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Book Keeping the Wild

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  • Author : George Wuerthner
  • Publisher : Foundations for Deep Ecology 3
  • Release : 2014-05-06
  • ISBN : 9781610915588
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Keeping the Wild written by George Wuerthner and published by Foundations for Deep Ecology 3. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it time to embrace the so-called “Anthropocene”—the age of human dominion—and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the future of Earth to be fully domesticated, an engineered global garden managed by technocrats to serve humanity? The schism between advocates of rewilding and those who accept and even celebrate a “post-wild” world is arguably the hottest intellectual battle in contemporary conservation. In Keeping the Wild, a group of prominent scientists, writers, and conservation activists responds to the Anthropocene-boosters who claim that wild nature is no more (or in any case not much worth caring about), that human-caused extinction is acceptable, and that “novel ecosystems” are an adequate replacement for natural landscapes. With rhetorical fists swinging, the book’s contributors argue that these “new environmentalists” embody the hubris of the managerial mindset and offer a conservation strategy that will fail to protect life in all its buzzing, blossoming diversity. With essays from Eileen Crist, David Ehrenfeld, Dave Foreman, Lisi Krall, Harvey Locke, Curt Meine, Kathleen Dean Moore, Michael Soulé, Terry Tempest Williams and other leading thinkers, Keeping the Wild provides an introduction to this important debate, a critique of the Anthropocene boosters’ attack on traditional conservation, and unapologetic advocacy for wild nature.

Book Unwise Passions

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  • Author : Alan Pell Crawford
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 068483474X
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Unwise Passions written by Alan Pell Crawford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story of sex, murder, and corruption in 18th century Virginia centers on Nancy Randolph, an attractive woman from a wealthy and socially prominent family, who lived with her sister and brother-in-law, Richard Randolph. After rumors that Nancy bore Richard's child, and that he killed the child, a trial ensued with Patrick Henry defending Richard. Maps and illustrations.

Book The Code of Terpsichore

Download or read book The Code of Terpsichore written by Carlo Blasis and published by Dance Books Limited. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Anger Gap

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  • Author : Davin L. Phoenix
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-12-26
  • ISBN : 1316999661
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book The Anger Gap written by Davin L. Phoenix and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger is a powerful mobilizing force in American politics on both sides of the political aisle, but does it motivate all groups equally? This book offers a new conceptualization of anger as a political resource that mobilizes black and white Americans differentially to exacerbate political inequality. Drawing on survey data from the last forty years, experiments, and rhetoric analysis, Phoenix finds that - from Reagan to Trump - black Americans register significantly less anger than their white counterparts and that anger (in contrast to pride) has a weaker mobilizing effect on their political participation. The book examines both the causes of this and the consequences. Pointing to black Americans' tempered expectations of politics and the stigmas associated with black anger, it shows how race and lived experience moderate the emergence of emotions and their impact on behavior. The book makes multiple theoretical contributions and offers important practical insights for political strategy.

Book Making a Prince s Museum

Download or read book Making a Prince s Museum written by Carole Paul and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1775 Prince Marcantonio Borghese IV and the architect Antonio Asprucci embarked upon a decorative renovation of the Villa Borghese. Initially their attention focused on the Casino, the principal building at the villa, which had always been a semi-public museum. By 1625 it housed much of the Borghese's outstanding collection of sculpture. Integrating this statuary with vast baroque ceiling paintings and richly ornamented surfaces, Asprucci created a dazzling and unified homage to the Borghese family, portraying its legendary ancestors as well as its newly born heir. In this book, Carole Paul reads the inventive decorative program as a set of exemplary scenes for the education of the ideal Borghese prince. Her wide-ranging essay also situates the Villa Borghese among the sumptuous palaces and suburban villas of Rome's collectors of antiquities and outlines the renovated Casino's pivotal role in the historic transition from the princely collection to the public museum. Rounding out this volume is a catalog of the Getty Research Institute's fifty-nine drawings for the refurbishing of the Villa Borghese and Alberta Campitelli's discussion of sketches for the short-lived Museo di Gabii, the Villa's other antiquities museum.

