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Clergue Lucien.
Poesie der Photographie. mit einem Vorwort von Jean Cocteau und einer Einführung von Jean Marie Magnan. Übersetzt von E. M. Landau.
Köln M. DuMont Schauberg 1960. . Themen dieses Fotobandes sind u.a.: Kinder als Harlekine und Tänzerinnen Ruinen und ausgetrocknete Landschaften Lumpensammler Schaufensterpuppen im Müll Tierkadaver am Strand der weibliche Körper Steine und Schatten und der Sumpf. - Der farbige Einband und der illustrierte Titel unter Verwendung von Zeichnungen von Pablo Picasso mit dem Lucien Clergue eng befreundet war. Clergue ist einer der Fotografen die sich in Frankreich für die Anerkennung der Fotografie als Kunstform einsetzten. - Rücken und Deckelkanten etwss gebräunt. Gutes Exemplar Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, (1960). unknown
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HYDE DAYTON O
Sandy: The Sandhill Crane Who Joined Our Family
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. On a wilderness ranch in southern Oregon nearly a century ago Dayton Hyde dove into a rushing river to rescue the threatened nest of a sandhill crane. The egg saved from the nest hatched into a bird and also into an amazing story. "Sandy" the crane grew up in Hyde's household as a member of the family and had to be taught she was really a bird. Hyde served as parent companion dietitian even flight instructor to Sandy and eventually watched over her mate and fledglings as well. Over the years he had to learn a lot about sandhills. In return the cranes taught him quite a bit about what it is to be wild. More than an animal story Sandy is the true account of an individual who dedicated himself to saving an endangered species. Hyde shares his totally charming often hilarious stories of Sandy and the other wild pets showing us how one man's heroic act to save an unhatched egg blossomed into a lifetime of conservation activities. First published over 30 years ago Sandy contains a message more urgent today as civilization sprawls without regard for wilderness. It shows what private landowners can do to help wildlife conservation � that ranches when run with an understanding of whole ecosystems can serve as miniature wildlife sanctuaries that address the concerns of ranchers and environmentalists alike. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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HOULE MARCY
The Prairie Keepers: Secrets Of The Zumwalt
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. In the remote northeast corner of Oregon lies the ruggedly beautiful Zumwalt Prairie one of the last native prairies in the United States. A wild expanse of untilled ground covering nearly two hundred square miles the Zumwalt is almost entirely managed by cattle ranchers. It also is home to one of the highest concentrations of hawks in North America. Marcy Houle a wildlife biologist and student first went to the Zumwalt in 1979 to discover what attracts and sustains the hawks there in such startling abundance. Houle explores the vast prairie on foot and horseback cataloging its hawks studying its complex ecosystem and meeting its people. Fueled by her youth her spirit her humor--and in part by her naivete--she bands birds outruns a bull and pulls together the factious community of ranchers townspeople and government employees. Her findings eloquently reported show that ranchers and wildlife not only can coexist but in some instances must coexist if we are to save the last of the native prairies. In a new epilogue Houle writes of the Zumwalt two decades later. Despite tremendous changes occurring in the American West she finds reason for hope in the Zumwalt--in the hawks and ranchers still there and also in new partnerships that encourage stewardship and sustainable cattle grazing. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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MCKINNEY SAM; CODY ROBIN INTRODUCTION
Reach Of Tide Ring Of History: A Columbia River Voyage
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. Aboard a small handmade boat Sam McKinney set out to rediscover the Columbia River of his youth. The story of his voyage offers an intimate history of the great river and of the people who have lived and worked along its shores. McKinney a seasoned explorer historian and riverman begins his voyage on the sea. Following the path of Robert Gray's ship Columbia Rediviva across the treacherous Columbia River bar he embarks on an upriver journey that leads beyond urban Portland to the barrier of Bonneville Dam. Along the way he visits the sites of old Indian villages the camps of the Lewis and Clark expedition the rotting piers of early river communities and the islands of the lower river. Walking out along the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia McKinney recounts how this infamous bar was formed and how it was tamed by turn-of-the-century marine engineering. He sloshes through Astoria's rainy streets recalling its origins as the first American outpost on the Pacific Slope and its lusty past as a working waterfront. His voyage takes him to ghost towns and abandoned villages � Chinookville Frankfort Knappton. He describes the development of the river's fishing industry and the harsh conditions faced by fishers during the industry's peak years. He remembers his own boyhood working on the river as a gillnet fisherman and as a deckhand aboard one of the last sternwheelers. Combining the river's storied history rich personal memories and observations gleaned from the deck of the 16-foot Gander McKinney gives us a sensitive portrait of the Columbia river a book that reflects the rhythms of tides that the author knows so well. "Two weeks on the river and I was only fifty miles upstream" writes McKinney grounded on a hidden sandbar. "My wake had it been recorded would have revealed a slow wandering track of curiosity � islands explored old townsites discoverd and unnamed channels followed. Oregon State University Press paperback
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Schuh Gotthard.
