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Smelling Land

Author : David Sanborn Scott
Publisher : Queen's Printer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780980967401
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Smelling Land written by David Sanborn Scott and published by Queen's Printer Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolving the escalating issues surrounding climate destabilization will be one of the most important environmental challenges we face this century. Dr David Sanborn Scott, one of Canada's foremost energy experts, clearly demonstrates that we have only one real choice - Hydrogen. Using literate, lay-accessible, sometimes lyrical but never trivial explanations, Smelling Land gives a clear and comprehensive examination of: The architecture of civilization's energy systems; The critical role of energy currencies and the widespred blunders when this role is not recognized; How to evaluate environmental intrusion and general principles for environmental gentility; The mechanisms and status of climate disruption; Sustainability and the REASONS for a coming Hydrogen Age; Energy source options -to identify realistic expectations and expose myths; The wonders of hydrogen systems, from airplanes, to cars, submarines, laptop computers, mobile phones and heart pacers; How fast we can get to the Hydrogen Age (if we wake up to the true severity of the climate risk), why and what it will be like.

Being a Dog

Author : Alexandra Horowitz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476796041
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Being a Dog written by Alexandra Horowitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy—“an incredible journey into the olfactory world of man’s best friend” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ—the nose. In her “fascinating book…Horowitz combines the expertise of a scientist with an easy, lively writing style” (The New York Times Book Review) as she imagines what it is like to be a dog. Guided by her own dogs, Finnegan and Upton, Horowitz sets off on a quest through the cutting-edge science behind the olfactory abilities of the dog. In addition to speaking to cognitive researchers and smell experts, Horowitz visits detection-dog trainers and training centers; she meets researchers working with dogs to detect cancerous cells and anticipate epileptic seizure or diabetic shock; and she even attempts to smell-train her own nose. As we come to understand how rich, complex, and exciting the world around us is to the canine nose, Horowitz changes our perspective on dogs forever. Readers will finish this book feeling that they have broken free of their human constraints and understanding smell as never before; that they have, for however fleetingly, been a dog. And, as The Boston Globe says about Being a Dog, “becoming more doglike, not surprisingly, can make anyone’s life a little more vivid.”

Captain John Smith

Author : Thomas Hoobler
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470314982
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Captain John Smith written by Thomas Hoobler and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who were drawn by the dream that opportunity was here for anyone who dared seize it . . . Smith founded more than a colony. He gave birth to the American dream." --from Captain John Smith Captain John Smith tells the real story behind the swashbuckling character who founded the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in English in America, and cheated death many times by a mere hairbreadth. Based on rich primary sources, including Smith's own writings and newly discovered material, this enlightening book explores Smith's early days, his forceful leadership at Jamestown that was so critical to its survival, and his efforts upon his return to England to continue settlements in America. This unique volume also reveals the truth behind Smith's relationship with Pocahontas, a tale that history has greatly distorted. Bringing to life heroic deeds and dramatic escapes as well as moments of great suffering and hardship, Captain John Smith serves as a great testament to this important historical figure.

Reports

Author : Alfred Cort Haddon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Reports written by Alfred Cort Haddon and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aroma

Author : Constance Classen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134822405
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Aroma written by Constance Classen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies.

Where the Ocean Meets the Sky

Author : Crispin Latymer
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140811402X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Where the Ocean Meets the Sky written by Crispin Latymer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crispin Latymer was an ordinary sailor used to cruising off the coast of England who decided at age 50 to leave the safe shores of home and make his first solo voyage across the Atlantic, the great prize in navigation and seamanship skills. His three week voyage became an epic story of adventure and personal discovery. Out of sight of land for nearly the entire passage, his journey challenged his skills and resolve at every turn. Within 48 hours of setting sail Latymer was caught by fierce weather in Tropical Storm Delta, he maintained control of his ship despite broken ribs and toe and a frightening incident with pirates off the Mauritanian coast. A dreamer more than an intrepid adventurer, Latymer described it all as “magical” and has written an understated and inspiration memoir of this extraordinary journey which will appeal to anyone who has every aspired to break out of their comfort zone to push the boundaries toward the unknown, what the sailors call “where the ocean meets the sky.”

The Blue River Valley

Author : James Howerton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 144018318X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Blue River Valley written by James Howerton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy. She pierced him suddenly with her green eyes. You know what it is, stop pretending. Im grown up now; tell me what it is! Cathy, you always said you didnt want to know; it made you feel different, you didnt want to know. And youre not grown up. I said a lot of things. But now I want to know. Youre not grown up, youre... He stared into her burning eyes for a long time, having known for sixteen years that this moment would one day come, that she would have to know the truth someday. Its called Mist, he heard his voice saying. Its a powerful field, something along the lines of magnetism. You know, that game we used to play on the kitchen table, Cathy; when you tried to push the positive sides of your magnets together and they repelled each other, and one scooted away without even touching the other, and how you used to giggle? She studied him for a long time. But when I reversed one of them, they didnt repel, they attracted. He looked away from her, his little girl, the miracle. Fear throbbed in his eyes as he stared out the window at the Blue River Valley beyond the farmhouse. He had always known that they couldnt hide here, nor anywhere. She would never be safe, not anywhere on Earth, not anywhere in the universe. He had always known that this day would come. Mist, Cathy said, breaking him out of his stare. Mist. Thats the field that surrounds you. Daddy, am I human?

Why a World Centre of Industry at San Francisco Bay

Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why a World Centre of Industry at San Francisco Bay written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In These Latter Days

Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book In These Latter Days written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Forum

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forum written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements.

