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Gripping Nature

Author : James Dean Crandall
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595793282
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Gripping Nature written by James Dean Crandall and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulling out from the shelter, the mountain altitude and the weight of the train brings a monotonous sound , the sound of the steel wheels bumping each joint of the rails, creating a hypnotic effect. The passengers are unable to see the mountain beauty. The wine and the hypnotic sound have several passengers napping, and the horror cascading through the mountain meadow goes unnoticed. Suddenly, the avalanche comes crashing through the windows. Breaking glass flies through the compartments in the middle coach cars. The train is lifted off the tracks and thrown sideways as if it were a toy. The train suddenly stops in its tracks Motionless, the train sits victimized by Mother Nature, unable to move. The bright sunlight is clouded by a cloud, a cloud not of vapor but of snow and ice. Tons of frozen ice has covered the entire train in an instant. Buried beneath one of Mother Natures tools of torture, entombed, the passengers and crew are rendered helpless and at her mercy. Perched one thousand feet above Donner Lake, pushed to the edge, and hanging partially rolled over to one side, the train and her passengers are truly helpless

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2048 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 2048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors - 3 Volume Set

Author : Informa Healthcare
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482298538
Total Pages : 1980 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors - 3 Volume Set written by Informa Healthcare and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-12-14 with total page 1980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first encyclopedia in the field, the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors provides a comprehensive and authoritative compendium of current knowledge on ergonomics and human factors. It gives specific information on concepts and tools unique to ergonomics. About 500 entries, published in three volumes and on CD-ROM, are pre

English Literature A-Level (ZIMSEC) Past Exam Questions and Model Answers

Author : David Chitate
Publisher : Swipe Educational Solutions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Literature A-Level (ZIMSEC) Past Exam Questions and Model Answers written by David Chitate and published by Swipe Educational Solutions. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock your full potential with our unparalleled "Literature in English Past Exam Question Bank" for ZIMSEC A-Level exams. Merging cutting-edge technology with expert insights, this book offers an unrivaled preparation tool designed to ensure your success. Explore this resource to experience the exceptional quality that defines our Past Exam Question Bank series. Seize this opportunity to elevate your exam readiness and achieve academic excellence.

Autonomous Nature

Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317395883
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Autonomous Nature written by Carolyn Merchant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autonomous Nature investigates the history of nature as an active, often unruly force in tension with nature as a rational, logical order from ancient times to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with subsequent advances in mechanics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, nature came to be perceived as an orderly, rational, physical world that could be engineered, controlled, and managed. Autonomous Nature focuses on the history of unpredictability, why it was a problem for the ancient world through the Scientific Revolution, and why it is a problem for today. The work is set in the context of vignettes about unpredictable events such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, the Bubonic Plague, the Lisbon Earthquake, and efforts to understand and predict the weather and natural disasters. This book is an ideal text for courses on the environment, environmental history, history of science, or the philosophy of science.

The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Irish Renaissance Annual IV

Author : Zack Bowen
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874132366
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Irish Renaissance Annual IV written by Zack Bowen and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Patent Office Journal

Author : New Zealand. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Patent Office Journal written by New Zealand. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Undeclared War between Journalism and Fiction

Author : D. Underwood
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137353481
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Undeclared War between Journalism and Fiction written by D. Underwood and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary,' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life.

Cultural Analysis

Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135174733
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Analysis written by Robert Wuthnow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Cultural Analysis is a systematic examination of the theories of culture contained in the writings of four contemporary social theorists: Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas. This study of their work clarifies their contributions to the analysis of culture and shows the converging assumptions that the authors believe are laying the foundation for a new approach to the study of culture. The focus is specifically on culture, a concept that remains subject to ambiguities of treatment, and concentrates on questions concerning the definition and content of culture, its construction, its relations with social conditions, and the manner in which it may be changing. The books demonstrates how these writers have made strides towards defining culture as an objective element of social interaction which can be subjected to critical investigation.

Requiem for Nature

Author : John Terborgh
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559635882
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Requiem for Nature written by John Terborgh and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has spent half of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like all parks, Manu is assumed to provide inviolate protection to nature. Yet even there, in one of the most remote corners of the planet, Terborgh has been witness to the relentless onslaught of civilization.Seeing the steady destruction of irreplaceable habitat has been a startling and disturbing experience for Terborgh, one that has raised urgent questions: Is enough being done to protect nature? Are current conservation efforts succeeding? What could be done differently? What should be done differently? In Requiem for Nature, he offers brutally honest answers to those difficult questions, and appraises the prospects for the future of tropical conservation. His book is a clarion call for anyone who cares about the quality of the natural world we will leave our children.Terborgh examines current conservation strategies and considers the shortcomings of parks and protected areas both from ecological and institutional perspectives. He explains how seemingly pristine environments can gradually degrade, and describes the difficult social context –a debilitating combination of poverty, corruption, abuses of power, political instability, and a frenzied scramble for quick riches –in which tropical conservation must take place. He considers the significant challenges facing existing parks and examines problems inherent in alternative approaches, such as ecotourism, the exploitation of nontimber forest products, "sustainable use," and "sustainable development."Throughout, Terborgh argues that the greatest challenges of conservation are not scientific, but are social, economic, and political, and that success will require simultaneous progress on all fronts. He makes a compelling case that nature can be saved, but only if good science and strong institutions can be thoughtfully combined.

Nature's Armor and Defenses

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781410929860
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Nature's Armor and Defenses written by Paul Mason and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2007-08-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores plants and animals with unique methods of defending themselves including armadillos, hermit crabs, porcupines, cactus, skunks and poisonous frogs.

Scientific Canadian Mechanics' Magazine and Patent Office Record

Author : Canada. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1614 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Canadian Mechanics' Magazine and Patent Office Record written by Canada. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Canadian Patent Office Record

Author : Canada. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Patent Office Record written by Canada. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Via Rhodesia

Author : Charlotte Mansfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Via Rhodesia written by Charlotte Mansfield and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

Author : Sarah Tarlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191650382
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial written by Sarah Tarlow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.

Dead Lucky

Author : Lincoln Hall
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440630917
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Dead Lucky written by Lincoln Hall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln Hall's breathtaking account of surviving a night in Everest's "death zone." Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25, 2006, he died on Everest. Indeed, Hall attempted to climb the mountain during a deadly season in which eleven people perished. And he was, in fact, pronounced dead, after collapsing from altitude sickness. Two Sherpas spent hours trying to revive him, but as darkness fell, word came via radio from the expedition's leader that they should descend in order to save themselves. The news of Hall's death traveled rapidly from mountaineering websites to news media around the world, and ultimately to his family back in Australia. Early the next morning, however, an American guide, climbing with two clients and a Sherpa, was startled to find Hall sitting cross-legged on a sharp crest of the summit ridge. In this page-turning account of survival against all odds, Hall chronicles in fascinating detail the days and nights that led up to his fateful night in Mount Everest's "death zone." His story is all the more miraculous given his climbing history. Hall had been part of Australia's first attempt to reach the top of Everest in 1984 but had not done any major climbing for many years, having set aside his passion in order to support his family. While others in the team achieved their dream during this 1984 expedition, Hall was forced to turn back due to illness. Thus, his triumph in reaching the summit at the age of fifty is a story unto itself. So, too, is Hall's description of his family's experience back in Australia, as sudden grief turned to relief and joy in a matter of hours. Rarely has there been such a thrilling narrative of one man's encounter with the world's tallest mountain.