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  • Unruly Waters

    How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History

    de Sunil Amrith ...
    A bold new perspective on the history of South Asia, telling its story through its climate, and the long quest to tame its watersSouth Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines this history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, rivers and seas - and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers and farmers who have sought to ... Leer más

    $217 MXN

  • Every Day the River Changes

    Four Weeks Down the Magdalena

    de Jordan Salama ...
    A "richly observed" travelogue for a new generation about a journey along Colombia’s Magdalena River, exploring life by the banks of a majestic river now at risk, and how a country recovers from conflict (The New York Times Book Review)An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of ... Leer más

    $213 MXN

  • The River That Made Seattle

    A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish

    de BJ Cummings ...
    Restores the river to its central place in the city’s historyWith bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river’s natural turns ... Leer más

    $328 MXN

  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is a book by Henry David Thoreau, first published in 1849. The book is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire and back Thoreau had taken with his brother John in 1839. As John had died from tetanus in 1842, Thoreau wrote the book as a tribute to his memory. ... Leer más

    $34 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • By the River

    Essays from the Water's Edge

    Memory flows like a river, and it is through its constant flow that we come into being. Twelve of our most exciting contemporary writers consider the subject of rivers and how they shape us throughout our lives, demarcating cities as well as moulding our creative consciousness. Tessa Hadley revisits Rumer Godden's The River; Jo Hamya pays homage to Virginia Woolf; Michael Malay goes nightfishing ... Leer más

    $161 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Things That Flow

    Humor, Poetry, and Essays About Rivers and Life

    Author K. S. Lubinski takes a lot of comfort from his relationship with the river. It has helped him find a level of internal peace that was missing in his younger years. In Things that Flow, Lubinski braids strands of life and work on rivers into poems and essays intended to pass his perspectives and values down to his children and future generations.A river ecologist, philosopher, paratrooper, ... Leer más

    $69 MXN

  • River of Love

    de Velma Merritt ...
    Meg, a teacher on summer break, plans to have a relaxing summer working at Rivers View Resort. Can she endure the summer working with the new manager who irritates and fascinates her? As she begins to love, can she survive losing James, a man she can never haveor is love even possible? ... Leer más

    $69 MXN

  • River Don

    From Source to Sea

    Series series River
    The River Don in South Yorkshire flows through a changing landscape. Along with the River Rother and the River Dearne, it forms a river system with a catchment of around 700 square miles and a population of over 1.5 million. The upper reaches of the river are defined by dams which provide a public water supply. The middle section contains a number of weirs to supply mills, foundries and cutlers’ ... Leer más

    $216 MXN

  • The Eton Book of the River - With Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution of Boat-Racing

    de L. Byrne ...
    First published in 1935, this fascinating volume traces the history of English boat-racing from its origins as a forbidden pastime, to the respected sport that sport that it is today. This book will appeal those with an interest in the history of boat-racing and Eton college, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: "The Thames Highway", "River ... Leer más

    $189 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Rivers Run

    An Angler's Journey From Source to Sea

    de Kevin Parr ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE INAUGURAL RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING'A master of the landscape and a celebration of a life lived with the wild' – Dan Kieran, author of The Idle Traveller'[Parr] writes beautifully ... gentle, often elegiac ... There is much pleasure to be taken from this book' - Tom Fort, Gamefisher'Yet, sitting here at the beginning of that journey,... ... Leer más

    $237 MXN

  • Contribuições Da Educação Ambiental Crítica Para A Construção Da Sustentabilidade

    A apropriação da água historicamente tem servido aos interesses das elites agroindustriais para a expansão de um modelo de desenvolvimento que faz o uso intensivo e privado dos recursos naturais. As grandes obras, como é o caso da transposição do Rio São Francisco, serve para garantir, com investimentos públicos, a água para a produção do agronegócio, das termelétricas e siderúrgicas instaladas no ... Leer más

    $149 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Then, Now, and In-Between: Place, Memories, and Loss in Oregon

    Then, Now and In-Between is a compendium of essays and prose, many that first appeared on the author's blog, Musings About Life in Oregon. This series of writing is accompanied by photos and digs into old Oregon, with a nod to today, weaving in memories and stories with humor, sadness, and melancholy. ... Leer más

    $52 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Meander

    Making Room for Rivers

    Series series Excelsior Editions
    Draws on the author's own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.Meander tells the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water. Drawing on her own experience as a watershed planner, teacher, and Great ... Leer más

