In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the role of the professional in working with community groups methods of dealing w...

An enlightening compendium of the best times of day, week, month, and life to do a variety of things—from the serious (money, marriage) to the mundane (taking a nap, walking your dog)—to save time and money in tough economic times.Have you ever wanted to know the best day of the week to buy groceries or go out to dinner?Have you ever wondered about the best time of day to ask someone out on a date—or for a raise?A handy collection of helpful life ha...

National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature**From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod—the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish.Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish—and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets—salmon, trout, and char; and for some, bass, tarpon, tuna, bonefish, and e...

The definitive biography of James Taylor, exploring his life, music, and cultural impact.In 1970, James Taylor emerged with a comforting yet biting new sound, quickly becoming a reluctant leader in pop music. Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines delves into Taylor's remarkable journey, from his early struggles to his enduring success. It explores his relationships, battles with addiction, and his influence on the singer-songwriter era.Based on fresh in...

This book is about the art, science, history, politics, religion, romance, business, and adventure of, and surrounding the sport of fly fishing, which directly mirrors and affects conservation and environmental movements in much of the world today. Woven through all of the history is Mark Bachmann’s narrative created from his personal experiences, behavior, and choices. His intent is to approach man’s dominion vs the natural world honestly and provocatively with a broad based science persp...

A complete guide to the WWI uniforms and equipment of RFC pilots and airmen—fully illustrated with color photos.When the First World War began in 1914, the newly formed Royal Flying Corps was put to the ultimate test. As the Great War raged, the developments in military aviation were profound, not only in terms of aerial warfare, but also—as this book reveals—in the uniforms and equipment the aircrew used.All the objects that a Royal Flying Corps pilot or a...

“…this one is best read in order, front to back. On subsequent rounds on the hunt for specific topics you will be ably guided by endnotes and a superbly well subdivided index that slices and dices the contents any which way, including, for instance, separate listings by aircraft registration number or engine type.” -SpeedReaders.infoAt the age of twelve, on hearing that Sir Ross Smith had broken the England-Australia aero record in a Vickers Vimy, Roly Alderson dec...

**Named a Must-Read Book by W Magazine, Time, and more“Everybody’s Fly could comfortably sit alongside books by Richard Price, Lucy Sante, Tom Wolfe, or Ed McBain, chronicling New York from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s with both vivid, journalistic descriptions and the outsized flair from a person who was at the center of it all.”—Rolling Stone“An exuberant recounting of how a culturally omnivorous kid from Brooklyn willed hims...

Interviste a tutti i membri della band, quasi un centinaio di contributi di amici del gruppo, roadie, produttori, designer, ex coinquilini e compagni di università – alcuni dei quali non avevano mai parlato prima: “Pigs Might Fly” ripercorre la storia dei Pink Floyd dalle prime serate psichedeliche all’UFO di metà anni Sessanta fino allo zenit rock degli anni Settanta e allo scisma degli anni Ottanta e Novanta. Passando per rivelazioni inedite sul caotico ménage di Syd Barrett ai tempi di ...

“A father shares the joys of fly-fishing with his daughters in this eloquent memoir…[Mark] Hume vividly conveys the sensory details of their adventures and the stunning surroundings…A heartfelt, beautifully written celebration of the wonders of nature and comfort of family.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Fishing was Mark Hume’s passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a childhood marked by his family’s frequent moves. When he became a father, ...

Interest in Pink Floyd remains as intense as ever even 40 years after the release of Dark Side of the Moon, with lavish box-sets collecting demos and out-takes, and Roger Waters’ world tours of The Wall playing to packed stadiums.Now, Mark Blake’s superbly comprehensive and engrossing history of the group, rightly acclaimed as the definitive book on the band, has been fully revised and extended with new interviews to bring the story up to date with the recent appearances of David Gi...

FIRST THEY FEASTED ON FARM ANIMALS. THEN THEY FOUND HUMANS...A little girl was dead, attacked and mutilated by some things, creatures of nightmare that were spreading outward like the Black Death, stripping the entire town bare of life. The death toll mounted, with bodies maimed or ripped to shreds, and thousands cowered in the shadows, hiding fearfully from the death out of the skies, the millions of sucking probosci eagerly reaching out for the attack. And terror...