Author: DUANE THE GREAT WRITER & EDUCATOR
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304716287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
As I have researched Human History on the earth and from The RealSide LifeIS, I really do like the creativity of those who have brought forth so many interesting things for all of us to experience, while we are here trying to figure out a better way to live than with all the rules and regulations, intimidation, and down right abrasive fear driven anxieties that have been cast upon us by Global Tyrants, who have wistfully created something out of nothing for all the unaware to agree to. It is really The ALLNatural Environment on ALL Levels that supports ALL of US, and not Government Regimes that claim to be an interpreter for Invented Space Gods, somewhere out in a vast and unknown darkness. I, Duane The Great Writer & Educator, a simple Surfer that paddles out through the waves, is rewriting Human History and providing an 'Adventure Like No Other... Guaranteed!!' www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.info
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ALLNATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Author: DUANE THE GREAT WRITER & EDUCATOR
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304716287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
As I have researched Human History on the earth and from The RealSide LifeIS, I really do like the creativity of those who have brought forth so many interesting things for all of us to experience, while we are here trying to figure out a better way to live than with all the rules and regulations, intimidation, and down right abrasive fear driven anxieties that have been cast upon us by Global Tyrants, who have wistfully created something out of nothing for all the unaware to agree to. It is really The ALLNatural Environment on ALL Levels that supports ALL of US, and not Government Regimes that claim to be an interpreter for Invented Space Gods, somewhere out in a vast and unknown darkness. I, Duane The Great Writer & Educator, a simple Surfer that paddles out through the waves, is rewriting Human History and providing an 'Adventure Like No Other... Guaranteed!!' www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.info
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304716287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
As I have researched Human History on the earth and from The RealSide LifeIS, I really do like the creativity of those who have brought forth so many interesting things for all of us to experience, while we are here trying to figure out a better way to live than with all the rules and regulations, intimidation, and down right abrasive fear driven anxieties that have been cast upon us by Global Tyrants, who have wistfully created something out of nothing for all the unaware to agree to. It is really The ALLNatural Environment on ALL Levels that supports ALL of US, and not Government Regimes that claim to be an interpreter for Invented Space Gods, somewhere out in a vast and unknown darkness. I, Duane The Great Writer & Educator, a simple Surfer that paddles out through the waves, is rewriting Human History and providing an 'Adventure Like No Other... Guaranteed!!' www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.info
The Nature of Nature
Author: Enric Sala
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426221029
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426221029
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense.
Thoreau's Country
Author: David R. Foster
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674037154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through nineteenth-century Concord were those of rolling farmland, small woodlands, and farmers endlessly working the land. As Foster explored the New England landscape, he discovered ancient ruins of cellar holes, stone walls, and abandoned cartways--all remnants of this earlier land now largely covered by forest. How had Thoreau's open countryside, shaped by ax and plough, divided by fences and laneways, become a forested landscape? Part ecological and historical puzzle, this book brings a vanished countryside to life in all its dimensions, human and natural, offering a rich record of human imprint upon the land. Extensive excerpts from the journals show us, through the vividly recorded details of daily life, a Thoreau intimately acquainted with the ways in which he and his neighbors were changing and remaking the New England landscape. Foster adds the perspective of a modern forest ecologist and landscape historian, using the journals to trace themes of historical and social change. Thoreau's journals evoke not a wilderness retreat but the emotions and natural history that come from an old and humanized landscape. It is with a new understanding of the human role in shaping that landscape, Foster argues, that we can best prepare ourselves to appreciate and conserve it today. From the journal: "I have collected and split up now quite a pile of driftwood--rails and riders and stems and stumps of trees--perhaps half or three quarters of a tree...Each stick I deal with has a history, and I read it as I am handling it, and, last of all, I remember my adventures in getting it, while it is burning in the winter evening. That is the most interesting part of its history. It has made part of a fence or a bridge, perchance, or has been rooted out of a clearing and bears the marks of fire on it...Thus one half of the value of my wood is enjoyed before it is housed, and the other half is equal to the whole value of an equal quantity of the wood which I buy." --October 20, 1855
