Echoes On Rimrock

Author : Buddy Levy
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780982905005

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Echoes on Rimrock by Buddy Levy Pdf

As a young boy, Buddy Levy accompanied his father into the pre-dawn twilight to hunt birds—particularly the chukar partridge. That youthful experience marked the beginning of Levy's reverence for the chukar and his indefatigable passion for hunting it. Here, Levy presents a lyrical and honest look at the world of hunting this "gorgeous, complicated, strong-flying" bird. He explores the complex (and controversial) layers of hunting through powerful descriptions of the hunt itself, the natural history of the bird, the grueling physicality of upland pursuit, the companionship of a worthy bird dog, and thoughtful reflections on the enduring allure of sport hunting.

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780197500262

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A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Pdf

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.

Author : Anders Breidlid,Fredrik Chr. Brøgger,Oyvind T. Gulliksen,Torbjorn Sirevag
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134235940

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American Culture by Anders Breidlid,Fredrik Chr. Brøgger,Oyvind T. Gulliksen,Torbjorn Sirevag Pdf

This second edition of American Culture includes contemporary events and provides an introduction to American civilization. Extracts are taken from diverse sources such as political addresses, articles, interviews, oral histories and advertisements. Edited by academics who are highly experienced in the study and teaching of American Studies across a wide range of institutions, this book provides: texts that introduce aspects of American society in a historical perspective primary sources and images that can be used as the basis for illustration, analysis and discussion linking text which stresses themes rather than offering a simple chronological survey. American Culture brings together primary texts from 1600 to the present day to present a comprehensive overview of, and introduction to, American culture.

Author : Jay Cassell
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781616080570

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The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told by Jay Cassell Pdf

Follow the trails of hunters—the original storytellers—as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to). Readers can curl up with the best authentic hunting fiction and non-fiction, bringing the great Mount Kenya and the prairies of the American Bison into your living room. From Theodore Roosevelt and Gene Hill to Rick Bass and Charles Dickens, remember classic hunting tales and discover new stories of hunters’ luck, camaraderie, and use of smarts on the trail. The thrill of the chase and the passion for outdoor living are elegantly brought together in this exquisite volume, certain to delight both hunters and short-story aficionados. With work by more than one hundred of the world’s most eminent authors and hunters, including: Theodore Roosevelt Zane Grey Ted Nugent Aldo Leopold Rick Bass Philip Caputo Geoffrey Norman Gene Hill And many more!

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781598532678

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Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology by Aldo Leopold Pdf

Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Leopold’s essential contributions to our literature––some hard-to-find or previously unpublished––are gathered in a single volume for the first time. Here is his classic A Sand County Almanac, hailed––with Thoreau’s Walden and Carson’s Silent Spring––as one of the main literary influences on the modern environmental movement. Published in 1949, it is still astonishing today: a vivid, firsthand, philosophical tour de force. Along with Sand County are more than fifty articles, essays, and lectures exploring the new complexities of ecological science and what we would now call environmental ethics. Leopold’s sharp-eyed, often humorous journals are illustrated here for the first time with his original photographs, drawings, and maps. Also unique to this collection is a selection of over 100 letters, most of them never before published, tracing his personal and professional evolution and his efforts to foster in others the love and sense of responsibility he felt for the land.

Author : Sam Mickey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781498517676

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Coexistentialism and the Unbearable Intimacy of Ecological Emergency by Sam Mickey Pdf

The philosophy of existentialism is undergoing an ecological renewal, as global warming, mass extinction, and other signs of the planetary scale of human actions are making it glaringly apparent that existence is always ecological coexistence. One of the most urgent problems in the current ecological emergency is that humans cannot bear to face the emergency. Its earth-shattering implications are ignored in favor of more solutions, fixes, and sustainability transitions. Solutions cannot solve much when they cannot face what it means to be human amidst unprecedented uncertainty and intimate interconnectedness. Attention to such uncertainty and interconnectedness is what "ecological existentialism" (Deborah Bird Rose) or "coexistentialism" (Timothy Morton) is all about. This book follows Rose, Morton, and many others (e.g., Jean-Luc Nancy, Peter Sloterdijk, and Luce Irigaray) who are currently taking up the styles of thinking conveyed in existentialism, renewing existentialist affirmations of experience, paradox, uncertainty, and ambiguity, and extending existentialism beyond humans to include attention to the uniqueness and strangeness of all beings—all humans and nonhumans woven into ecological coexistence. Along the way, coexistentialism finds productive alliances and tensions amidst many areas of inquiry, including ecocriticism, ecological humanities, object-oriented ontology, feminism, phenomenology, deconstruction, new materialism, and more. This is a book for anyone who seeks to refute cynicism and loneliness and affirm coexistence.

Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315502878

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Nature's Bounty by Anthony N. Penna Pdf

This thorough, clearly organized text focuses on four major environmental categories: forests and land, wildlife and wildlife habitat, water and drinking water quality, and air. Each category is treated historically from the time of exploration and discovery in the seventeenth century to the present. There are also discussions on environmental public policy issues currently in our national debate. The text is integrated throughout with fascinating primary source documents -- eyewitness accounts, government reports and documents, speeches, and congressional testimony -- which illuminate the material.