Begegnungen. Vorwort von Elisabeth Brock-Sulzer.
Zürich Büchergilde Gutenberg 1956. . Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien des Schweizer Fotografen Gotthard Schuh 1897-1969 aus den Jahren 1932-1956. - Umschlag berieben. Gutes Exemplar Zürich, Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1956. unknown
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ELLIS RICHARD
The Great Sperm Whale: A Natural History Of The Ocean's Most Magnificent And Mysterious Creature
University Press of Kansas Lawrence: . Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Over the past several decades Richard Ellis has produced a remarkable body of work that has been called "magnificent" Washington Post Book World "masterful" Scientific American "magical" Men's Journal and a "dazzling tour de force" Christian Science Monitor. Ellis's new book�a fascinating tour through the world of the sperm whale�will surely inspire more such praise for the author heralded by Publishers Weekly as "America's foremost writer on marine research." Written with Ellis's deep knowledge and trademark passion verve and wit�and illustrated with a wide array of images including his own signature artwork�his study covers the full spectrum of the sperm whale's existence from its prehistoric past to its current endangered existence. Ellis as no one else can illuminates the iconic impact of Physeter macrocephalus "big-headed blower" on our history environment and culture with a substantial nod to Herman Melville and Moby-Dick the great novel that put the sperm whale and whaling on the literary map. Ranging far and wide Ellis covers the sperm whale's evolution ecology biology anatomy behavior social organization intelligence communications migrations diet and breeding. He also devotes considerable space to the whale's hunting prowess including its clashes with the giant squid and to the history of the whaling industry that decimated its numbers during the last two centuries. He even includes a story about a beached juvenile he helped rescue an event that provided scientists with one of their first opportunities to observe a sperm whale in the water and up close. Offering a rich tapestry for anyone with an interest in the marvels of ocean life Ellis's book provides an indispensable guide to the life and times of one of the planet's most intelligent elusive and endangered species. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence: hardcover
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LI JUDITH L; BIETER JOHN; GARZA DOLLY; GONZALES BERRY ERLINDA; HACKEL STEVEN W; HATCH DAVID; KINGSTON DEANNA; LEMONDS JI
To Harvest To Hunt: Stories Of Resource Use In The American West
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. Reveals how diverse peoples have valued and used natural resources throughout the history of the American West. Drawing on family letters oral traditions and personal experience the book's contributors offer readers new perspectives on the land they live on the harvests they consume and the natural resources they manage. Editor Judy Li weaves a tapestry of cultures and voices from Pueblo tribes in the Southwest and Chinese fishermen in California to Mexican braceros in Oregon and Basques sheepherders in Idaho as she details the region's historical dependence on the land and sea. Otter walrus abalone grasslands timber and water are some of the vital resources discussed by writers anthropologist historians and biologists in stories that tell how cultures struggle to adapt in changing enironments. Spanning the last 200 years To Harvest To Hunt represents native Americans Native Alaskans and Mexican European and Asian immigrants as varied ain their perspectives as the landscapes the book describes. Readers will come to appreciate the region's one-abundant resources and this book an illuminating overview of the dynamic between people and the land. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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WATERSTON ELLEN
Where The Crooked River Rises: A High Desert Home
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. There is an otherness to the high desert something momentous and sacred in the purity of the silence. In this compelling collection of personal essays award-winning poet and author Ellen Waterston illuminates the people places and landscape of Central Oregon's vast high desert. In Where the Crooked River Rises Waterston reveals the blessings and challenges of decades spent as a rancher and town resident in a place that "has been and remains" her touchstone and crucible. The high desert is Waterston's teacher and she describes its lessons with grace and care inviting readers to look at their own lives through a lens of wide-open spaces sagebrush and juniper pumice and rabbit brush. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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PYLE ROBERT MICHAEL
The Thunder Tree: Lessons From An Urban Wildland
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. An engrossing memoir and eloquent portrait of place The Thunder Tree shows how powerful the relationship between people and the natural world can be. "When people connect with nature it happens somewhere" Pyle writes. "My own point of intimate contact with the land was a ditch� Without a doubt most of the elements of my life flowed from that canal." The High Line Canal originally built outside of Denver Colorado as part of a plan to move river water to the Western plains for irrigation became the author's place of sanctuary and play and his birthplace as a naturalist. This reprint of the classic book updated with a new foreword by Richard Louv and a preface to this edition makes one of Pyle's important early works once again available. For a new generation of readers it offers a powerful argument for preserving opportunities for exploring nature. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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DURBIN KATHIE
Tongass: Pulp Politics And The Fight For The Alaska Rain Forest
