 | DK Handbooks: Trees by Allen J. Coombes
Buy used from: $0.73 This little book is a marvel! EASY identification guide. Outstanding illustrations! Good for tree collectors. Beware: This book grows legs because it is so good
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 | All Music Guide to Rock: The Experts' Guide to the Best Rock Recordings in Rock, Pop, Soul, R&B, and Rap (Amg All Music Guide Series)
Buy new: $20.48 / Used from: $0.58 This is the best guide. The other guides are mostly rubbish. Don't shop without it.
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 | Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses by Michael A. Dirr
Buy new: $50.64 / Used from: $43.33 The best of its kind. Pulls no punches. Peerless for selection and culture. Lists many useful cultivars. Good for pro or amateur.
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 | The American Heritage® College Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Buy used from: $2.15 If you have an interest in etymologies, Indo-European, or comparative linguistics, this is the dictionary for you. Other dictionaries live off their NAME, these guys earned their high ratings.
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 | Cartridges of the World (Cartridges of the World, 9th ed) by Frank C. Barnes
Buy used from: $12.16 A must own for the firearms enthusiast.
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 | Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary by Ronald J. Taylor
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 A lovely little book. Maybe only for those who live in or love the sagebrush steppes.
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 | The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr.
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $2.24 All you really need with your dictionary. Buy one for a dear friend, too.
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 | Lyman pistol and revolver handbook by C. Kenneth (ed) Ramage
Buy used from: $3.58 This was the best there was for reloading pistol. Find a copy.
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 | Modern Twang: An Alternative Country Music Guide and Directory by David Goodman
Buy used from: $6.09 Getting dated. Not quite as valuable as the all music guides, but an amazing wealth of information.
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 | Military Small Arms of the 20th Century by Ian V. Hogg
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 | Hannibal by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Buy used from: $0.52 What an epic and an excellent reference! You will admire the noble Romans even though the history is of Hannibal. Can be dry in places. Exceptional.
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 | Traditional Mountain Dulcimer (Homespun Tapes) by Jean Ritchie
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $19.94 I prefer Mel Bay books. Most of Amazon's dulcimer books should be avoided by a beginner. This is the best of their lot. Always wished you could play an instrument? The mountain dulcimer is for you.
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 | Passport to World Band Radio, 2004 Edition: Number One Seller, Year after Year by Lawrence Magne
Buy used from: $0.01 Get this before you purchase your shortwave radio.
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 | Lonely Planet Australia by Paul Smitz
Buy used from: $0.35 You CAN afford to travel abroad if you have one of these guides.
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