Author: James N. Levitt
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558443013
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"This multi-author volume explores large-landscape conservation projects catalyzed by colleges, universities, independent field stations, and research organizations around the world. These initiatives are grand-scale, cross-boundary, cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary efforts to protect working and wild landscapes and waterscapes in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States"--
Conservation Catalysts
Author: James N. Levitt
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558443013
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"This multi-author volume explores large-landscape conservation projects catalyzed by colleges, universities, independent field stations, and research organizations around the world. These initiatives are grand-scale, cross-boundary, cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary efforts to protect working and wild landscapes and waterscapes in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States"--
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558443013
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"This multi-author volume explores large-landscape conservation projects catalyzed by colleges, universities, independent field stations, and research organizations around the world. These initiatives are grand-scale, cross-boundary, cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary efforts to protect working and wild landscapes and waterscapes in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States"--
Spacecast 2020
Author:
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780788125393
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780788125393
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Primer of Humor Research
Author: Victor Raskin
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110198495
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round! The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110198495
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round! The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.
The Broken Cross
Author: Piers Compton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Complete Poems of John Milton
Author: John Milton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Africana Critical Theory
Author: Reiland Rabaka
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739128868
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Building on and going far beyond W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problems of the Twenty-First Century and Du Bois's Dialectics, Reiland Rabaka's Africana Critical Theory innovatively identifies and analyzes continental and diasporan African contributions to classical and contemporary critical theory. This book represents a climatic critical theoretical clincher that cogently demonstrates how Du Bois's rarely discussed dialectical thought, interdisciplinarity, intellectual history-making radical political activism, and world-historical multiple liberation movement leadership helped to inaugurate a distinct Africana tradition of critical theory. With chapters on W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James, Negritude (Aime Cesaire and Leopold Senghor), Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral, Africana Critical Theory endeavors to accessibly offer contemporary critical theorists an intellectual archaeology of the Africana tradition of critical theory and a much-needed dialectical deconstruction and reconstruction of black radical politics. These six seminal figures' collective thought and texts clearly cuts across several disciplines and, therefore, closes the chasm between Africana Studies and critical theory, constantly demanding that intellectuals not simply think deep thoughts, develop new theories, and theoretically support radical politics, but be and constantly become political activists, social organizers and cultural workers - that is, folk the Italian critical theorist Antonio Gramsci referred to as 'organic intellectuals.' In this sense, then, the series of studies gathered in Africana Critical Theory contribute not only to African Studies, African American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Studies, but also to contemporary critical theoretical discourse across an amazingly wide-range of 'traditional' disciplines, and radical political activism outside of (and, in many instances, absolutely against) Europe's ivory towers and the absurdities of the American academy.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739128868
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Building on and going far beyond W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problems of the Twenty-First Century and Du Bois's Dialectics, Reiland Rabaka's Africana Critical Theory innovatively identifies and analyzes continental and diasporan African contributions to classical and contemporary critical theory. This book represents a climatic critical theoretical clincher that cogently demonstrates how Du Bois's rarely discussed dialectical thought, interdisciplinarity, intellectual history-making radical political activism, and world-historical multiple liberation movement leadership helped to inaugurate a distinct Africana tradition of critical theory. With chapters on W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James, Negritude (Aime Cesaire and Leopold Senghor), Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral, Africana Critical Theory endeavors to accessibly offer contemporary critical theorists an intellectual archaeology of the Africana tradition of critical theory and a much-needed dialectical deconstruction and reconstruction of black radical politics. These six seminal figures' collective thought and texts clearly cuts across several disciplines and, therefore, closes the chasm between Africana Studies and critical theory, constantly demanding that intellectuals not simply think deep thoughts, develop new theories, and theoretically support radical politics, but be and constantly become political activists, social organizers and cultural workers - that is, folk the Italian critical theorist Antonio Gramsci referred to as 'organic intellectuals.' In this sense, then, the series of studies gathered in Africana Critical Theory contribute not only to African Studies, African American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Studies, but also to contemporary critical theoretical discourse across an amazingly wide-range of 'traditional' disciplines, and radical political activism outside of (and, in many instances, absolutely against) Europe's ivory towers and the absurdities of the American academy.
Name Tracing Book Aliyah
Author: Big Red Button
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wanna see if we have your child's name on one of our personalized workbooks? Just search: Big Red Button + personalized + their name This workbook has been personalized for Aliyah only. This 50-page primary tracing workbook is perfect for children in preschool and kindergarten that are learning to write their first name. Your child will learn to write their name by tracing it, copying it, and finally writing it from memory. Included in this workbook are: 20 pages to trace their name 20 pages to copy their name 10 pages to practice writing their name from memory THERE IS TONS OF PRACTICE POTENTIAL IN THIS BOOK! This book features: 50 practice sheets 1" ruling 1/2" dotted midline Would you like this workbook personalized with your child's name or need a full name tracing workbook? Click on our author's name (Big Red Button) above or visit the author section below to find out how we can get your child's name on this book within a few days for you to purchase on Amazon.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wanna see if we have your child's name on one of our personalized workbooks? Just search: Big Red Button + personalized + their name This workbook has been personalized for Aliyah only. This 50-page primary tracing workbook is perfect for children in preschool and kindergarten that are learning to write their first name. Your child will learn to write their name by tracing it, copying it, and finally writing it from memory. Included in this workbook are: 20 pages to trace their name 20 pages to copy their name 10 pages to practice writing their name from memory THERE IS TONS OF PRACTICE POTENTIAL IN THIS BOOK! This book features: 50 practice sheets 1" ruling 1/2" dotted midline Would you like this workbook personalized with your child's name or need a full name tracing workbook? Click on our author's name (Big Red Button) above or visit the author section below to find out how we can get your child's name on this book within a few days for you to purchase on Amazon.
