Russell, Tony

The ultimate reference guide & identifier for more than 1300 of the most spectactular, best-loved & unusual trees around the globe. Provides a valuable insight into the life cycle of the tree, the role the constituent parts play in its development & the many different environments in which trees thrive. Each entry contains the tree's growth habits, average height, & other important constituent information. Includes illustrations of winter & summer profiles. Contains 1000 secially commissioned watercolors, maps, & photographs. -- Amazon.

Details the growth habits, average height, leaf size and shape, bark texture, and other characteristics of over 1,300 trees found around the world, and includes general information on the life cycles and development of trees, and the environments in which they grow.

A color photo-illustrated guide to trees from around the world, with profiles of over three hundred species from every major tree group, including conifers, broadleaves, and tropical trees.

Traces the evolution of the blues from the early twentieth-century South through the 1990s; provides biographical profiles of almost three hundred blues artists; features expanded biographies of twenty-four blues legends; highlights fifty significant blues recordings; and includes a guide to festivals and books.