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  • 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 ... Read more

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  • Salmon

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

    "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 ... Read more

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  • Cadillac Desert

    The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

    **“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the ... Read more

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  • 大运河的变迁

    Edited by 朱偰 ...
    本书由朱偰编著,首版于1961年由江苏人民出版社出版。我们将对文字做必要的调整,增加大运河的历史和今貌图片,重新包装出版。大运河北起北京,南抵杭州,经过四省,沟通五大水系,全长1782公里。它在我国历史上曾经是南北航运的要道。本书分三部分:1.大运河的历史,包括大运河的历史沿革,以及大运河在历代经济、政治和文化上的影响;2.大运河的地理,分五段对大运河的地理特点做了详细描述,包括从北京到天津,从天津到黄河,从黄河到陇海铁路,从陇海铁路到长江,从长江到杭州;3.大运河的改建,包括大运河的综合利用及其在经济建设和交通建设上的重要意义。本书图文并茂、四色印刷、精装出版,对于大运河历史和地理的了解,是不可多得的一本好书。 ... Read more

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  • River Tamar Through Time

    by Derek Tait ...
    Series series Through Time
    Bordering Devon and Cornwall, the River Tamar stretches through some of the most beautiful and scenic parts of the south west. Over the years, much has changed in the region. Gone are the many barges that once took fruit, vegetables and other produce up and down the river. The river was once a hive of industry with many tin, copper, lead, silver and tungsten mines along its banks.Much has changed ... Read more

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  • Bringing Sustainability to the Ground Level

    Competing Demands in the Yellowstone River Valley

    With the Yellowstone River Valley of Montana as its setting, this book introduces readers to sustainability issues, theory, and science.Sustainability offers a vision for business and society that benefits Earth. Yet sustainability is often taught in abstract and disconnected ways.This book addresses business profitability, physical environment processes, wildlife, public policies, and American ... Read more

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  • A Story of Six Rivers

    History, Culture and Ecology

    by Peter Coates ...
    Many of the world’s major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation and power, rivers sustain life and connect places and countries, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to somewhere else. Relating the biographies of four European and two North American rivers, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of ... Read more

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  • The Hydrocene

    Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water

    This book challenges conventional notions of the Anthropocene and champions the Hydrocene: the Age of Water. It presents the Hydrocene as a disruptive, conceptual epoch and curatorial theory, emphasising water's pivotal role in the climate crisis and contemporary art.The Hydrocene is a wet ontological shift in eco-aesthetics which redefines our approach to water, transcending anthropocentric, neo ... Read more

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  • Thelon

    A River Sanctuary

    David Pelly tells the Thelon's story, exploring the mystery of Man's relationship with this special place in the heart of Canada's vast Arctic barrenlands. From Thanadelthur and Telaruk to J.W. Tyrrell, John Hornby and Eric Morse, the history is detailed, complete and exciting. The Thelon is the setting for a compelling Canadian adventure tale -- with all its drama, intrigue, joy and tragedy. But ... Read more

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  • Following the Bend

    How to Read a River and Understand Its Nature

    by Ellen Wohl ...
    An engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river scienceWhen we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing? Following the Bend takes readers on a majestic journey by water to find answers, along the way shedding light on the key concepts of modern river science, from hydrology and water chemistry to stream and wetland ecology.In this ... Read more

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  • Through Siberia (1914)

    "An enthralling story." Saturday Review, 1914."One of the most valuable and interesting books of travel that has been written on Siberia." Bulletin, 1915"The name of the author is a guarantee that the book is worth reading." American Geographical Society, 1915"His power as a graphic writer and unusually equipped observer finds full expression in his remarkably interesting book." The Bookseller, ... Read more

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  • ¿Están vivos los ríos?

