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The Desert
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Author : Aldo Starker Leopold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Desert written by Aldo Starker Leopold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Desert ecology categories.
Gathering The Desert
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Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1985
Gathering The Desert written by Gary Paul Nabhan and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Gardening categories.
Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
The Desert
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Author : Michael Welland
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2014-09-15
The Desert written by Michael Welland and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Nature categories.
From endless sand dunes and prickly cacti to shimmering mirages and green oases, deserts evoke contradictory images in us. They are lands of desolation, but also of romance, of blistering Mojave heat and biting Gobi cold. Covering a quarter of the earth’s land mass and providing a home to half a billion people, they are both a physical reality and landscapes of the mind. The idea of the desert has long captured Western imagination, put on display in films and literature, but these portrayals often fail to capture the true scope and diversity of the people living there. Bridging the scientific and cultural gaps between perception and reality, The Desert celebrates our fascination with these arid lands and their inhabitants, as well as their importance both throughout history and in the world today. Covering an immense geographical range, Michael Welland wanders from the Sahara to the Atacama, depicting the often bizarre adaptations of plants and animals to these hostile environments. He also looks at these seemingly infertile landscapes in the context of their place in history—as the birthplaces not only of critical evolutionary adaptations, civilizations, and social progress, but also of ideologies. Telling the stories of the diverse peoples who call the desert home, he describes how people have survived there, their contributions to agricultural development, and their emphasis on water and its scarcity. He also delves into the allure of deserts and how they have been used in literature and film and their influence on fashion, art, and architecture. As Welland reveals, deserts may be difficult to define, but they play an active role in the evolution of our global climate and society at large, and their future is of the utmost importance. Entertaining, informative, and surprising, The Desert is an intriguing new look at these seemingly harsh and inhospitable landscapes.
Across The Desert
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Author : Dusti Bowling
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Across The Desert written by Dusti Bowling and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot stranded after a plane crash in this gripping story of survival, friendship, and rescue from a bestselling and award-winning author. Twelve-year-old Jolene spends every day she can at the library watching her favorite livestream: The Desert Aviator, where twelve-year-old “Addie Earhart” shares her adventures flying an ultralight plane over the desert. While watching this daring girl fly through the sky, Jolene can dream of what it would be like to fly with her, far away from her own troubled home life where her mother struggles with a narcotic addiction. And Addie, who is grieving the loss of her father, finds solace in her online conversations with Jolene, her biggest—and only—fan. Then, one day, it all goes wrong: Addie's engine abruptly stops, and Jolene watches in helpless horror as the ultralight plummets to the ground and the video goes dark. Jolene knows that Addie won’t survive long in the extreme summer desert heat. With no one to turn to for help and armed with only a hand-drawn map and a stolen cell phone, it's up to Jolene to find a way to save the Desert Aviator. Packed with adventure and heart, Across the Desert speaks to the resilience, hope, and strength within each of us. Don't miss Dusti Bowling's new novel, Dust, available for preorder now.
The Desert
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Author : John Charles Van Dyke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
The Desert written by John Charles Van Dyke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Deserts categories.
The Desert World
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Author : Alonzo William Pond
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1975
The Desert World written by Alonzo William Pond and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Nature categories.
Desert In Modern Literature And Philosophy
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Author : Aidan Tynan
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-18
Desert In Modern Literature And Philosophy written by Aidan Tynan and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Aidan explores the ways in which Nietzsche's warning that 'the desert grows' has been taken up by Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze in their critiques of modernity, and the desert in literature ranging from T.S Eliot to Don DeLillo; from imperial travel writing to postmodernism; and from the Old Testament to salvagepunk.
People Live In The Desert
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Author : Belle Perez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
People Live In The Desert written by Belle Perez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Arid regions categories.
Describes how people are able to live in a desert, including how they get water, how they get food, and how they stay cool.
Secrets Of The Desert
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Author : Kath Murdoch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Secrets Of The Desert written by Kath Murdoch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Deserts categories.
Ocean Desert
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Author : Renate Aller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Ocean Desert written by Renate Aller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Photography categories.
Aller captures the infinitely shifting colors and textures of water, sand and sky This new project by German-born photographer Renate Aller is an extension of the ongoing series and book Oceanscapes (2010). Aller has continued to make images of the ocean from a single vantage point--for which she is internationally known--but for the last several years, she has also photographed sand dunes in New Mexico and Colorado. She has now paired the resulting images in a fascinating new series that continues her investigation into the relationship between romanticism, memory and landscape in the context of our current sociopolitical awareness. There is both a visual and visceral relationship between the two bodies of work. The desert images also capture visitors to the dunes, who engage in beach activities far away from any large body of water. And while these parallel realities are from completely different locations, the simultaneous, multiple activities on the sloping sand hills appears as if layers of different people and activities were choreographed next to rolling waves of the sea. Aller's first combination of these images was in book form, for a mammoth handmade book that was 36 inches wide. The overwhelming success of that publication has inspired this new trade edition, which features the largest binding that can be mechanically bound, and includes an expanded selection of the work. Born in Germany, Renate Aller lives and works in New York. Ocean and Desert is her third monograph published with Radius Books, following Dicotyledon and the long-term project Oceanscapes-One View-Ten Years. Pieces from that series and other site-specific artworks are in the collections of corporate institutions, private collectors and museums, including the Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Yale University Art Gallery, Conneticut; the George Eastman House, Rochester; New Britain Museum of American Art; Hamburger Kunsthalle; and the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison.