The Backbone Of The World

Author : Ryan Hall
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469655161

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Beneath the Backbone of the World by Ryan Hall Pdf

For the better part of two centuries, between 1720 and 1877, the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people controlled a vast region of what is now the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains. As one of the most expansive and powerful Indigenous groups on the continent, they dominated the northern imperial borderlands of North America. The Blackfoot maintained their control even as their homeland became the site of intense competition between white fur traders, frequent warfare between Indigenous nations, and profound ecological transformation. In an era of violent and wrenching change, Blackfoot people relied on their mastery of their homelands' unique geography to maintain their way of life. With extensive archival research from both the United States and Canada, Ryan Hall shows for the first time how the Blackfoot used their borderlands position to create one of North America's most vibrant and lasting Indigenous homelands. This book sheds light on a phase of Native and settler relations that is often elided in conventional interpretations of Western history, and demonstrates how the Blackfoot exercised significant power, resiliency, and persistence in the face of colonial change.

Author : Clifford, Frank
Publisher : Crown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780767907026

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The Backbone of the World by Clifford, Frank Pdf

In recent years, Los Angeles Times writer and editor Frank Clifford has journeyed along the Continental Divide, the hemispheric watershed that spans North America from the alkali badlands of southernmost New Mexico to the roof of the Rockies in Montana and into Canada. The result is The Backbone of the World, an arresting exploration of America’s longest wilderness corridor, a harsh and unforgiving region inhabited by men and women whose way of life is as imperiled as the neighboring wildlife. With the brutal beauty and stark cadences of a Cormac McCarthy novel, The Backbone of the World tells the story of the last remnants of the Old West, America’s mythic landscape, where past and present are barely discernible from one another and where people’s lives are still intrinsically linked to their natural surroundings. Clifford vividly captures the challenges of life along the Divide today through portraits of memorable characters: a ranching family whose isolated New Mexico homestead has become a mecca for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers; a sheep herder struggling to make a living tending his flock in the mountains above Vail, Colorado: an old mule packer who has spent years scouring the mountains of northwest Wyoming for the downed plane of his son; a Yellowstone Park ranger on a lone crusade to protect elk and grizzly bears from illegal hunters; and a group of Blackfeet Indians in northern Montana who are fearful that a wilderness sanctuary will be lost to oil and gas development. In each of their stories, the tide of change is looming as environmental, economic, social, and political forces threaten this uniquely unfettered population. Clifford’s participatory approach offers a haunting and immediate evocation of character and geography and an unsentimental eulogy to the people whose disappearance will sever a link with the defining American pioneer spirit. Set in a world of isolated ranches, trail camps, mountain bivouacs, and forgotten hamlets, The Backbone of the World highlights the frontier values that have both ennobled and degraded us, values that symbolize the last breath of our founding character.

Author : Andrew L. Brown
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774866996

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Building the Army’s Backbone by Andrew L. Brown Pdf

In September 1939, Canada’s tiny army began its remarkable expansion into a wartime force of almost half a million soldiers. Building the Army’s Backbone tells the story of how senior leadership created a corps of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) that helped the burgeoning force train, fight, and win. This innovative book uncovers the army’s two-track NCO production system: locally organized training programs were run by units and formations, while centralized training and talent-distribution programs were overseen by the army. Ultimately, this two-pronged system produced a corps of NCOs that collectively possessed the necessary skills in leadership, tactics, and instruction to help the army succeed in battle.

