The Comstocks Of Cornell The Definitive Autobiography
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The Comstocks Of Cornell The Definitive Autobiography
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Author : Anna Botsford Comstock
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-15
The Comstocks Of Cornell The Definitive Autobiography written by Anna Botsford Comstock and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by the naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and that of her husband, the entomologist John Henry Comstock—both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history. A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. In this twenty-first-century edition, Karen Penders St. Clair restores the author's voice by reconstructing the entire manuscript as Anna Comstock wrote it—and thereby preserves Comstock's memories of the personal and professional lives of the couple as she originally intended. The book includes an epilogue documenting the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, this book is an essential part of the history of both Cornell University and its press.
The Sound Of The Sea Seashells And The Fate Of The Oceans
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Author : Cynthia Barnett
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2021-07-06
The Sound Of The Sea Seashells And The Fate Of The Oceans written by Cynthia Barnett and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Nature categories.
A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.
The Nature Study Idea
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Author : Liberty Hyde Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-15
The Nature Study Idea written by Liberty Hyde Bailey and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with Science categories.
In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the essence of a social movement, led by ordinary public-school teachers, that lifted education out of the classroom and placed it into firsthand contact with the natural world. The aim was simple but revolutionary: sympathy with nature to increase the joy of living and foster stewardship of the earth. With this definitive edition, John Linstrom reintroduces The Nature-Study Idea as an environmental classic for our time. It provides historical context through a wealth of related writings, and introductory essays relate Bailey's vision to current work in education and the intersection of climate change and culture. In this period of planetary turmoil, Bailey's ambition to cultivate wonder (in adults as well as children) and lead readers back into the natural world is more important than ever.
Free Enterprise
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Author : Lawrence B. Glickman
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-20
Free Enterprise written by Lawrence B. Glickman and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-20 with Economic policy categories.
An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics Throughout the twentieth century, "free enterprise" has been a contested keyword in American politics, and the cornerstone of a conservative philosophy that seeks to limit government involvement into economic matters. Lawrence B. Glickman shows how the idea first gained traction in American discourse and was championed by opponents of the New Deal. Those politicians, believing free enterprise to be a fundamental American value, held it up as an antidote to a liberalism that they maintained would lead toward totalitarian statism. Tracing the use of the concept of free enterprise, Glickman shows how it has both constrained and transformed political dialogue. He presents a fascinating look into the complex history, and marketing, of an idea that forms the linchpin of the contemporary opposition to government regulation, taxation, and programs such as Medicare.
Emancipation S Daughters
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Author : Riché Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-23
Emancipation S Daughters written by Riché Richardson and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-23 with Social Science categories.
In Emancipation's Daughters, Riché Richardson examines iconic black women leaders who have contested racial stereotypes and constructed new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States. Drawing on literary texts and cultural representations, Richardson shows how five emblematic black women—Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé—have challenged white-centered definitions of American identity. By using the rhetoric of motherhood and focusing on families and children, these leaders have defied racist images of black women, such as the mammy or the welfare queen, and rewritten scripts of femininity designed to exclude black women from civic participation. Richardson shows that these women's status as national icons was central to reconstructing black womanhood in ways that moved beyond dominant stereotypes. However, these formulations are often premised on heteronormativity and exclude black queer and trans women. Throughout Emancipation's Daughters, Richardson reveals new possibilities for inclusive models of blackness, national femininity, and democracy.
The Age Of Turbulence
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Author : Alan Greenspan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-09-09
The Age Of Turbulence written by Alan Greenspan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the bestselling author of The Map and the Territory and Capitalism in America The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than eighteen-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to the present, in the second half of The Age of Turbulence Dr. Greenspan embarks on a magnificent tour d’horizon of the global economy. The distillation of a life’s worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, The Age of Turbulence will stand as Alan Greenspan’s personal and intellectual legacy.
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Author : 辛西亞‧巴內特(Cynthia Barnett)
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 臉譜
Release Date : 2022-11-03
written by 辛西亞‧巴內特(Cynthia Barnett) and has been published by 臉譜 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-03 with Science categories.
