Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055916
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey into the ocean, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the ocean are connected and dependent on each other and the ocean's saltwater environment.
A Journey Into the Ocean
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055916
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey into the ocean, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the ocean are connected and dependent on each other and the ocean's saltwater environment.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055916
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey into the ocean, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the ocean are connected and dependent on each other and the ocean's saltwater environment.
A Journey Into a Lake
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055947
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey into a lake, showing examples of how the animals and plants are connected and dependent on each other and on the lake's freshwater environment.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055947
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey into a lake, showing examples of how the animals and plants are connected and dependent on each other and on the lake's freshwater environment.
A Journey Into an Estuary
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055923
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Takes readers on a walk at a sheltered bay, showing examples of how the animals and plants of estuaries are connected and dependent on each other and the estuary's mix of fresh and salt water.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575055923
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Takes readers on a walk at a sheltered bay, showing examples of how the animals and plants of estuaries are connected and dependent on each other and the estuary's mix of fresh and salt water.
Sacred Sea
Author: Peter Thomson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038119
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Siberia's Lake Baikal is one of nature's most magnificent creations, the largest and deepest body of fresh water in the world. And yet it is nearly unknown outside of Russia. In Sacred Sea--the first major journalistic examination of Baikal in English--veteran environmental writer Peter Thomson and his younger brother undertake a kind of pilgrimage, journeying 25,000 miles by land and sea to reach this extraordinary lake. At Baikal they find a place of sublime beauty, deep history, and immense natural power. But they also find ominous signs that this perfect eco-system--containing one-fifth of earth's fresh water and said to possess a mythical ability to cleanse itself--could yet succumb to the even more powerful forces of human hubris, carelessness, and ignorance. Ultimately, they help us see that despite its isolation, Baikal is connected to everything else on Earth, and that it will need the love and devotion of people around the world to protect it.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198038119
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Siberia's Lake Baikal is one of nature's most magnificent creations, the largest and deepest body of fresh water in the world. And yet it is nearly unknown outside of Russia. In Sacred Sea--the first major journalistic examination of Baikal in English--veteran environmental writer Peter Thomson and his younger brother undertake a kind of pilgrimage, journeying 25,000 miles by land and sea to reach this extraordinary lake. At Baikal they find a place of sublime beauty, deep history, and immense natural power. But they also find ominous signs that this perfect eco-system--containing one-fifth of earth's fresh water and said to possess a mythical ability to cleanse itself--could yet succumb to the even more powerful forces of human hubris, carelessness, and ignorance. Ultimately, they help us see that despite its isolation, Baikal is connected to everything else on Earth, and that it will need the love and devotion of people around the world to protect it.
China Lake
Author: Barret Baumgart
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609384717
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Barret Baumgart’s literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California’s historic drought, Baumgart toured the remote military base, NAWS China Lake, near Death Valley, California. His mother, the survivor of a recent stroke, decided to come along for the ride. She hoped the alleged healing power of the base’s ancient Native American hot springs might cure her crippling headaches. Baumgart sought to debunk claims that the military was spraying the atmosphere with toxic chemicals to control the weather. What follows is a discovery that threatens to sever not only the bonds between mother and son but between planet Earth and life itself. Stalking the fringes of Internet conspiracy, speculative science, and contemporary archaeology, Baumgart weaves memoir, military history, and investigative journalism in a dizzying journey that carries him from the cornfields of Iowa to drought-riddled California, from the Vietnam jungle to the caves of prehistoric Europe and eventually the walls of the US Capitol, the sparkling white hallways of the Pentagon, and straight into the contradicted heart of a worldwide climate emergency.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609384717
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Barret Baumgart’s literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California’s historic drought, Baumgart toured the remote military base, NAWS China Lake, near Death Valley, California. His mother, the survivor of a recent stroke, decided to come along for the ride. She hoped the alleged healing power of the base’s ancient Native American hot springs might cure her crippling headaches. Baumgart sought to debunk claims that the military was spraying the atmosphere with toxic chemicals to control the weather. What follows is a discovery that threatens to sever not only the bonds between mother and son but between planet Earth and life itself. Stalking the fringes of Internet conspiracy, speculative science, and contemporary archaeology, Baumgart weaves memoir, military history, and investigative journalism in a dizzying journey that carries him from the cornfields of Iowa to drought-riddled California, from the Vietnam jungle to the caves of prehistoric Europe and eventually the walls of the US Capitol, the sparkling white hallways of the Pentagon, and straight into the contradicted heart of a worldwide climate emergency.
River of Lakes
Author: Bill Belleville
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342246
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
First explored by naturalist William Bartram in the 1760s, the St. Johns River stretches 310 miles along Florida's east coast, making it the longest river in the state. The first "highway" through the once wild interior of Florida, the St. Johns may appear ordinary, but within its banks are some of the most fascinating natural phenomena and historic mysteries in the state. The river, no longer the commercial resource it once was, is now largely ignored by Florida's residents and visitors alike. In the first contemporary book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St. Johns, kayaking, boating, hiking its riverbanks, diving its springs, and exploring its underwater caves. He rediscovers the natural Florida and establishes his connection with a place once loved for its untamed beauty. Belleville involves scientists, environmentalists, fishermen, cave divers, and folk historians in his journey, soliciting their companionship and their expertise. River of Lakes weaves together the biological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, and ecological aspects of the St. Johns, capturing the essence of its remarkable history and intrinsic value as a natural wonder.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342246
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
First explored by naturalist William Bartram in the 1760s, the St. Johns River stretches 310 miles along Florida's east coast, making it the longest river in the state. The first "highway" through the once wild interior of Florida, the St. Johns may appear ordinary, but within its banks are some of the most fascinating natural phenomena and historic mysteries in the state. The river, no longer the commercial resource it once was, is now largely ignored by Florida's residents and visitors alike. In the first contemporary book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St. Johns, kayaking, boating, hiking its riverbanks, diving its springs, and exploring its underwater caves. He rediscovers the natural Florida and establishes his connection with a place once loved for its untamed beauty. Belleville involves scientists, environmentalists, fishermen, cave divers, and folk historians in his journey, soliciting their companionship and their expertise. River of Lakes weaves together the biological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, and ecological aspects of the St. Johns, capturing the essence of its remarkable history and intrinsic value as a natural wonder.
TO THE LAKE
Author: KAPKA. KASSABOVA
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783783984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783783984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Through the Kalahari Desert
Author: G. Antonio Farini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botswana
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botswana
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Deep Water Passage
Author: Ann Linnea
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671002821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This "engrossing adventure and . . . story of spiritual awakening and inspiration" (Publishers Weekly) tells the true story of Ann Linnea, the first woman to circumnavigate Lake Superior by sea kayak. Chronicles the author's midlife spiritual journey, during which she spent sixty-five days kayaking around Lake Superior--the first woman to perform such a feat--while facing dangerous elements and reassessing her life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671002821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This "engrossing adventure and . . . story of spiritual awakening and inspiration" (Publishers Weekly) tells the true story of Ann Linnea, the first woman to circumnavigate Lake Superior by sea kayak. Chronicles the author's midlife spiritual journey, during which she spent sixty-five days kayaking around Lake Superior--the first woman to perform such a feat--while facing dangerous elements and reassessing her life.
By the Lake of Sleeping Children
Author: Luis Urrea
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385484194
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists, and relief workers, fearsome coyotes, and their desperate clientele. In 16 indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States—and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385484194
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists, and relief workers, fearsome coyotes, and their desperate clientele. In 16 indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States—and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.