San Antonio College Library

Survey of 3,000 tropical plant species arranged in phylogenic order using the latest nomenclature and systematics. Each species entry has a detailed botanical description, zone information, distribution and ecology. Additional information includes propagation and cultivation notes.

"In over 400 full-color photographs, Piotr Naskrecki brings us eye to eye with the smaller majority - the 99 percent of animal life that are smaller than a human finger. Those featured in the book live in threatened biodiversity hotspots around the globe: humid tropical forests, savannas, and deserts. The Smaller Majority takes us on an unforgettable visual journey into the often overlooked world cloaked by a leaf, camouflaged on the surface of a...

"Batik became a product of intercultural contact in a society where different ethnic groups lived next to or with each other. Batik - Drawn in Wax focuses on this communication, on the batiks as visual witnesses of cultural encounter - within the East but also between the East and the West." "The collection shown in Batik - Drawn in Wax is for everyone interested in Indonesian arts and textiles, and it is a source of study for scholars from all over...

This is a comprehensive scientific publication on the islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans suitable for anyone with an interest in the subject. It is also a valuable reference work as it supplies a wealth of information, maps, photos and diagrams.