Author: Richard Mabey
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
The Ash and The Beech
Author: Richard Mabey
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
The Ashes
Author: William Dent Sterrett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ash (Plants)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Pp. 51.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ash (Plants)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Pp. 51.
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: U.S. Bureau of plant industry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
Author: J. P. Mallory
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781884964985
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is a major new reference work that provides full, inclusive coverage of the major Indo-European language stocks, their origins, and the range of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language. The Encyclopedia also includes numerous entries on archaeological cultures having some relationship to the origin and dispersal of Indo-European groups -- as well as entries on some of the major issues in Indo-European cultural studies.There are two kinds of entries in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture: a) those that are devoted to archaeology, culture, or the various Indo -European languages; and b) those that are devoted to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European words.Entries may be accessed either via the General Index or the List of Topics: Entries by Category where all individual reconstructed head-forms can also be found. Reference may also be made to the Language Indices.In order to make the book as accessible as possible to the non-specialist, the Editors have provided a list of Abbreviations and Definitions, which includes a number of definitions of specialist terms (primarily linguistic) with which readers may not be acquainted. As the writing systems of many Indo-European groups vary considerably in terms of phonological representation, there is also included a list of Phonetic Definitions.With more than 700 entries, written by specialists from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture has become an essential reference text in this field.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781884964985
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is a major new reference work that provides full, inclusive coverage of the major Indo-European language stocks, their origins, and the range of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language. The Encyclopedia also includes numerous entries on archaeological cultures having some relationship to the origin and dispersal of Indo-European groups -- as well as entries on some of the major issues in Indo-European cultural studies.There are two kinds of entries in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture: a) those that are devoted to archaeology, culture, or the various Indo -European languages; and b) those that are devoted to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European words.Entries may be accessed either via the General Index or the List of Topics: Entries by Category where all individual reconstructed head-forms can also be found. Reference may also be made to the Language Indices.In order to make the book as accessible as possible to the non-specialist, the Editors have provided a list of Abbreviations and Definitions, which includes a number of definitions of specialist terms (primarily linguistic) with which readers may not be acquainted. As the writing systems of many Indo-European groups vary considerably in terms of phonological representation, there is also included a list of Phonetic Definitions.With more than 700 entries, written by specialists from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture has become an essential reference text in this field.
The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature
Author: Abraham Rees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
An Encyclopd̆ia of Agriculture ...
Author: John Claudius Loudon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
The Cyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. By Abraham Rees, ... with the Assistance of Eminent Professional Gentlemen. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, by the Most Disinguished Artists. In Thirthy-nine Volumes. Vol. 1 [- 39]
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
An encyclopædia of agriculture ... Fourth edition, etc
Author: John Claudius Loudon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
An Encyclopædia of Agriculture
Author: John Claudius Loudon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description