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Deserts Revised Edition
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Author : Peter Aleshire
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Release Date : 2019-06
Deserts Revised Edition written by Peter Aleshire and has been published by Chelsea House Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06 with categories.
Complete with vivid, dramatic photographs, this eBook presents an oasis of information on the world's starkest deserts. Journey from Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, to the Libyan desert, the hottest on Earth, where temperatures can reach 136°F, to Antarctica's vast polar deserts, which have not had ice cover for thousands of years. From trade wind and rainshadow deserts to interior and coastal deserts, Deserts, Revised Edition spotlights 10 superlative examples and reveals why these astonishing landforms are never static but always changing.
A Natural History Of The Sonoran Desert
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Author : Arizona-Sonora Desert Mus
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000
A Natural History Of The Sonoran Desert written by Arizona-Sonora Desert Mus and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Nature categories.
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Cadillac Desert
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Author : Marc Reisner
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1993-06-01
Cadillac Desert written by Marc Reisner and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.
Deserts Revised Edition
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Author : Peter Aleshire
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
Release Date : 2019-06-01
Deserts Revised Edition written by Peter Aleshire and has been published by Infobase Holdings, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-01 with Science categories.
Complete with vivid, dramatic photographs, this eBook presents an oasis of information on the world's starkest deserts. Journey from Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, to the Libyan desert, the hottest on Earth, where temperatures can reach 136°F, to Antarctica’s vast polar deserts, which have not had ice cover for thousands of years. From trade wind and rainshadow deserts to interior and coastal deserts, Deserts, Revised Edition spotlights 10 superlative examples and reveals why these astonishing landforms are never static but always changing.
The California Deserts
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Author : Edmund Carroll Jaeger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The California Deserts written by Edmund Carroll Jaeger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Nature categories.
This revised edition puts the reader up-to-date with the many changes that have resulted in the desert, to-wit: the influx of settlers, the expansion of agriculture, the building of modern roads and towns, and the use of some of the deserts' most wild and attractive parts by the Army and Navy for testing modern weapons of warfare.
The Biology Of Deserts
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Author : David Ward
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
The Biology Of Deserts written by David Ward and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Science categories.
A revised and thoroughly updated edition of this concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology.
The Desert
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Author : Life (Chicago)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Desert written by Life (Chicago) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Deserts categories.
The New Desert Reader
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Author : Peter Wild
language : en
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Release Date : 2006
The New Desert Reader written by Peter Wild and has been published by University of Utah Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
A slow change in outlook dominates the book, as attitudes shift from viewing the desert as a place of sanctity, then a land to be despised or exploited, and back to an appreciation of it as a special place, an arena of highly complex natural communities, and a wild refuge for the human body and soul.
The Desert
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Author : John Charles Van Dyke
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1999-08-12
The Desert written by John Charles Van Dyke and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-12 with Nature categories.
Since its first appearance in 1901, John C. Van Dyke's The Desert has been considered one of the classics of American nature writing. Before its publication, Americans thought of deserts as scorpion-infested wastelands—with names like Devil's Domain and the Lands That God Forgot. All this changed as The Desert drew attention to the extraordinary beauty that existed in the American West: rolling sand dunes, golden vistas, vibrant sunsets, and remarkable plant and animal life. Van Dyke's book captured the nation's imagination at a time when attitudes about the land were changing. It provided a vocabulary that continues to be used as appreciation of deserts increases and ever greater pressures lead to new calls to protect these fragile environments. With a critical introduction by Peter Wild, this edition offers new insights—and reveals some surprising truths—about this legendary author and his best known work. Van Dyke was not, it seems, the "plaster saint of the desert." He was not entirely honest with his readers about the journeys that inspired the book, and his natural history includes serious errors. But in this more informed reading, Wild notes, Van Dyke "emerges as all the more fascinating a writer and his famous book becomes far more intriguing than most readers have imagined through the decades." As the centennial of its publication approaches and the complex story behind its long success is finally told, this new edition of The Desert reveals an equally complex and dramatic narrative: our changing relationship with the American landscape. "Van Dyke came at just the right time... No sooner had Americans conquered the wilderness, cut down the forests, and slaughtered the buffalo than the romantic nation began sentimentalizing the past, longing for what it had just destroyed."—from the Introduction
Introduction To California Desert Wildflowers
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Author : Philip Alexander Munz
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004
Introduction To California Desert Wildflowers written by Philip Alexander Munz and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Spring in the desert provides some of the most spectacular wildflowers shows in California, making this the perfect wildflower book to pack for a day in the Mojave or Colorado Deserts.