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. The fate of the Tongass National Forest is one of today's most closely watched environmental issues. Praised by Publishers Weekly as a "blow-by-blow account of a messy controversy and an impressive example of thorough journalism" Kathie Durbin's acclaimed volume is now available in an expanded edition that updates the story of this remote wild beautiful land. After World War II the U.S. government lured two pulp companies to Southeast Alaska by promising them low-cost timber from the Tongass National Forest the planet's largest coastal temperate rain forest. The mills brought jobs and growth to a sparsely settled region. They also wreaked ecological havoc and created a timber industry that broke labor unions drove competitors out of business and controlled politicians and the U.S. Forest Service. It took a national campaign led by grassroots environmentalists to bring sanity and sustainability to management of the Tongass. In her insightful account of Alaska's era of pulp Durbin draws on the voices of the people most affected: independent loggers who fought back when the pulp companies conspired to drive them out of business; courageous biologists who warned that logging was destroying critical fish and wildlife habitat; Tlingit Indians who saw their traditional hunting grounds vanish; young activists and lawyers who found their lives transformed by the battle for the Alaska rain forest. In this new edition Durbin updates the story of the Tongass with a new chapter describing political and economic developments since 1999. Among the changes: a dramatic growth in cruise ship tourism a new governor's plan for a system of roads and bridges to link remote Southeast Alaska communities and a renewed push by the Forest Service under a timber-friendly administration in Washington D.C. to open vast roadless areas to logging. Yet the fight for the Alaska rain forest is becoming a broader movement as appreciation for the true value of the region's wilderness grows. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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TOEDTEMEIER TERRY; LAURSEN JOHN
Wild Beauty: Photographs Of The Columbia River Gorge 1867-1957
Oregon State University Press. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Winner of a 2009 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award Selected by the Oregon Arts Commission to receive the American Masterpieces Initiative grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts Oregon's official book in the Pavilion of the States at the National Book Festival in Washington D.C. in September 2008 Publication coincides with opening of major new exhibition of the photographs at the Portland Art Museum in October 2008. The inaugural volume in the Northwest Photography Series Wild Beauty chronicles the rich photographic history of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge. This exquisitely produced large-format book features more than 130 images�most of them previously unpublished and many never before available for public view�by some three dozen photographers including Carleton Watkins Benjamin Gifford Lily White Sarah Ladd Fred Kizer Alfred Monner and Ray Atkeson. Wild Beauty represents in the words of one reviewer "a culmination of decades of research exhibition and total immersion in the geology history and photography of the Columbia River Gorge." The Columbia River Gorge exerts a powerful influence on the lives and imaginations of the inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest. For people who live here today just as for those Native Americans and European settlers who preceded us this dramatic natural landform is a source of awe. Since the 1860s it has inspired superb photographers who have framed and interpreted the way we see the Gorge and who have in turn had their artistic vision shaped by this compelling landscape. The ninety-year period covered in Wild Beauty was a critical period in the river's history. Over thousands of years the wild free-flowing torrent of the Columbia River carved a passage - the Columbia River Gorge - through the Cascade Mountain Range. In the 1860s when the first photographers arrived the Gorge still looked much the same as it had when Lewis and Clark made their way down the river in 1805 and indeed as it had for centuries before that when the native peoples' culture of fishing and trade thrived along the river's banks. In the mid twentieth century the character of the river was fundamentally altered by the construction of hydroelectric dams. Wild Beauty begins in 1867 with images by the legendary Carleton Watkins creator of some of the greatest landscape photographs of the nineteenth century. The volume ends in 1957 with the completion of The Dalles Dam which drowned Celilo Falls and with it the historic site where Indians had fished for millennia. The images in this beautifully designed volume are presented one to a spread with captions on the facing pages. The book is organized into five chronological sections each with a brief introduction; a map shows the locations where the photographs were made. The photographs have been meticulously restored and are exquisitely reproduced in four-color process to capture the subtle coloration and nuanced tonal values of albumen prints gelatin silver prints platinum prints hand-colored photographs and early Kodachromes. The photography of Watkins and his successors is a significant piece of the cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. Readers interested in the history of the Columbia River and the photography of the developing American West will be enthralled by the book's scope and artistry. And those who love the Gorge's stunning beauty will welcome how this volume has captured its grandeur. Wild Beauty is the inaugural volume in a new series initiated by the Northwest Photography Archive. For 150 years photographers have chronicled the landscape people and events of the Pacific Northwest. The Archive's mission is to gather the finest and most significant of these images from both private and public collections and publish them in book form to make them widely available. All volumes in the series will be printed and bound in Oregon. Oregon State University Press hardcover
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MCCUNE BRUCE; GEISER LINDA; SHARNOFF STEPHEN PHOTOS; SHARNOFF SYLVIA DURAN PHOTOS; MIKULIN ALEXANDER ILLUSTRATIONS
Macrolichens Of The Pacific Northwest