    Cómo las aguas moldean el mundo, influyen en nuestro pensamiento y forjan nuestro futuro

    Cómo las aguas moldean el mundo, influyen en nuestro pensamiento y forjan nuestro futuro.Nº 1 instantáneo en la lista de los más vendidos del Sunday Times.Incluido en la lista de los más vendidos del New York Times.... ... Read more

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  • Ríos, estuarios y deltas del mundo y sus ecosistemas

    Un atlas desde el Amazonas y el Mekong hasta el Ebro y el Misisipi

    Desde el Amazonas y el Mekong hasta el Ebro y el Misisipi, los ríos de la Tierra esculpen paisajes antes de desembocar en los mares del mundo a través de deltas y estuarios.Su inexorable flujo transporta sedimentos y es el sustento de toda suerte de ecosistemas y comunidades. Más que ningún otro elemento de la superficie terrestre, los ríos, estuarios y deltas son de vital importancia para nuestro ... Read more

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  • Rivers, Ponds and Lakes

    by Nick Baker ...
    Series series Habitat Explorer
    A practical guide for kids aged 7-11, by popular Really Wild Show presenter Nick Baker, full of exciting things to see and do pretty much everywhere.The habitat explorers are a series of four books containing numerous step-by-step projects to lead the curious young naturalist off down a path of exploration. These guides are not simply a tick list of things you can see (though they teach all those ... Read more

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  • Seek Higher Ground

    The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis

    by Tim Palmer ...
    Pairing in-depth journalism with historical perspectives, this book makes a compelling case for a natural solution to the growing problem of flooding.With Seek Higher Ground, environmental writer and former land-use planner Tim Palmer explores the legacy of flooding in America, taking a fresh look at the emerging climatic, economic, and ecological realities of our rivers and communities. Global ... Read more

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  • Comprehensive Module on Aquatic Ecosystem Services

    Principles, Comparisons, and Fisheries Management Applications

    This comprehensive module study of aquatic ecology forms the foundational scientific basis for the management, conservation, and sustainable utilization of global water resources. Within the context of professional fisheries science, and specifically aligned with the syllabus for the Fisheries Professional Licensure Examination, mastering the dynamics of aquatic ecosystems is non-negotiable. This ... Read more

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  • River of Love

    by 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? ... Read more

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  • How to Draw a River: From the Source to the Sea

    A Step-by-Step Course for the Nature Artist

    by Alex Boon ...
    A Step-by-Step course for the Nature ArtistThis compact guide to landscape drawing will show you how to capture the elements and detail of Rivers and create great artwork: from the Source to the Sea.structured in a step-by-step course formateach section builds confidenceunderstand the importance of detailed analysisbuild the quality of your artistic outputThroughout the seasons - and in all ... Read more

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  • 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 ... Read more

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  • Southern Rivers

    Restoring America's Freshwater Biodiversity

    Explores the Southeast’s imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinctionSouthern Rivers, by award-winning nature writer and biologist R. Scot Duncan, is a thoroughly crafted exploration of the perilous state of the Southeast’s rivers and the urgent need to safeguard their vitality. The region’s rivers are the epicenter of North ... Read more

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  • 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 ... Read more

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  • Crack for Trout Bums

    Crack for Trout Bums is a brief journey through the amazing world of trout and those who fish for them. It is a little bit science, but mostly it's a book of intriguing stories of these amazing creatures and the beautiful places where they live. Learn about the long lost Yellowfin Cutthroats of Colorado, how trout cross the Continental Divide without sprouting legs, and more. This is not a guide ... Read more

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  • 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’ ... Read more

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  • They're in the River (Picador Shorts)

    by John McPhee ...
    Series series Picador Shorts
    **A master chronicler of American life introduces us to the iconic and most curious American shad.A pithy, humorous, and illuminating standalone extract from John McPhee’s twenty-sixth book, The Founding Fish.**McPhee, himself a shad fisherman, recounts the fascinating life and ways of this great American wayfarer, most famous for its Odyssean journey as it leaves the ocean in crowds of millions, ... Read more

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