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Author : Joseph Orton Kerbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Land of Tomorrow written by Joseph Orton Kerbey and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Lourie
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781563977121
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Amazon written by Peter Lourie and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey through the Brazilian state of Rondonia in the Amazon basin provides a look at the rain forest and the people who live there, including both Indians and settlers.
Author : Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400701462
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Amazon Várzea written by Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon floodplain or várzea. It also looks forward, assessing the trends that will determine the fate of environments and people of the várzea over the next ten years and providing crucial information that is needed to formulate strategies for confronting these looming realities.
Author : Mark Ungar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319565524
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book The 21st Century Fight for the Amazon written by Mark Ungar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most updated and comprehensive look at efforts to protect the Amazon, home to half of the world’s remaining tropical forests. In the past five years, the Basin’s countries have become the cutting edge of environmental enforcement through formation of constitutional protections, military operations, stringent laws, police forces, judicial procedures and societal efforts that together break through barriers that have long restrained decisive action. Even such advances, though, struggle to curb devastation by oil extraction, mining, logging, dams, pollution, and other forms of ecocide. In every country, environmental protection is crippled by politics, bureaucracy, unclear laws, untrained officials, small budgets, regional rivalries, inter-ministerial competition, collusion with criminals, and the global demand for oils and minerals. Countries are better at creating environmental agencies, that is, than making sure that they work. This book explains why, with country studies written by those on the front lines—from national enforcement directors to biologists and activists.
Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385529228
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book The Lost City of Z written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller”(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed writer David Grann set out to determine what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z. For centuries Europeans believed the Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. Then he vanished. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!
Author : Richard L. Brandt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101516232
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book One Click written by Richard L. Brandt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: Make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: "Buy now with one click." Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder, whose unique combination of character traits and business strategy have driven Amazon to the top of the online retail world. Richard Brandt charts Bezos's rise from computer nerd to world- changing entrepreneur. His success can be credited to his forward-looking insights and ruthless business sense. Brandt explains: Why Bezos decided to allow negative product reviews, correctly guessing that the earned trust would outweigh possible lost sales. Why Amazon zealously guards some patents yet freely shares others. Why Bezos called becoming profitable the "dumbest" thing they could do in 1997. How Amazon.com became one of the only dotcoms to survive the bust of the early 2000s. Where the company is headed next. Through interviews with Amazon employees, competitors, and observers, Brandt has deciphered how Bezos makes decisions. The story of Amazon's ongoing evolution is a case study in how to reinvent an entire industry, and one that anyone in business today ignores at their peril.
Author : Peter Lourie
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785729761
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Amazon written by Peter Lourie and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts a journey through the Amazon River Valley, describing some of the traditional ways of life that still exist there and the encroachment of colonists that threatens the rain forests.
Author : Steven J. Tepper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135902593
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Engaging Art written by Steven J. Tepper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society – from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul DiMaggio; Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice; and MIT scholars Henry Jenkins and Mark Schuster), this volume analyzes key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion, and the rise of "do-it-yourself" participatory culture. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and independently carried out by the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, Engaging Art offers a new framework for understanding the momentous changes impacting America’s cultural life over the past fifty years. This volume offers suggestive glimpses into the character and consequence of a new engagement with old-fashioned participation in the arts. The authors in this volume hint at a bright future for art and citizen art making. They argue that if we center a new commitment to arts participation in everyday art making, creativity, and quality of life, we will not only restore the lifelong pleasure of homemade art, but will likely seed a new generation of enthusiasts who will support America’s signature nonprofit cultural institutions well into the future.
Author : Chris Feliciano Arnold
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250098955
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Third Bank of the River written by Chris Feliciano Arnold and published by Picador. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 2014 World Cup, an isolated Amazonian tribe emerged from the jungle on the misty border of Peru and Brazil, escaping massacre at the hands of illegal loggers. A year later, in the jungle capital of Manaus, a bloody weekend of reprisal killings inflames a drug war that blurs the line between cops and kingpins. Both events reveal the dual struggles of those living in and around the vast, endangered Amazon jungle. As indigenous tribes lose their ancestral territory every day to loggers and drug runners, local communities in cities such as Manaus, are plagued by intense violence due to the ongoing drug wars and entrenched corruption within the police and government. The chaos and violence echo the atrocities that have haunted the rain forest since Europeans first arrived in the New World. Following doctors and soldiers, environmental activists and indigenous Olympic archers, among others, The Third Bank of the River traces development in the Amazon from the arrival of the first Spanish flotilla. Veteran journalist Chris Arnold grounds his story in rigorous first-hand reporting and in-depth research, revealing a portrait of Brazil and the Amazon that is complex, bloody, and often tragic.
