Gerald H Allen

The book features more than 200 additional species, hundreds of improved photos, scientific name changes and range extensions. The popular field guide contains the most current and comprehensive information available for divers, naturalists and aquarists chronicling marine fishes ranging from Thaila...

It’s September 6, 1939. Twenty-seven lucky passengers are about to board the famous China Clipper bobbing at anchor in San Francisco harbor. One of them, fifteen-year-old Drew Davies, is awestruck at the size and power of the giant Boeing seaplane. “Only the world’s largest airplane!” he mutters to ...

Damselfishes & Anemonefishes is the much-anticipated fourth volume in Scott Michael's landmark Reef Fishes Series, highly acclaimed by serious marine aquarium hobbyists and professionals around the world. Representing two decades of research, writing, and underwater photography, this long-awaited vo...

When Jerry's mother is given two years to live, he doesn't pay much attention until a picture falls out of his wallet a year later. The visits and phone calls increase and childhood memories are evoked. This concise memoir was written for his nine adult siblings with families of their own. These sta...

Learn the essentials of tropical fish with this useful and portable reference book.The tremendous abundance of fish seen during a single scuba dive or snorkeling session in the tropics is just staggering. Indeed in some areas there are dozens of species inhabiting only one or two hectares of reef. B...

Dimensions and their architectural products - space, shape and scale - are essential concepts, the basic stuff of everyday design. Architect-authors Charles Moore and Gerald Allen feel that these terms are basically misunderstood among architects and laymen alike, and have written this book not only...

With a new epilogueRichly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or what they have a right to expect.The authors establish the basis for good building ...

Helpful and informative book on cockatiels and how to take care of them.