The Edge Of The Sea Of Cortez
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The Edge Of The Sea Of Cortez 2nd Edition
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Author : Marilyn Malone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-01-01
The Edge Of The Sea Of Cortez 2nd Edition written by Marilyn Malone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with categories.
Illustrated beach walking guide to the intertidal animals and plants of the Upper Gulf of California; lively informal presentation with over 600 explanatory photos and drawings to appeal to all ages.
The Edge Of The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Betty Hupp
language : en
Publisher: Operculum LLC
Release Date : 2008
The Edge Of The Sea Of Cortez written by Betty Hupp and has been published by Operculum LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with California, Gulf of (Mexico) categories.
"The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is framed by the Mexican mainland states of Sonora and Sinaloa and the peninsula states of Northern and Southern Baja California. Once called the Vermillion Sea, its long, narrow shape results in tidal extremes that provide a unique home for a rich diversity of marine life. Its beautiful water sustains those who live along its shores, entices tourists from all over the world, and beckons marine scientists to discover its secrets."--BOOK JACKET.
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez written by Peter Benchley and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Fiction categories.
Peter Benchley’s fascination with the sea and its magnificent inhabitants inspired such classic novels as Jaws and The Deep, making him the preeminent author of ocean adventure and suspense. The Girl of the Sea of Cortez was his most heartfelt, cherished story of the relationship between man and the sea, both those that live in it and those who love it. On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father—a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it. Every day, Paloma paddles her tiny boat into the ocean and anchors over a seamount—a submerged volcanic peak sixty feet underwater that is clustered with spectacular sea animals and a wondrous web of marine life. It is there that an astonishing event takes place, when on one of her dives Paloma is shadowed by a manta ray—an animal so large it blocks the sun. She develops an extraordinary relationship with this luminous, gentle creature, but instinctively knows its existence is a secret she must fiercely protect. Benchley’s novel paints a poignant picture of humanity’s precarious relationship with the ocean, which unfolds alongside a heartrending story of familial bonds, often revealing that the ignorance of man is far more dangerous than the sea. Full of beauty, danger, and adventure, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is triumphant—a novel to fall in love with. Praise for The Girl of the Sea of Cortez “It’s hard not to compare Benchley’s tale . . . with Hemingway’s classic The Old Man and the Sea.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Charming.”—The New York Times Book Review “For a hot summer’s day, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is the next best thing to looking through a clear face mask into blue water swimming with fish.”—United Press International
On The Edge
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Author : Roger McCoy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-18
On The Edge written by Roger McCoy 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 2012-07-18 with Science categories.
With our access to Google Maps, Global Positioning Systems, and Atlases that cover all regions and terrains and tell us precisely how to get from one place to another, we tend to forget there was ever a time when the world was unknown and uncharted--a mystery waiting to be solved. In On the Edge, Roger McCoy tells the captivating--and often harrowing--story of the 400 year effort to map North America's Coasts. Much of the book is based on the narratives of mariners who sought a passage through the continent to Asia and produced maps as a byproduct of their journeys. These courageous explorers had to rely on the most rudimentary mapping tools and to contend with unimaginably harsh conditions: ship-crushing ice floes; the threat of frostbite, scurvy, and starvation; gold fever and mutiny; ice that could lock them in for months on end; and, inevitably, the failure to find the elusive Northwest passage. Telling the story from the explorers' perspective, McCoy allows readers to see how maps of their voyages were made and why they were so full of errors, as well as how they gradually acquired greater accuracy, especially after the longitude problem was solved. On the Edge tracks the dramatic voyages of John Cabot, John Davis, Captain Cook, Henry Hudson, Martin Frobisher, John Franklin (who nearly starved to death and become known in England as "the man who ate his boots"), and others, concluding with Robert Peary, Otto Sverdrup, and Vihjalmur Steffanson in the early twentieth century. Drawing upon diaries, journals, and other primary sources--and including a set of maps charting the progress of exploration over time--On the Edge shows exactly how we came to know the shape of our continent.
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez written by Peter Benchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Island Biogeography In The Sea Of Cort Z
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Author : Ted J. Case
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1983-01-01
Island Biogeography In The Sea Of Cort Z written by Ted J. Case 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 1983-01-01 with Science categories.
Dream A Little Dream
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Author : Theresa Kelly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Dream A Little Dream written by Theresa Kelly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Christian life categories.
The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is framed by the Mexican mainland and the Baja California peninsula. Once called the Vermillion Sea, its long narrow shape results in tidal extremes that provide a unique home for a rich diversity of marine life. The beautiful waters entice tourists from all over the world and beckon marine scientists to discover their secrets. Lavishly illustrated in the tradition of Dorling Kindersley’s reference books, The Edge of the Sea of Cortez: Tidewalkers’ Guide to the Upper Gulf of California is the only guide to the diverse sea creatures that can be observed along the rocky shores of the Gulf of California. In these pages, you will find a trove of valuable information whether you take this book with you along the beach, meeting the fascinating creatures at the tips of your toes, or simply read about these intertidal denizens from afar.
The World In Which We Occur
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Author : Neil W. Browne
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2007-10-31
The World In Which We Occur written by Neil W. Browne and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
American philosopher John Dewey considered all human endeavors to be one with the natural world. In his writings, particularly Art as Experience (1934), Dewey insists on the primacy of the environment in aesthetic experience. Dewey’s conception of environment includes both the natural and the man-made. The World in Which We Occur highlights this notion in order to define “pragmatist ecology,” a practice rooted in the interface of the cultural and the natural. Neil Browne finds this to be a significant feature of some of the most important ecological writing of the last century. To fully understand human involvement in the natural world, Browne argues that disciplinary boundaries must be opened, with profound implications for the practice of democracy. The degradation of the physical environment and democratic decay, for Browne, are rooted in the same problem: our persistent belief that humans are somehow separate from their physical environment. Browne probes the work of a number of major American writers through the lens of Dewey’s philosophy. Among other texts examined are John Muir’s My First Summer in the Sierra (1911); Sea of Cortez (1941) by John Steinbeck and Edward Ricketts; Rachel Carson’s three books about the sea, Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955); John Haines’s The Stars, the Snow, the Fire (1989); Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams (1986); and Terry Tempest Williams’s Refuge (1991). Together, these texts—with their combinations of scientific observation and personal meditation—challenge the dichotomies that we have become accustomed and affirm the principles of a pragmatist ecology, one in which ecological and democratic values go hand in hand.
On The Edge
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Author : Roger M. McCoy
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2012-07-18
On The Edge written by Roger M. McCoy and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-18 with History categories.
This book tracks the progress of a four hundred year effort to map the coasts of North America after 1492. A set of maps show the progression of exploration over time, and narratives of the voyages illustrate the trials and dangers faced by the men as they made their maps.
Sea Of Cortez
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Author : George Barkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-08
Sea Of Cortez written by George Barkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08 with California categories.
A different kind of detective... A different kind of mystery... An old, old kind of love affair... Moving in on fifty, fearful of losing his edge, and traumatized by a fatal car crash, private detective F.X. McDonough takes a supposedly safe missing-persons job he hopes will get him back on an even keel. But that is not to be. Hired to find the rejected mixed-blood heir of a bigoted Santa Barbara patriarch, he is soon immersed in the illegal Hispanic world of Southwestern USA and Baja California--a world that he, product of a Boston Irish slum, experiences as elusive and unsettling. Murder present and murder past surface, and McDonough finds himself reluctantly falling headlong for the patriarch's beautiful and enigmatic daughter-in-law--who seems far more involved in these events than she should be.