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Author : Uwe George
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book In the Deserts of this Earth written by Uwe George and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1979 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500511947
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Deserts of the Earth written by Michael Martin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Rub al-Khali and the Sinai to the Great Sandy, the Great Basin and the Kalahari, Michael Martin, an internationally renowned photographer, has travelled through every desert on Earth, crossing Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa, to compile this beautifully photographed volume. Far from being bleak and barren wastelands, these deserts boast natural features of staggering beauty. Afghanistan’s Bamian region is notable for its deep turquoise lakes set amidst towering, rocky mountains. The Danakil’s unnamed volcanoes glow in the Ethiopian night, while Chile’s Atacama region harbours geysers that can erupt at any moment. In addition to these awe-inspiring landscapes, Martin introduces us to the stoic peoples who eke out an existence in such inhospitable environments.
Author : Rani Iyer
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN 13 : 8179933350
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (799 download)
Download or read book Planet Earth written by Rani Iyer and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About one-fifth of the earth is covered by deserts. But what are deserts? Are they always hot and sandy? What do you find in a desert? Learn about the climate, plant and animal life, the people of the deserts, and much more. From the hot, dry Sahara Desert to the icy expanse of Antarctica, this book explores and brings alive the deserts of the world.
Author : Sara Green
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1648344291
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Deserts written by Sara Green and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of Earth’s deserts are hot. But did you know they can be cold and covered in ice? In this title, developing readers will discover what makes deserts unique. Text and photos introduce the types of deserts and the conditions that make them, the animals that live in deserts, and the impact of people on deserts. Features profile a well-known desert, show off animals, and summarize the impact of humans.
Author : Kathryn Ceceri
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619301113
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Discover the Desert written by Kathryn Ceceri and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delving into a seemingly dry and barren ecosystem, this fun-filled activity book closely examines the desert landscape and shows how many exciting discoveries it holds. Exploring native plants and animals and depicting the extreme temperatures, rough terrain, and vast distances in detail, this lively reference describes lost civilizations as well as today’s desert-dwelling cultures. “Try This” science and history activities are also included—from creating mirages and fashioning an Anasazi clay bowl to growing salt crystals and even assembling a cactus dish terrarium. Demonstrating why adventurers have always been drawn to the world’s deserts, this entertaining overview also provides education on the environment, examining how the health of the planet depends on the careful treatment of the desert’s many resources.
Author : Roslynn D. Haynes
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178023208X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Desert written by Roslynn D. Haynes and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand. Cacti. Lizards. Mirages. Deserts call to mind exotic places, a sense of adventure and freedom, but also thirst and desolation. In Desert, Roslynn D. Haynes takes a fresh look at this geographical feature and cultural entity as it becomes an increasingly threatened environment. Considering the immense geographical diversity of deserts from the Sahara to Antarctica, Haynes explores the intriguing and often bizarre ways plants and animals adapt to such a hostile environment, as well as the diverse peoples that have inhabited deserts and evolved unique lifestyles and cultures in response to their surroundings. She asks why Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all originated in the deserts of the Middle East and traces the connections between the minimalism of desert existence and the pursuit of a spiritual dimension. Finally, she describes the allure deserts have exerted on the West, the significance of desolate landscapes in literature and film, and the revolution in artists’ responses to the desert as an empty space and as an inspiration for new visual techniques with which to view it. Ending with a look at how commercial and military interests threaten desert ecologies, Desert casts new light on our view of these seemingly barren places.
Author : Scholastic Library Publishing
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780531178874
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (788 download)
Download or read book Deserts written by Scholastic Library Publishing and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics and geographic locations of deserts"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Explore the Continents
ISBN 13 : 9780778704997
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Where on Earth are Deserts? written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Explore the Continents. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores what deserts are and the different types while detailing specific deserts around the world.
Author : Miranda Macquitty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756668107
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books: Desert written by Miranda Macquitty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm deserts make up an estimated 1/5 of the Earth's surface and present unique challenges to the creatures, plants, and people that survive the temperature extremes. Desert is a detailed guide to some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, and offers spectacular full-color photographs to give readers an "eyewitness" view of life in the desert. See thestunning sand dunes of the Namib Desert, a Bedouin in full wedding dress, the desert in bloom, a jewel wasp, and a camel's regalia. Learn how sand dunes form, how a few honeypot ants store food for a whole nest in their own bodies, and howa mummy is preserved in sand. Discover why a Tuareg woman never uncovers her face, what makes a dromedary different from a Bactrian camel, the mystery of Timbuktu, and why some desert animals have big ears, and much, much more! Discover the harsh world of hot and cold deserts and the people, plants, and animals that live in them.
Author : H. Stewart Edgell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402039700
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Arabian Deserts written by H. Stewart Edgell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-21 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author’s 50 years of experience there. The text deals with every kind of desert in the region, from vast sand seas to clay pans and stony plains to volcanic flows. Along with dune types unique to the region the author outlines climatic changes, current ecology and human influence on desertification.
