Author: Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 1324017104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"A powerful coming-of-age story of self-discovery and overcoming fear.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strange-looking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him. Meanwhile at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped created. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before. And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s book authors.
Crossing the Stream
Author: Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 1324017104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"A powerful coming-of-age story of self-discovery and overcoming fear.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strange-looking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him. Meanwhile at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped created. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before. And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s book authors.
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 1324017104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"A powerful coming-of-age story of self-discovery and overcoming fear.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strange-looking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him. Meanwhile at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped created. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before. And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s book authors.
Fields and Streams
Author: Rebecca Lave
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state. The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a private consultant with relatively little formal scientific training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natural Channel Design approach, classification system, and short-course series are not only accepted but are viewed as more legitimate than academically produced knowledge and training. Rosgen's methods are now promoted by federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as well as by resource agencies in dozens of states. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Lave demonstrates that the primary cause of Rosgen's success is neither the method nor the man but is instead the assignment of a new legitimacy to scientific claims developed outside the academy, concurrent with academic scientists' decreasing ability to defend their turf. What is at stake in the Rosgen wars, argues Lave, is not just the ecological health of our rivers and streams but the very future of environmental science.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States. Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state. The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a private consultant with relatively little formal scientific training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natural Channel Design approach, classification system, and short-course series are not only accepted but are viewed as more legitimate than academically produced knowledge and training. Rosgen's methods are now promoted by federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as well as by resource agencies in dozens of states. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Lave demonstrates that the primary cause of Rosgen's success is neither the method nor the man but is instead the assignment of a new legitimacy to scientific claims developed outside the academy, concurrent with academic scientists' decreasing ability to defend their turf. What is at stake in the Rosgen wars, argues Lave, is not just the ecological health of our rivers and streams but the very future of environmental science.
Across the Stream
Author: Mirra Ginsburg
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688104770
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A hen and her chicks — with the help of a duck and her ducklings — find a way to put their bad dreams behind them!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688104770
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A hen and her chicks — with the help of a duck and her ducklings — find a way to put their bad dreams behind them!
Stream Channelization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stream channelization
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stream channelization
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment
Author: Jeremy B. Jones
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0124059198
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a section focusing on anticipated and ongoing dynamics in stream ecosystems in a changing environment, along with hypotheses regarding controls on stream ecosystem functioning. The book, with its innovative sections, provides a bridge between papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the findings of researchers in new areas of study. - Presents a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change - Provides a synthesis of the latest findings on stream ecosystems ecology in one concise volume - Includes thought exercises and discussion activities throughout, providing valuable tools for learning - Offers conceptual models and hypotheses to stimulate conversation and advance research
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0124059198
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a section focusing on anticipated and ongoing dynamics in stream ecosystems in a changing environment, along with hypotheses regarding controls on stream ecosystem functioning. The book, with its innovative sections, provides a bridge between papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the findings of researchers in new areas of study. - Presents a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change - Provides a synthesis of the latest findings on stream ecosystems ecology in one concise volume - Includes thought exercises and discussion activities throughout, providing valuable tools for learning - Offers conceptual models and hypotheses to stimulate conversation and advance research
Stream Ecology
Author: J. David Allan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401107297
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river ecosystems seem overwhelmingly complex, a central theme of this volume is that the processes acting in running waters are general, although the settings are often unique. The past two decades have seen major advances in our knowledge of the ecology of streams and rivers. New paradigms have emerged, such as the river continuum and nutrient spiraling. Community ecologists have made impressive advances in documenting the occurrence of species interactions. The importance of physical processes in rivers has attracted increased attention, particularly the areas of hydrology and geomorphology, and the inter-relationships between physical and biological factors have become better understood. And as is true for every area of ecology during the closing years of the twentieth century it has become apparent that the study of streams and rivers cannot be carried out by excluding the role of human activities, nor can we ignore the urgency of the need for conservation. These developments are brought together in Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters, designed to serve as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference book for specialists in stream ecology and related fields.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401107297
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river ecosystems seem overwhelmingly complex, a central theme of this volume is that the processes acting in running waters are general, although the settings are often unique. The past two decades have seen major advances in our knowledge of the ecology of streams and rivers. New paradigms have emerged, such as the river continuum and nutrient spiraling. Community ecologists have made impressive advances in documenting the occurrence of species interactions. The importance of physical processes in rivers has attracted increased attention, particularly the areas of hydrology and geomorphology, and the inter-relationships between physical and biological factors have become better understood. And as is true for every area of ecology during the closing years of the twentieth century it has become apparent that the study of streams and rivers cannot be carried out by excluding the role of human activities, nor can we ignore the urgency of the need for conservation. These developments are brought together in Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters, designed to serve as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference book for specialists in stream ecology and related fields.
Live Streaming Kit
Author: Walt Roberts
Publisher: One Jacked Monkey, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
It’s your worst fear. Trying to live stream video… But you don’t know where to start. Yes, it’s overwhelming at first, but this short book is going to help. From the co-host of Live Streaming Tech on YouTube, comes a new guide on the best first steps to live streaming video. Most gamers and video influencers make live streaming look way too easy. In practice, it’s much harder. After over two decades of learning and applying in computer technology, Walt Roberts shares his keen insights on what you need to do to start live streaming video immediately. Would you rather grind it out and hope for the best? Or, go into live streaming video with confidence? With dozens of platforms and tons of technology, discover exactly what you need including: · When is the right time for you to go live · What gear is the best to invest in & what to avoid · Why you don’t have to wait to get paid as a live streamer & gamer · How to save your money when buying microphones, webcams or other peripherals · Where is the best live streaming platform: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook or Periscope · And, so much more! You’ll love this short read, because it’s going to get you live streaming with confidence right away. Get it now.
Publisher: One Jacked Monkey, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
It’s your worst fear. Trying to live stream video… But you don’t know where to start. Yes, it’s overwhelming at first, but this short book is going to help. From the co-host of Live Streaming Tech on YouTube, comes a new guide on the best first steps to live streaming video. Most gamers and video influencers make live streaming look way too easy. In practice, it’s much harder. After over two decades of learning and applying in computer technology, Walt Roberts shares his keen insights on what you need to do to start live streaming video immediately. Would you rather grind it out and hope for the best? Or, go into live streaming video with confidence? With dozens of platforms and tons of technology, discover exactly what you need including: · When is the right time for you to go live · What gear is the best to invest in & what to avoid · Why you don’t have to wait to get paid as a live streamer & gamer · How to save your money when buying microphones, webcams or other peripherals · Where is the best live streaming platform: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook or Periscope · And, so much more! You’ll love this short read, because it’s going to get you live streaming with confidence right away. Get it now.
Forest and Stream
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Pond and Stream
Author: Arthur Ransome
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Pond and Stream" by Arthur Ransome. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Pond and Stream" by Arthur Ransome. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
MOST
Author: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Grzemba
Publisher: Franzis Verlag
ISBN: 3645250611
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) is a multimedia network technology developed to enable an efficient transport of streaming, packet and control data in an automobile. It is the communication backbone of an infotainment system in a car. MOST can also be used in other product areas such as driver assistance systems and home applications.
Publisher: Franzis Verlag
ISBN: 3645250611
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) is a multimedia network technology developed to enable an efficient transport of streaming, packet and control data in an automobile. It is the communication backbone of an infotainment system in a car. MOST can also be used in other product areas such as driver assistance systems and home applications.