Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden

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Reading the Roots is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants.

The selections in Reading the Roots describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing.

The volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.

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The trusted guide to "fair trade" tourism
Stay with indigenous peoples in the world's greatest rain forest
Walk the Songlines of central Australia with Aboriginal guides
Visit the Inuit above the Arctic Circle

The first edition of this book, callled "The Community Tourism Guide" was hailed as the first reliable guide to a new type of tourism that benefits local people as well as visitors and tour operators. All over the world, tribal people and rural villagers have been setting up their own tours: tours that can help them conserve threatened environments, provide them with a reliable income and offer them hope of a better future.
But these are also exciting and different holidays â€“ unlike any you'll find in the average tourist brochure or travel agent. They appeal to the adventurous and curious traveler, who wants to get away from identical tourist resorts and really find out about the places they visit. They visit some of the most beautiful places on earth, and offer extraordinary encounters with people from vastly different cultures.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated by Tourism Concern to bring together the best community-based holidays currently available. It lists hundreds of fascinating trips and projects, with details of how to arrange a visit. It also includes an introduction to the principles and issues of community tourism, plus a valuable directory of useful resources for anyone interested in ethical and sustainable tourism.

Book review: The good alternative travel guide: exciting holidays for responsible travellers [A book review from: Tourism Management]

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Book review: The good alternative travel guide: exciting holidays for responsible travellers [A book review from: Tourism Management]
R. Dowling
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Tourism Management, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Good Alternative Travel Guide
Mark Mann
Manufacturer: EARTHSCAN PUBLICATIO
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ASIN: B000K2SK46

Travel distance through transportation terminals on a grid: Alternative routing strategies (Research publication / General Motors Research Laboratories)

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Travel distance through transportation terminals on a grid: Alternative routing strategies (Research publication / General Motors Research Laboratories)
Randolph W Hall
Manufacturer: General Motors Research Laboratories
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006YHWOW

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Celebrate the holidays in the O.C.It's the night before Chrismukkah and all through the mansions, not a creature is stirring except for Seth, Ryan, Marissa, and Summer. Catch the Chrismukkah spirit along with the gang.

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This new manual provides a convenient source of experimental procedures, including the most modern and frequently used molecular and cellular techniques. Experimental protocols have been carefully selected by developmental toxicologists for developmental toxicologists. The most important new trends, such as evaluation of the safety of therapeutic antisense oligonucleotides, studies of the role of cell death in abnormal development, and the identification of sparingly expressed developmental control genes are featured. This is the perfect manual for scientists trained in classical developmental toxicology who want to add molecular and cellular methods to their research.

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This new ASTM publication is a practical guide that explains the important chemical and physical properties to be used in making judgments on the quality of raw materials or compounding ingredients, and their usability in the production plant. It provides a basic description of the test methods and characterizes each group of raw materials. But more importantly, it compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of selecting various test methods. Chapters cover: ASTM D11 and D24 Standards; Importance of Quality General Test Methods Testing Natural Rubber Testing Synthetic Rubber Testing Carbon Black Testing Silica and Organosilanes Testing Mineral Fillers for Use in Rubber Oils, Plasticizers and Other Rubber Chemicals Testing Recycled Rubber Standard Test MethodsInsuring High Quality Output Comparison of Test Repeatability and Reproducibility for Rubber Test Methods

Basic Mathematics for Technical Programs

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Basic Mathematics for Technical Programs
Irving Drooyan
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0132066327

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An easy-to-use mathematics book designed along a practical, hands-on format that provides a unified approach to problem-solving by linking topics and their corresponding computational techniques. Mathematics for Technical Programs devotes special attention to mental activities involving elementary computations, fraction-decimal-percent conversions, and estimations to aid reader in achieving mathematical literacy. It assumes the use of scientific calculators to enable the reader to focus on concepts and problem-solving skills rather than time-consuming computations. The book also provides a unified approach to problem-solving not found with traditional arithmetic methods. A valuable book for any reader who wishes to improve his "mathematical literacy."

BASIC Programming for Chemists: An Introduction

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BASIC Programming for Chemists: An Introduction
Peter C. Jurs , Thomas L. Isenhour , and Charles L. Wilkins
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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Teaches the fundamentals of the BASIC programming language by description and example, and presents over 50 chemically oriented BASIC programs that can both teach about the language and be useful in their own right. The first part of the book introduces the reader to programming in the BASIC language. The second part of the book consists of 52 example problems, divided into 44 topics, concerning chemical problems. These problems progress in difficulty in terms of the chemical concepts, mathematical models, and programming operations involved. The reader can work the problems, then copy and run the programs, and compare the results. The given programs can be modified to suit the reader's needs, or new ones be written using the techniques presented in the text.

