a specified probability of being exceeded in 50 years and used in construction design for earthquake resistance. PSome of the content includes: P2002 USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps Conterminous United States Revised April 2003 PPeak Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years * Peak Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years * 0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 years * 0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 years * 1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 years * 1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 years PSeismicity Rates for 2002 Seismic Hazard Maps * Central and Eastern U.S. seismicity grid * Central and Eastern U.S. b-value grid * California seismicity grid * grid for creeping section of San Andreas fault * Seismicity grid for Brawley zone of southern California * seismicity grid for extensional area of western U.S * much more PThis incredible CD-ROM has over 176,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. POur news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and download@IxQë…¸ÿ¾Û€  (less)

state county highways for the Eastern states parks points of interest airports county boundaries metro city maps and more Detailed indices help travelers locate destinations quickly and easily. Its a must-have for anyone traveling in and around this part of America, particularly travelers who have to navigate larger regions. This Eastern United States map features Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia  (less)

state & county highways for the Eastern states parks points of interest airports county boundaries metro city maps and more Detailed indices help travelers locate destinations quickly and easily. It's a must-have for anyone traveling in and around this part of America, particularly travelers who have to navigate larger regions. This Eastern United States map features: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia"  (less)

series was printed between 1940 and 1948.The 1947 South Central United States map features A list of the titles and publication dates of the six maps in the series State capitals, cities, and towns U.S. highways, state highways, railways, canals, and intracoastal waterways Mountains, major rivers, and major lakes Geographical Equivalents and abbreviationsCoverage Area Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, eastern New Mexico, northern Coahuila, northeastern Chihuahua, northern Nuevo Leon  (less)

of the lower Mississippi region including New Orleans.The 1947 Southeastern United States map features Insets of Littoral of Cape Hatteras and Norfolk, the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, and the lower Mississippi Capitals, cities, and towns Mountain relief, rivers, lakes, and swamps U.S. highways, state highways, principal railways, canals, and intracoastal waterway Battlefields Appalachian TrailCoverage Area Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Bahama Islands, eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, southern Ohio, northeastern Arkansas  (less)

Prince Edward County on any map of the world’s great wine regions. Yet it is to this dollop of rolling limestone in eastern Lake Ontario that Geoff Heinricks brought his young family in pursuit of a dream of creating a truly world class wine. The County, as the locals call it, is a long way from the Niagara Peninsula, and three thousand miles from Burgundy, yet Heinricks and a few hardy souls like him claim that their wines will one day rival those of the legendary French province.brbrA self-described 21st-century peasant, Heinricks follows the seasons in his vineyards with exquisite attention, from digging the earth, to grafting and planting the vines, to trellising and pruning, to tending the young grapes, to harvesting the fruits of his labours. Along the way, he sketches the human history of the area, the native peoples whose tools and clay shards are heaved up by the soil, and the United Empire Loyalists, whose tidy barns and farmhouses still dot the landscape today.brbrHe also presents a cast of his colourful County neighbours: from old-school farmers to refugees like him from the city, convinced in the wisdom of producing and consuming locally the very best food and wine in harmony with the land.brbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./i“An outstanding memoir.… Topping this book would be a difficult act.… How an intellectual threw his shoulder behind the plough and created a credible vineyard in the place of scrub brush is a lively and exciting tale.… Pain, loss and humiliation are strong themes iniA Fool and Forty Acres/i, yet it is a terrifically engaging success story.– It’s the author’@2Që…¸Rÿ¾Û€  (less)

Appalachians. It¿s big, tough, dangerous, and intoxicating. The river flows through a magnificent, steep-walled gorge with few easy access points. At 2,800 cfs the rapids are complex and intense. There are eight major rapids in the Class IV+ to V category on the stretch from Summersville Dam to the Bucklick take-out, with innumerable minor Class III¿IV drops. But although the whitewater is challenging, the fast water is separated by long pools. These provide a welcome break in the action, allow for rescue, and provide time to appreciate the cliffs and forests of this remote, unspoiled canyon, now managed as a national river by the National Park Service.br/divDIVThe Appalachian Mountain system provides paddlers with a whitewater playground that spans fifteen states, and Appalachian Whitewater: The Northern States provides in-depth coverage of the rivers you want to know about. With difficulty levels ranging from Class I to Class VI, there's something for everyone in this compilation of classic Northern rivers. Whether you're a veteran or a beginner, this book will prepare you to test your skills on the rivers of Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and West Virginia. Appalachian Whitewater: The Northern States gives you the information you need to know about each river in a straight-forward and easy-to-read format. Detailed river descriptions include photographs and maps, as well as essential data such as: access, difficulty, portages, gradient, hazards, water level, rescue index, velocity, average width, gauge, highlights, and scenery. There is enough whitewater in the Appalachians to last the most avid paddler a life@AìÌÌÌÌÍÿ¾Û€  (less)

