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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Neptune's Gift
Author: Robert P. MulthaufPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801854699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the first comprehensive history of salt, Multhauf deals with its production, uses, and role in the development of modern society. Common salt—a substance seemingly too ordinary to think about, yet it is the oldest of our raw materials and the basis of some of our newest inventions. Mythology and folklore abound in stories and proverbs about salt. It has been a source of revenue to governments from ancient China to ancien regime France to the United States. The search for this commodity ushered in the age of petroleum fuels. In the first comprehensive history of salt, Robert P. Multhauf deals with its production, uses, and role in the development of modern society. Today, only about two percent of the salt produced is for human and animal consumption. Ten times as much is used in the winter salting of roads, and about half of today's enormous production is used in the chemical industries, for the production, among other things, of herbicides, pesticides, and other environment-threatening materials.
Neptune's Gift
Author: Cj ScarletPublisher:
ISBN: 9780595515509
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
When Dylan, an average wave of middling ability, realizes he is about to crash on the shore, he is terrified and miserable. But when he encounters a magnificent wave named Serena, Dylan learns that he is not separate and alone, but One with every wave and every creature in the ocean. In fact, Dylan learns that he is the ocean itself. In the process, he discovers that courage is found in the eye of the storm, that the limitless abundance of the universe is always within our grasp, that it is through focusing on the happiness of others that one's own happiness is achieved, that we truly do possess the power to make our dreams come true, and that although we appear to be separate from one another, we are collective drops that together form the same vast ocean. The book is sprinkled with colorful sea creature characters that help illuminate and reinforce the lessons Dylan learns on his voyage of the spirit. Abounding with thoughtful ideas for readers to consider and apply directly to their lives, this profound and fun allegorical tale will leave readers touched and inspired, as they travel with Dylan on the greatest journey of his life.
The Overland Monthly
Author: Overland Monthly
Author: The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets. Never Before in Any Languag Truely Translated. With a Com̃ent Upon Some of His Chiefe Places; Donne According to the Greeke by Geo. Chapman. MS. Note
Author: HomerShakespeare's Ovid
Author: OvidThe .XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, Translated ... by Arthur Golding, Etc
Author: OvidThe XV Bookes of P. Ovidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis
Author: OvidBillboard
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption
Author: Liz GreenePublisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609253841
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The longing for redemption is a many-headed daimon that dwells within the most earthbound and prosaic of souls. Neptune is the astrological symbol that describes this energy. Liz Greene, an internationally known astrologer, has given us the most complete and accessible book about Neptune ever written! She explores Neptune themes in literature, myth, politics, religion, fashion, and art to show how this energy manifests.