Author : Robert H. Nelson
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780271047324

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New Holy Wars by Robert H. Nelson Pdf

Author : Steve Wolverton,R. Lee Lyman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816599295

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Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology by Steve Wolverton,R. Lee Lyman Pdf

Until now, the research of applied zooarchaeologists has not had a significant impact on the work of conservation scientists. This book is designed to show how zooarchaeology can productively inform conservation science. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology offers a set of case studies that use animal remains from archaeological and paleontological sites to provide information that has direct implications for wildlife management and conservation biology. It introduces conservation biologists to zooarchaeology, a sub-field of archaeology and ethnobiology, and provides a brief historical account of the development of applied zooarchaeology. The case studies, which utilize palaeozoological data, cover a variety of animals and environments, including the marine ecology of shellfish and fish, potential restoration sites for Sandhill Cranes, freshwater mussel biogeography and stream ecology, conservation of terrestrial mammals such as American black bears, and even a consideration of the validity of the Pleistocene “rewilding” movement. The volume closes with an important new essay on the history, value, and application of applied zooarchaeology by R. Lee Lyman, which updates his classic 1996 paper that encouraged zooarchaeologists to apply their findings to present-day environmental challenges. Each case study provides detailed analysis using the approaches of zooarchaeology and concludes with precise implications for conservation biology. Essays also address issues of political and social ecology, which have frequently been missing from the discussions of conservation scientists. As the editors note, all conservation actions occur in economic, social, and political contexts. Until now, however, the management implications of zooarchaeological research have rarely been spelled out so clearly.

Author : Ricardo Rozzi,F. Stuart Chapin III,J. Baird Callicott,S.T.A. Pickett,Mary E. Power,Juan J. Armesto,Roy H. May Jr.
Publisher : Springer
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319121338

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Earth Stewardship by Ricardo Rozzi,F. Stuart Chapin III,J. Baird Callicott,S.T.A. Pickett,Mary E. Power,Juan J. Armesto,Roy H. May Jr. Pdf

This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from one another, and what we could do together. Today, inter-hemispheric, intercultural, and transdisciplinary collaborations for Earth Stewardship are an imperative. Chapters document pathways that are being forged by socio-ecological research networks, religious alliances, policy actions, environmental citizenship and participation, and new forms of conservation, based on both traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge and values. “The Earth Stewardship Initiative of the Ecological Society of America fosters practices to provide a stable basis for civilization in the future. Biocultural ethic emphasizes that we are co-inhabitants in the natural world; no matter how complex our inventions may become” (Peter Raven).

Author : Aaron S. Gross,Anne Vallely
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231527767

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Animals and the Human Imagination by Aaron S. Gross,Anne Vallely Pdf

Human beings have long imagined their subjectivity, ethics, and ancestry with and through animals, yet not until the mid-twentieth century did contemporary thought reflect critically on animals' significance in human self-conception. Thinkers such as French philosopher Jacques Derrida, South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, and American theorist Donna Haraway have initiated rigorous inquiries into the question of the animal, now blossoming in a number of directions. It is no longer strange to say that if animals did not exist, we would have to invent them. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collection reflects the growth of animal studies as an independent field and the rise of "animality" as a critical lens through which to analyze society and culture, on a par with race and gender. Essays consider the role of animals in the human imagination and the imagination of the human; the worldviews of indigenous peoples; animal-human mythology in early modern China; and political uses of the animal in postcolonial India. They engage with the theoretical underpinnings of the animal protection movement, representations of animals in children's literature, depictions of animals in contemporary art, and the philosophical positioning of the animal from Aristotle to Derrida. The strength of this companion lies in its timeliness and contextual diversity, which makes it essential reading for students and researchers while further developing the parameters of the discipline.

Author : Curt D. Meine,Richard L. Knight
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 029916554X

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The Essential Aldo Leopold by Curt D. Meine,Richard L. Knight Pdf

For the first time, the most important quotations of the great conservationist Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac, are gathered in one volume. From conservation education to wildlife ecology, from wilderness protection to soil and water conservation, the writings of Aldo Leopold continue to have profound influence on those seeking to understand the earth and its care. Leopold biographer Curt Meine and noted conservation biologist Richard Knight have assembled this comprehensive collection of quotations from Leopold’s extensive and diverse writings, selected and organized to capture the richness and depth of the North American conservation movement. Prominent biologists, conservationists, historians, and philosophers provide introductory commentaries describing Leopold’s contributions in varied fields and reflecting upon the significance of his work today. Contributors: J. Baird Callicott David Ehrenfeld Susan L. Flader Eric T. Freyfogle Wes Jackson Paul W. Johnson Joni L. Kinsey Richard L. Knight Gary K. Meffe Curt Meine Gary Paul Nabhan Richard Nelson Bryan G. Norton David W. Orr Edwin P. Pister Donald Snow Stanley A. Temple Jack Ward Thomas Charles Wilkinson Terry Tempest Williams Donald Worster Joy B. Zedler

Author : Denise Von Glahn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253006622

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Music and the Skillful Listener by Denise Von Glahn Pdf

Explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural world

Author : Graeme Gibson
Publisher : Nan a Talese
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780385524599

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The Bedside Book of Beasts by Graeme Gibson Pdf

A lavishly illustrated companion to The Bedside Book of Birds explores the relationships between predators and prey, drawing on mythology, nature writings, and other sources to provide coverage of both real and fictional creatures.

Author : Richard L. Knight,Suzanne Riedel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Conservation biology
ISBN : 9780195149449

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Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience by Richard L. Knight,Suzanne Riedel Pdf

In this work ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management.