The Long Field

Author : Pamela Petro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781956763768

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The Long Field by Pamela Petro Pdf

For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales Hiraeth is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean "long field" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as "homesickness." At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. In The Long Field, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph's and Financial Times's Top 10 lists for travel writing, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”

Author : Michael R. Canfield
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780674072060

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Field Notes on Science and Nature by Michael R. Canfield Pdf

Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field Notes on Science and Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions. What did George Schaller note when studying the lions of the Serengeti? What lists did Kenn Kaufman keep during his 1973 “big year”? How does Piotr Naskrecki use relational databases and electronic field notes? In what way is Bernd Heinrich’s approach “truly Thoreauvian,” in E. O. Wilson’s view? Recording observations in the field is an indispensable scientific skill, but researchers are not generally willing to share their personal records with others. Here, for the first time, are reproductions of actual pages from notebooks. And in essays abounding with fascinating anecdotes, the authors reflect on the contexts in which the notes were taken. Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes offers specific examples that professional naturalists can emulate to fine-tune their own field methods, along with practical advice that amateur naturalists and students can use to document their adventures.

Author : Peter M. Kappeler,David P. Watts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642225130

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Long-Term Field Studies of Primates by Peter M. Kappeler,David P. Watts Pdf

Some primate field studies have been on-going for decades, covering significant portions of individual life cycles or even multiple generations. In this volume, leading field workers report on the history and infrastructure of their projects in Madagascar, Africa, Asia and South America. More importantly, they provide summaries of their long-term research efforts on primate behaviour, ecology and life history, highlighting insights that were only possible because of the long-term nature of the study. The chapters of this volume collectively outline the many scientific reasons for studying primate behaviour, ecology and demography over multiple generations. This kind of research is typically necessitated by the relatively slow life histories of primates. Moreover, a complete understanding of social organization and behaviour, factors often influenced by rare but important events, requires long-term data collection. Finally, long-term field projects are also becoming increasingly important foci of local conservation activities.

Author : Robert V. Kemper,Anya Peterson Royce
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0759101949

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Chronicling Cultures by Robert V. Kemper,Anya Peterson Royce Pdf

Description of methods used in long-term anthropological field projects, some extending over half a century. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Les Binet,Peter Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Marketing
ISBN : 085294134X

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The Long and the Short of It by Les Binet,Peter Field Pdf

Author : Peter M. Kappeler,David P. Watts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642225147

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Long-Term Field Studies of Primates by Peter M. Kappeler,David P. Watts Pdf

Some primate field studies have been on-going for decades, covering significant portions of individual life cycles or even multiple generations. In this volume, leading field workers report on the history and infrastructure of their projects in Madagascar, Africa, Asia and South America. More importantly, they provide summaries of their long-term research efforts on primate behaviour, ecology and life history, highlighting insights that were only possible because of the long-term nature of the study. The chapters of this volume collectively outline the many scientific reasons for studying primate behaviour, ecology and demography over multiple generations. This kind of research is typically necessitated by the relatively slow life histories of primates. Moreover, a complete understanding of social organization and behaviour, factors often influenced by rare but important events, requires long-term data collection. Finally, long-term field projects are also becoming increasingly important foci of local conservation activities.

Author : Stuart Shea
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780226134307

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Wrigley Field by Stuart Shea Pdf

“One of the best books ever written about the Cubs, their home and the fans who flock there to watch them, win or lose.”—Rolling Stone In spring 1914, a new ballpark opened in Chicago. Hastily constructed after epic political maneuvering around the city’s and organized baseball’s hierarchies, the new Weeghman Park (named after its builder, fast-food magnate Charley Weeghman) was home to the Federal Leagues Chicago Whales. The park would soon be known as Wrigley Field, one of the most emblematic and controversial baseball stadiums in America. In this book, Stuart Shea provides a detailed and colorful chronicle of this living historic landmark and shows how the stadium has evolved to meet the shifting priorities of its owners and changing demands of its fans. While Wrigley Field today seems irreplaceable, we learn that from game one it has been the subject of endless debates over its future, its design, and its place in the neighborhood it calls home. To some, it is a hallowed piece of baseball history; to others, an icon of mismanagement and ineptitude. Shea deftly navigates the highs and lows, breaking through myths and rumors, in a book packed with facts, stories, and surprises that will captivate even the most fair-weather fan. From big money (the Ricketts family paid $900 million for the team and stadium in 2009), to exploding hot dog carts, to the curse-inducing goat, Shea uncovers the heart of the stadium’s history. “More than any other American institution, baseball most wholeheartedly welcomes half-baked history and curdled lore. It's fun, after all; what grinch wishes to poke at the tale of Babe Ruth's called shot? But more often than not the real stories are even more delicious, and no one has gathered more of them than author Stuart Shea. His book is an unceasing delight.”—John Thorn, official historian, Major League Baseball and author of Baseball in the Garden of Eden