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. A key component in healthy ecosystems lichens can be found in almost any natural habitat in the Pacific Northwest. This comprehensive guide to the region's macrolichens is intended for use by beginners as well as specialists: weekend naturalists will be able to identify specimens and recognize the great diversity of lichens while lichenologists and mycologists will gain greater knowledge of the distribution and abundance of various species. This revised and expanded edition of Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest includes 116 new species and 176 additional illustrations and incorporates an understanding of macrolichens that has advanced tremendously in the past decade. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest includes keys to 113 genera and 586 species of Oregon and Washington macrolichens�all the macrolichens known or expected to occur in the two states. The keys also provide reasonable coverage for lichens of Idaho and Montana inland to the Continental Divide. Color photographs and detailed descriptions are provided for 246 species emphasizing lichens prevalent in forested ecosystems. The illustrated glossary and introductory material cover the terminology needed to identify macrolichens and provide information on collection and handling. The biology ecology and air-quality sensitivity of lichens are discussed; regional air-quality sensitivities are provided for 184 species. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest will prove invaluable to anyone seeking to identify lichens or to better understand these organisms and their vital role in the natural world. Oregon State University Press paperback
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MASER CHRIS
Mammals Of The Pacific Northwest: From The Coast To The High Cascades
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. This remarkable book offers an intimate look at the life histories and habitats of mammals in the Pacific Northwest from the coast to the high Cascades. In introducing the region's mammals Chris Maser combines current scientific knowledge with personal accounts and anecdotes drawn from over a quarter century of fieldwork in Oregon. The book covers the natural history of 89 mammals in Oregon 70 in Washington 67 in British Columbia and 83 in Northern California. For each species of mammal the book provides a physical description and detailed information on distribution habitat and behavior. A keen observer of animal life Maser relates his own encounters in the wild-from a rare firsthand description of how shrews hunt and kill their prey to a tour of a mountain beaver's burrow-to help readers better understand the animals he has come to know. Maser delves into the secrets of how mammals live and explores the dynamic relationships between the mammals of the Pacific Northwest and their habitats. Intended for general readers and students Mammals of the Pacific Northwest provides a fascinating natural history of the region's wildlife. The book is illustrated with over 100 photographs of mammals and their tracks dens nests and young. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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DOUGLAS WILLIAM O; O'FALLON JAMES M EDITOR
Nature's Justice: Writings Of William O. Douglas
Oregon State University Press. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. As the longest serving Justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court William O. Douglas was known for writing a host of dissenting opinions. He was also a prolific writer off the bench a man whose work was as much concerned with nature as with law. This collection brings together writings that represent the wide range of Douglas's interests. It includes selections from his autobiographical and political books and opinions from landmark cases�all reflecting not only his love of justice but also his roots in the Northwest and his lifelong commitment to the environment. Several selections from Douglas's first book Of Men and Mountains portray his abiding love of the outdoors�particularly the Northern Cascades�and the rugged people who live there. These personal writings warmly recall events of his youth and celebrate the power of the mountains to renew the human spirit. Other selections evoke Douglas's professional activities: as a New Deal insider and Supreme Court Justice a champion of civil liberties and the rights of minorities a strong internationalist and an unflagging supporter of environmental issues. These latter writings include passages from My Wilderness and his dissenting opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton arguing that trees have legal standing to bring lawsuits. These writings demonstrate that Douglas never shied from controversy�whether over interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment or the choice between flies and bait for trout fishing�and offer inspiration for both environmentalists and all who yearn for a more just society. Whether extolling the joys of the wild or defending the rights of citizens Douglas shows in this work that he truly was Nature's Justice�and one of a kind. Of related interest: The Environmental Justice: William O. Douglas and American Conservation ISBN: 0870714821. Oregon State University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 78154X1 ISBN : 0870714821 9780870714825
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DOUGLAS WILLIAM O; O'FALLON JAMES M EDITOR
Nature's Justice: Writings Of William O. Douglas
