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  • Tributary Voices

    Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River

    Series series Waterscapes: History, Cultures, and Controversies
    The Colorado River is in crisis. Persistent drought, climate change, and growing demands from ongoing urbanization threaten this life-source that provides water to more than forty million people in the U.S. and Mexico. Coupled with these challenges are our nation’s deeply rooted beliefs about the region as a frontier, garden, and wilderness that have created competing agendas about the river as ... Leer más

    $34,727 CLP

  • Waterfalls of Nova Scotia

    A Guide

    An Atlantic BestsellerNova Scotia is blessed with numerous must-see waterfalls, and this volume from self-described “waterfall addict” Benoit Lalonde brings together 100 of the province’s best.Conveniently categorized by the government of Nova Scotia scenic route system, this rich compendium includes famous waterfalls such as Garden of Eden Fall, Wentworth Falls, Cuties Hollow, Annandale Falls and ... Leer más

    $15,395 CLP

  • The Heart of the Lakes

    Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast Michigan

    de Dave Dempsey ...
    Series series Greenstone Books
    The water corridor that defines southeast Michigan sits at the heart of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes. Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government ... Leer más

    $15,395 CLP

  • Mega-Dams in World Literature

    Literary Responses to Twentieth-Century Dam Building

    Mega-Dams in World Literature reveals the varied effects of large dams on people and their environments as expressed in literary works, focusing on the shifting attitudes toward large dams that emerged over the course of the twentieth century. Margaret Ziolkowski covers the enthusiasm for large-dam construction that took place during the mid-twentieth-century heyday of mega-dams, the increasing ... Leer más

    $17,710 CLP

  • Confluence

    Navigating the Personal & Political on Rivers of the New West

    de Zak Podmore ...
    **"Podmore's essays resemble Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau with an extra dose of social, racial and political analysis."—ARIZONA DAILY SUNIn the wake of his river–running mother's death,** Zak Podmore explores the healing power of wild places through a lens of grief and regeneration. Visceral, first–person narratives include a canoe crossing of the Colorado River delta during a rare ... Leer más

    $9,315 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • River Hymnal

    Poems

    de Cody Smith ...
    Series series The Sabine Series in Literature
    River Hymnal offers rivers as connective tissue binding Louisiana, Washington, and Florida together. Poems are set in all these locales, and their landscapes shape and contain different permeations of the poet’s life and sensibilities. The book’s themes of discovery and loss, progress and regress, future and past, are all rivers that the poems alchemize into a confluence of water that currents the ... Leer más

    $13,197 CLP

  • The Rivers That Remembered

    The Rivers That Remembered is a sweeping, poetic encyclopaedia of twenty‑two great rivers—an ambitious work that listens to the waterways of the world as if they were living witnesses to the human condition. It is a study of history, ecology, culture, and conscience, written with the moral clarity of a chronicler and the lyricism of a poet.Across continents and centuries, rivers have carried the ... Leer más

    $1,612 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • "Whispers of Nature: A Collection of Poems"

    "Discovering the Beauty and Power of Nature: A Collection of Nature Poems"

    "Whispers of Nature: A Collection of Poems" is an ebook that brings together a diverse array of poems that celebrate and reflect upon the beauty, mystery, and power of nature. The poems in this collection explore various aspects of the natural world, from the majesty of towering mountains and rolling landscapes to the delicate beauty of flowers and birds. Some poems focus on specific seasons, such ... Leer más

    $5,359 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • River Effra

    South London's Secret Spine

    de Jon Newman ...
    London was once a city awash with watercourses. Most of these streams and small rivers have long since disappeared underground and their void has been filled by myth, legend and an enduring yet uncertain fascination. The River Effra was one of these vanishings. In its earlier existence above ground it could only ever have been a modest tributary of the Thames, but through a vivid subterranean ... Leer más

    $10,365 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Down the Wild Cape Fear

    A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina

    de Philip Gerard ...
    In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island. Accompanying the author by canoe and powerboat are a cadre of people passionate about the river, among them a ... Leer más

    $20,354 CLP

  • Cracked

    A Resource for Activists

    de Steven Hawley ...
    The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed.During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century’s big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation’s rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them ... Leer más

    $12,338 CLP

  • The Danube River | Major Rivers of the World Series Grade 4 | Children's Geography & Cultures Books

    The Danube River is the second largest river in Europe. It flows through ten countries and history has it that it once served as a frontier of the Roman Empire. A river that has flowed through time would definitely carry so many lessons and memories. You will learn about these tidbits of information in this book. Don’t forget to buy a copy today. ... Leer más