Author : United States Army
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : EAN:8596547019343

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U.S. Army Field Manual 7-93 Long-Range Surveillance Unit Operations by United States Army Pdf

U.S. Army Field Manual 7-93 Long-Range Surveillance Unit Operations by the United States Army presents a manual on planning and executing the long-range surveillance unit operations.

Author : Martin Amis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307743978

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London Fields by Martin Amis Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A blackly comic late 20th-century murder mystery set against the looming end of the millennium, in which a woman tries to orchestrate her own extinction—from "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation" (TIME). “Lyrical and obscene, colloquial and rhapsodic." —The New York Times First published in 1989, London Fields is set ten years into a dark future, against a backdrop of environmental and social decay and the looming threat of global cataclysm. As the dreaded Y2K approaches, Nicola Six, a “black hole” of sex and self-loathing, has chosen her thirty-fifth birthday, November 5, 1999, as the date of her own murder. Whom to manipulate into killing her is the question; her choice wavers between violent lowlife Keith Talent, who is obsessed with winning a darts tournament, and a dimly romantic banker named Guy Clinch. When Samson Young—a writer suffering from a long bout of writer’s block—stumbles upon these three, he believes he has found a story that will write itself. A highly unusual mystery with an unexpected twist at the end, London Fields is also a corrosively funny narrative of pyrotechnic complexity and scalding moral vision.

Author : Monique Borgerhoff Mulder,Wendy Logsdon
Publisher : RDR Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1571430547

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I've Been Gone Far Too Long by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder,Wendy Logsdon Pdf

'The ultimate armchair travel ... I've Been Gone Far Too Long is the perfect way to explore without getting bitten.' - Publishers Weekly 'Gripping ... well written. Disaster is usually but a couple of pages away in this collection.' - San Jose Mercury News

Author : Anonim
Publisher : hinkler
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781743634585

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365 Incredible Science Experiments by Anonim Pdf

Discover the secrets of science through hundreds of experiments that will challenge and entertain you. You will be amazed at how much you learn while having so much fun! Do you know how to make your own explosive volcano? Or how rainbows are made? Explore the world of Science and learn about Earth and the solar system.

Author : John Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Field names
ISBN : IND:30000052150301

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English Field-names by John Field Pdf

Author : Joanne B. Freeman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374717612

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The Field of Blood by Joanne B. Freeman Pdf

The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery. These fights didn’t happen in a vacuum. Freeman’s dramatic accounts of brawls and thrashings tell a larger story of how fisticuffs and journalism, and the powerful emotions they elicited, raised tensions between North and South and led toward war. In the process, she brings the antebellum Congress to life, revealing its rough realities—the feel, sense, and sound of it—as well as its nation-shaping import. Funny, tragic, and rivetingly told, The Field of Blood offers a front-row view of congressional mayhem and sheds new light on the careers of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and other luminaries, as well as introducing a host of lesser-known but no less fascinating men. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bonds of Union on the eve of their greatest peril.

Author : Dean Karlan,Jacob Appel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691183138

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Failing in the Field by Dean Karlan,Jacob Appel Pdf

A revealing look at the common causes of failures in randomized control experiments during field reseach—and how to avoid them All across the social sciences, from development economics to political science, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. Successful randomized controlled trials have brought about enormous gains, but less is learned when projects fail. In Failing in the Field, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel examine the taboo subject of failure in field research so that researchers might avoid the same pitfalls in future work. Drawing on the experiences of top social scientists working in developing countries, this book describes five common categories of failures, reviews six case studies in detail, and concludes with reflections on best (and worst) practices for designing and running field projects, with an emphasis on randomized controlled trials. Failing in the Field is an invaluable “how-not-to” guide to conducting fieldwork and running randomized controlled trials in development settings.

Author : Alvin Wood Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015093193491

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Dr. Chase's Home Adviser and Every Day Reference Book by Alvin Wood Chase Pdf