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. As the longest serving Justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court William O. Douglas was known for writing a host of dissenting opinions. He was also a prolific writer off the bench a man whose work was as much concerned with nature as with law. This collection brings together writings that represent the wide range of Douglas's interests. It includes selections from his autobiographical and political books and opinions from landmark cases�all reflecting not only his love of justice but also his roots in the Northwest and his lifelong commitment to the environment. Several selections from Douglas's first book Of Men and Mountains portray his abiding love of the outdoors�particularly the Northern Cascades�and the rugged people who live there. These personal writings warmly recall events of his youth and celebrate the power of the mountains to renew the human spirit. Other selections evoke Douglas's professional activities: as a New Deal insider and Supreme Court Justice a champion of civil liberties and the rights of minorities a strong internationalist and an unflagging supporter of environmental issues. These latter writings include passages from My Wilderness and his dissenting opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton arguing that trees have legal standing to bring lawsuits. These writings demonstrate that Douglas never shied from controversy�whether over interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment or the choice between flies and bait for trout fishing�and offer inspiration for both environmentalists and all who yearn for a more just society. Whether extolling the joys of the wild or defending the rights of citizens Douglas shows in this work that he truly was Nature's Justice�and one of a kind. Of related interest: The Environmental Justice: William O. Douglas and American Conservation ISBN: 0870715690. Oregon State University Press paperback
Référence libraire : 78153X1 ISBN : 0870715690 9780870715693
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BRAASCH GARY; CALDERAZZO JOHN; COLASURDO CHRISTINE; CRISAFULLI CHARLIE; DANIEL JOHN; FRANKLIN JERRY; GOODRICH CHARLES; KI
In The Blast Zone: Catastrophe And Renewal On Mount St. Helens
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. As it erupted in 1980 Mount St. Helens captured the attention of the region nation and world and it continues to fascinate us today: a constant reminder that we live in volcano country. In lucid prose and poetry by some of America's leading writers and scientists In the Blast Zone explores this story of destruction and renewal in all its human geological and ecological dimensions. Most popular accounts of the momentous eruption have focused on the devastation it caused. More recent scientific work on Mount St. Helens tells a story of unexpectedly rapid and varied ecological and geological change. In the Blast Zone is the first book to present a cross-pollination of literary and scientific perspectives on the mountain's history of cataclysm and renewal. Most of the contributors to this volume camped together on Mount St. Helens for four days hiking observing and sharing ideas. They asked the question: What can this radically altered landscape tell us about nature and how to live our lives In the Blast Zone collects some of their answers. While introducing ecological and geological insights it also tells compelling stories about how science and literature inform our lives and our relationship to nature. These writings will startle readers with new recognition of the matchless gifts of Mount St. Helens: the gifts of beauty of illumination of hope. Oregon State University Press paperback
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SULLIVAN WILLIAM L
Listening For Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. The spirit of the wilderness is an elusive quarry. William Sullivan's quest for it took him on a 1361-mile solo backpacking trek across his native Oregon. His remarkable route traversed 4 mountain ranges and 18 designated Wilderness Areas. It led through fogbound rain forests windswept glacial cirques and sunbaked desert canyons � from Oregon's western shore at Cape Blanco to the state's easternmost point at the bottom of Hells Canyon. Listening for Coyote is Sullivan's classic account of his 2-month journey. Along the way he encountered blizzards poisonous mushrooms and marauding bears but Sullivan's book is more than just an outdoor adventure story. He spices his journal with the observations of a talented naturalist notes on history and geology demonstrations of survival skills and encounters with some unforgettable people. These last include a political scientist who leaves his classrooms to protect Bald Mountain from the Forest Service a braided and ear ringed forest ranger who takes up chewing tobacco as a political move a camouflaged elk hunter who uses only a bow and hopes to be reincarnated as a stag elk and an ancient widow who farms alone from a remote and rickety miner's cabin. What all of these people share and what the whole book illustrates is a deep connection to the wilderness itself that place we must preserve where humans still do not control things. Written in a soft-spoken but powerful style Sullivan's book illustrates with living examples just why we are right to work to save such places. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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photography by David William Peterson
Yellowstone: Like No Other Place on Earth
Farcountry Press 2003-06-01. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Farcountry Press paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX1560372079 ISBN : 1560372079 9781560372073
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photography by David M Morris photography by Fred Pflughoft photography by Bob Woodward
Central Oregon Impressions Impressions Farcountry Press
Farcountry Press 2007-10-01. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Farcountry Press paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX1560374764 ISBN : 1560374764 9781560374763
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photography by Laurence Parent
New Mexico Impressions
Farcountry Press 2004-05-30. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Farcountry Press paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX1560373121 ISBN : 1560373121 9781560373124
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photography by Laurence Parent
Santa Fe Impressions Impressions Farcountry Press
Farcountry Press 2007-07-01. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Farcountry Press paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX1560374519 ISBN : 1560374519 9781560374510
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JAMES DAVID G; NUNNALLEE DAVID
Life Histories Of Cascadia Butterflies
