Author: David Levithan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439376181
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A startling, provocative collection from the best under-18 writers and artists in America. Astonishing. Remarkable. Perceptive. These are just three of the adjectives that could be applied to the work in this collection. Drawn from the winners of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, this anthology is a groundbreaking document of voices and visions from the front lines of today's youth.
Orient Occident
Author: Unesco
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cultural relations
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
News of UNESCO's major project on mutual appreciation of eastern and western cultural values.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cultural relations
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
News of UNESCO's major project on mutual appreciation of eastern and western cultural values.
The Bridge
Author: Geert Mak
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 009953214X
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Istanbul s Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turkey as the link between Asia and Europe. Geert Mak introduces us to the woman who sells lottery tickets, the cigarette vendors, and the best pickpockets in Europe. He tells us about the pride of the cobbler and the tea-seller's homesickness. And he describes the role of honor in Turkish culture, the temptations of fundamentalism and violence, and the urge to survive, even in the face of despair. These stories of the bridge s denizens are interwoven with vignettes illuminating moments in the history of Istanbul and Turkey and shedding light on Turkey s relationship with Europe and the West, the Armenian question, the migration from the Turkish countryside to the city, and the demise of the Ottoman Empire."
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 009953214X
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Istanbul s Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turkey as the link between Asia and Europe. Geert Mak introduces us to the woman who sells lottery tickets, the cigarette vendors, and the best pickpockets in Europe. He tells us about the pride of the cobbler and the tea-seller's homesickness. And he describes the role of honor in Turkish culture, the temptations of fundamentalism and violence, and the urge to survive, even in the face of despair. These stories of the bridge s denizens are interwoven with vignettes illuminating moments in the history of Istanbul and Turkey and shedding light on Turkey s relationship with Europe and the West, the Armenian question, the migration from the Turkish countryside to the city, and the demise of the Ottoman Empire."
You are Here this is Now
Author: David Levithan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439376181
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A startling, provocative collection from the best under-18 writers and artists in America. Astonishing. Remarkable. Perceptive. These are just three of the adjectives that could be applied to the work in this collection. Drawn from the winners of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, this anthology is a groundbreaking document of voices and visions from the front lines of today's youth.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439376181
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A startling, provocative collection from the best under-18 writers and artists in America. Astonishing. Remarkable. Perceptive. These are just three of the adjectives that could be applied to the work in this collection. Drawn from the winners of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, this anthology is a groundbreaking document of voices and visions from the front lines of today's youth.
Äthiopien Zwischen Orient und Okzident
Author: Walter Raunig
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825869656
Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825869656
Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Landscapes of Promise
Author: William G. Robbins
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Robbins demonstrates that ecological change is not only a creation of modern industrial society. Native Americans altered their environment in a number of ways, including the planned annual burning of grasslands and light-burning of understory forest debris. Early Euro-American settlers who thought they were taming a virgin wilderness were merely imposing a new set of alterations on an already modified landscape. Beginning with the first 18th-century traders on the Pacific Coast, alterations to Oregon's landscape were closely linked to the interests of global market forces. Robbins uses period speeches and publications to document the increasing commodification of the landscape and its products. "Environment melts before the man who is in earnest," wrote one Oregon booster in 1905, reflecting prevailing ways of thinking. In an impressive synthesis of primary sources and historical analysis, Robbins traces the transformation of the Oregon landscape and the evolution of our attitudes toward the natural world.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Robbins demonstrates that ecological change is not only a creation of modern industrial society. Native Americans altered their environment in a number of ways, including the planned annual burning of grasslands and light-burning of understory forest debris. Early Euro-American settlers who thought they were taming a virgin wilderness were merely imposing a new set of alterations on an already modified landscape. Beginning with the first 18th-century traders on the Pacific Coast, alterations to Oregon's landscape were closely linked to the interests of global market forces. Robbins uses period speeches and publications to document the increasing commodification of the landscape and its products. "Environment melts before the man who is in earnest," wrote one Oregon booster in 1905, reflecting prevailing ways of thinking. In an impressive synthesis of primary sources and historical analysis, Robbins traces the transformation of the Oregon landscape and the evolution of our attitudes toward the natural world.
Vivid Spain
Author: Joe Mitchell Chapple
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
James J. Hill
Author: Stewart H. Holbrook
Publisher: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 1935347969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder," (1838-1916) was a Canadian-American railroad executive with the Great Northern Railway, responsible for building railways across the northern US. Part visionary, part robber baron, part buccaneer, Stewart Holbrook brings his story to life, in brief, as well as the lives of the other movers and shakers in the railway scene of the times.
Publisher: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 1935347969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder," (1838-1916) was a Canadian-American railroad executive with the Great Northern Railway, responsible for building railways across the northern US. Part visionary, part robber baron, part buccaneer, Stewart Holbrook brings his story to life, in brief, as well as the lives of the other movers and shakers in the railway scene of the times.
Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment: Assessment ([pts. 1-7, 9-12])
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Values, Education and the Human World
Author: John Haldane
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1845402642
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The essays in this book consist of revised versions of Victor Cook Memorial Lectures delivered in the universities of St. Andrews, London, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Oxford, Glasgow and Leeds.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1845402642
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The essays in this book consist of revised versions of Victor Cook Memorial Lectures delivered in the universities of St. Andrews, London, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Oxford, Glasgow and Leeds.
Land of Giants
Author: David Lavender
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The story of the explorers, traders, settlers, and industrialists who came to the Pacific Northwest during its 200-year development.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The story of the explorers, traders, settlers, and industrialists who came to the Pacific Northwest during its 200-year development.