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674037154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through nineteenth-century Concord were those of rolling farmland, small woodlands, and farmers endlessly working the land. As Foster explored the New England landscape, he discovered ancient ruins of cellar holes, stone walls, and abandoned cartways--all remnants of this earlier land now largely covered by forest. How had Thoreau's open countryside, shaped by ax and plough, divided by fences and laneways, become a forested landscape? Part ecological and historical puzzle, this book brings a vanished countryside to life in all its dimensions, human and natural, offering a rich record of human imprint upon the land. Extensive excerpts from the journals show us, through the vividly recorded details of daily life, a Thoreau intimately acquainted with the ways in which he and his neighbors were changing and remaking the New England landscape. Foster adds the perspective of a modern forest ecologist and landscape historian, using the journals to trace themes of historical and social change. Thoreau's journals evoke not a wilderness retreat but the emotions and natural history that come from an old and humanized landscape. It is with a new understanding of the human role in shaping that landscape, Foster argues, that we can best prepare ourselves to appreciate and conserve it today. From the journal: "I have collected and split up now quite a pile of driftwood--rails and riders and stems and stumps of trees--perhaps half or three quarters of a tree...Each stick I deal with has a history, and I read it as I am handling it, and, last of all, I remember my adventures in getting it, while it is burning in the winter evening. That is the most interesting part of its history. It has made part of a fence or a bridge, perchance, or has been rooted out of a clearing and bears the marks of fire on it...Thus one half of the value of my wood is enjoyed before it is housed, and the other half is equal to the whole value of an equal quantity of the wood which I buy." --October 20, 1855
All Natural*
Author: Nathanael Johnson
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1609615484
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In this age of climate change, killer germs, and obesity, it's easy to feel as if we've fallen out of synch with the global ecosystem. This ecological anxiety has polarized a new generation of Americans: many are drawn to natural solutions and organic lifestyles, while others rally around high-tech development and industrial efficiencies. Johnson argues that both views, when taken to extremes, can be harmful, even deadly. Johnson, raised in the crunchy-granola epicenter of Nevada City, California, lovingly and rigorously scrutinizes his family's all-natural mindset, a quest that brings him into the worlds of an outlaw midwife, radical doctors, renegade farmers and one hermit forester. Along the way, he uncovers paradoxes at the heart of our ecological condition: Why, even as medicine improves, are we becoming less healthy? Why are more American women dying in childbirth? Why do we grow fatter the more we diet? Why have so many attempts to save the environment backfired? In All Natural*--a sparklingly intelligent, wry, and scrupulously reported narrative--Johnson teases fact from faith and offers a rousing and original vision for a middle ground between natural and technological solutions that will assuage frustrated environmentalists, perplexed parents, and confused consumers alike.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1609615484
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In this age of climate change, killer germs, and obesity, it's easy to feel as if we've fallen out of synch with the global ecosystem. This ecological anxiety has polarized a new generation of Americans: many are drawn to natural solutions and organic lifestyles, while others rally around high-tech development and industrial efficiencies. Johnson argues that both views, when taken to extremes, can be harmful, even deadly. Johnson, raised in the crunchy-granola epicenter of Nevada City, California, lovingly and rigorously scrutinizes his family's all-natural mindset, a quest that brings him into the worlds of an outlaw midwife, radical doctors, renegade farmers and one hermit forester. Along the way, he uncovers paradoxes at the heart of our ecological condition: Why, even as medicine improves, are we becoming less healthy? Why are more American women dying in childbirth? Why do we grow fatter the more we diet? Why have so many attempts to save the environment backfired? In All Natural*--a sparklingly intelligent, wry, and scrupulously reported narrative--Johnson teases fact from faith and offers a rousing and original vision for a middle ground between natural and technological solutions that will assuage frustrated environmentalists, perplexed parents, and confused consumers alike.
