Whole Earth Field Guide

Author : Caroline Maniaque-Benton
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262529280

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Whole Earth Field Guide by Caroline Maniaque-Benton Pdf

A source book for American culture in the 1960s and 1970s: “suggested reading” from the Last Whole Earth Catalog, from Thoreau to James Baldwin. The Whole Earth Catalog was a cultural touchstone of the 1960s and 1970s. The iconic cover image of the Earth viewed from space made it one of the most recognizable books on bookstore shelves. Between 1968 and 1971, almost two million copies of its various editions were sold, and not just to commune-dwellers and hippies. Millions of mainstream readers turned to the Whole Earth Catalog for practical advice and intellectual stimulation, finding everything from a review of Buckminster Fuller to recommendations for juicers. This book offers selections from eighty texts from the nearly 1,000 items of “suggested reading” in the Last Whole Earth Catalog. After an introduction that provides background information on the catalog and its founder, Stewart Brand (interesting fact: Brand got his organizational skills from a stint in the Army), the book presents the texts arranged in nine sections that echo the sections of the Whole Earth Catalog itself. Enlightening juxtapositions abound. For example, “Understanding Whole Systems” maps the holistic terrain with writings by authors from Aldo Leopold to Herbert Simon; “Land Use” features selections from Thoreau's Walden and a report from the United Nations on new energy sources; “Craft” offers excerpts from The Book of Tea and The Illustrated Hassle-Free Make Your Own Clothes Book; “Community” includes Margaret Mead and James Baldwin's odd-couple collaboration, A Rap on Race. Together, these texts offer a sourcebook for the Whole Earth culture of the 1960s and 1970s in all its infinite variety.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0385236417

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The Essential Whole Earth Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Taking its place beside the instant classic bestseller The Whole Earth Catalog, this new, practical, comprehensive and profusely illustrated guide will prove invaluable to all consumers looking for a quick, efficient route to the very best information. Over 1,000 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Stewart Brand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Appropriate technology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030223890

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The Next Whole Earth Catalog by Stewart Brand Pdf

Author : Peter Brown,Peter G. Brown,Geoffrey Garver
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576758557

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Right Relationship by Peter Brown,Peter G. Brown,Geoffrey Garver Pdf

Our current economic system is unsustainable. Its fundamental elements, unlimited growth, and endless wealth accumulation fly in the face of the fact that the Earth's resources are clearly finite. In this work, the authors offer a comprehensive new economic model.

Author : Stewart Brand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biotechnology
ISBN : 1848870396

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Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand Pdf

His powerful new book looks set to be his most influential yet: Whole Earth Discipline is a hand grenade aimed at the very movement he helped to found.

Author : Matthew Rake
Publisher : Hungry Tomato ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467791106

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The Dawn of Planet Earth by Matthew Rake Pdf

Join Ackerley the Acanthostega and travel back in time 4,500 million years to the Precambrian period, when our planet first formed. Witness the appearance of the very first organisms in the Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian periods. Watch new forms of life emerge as warm seas allow fish to thrive and plants blossom to give food and shelter to flying and scurrying insects. Discover the facts, fossils, and fun science behind the birth of our planet, including early life forms, giant insects, and early land-based animals. This first part of the exciting story of life on Earth unfolds through amazing lifelike illustrations and fascinating diagrams, all narrated by a friendly prehistoric guide.

Author : Fred Turner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226817439

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From Counterculture to Cyberculture by Fred Turner Pdf

In the early 1960s, computers haunted the American popular imagination. Bleak tools of the cold war, they embodied the rigid organization and mechanical conformity that made the military-industrial complex possible. But by the 1990s—and the dawn of the Internet—computers started to represent a very different kind of world: a collaborative and digital utopia modeled on the communal ideals of the hippies who so vehemently rebelled against the cold war establishment in the first place. From Counterculture to Cyberculture is the first book to explore this extraordinary and ironic transformation. Fred Turner here traces the previously untold story of a highly influential group of San Francisco Bay–area entrepreneurs: Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. Between 1968 and 1998, via such familiar venues as the National Book Award–winning Whole Earth Catalog, the computer conferencing system known as WELL, and, ultimately, the launch of the wildly successful Wired magazine, Brand and his colleagues brokered a long-running collaboration between San Francisco flower power and the emerging technological hub of Silicon Valley. Thanks to their vision, counterculturalists and technologists alike joined together to reimagine computers as tools for personal liberation, the building of virtual and decidedly alternative communities, and the exploration of bold new social frontiers. Shedding new light on how our networked culture came to be, this fascinating book reminds us that the distance between the Grateful Dead and Google, between Ken Kesey and the computer itself, is not as great as we might think.

