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Author: Pamela D. McElwee Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 029580646X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 311
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Forests Are Gold examines the management of Vietnam's forests in the tumultuous twentieth century—from French colonialism to the recent transition to market-oriented economics—as the country united, prospered, and transformed people and landscapes. Forest policy has rarely been about ecology or conservation for nature’s sake, but about managing citizens and society, a process Pamela McElwee terms “environmental rule.” Untangling and understanding these practices and networks of rule illuminates not just thorny issues of environmental change, but also the birth of Vietnam itself.
Author: Pamela D. McElwee Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 029580646X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 311
Book Description
Forests Are Gold examines the management of Vietnam's forests in the tumultuous twentieth century—from French colonialism to the recent transition to market-oriented economics—as the country united, prospered, and transformed people and landscapes. Forest policy has rarely been about ecology or conservation for nature’s sake, but about managing citizens and society, a process Pamela McElwee terms “environmental rule.” Untangling and understanding these practices and networks of rule illuminates not just thorny issues of environmental change, but also the birth of Vietnam itself.
Author: Michael Finkel Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1101911530 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 226
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. “A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival.” —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.
Author: Robert Brown Publisher: ISBN: 9781799088707 Category : Languages : en Pages : 152
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Brand new from author Robert Brown, comes a mystery that will have you consumed from first page to last, in this dramatic and gripping fast-paced Thriller.PROFESSOR NICK UPTON'S DISCOVERY IN THE WOODS COULD BE HIS LAST.Anthropology Professor Nick Upton is tired of his life, tired of the redneck state he has to live in, tired of uninterested students, and most of all tired of his own laziness. Something has to change.But his grey existence gets violently shaken when he discovers during a run, of a sinister cult sacrificing animals in abandoned houses around his Upper Midwest college town. Soon he is plunged into a dark world where town and gown rivalries turn murderous and forces him to team up with the locals, he's never trusted in order to face the growing evil in the hidden depths of the countryside.But can Nick and his band of locals prevail or will this be the challenge that finally breaks the bored Professor!What readers are saying about ROBERT BROWN"Great Read!!! I did not want to put this book down. It kept my interest until the very end you will enjoy it!""This story combined many different threads into a very readable mystery. I was drawn into the story at the very beginning. I recommend it.""A genuinely enjoyable read. Good story line with a real history background, better than average character development. I'm looking forward to more from this new author."ALSO BY ROBERT BROWNDEADLY ILLUSIONS PURITY PURSUITSTOLEN HERITAGEBEYOND THE WINDOW
Author: Eduardo Kohn Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520276108 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be humanÑand thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of EcuadorÕs Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the worldÕs most complex ecosystems. Whether or not we recognize it, our anthropological tools hinge on those capacities that make us distinctly human. However, when we turn our ethnographic attention to how we relate to other kinds of beings, these tools (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down. How Forests Think seizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting directionÐone that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings.
Author: Stephanie Perkins Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0142424994 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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New from bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, and the perfect companion to her New York Times bestseller There's Someone Inside Your House, available now on Netflix! “The scares here are authentic, and the details meticulous, driven by a smart, distinct narrative voice. Hand this to fans of the film Midsommar who will delight in the eerie world building, the disintegration and rebuilding of interpersonal relationships, and the unseen forces of evil that threaten to break two friends apart.” –Booklist Bears aren’t the only predators in these woods. Best friends Neena and Josie spent high school as outsiders, but at least they had each other. Now, with college and a two-thousand-mile separation looming on the horizon, they have one last chance to be together—a three-day hike deep into the woods of the Pisgah National Forest. Simmering tensions lead to a detour off the trail and straight into a waking nightmare … and then into something far worse. Something that will test them in horrifying ways. Stephanie Perkins, the bestselling author of There’s Someone Inside Your House, returns with a heart-stopping, gut-wrenching novel about friendship, survival, and navigating unmarked paths even as evil watches from the shadows.
Author: Emily Carroll Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442465972 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
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Eisner Award Winner: “A graphic debut that blends the gothic strangeness of Tim Burton with the macabre illustrations of Edward Gorey . . . wonderfully chilling.” —Financial Times Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our Neighbor’s House” —though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold.” You might try to figure out what is haunting “My Friend Janna,” or discover that your brother’s fiancée may not be what she seems in “The Nesting Place.” And of course, you must revisit the horror of the breakout webcomic hit “His Face All Red.” “Eerie illustrations . . . masterfully build terrifying tension.” —Booklist (starred review) “Through the Woods is, in every sense of the word, thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Beautifully rendered . . . A delight for Edgar Allan Poe and Alvin Schwartz enthusiasts.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Carroll makes the woods of the title entirely her own, a metaphor for the danger that lurks and snarls outside the door, but which entices us outside, nevertheless.” —Globe and Mail “Brilliant.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author: Phyllis Alsdurf Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers ISBN: 1506425089 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 43
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A boy relates the preparations for, and enjoyment of, his family's annual Thanksgiving in the Woods celebration on his grandparents' farm. Includes words to the Shaker hymn Tis a Gift to be Simple and notes about the real gathering on which the story is based.
Author: Professor Strathclyde Business School Stephen Young Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781523327461 Category : Languages : en Pages : 676
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Five Book Collection of the Bestselling Books. Five Book Series, 675 pages, featuring; Something in the Woods is Taking People, Hunted in the Woods, Predators in the Woods, Taken in the Woods, Mysterious things in the Woods. SOMETHING IN THE WOODS IS TAKING PEOPLE. Something unknown that we cannot define; something that others have had the misfortune to encounter. People snatched soundlessly, never to be seen again. Or returned; dead. A strange and highly unusual predator. Highly intelligent. Very successful. And able to overpower someone in an instant. This is a puzzle. An often deadly one. Here follows some very troubling and disturbing accounts. Something in the Woods is taking people.... Unexplained disappearances, missing people, and the things that have Taken them...missing in national parks, woods and forests. Mysterious vanishings... Terrifying True Accounts. Missing in national parks, forests, and woods. Missing people, taken, hunted, vanished.... unexplained mysteries missing and disappearing people.
Author: April Graham Publisher: ISBN: 9780578604015 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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At the age 13 April finds herself walking down the traumatic path of being a homeless youth, in these pages, I share my personal accounts of pain and how plant allies were the only comfort I often had. Through these painful chapters, we will learn how these plants were not only able to comfort me but to heal me.
Author: Pamela D. McElwee
Author: Pamela D. McElwee
Author: Michael Finkel
Author: Robert Brown
Author: Eduardo Kohn
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Author: Emily Carroll
Author: Phyllis Alsdurf
Author: Professor Strathclyde Business School Stephen Young
Author: Sandra Kynes
Author: April Graham