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Category : Arid regions
Languages : es
Pages : 284
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CEDO News
Author: The Crystal Conflict
Author: D.C. ClaymorePublisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458210979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
On a seemingly insignificant planet called Rylaxon, society hung by a thread in the shadow of a crippling energy shortage. Once-productive mines were failing, and in desperation, miners were forced to dig deeper, forgoing safety and sanity in search of the precious nucleotide crystals that powered the planet for 1,953 years. It is during these troubling times that Biron Coomra is born to a race of clone-like people. His father is a well-known and respected biophysicist who made a historic discovery on a distant planet--absolute proof of the existence of intelligent life in the universe: humanity. Biron's mother is a thirteenth-level witch from this newly discovered world called Earth, and she bristles against the Rylaxon social class system. Her son's future is in no way guaranteed, as an ancient prophecy warned the Rylaxon inhabitants of certain destruction if they intermingle with their distant cousins. How can this hybrid boy ever hope for a normal life? Biron must fight for his own destiny against the machinations of a madman bent on world domination and an ancient entity determined to destroy it all. Can a unique boy grow up in a caste society that shuns anyone who dares to be different, and overcome the odds to defeat two maniacal forces of evil?
Hawaiian Shell News
Author: Newsletter
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Category : Estuarine area conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Paradise Found
Author: Steve NichollsPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226583422
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with birds, seas and rivers teemed with fish, and the forests and grasslands were a hunter’s dream, with populations of game too abundant and diverse to even fathom. It’s no wonder these first settlers thought they had discovered a paradise of sorts. Fortunately for us, they left a legacy of copious records documenting what they saw, and these observations make it possible to craft a far more detailed evocation of North America before its settlement than any other place on the planet. Here Steve Nicholls brings this spectacular environment back to vivid life, demonstrating with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. The story of the continent’s colonization forms a backdrop to its natural history, which Nicholls explores in chapters on the North Atlantic, the East Coast, the Subtropical Caribbean, the West Coast, Baja California, and the Great Plains. Seamlessly blending firsthand accounts from centuries past with the findings of scientists today, Nicholls also introduces us to a myriad cast of characters who have chronicled the changing landscape, from pre–Revolutionary era settlers to researchers whom he has met in the field. A director and writer of Emmy Award–winning wildlife documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and PBS, Nicholls deploys a cinematic flair for capturing nature at its most mesmerizing throughout. But Paradise Found is much more than a celebration of what once was: it is also a reminder of how much we have lost along the way and an urgent call to action so future generations are more responsible stewards of the world around them. The result is popular science of the highest order: a book as remarkable as the landscape it recreates and as inspired as the men and women who discovered it.
Field Man
Author: Julian D. HaydenPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816535434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Field Man is the captivating memoir of renowned southwestern archaeologist Julian Dodge Hayden, a man who held no professional degree or faculty position but who camped and argued with a who's who of the discipline, including Emil Haury, Malcolm Rogers, Paul Ezell, and Norman Tindale. This is the personal story of a blue-collar scholar who bucked the conventional thinking on the antiquity of man in the New World, who brought a formidable pragmatism and "hand sense" to the identification of stone tools, and who is remembered as the leading authority on the prehistory of the Sierra Pinacate in northwestern Mexico. But Field Man is also an evocative recollection of a bygone time and place, a time when archaeological trips to the Southwest were "expeditions," when a man might run a Civilian Conservation Corps crew by day and study the artifacts of ancient peoples by night, when one could honeymoon by a still-full Gila River, and when a Model T pickup needed extra transmissions to tackle the back roads of Arizona. To say that Julian Hayden led an eventful life would be an understatement. He accompanied his father, a Harvard-trained archaeologist, on influential excavations, became a crew chief in his own right, taught himself silversmithing, married a "city girl," helped build the Yuma Air Field, worked as a civilian safety officer, and was a friend and mentor to countless students. He also crossed paths with leading figures in other fields. Barry Goldwater and even Frank Lloyd Wright turn up in this wide-ranging narrative of a "desert rat" who was at once a throwback and--as he only half-jokingly suggests--ahead of his time. Field Man is the product of years of interviews with Hayden conducted by his colleagues and friends Bill Broyles and Diane Boyer. It is introduced by noted southwestern anthropologist J. Jefferson Reid, and contains an epilogue by Steve Hayden, one of Julian's sons.
The Spirit of the Estuary
Author: C. DescryPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438954980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Well written! Well researched! History and Mystery combined Meet... Serina, a Seri Indian girl whose school was the Sea. Her experiences and observations picture the Sea of Cortez from the 1930's to the present, as man's impact destroyed balance and everything she loved. Marbrisa, a loving daughter of the sea, caught between worlds. Innocent and spiritually free, she was in the way of progress, the victim of greed and evil. Ter Martel, an expert on determining the feasibility of real estate developments, is called to Mexico to investigate a major development proposed for the bleak sand dunes along an estuary, he faced his most difficult challenge yet, and death. Robert Meachington, an honest developer who wanted facts so that he could manage the corporation. One of his partners had disappeared at sea. The other was in bed with evil. Margret Bridges, a beautiful young scientist who found her greatest contributions would come from helping others survive. Dave Bridges, an educator who changed his life for the love of a woman, the deserts and Sea. He and Margret are dedicated to helping others understand the concept of sustainable resources. Angel and Adolfo Ramirez, father and son who each loved deeply, but hid their love from each other until it was too late. The Fowler brothers, political animals whose amoral conduct and rapacity allowed them to thrust themselves into positions of power. HOOVER DAM, THEN GLEN CANYON! FEW KNOW THE HORROR AND SUFFERING THEY'VE CAUSED. WE HUNGER FOR SHRIMP! OUR INSATIABLE DEMAND FOR IT IS DEPLETING THE SEA AND ALL LIVING THINGS THAT DEPEND UPON IT FOR SURVIVAL. AMERICANS HAVE LOST ACCESS TO THEIR BEACHES. NOW, THEY WANT THOSE IN MEXICO. BUT AT WHAT COST?
Proceedings RMRS.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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The Future of Arid Grasslands
Author: Salt Dreams
Author: William DeBuysPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826324283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern California's sixteen million people.