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. David G. James and David Nunnallee present the life histories of the entire butterfly fauna of a North American geographic region in exceptional and riveting detail for the first time in Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies. Virtually all of the 158 butterfly species occurring in southern British Columbia Washington northern Idaho and northern Oregon are included in the book. Color photographs of each stage of life�egg every larval instar pupa adult�accompany information on the biology ecology and rearing of each species. Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies will appeal to naturalists hikers amateur entomologists butterfly gardeners conservationists students and general readers of natural history. For scientists and dedicated lepidopterists the book provides an unparalleled resource on the natural history of immature stages of butterflies in the Pacific Northwest�and beyond as many of Cascadia's butterflies occur in other parts of North America as well as Europe and Asia. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
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STRYCKER NOAH
Among Penguins: A Bird Man In Antarctica
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. The year he graduated from college 22-year-old Noah Strycker was dropped by helicopter in a remote Antarctic field camp with two bird scientists and a three months' supply of frozen food. His subjects: more than a quarter million penguins. Compact industrious and approachable the Adlie Penguins who call Antarctica home visit their breeding grounds each Antarctic summer to nest and rear their young before returning to sea. Because of long-term studies scientists may know more about how these penguins will adjust to climate change than about any other creature in the world. Bird scientists like Noah are less well known. Like the intrepid early explorers of Antarctica modern scientists drawn to the frozen continent face an utterly inhospitable landscape one that inspires isolates and punishes. With wit curiosity and a deep knowledge of his subject Strycker recounts the reality of life at the end of the Earth�thousand-year-old penguin mummies hurricane-force blizzards and day-to-day existence in below freezing temperatures�and delves deep into a world of science obsession and birds. Among Penguins weaves a captivating tale of penguins and their researchers on the coldest driest highest and windiest continent on Earth. Birders lovers of the Antarctic and fans of first-person adventure narratives will be fascinated by Strycker's book. Oregon State University Press paperback
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WAGENKNECHT LOUISE
Light On The Devils: Coming Of Age On The Klamath
Oregon State University Press Corvallis: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. When Louise Wagenknecht's family arrived in the remote logging town of Happy Camp in 1962 a boundless optimism reigned. Whites and Indians worked together in the woods and the lumber mills of northern California's Klamath country. Logging and lumber mills it seemed would hold communities together forever. But that booming prosperity would come to an end. Looking back on her teenage years spent along the Klamath River Louise Wagenknecht recounts a vanishing way of life. She explores the dynamics of family relationships and the contradictions of being female in a western logging town in the 1960s. And she paints an evocative portrait of the landscape and her relationship with it. Light on the Devils is a captivating memoir of place. It will appeal to general readers interested in the rural West personal memoir history and natural history. Louise Wagenknecht worked for the Forest Service for more than thirty years. She is the author of White Poplar Black Locust. Her writing has appeared in American Nature Writing The River Reader Ring of Fire: Writers of the Yellowstone Region and High Country News. She lives in Idaho. "I haven't read anything quite like this book. The narrator is a naturalist raised among loggers and millworkers. Her social milieu is Forest Service and she takes an unflinching view backward at the complicity of well-meaning government in the excesses of industrial forestry. This is not just another environmental scream. It's intelligent and balanced. It's unique."�Robin Cody author of Ricochet River and Voyage of a Summer Sun "Together with a beautifully narrated personal story Light on the Devils brings us a unique and invaluable record of the US Forest Service during a time of painful transition in the Pacific Northwest."�Mary Clearman Blew author of This Is Not the Ivy League Oregon State University Press, Corvallis: 2011 paperback
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LI JUDITH L; BARBOUR MICHAEL T; BOONSOONG BOONSATIEN ILLUSTRATIONS
Wading For Bugs: Exploring Streams With The Experts
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. In Wading for Bugs nearly two dozen aquatic biologists share their memorable encounters with stream insects. The contributors based primarily in North America work in diverse environments - from arctic to desert from mountain streams to river valleys. They represent a wide range of expertise as authors of standard field texts leaders in biomonitoring and assessment programs directors of major laboratories and specialists in aquatic ecology and taxonomy. The writings in Wading for Bugs allow readers to experience - through the eyes of the scientists - what it's like to study stream insects and to make discoveries that could help develop biological indicators for stream health. General summaries introduce each insect order. Elegant insect drawings accompany each story along with morphological life history and habitat information for each species or family. Wading for Bugs will appeal to general readers as well as students naturalists and outdoor enthusiasts curious about streams and the insects that live in them. Oregon State University Press paperback
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HOUCK MICHAEL C; CODY M J
Wild In The City: Exploring The Intertwine: The Portland-vancouver Region's Network Of Parks Trails And Natural Areas