Author : Richard H. Steckel,Jerome C. Rose
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521801672

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The Backbone of History by Richard H. Steckel,Jerome C. Rose Pdf

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Author : David H. Wagner
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780289335

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Backbone by David H. Wagner Pdf

A practical, step-by-step guide to help men know themselves deeply, root out weaknesses, enhance strengths, and upgrade their experience of life So many self-help books encourage men to get in touch with their feminine side if they truly want to embrace change. This book blows this theory out of the water, enabling men to transform themselves entirely—to find their mission; to live a life of strength, wisdom, and honor—while working with their positive masculinity instead of against it. Straight talking, down-to-earth, and humorous life coach David Wagner addresses the challenges that modern men typically face. He asks the reader to join him in a series of profound self-examination exercises and questions covering life purpose, male identity, spirituality, self-limitation, sexuality, relationships, fatherhood, and more. Every chapter offers practical advice and also includes observations and examples from David's own life as well as insights gained from the many clients and men's groups he has worked with over the years. Combining no-nonsense wisdom with brutally honest exercises, Backbone is the ultimate man's handbook to understanding himself, his purpose, his passion, and his power.

Author : Gus Lee,Diane Elliott-Lee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787981372

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Courage by Gus Lee,Diane Elliott-Lee Pdf

In Courage, Gus Lee captures the essential component of leadership in measurable behaviors. Using actual stories from Whirlpool, Kaiser Permanente, IntegWare, WorldCom and other organizations, Lee shows how highly successful executives face and overcome their fears to develop moral intelligence. These real-world examples offer practical lessons for rooting out unethical practices and behaviors by Assessing them for rightness and integrity Addressing moral failures Following through with dialogue and direct action

Author : Suzanne Mahlburg Kay,Víctor A. Ramos,William R. Dickinson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813712048

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Backbone of the Americas by Suzanne Mahlburg Kay,Víctor A. Ramos,William R. Dickinson Pdf

"The American Cordilleras form a continuous orogen that extends for 12,500 km along the eastern flank of the Pacific Ocean from Arctic to Antarctic latitudes as an integral part of the circum-Pacific orogenic belt. Following two summary chapters on the overall anatomy and evolution of North and South American segments of the orogenic system, this volume includes ten seminal chapters dealing with salient aspects of the key geodynamic processes that have accompanied Cordilleran geotectonic evolution: forearc terrane accretion, arc magmatism, shallow subduction, and backarc intracontinental deformation. The papers in this volume were selected from those presented at the 2006 Backbone of the Americas Meeting, which was sponsored jointly by multiple North and South American geological societies in Mendoza, Argentina."--pub. desc.

Author : Richard H. Steckel,Clark Spencer Larsen,Charlotte A. Roberts,Joerg Baten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108421959

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The Backbone of Europe by Richard H. Steckel,Clark Spencer Larsen,Charlotte A. Roberts,Joerg Baten Pdf

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597165129

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Squishy Sponges by Natalie Lunis Pdf

Text and photographs present amazing facts about sponges.

Author : Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781257066254

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The Backbone of International Corporate Governance Standards : Case Studies and Analysis by Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy Pdf

Author : Juli Berwald
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780735211278

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Spineless by Juli Berwald Pdf

"A book full of wonders" —Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk "Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future." —New York Times Book Review Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. They make a venom so toxic it can kill a human in three minutes. Their sting—microscopic spears that pierce with five million times the acceleration of gravity—is the fastest known motion in the animal kingdom. Made of roughly 95 percent water, some jellies are barely perceptible virtuosos of disguise, while others glow with a luminescence that has revolutionized biotechnology. Yet until recently, jellyfish were largely ignored by science, and they remain among the most poorly understood of ocean dwellers. More than a decade ago, Juli Berwald left a career in ocean science to raise a family in landlocked Austin, Texas, but jellyfish drew her back to the sea. Recent, massive blooms of billions of jellyfish have clogged power plants, decimated fisheries, and caused millions of dollars of damage. Driven by questions about how overfishing, coastal development, and climate change were contributing to a jellyfish population explosion, Juli embarked on a scientific odyssey. She traveled the globe to meet the biologists who devote their careers to jellies, hitched rides on Japanese fishing boats to see giant jellyfish in the wild, raised jellyfish in her dining room, and throughout it all marveled at the complexity of these alluring and ominous biological wonders. Gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal-clear distillations of science, Spineless is the story of how Juli learned to navigate and ultimately embrace her ambition, her curiosity, and her passion for the natural world. She discovers that jellyfish science is more than just a quest for answers. It’s a call to realize our collective responsibility for the planet we share.

