Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada - the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volc[...]

An accessible guide to home decorating explains how a stylish, versatile, and imaginative combination of furniture, fabric, and accessories can create innovative design effects, answering questions about how to update a room without spending a fortune, how to bring character into a room, how to disp[...]

A wish-book come true In "Nell Hill's Rooms We Love, "decorating maven Mary Carol Garrity coaches readers on how to affordably decorate rooms they will fall in love with. Named "One of America's hottest little retailers" by "Fortune" magazine, Mary Carol Garrity's mini empire of three decor stores [...]

Methods and guidelines for developing and using mathematical models Turn to Effective Groundwater Model Calibration for a set of methods and guidelines that can help produce more accurate and transparent mathematical models. The models can represent groundwater flow and transport and other natural a[...]