The Children of First Man

Author : James Alexander Thom
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 9780449149706
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book The Children of First Man written by James Alexander Thom and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1995-01-15 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MASTERFULLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN, THE CHILDREN OF FIRST MAN IS A FEAST OF A NOVEL. James Alexander Thom's sweeping saga of Welsh colonization in prehistoric America is loaded with wonderful characters and events, some so poignant I had to stop reading now and then to reflect." --Linda Lay Shuler Author of She Who Remembers With its beautifully written and deeply felt descriptions of the feelings the first white settlers and Native Americans had for each other, THE CHILDREN OF FIRST MAN tells the fascinating story of a European people gradually absorbed into the Amerindian culture until their literacy was lost and their Christian religion submerged in the legend of a Welsh Prince named Madoc, the First Man. Sweeping from the blood-soaked castles of medieval Wales to the landmark expedition of Lewis and Clark, from the hushed beauty of virgin wilderness to Mandan villages of domed earthen lodges, THE CHILDREN OF FIRST MAN is a triumph of the storyteller's art. "TERRIFICALLY ENTERTAINING...A highly imaginative novel that combines an old legend with historical fact to create an epic tale of America starting some three-hundred years before Columbus arrived." --Booklist

Biology of the Vertebrates

Author : Herbert Eugene Walter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Biology of the Vertebrates written by Herbert Eugene Walter and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biology of the vertebrates; a comparative study of man and his animal alli

Author : Herbert Eugene Walter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology of the vertebrates; a comparative study of man and his animal alli written by Herbert Eugene Walter and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ocean Sketches

Author : Frederick W. Wendt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ocean Sketches written by Frederick W. Wendt and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smelling to Survive

Author : Bill S. Hansson
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8727171736
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Smelling to Survive written by Bill S. Hansson and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smell is arguably the least understood sense, yet it has always been a vital component of the human experience, and that of all living creatures. Smell has been used by plants and animals for millions of years to warn, to attract, to identify, to navigate and even to mislead. Smelling to Survive explains some of these fascinating processes and explores how the past would have smelt quite different to our ancestors, and how future technologies will further change the world of scents. Along the way, leading scientist Bill S. Hansson recounts amazing stories from the world of olfactory research: from the tobacco plant that excretes an alarm odour, to mosquitos that cherish the smell of sweaty feet, to lilies that imitate the fragrance of a dead horse. Hansson explains why scientists are interested in the smell that surrounds teenage males, and how climate change affects the smell of our environment. He describes research trips to Christmas Island, where crabs with particularly keen noses crack coconuts on the beach, and outlines studies that reveal how penguins recognize their partner by their scent. Born in Sweden, the neuroethologist Bill S. Hansson served as Vice President of the Max Planck Society and is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and an honorary professor at Friedrich Schiller University. His research centres on the question of how plants and insects communicate through scent.

Past Scents

Author : Jonathan Reinarz
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252096029
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Past Scents written by Jonathan Reinarz and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive and engaging volume, medical historian Jonathan Reinarz offers a historiography of smell from ancient to modern times. Synthesizing existing scholarship in the field, he shows how people have relied on their olfactory sense to understand and engage with both their immediate environments and wider corporal and spiritual worlds. This broad survey demonstrates how each community or commodity possesses, or has been thought to possess, its own peculiar scent. Through the meanings associated with smells, osmologies develop--what cultural anthropologists have termed the systems that utilize smells to classify people and objects in ways that define their relations to each other and their relative values within a particular culture. European Christians, for instance, relied on their noses to differentiate Christians from heathens, whites from people of color, women from men, virgins from harlots, artisans from aristocracy, and pollution from perfume. This reliance on smell was not limited to the global North. Around the world, Reinarz shows, people used scents to signify individual and group identity in a morally constructed universe where the good smelled pleasant and their opposites reeked. With chapters including "Heavenly Scents," "Fragrant Lucre," and "Odorous Others," Reinarz's timely survey is a useful and entertaining look at the history of one of our most important but least-understood senses.

The Human Shore

Author : John R. Gillis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226922235
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Human Shore written by John R. Gillis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since before recorded history, people have congregated near water. But as growing populations around the globe continue to flow toward the coasts on an unprecedented scale and climate change raises water levels, our relationship to the sea has begun to take on new and potentially catastrophic dimensions. The latest generation of coastal dwellers lives largely in ignorance of the history of those who came before them, the natural environment, and the need to live sustainably on the world’s shores. Humanity has forgotten how to live with the oceans. In The Human Shore, a magisterial account of 100,000 years of seaside civilization, John R. Gillis recovers the coastal experience from its origins among the people who dwelled along the African shore to the bustle and glitz of today’s megacities and beach resorts. He takes readers from discussion of the possible coastal location of the Garden of Eden to the ancient communities that have existed along beaches, bays, and bayous since the beginning of human society to the crucial role played by coasts during the age of discovery and empire. An account of the mass movement of whole populations to the coasts in the last half-century brings the story of coastal life into the present. Along the way, Gillis addresses humankind’s changing relationship to the sea from an environmental perspective, laying out the history of the making and remaking of coastal landscapes—the creation of ports, the draining of wetlands, the introduction and extinction of marine animals, and the invention of the beach—while giving us a global understanding of our relationship to the water. Learned and deeply personal, The Human Shore is more than a history: it is the story of a space that has been central to the attitudes, plans, and existence of those who live and dream at land’s end.