Oregon State University Press Corvallis. Softcover. Brand new book. The new edition is a book that anyone interested in the outdoors should have on the bookshelf and in their day pack. It provides a road map to plan virtually any type or length of trip from a morning walk for exercise to an all-day excursion." �Gail Achterman The Oregonian The second edition of the highly acclaimed Wild in the City brings more than one hundred of the best parks trails and natural areas to your fingertips. This comprehensive "must-have" reference will be the go-to field guide for hikers cyclists paddlers bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. This revised and updated edition contains new maps organized according to watershed and includes twenty-eight unique "rambles" that explore multiple sites for recreation wildlife viewing or simply contemplating the joys of nature. New natural history essays by Ursula K. Le Guin Kim Stafford Robin Cody Judy BlueHorse Skelton Robert Michael Pyle Jonathan Nicholas and Richard Louv author of Last Child in the Woods offer fresh perspectives on the little pockets and expansive corridors of Portland's wild environs. The book also examines the innovative strategies that cities agencies and nonprofits are using to create an ecologically sustainable metropolitan region. This invaluable resource will be an essential guide for educators and parents who want to explore the region's natural wonders with their students and children. Included are tips on living with wildlife as well as a new section that provides essential information on how urban living and green spaces intersect. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis paperback
Référence libraire : 78064X1
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BENDER BERT
Catching The Ebb: Drift-fishing For A Life In Cook Inlet
Oregon State University Press. Softcover. Brand new book. Bert Bender started fishing Alaska's Cook Inlet in 1963 with a 30-foot sailboat converted to gas power and with no equipment for pulling in a net. Catching the Ebb recounts his thirty summers of gill-netting for salmon and describes his parallel career as a professor of American literature. Drawing on his academic specialties�American sea literature and the influence of evolutionary biology and ecology in American writing�Bender celebrates the fishing life and traces the fishery's path of change from shifts in the market and the demise of canneries to the effects of the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1989 to the rise of the farmed salmon industry. Catching the Ebb will appeal to readers interested in Alaska the sea and the fishing life. In addition to its stories of people boats and fish Bender's compelling memoir addresses the critical question: Can we restrain our heedless pollution of the sea and avoid depleting ocean resources Oregon State University Press paperback
Référence libraire : 78085X1
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Richard Meyer Int'l Center of Photography Los Ange The Museum of Contemporary Art Contributor
Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
Skira Rizzoli 2011-11-03. Hardcover. Used:Good. Skira Rizzoli hardcover
Référence libraire : DADAX0847837629 ISBN : 0847837629 9780847837625
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International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House
Faces and Fabrics/Feathers and Furs
Intl Museum Photography 1982-12-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Intl Museum Photography paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX0935398058 ISBN : 0935398058 9780935398052
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FINN CHARLES
Wild Delicate Seconds: 29 Wildlife Encounters
Oregon State University Press Corvalis. Softcover. Brand new book. In twenty-nine micro-essays that border on prose poems Charles Finn captures chance encounters with the everyday�and not so everyday�animals birds and insects of North America. There are no maulings or fantastic escapes in Finn's narratives�only stillness and attentiveness to beauty. With profundity humor grace and compassion Finn pays homage to the creatures that share our world�from black bears to bumble bees mountain lions to muskrats�and in doing so touches on what it means to be human. Wild Delicate Seconds will appeal to both trained and casual wildlife observers; to birders hikers conservationists ecologists and naturalists; and to readers of American nature writers such as Henry David Thoreau John Muir Barry Lopez Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver. Oregon State University Press, Corvalis paperback
Référence libraire : 77999X1
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MARTINEAU PAUL; BRUNE MICHAEL FOREWORD
Eliot Porter: In The Realm Of Nature
Getty Publications Los Angeles: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape Eliot Porter American 1901-1990 was a pioneer in the use of color photography. His work also became a powerful visual argument for environmental conservation. Trained as a medical doctor and possessing a scientist's gift for close observation Porter explored new ways of depicting nature building blinds in trees so he could study his avian subjects at closer vantage and producing landscape images that capture both pristine forest and ragged river canyons with equal force and brilliance. Initially encouraged by the groundbreaking photographers Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz Porter went on to produce a body of work all his own. His 1962 Sierra Club book In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World with its images grouped by season and accompanied by quotations from Henry David Thoreau transformed the concept of nature photography books. Ultimately Porter's photographs came to the attention of Congress and led to the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 the foundational law in wilderness management today. Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature contains 110 images from the collections of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser at the Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth Texas and of the J. Paul Getty Museum along with an essay by Paul Martineau that discusses Porter's life and the innovations he brought to the practice of photography. Paul Martineau is an associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum and author of Herb Ritts: L.A. Style Getty Publications 2012 and Paul Outerbridge: Command Performance Getty Publications 2009. Michael Brune is executive director of the Sierra Club. Getty Publications, Los Angeles: 2012 hardcover
Référence libraire : 78023X1
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Atget Eugene.
EUGENE ATGET.
