The Pine Cone 1934 Classic Reprint
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The Pine Cone 1934 Classic Reprint
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Author : Georgia State Woman's College
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-03
The Pine Cone 1934 Classic Reprint written by Georgia State Woman's College and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-03 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from The Pine Cone, 1934 Some years later, Mr. West married Miss Ora Lee Cranford; he had succumbed to the attractive ness of his pupil. When she had been Mrs. West only for a few moments, she looked up at her hus band and said with that same tantalizing air of the girl he had punished, I told you I'd get even. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Pine Cone 1923 Classic Reprint
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Author : Carolina College
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-25
Pine Cone 1923 Classic Reprint written by Carolina College and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-25 with categories.
Excerpt from Pine Cone, 1923 As a token of our love for her, and our g'reat appreciation for all that she has done to help us with this our first annual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Control Of Nature
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Author : John McPhee
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2011-04-01
The Control Of Nature written by John McPhee and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Nature categories.
While John McPhee was working on his previous book, Rising from the Plains, he happened to walk by the engineering building at the University of Wyoming, where words etched in limestone said: "Strive on--the control of Nature is won, not given." In the morning sunlight, that central phrase--"the control of nature"--seemed to sparkle with unintended ambiguity. Bilateral, symmetrical, it could with equal speed travel in opposite directions. For some years, he had been planning a book about places in the world where people have been engaged in all-out battles with nature, about (in the words of the book itself) "any struggle against natural forces--heroic or venal, rash or well advised--when human beings conscript themselves to fight against the earth, to take what is not given, to rout the destroying enemy, to surround the base of Mt. Olympus demanding and expecting the surrender of the gods." His interest had first been sparked when he went into the Atchafalaya--the largest river swamp in North America--and had learned that virtually all of its waters were metered and rationed by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' project called Old River Control. In the natural cycles of the Mississippi's deltaic plain, the time had come for the Mississippi to change course, to shift its mouth more than a hundred miles and go down the Atchafalaya, one of its distributary branches. The United States could not afford that--for New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and all the industries that lie between would be cut off from river commerce with the rest of the nation. At a place called Old River, the Corps therefore had built a great fortress--part dam, part valve--to restrain the flow of the Atchafalaya and compel the Mississippi to stay where it is. In Iceland, in 1973, an island split open without warning and huge volumes of lava began moving in the direction of a harbor scarcely half a mile away. It was not only Iceland's premier fishing port (accounting for a large percentage of Iceland's export economy) but it was also the only harbor along the nation's southern coast. As the lava threatened to fill the harbor and wipe it out, a physicist named Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson suggested a way to fight against the flowing red rock--initiating an all-out endeavor unique in human history. On the big island of Hawaii, one of the world's two must eruptive hot spots, people are not unmindful of the Icelandic example. McPhee went to Hawaii to talk with them and to walk beside the edges of a molten lake and incandescent rivers. Some of the more expensive real estate in Los Angeles is up against mountains that are rising and disintegrating as rapidly as any in the world. After a complex coincidence of natural events, boulders will flow out of these mountains like fish eggs, mixed with mud, sand, and smaller rocks in a cascading mass known as debris flow. Plucking up trees and cars, bursting through doors and windows, filling up houses to their eaves, debris flows threaten the lives of people living in and near Los Angeles' famous canyons. At extraordinary expense the city has built a hundred and fifty stadium-like basins in a daring effort to catch the debris. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters.
A Time Of Gifts
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Author : Patrick Leigh Fermor
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-10-10
A Time Of Gifts written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS '[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.' In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure, which took him through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and with a small allowance of only a pound a week, Fermor had planned to sleep rough - to live 'like a tramp, a pilgrim, or a wandering scholar' - but a chance introduction in Bavaria led to comfortable stays in castles, and provided a glimpse of the old Europe of princes and peasants. Hailed as a masterpiece, A Time of Gifts is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but it is also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change. 'Not only is this journey one of physical adventure but of cultural awakening. Architecture, art, genealogy, quirks of history and language are all devoured -- and here passed on -- with a gusto uniquely his' COLIN THUBRON, SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the most romantic books of the twentieth century, Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of a long walk across Europe is also a literary treasure, a rich blend of action and observation' GUARDIAN
Penguin And Pinecone
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Author : Salina Yoon
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-08-22
Penguin And Pinecone written by Salina Yoon and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-22 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When curious Penguin finds a lost pinecone in the snow, their friendship grows into something extraordinary! A heart-warming tale with a delightfully positive message. Brilliantly read by Lenny Henry. Please note that audio is not supported by all devices, please consult your user manual for confirmation.
Books In Print Supplement
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Books In Print Supplement written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with American literature categories.
Fiction Folklore Fantasy Poetry For Children 1876 1985 Titles Awards
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Author : Beverly Lamar
language : en
Publisher: New York : Bowker
Release Date : 1986
Fiction Folklore Fantasy Poetry For Children 1876 1985 Titles Awards written by Beverly Lamar and has been published by New York : Bowker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Reference categories.
Ignition
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Author : John Drury Clark
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-23
Ignition written by John Drury Clark and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise which eventually took men to the moon, missiles to the planets, and satellites to outer space. A classic work in the history of science, and described as “a good book on rocket stuff…that’s a really fun one” by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades.
Of Wolves And Men
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Author : Barry Holstun Lopez
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004
Of Wolves And Men written by Barry Holstun Lopez and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Gray wolf categories.
Pine
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Author : Laura Mason
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Pine written by Laura Mason and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with Nature categories.
Now in paperback, an enduring survey of the venerable trees. Since the pine tree is able to sprout after forest fires, on mountainsides, and in semi-desert climes, it is no surprise that the ever-resilient tree signifies longevity, wisdom, and immortality. From the pine cone staffs carried by the worshippers of Bacchus in the classical world to their role in the movement to establish national parks in nineteenth-century North America, pine trees and their symbolism run deep in cultures around the globe. In Pine, Laura Mason explores the many ways pines have inspired and been used by people throughout history. Mason examines how the somber, brooding atmosphere of pine woods, the complex forms of pine cones, and the coniform shape of the trees themselves have aroused the creativity of artists, writers, filmmakers, and photographers. She also considers the many ways we use the tree—its resin once provided adhesives, waterproofing, and medicines, and its wood continues to be incorporated into buildings, furniture, and the pulp used to make paper, while its cones provide pine nuts and other food for animals and humans. Filled with one hundred illustrations, Pine provides a fascinating survey of these rugged, aromatic trees that are found the world over.