Author : Brian Dumaine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982113642
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Bezonomics written by Brian Dumaine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Bezos has become the era's biggest business story. At one point the richest man on the planet, Amazon's executive chairman has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with more than 2 percent of U.S. household income currently being spent on the hundreds of millions of products speedily shipped from the company's global warehouses. All this convenience, however, has a cost. "Bezonomics" promises massive job disruptions and the further infiltration of AI and Big Tech into our lives. In Bezonomics, award-winning Fortune magazine writer Brian Dumaine unveils the principles Bezos uses to gain increasing market power - customer obsession, extreme innovation, and long-term thinking, all driven by artificial intelligence - and shows how these tactics are being replicated by companies worldwide. If you want to know what the most unstoppable business model of the future will look like, this is a vital read.
Author : Benjamin W. Schenk
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781438918860
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Dead World written by Benjamin W. Schenk and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the near future, a nuclear holocaust erupts, destroying 75% of the known world. Ward Sands thought it would happen and was prepared. He, his family, and friends get inside some bomb shelters built by him and a friend. The story is about the life inside of the bomb shelters and what they awaken to. After weeks inside of the bomb shelter, they fall into a suspended state. What they awaken to, on the outside world, is a completely different world of both wonder and danger! The story follows this man, his family, and their friends as they fight for survival against innumerable odds!
Author : Martin Strel
Publisher : Summersdale
ISBN 13 : 0857653237
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)
Download or read book The Man Who Swam the Amazon written by Martin Strel and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 2007, after 66 days, Martin Strel became the first person to swim the Amazon, 3,274 miles from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic shores of Brazil. On this extraordinary journey he dodged piranhas, met indigenous tribes and swam from dawn to dusk for 60 miles every single day. His story is an inspiration to people everywhere.
Author : British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum written by British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Celia Wakefield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Searching for Isabel Godin written by Celia Wakefield and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Searching for Isabel Godin" is the story of the first woman to go down the Amazon. "Searching for Isabel Godin" is a suspenseful book about courage, exploration, and the rewards that come with finding a kindred spirit from the past.
Author : Cecilia Rikap
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000368750
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Capitalism, Power and Innovation written by Cecilia Rikap and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book’s unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power. The author explains how at the one pole, these corporations concentrate income, property and power in the United States, China, and in a handful of intellectual monopolies, particularly from digital and pharmaceutical industries, while at the other pole developing countries are left further behind. The book includes detailed empirical mappings of how intellectual monopolies develop and transform knowledge from universities and open-source collaborations into intangible assets. The result is a strategy that combines undermining the commons through privatization with harvesting from the same commons. The book ends with provoking reflections to tilt the scale against intellectual monopoly capitalism and arguing that desired changes require democratic mobilization of workers and citizens at large. This book represents one of the first attempts to capture the contours of an emerging new era where old perspectives lead us astray, and the old policy toolbox is hopelessly inadequate. This is true for the idea that the best, or only, way to promote innovation is to transform knowledge into private property. It is also true for anti-trust policies focusing exclusively on consumer prices. The formation of global infrastructures that lead to natural monopolies calls for public rather than private ownership. Scholars and professionals from the social sciences and humanities (in particular economics, sociology, political science, geography, educational science and science and technology studies) will enjoy a clear and all-embracing depiction of innovation dynamics in contemporary capitalism, with a particular focus on asymmetries between actors, regions and topics. In fact, its topical issue broadens the book’s scope to those curious about how innovation networks shape our world.
Author : Katherine Lapworth
Publisher : Teach Yourself
ISBN 13 : 1444131621
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Get Your Book Published: Teach Yourself written by Katherine Lapworth and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book gives you everything you need to know to get into print. Whether you are seeking an agent or publisher, or have decided to self-publish, it gives you the background information, step-by-step guides and a unique selection of case studies from published authors and insider tips from industry experts. With an exhaustive list of useful addresses and websites, it is an essential manual for any aspiring author. Features contributions from key literary agencies (including Curtis Brown and Pollinger) and top publishing companies (including John Murray and Headline). NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of getting your book published. FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