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Basic Mathematics for Technical Programs
Irving Drooyan
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George Orwell, the Lost Writings
W. J. West
Manufacturer: Arbor House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NBCQDK

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Incredible Findings of Laborious Research

George Orwell: The Lost Writings
W. J. West
Manufacturer: Avon Books
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ASIN: 0380701189

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Incredible Findings of Laborious Research.......2000-04-01

The book is an illuminating expose of the period before the first well recognized publication of George Orwell's(Eric Blair being his original name)in 1949.It has generally been believed that he did not do any writing during the 1940s,especially during the Second World War.The book documents the writings of Eric Blair in the period of the War.It includes essays,letters and memos.He worked in the BBC India Section during the War and was producer of many interesting literary and political radio programmes.The Author of this book,WJWest does a superb job of describing in detail the experiences which Eric Balir had working in the BBC and links them to the descriptions of some of the most important sequences in his later fictional,and best known work,1984.The similarity of the real life experiences of Eric Blair in the BBC atmosphere of the War and the fictionalized narratives that deal with the life of Winston Smith in the novel,in terms of disinformation and distortion of truth are chillingly close.The boof is fascinating in its content,easy to read and of immense interest to any ameteur or serious Orwellian.

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Orwell The Lost Writings
W.J. (Edited with an introduction by) West
Manufacturer: Arbor House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUNFOU

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Orwell: The Lost Writings
George Orwell
Manufacturer: Arbor House Pub Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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Lost Writings (405088)
Orwell
Manufacturer: Smithmark Publishing
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ASIN: 9990349762

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The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau

Amazing epic tale of a life rich with discovery and analysis

Amazing epic tale of a life rich with discovery and analysis

The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
Jack Nisbet
Manufacturer: Washington State University
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0874222850

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The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau .......2006-04-11

David Thompson was a fur trader, explorer, and meticulous geographic surveyor. He was, and is, the English and Canadian counterpart of Lewis and Clark. He visited the Mandan villages on the Missouri River in 1798. He crossed the Continental Divide in 1807 and spent five winters on the west side of the divide trading with the Indians. He explored the Columbia River from its origin to the Pacific Ocean. He kept complete journals. He was a better writer than Meriwether Lewis, although not Lewis' equal as a naturalist. He took astronomical readings and did his own computations of both latitude and longitude. Because of this, his maps were much more accurate than those of William Clark. Later in his life, Thompson helped survey the boundary between Canada and the United States. Thompson's story is also the story of Charlotte, his half-Indian wife of 57 years who bore him 13 children. She and the first few children traveled with him in his explorations, including his first crossing of the Continental Divide. Jack Nisbet is also the author of "Sources of the River," another book about David Thompson. "The Mapmaker's Eye" is a bit more readable and is better illustrated

Amazing epic tale of a life rich with discovery and analysis.......2005-11-08

Mapmaker's Eye is the amazing biographical chronicle of the adventures of David Thompson, a Canadian fur trader, explorer, and cartographer respected as a hero in Canada yet largely unknown in the United States. From 1801 to 1812, Thompson established two effective trade routs across the Rocky Mountains in Canada and surveyed the 1,250 mile course of the Columbia River. Following his exploration days he transformed the mathematical notations from his dozens of journal notebooks into the first accurate maps of the northwest quadrant of North America. Some of his mapwork was even used by the Lewis and Clark expedition. Award-winning author Jack Nisbet presents Thompson's story in detail yet fully accessible to lay readers, along with a handful of black-and-white and color illustrations. Amazing epic tale of a life rich with discovery and analysis.