Author : H. Gee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585252728

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Before the Backbone by H. Gee Pdf

We cannot catechise our stony ichthyolites, as did the necromantic lady of the Arabian Nights did the coloured fishes of the lake which had once been a city, when she touched their dead bodies with her wand, and they straightaway raised their heads and rephed to her queries. We would have many a question to ask them if we could - questions never to be solved. Hugh Miller, The Old Red Sandstone When I started this book in 1991, the subject of vertebrate origins was fusty and unfashionable. Early drafts for this preface read like an extend ed complaint at the lot of traditional morphologists, cast aside by the march of modern molecular biology. But no longer - this book should reach you at a time of renewed inter est in the origin of the vertebrates, our own particular corner of creation. For although the topic has excited interest for well over a century, molec ular biology has only lately achieved the maturity necessary to test its predictions. As a legitimate field of study, it is fashionable again.

Author : Fatma Boukid
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030692285

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Cereal-Based Foodstuffs: The Backbone of Mediterranean Cuisine by Fatma Boukid Pdf

Cereal-Based Foodstuffs: The Backbone of the Mediterranean provides an overview of cereal-based products in the Mediterranean region, illustrating the spectrum of products from past to present and their various processing methods. The text explores new and understudied market trends in cereal-based products, such as cereal-pulse blends, pulse pastas, and flat breads. Chapters cover products originating in North Africa, such as bulgur and couscous, which are consumed worldwide but underrepresented in the scientific literature. Contributing authors also offer a legislative perspective on issues of food safety, the European Food Safety Association’s definition of “novel foods,” and the position of traditional foods in the Mediterranean food industry. This wide-ranging text thus serves members of both the scientific and industrial community seeking better coverage of global cereal product trends.

Author : Addy Osmani
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449328566

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Developing Backbone.js Applications by Addy Osmani Pdf

If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You’ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. Start with the basics of MVC, SPA, and Backbone, then get your hands dirty building sample applications—a simple Todo list app, a RESTful book library app, and a modular app with Backbone and RequireJS. Author Addy Osmani, an engineer for Google’s Chrome team, also demonstrates advanced uses of the framework. Learn how Backbone.js brings MVC benefits to the client-side Write code that can be easily read, structured, and extended Work with the Backbone.Marionette and Thorax extension frameworks Solve common problems you’ll encounter when using Backbone.js Organize your code into modules with AMD and RequireJS Paginate data for your Collections with the Backbone.Paginator plugin Bootstrap a new Backbone.js application with boilerplate code Use Backbone with jQuery Mobile and resolve routing problems between the two Unit-test your Backbone apps with Jasmine, QUnit, and SinonJS

Author : Ph.D. Julia Dye
Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group via PublishDrive
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PKEY:6610000197286

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Backbone by Ph.D. Julia Dye Pdf

Noncommissioned officers stand as the backbone of the United States Marine Corps. The Corps is among the most lasting institutions in America, though few understand what makes it so strong and how that understanding can be applied effectively in today’s world. In this insightful and thoroughly researched book, Julia Dye explores the cadre of noncommissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps’ system of small-unit leadership. To help us better understand what makes these extraordinary men and women such effective leaders, Dye examines the fourteen leadership traits embraced by every NCO. These qualities— including judgment, enthusiasm, determination, bearing, and unselfishness—are exemplified by men like Terry Anderson, the former Marine sergeant who spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Beirut, John Basilone, the hero of the Pacific, and many others. To assemble this extraordinary chronicle, Julia Dye interviewed Anderson and dozens of other Marines, mining a rich trove of historical and modern NCO heroes that comprise the Marine Corps’ astonishing legacy, from its founding in 1775 to the present day.