第一本關於貝殼及其製造者的迷人歷史， 揭示它們想告訴我們的故事，關於大自然、我們海洋的變遷，以及我們自身 誠品、博客來雙選書《雨：文明、藝術、科學，人與自然交織的億萬年紀事》作者最新力作 ★以貝殼和打造貝殼的軟體動物為主角，將個人故事、科學研究、歷史發展、文化影響和環境變遷巧妙融合成一本親近易讀的傑作！ ★收錄16張細描插畫，更貼近貝殼的真實樣態！ ★《森林祕境》作者大衛・喬治・哈思克（David George Haskell）盛讚：「充滿迷人的重要故事，鮮活生動。……對地球豐富生命感興趣的讀者，絕不可錯過此書。」 ★Amazon書評4.5顆星，各大媒體絕讚推薦！ ｜國立嘉義大學生物資源學系 邱郁文 專業審定 夏曼‧藍波安 海洋文學作家 廖鴻基 海洋文學作家 ──推薦 自人類黎明之初，貝殼就是最受垂涎與收藏的大自然創造物。它們是硬幣出現之前的貨幣，寶石出現之前的珠寶，畫布出現之前的藝術。 我們總試圖聆聽貝殼。而驚人的是，它們經常帶領我們在渾濁的時代找到清澈的真理。 在一個篤信上帝於同一時間創造出永恆完美的所有生靈的時代，諸如菊石這樣的陌生貝類，為人們提供了演化與滅絕的證據。山巔的海貝講述了大陸漂移、海洋升降的故事，闡述一則比聖經六千年更古老的地球歷史。貝殼在峽谷壁、懸崖邊與土地底，一層一層記錄出長達五十億年的化石日記，為地球的過往生活與全球變遷留下最完整的檔案。 正如它們在山上承載了地球的記憶，或在小杯裡盛裝了母親的記憶，貝殼是人類歷史的記錄者，比寫下歷史的人類更精準。貝塚曾在北美矗立，一如上古世界的神廟。有些早期的科學家和歷史學家認為它們只是遊牧民族的垃圾堆。但貝殼──由很久以前的一雙雙人手勾勒出住家、聖所和公共建築的輪廓，或埋入古老的墳墓或貝殼細工工廠──卻在美國土地上打造出前哥倫布時期的主要城市。「偉大的貝殼城市」清楚表明，新世界一點也不新。貝殼正在世界各地校正歷史，核實勝利者。 本書由知名環境作家辛西亞•巴內特結合文化史與科學研究，追溯我們長期對海貝的熱愛，以及製造這些海貝的軟體動物的隱密生活。從一度在北美崛起的貝殼大城，到馬爾地夫的海水暖化警告以及迦納的奴隸城堡，巴內特為世上最具代表性的貝殼打造出令人難忘的描述。她從孩提時代的好奇開始，漸次鋪展出各種驚人的歷史，例如殼牌家族企業如何靠著進口貝殼發跡；並描繪出貝殼以及製造它們的軟體動物正在向科學家提出海洋暖化與酸化的警告。 從早期螺號的神祕呼聲，到脊柱與螺塔的演化奇蹟，乃至受到貝殼啟發的碳捕集現代科學，巴內特始終環繞著她的核心重點，聆聽大自然的智慧──並根據貝殼的箴言行動，關懷彼此以及我們的世界。 「本書是一本罕見的傑出之作，每一頁都令人讚嘆。從史前到今日，貝殼充斥在人類生活當中，從為古代眾神發聲到推動今日的氣候解決方案。謝謝妳，辛西亞•巴內特，因為妳榮耀了軟體動物留給我們的贈禮——例如一度用來號召信徒禮拜的海螺——也因為妳給了牠們聲音，替瀕危的海洋請命。」 ——賽•蒙哥馬利（Sy Montgomery），暢銷書《章魚的內心世界》（The Soul of an Octopus）作者 「充滿迷人的重要故事，鮮活生動。軟體動物的奇妙生命，以及貝殼以多種出乎意料的方式活在人類文化的核心之處，這兩點都令我著迷。對地球豐富生命感興趣的讀者，絕不可錯過此書。」 ——大衛・喬治・哈思克（David George Haskell），《森林祕境》（The Forest Unseen）作者 「一本期待已久的書籍。本書適時而開放，迴盪著海貝世界的奇妙之聲。她敦促我們以前所未有的方式貼耳傾聽，因為在這個過渡的時代，牠們的真實就是我們的命運，牠們的智慧就是我們的答案，牠們的未來則是我們的希望。」 ──傑克•戴維斯（Jack E. Davis），普立茲獎得獎著作《墨西哥灣》（The Gulf）作者 「本書精緻、多腔且明亮，如同巴內特在這本跨領域書中所描述的貝類。這是一本遊記，是對殖民主義和資本主義的漂亮控訴，是流於官腔的科學敘事的重新復活，而最令人振奮的是，貝殼以及躲在其中的軟體動物的故事，如何反映了人類的偉大獨創以及人類對自然世界同樣巨大的影響。這首糅合了讚頌與警告的歌曲，令我震悸，驚喜，開心至極。」 ──勞倫•格羅夫（Lauren Groff），暢銷書《佛羅里達》（Florida）作者 「秉持卡森海洋三部曲的深研傳統，巴內特以深度對談的智慧與海洋科學交織出充滿詩意的沉思。一本自然史的當下經典──洋溢著海濱恢弘的科普文學。」 ──道格拉斯•布林克利（Douglas Brinkley），暢銷書《荒野勇士》（The Wilderness Warrior）作者 「一本精心研究、全面記錄之作，從許多不同面向涵蓋一個複雜的主題……宛如在閱讀一本迷人的冒險故事……輕鬆有趣，內容豐富。」 ——湯姆•艾克霍斯特（Tom Eichhorst），《美國貝類學會季刊》（American Conchologist） 「光彩奪目的沉思……巴內特這本翔實豐富的敘述，歌頌了過往我們如何珍視軟體動物，今日牠們如何受到迷戀，以及確保牠們的未來生存有多重要。」 ——勞倫斯•馬沙爾（Laurence A. Marschall），《自然史》（Natural History） 「本書是貝殼和貝殼熱愛者的輝煌歷史。一部迷人的歷史，惋惜的歷史。它拓展了我們吸收新知的能力。如同它的主角一般複雜、多腔且美麗，如果巴內特能喚醒我們的驚奇感，那麼或許就有希望啟動我們對海洋與彼此的集體責任感。」 ——凱薩琳•諾布里（Katharine Norbury），《華盛頓郵報》（The Washington Post） 「巴內特的敘述會讓你感嘆大自然的神奇，本書精彩而適切地螺旋上升，變成一本關於海洋、關於地球歷史，以及關於環境危機與保護的大故事。」 ——約翰•威廉斯（John Williams），《紐約時報書評》（The New York Times Book Review） 「對欣賞過這些海洋最美麗物體之人而言，這是一本名副其實的『海灘讀物』，值得珍藏。」 ——朗•查爾斯（Ron Charles），《CBS週日早晨》（CBS Sunday Morning）