    $328 MXN

  • Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India

    de Amit Ranjan ...
    This book examines the Union-State and inter-State relations concerning water issues in India. It analyses the federal structure in India and looks at its effectiveness in addressing the inter-state river water disputes in the country through three cases: the Cauvery, Krishna and Mahadayi Rivers water dispute. It probes into the physical, political, legal and constitutional measures taken by the ... Leer más

    $1,055 MXN

  • What the River Carries

    Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte

    de Lisa Knopp ...
    In this informed and lyrical collection of interwoven essays, Lisa Knopp explores the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte, rivers she has come to understand and cherish. At the same time, she contemplates how people experience landscape, identifying three primary roles of environmental perception: the insider, the outsider, and the outsider seeking to become an ... Leer más

    $261 MXN

  • Witness to Water

    One Photographer's Mission to Defend the Colorado River

    A breathtaking journey down the lifeblood of the American WestFrom the crystalline headwaters of the Rocky Mountains to its shocking demise in a foamy, polluted pit in the Sonoran Desert, the Colorado River’s story is one of both epic beauty and profound loss.In this deeply personal and visually stunning narrative, acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Pete McBride sets out to document the ... Leer más

    $274 MXN

  • Dirty, Sacred Rivers

    Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis

    de Cheryl Colopy ...
    Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia's increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal. The book shows how rivers, traditionally revered by the people of the Indian subcontinent, have in recent decades deteriorated dramatically due to economic progress and gross mismanagement. Dams and ill-advised ... Leer más

    $934 MXN

  • Vanishing Waters

    Cultural Histories of the Rivers of West Bengal

    This book explores the complex socio-cultural histories of the rivers of West Bengal in India. It goes beyond the ‘seeing’ of a river geo-spatially, to unearth its ‘signifying’ presence in the making of a regional culture.The volume analyses myths, rituals, cultural practices, metaphysical and mystical symbolisms in folktales, oral literature and other literary representations generated by the ... Leer más

    $1,124 MXN

  • The Fort in The Wilderness : Or, The Soldier Boys of The Indian Trails

    Welcome to the thrilling adventure of Edward Stratemeyer's ""The Fort in the Wilderness: Or, The Soldier Boys of the Indian Trails,"" where courage meets camaraderie on the rugged frontiers of early America. Prepare to embark on a journey filled with excitement, bravery, and the true spirit of adventure.Step into the world of young soldier boys as they face the perils of the wilderness and defend ... Leer más

    $17 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • New Dawn for the Kissimmee River

    Orlando to Okeechobee by Kayak

    de Doug Alderson ...
    First-Place Winner, Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary AwardExploring and chronicling a restored river in the heart of FloridaThe Kissimmee Valley, which includes the Kissimmee chain of lakes and Kissimmee River, covers an area from Orlando to Lake Okeechobee. The headwaters and grand gateway to the Everglades, the area is the domain of the alligator and bald eagle, snail kite and ... Leer más

    $312 MXN

  • The Turtle and the Flood

    The second picture book in the powerful series about climate disaster from an award-winning Australian duo

    de Jackie French ...
    Ilustraciones de Danny Snell ...
    A companion title to the best-selling The Fire Wombat, this is the story of Myrtle, a small turtle who, by heading uphill, tells the other animals that a flood is coming.Myrtle the turtle knows everything about the waterhole where she lives in the creek. She can also sense the giant flood that is coming, long before other animals or humans.And when Myrtle begins her long, slow climb up the ... Leer más

    $198 MXN

  • Kings of the Yukon

    An Alaskan River Journey

    de Adam Weymouth ...
    **Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019**'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane. He is, I have no doubt, a significant voice for the future' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times literary editor'Adam Weymouth takes ... Leer más

    $197 MXN

  • Botanic Gardens, Parks and Scenic Attractions of Jamaica

    de nbillett ...
    This book details several of Jamaica's botanic gardens, each with unique characteristics and histories: Bath Botanical Gardens, Castleton Gardens, Cinchona Gardens and Hope Gardens. Jamaica's natural landscape is a significant part of its heritage, and the book describes several key sites: Bamboo Avenue, Black River, Blue Hole, Cockpit Country, Dunn's River, Glistening Waters, Holywell, Lover's ... Leer más

    $130 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

    Series series Folk Tales
    Rivers and streams sculpt our landscape, and have connected our communities throughout history, from mountain to estuary and to the wide sea beyond. They give us water and food, trade and transport – yet they have a life-force all of their own.In this collection of traditional folk tales from wild rivers, lakes, and streams, Lisa Schneidau retells old stories of danger and transformation, of river ... Leer más

    $152 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus