance, ...	Buy Now	Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle (more) »rank: 65644 by: David Wann : :In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try: - Creating a richer life story through personal growth incentives - Forming higher-yield friendships and stronger bonds through social capital - Taking preventive healthcare measures to build up wellness reserves - Balancing the biological budget through “greener” currency - Caring for people, not just cars, to improve your neighborhood wealth index - Resolving that pesky carbon conundrum through energy savings - Celebrating instead of desecrating! Cultural ...
Buy Now	Rockhounding California (more) »rank: 258730 by: Gail A. Butler : :Although known for its gold production, California is a virtual haven for rock and gem collectors. With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich desert regions, comb tide-washed beaches for jade, agate, abalone, fossilized whale bone, and prospect in the mountains and hills for gold, copper, and other minerals and gems. It describes 75 of the state's best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs around the state. Rockhounding California offers a complete introduction ...	Buy Now	America's National Parks: The Spectacular Forces That Shaped Our Treasured Lands (more) »rank: 36593 by: Paul Schullery : :From stunning mountain ranges to arid expanses of desert, America has been blessed with an incredibly diverse land -- and the vision to protect it for our future generations to enjoy. These lands are ours to view, wander, learn from, and revel in. America's National Parks captures all that is great about all fifty-six parks in the national park system. It also gives interesting, easy-to-understand background on the geological and ecological forces that continue to make each national park so worthy of protection. Nature lovers will be captivated by gorgeous photos of landforms, flora, and fauna. Families will appreciate the information that ...
Buy Now	Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit (more) »rank: 25474 by: Vandana Shiva : :Vandana Shiva, 'the world's most prominent radical scientist' (the Guardian), exposes yet another corporate maneuver to convert a critical world resource into a profitable commodity. Using the global water trade as a lens, she highlights the destruction of the earth and the disenfranchisement of the world's poor as they lose their right to a life-sustaining common good.	Buy Now	Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire (more) »rank: 55149 by: John N. Maclean : : THE DRAMATIC TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE SOUTH CANYON FIRE -- THE DEVASTATING FOREST FIRE THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERS In this acclaimed bestseller of investigative journalism, John N. Maclean chronicles the deadly 1994 Colorado forest fire that was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This misidentification was the first in a string of seemingly minor human errors that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting as fourteen men and women firefighters -- experts in their field -- lost their lives battling the South Canyon blaze. This stunning reconstruction ...
Buy Now	The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier (more) »rank: 261799 by: Colin Woodard : :This lively book reveals a little known culture that predates the Pilgrims and has remained true to the earliest version of the American Dream: an egalitarian, self-reliant republic. The self-sufficient lobstermen of the Maine coast are models of environmental prudence: at a time when the fishing industry is in crisis, they have conserved the bounty of their waters, even as the once-humble lobster has become a coveted delicacy. How denizens of the coast achieved this balance, even as they withstood assaults from everyone from French raiders to rapacious land speculators, makes for a “stellar informal history ... a primer for conservation and ...	Buy Now	You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (more) »rank: 159775 by: Charles Garrett, Roy Lagal : :This lively book reveals a little known culture that predates the Pilgrims and has remained true to the earliest version of the American Dream: an egalitarian, self-reliant republic. The self-sufficient lobstermen of the Maine coast are models of environmental prudence: at a time when the fishing industry is in crisis, they have conserved the bounty of their waters, even as the once-humble lobster has become a coveted delicacy. How denizens of the coast achieved this balance, even as they withstood assaults from everyone from French raiders to rapacious land speculators, makes for a “stellar informal history ... a primer for conservation and ...