Made Men
Author: Antonio Nicaso
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442222271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The novel The Godfather (1969) and the movie of the same name (1972) entrenched the myth of the Mafiosi as valiant knights, men of honor, and defenders of the traditional concept of family. As a result of this movie and other popular portrayals, the image of mobsters as “men of honor and tradition” has become iconic throughout America. Yet the truth of the matter belies this more noble image. The Mafia is a ruthless organization. Their concept of family is a twisted one. But viewed through the lens of popular culture, it is often difficult to separate the fiction from the reality. Made Men demystifies this image by dismantling the code of honor that Mafiosi live by, including its attendant symbols, rituals, and the lifestyle that it demands. Since the end of World War II, the Mafia in Italy and America has undergone major changes, which are charted by the authors through the present day. Nicaso and Danesi also consider all kinds of related organizations, not only the Italian ones, including the Yakuza, the Triads, and the Russian Mafia. The authors look at organized criminal culture in general, attempting to explain why its symbols, rituals, and practices continue to draw people in, both as literal members, or as consumers of the pop culture that glorifies them. This story traces and decodes the origins, history and success of the mafia in the U.S., bringing a better, and more accurate understanding of this ultimately brutal, violent, and corrupting “family business.” It is a story that has rarely been told in this way, but which is believed, nonetheless, important to tell.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442222271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The novel The Godfather (1969) and the movie of the same name (1972) entrenched the myth of the Mafiosi as valiant knights, men of honor, and defenders of the traditional concept of family. As a result of this movie and other popular portrayals, the image of mobsters as “men of honor and tradition” has become iconic throughout America. Yet the truth of the matter belies this more noble image. The Mafia is a ruthless organization. Their concept of family is a twisted one. But viewed through the lens of popular culture, it is often difficult to separate the fiction from the reality. Made Men demystifies this image by dismantling the code of honor that Mafiosi live by, including its attendant symbols, rituals, and the lifestyle that it demands. Since the end of World War II, the Mafia in Italy and America has undergone major changes, which are charted by the authors through the present day. Nicaso and Danesi also consider all kinds of related organizations, not only the Italian ones, including the Yakuza, the Triads, and the Russian Mafia. The authors look at organized criminal culture in general, attempting to explain why its symbols, rituals, and practices continue to draw people in, both as literal members, or as consumers of the pop culture that glorifies them. This story traces and decodes the origins, history and success of the mafia in the U.S., bringing a better, and more accurate understanding of this ultimately brutal, violent, and corrupting “family business.” It is a story that has rarely been told in this way, but which is believed, nonetheless, important to tell.
Name Tracing Book Alexandra
Author: Big Red Button
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wanna see if we have your child's name on one of our personalized workbooks? Just search: Big Red Button + personalized + their name This workbook has been personalized for Alexandra only. This 50-page primary tracing workbook is perfect for children in preschool and kindergarten that are learning to write their first name. Your child will learn to write their name by tracing it, copying it, and finally writing it from memory. Included in this workbook are: 20 pages to trace their name 20 pages to copy their name 10 pages to practice writing their name from memory THERE IS TONS OF PRACTICE POTENTIAL IN THIS BOOK! This book features: 50 practice sheets 1" ruling 1/2" dotted midline Would you like this workbook personalized with your child's name or need a full name tracing workbook? Click on our author's name (Big Red Button) above or visit the author section below to find out how we can get your child's name on this book within a few days for you to purchase on Amazon.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wanna see if we have your child's name on one of our personalized workbooks? Just search: Big Red Button + personalized + their name This workbook has been personalized for Alexandra only. This 50-page primary tracing workbook is perfect for children in preschool and kindergarten that are learning to write their first name. Your child will learn to write their name by tracing it, copying it, and finally writing it from memory. Included in this workbook are: 20 pages to trace their name 20 pages to copy their name 10 pages to practice writing their name from memory THERE IS TONS OF PRACTICE POTENTIAL IN THIS BOOK! This book features: 50 practice sheets 1" ruling 1/2" dotted midline Would you like this workbook personalized with your child's name or need a full name tracing workbook? Click on our author's name (Big Red Button) above or visit the author section below to find out how we can get your child's name on this book within a few days for you to purchase on Amazon.
The Spectator Bird
Author: Wallace Stegner
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141392339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, 'just killing time until time gets around to killing me.' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from an old friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. Wallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943); Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971, Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987); and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981); and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141392339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, 'just killing time until time gets around to killing me.' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from an old friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. Wallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943); Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971, Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987); and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981); and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.