Visions Of A Vanished World
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Visions Of A Vanished World
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Author : Gabriele Kuhl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Visions Of A Vanished World written by Gabriele Kuhl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with NATURE categories.
A spectacular collectible volume, with masterful photographs and expert commentary on some of the world's most striking fossils About four hundred million years ago earthquake activity and possibly major storms caused sudden movements of large quantities of muddy sediment along the seafloor. Animal communities in the path of these sediment-laden flows were instantly engulfed, the inhabitants "frozen" in the last moment of their lives. Amazingly, many of the creatures lost in this ancient catastrophe were almost perfectly preserved through the eons, fossilized in a thick series of muds now known as the Hunsr ck Slate west of the Rhine Valley in western Germany. Excavations there have yielded the most diverse and surpassingly beautiful collection of marine fossils of the Devonian period ever discovered. This book pays tribute to the exquisite fossils of the Hunsr ck Slate. Large full-color photographic plates display fossil sponges, brachiopods, clams, starfish, sea lilies, trilobites, worms, sea spiders, sea stars, crustaceans, corals, and many other species. An accessible commentary recounts the discovery of the fossils and explains how the slate was formed, how the animals are preserved, the significance of the fossils, and the controversies that surround them. A special presentation in every way, this book makes an exceptional contribution to the fascinating history of life on Earth.
Arctic Visions
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Author : Fred Bruemmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Arctic Visions written by Fred Bruemmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Our impression of the Arctic as we typically envision it is replete with snow, igloos, and a thriving native community that hunts seals and ventures across an ice-capped tundra using dog-sleds. In the 1960s Fred Breummer moved to the Arctic to capture this life in photographs, and present to the world the intimate moments he spent with the native peoples living, hunting, and surviving in a very inhospitable environment. By focusing his lens on the people, animals, and landscape, he helped define the North as we know it today, as well as how the region's inhabitants began moving away from their traditional way of life. Today, every aspect of the Arctic has changed: dog sleds have been replaced by snowmobiles, harpoons by rifles, and igloos by houses. And the Arctic's environmental health is of international concern as the region has been ravaged by the effects of global warming. In particular, there are concerns that Arctic shrinkage, a consequence of melting glaciers and other ice, could soon contribute to a substantial rise in sea levels worldwide. Arctic Visions captures a past that has become almost mythological and is a document of a past that will soon be impossible to imagine on our own. Praise for Fred Bruemmer : "More than any other photographer of the Arctic, Bruemmer has captured through his photos the transition from hunter to villager as Arctic people began moving off the land and settling permanently in villages and towns. In this way, his art serves as a mirror of the harsh transitions and changes in 20th century life." - Willam W. Fitzhugh, Director, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
A Vanished World
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Author : Chris Lowney
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006
A Vanished World written by Chris Lowney and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Are Muslims, Christians, and Jews forever locked in a cycle of violence and resentment? This work answers this question by chronicling medieval Spain's impossibly panoramic history."--Publisher.
A Vanished World
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Author : Anne Gertrude Sneller
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1994-08-01
A Vanished World written by Anne Gertrude Sneller and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-01 with Nature categories.
A personal portrait of a young American girl's rural childhood - including reminiscences of the Civil War and pioneering in the West. Renewed interest in wilderness, rural farm life, and the experiences of pioneer women has prompted the reissue of this work.
The Vanished World Vol 1
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Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Vanished World Vol 1 written by Herbert Ernest Bates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
Remembering A Vanished World
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Author : Theodore S. Hamerow
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2001
Remembering A Vanished World written by Theodore S. Hamerow and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Memoirs of a Jew born in 1920 in Warsaw; in 1930 he and his parents emigrated to the USA. Ch. 5 (pp. 115-143), "On the Edge of the Volcano, " contains, inter alia, recollections of and reflections on antisemitism in Poland in the 1920s.
Binocular Vision
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Author : Edith Pearlman
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2023-08-03
Binocular Vision written by Edith Pearlman and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-03 with Fiction categories.
'The best short story writer in the world' Susan Hill 'This book is a spectacular literary revelation' Sunday Times The collected stories of an award-winning, modern classic American writer who has been compared to Alice Munro, John Updike – and even Anton Chekhov Tenderly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captured life on the page like no one else. Spanning forty years of writing, moving from tsarist Russia to the coast of Maine, from Jerusalem to Massachusetts, these astonishing stories reveal one of America's greatest modern writers. Across a stunning array of scenes-an unforeseen love affair between adolescent cousins, an elderly couple's decision to shoplift, an old woman's deathbed confession of her mother's affair-Edith Pearlman crafts a timeless and unique sensibility, shot through with wit, lucidity and compassion. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe Edith Pearlman (1936–2023) published her debut collection of stories in 1996, aged 60. She won The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for Binocular Vision. She published over 250 works of short fiction in magazines, literary journals, anthologies and online publications. Her work won three O. Henry Prizes, the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature, and a Mary McCarthy Prize, among others. In 2011, Pearlman was the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award, which put her in the ranks of luminaries like John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates.
True Visions Of The Unseen World And Other Visions
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language : en
Publisher:
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True Visions Of The Unseen World And Other Visions written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Miracles categories.
A Vanished World
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Author : Roman Vishniac
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
A Vanished World written by Roman Vishniac and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Europe, Eastern categories.
This pictorial history of Jewish life in Germany in the 1930s before the Holocaust, shows the stories of individuals, their increasing poverty, sad wisdom and enduring love in the years leading up to World War II.
Bringing Fossils To Life
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Author : Donald R. Prothero
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Bringing Fossils To Life written by Donald R. Prothero and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Science categories.
One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.