Two Trees Make a Forest
Author: Jessica J. Lee
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1646220005
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This "stunning journey through a country that is home to exhilarating natural wonders, and a scarring colonial past . . . makes breathtakingly clear the connection between nature and humanity, and offers a singular portrait of the complexities inherent to our ideas of identity, family, and love" (Refinery29). A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story while growing closer to the land he knew. Lee hikes mountains home to Formosan flamecrests, birds found nowhere else on earth, and swims in a lake of drowned cedars. She bikes flatlands where spoonbills alight by fish farms, and learns about a tree whose fruit can float in the ocean for years, awaiting landfall. Throughout, Lee unearths surprising parallels between the natural and human stories that have shaped her family and their beloved island. Joyously attentive to the natural world, Lee also turns a critical gaze upon colonialist explorers who mapped the land and named plants, relying on and often effacing the labor and knowledge of local communities. Two Trees Make a Forest is a genre–shattering book encompassing history, travel, nature, and memoir, an extraordinary narrative showing how geographical forces are interlaced with our family stories.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1646220005
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This "stunning journey through a country that is home to exhilarating natural wonders, and a scarring colonial past . . . makes breathtakingly clear the connection between nature and humanity, and offers a singular portrait of the complexities inherent to our ideas of identity, family, and love" (Refinery29). A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story while growing closer to the land he knew. Lee hikes mountains home to Formosan flamecrests, birds found nowhere else on earth, and swims in a lake of drowned cedars. She bikes flatlands where spoonbills alight by fish farms, and learns about a tree whose fruit can float in the ocean for years, awaiting landfall. Throughout, Lee unearths surprising parallels between the natural and human stories that have shaped her family and their beloved island. Joyously attentive to the natural world, Lee also turns a critical gaze upon colonialist explorers who mapped the land and named plants, relying on and often effacing the labor and knowledge of local communities. Two Trees Make a Forest is a genre–shattering book encompassing history, travel, nature, and memoir, an extraordinary narrative showing how geographical forces are interlaced with our family stories.
After Nature
Author: Jedediah Purdy
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674368223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
An Artforum Best Book of the Year A Legal Theory Bookworm Book of the Year Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. After Nature develops a politics for this post-natural world. “After Nature argues that we will deserve the future only because it will be the one we made. We will live, or die, by our mistakes.” —Christine Smallwood, Harper’s “Dazzling...Purdy hopes that climate change might spur yet another change in how we think about the natural world, but he insists that such a shift will be inescapably political... For a relatively slim volume, this book distills an incredible amount of scholarship—about Americans’ changing attitudes toward the natural world, and about how those attitudes might change in the future.” —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674368223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
An Artforum Best Book of the Year A Legal Theory Bookworm Book of the Year Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. After Nature develops a politics for this post-natural world. “After Nature argues that we will deserve the future only because it will be the one we made. We will live, or die, by our mistakes.” —Christine Smallwood, Harper’s “Dazzling...Purdy hopes that climate change might spur yet another change in how we think about the natural world, but he insists that such a shift will be inescapably political... For a relatively slim volume, this book distills an incredible amount of scholarship—about Americans’ changing attitudes toward the natural world, and about how those attitudes might change in the future.” —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic
Journey Through the Wasteland
Author: Barrett Williams
Publisher: Barrett Williams
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Discover the ultimate survival guide with "Journey Through the Wasteland"—your essential companion for mastering life off the grid. This comprehensive eBook is meticulously designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in any post-apocalyptic landscape, transforming survival into an art form. Start your adventure with thorough preparation, from gathering the right gear to mapping out your route and timing your departure perfectly. Dive into the heart of exploration with essential navigation skills master topographic maps, harness the power of a compass, and explore celestial navigation techniques. Discover modern GPS alternatives to ensure you never lose your way. Chapter by chapter, "Journey Through the Wasteland" delves into critical survival topics. Learn to find or build shelters on the move, procure and purify water in even the harshest environments, and forage for food like a seasoned expert. Whether it's identifying edible plants, trapping small game, or mastering fishing techniques, this guide leaves no stone unturned. Ignite your fire-making skills with both traditional and modern methods, ensuring warmth and safety. Equip yourself with essential health and first aid knowledge to handle common injuries and prevent illness. Defensive tactics chapters provide insights into non-lethal defense, weapon maintenance, and stealth techniques to keep you safe. Develop psychological resilience to cope with isolation and stress, maintain morale, and overcome environmental hazards like extreme weather and natural disasters. Learn to lead and communicate effectively within a group, handle conflicts, and seamlessly integrate with post-apocalyptic communities. Advanced tracking and evasion techniques will keep you one step ahead of any pursuers. Transportation becomes a breeze with detailed guides on maintaining bicycles, using alternative vehicles, and animal transportation options. Finally, secure your future with long-term survival strategies, from establishing a sustainable base camp to building a secure perimeter. Embark on your journey toward self-sufficiency and resilience with "Journey Through the Wasteland"—the definitive guide to surviving and thriving in a world beyond the ordinary. Get your copy today and take the first step toward independence.