B&O history to life. Features previously unpublished photos from notable photographers.  (less)

her father’s job as an officer in the Indian Railwayb./bShe earned a degree in English from the University of Madras, studied journalism at Sophia College in Bombay and then spent many years as a copywriter, journalist and children’s writer before emigrating to Canada in 1991, following her husband to Calgary, where he had gone to pursue his master’s degree in Environmental Science. Raising a young son and grappling with Canadian winters, Badami took creative writing courses, which eventually led to her own master’s degree in English Literature. Her thesis at the University of Calgary went on to become her hugely successful first novel,bTamarind Mem/b, published in 1996. The novel landed her firmly on the map as a talented new Canadian writer to watch.brbrIn 2000, Badami published her second novel,iThe Hero’s Walk/i. By then she was living in Vancouver, where the family had moved so that her husband could complete a PhD in Planning.bThe Hero’s Walk/bwas met with great critical acclaim; it won the Regional Commonwealth Writers Prize, Italy’s Premio Berto and was named aiWashington Post/iBest Book of 2001. It was also longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize. BothbTamarind Mem/bandbThe Hero’s Walk/bhave been published in many countries throughout the world.brbrShortly after the publication of her second novel, Anita Rau Badami won the Marian Engel Award. She is the youngest woman ever to receive this award, which is given to a Canadian woman author in mid-career for outstanding prose writing.bOne/bbrbrChildhoodbrbrPanjaurbrbr1928brbrYears before she st@ uÂ? (öÿ¾Û€  (less)

to write again, and I wouldn’t want to. That’s not true for everyone, but it’s true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven’t managed to do it.”/i–Russell Banksbbrbr/bRussell Banks’ books includebSearching for Survivors/b,bFamily Life/b,bHamilton Stark/b,bThe New World/b,bBook of Jamaica/b,bTrailerpark/b,bThe Relation of My Imprisonment/b,bContinental Drift/b,bSuccess Stories/b,bAffliction/b,bThe Sweet Hereafter/b,bRule of the Bone/b,bCloudsplitter/b, andbThe Angel On The Roof/b, a collection of short stories. He has also contributed poems, stories and essays toiVanity Fair/i,iThe New York Times Book Review/i,iEsquire/i,iHarper’s/i, and many other publications.brbrMr. Banks was raised in New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts and is the eldest of four children. He grew up in a working-class environment – a major influence on his writing – and was the first member of his family to go to college. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he worked as a plumber, shoe salesman and window cleaner. More recently he has taught in the writing programs at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Alabama, New England College, New York University and Princeton University.brbrAcclaimed as “the most important living white American male on the official literary map” byiThe Village Voice/i, Banks has been praised for his empathy, his compassion for his characters, and his attempts to grapple with the moral ambiguities of contemporary life. He has also been repeatedly recognized for his ability to evoke the textu@õÂ? (öÿ¾Û€  (less)

information on ranges, habitats, flight seasons, food plants, and more. Brand-new color range maps and more than 100 color photographs accompany the species descriptions. Paul Opler is the author of several books, including the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. He is a professor and senior research scientist at Colorado State University and a vice president of the North American Butterfly Association. Amy Bartlett Wright wrote and illustrated the Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars and illustrated the Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths./divDIVMap of Area Covered ii Editor’s Note vii Acknowledgments viii Preface x 1. How to Use This Book 1 2. About Butterflies 4 Their structure, life history, and behavior 3. How to Study Butterflies 14 Watching, photographing, and collecting 4. Butterfly Gardening 20 5. Conservation of Butterflies 24 6. Butterfly Distribution 27 7. Speciation and Variation of Western Butterflies 30 PLATES (See list on page xvi) 33 SPECIES ACCOUNTS True Butterflies: Superfamily Papilionoidea 8. Parnassians and Swallowtails: Papilionidae 125 9. Whites and Sulphurs: Pieridae 144 10. Harvester, Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues: Lycaenidae 185 11. Metalmarks: Riodinidae 255 12. Brushfoots: Nymphalidae 266brbrSkippers: Superfamily Hesperioidea 13. Skippers: Hesperiidae 372 Life List of Western Butterflies 481 Glossary 497 References 503 Index to Host and Nectar Plants 508 Index to Butterflies TKbrbrList of Illustrat?ç®záG®ÿ¾Û€  (less)

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