Amazing epic tale of a life rich with discovery and analysis.......2005-11-08

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17 b/w photos 6 x 9 An engaging roster of curmudgeons, drunkards, and fools From the author of The Story the Soldiers Wouldnt Tell Thomas P. Lowrys Tarnished Eagles is the first systematic look at Civil War courts-martial, and . . . it offers the surprising finding that officers, in fact, were in trouble more often than the enlisted men. . . . Lowry lets their court-martial records speak for themselves . . . while drawing some far- reaching conclusions from their experiences as a whole. William C. Davis More than 100,000 men in the Union army faced courts-martial during the years of the Civil War. In this new study, the author has chosen 50 Union colonels and lieutenant colonels to highlight the difficulties in placing civilians unfamiliar with the rigors of army life in command. For example, one colonel was so drunk he fell off his horse; another was nicknamed Stumpy because he tended to shout orders from behind a tree stump. The stories of these tragicomic characters, and of many more contained herein, will add significant commentary to the burgeoning study of Civil War misbehavior. Dr. Thomas P. Lowry is a retired professor of psychiatry. He is the author of The Story the Soldiers Wouldnt Tell, The Attack on Taranto, and The Civil War Bawdy Houses of Washington, DC. In February 1863 a third set of charges appeared in the record, illustrating Lords talent for getting himself into trouble in multiple venues. . . . At Cottage Landing, Virginia, he was so drunk that he made an indecent exposure of his person in the presence of a lady, after which he rode his horse into a gully and fell headlong from the saddle.

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Drunk As A Lord.......2005-08-08

Union Col. Newton Lord, in demanding "A brandy for my horse", while in a saloon(and in the saddle as well)sets a high standard for shameful and hilarious buffoonery in uniform.
Once again, author Thomas Lowry takes readers on a dizzing ride of strange and amusing tales from civil war court records. The war between the states was a large conflict requiring the sevices of millions of troops and thousands of officers--and with only a handfull experienced soldiers availible at the beginning of the war, the opprotunity presented itself for any gentleman of means to start his own regiment.
I recommend this read most highly for anyone who has served under an eccentric leader, or laughed at Shakespeares' Falstaff,or George Frasers' Col. Flashman. Perhaps those fictional clowns were based on the sort of real-life poltroons that every army seems to have.
Lowry joins a great fraternity of those who show that history is funny as well true.

Impeccable research, fascinating stories.......2000-10-02

Far too many writers addressing the Civil War are guilty of childish romanticism. While that tremendous conflict certainly had its noble heroes and ample demonstrations of courage and self-sacrifice, any war--or human crisis of any sort--has its cowards and fools, its liars, thieves and rogues. This fine, factual book serves as a much-needed (and highly readable) balance to pulp fiction and pulp history heroics. It tells the stories of some of the officers who went wrong, either from deficiency of character or circumstance. In doing so, it enriches our understanding and visceral sense of the Civil War in ways that the next dozen adulatory biographies of mediocre generals will not. While I am a long-time fan of co-author William C. Davis, Dr. Lowry deserves special praise for his continuing literary efforts to describe the dramas and tragedies around, between and, sometimes, in the great battles. As a former soldier who served a full career, I can guarantee any reader that this book shows soldiers as more than a few of them really are--not gallantly charging the enemy, but energetically looking after themselves. While this book concentrates on some of the darker aspects of the war, those aspects are exactly the ones that are lacking in too much of what passes as history or historical literature. I would also recommend any of Lowry's or Davis's other superb Civil War books.

Great bedtime reading........2000-04-21

Dr. Lowry has added some color to the realm of Civil War History with his two books, Sex in the Civil War, and Tarnished Eagles. Lowry does a great job in picking out the interesting cases that also represent a good cross section of Civil War Justice. I heartily enjoyed this work. I'm not too sure of just how scholarly this is, but it certainly makes the soldiers appear much more human.

TARNISHED EAGLES: THE COURTS-MARTIAL OF FIFTY UNION COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT COLONELS

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TARNISHED EAGLES: THE COURTS-MARTIAL OF FIFTY UNION COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT COLONELS
Thomas P. (Foreward by William C. Davis) Lowry
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J3TK68

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THE BITTER TRUTH

Interesting, but not great

Truths Be Told

Praetorian Guard is Amazing

The Praetorian Guard : The US Role In The New World Order
John Stockwell
Manufacturer: South End Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0896083950

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More about John.......2004-01-23

I knew John right about the time he wrote this book and also met his family. The reviewer who suggested that he might be part of a CIA program in writing this book is way, way off. This man has put himself (and his family) in a very scary position and he deserves a lot of credit for coming out with the truths he knows. I knew him and did some work for him for about a year and I also knew someone else that had known him for decades. John Stockwell deserves many kudos for his courage and integrity in coming out with what he knows. You can believe the book. I hope he will come out with more.