The Intelligent Investor
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Author : Benjamin Graham
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins
Release Date : 1985
The Intelligent Investor written by Benjamin Graham and has been published by Harpercollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Investments. categories.
Analyzes the principles of stock selection and various approaches to investing, and compares the patterns and behavior of specific securities under diverse economic conditions
Islam And Asia
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Author : Chiara Formichi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-07
Islam And Asia written by Chiara Formichi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-07 with History categories.
An accessible, transregional exploration of how Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today.
Virtually You The Dangerous Powers Of The E Personality
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Author : Elias Aboujaoude
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-02-07
Virtually You The Dangerous Powers Of The E Personality written by Elias Aboujaoude and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-07 with Psychology categories.
"Instantly engaging and eminently accessible . . . . an enlightening and cautionary exploration of an increasingly intrusive aspect of modern society." —Booklist While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and charisma. Aboujaoude dubs this new self our “e-personality” and argues that its traits are too potent to be confined online. Offline, too, we’re becoming impatient, unfocused, and urge-driven. Virtually You draws from Aboujaoude’s personal and professional experience to highlight this new phenomenon. The first scrutiny of the virtual world’s transformative power on our psychology, Virtually You demonstrates how real life is being reconfigured in the image of a chat room, and how our identity increasingly resembles that of our avatar.