A Dry Oasis

Author : Gregory P. Marchildon
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0889772177

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A Dry Oasis by Gregory P. Marchildon Pdf

Scientists have been issuing increasingly direct warnings about the impact that climate change is having on the planet. These interdisciplinary studies break new ground in terms of our understanding of the climate experience in the Great Plains before and after agriculture was introduced, the current array of institutions surrounding water governance, and the strengths and weaknesses of rural and Aboriginal communities. Four chapters focus on the present attributes of, as well as future scenarios for, the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The final group of chapters present case studies of rural communities, Cabri and Stewart Valley Saskatchewan, and Hanna as well as a First Nation reserve in Alberta, as well as a major conflict over water rights in Alberta. Book jacket.

Author : Iven Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Arid regions agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D03790924M

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The Nighttime Influence of Irrigation Upon Desert Humidities by Iven Bennett Pdf

Author : S. Pal Arya
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780120593545

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Introduction to Micrometeorology by S. Pal Arya Pdf

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Author : Colin A. Hope,Gillian E. Bowen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789253795

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference by Colin A. Hope,Gillian E. Bowen Pdf

This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills and presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of the oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions, especially the Nile Valley. The papers are by distinguished authorities in the field and postgraduate students who specialise in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material. It will be one of the few to document a specific part of modern Egypt in such detail and thus should have a broad and lasting appeal. The content of some of the papers is unlikely to be published in any other form elsewhere. Dakhleh is possibly the most intensively examined wider geographic region within Egypt.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCLA:L0098929359

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Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry by Anonim Pdf

Author : RosAnne Corakay Tetz
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Children
ISBN : 082801762X

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God's Big Idea by RosAnne Corakay Tetz Pdf

The author starts with God's plan to create a new world and guides the child through the six days of Creation, and ends up with God's plan for a new earth. In between, children solve many of life's lesser mysteries (do fish sleep?) and think about a few of the greater ones (why am I here?). And every fascinating fact about the world we live in becomes a doorway to big truths about life.

Author : Maxine R. Kleindienst
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789255720

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Oasis Papers 8 by Maxine R. Kleindienst Pdf

This is the only volume to present significant results of research into the Pleistocene of the Western Desert of Egypt. Research on Pleistocene prehistoric remains in Dakhleh Oasis began during survey in the 1978 Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) season, with discovery of the ubiquity of stone artefacts. Dedicated work by both prehistorians and environmentalists continued until 2011. Comparative DOP reconnaissance and geological work in Kharga Oasis began in 1987, which morphed into the Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project (KOPP) in 2001. Papers on the Pleistocene research are focused on geoarchaeological and palaeo-environmental data, reporting on different aspects of the off-site fieldwork conducted in the oases. Pleistocene finds and sequence are included. Detailed analyses of palaeolakes, the meteoritic Dakhleh Event, chronometric dating, and the 'empty desert hypothesis' employ state of the art research strategies and techniques to provide important information on Pleistocene human uses and habitability in the Western Desert. A summary paper and a Catalogue of Pleistocene localities recorded in the Dakhleh Oasis survey are provided. The volume will be a major contribution to the publication of the results of several decades of work in a region where fieldwork is now increasingly difficult. This will be the only volume in which the significant results of the research into the Pleistocene of the Western Desert of Egypt appear. This has been undertaken under the auspices of the Dakhleh Oasis Project and its off-shoot The Kharga Oasis Prehistory Project. The preliminary results have been presented at various conferences and in articles that have all been well received. They incorporate state of the art research strategies and dating techniques. The volume will be a major contribution to the publication of the results of several decades of work in a region where fieldwork is now increasingly difficult.

Author : Alison Betts,Marika Vicziany,Peter Weiming Jia,Angelo Andrea Di Castro
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789694079

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The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads by Alison Betts,Marika Vicziany,Peter Weiming Jia,Angelo Andrea Di Castro Pdf

One of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia, Xinjiang was a hub for the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals and people traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries.