THE BITTER TRUTH.......2002-08-04

This book explains the intricate, intense, and often unjustified involvement of the CIA in many parts of the world, through thousands of covert operations, which, according to the book and other sources, have ended the lifes of millions of people. It describes secret and obscure operations, some of which entailed the killing of people by the thousands at Angola, and others such as the one which overthrew the first democratic government in Guatemala, and the creation of the infamous "death squads" in that country and El Salvador, to murder civilians and seed terror among the people. All orchestrated by our CIA, apparently in the name of national interests. I will not say much about this, because I urge you to read the book, but many of these operations were bloody, bloody, bloody, and they were emphatically denied at official briefings to the Congress, which, needless to say, is a felony.

Stockwell goes deep, and he surely has bases to do it. He is the highest rank CIA official ever to go public. And even though this book has been censored, you still can get pretty much information from it. You will realize that most of the time, the CIA hasn't really had fair motives to carry out the operations. The real interests behind all of it are completely different from the picture that we get from the news and the official reports from our government. Reading this one will make you end up with a sad feeling after having been shown the bitterness of reality. It will make you wonder about which has been our true government, and you will want to ask if all our "liberties" and "freedoms" have been paid at the cost of millions of innocent children, women, and men from all over the world.

Interesting, but not great.......2002-04-26

The Praetorian Guard purports to tell the secrets of what the US government is really doing in the world and why. The author is ex-CIA and uses his inside knowledge to tell stories of what goes on in the world-behind-the-scenes. And they are interesting stories, certainly. He especially dwells on what are in his views the evils of the Reagan and Bush (1st Bush) administrations. He does mention activities before the Reagan era, but his disgust and dislike of the politics of both Reagan and Bush make his writing into more of a rant against those two than against world destabilization. One gets the feeling that he would still be in favor of all the secret dealings in the world if only they favored his own political objectives. That may be completely wrong and Mr. Stockwell may indeed be against these activities in general, but if so he spent a little too much of his anger directly on Reagan and Bush. Not that they are blameless.
When I picked up this book, I expected something much more "scholarly" than what I got. Perhaps that is my fault. I expected more time to be spent on the Why's of all this covert activity. I expected more revelation as to the motivations and direction or these top policy makers. Instead I got stories. Certainly, some of the subject matter is supposed to be secret and undocumentable, but there was plenty of mention of activities which were and are documentable. Mr. Stockwell's credibility in the book would have been much improved if he had included documentation for those things where it was available.
The author makes the claim that the CIA has had many books published to favor their own agendas. I am left wondering if this book itself was written and published under the same program. The stories contained therein are certainly plausible, and I believe much of it. But as the author well knows, a little truth makes for the best lies. The reader is left wondering how much to believe, and I am sure will believe only what their previous political inclinations let them believe.
I am a bit baffled by the 5 stars reviews previously posted. Perhaps my hopes were too high when I began reading this book. It is interesting and worth a good read. It is written well enough to be read in a couple of days. It is not a five star book, however.

Truths Be Told.......2001-12-31

While Mr. Stockwell does not write in the manner of a Noam Chomskey, citing historical precedents, etc., but his book is still a must read for anyone concerned about the damage that is about to be perpatrated upon us as a people. Mr. Stockwell's writing is closer to a thesis style and that's why I gave it 4 stars. This, however, does not minimize the importance of the information provided. This book should be read by all those concerned with our civil liberties, the ecology, and humanitarian issues. He even touches upon two items that failed during the Bush presidency, but appears to become a reality during the Chaney presidency: the raping of our social security, and the destruction of freedom as we know it today. Back in 1990, Mr. Stockwell inadvertantly warned about what bi-partison economists are saying today. That is, the social security fund WILL NOT be bankrupt as the American people are being told. It's just seen as an extra windfall for the elite. Once this is dismantled, we will be returned to the days working 12-to-16 hours per day, 6-to-7 days per week, no healthcare, and script to buy from the company store. Knowledge is power, do yourself a favor, get knowledgeable.

Praetorian Guard is Amazing.......2000-02-05

The Praetorian guard is so good it almost defies description. John Stockwell has finally answered the question of why elements in the U.S. Government would "want" to carry out some of the covert operations which seem to make no sense other than a desire for power or perhaps simple Sadism. Why for example would the government want to destabilize a small country, throw it into civil unrest, and have a corrupt dictator take over? What possible reason could there be for that? The answer is more down to earth, and for that reason more obscene than I had imagined. This book answered so many questions, and made certain actions by agencies in the government which seemed almost insane to me, finally make terrible sense.

The Praetorian Guard: The US Role in the New World Order

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The Praetorian Guard: The US Role in the New World Order
John Stockwell
Manufacturer: South End Press
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ASIN: B000MKNRSA

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