Clematis 'Wada's Primrose'
Introduced from Japan in the 1970s, this attractive clematis has creamy yellow flowers which fade to white as they age. Best suited to a warm wall in this country, it does best in hot climates. To prune, remove any dead or weak stems in late ... [... more]
BBC |
John Deere 2009 Deluxe Wall Calendar
 John Deere Wall Calendar: This long-running calendar features 16 months of stunning green-and-yellow John Deere tractors. Featured is an array of models from the 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1970s, and beyond, as well as some implements. Each month also incl [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
KISS 2008 Wall Calendar
KISS Wall Calendar: Theater-rockers KISS took the rock world by storm in the 1970's with their cartoon-like stage personas, and flamboyant costumes. Their head-banging rock 'n' roll and a ballsy marketing machine drew in teenagers by the masses. On s [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Is HRT safe?
Since its emergence in the 1970s as a mainstream treatment for the menopause, controversy has always surrounded hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The publication of results from the Million Women Study (MWS) has put another cat among the pigeons ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Contraceptve injections
Worldwide, many millions of women use the contraceptive injection. In its early years (back in the 1970s and 1980s), this injection was highly controversial. That was partly because of the thoughtless way in which some doctors had used it - often ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Jose Canseco
Jose Canseco was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to Miami in the 1970s. After being drafted by the Oakland Athletics, he went on to win Rookie of the Year, the American League MVP Award, and a World Series ring. In all, he played for seven ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
American Muscle Cars 2008 Wall Calendar
Featuring 16 months of pavement pounding favorites! American Muscle Cars features the most powerful, popular, and collectible cars from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Brawny beasts from Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge & Plymouth, Pontiac, Buick and AMC are w [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Alexandra Morton
In Listening to Whales, Alexandra Morton shares spellbinding stories about her career in whale and dolphin research and what she has learned from and about these magnificent mammals. In the late 1970s, while working at Marineland in California, ... [... more]
Random House |
Farzad Bishop
Different versions of the jet have provided the backbone of the frontline strength of the Iranian air force since the 1970s, and whole generations of Iranian pilots and ground personnel have been trained to fly and maintain them. Indeed, the type ... [... more]
Random House |
Barney Hoskyns
With his trademark growl, carnival madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. After beginning his career on the margins of the 1970s Los ... [... more]
Random House |
Lawrence Thornton
Imagining Argentina is set in the dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the general's prison cells and torture chambers. When Carlos Ruweda's wife is suddenly taken from him, he discovers a ... [... more]
Random House |
Nina Shengold
Nina Shengold is an award-winning playwright and artistic director of the theatre company Actors & Writers. Set in the gloriously rugged backwoods of the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, Nina Shengold's gripping debut novel follows three people in ... [... more]
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