Author : Louise O. Fresco
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400873319

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Hamburgers in Paradise by Louise O. Fresco Pdf

A fascinating exploration of our past, present, and future relationship with food For the first time in human history, there is food in abundance throughout the world. More people than ever before are now freed of the struggle for daily survival, yet few of us are aware of how food lands on our plates. Behind every meal you eat, there is a story. Hamburgers in Paradise explains how. In this wise and passionate book, Louise Fresco takes readers on an enticing cultural journey to show how science has enabled us to overcome past scarcities—and why we have every reason to be optimistic about the future. Using hamburgers in the Garden of Eden as a metaphor for the confusion surrounding food today, she looks at everything from the dominance of supermarkets and the decrease of biodiversity to organic foods and GMOs. She casts doubt on many popular claims about sustainability, and takes issue with naïve rejections of globalization and the idealization of "true and honest" food. Fresco explores topics such as agriculture in human history, poverty and development, and surplus and obesity. She provides insightful discussions of basic foods such as bread, fish, and meat, and intertwines them with social topics like slow food and other gastronomy movements, the fear of technology and risk, food and climate change, the agricultural landscape, urban food systems, and food in art. The culmination of decades of research, Hamburgers in Paradise provides valuable insights into how our food is produced, how it is consumed, and how we can use the lessons of the past to design food systems to feed all humankind in the future.

Author : Ann L.W. Stodder,Ann M. Palkovich
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813042749

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The Bioarchaeology of Individuals by Ann L.W. Stodder,Ann M. Palkovich Pdf

From Bronze Age Thailand to Viking Iceland, from an Egyptian oasis to a family farm in Canada, The Bioarchaeology of Individuals invites readers to unearth the daily lives of people throughout history. Covering a span of more than four thousand years of human history and focusing on individuals who lived between 3200 BC and the nineteenth century, the essays in this book examine the lives of nomads, warriors, artisans, farmers, and healers. The contributors employ a wide range of tools, including traditional macroscopic skeletal analysis, bone chemistry, ancient DNA, grave contexts, and local legends, sagas, and other historical information. The collection as a whole presents a series of osteobiographies--profiles of the lives of specific individuals whose remains were excavated from archaeological sites. The result offers a more "personal" approach to mortuary archaeology; this is a book about people--not just bones.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2050 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1954-10
Category : Advertising
ISBN : UOM:35128001886249

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Printers' Ink by Anonim Pdf

Author : Binyavanga Wainaina
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847084507

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One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina Pdf

Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him.This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colourful sounds: the hair dryers at his mother's beauty parlour, black mamba bicycle bells, mechanics in Nairobi, the music of Michael Jackson - all punctuated by the infectious laughter of his brother and sister. He could fall in with their patterns, but it would take him a while to carve out his own. In this vivid and compelling debut, Wainaina takes us through his school days, his failed attempt to study in South Africa, a moving family reunion in Uganda, and his travels around Kenya.The landscape in front of him always claims his main attention, but he also evokes the shifting political scene that unsettles his views on family, tribe, and nationhood. Throughout, reading is his refuge and his solace. And when, in 2002, a writing prize comes through, the door is opened for him to pursue the career that perhaps had been beckoning all along. Resolutely avoiding stereotype and cliche, Wainaina paints every scene in One Day I Will Write About This Place with a highly distinctive and hugely memorable brush.

Author : Ann Hibbard
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441237934

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Celebrating Advent by Ann Hibbard Pdf

In our consumer culture, it can be difficult to help our kids understand the true meaning of the Christmas season. In Celebrating Advent, author Ann Hibbard has created a way for parents to set aside a daily time during Advent to talk with their kids about the spiritual meaning the season holds. She shares practical steps that you can take to make Christmas a more meaningful, happy experience for your family. Inspiring and creative family devotions provide a moment of peace and reflection for each evening of Advent, while fun and inexpensive project ideas help parents focus their kids' attention on what really matters at Christmas: Christ.

Author : Jenny Raworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Dried flower arrangement
ISBN : CORNELL:31924067989875

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Dried Flowers for All Seasons by Jenny Raworth Pdf

Offering more than 20 carefully explained seasonal projects, including Easter baskets, summer welcome wreaths, and Christmas centerpieces, this practical guide shows how to create the sort of eye-pleasing dried flower arrangements that add color and beauty to homes, any time of the year. Over 360 color illustrations and photos.

Author : Aidan Mathews
Publisher : Random House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781448129959

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According to the Small Hours by Aidan Mathews Pdf

In this, his first collection of poems in fifteen years, Aidan Mathews brings together the sacred and the profane, playful and profound, the iconic and the everyday - illuminating the variousness and commonality of human experience. These poems wear their erudition lightly: dazzling us with their fresh observations, the strangely intimate details ('mice among the breadcrumbs of the Last Supper') and a fluid, metaphysical wit that can link a saint's matyrdom to a Sunday roast. Mercurial, passionate and always surprising, According to the Small Hours is a triumphant return to the form.