Author : Stan Tekiela
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781647550639

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Birds of Texas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela Pdf

Get the New Edition of Texas’s Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to identify birds in Texas, and make bird watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This book features 170 species of Texas birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Book Features: 170 species: Only Texas birds Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section Compare feature: Decide between look-alikes Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts Professional photos: Crisp, stunning full-page images This new edition includes more species, updated photographs and range maps, revised information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Texas Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Author : Loren Coleman,Patrick Huyghe
Publisher : Anomalist Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1938398394

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The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates by Loren Coleman,Patrick Huyghe Pdf

The Field Guide to Bigfootand Other Mystery Primatesis a comprehensive study of the astonishing variety of puzzling primates that are being reported by eyewitnesses around the world but that science has failed to recognize. This fully illustrated volume not only contains the references, range maps, and typical footprints that appeared in the first edition, but it also contains a new, complete index and new preface that updates the discoveries made since this book was first published. Loren Coleman is the world's most popular living cryptozoologist. He appears frequently on television and radio, and has even been turned into a fictional character in novels and comic books. He is the author of more than two dozen books, including Bigfoot!; Mysterious America; and Cryptozoology A to Z (with Jerome Clark). His fieldwork has taken him from Scotland's Loch Ness to the rainforests of Mexico, from the Everglades to the Pacific Northwest's Bigfoot country. Coleman is director of the International Cryptozoology Museum."

Author : Harriet Beinfield,Efrem Korngold
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780804151733

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Between Heaven and Earth by Harriet Beinfield,Efrem Korngold Pdf

“Comprehensive, encyclopedic, and lucid, this book is a must for all practitioners of the healing arts who want to broaden their understanding. Readers interested in the role of herbs and foods in healing will also find much to learn here, as I have. . . . A fine work.”—Annemarie Colbin, author of Food and Healing The promise and mystery of Chinese medicine has intrigued and fascinated Westerners ever since the “Bamboo Curtain” was lifted in the early 1970s. Now, in Between Heaven and Earth, two of the foremost American educators and healers in the Chinese medical profession demystify this centuries-old approach to health. Harriet Beinfeld and Efrem Korngold, pioneers in the practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine in the United States for over eighteen years, explain the philosophy behind Chinese medicine, how it works and what it can do. Combining Eastern traditions with Western sensibilities in a unique blend that is relevant today, Between Heaven and Earth addresses three vital areas of Chinese medicine—theory, therapy, and types—to present a comprehensive, yet understandable guide to this ancient system. Whether you are a patient with an aggravating complaint or a curious intellectual seeker, Between Heaven and Earth opens the door to a vast storehouse of knowledge that bridges the gap between mind and body, theory and practice, professional and self-care, East and West. “Groundbreaking . . . Here at last is a complete and readable guide to Chinese medicine.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Author : R. Buckminster Fuller
Publisher : Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Utopia or Oblivion by R. Buckminster Fuller Pdf

Utopia or Oblivion is a provocative blueprint for the future. This comprehensive volume is composed of essays derived from the lectures he gave all over the world during the 1960’s. Fuller’s thesis is that humanity – for the first time in its history – has the opportunity to create a world where the needs of 100% of humanity are met. “This is what man tends to call utopia. It’s a fairly small word, but inadequate to describe the extraordinary new freedom of man in a new relationship to universe — the alternative of which is oblivion.” R. Buckminster Fuller. Description by Lars Muller Publishers, courtesy of The Estate of Buckminster Fuller

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Commercial catalogs
ISBN : OCLC:3118942

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The Updated Last Whole Earth Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536856

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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde Pdf

The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.

Author : Craig Childs
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307476814

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Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs Pdf

2013 Orion Book Award Winner 2013 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winner Ours is not a stable planet. It is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. In this exhilarating exploration of our globe, Craig Childs goes to where the apocalypse can be seen now. From the driest deserts of Chile, through the genetic wasteland of central Iowa, to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, he uncovers cataclysms that tell us what could be next: forthcoming ice ages, super volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world, and undeniable science that reveals both the earth’s strengths and frailties. Bearing witness to the planet’s sweeping and perilous changes, he shows how we can alter the future, and how the world will live on, though humans may not survive to see it.

Author : Stewart Brand
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781101562642

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How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand Pdf

Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time. From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei's Media Lab, from "satisficing" to "form follows funding," from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth—this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they're allowed to. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.