Angier, Bradford. Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants. eighth printing. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1982.
The Bible is probably the best book you can read. Give it a serious chance and read from more than just one translation.
Brockman, Frank C. A Guide to Identification: Trees of North America. New York: Golden Press, 1979.
Drogin, Marc. Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique. reprint. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1989.
A Field Guide to Wild Herbs. fifteenth printing. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, Inc., 1993.
Hylton, William H., ed. The Rodale Herb Book. sixteenth printing. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, Inc., 1979.
Miller, Orson K. Jr. Mushrooms of North America. fifth printing. New York: E.P. Dutton. a Division of Elsevier-Dutton Publishing Company, Inc., 1981.
Phillips, Jan. Wild Edibles of Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of Conservation, 1979.
Robbins, Chandler S. and others. A Guide to Identification: Birds of North America. revised edition. New York: Golden Press, 1983.
Strong, James. The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990.
Tenney, Merrill C. Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1963.
Some fine sources for books by mail are:
Barnes & Noble Books by Mail
1 Pond Road
Rockleigh, NJ 07647
-or visit their web site.
Dover Publications, Inc.
31 East 2nd Street
Mineola, NY 11501
Phillimore & Co. Ltd
Shopwyke Hall
Chichester, Sussex, England
(*for those hard-to-find Domesday books!*)
I know from experience, the above mail-order places are most excellent. Ask for their catalogs.
Another site I've not yet tried, but they claim to be big, is www.amazon.com.
Here are some fine History and Social Sciences Sites
National Geographic's homepage
And there's always the Library of Congress directory through which to browse.
Don't forget your local library! Trails Regional Libraries serve Johnson and Lafayette counties in Missouri.
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