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Hawaii is the home of the world's greatest collection of tropical and subtropical plants. The Islands' benign and varied microclimates have accepted plants from many different places, ranging from the humid jungle rain forests to arid deserts, and from seacoasts sprayed with salt to mountainsides of almost Andean heights. With the enormous variety of plants that have made Hawaii one great botanical garden, comes also a great curiosity and sear...

This timely volume objectively addresses the major issues and questions raised about student aid programs. It examines the realities of student loans and provides a balanced analysis of the present and future prospects for financing higher education.Educators, guarantee agency administrators, and state and federal officials analyze student indebtedness and the repayment of loans. They evaluate how five other industrialized nations structure gr...

In one of the best social and economic histories to date of the post-1960 upheavals, Ruchwarger emphasizes that these (mass-based) groups played a long, crucial and independent role in shaping the revolution that destroyed Somoza. "The Times Literary Supplement" A wealth of useful data. . . . There is value in much of the information, and the organizational structures of participation are clearly outlined. "Choice

In one of the best social and economic histories to date of the post-1960 upheavals, Ruchwarger emphasizes that these [mass-based] groups played a long, crucial and independent role in shaping the revolution that destroyed Somoza. The Times Literary Supplement A wealth of useful data...There is value in much of the information and the organizational structures of participation are clearly outlined. Choice

For the first time in Hawaii, the novice gardener will have an accurate, reliable and highly readable reference when a question arises about one of his plants, or if he should wonder if a specific plant would do well in a sunny corner of his yard . . . . The infinite detail of each of the 8-by-11-inch color photographs surprises the eyes.

Peter Handkes neues episches Werk gibt sich bewußt als Märchen, nicht an Kausalität, nicht an Raum und Zeit gebunden. Die vier Personen bewegen sich in einer Art Phantasie-Topographie durch Kontinente und Zeiten. Sie sind aus dem Alltag ausgebrochen, sie haben Grenzen überschritten, sie folgen ihrer Sehnsucht, »im Unterwegssein zu Hause sein« zu wollen. Sie befinden sich in einer Abwesenheit, die ein Innewerden und Wiederkommen in sich schließ...

Nach drei Jahren Wegstrecke sucht der Bruder seine Schwester, die Mutter seines Sohnes, auf. Sie lebt in einem fragwürdigen Büro der Anwaltskanzlei Altmann & Brower inmitten von Unrat und Müll. Eine Schnee-Eule ist ihre Lebensgefährtin. Nach einer fünfzehnjährigen Trennung setzen die Geschwister ihre Liebesgeschichte in den Büroräumen fort, eine Liebesgeschichte, die nicht zuläßt, sich an Vorgeschichten zu erinnern. Die Geschwister verlassen d...