Book Edinburgh Zoo

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  • Author : Robert J. Ollason
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Edinburgh Zoo written by Robert J. Ollason and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oregon  My Oregon

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  • Author : Photo Cascadia
  • Publisher : Timber Press
  • Release : 2020-10-13
  • ISBN : 1604699973
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Oregon My Oregon written by Photo Cascadia and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ore­gon contains multitudes, for this is a state that spans a tremendous range of people, cultures, and terrains. It’s a range that this book seeks to illuminate, along with Ore­gon’s spectacularly beautiful and varied landscape." —Nicholas D. Kristof, from the foreword Oregon is a big, beautiful state filled with mountains, valleys, deserts, cities, towns, an amazing coastline, and much more. From the high desert of Central Oregon and the scenic vistas of the Columbia River Gorge to awe-inspiring Crater Lake and the forest and farms of the Willamette Valley, its natural wonders abound. In Oregon, My Oregon, the award-winning team of pho­tographers at Photo Cascadia have captured this mag­ical place in a stunning book that will be embraced by locals and visitors alike. Oregon, My Oregon includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Oregonian Nicholas Kristof, who captures the breadth and beauty of the state and this must-have book.

Book Kings of Kashmira

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  • Author : Fl. 1148 Kalhana
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2015-09-10
  • ISBN : 9781342223098
  • Pages : 462 pages

Download or read book Kings of Kashmira written by Fl. 1148 Kalhana and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Practices of Love

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  • Author : Kyle David Bennett
  • Publisher : Brazos Press
  • Release : 2017-08-22
  • ISBN : 1493409581
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Practices of Love written by Kyle David Bennett and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual disciplines are often viewed primarily as a means to draw us closer to God. While these practices do deepen and enrich our "vertical" relationship with God, Kyle David Bennett argues that they were originally designed to positively impact our "horizontal" relationships--with neighbors, strangers, enemies, friends, family, animals, and even the earth. Bennett explains that this "horizontal" dimension has often been overlooked or forgotten in contemporary discussions of the spiritual disciplines. This book offers an alternative way of understanding the classic spiritual disciplines that makes them relevant, doable, and meaningful for everyday Christians. Bennett shows how the disciplines are remedial practices that correct the malformed ways we do everyday things, such as think, eat, talk, own, work, and rest. Through personal anecdotes, engagement with Scripture, and vivid cultural references, he invites us to practice the spiritual disciplines wholesale and shows how changing the way we do basic human activities can bring healing, renewal, and transformation to our day-to-day lives and the world around us.

Book Film Canadiana

Download or read book Film Canadiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Memoirs of William Miller

Download or read book Memoirs of William Miller written by Sylvester Bliss and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Parks  Peace  and Partnership

Download or read book Parks Peace and Partnership written by Michael S. Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current international thinking in this area is reflected in this collection of essays by park managers, biologists, scholars, scientists, and researchers. From Waterton-Glacier International Park to the European Alps, and Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia, the essays provide illustrative examples of the challenges and new solutions that are emerging around the world."--

Book The Coming of the Lord

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  • Author : James Madison MacDonald
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781021128072
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Coming of the Lord written by James Madison MacDonald and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, MacDonald provides a detailed analysis of the Book of Revelation, offering a unique interpretation of its prophesies and symbols. He argues that the first half of the book describes events that have already taken place, while the second half predicts the coming of Christ. His work is insightful and thought-provoking, and will be of interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this fascinating biblical text. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Army Life of an Illinois Soldier

Download or read book Army Life of an Illinois Soldier written by Charles Wright Wills and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scinde

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  • Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1851
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Scinde written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Old Churches  Ministers and Families of Virginia

Download or read book Old Churches Ministers and Families of Virginia written by William Meade and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: