Download or read book The Land of a Thousand Whales written by Susan Chalker Browne and published by St. John's, N.L. : Tuckamore Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and culture of Red Bay, Labrador.

Download or read book Crystal written by Karen Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows Crystal, a newborn humpback whale, through his first year of life, describing in detail the humpbacks' springtime migration, and other aspects of their behavior.

Download or read book Bringing Whales Ashore written by Jakobina K. Arch and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition—but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Jakobina Arch shows that the organized, shore-based whaling that first developed during these years bore little resemblance to modern Japanese whaling. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from whaling ledgers to recipe books and gravestones for fetal whales, she traces how the images of whales and by-products of commercial whaling were woven into the lives of people throughout Japan. Economically, Pacific Ocean resources were central in supporting the expanding Tokugawa state. In this vivid and nuanced study of how the Japanese people brought whales ashore during the Tokugawa period, Arch makes important contributions to both environmental and Japanese history by connecting Japanese whaling to marine environmental history in the Pacific, including the devastating impact of American whaling in the nineteenth century.

Download or read book Wrenched from the Land written by ML Lincoln and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrenched from the Land features sixteen interviews with some of the most iconic eco-warriors to put themselves on the line for their beliefs. The activists featured in this book are inspired by the late Edward Abbey, one of America’s uncompromising and irascible defenders of wilderness. The book includes interviews with Terry Tempest Williams, the late Charles Bowden, Sea Shepherd Society founder Paul Watson, Jack Loeffler, Doug Peacock, Ingrid Eisenstadter, John De Puy, Bob Lippman, Derrick Jensen, Shonto Begay, Ken Sanders, Ken Sleight, the late Katie Lee, Executive Director of the Center for Biological Diversity Kieran Suckling, Earth First! cofounder Dave Foreman, and climate activist Tim DeChristopher. Some were among Abbey’s closest friends and were the inspiration for his irreverent comedic masterpiece, The Monkey Wrench Gang. Here are mesmerizing stories about how they adapted Abbey’s monkeywrenching ideas into a radical blueprint for direct action. Their achievements—as ingenious and fierce as the individuals in this book—will encourage readers to discover their own pathways toward positive change.

Download or read book Eye of the Whale written by Dick Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eye of the Whale focuses on one great whale in particularthe coastal-traveling California gray whale. Gray whales make the longest migration of any mammal - from the lagoons of Baja California to the feeding grounds of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia (nearly 6,000 miles). That the gray whale exists today is nothing short of miraculous. Whaling fleets twice massacred the species to near extinction - first during the nineteenth century and again during the early part of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Walking Whales written by J. G. M. Hans Thewissen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ... first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society"--Dust jacket flap.

Download or read book Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia written by Geographical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 7.

Download or read book Bulletin written by Geographical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parasites written by Scott Lyell Gardner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting look at the essential roles that parasites play in Earth’s ecosystems This book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests, Scott Gardner, Judy Diamond, and Gabor Racz investigate how parasites survive and evolve, and how they influence and provide stability to ecosystems. Taking readers to the open ranges of Mongolia, the Sandhills of north-central Nebraska, the Andes of Bolivia, and more, the authors examine the impact parasites have on humans and other animals. Using examples of parasites from throughout the tree of life, the authors describe parasite-host relationships as diverse as those between trematodes and snails and tapeworms and whales. They even consider the strange effects of thorny-headed worms on their hosts. Parasites offer clues to the evolutionary history of particular regions, and they can provide insights into the history of species interactions. Through parasites, biologists can weave together a global knowledge of the past to predict the challenges that we will face in the future. Revealing that parasites are so much more than creepy-crawlies, this book gives up-to-date context for these critical members of the biological diversity of our planet.

Download or read book The World s Food Resources written by Joseph Russell Smith and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings written by Indiana Academy of Science and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science written by Indiana Academy of Science and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Greenland written by David Cranz and published by London : Printed for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel Among the Heathen and sold by J. Dodsley [and 5 others], and at all the Brethren's chapels. This book was released on 1767 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England written by United States. Bureau of Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries written by United States. Bureau of Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Technology of Property Rights written by Terry L. Anderson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-10-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Technology of Property Rights combines the understanding of institutions and institutional change with a discussion of the latest technologies and their influence on the measurement and monitoring of property rights. The contributors analyze specific applications for fisheries, whales, water quality, various pollutants, as well as other pressing environmental issues. No other work brings together an economic understanding of environmental issues with technological expertise in the way this volume does.