Publisher: Barrett Williams
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Discover the ultimate survival guide with "Journey Through the Wasteland"—your essential companion for mastering life off the grid. This comprehensive eBook is meticulously designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in any post-apocalyptic landscape, transforming survival into an art form. Start your adventure with thorough preparation, from gathering the right gear to mapping out your route and timing your departure perfectly. Dive into the heart of exploration with essential navigation skills master topographic maps, harness the power of a compass, and explore celestial navigation techniques. Discover modern GPS alternatives to ensure you never lose your way. Chapter by chapter, "Journey Through the Wasteland" delves into critical survival topics. Learn to find or build shelters on the move, procure and purify water in even the harshest environments, and forage for food like a seasoned expert. Whether it's identifying edible plants, trapping small game, or mastering fishing techniques, this guide leaves no stone unturned. Ignite your fire-making skills with both traditional and modern methods, ensuring warmth and safety. Equip yourself with essential health and first aid knowledge to handle common injuries and prevent illness. Defensive tactics chapters provide insights into non-lethal defense, weapon maintenance, and stealth techniques to keep you safe. Develop psychological resilience to cope with isolation and stress, maintain morale, and overcome environmental hazards like extreme weather and natural disasters. Learn to lead and communicate effectively within a group, handle conflicts, and seamlessly integrate with post-apocalyptic communities. Advanced tracking and evasion techniques will keep you one step ahead of any pursuers. Transportation becomes a breeze with detailed guides on maintaining bicycles, using alternative vehicles, and animal transportation options. Finally, secure your future with long-term survival strategies, from establishing a sustainable base camp to building a secure perimeter. Embark on your journey toward self-sufficiency and resilience with "Journey Through the Wasteland"—the definitive guide to surviving and thriving in a world beyond the ordinary. Get your copy today and take the first step toward independence.
A Journey through the Beyond
Author: Silvia Zago
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 194848854X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
This volume offers the first comprehensive overview of the evolution over time of a foundational concept of the Egyptian afterlife beliefs, the Duat, or netherworld. The Duat is a complicated, multifaceted notion, which was never canonized into a single version of the beyond, but offered instead a variety of alternatives attempting to describe the metaphysical realms beyond the visible world, and beyond life. Theological speculations gave rise to a rich textual and visual repertoire, which underwent a process of evolution over thousands of years, during which newer ideas and images were constantly introduced. Through the analysis of royal and non-royal funerary texts from the late Old Kingdom to the end of the New Kingdom, this book traces the development of the conceptualization of the notion of Duat, outlining what it encompassed and where it was imagined to be located. In addition to the translation and discussion of the most significant passages of the texts analyzed, each chapter also provides an overview of the individual compositions and of the relevant theological, cosmological, and astronomical notions complementing the conceptual framework, of which the Duat formed but a part. Additionally, discussions of concurrent changes in Egyptian culture, society, and ideology are included in order to clarify the context in which afterlife beliefs and related texts evolved. An analysis of the correlation between funerary compositions and their material supports complements the study, emphasizing the Egyptians' belief in a magical synergy between texts, images, and their contexts in the activation of a suitable, effective afterlife for the recipients of the texts.