    $4,814 CLP

  • Manejo integrado de bacias hidrográficas para produção de água

    exercícios aplicados ao Rio Pardo

    Na atualidade, os temas de produção de água, segurança hídrica e mudanças climáticas alcançam visibilidade crescente e são discutidos nos meios acadêmicos, científicos, de comunicação e em parlamentos de todo o mundo. No entanto, precisam ser compreendidos e apropriados pelos gestores locais e regionais, por técnicos e pela população e seus representantes, para que as ações locais sejam ... Leer más

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  • Tree of Rivers

    The Story of the Amazon

    de John Hemming ...
    Amazonia contains by far the world's largest river and the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest, home to the greatest biological diversity on the planet. This enthralling book brilliantly explains why the rain forest is crucial for our planet's survival, and vividly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place to utilize, protect and understand it. John Hemming's thrilling account ... Leer más

    $15,528 CLP

  • The Persistence of Rivers

    an essay on moving water

    Winner of the Jeanne Leiby PrizeAlison Townsend shapes the memories within this book like the meditative and meandering rivers that inspired them. The Persistence of Rivers evokes the naturalism of Thoreau and Dillard, yet Townsend’s prose remains masterfully singular in its subject, lyricism, and poignancy. Spanning decades from the 1950s to the present, the book considers the impact of rivers at ... Leer más

    $7,492 CLP

  • Unlocking the Secrets of Rivers, Lakes, Oceans and Trees

    de Hseham Ttud ...
    In this book, detailed information has been given about our oceans, rivers, and lakes, and a brief description of life-giving trees has been given. After reading this book and understanding the role these natural resources play in our lives, we may understand their importance. In Mahatma Buddha’s words, "The trees are magical beings in this world. They provide shade to all, even to those who come ... Leer más

    $4,495 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • An Invitation to Those Who Love Rivers

    Kaveri appears to be moving rather slowly in Thanjavur Thiruvayyar stretch. Can’t blame her because, who will be in a hurry to leave the place echoing the sublime melodious music ‘Jagadananda karaka’ in ‘natta raga’, and ‘Enthro Mahanubhavalu’, the fifth song of Pancharatna keerthana in ‘sri raga’? ... Leer más

    $839 CLP

  • Water Conflicts and Resistance

    Issues and Challenges in South Asia

    Edición de Venkatesh Dutta ...
    Series series Social Movements and Transformative Dissent
    This book presents a systematic study of transboundary, regional and local water conflicts and resistance across several river basins in South Asia. Addressing hydro-socio-economic aspects in competing water sharing and transfer agreements, as well as conflicting regimes of legal plurality, property rights and policy implementation, it discusses themes such as rights over land and natural ... Leer más

    $67,511 CLP

  • Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region

    Political, Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives

    Edición de Nathanial Matthews, Kim Geheb ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies. But the Mekong is also currently undergoing enormous social, economic, and ecological change of which hydropower development is a significant driver. This book provides a basin-wide analysis of political, socio-economic and ... Leer más

    $79,302 CLP

  • Undammed

    Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life

    de Tara Lohan ...
    Free-flowing rivers in the United States are an endangered species. With more than 500,000 dams in place, we’ve dammed and diverted almost every major river, straightening curves and blocking passage for fish and other aquatic animals, pushing many to the brink. Now a heartening new movement is helping to demolish harmful or obsolete structures and restore new life to rivers and the communities ... Leer más

    $24,694 CLP

  • Riverlands of the Anthropocene

    Walking Our Waterways as Places of Becoming

    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
    This is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene. The book asks how humans can learn through sensory embodied encounters with local waterways that shape the architecture of cities and make global connections with environments everywhere.The book considers human becomings with urban waterways to ... Leer más

    $67,511 CLP

  • The Other Jersey Shore

    Life on the Delaware River

    River otters, black bears, and red foxes drink from its clear waters. Prickly pear cacti grow from the red shale cliffs that overlook it, while on the river near Bordentown lies the archeological remnants of a sprawling estate built by the former King of Spain, Napoleon’s brother, who lived there for almost twenty years. You might imagine this magical and majestic waterway is located in some ... Leer más

    $23,883 CLP

  • The Big Sandy

    Series series Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
    The Big Sandy River and its two main tributaries, the Tug and Levisa forks, drain nearly two million mountainous acres in the easternmost part of Kentucky. For generations, the only practical means of transportation and contact with the outside world was the river, and, as The Big Sandy demonstrates, steamboats did much to shape the culture of the region. Carol Crowe-Carraco offers an intriguing ... Leer más

    $28,938 CLP

  • The Kentucky River

    Series series Ohio River Valley Series
    A sweeping cultural history, The Kentucky River reflects the rich tapestry of life along the banks. Flowing with tales of river ghosts and hidden treasures lying in the backwaters, the book records the myths and events the river has spawned. Bill Ellis also celebrates the Kentucky's influence on such figures as writer Wendell Berry and painter Paul Sawyier.Beginning with an intriguing overview of ... Leer más

    $33,761 CLP