Author : A. D. Abrahams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401582548
Total Pages : 1021 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Geomorphology of Desert Environments written by A. D. Abrahams and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 1021 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last twenty years there has been a major expansion of knowledge in the field of landforms and landforming processes of deserts. This advanced-level book provides a benchmark for the current state of science, and is written by an international team of authors who are acknowledged experts in their fields.
Author : Aidan Tynan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474443370
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy written by Aidan Tynan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aidan explores the ways in which Nietzsche's warning that 'the desert grows' has been taken up by Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze in their critiques of modernity, and the desert in literature ranging from T.S Eliot to Don DeLillo; from imperial travel writing to postmodernism; and from the Old Testament to salvagepunk.
Author : Julie J Laity
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444300741
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Deserts and Desert Environments written by Julie J Laity and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a global perspective, this book provides a concise overviewof drylands, including their physical, biological, temporal, andhuman components. Examines the physical systems occurring in desert environments,including climate, hydrology, past and present lakes, weathering,hillslopes, geomorphic surfaces, water as a geomorphic agent, andaeolian processes Offers an accessible introduction to the physical, biological,temporal, and human components of drylands Investigates the nature, environmental requirements, andessential geomorphic roles of plants and animals in this stressfulbiological environment Highlights the impact of human population growth on climate,desertification, water resources, and dust storm activity Includes an examination of surface/atmosphere interactions andthe impact of ENSO events.
Author : Martin Williams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691253935
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book When the Sahara Was Green written by Martin Williams and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed by rivers and lakes. The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles, and hippos, and attracted prehistoric hunters and herders. What transformed this land of lakes into a sea of sands? When the Sahara Was Green describes the remarkable history of Earth’s greatest desert—including why its climate changed, the impact this had on human populations, and how scientists uncovered the evidence for these extraordinary events. From the Sahara’s origins as savanna woodland and grassland to its current arid incarnation, Martin Williams takes us on a vivid journey through time. He describes how the desert’s ancient rocks were first fashioned, how dinosaurs roamed freely across the land, and how it was later covered in tall trees. Along the way, Williams addresses many questions: Why was the Sahara previously much wetter, and will it be so again? Did humans contribute to its desertification? What was the impact of extreme climatic episodes—such as prolonged droughts—upon the Sahara’s geology, ecology, and inhabitants? Williams also shows how plants, animals, and humans have adapted to the Sahara and what lessons we might learn for living in harmony with the harshest, driest conditions in an ever-changing global environment. A valuable look at how an iconic region has changed over millions of years, When the Sahara Was Green reveals the desert’s surprising past to reflect on its present, as well as its possible future.
Author : Grace Hansen
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1680805568
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Desert Biome written by Grace Hansen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn about the four major desert biomes, which are hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold deserts. The text will focus on the climate and the very special plants and animals that are found in deserts around the world. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Author : Peter Aleshire
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438182562
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Deserts, Revised Edition written by Peter Aleshire and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete with vivid, dramatic photographs, this eBook presents an oasis of information on the world's starkest deserts. Journey from Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, to the Libyan desert, the hottest on Earth, where temperatures can reach 136°F, to Antarctica’s vast polar deserts, which have not had ice cover for thousands of years. From trade wind and rainshadow deserts to interior and coastal deserts, Deserts, Revised Edition spotlights 10 superlative examples and reveals why these astonishing landforms are never static but always changing.
Author : Michael Welland
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780233892
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Desert written by Michael Welland and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From endless sand dunes and prickly cacti to shimmering mirages and green oases, deserts evoke contradictory images in us. They are lands of desolation, but also of romance, of blistering Mojave heat and biting Gobi cold. Covering a quarter of the earth’s land mass and providing a home to half a billion people, they are both a physical reality and landscapes of the mind. The idea of the desert has long captured Western imagination, put on display in films and literature, but these portrayals often fail to capture the true scope and diversity of the people living there. Bridging the scientific and cultural gaps between perception and reality, The Desert celebrates our fascination with these arid lands and their inhabitants, as well as their importance both throughout history and in the world today. Covering an immense geographical range, Michael Welland wanders from the Sahara to the Atacama, depicting the often bizarre adaptations of plants and animals to these hostile environments. He also looks at these seemingly infertile landscapes in the context of their place in history—as the birthplaces not only of critical evolutionary adaptations, civilizations, and social progress, but also of ideologies. Telling the stories of the diverse peoples who call the desert home, he describes how people have survived there, their contributions to agricultural development, and their emphasis on water and its scarcity. He also delves into the allure of deserts and how they have been used in literature and film and their influence on fashion, art, and architecture. As Welland reveals, deserts may be difficult to define, but they play an active role in the evolution of our global climate and society at large, and their future is of the utmost importance. Entertaining, informative, and surprising, The Desert is an intriguing new look at these seemingly harsh and inhospitable landscapes.
