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American Bamboos

The hardiness and beauty of bamboos have long been appreciated by botanists and gardeners alike, but few realize that nearly half of the world's approximately 1,200 species are native to North and South America and the Caribbean -- and that they are more diverse than their Asian counterparts. Many American bamboos -- including numerous broad-leaved, herbaceous varieties growing in the rainforest understory -- have been recognized scientifically only in the past generation. Drawing on two decades of fieldwork in the United States and fifteen Latin American countries, the authors bring together current knowledge of the structure, ecology, human uses, conservation value, evolution, and diversity of the forty-one genera of American woody and herbaceous bamboos. They also discuss three genera of basal grasses that resemble bamboos. They describe the importance of bamboos to South American landscapes and cultures, explaining how jungles of guadua and thickets of Chusquea host communities of small animals and how human societies use bamboo for housing, furniture, basketry, food, soil conservation, and musical instruments. Exploring the possibilities of cultivated bamboo, the authors also note its value in some regions as a timber resource. Generously illustrated with color photographs and detailed line drawings, the book provides genus-by-genus descriptions of bamboos as well as habitat data, range maps, lists of recognized species, and complete references. It also includes the most recent molecular and systematic evidence for bamboo evolution and phylogeny. The first ever to focus on the bamboos of the Americas, this volume is an essential resource for botanists, taxonomists,horticulturists, and gardeners.

Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design

This book approaches system analysis and design with an object-oriented perspective, faithful to UML and others currently in use in many organizations. The SDC is central in the development of an information system; the book shows how each step of the SDC builds on itself. It provides readers with a strong systematic framework, linking one chapter to the next; this approach enables readers to easily learn object-oriented system analysis and design. All terminology and diagrams are UML compliant.
A running case (The Pine Valley Furniture Webstore) is used throughout the book as an example. Readers can develop, propose, implement, and maintain a Webstore, learning through doing. The end-of-chapter case, Broadway Entertainment Company Inc., shows readers how a fictional video and record retailer develops an object-oriented application. Coverage includes: foundations for object-oriented systems development; project planning and management; systems analysis; systems design; and systems... Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design
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What`s a Saatchi . . .and How Come We Have Two of Them?

While major cities like New York and Chicago get most of the accolades, Tom Jordan showcases the outstanding
and acclaimed work in the hinterlands, in this case Wisconsin. Jordans inspiring text, punctuated by 125 color illustrations from his companys award-winning ad campaigns, shows that talent and pluck trump size in any business. The authors company, Hoffman York, was named one of Advertising Ages top 20 creative agencies in the U.S.
What`s a Saatchi . . .and How Come We Have Two of Them?
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