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 194848854X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
This volume offers the first comprehensive overview of the evolution over time of a foundational concept of the Egyptian afterlife beliefs, the Duat, or netherworld. The Duat is a complicated, multifaceted notion, which was never canonized into a single version of the beyond, but offered instead a variety of alternatives attempting to describe the metaphysical realms beyond the visible world, and beyond life. Theological speculations gave rise to a rich textual and visual repertoire, which underwent a process of evolution over thousands of years, during which newer ideas and images were constantly introduced. Through the analysis of royal and non-royal funerary texts from the late Old Kingdom to the end of the New Kingdom, this book traces the development of the conceptualization of the notion of Duat, outlining what it encompassed and where it was imagined to be located. In addition to the translation and discussion of the most significant passages of the texts analyzed, each chapter also provides an overview of the individual compositions and of the relevant theological, cosmological, and astronomical notions complementing the conceptual framework, of which the Duat formed but a part. Additionally, discussions of concurrent changes in Egyptian culture, society, and ideology are included in order to clarify the context in which afterlife beliefs and related texts evolved. An analysis of the correlation between funerary compositions and their material supports complements the study, emphasizing the Egyptians' belief in a magical synergy between texts, images, and their contexts in the activation of a suitable, effective afterlife for the recipients of the texts.
A Journey Around Our America
Author: Louis G. Mendoza
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292743874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Immigration and the growing Latino population of the United States have become such contentious issues that it can be hard to have a civil conversation about how Latinoization is changing the face of America. So in the summer of 2007, Louis Mendoza set out to do just that. Starting from Santa Cruz, California, he bicycled 8,500 miles around the entire perimeter of the country, talking to people in large cities and small towns about their experiences either as immigrants or as residents who have welcomed—or not—Latino immigrants into their communities. He presented their enlightening, sometimes surprising, firsthand accounts in Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States. Now, in A Journey Around Our America, Mendoza offers his own account of the visceral, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of traveling the country in search of a deeper, broader understanding of what it means to be Latino in the United States in the twenty-first century. With a blend of first- and second-person narratives, blog entries, poetry, and excerpts from conversations he had along the way, Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292743874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Immigration and the growing Latino population of the United States have become such contentious issues that it can be hard to have a civil conversation about how Latinoization is changing the face of America. So in the summer of 2007, Louis Mendoza set out to do just that. Starting from Santa Cruz, California, he bicycled 8,500 miles around the entire perimeter of the country, talking to people in large cities and small towns about their experiences either as immigrants or as residents who have welcomed—or not—Latino immigrants into their communities. He presented their enlightening, sometimes surprising, firsthand accounts in Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States. Now, in A Journey Around Our America, Mendoza offers his own account of the visceral, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of traveling the country in search of a deeper, broader understanding of what it means to be Latino in the United States in the twenty-first century. With a blend of first- and second-person narratives, blog entries, poetry, and excerpts from conversations he had along the way, Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.
The Titans' Legacy: A Journey Through Ancient Greek History
Author: ChatStick Team
Publisher: ChatStick Team
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of ancient Greece with "The Titans' Legacy: A Journey Through Ancient Greek History." This compelling read, brought to life by the ChatStick Team, guides you through a tapestry of epic narratives, remarkable civilizations, and influential figures that carved their marks on history. Discover the rise and fall of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, the democratic revolution of Athens, the military might of Sparta, the sweeping conquests of Alexander the Great, and the rich heritage of the Byzantine Empire. Whether you are a history buff, a student, or simply curious, this book promises to whisk you back in time and leave you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the world we live in today.
Publisher: ChatStick Team
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of ancient Greece with "The Titans' Legacy: A Journey Through Ancient Greek History." This compelling read, brought to life by the ChatStick Team, guides you through a tapestry of epic narratives, remarkable civilizations, and influential figures that carved their marks on history. Discover the rise and fall of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, the democratic revolution of Athens, the military might of Sparta, the sweeping conquests of Alexander the Great, and the rich heritage of the Byzantine Empire. Whether you are a history buff, a student, or simply curious, this book promises to whisk you back in time and leave you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the world we live in today.