Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, and the meanings of scientific mushroom names. Beginning and experienced mushroom hunters everywhere will find MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED a delightful, informative, and indispensible companion.

    More than 700 new full-color photos, showing every species both in close-up and in its natural setting, highlight these updated guides. New introductions provide clearer and more complete explanations of how to identify each species.

    Reptiles & Amphibians features: ¸ Background information on evolution, anatomy, physiology, habitats, and life cycles of a range of reptile and amphibian families. ¸ A detailed look at how reptiles and amphibians survive-how they eat, move around, defend themselves, and combat temperature extremes. ¸ Examinations of metamorphosis, growth and longevity, and vocalization techniques. ¸ Practical advice on how to responsibly study reptiles and amphibians in the wild or care for them as pets. ¸ An identification guide to more than 160 of the most fascinating herpetological species from around the world, organized by environment. ¸ More than 300 full-color photos and illustrations.

    The guide has been completely revised to make identification in the field easier than ever. Images are grouped by flower color and shape and keyed to clear, concise descriptions that reflect current taxonomy.

    The book is organized by country, sub-divided chronologically by ship type and class, with detailed tabular data and design history.Roger Chesneau & Eugene M Kolesnik, edsContributors: N J M Campbell, Aldo Fraccaroli, David Lyon, Hugh Lyon, John Roberts, Erwin Sieche, H C Timewell, & A J WattsLine drawing by John RobertsConway Maritime Press Ltd, London, 1979.Hardback; 230 x 315 mm; blue boards with gold titles on spine; 440 pages plus unpaginated front matter including Contents, Foreword by Robert Gardiner, Editorial Director, and Abbreviations. .The period 1860-1905 witnessed the introduction of armour plate, breech-loading guns, the turbine, and the modern torpedo; it saw the victory of steam over sail, and iron and steel over wood; and by its close there were signs that the submarine and the aeroplane would change the face of naval warfare still further.At the time this book was published, there was very little information in print, no standard reference work, and not even an accessible class list before the advent of Jane’s in 1898. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905 presents in quite exceptional detail information on the ships of all classes of all the navies of the period, including the Confederate Navy, even down to the island of Zanzibar. Over 400 photographs are included with 500 constant scale (1/1000) drawings commissioned specially for this book.This book will therefore appeal to all those with an interest in naval history especially of this period, and the technical developments that took place.