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Author : Russell Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Story that Stands Like a Dam written by Russell Martin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Russell Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517095751
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (957 download)
Download or read book Story That Stands Like Dam written by Russell Martin and published by . This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Almond
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536221023
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The Dam written by David Almond and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting, stunningly illustrated story of loss, hope, and the power of music from multi-award winners David Almond and Levi Pinfold. Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there. The girl began to play her fiddle, bringing her tune to one empty house after another — for this was the last time that music would be heard in that place. With exquisite artwork by Levi Pinfold, David Almond’s lyrical narrative — inspired by a true tale — pays homage to his friends Mike and Kathryn Tickell and all the musicians of Northumberland, to show that music is ancient and unstoppable, and that dams and lakes cannot overwhelm it.
Author : Kevin Fedarko
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439159866
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book The Emerald Mile written by Kevin Fedarko and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
Author : James Lawrence Powell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520254770
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (547 download)
Download or read book Dead Pool written by James Lawrence Powell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing for a wide audience, Powell shows us exactly why an urgent threat during the first half of the twenty-first century will come not from the rising of the seas but from the falling of the reservoirs."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Interior Department
Publisher : Reclamation Bureau
ISBN 13 : 9780160913648
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (136 download)
Download or read book Bureau of Reclamation written by Interior Department and published by Reclamation Bureau. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE Significantly reduced list price The second volume of the history of the Bureau of Reclamation offers a discussion and examination of the eventful years in the latter part ofthe twentieth century. Volume two covers from the end of World War II through year 2000 and is the last volume in this project. "
Author : Stephen Grace
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076278587X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Dam Nation written by Stephen Grace and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws. Dam Nation looks first to the past, to the stories of the California gold rush and the earliest attempts by men to shape the landscape and tame it, takes us to the “Great American Desert” and the settlement of the west under the theory that "rain follows the plow," and then takes on the ongoing legal and moral battles in the West. Author Stephen Grace, is a novelist, a storyteller, and the author of several non-fiction books on Colorado. He weaves the facts into a compelling narrative that informs, entertains, and tells an important story.
Author : David Owen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735216096
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Where the Water Goes written by David Owen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street Journal An eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes. The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado’s headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks, to the spot near the U.S.–Mexico border where the river runs dry. Water problems in the western United States can seem tantalizingly easy to solve: just turn off the fountains at the Bellagio, stop selling hay to China, ban golf, cut down the almond trees, and kill all the lawyers. But a closer look reveals a vast man-made ecosystem that is far more complex and more interesting than the headlines let on. The story Owen tells in Where the Water Goes is crucial to our future: how a patchwork of engineering marvels, byzantine legal agreements, aging infrastructure, and neighborly cooperation enables life to flourish in the desert—and the disastrous consequences we face when any part of this tenuous system fails.
Author : Erika Marie Bsumek
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477303812
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam written by Erika Marie Bsumek and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam and social imbalances that resulted from it.
Author : Mitchell B. Lerner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444333895
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson written by Mitchell B. Lerner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion offers an overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates from his term in office. Explores the legacy of Johnson and the historical significance of his years as president Covers the full range of topics, from the social and civil rights reforms of the Great Society to the increased American involvement in Vietnam Incorporates the dramatic new evidence that has come to light through the release of around 8,000 phone conversations and meetings that Johnson secretly recorded as President
Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136755233
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History written by Char Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * polluti
Author : Richard D. Besel
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438458495
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Green Voices written by Richard D. Besel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays addressing relatively unknown or unexamined speeches delivered by famous or influential environmental figures. The written works of natures leading advocatesfrom Charles Sumner and John Muir to Rachel Carson and President Jimmy Carter, to name a fewhave been the subject of many texts, but their speeches remain relatively unknown or unexamined. Green Voices aims to redress this situation. After all, when it comes to the leaders, heroes, and activists of the environmental movement, their speeches formed part of the fertile earth from which uniquely American environmental expectations, assumptions, and norms germinated and grew. Despite having in common a definitively rhetorical focus, the contributions in this book reflect a variety of methods and approaches. Some concentrate on a single speaker and a single speech. Others look at several speeches. Some are historical in orientation, while others are more theoretical. In other words, this collection examines the broad sweep of US environmental history from the perspective of our most famous and influential environmental figures.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309175720
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-01-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal management of water is undergoing a change that involves a drastic reduction in the number of new water projects and an increase in emphasis on the quality of water management. This book summarizes and analyzes environmental research conducted in the lower Colorado River below the Glen Canyon Dam under the leadership of the Bureau of Reclamation. It reviews alternative dam operations to mitigate impacts in the lower Colorado riverine environment and the strengths and weaknesses of large federal agencies dealing with broad environmental issues and hydropower production. While many problems remain to be solved, the Bureau of Reclamation through the Glen Canyon area. The lessons of GCES are transferable to other locations and could be the basis for a new era in the management of western waters.
Author : Katrin van Dam
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338268449
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)
Download or read book Come November written by Katrin van Dam and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This refreshingly original, contemporary YA debut centers on Rooney, a teen girl struggling to hold her family together in the face of her mother's delusions. It's not the end of the world, but for Rooney Harris it's starting to feel that way. It's the beginning of senior year, and her mom just lost her job. Even worse, she isn't planning to get another one. Instead, she's spending every waking moment with a group called the Next World Society, whose members are convinced they'll be leaving Earth behind on November 17. It sounds crazy to Rooney, but to her mother and younger brother it sounds like salvation. As her mom's obsession threatens to tear their lives apart, Rooney is scrambling to hold it all together. But will saving her family mean sacrificing her dreams -- or theirs?
Author : Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520205642
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)
Download or read book A River No More written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-09-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the definitive history of the development of the Colorado River and the claims made on its waters, from its source in the Wyoming Rockies to the California and Arizona borders where, so saline it kills plants, it peters out just short of the Gulf of California. Ever increasing demands on the river to supply cities in the desert render this new edition all too timely. Philip Fradkin has updated this valuable book with a new preface.
Author : Michael L. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Hunger for the Wild written by Michael L. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. Michael L. Johnson considers how that obsession originated, how it has determined attitudes toward and activities in the West, and how it has changed over the centuries.
Author : Ann Ronald
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806136943
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book GhostWest written by Ann Ronald and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our sense of place is permeated by ghosts from the past. In GhostWest, Ann Ronald takes the reader to historical sites where something once happened. Using the metaphor of hauntings, she reflects on how western history, literature, and lore continue to shape our visceral impressions of these sites. In chapters both lyrical and thoughtful, passionate and humorous, GhostWest covers sites in seventeen western states, including the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana, Willa Cather’s Nebraska prairies, and the Murrah Building bombing site in Oklahoma. Through these settings and their phantoms, the author mulls questions of why we find such ambience and artifacts so compelling. Volume 7 in the Literature of the American West series
