Author: William B. Turnbull
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Languages : en
Pages : 726

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Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1302

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Author: Maureen Dunphy
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814348432
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Essays exploring the intimate yet universal intersection of one human life with trees. A 2024 selection by the Sierra Club, Wisconsin Chapter Book Club Finalist for the Midwest Book Awards! In sixteen essays, each named after a species of tree, Maureen Dunphy explores the nature of human-arboreal relationships, and how each of these trees has—literally—served as a friend, a confidante, or a place to rest. The depth and diversity of these relationships are revealed through essays that are both intimate and universal, moving and informative. While Dunphy's relationships with trees are unique and personal, her work reveals the deep-rooted complexity that connects all of humanity to our staunch, upright companions in life, the members of the "Standing Nation." Beyond providing oxygen, food, and shelter, trees can be sites of emotional refuge, sources of intellectual enrichment, and a boon to physical, mental, and spiritual health. With essays, such as "Stairway to Heaven: The American Sycamore" and "Rocky Mountain High: The Colorado Pinyon," Dunphy gives readers many ways to reimagine our relationships with nature and self. Within reflections of her personal experience, she skillfully integrates scientific facts to achieve a balance of passion and practicality. While technology, screens, and the stress of the modern world directs our attention elsewhere, Dunphy brings the reader back to the trees right outside our windows.

Author: Mara Kalnins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1849046069
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans to northern Europe. One branch of these migrants coalesced into a community which evolved a distinctive and remarkably robust culture and language, and which eventually developed into a loose federation of tribal kingdoms that stretched from the shores of the Baltic sea to the upper Dniepr river. But these small independent kingdoms were unable to resist the later invasion of the Teutonic Knights in 1201, an invasion that initiated nearly eight hundred years of helotry for the Latvians in their own domains. In the centuries of domination by successive European powers that followed, the inhabitants nonetheless preserved a powerful sense of identity, fostered by their ancient language, oral literature, songs and customs. These in turn informed and gave impetus to the rise of national consciousness in the nineteenth century and the political activities of the twentieth which brought the modern nation-state of Latvia into being. This book traces the genesis and growth of that nation, its endurance over centuries of conquest and oppression, the process by which it achieved its independence, and its status as a member of the European community in the twenty-first century.

Author: New York (State). Geologist
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: Andreas Kappeler
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317568109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian state. This major survey of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism.

Author: New York State Geological Survey
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Author: New York State Geological Survey
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 794

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Author: New York State Geological Survey
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 812

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Author: David Austin
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415152259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.