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  • Mississippi River Tragedies

    A Century of Unnatural Disaster

    de Christine A Klein, Sandra B Zellmer ...
    Series Libro 19 - Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
    "A stunning and important book. It tells a sweeping tale of folly, greed, ignorance, injustice, and unintended consequences. We all should heed its lessons." —David Baron, award-winning author of The Beast in the GardenAmerican engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of ... Leer más

    Antes $351 MXN Ahora $211 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Freshwater Imperative

    A Research Agenda

    de Robert J. Naiman, John J. Magnuson, Diane M. McKnight, Jack A. Stanford ...
    This volume summarizes the two-year effort of a working group of leading aquatic scientists sponsored by NSF, EPA, NASA, TVA, and NOAA to identify research opportunities and frontiers in freshwater sciences for this decade and beyond. The research agenda outlined focuses on issues of water availability, aquatic ecosystem integrity, and human health and safety. It is a consensus document that has ... Leer más

    $359 MXN

  • Nel fiume della notte

    de Piero Spirito ...
    Series series Gli erranti
    Un viaggio al centro della Terra lungo il corso del fiume della notte attraverso abissi e laghi sotterranei, impetuose risorgive e infidi mulinelli. Pietro Spirito insegue le acque fantasma del Timavo, uno dei più affascinanti fiumi carsici del mondo, dalle sorgenti nei boschi della Croazia alle foci nell'Adriatico. Ascolta il respiro del fiume misterioso, in un mondo capovolto che custodisce miti ... Leer más

    $195 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Our Majestic Rivers: Nature's Lifelines Part-4

    de Amrahs Hseham ...
    "Our Majestic Rivers: Nature’s Lifelines" is an invitation to embark on a literary voyage—one that mirrors the eternal journey of rivers. As we navigate these narratives, we become travelers along the currents of time, carried by the stories that have shaped the landscapes we call home. In the ripples of these tales, we discover the reflection of our shared humanity and the profound impact we have ... Leer más

    Antes $56 MXN Ahora $34 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • River Derwent

    From Sea to Source

    de H. C. Ivison ...
    Series series River
    The River Derwent in Cumbria is one of the fastest rivers in Europe. It is also one of the most beautiful, and it flows through fantastic and varied countryside from its source in the heart of the Lake District. The name Derwent translates as 'oak river' and/or 'river of oaks'; it is an ancient name. There is evidence of occupation and industry along the river from the Iron Age onwards, and ... Leer más

    $215 MXN

  • The River Knows Everything

    Desolation Canyon and the Green

    de James M Aton ...
    Desolation Canyon is one of the West's wild treasures. Visitors come to study, explore, run the river, and hike a canyon that is deeper at its deepest than the Grand Canyon, better preserved than most of the Colorado River system, and full of eye-catching geology-castellated ridges, dramatic walls, slickrock formations, and lovely beaches. Rafting the river, one may see wild horses, blue herons, ... Leer más

    $421 MXN

  • The Man Who Walked Through Time

    The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon

    de Colin Fletcher ...
    Series series Vintage Departures
    The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon. ... Leer más

    $202 MXN

  • Salmon

    A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate

    de Mark Kurlansky ...
    "Henry David Thoreau wrote, 'Who hears the fishes when they cry?' Maybe we need to go down to the river bank and try to listen."In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and ... Leer más

    $198 MXN

  • Vivre en castor

    Histoires de cohabitations et de réconciliation

    de Rémi Luglia ...
    Series series Hors collection
    Considéré comme « nuisible », le castor d’Europe était proche de l’extinction à la fin du XIXe siècle. Il est alors sauvé par des mesures innovantes de protection. Bien rares sont les espèces menacées qui connaissent un tel rétablissement, faisant ainsi de son cas un exemple.Pourtant, son retour dans des cours d’eau anthropisés pose la question de sa cohabitation avec l’homme. Sa réussite s’avère ... Leer más

    $279 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • River Notes

    Drought and the Twilight of the American West — A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

    de Wade Davis ...
    At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers "both a love song and a paean of regret to America's most spectacular river" (Denver Post) and "a plea to save [it] before it’s too late" (The Wall Street Journal).From bestselling author, long-time former National Geographic Explorer, and anthropologist Wade Davis comes the story of America’s ... Leer más

    $238 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Flow

    The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River

    de Beth Kephart ...
    The Schuylkill River-the name in Dutch means "hidden creek"-courses many miles, turning through Philadelphia before it yields to the Delaware. "I am this wide. I am this deep. A tad voluptuous, but only in places," writes Beth Kephart, capturing the voice of this natural resource in Flow.An award-winning author, Kephart's elegant, impressionistic story of the Schuylkill navigates the beating heart ... Leer más

    $378 MXN

  • A River Rules My Life

    de Mona Anderson ...
    The original and all-time classic of high-country station life in New ZealandMount Algidus, the author's home, was one of the great high-country sheep stations of Canterbury, New Zealand. It occupied a mountain range between two ice rivers and lay in the very shadow of the Southern Alps.Published with the Mona Anderson estate as a beautiful hard-back, this new edition brings back the isolated ... Leer más

