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Author : Jane O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780448424187
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Snail City written by Jane O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Snail City life is slow and the snails like it that way, all except for Gail.
Author : Nathanael Johnson
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1623363853
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Unseen City written by Nathanael Johnson and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started with Nathanael Johnson's decision to teach his daughter, Josephine, the names of every tree they passed as they walked up the hill to daycare in San Francisco, CA. it was a ridiculous project, not just because she couldn't even say the word "tree" yet, but also because he couldn't name a single one of them. When confronted with the futility of his mission, his instinctive response was to expand it, Don Quixote-style, until its audacity obscured its stupidity. And so the project expanded to include an expertise in city-dwelling birds (the raptors, the shockingly shrewd crows, the gulls, the misunderstood pigeons), rodents (raccoons, rats, squirrels), and tiny crawling things (the superpowers of snails, the vast intercontinental warfare of ants). There's an unseen world all around us. There are wonders that we walk past every day without noticing. Johnson has written a book that will widen the pinhole through which we see the world. What does the world look like through the eyes of a peregrine falcon, or a raccoon, or an ant? What does a sidewalk Gingko balboa "see?" What would you learn each morning if you understood how to speak pigeon? If we look closely enough, Johnson believes that the walk to the subway can be just as entrancing as a walk through the forest. Follow along as the author and his family search for the beauty and meaning of nature in an urban jungle.
Author : Jane O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780448424712
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Snail City written by Jane O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers visit Snail City, where life is so slow there are no fast lanes, no fast food, and only snail mail. Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Nathanael Johnson
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1623363861
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Unseen City written by Nathanael Johnson and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started with Nathanael Johnson’s decision to teach his daughter the name of every tree they passed on their walk to day care in San Francisco. This project turned into a quest to discover the secrets of the neighborhood’s flora and fauna, and yielded more than names and trivia: Johnson developed a relationship with his nonhuman neighbors. Johnson argues that learning to see the world afresh, like a child, shifts the way we think about nature: Instead of something distant and abstract, nature becomes real—all at once comical, annoying, and beautiful. This shift can add tremendous value to our lives, and it might just be the first step in saving the world. No matter where we live—city, country, oceanside, or mountains—there are wonders that we walk past every day. Unseen City widens the pinhole of our perspective by allowing us to view the world from the high-altitude eyes of a turkey vulture and the distinctly low-altitude eyes of a snail. The narrative allows us to eavesdrop on the comically frenetic life of a squirrel and peer deep into the past with a ginkgo biloba tree. Each of these organisms has something unique to tell us about our neighborhoods and, chapter by chapter, Unseen City takes us on a journey that is part nature lesson and part love letter to the world’s urban jungles. With the right perspective, a walk to the subway can be every bit as entrancing as a walk through a national park.
Author : National Municipal League
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Municipal Program written by National Municipal League and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book City Government written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Günter Grass
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473522536
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book From the Diary of a Snail written by Günter Grass and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probably the most autobiographical of his novels, From the Diary of a Snail balances the agonising history of the persecuted Danzig Jews with an account of Grass's political campaigning with Willie Brandt. Underlying all is the snail, the central symbol that is both model and a parody of social progress, and a mysterious metaphor for political reform. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of The Tin Drum.
Author : Dong Fangshaoshuai
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1647676223
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Evil Sentimental Young Master written by Dong Fangshaoshuai and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accepting female generals, capturing beauties, and building a harem! He had crossed over to another world to become the only man of the famous sect, and he was tasked with the task of "passing down his generations"! He did not hesitate to make a move on his solitary princess consort; he courageously pursued the unruly and spicy loli! I was a wicked young master, smiling at Fuyan. The operation of the command of the world, unhindered and unrestrained in the four seas. Furthermore, it was the legendary story of how young evil beings of the Modern Realm built their harem in a different world...
Author : Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Charter and Ordinances and Rules of the Council written by Santa Barbara (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pictorial geographical reader
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The pictorial geographical reader written by Pictorial geographical reader and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W G Hoskins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 180399066X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Two Thousand Years in Exeter written by W G Hoskins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West. In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a 'small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries. W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edition of a classic work has been undertaken by Hazel Harvey, a distinguished local historian of Exeter. Much of Exeter has been destroyed, but much of the historic past of this entrancing city still remains. Hoskins' incomparable text is supported by a new selection of illustrations and maps, with an appendix on the street names of the city and place names in the neighbourhood. This book will be as valuable to the visitor as to the citizen of Exeter, for it tells where to look for the memorials of the past and for the history that lies behind them.
Author : American Museum of Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Annual Report - American Museum of Natural History written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Museum of Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Annual Report written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes list of members.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Anglo-American Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Ortoli
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Evening Tales written by Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Ortoli and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Evening Tales" by Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Ortoli (translated by Joel Chandler Harris). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Ephraim Chambers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Chambers's Encyclopd̆ia written by Ephraim Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathryn Holliday
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477318631
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Open-Ended City written by Kathryn Holliday and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Media Achievement, Texas Historical Commission In 1980, David Dillon launched his career as an architectural critic with a provocative article that asked “Why Is Dallas Architecture So Bad?” Over the next quarter century, he offered readers of the Dallas Morning News a vision of how good architecture and planning could improve quality of life, combatting the negative effects of urban sprawl, civic fragmentation, and rapacious real estate development typical in Texas cities. The Open-Ended City gathers more than sixty key articles that helped establish Dillon’s national reputation as a witty and acerbic critic, showing readers why architecture matters and how it can enrich their lives. Kathryn E. Holliday discusses how Dillon connected culture, commerce, history, and public life in ways that few columnists and reporters ever get the opportunity to do. The articles she includes touch on major themes that animated Dillon’s writing: downtown redevelopment, suburban sprawl, arts and culture, historic preservation, and the necessity of aesthetic quality in architecture as a baseline for thriving communities. While the specifics of these articles will resonate with those who care about Dallas, Fort Worth, and other Texas cities, they are also deeply relevant to all architects, urbanists, and citizens who engage in the public life and planning of cities. As a collection, The Open-Ended City persuasively demonstrates how a discerning critic helped to shape a landmark city by shaping the conversation about its architecture.
