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Author : Charles Bowden
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0816510814
Contains essays that depict and decry the rapid growth and disappearing natural landscapes of the Sunbelt
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0816510148
Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816540280
In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan’s extended essay also called “The Nature of Desert Nature” reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. Contributors Thomas M. Antonio Homero Aridjis James Aronson Tessa Bielecki Alberto Búrquez Montijo Francisco Cantú Douglas Christie Paul Dayton Alison Hawthorne Deming Father David Denny Exequiel Ezcurra Thomas Lowe Fleischner Jack Loeffler Ellen McMahon Rubén Martínez Curt Meine Alberto Mellado Moreno Paul Mirocha Gary Paul Nabhan Ray Perotti Larry Stevens Stephen Trimble Octaviana V. Trujillo Benjamin T. Wilder Andy Wilkinson Ofelia Zepeda
Author : Nicole Brossard
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1552451720
Fifteen-year-old Mélanie drives across the Arizona desert in a white Meteor, chasing fear and desire and the mysterious Angela Parkins, and breaking free from her mother and her mother's lover in their roadside Mauve Motel. And then we are with Maude Laures as she reads Mauve Desert, this story of Melanie, and becomes obsessed with it. She embarks on an extraordinary quest for its mysterious author, characters and meaning, which leads us into the third part, Mauve, the Horizon, Laures's eventual translation of Mauve Desert.
Author : Lawrence R. Walker,Frederick H. Landau
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816532629
Invites readers to explore the smallest and most unique southwestern desert, the beautiful Mojave--Provided by publisher.
Author : Marc Reisner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0140178244
“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.
Author : Eric Magrane,Christopher Cokinos
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780816531233
Desert cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii - Simmons B. Buntin
Author : Howard Rice
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0743983564
This book takes a closer look at the main characteristics of a desert, how they're formed, and how plants and animals have adapted to their arid environment. Reads at a level of 2.5 with a word count of 558.
Author : Sheila Anderson
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512462692
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How do animals like snakes, roadrunners, and scorpions survive in the desert? Discover their adaptations and see!
Author : Philip Alexander Munz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0520236327
Spring in the desert provides some of the most spectacular wildflowers shows in California, making this the perfect wildflower book to pack for a day in the Mojave or Colorado Deserts.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : LOC:00184305896
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Desert warfare
ISBN : UIUC:30112071986985
Author : Kosuke Kurokawa
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849771139
The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply. In three parts, this study details the background and concept of VLS-PV, maps out a development path towards the realization of VLS-PV systems and provides firm recommendations to achieve long-term targets. This represents the first study to provide a concrete set of answers to the questions that must be addressed in order to secure and exploit the potential for VLS-PV technology and its global benefits.
Author : Julie Penn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780194139564
Read and discover all about desert life around the world. How do animals stay cool in the desert? Why are deserts getting bigger? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.
Author : Lisa Colozza Cocca
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731616517
Earth’s four desert biomes – hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold – each have their own set of challenges for the living things within them. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how desert animals survive and thrive in the driest places on the planet. Photos, text, and sidebars describe how these animals adapt to the challenging climate of these regions. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce readers to a variety of land and water animals. Each book includes a glossary, comprehension questions, and an activity for home or the classroom.