    $296 MXN

  • The Rivers of Cumbria

    de Beth & Steve Pipe ...
    Cumbria has been explored in many books over the years, but very little has been written about its rivers and yet, without them, the county would not have evolved in the way that it has. From the high fells to the extensive coastline, these rivers document the stories of our ancestors, from the first settlers to more modern industries. They also provide a vast variety of habitats to local wildlife ... Leer más

    $216 MXN

  • Silt Road

    The Story of a Lost River

    de Charles Rangeley-Wilson ...
    At the foot of a chalk hill a stream rises in a silent copse, and is soon lost under the car parks and streets of the town its waters once gave life to. Captivated by the fate of this forgotten stream Charles Rangeley-Wilson sets out one winter’s day to uncover its story.Distilled into the timeless passage of the river’s flow, buried under the pavements that cover meadow, marsh and hill he finds ... Leer más

    $308 MXN

  • Intermittence des cours d’eau

    Quelles pratiques de gestion ?

    de Thibault Datry ...
    Series series Guide pratique
    Plus de la moitié du réseau hydrographique mondial est concerné par la cessation de l’écoulement ou l’assèchement complet du lit des cours d’eau. En France hexagonale, les dernières modélisations sur le réseau hydrologique théorique suggèrent 20 à 40 % de linéaire intermittent.Essentiels au bon fonctionnement des réseaux — recharge des nappes, transport des sédiments, connectivité entre habitats ... Leer más

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  • The Rivers and Streams of England

    Enriched edition.

    de A. G. Bradley, Jared Black ...
    In "The Rivers and Streams of England," A. G. Bradley meticulously explores the intricate tapestry of England's waterways, illuminating their historical significance, ecological diversity, and cultural impact. Through a blend of lyrical prose and detailed historical analysis, Bradley weaves together narratives that encompass the natural beauty, regional folklore, and socio-economic roles of these ... Leer más

    Antes $35 MXN Ahora $19 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Water Ways

    A thousand miles along Britain's canals

    de Jasper Winn ...
    For a hundred and fifty years, between the plod of packhorse trains and the arrival of the railways, canals were the high-tech water machine driving the industrial revolution. Amazing feats of engineering, they carried the rural into the city and the urban into the countryside, and changed the lives of everyone. And then, just when their purpose was extinguished by modern transport, they were ... Leer más

    $199 MXN

  • Fountain Creek

    Big Lessons from a Little River

    de Jim O'Donnell ...
    Jim O’Donnell sets off from his childhood home in Pueblo, Colorado exploring the history, ecology, and commodification of Fountain Creek—challenging us to reexamine how we relate to the world around us and how we might break free to a brighter future.Over the past two hundred years, society has taken what was once a sacred relationship with water and morphed rivers into trashed, overused ... Leer más

    $150 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • London's Lost Rivers

    a beautifully illustrated guide to London's secret rivers

    de Paul Talling ...
    Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of each river and over 100 colour photographs, it's essential browsing for any Londoner and the perfect gift for anyone who loves exploring the past... ... Leer más

    $289 MXN

  • Troubling the Water

    A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia

    de Abby Seiff ...
    In this intimate account of one of the world’s most productive inland fisheries, Troubling the Water explores how the rapid destruction of a single lake in Cambodia is upending the lives of millions. The abundance of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake helped grow the country for millenia and gave rise to the Kingdom of Angkor. Fed by the rich, mud-colored waters of the powerful Mekong River, the lake owes ... Leer más

    $272 MXN

  • Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816

    Under the Direction of Captain J.K. Tuckey, R.N. to which is added the Journal of Professor Smith

    de James Hingston Tuckey ...
    "Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo" is a detailed account of Captain James Hingston Tuckey's 1816 expedition to explore the Congo River.Originally published in 1818, this is a republication of the original work. This seminal work provides an in-depth look at the geography, flora, fauna, and the indigenous peoples of the Congo region. Tuckey's narrative ... Leer más

    $86 MXN

  • The Salton Sea

    An Account of Harriman’s Fight with the Colorado River

    de George Kennan ...
    In 1903, the US government tried to stop diversion of Colorado River water for use in the Imperial Valley. For that reason, and to bypass increased silting at the original intake, the California Development Company but a canal head in Mexico. A series of floods in 1905 destroyed a temporary dam and eroded the new canal intake. Water then rushed into the Imperial Canal-Alamo River system, allowing ... Leer más

    $75 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Manchester Ship Canal Through Time

    de Steven Dickens ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Manchester Ship Canal was a huge engineering achievement. It included seven swing bridges and the aqueduct at Barton, and helped turn the cotton-producing capital of Great Britain into an inland seaport. This was a feat many at the time believed could not be achieved. One of the wonders of the modern industrial world, the Manchester Ship Canal, with its huge locks and ocean-going vessels, was ... Leer más

    $215 MXN

  • A River Flows Through It

    A Comparative Study of Transboundary Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia

    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    A River Flows Through It: A Comparative Study of Transboundary Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia explores water disputes in Asia and addresses the question of how states sharing a river system can be incentivized to cooperate.Water scarcity is a major environmental, societal, and economic problem around the world. Increasing demand for water as a result of rapid economic development, high ... Leer más

    $1,032 MXN