Aperture Inc.: 1980. 95 pages illustrated with full page b&w images by Eugene Atget. "Atget's work was more comprehensive than anything previously attempted in European photography in fact Atget was the first photographer to undertake the description of a city in such detailed and extensive terms." FINE- HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued With A Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Aperture, Inc.: Hardcover
Référence libraire : 024052 ISBN : 0893810525 9780893810528
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ADAMSON JOY; HUXLEY SIR JULIAN INTRODUCTION
Living Free: The Story Of Elsa And Her Cubs
Harcourt Brace & World New York: 1961. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Good condition. Library discard. The absorbing story of how Elsa the world-famous lioness raised her three cubs in the African bush with the help of her devoted friends Joy and George Adamson. This stirring story of the cubs' first year of life reveals an unusually rewarding relationship between animals and humans that dissolves the barriers between the two worlds. ". . . full of keen unsentimental observation. It is a delight." - The New Yorker Harcourt, Brace & World, New York: 1961 hardcover
Référence libraire : 77873X1
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Fauntleroy Gussie
Shelter From the Storm
Santa Fe New Mexico: New Mexico Magazine 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 87 pages 9 1/4 X 7 1/2 inches oblong. Foreword by V.B. Price. Sheet labeled "Images" laid in -- provides name of image short description of image and date. This sheet is essential no other notation in volume. Sheet is 17 X 6 3/4 inches. Clear Mylar jacket. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. John Gaw Meem items page 56 Hollenback House page 60 Los Poblanos courtyard. New Mexico Magazine hardcover
Référence libraire : 4315 ISBN : 0937206849 9780937206843
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NORRIS DEBRA HESS & GUTIERREZ JENNIFER JAE
Issues In The Conservation Of Photographs
Getty Publications Los Angeles: 2010. Softcover. Brand new book. This volume is the first publication to chronicle the emergence and systematic development of photograph conservation as a profession. In seventy-two essential texts from the nineteenth century to the present day this anthology collects key writings that have influenced both the philosophical and the practical aspects of conserving photographs. The materials were carefully selected by the editors along with an advisory board of international experts and include some�particularly the lectures memos and letters�that have never been published. Many of the topics�safe environmental parameters silver image permanence and proper treatment methods�have been debated since the introduction of photography. By promoting an understanding of these issues this volume seeks to advance the education of rising conservation professionals inspire new scholarship and contribute to the field's ongoing evolution. Debra Hess Norris is vice provost for graduate and professional education chair of the Art Conservation Department and professor of photograph conservation at the University of Delaware. Jennifer Jae Gutierrez is assistant professor in the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware. Getty Publications, Los Angeles: 2010 paperback
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PASULKA ADAM EDITOR IN CHIEF
Frank 151 / Chapter 46
Stephen Malbon Atlanta: 1999. Softcover. Very good condition. A collection of articles dealing with popular culture. Stephen Malbon, Atlanta: 1999 paperback
Référence libraire : 77524X1
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Pam Max.
Indian Ocean journals. Edited by Patrick Remy.
Göttingen Steidl 2000. . Aufnahmen von Landschaften Tieren u. vor allem von Menschen in Indien Pakistan Australien u.a. - Max Pam geb. 1949 australischer Fotograf. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar (Göttingen), Steidl, (2000). unknown
Référence libraire : 66529
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ROBERTS SUZANNE
Almost Somewhere: Twenty-eight Days On The John Muir Trail
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. Day One and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993 Suzanne Roberts had just finished college and when her friend suggested they hike California's John Muir Trail the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir part nature writing part travelogue Almost Somewhere is Roberts's account of that hike. John Muir had written of the Sierra Nevada as a "vast range of light" and this was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But traveling with two girlfriends one experienced and unflappable and the other inexperienced and bulimic she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountry�confronting bears snowy passes broken equipment injuries and strange men�is as much about finding a woman's way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world she so eloquently describes. Candid and funny and finally wise Almost Somewhere is not just the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also the reflection of a distinctly feminine view of nature. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2012 paperback
Référence libraire : 77628X1
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Achermann Beda Hrsg..
Michel Comte. Twenty years 1979-1999. With prefaces by Geraldine Chaplin and Tina Brown and a text by Moritz von Uslar. Edited. and designed by Beda Achermann. Translated. from the German by Bram Opstelten.
New York te Neues Publ. Co. 1999. . "Michelcomte". - Englisch-sprachige Ausgabe. - Querschnitt durch das photographische Werk des Michel Comte geb.1954 des erfolgreichen Schweizer Mode- Porträt- Reportagen- u. Societyfotografen. - Filzstiftstrich am Kopfschnitt sonst gutes Exemplar New York, te Neues Publ. Co. (1999). unknown
Référence libraire : 66441
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HEIBERG MILTON
The Essentials Of Nature Photography
The Tern Book Company New York: 1997. Hardcover no dustjacket. Like New. Here is an introduction to Nature Photography. Within each chapter there is a decription of the equipment necessary for the task at hand. Includes an Index. ISBN: 1890309524. The Tern Book Company, New York: 1997 hardcover
Référence libraire : 77406X1 ISBN : 1890309524 9781890309527
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Ritts Herb.
Pictures.
München Schirmer-Mosel 1988. . Erste deutsche Ausgabe . - Mit zahlreichen Porträts berühmter Persönlichkeiten des amerikanischen Show-Business wie Madonna Jack Nicholson John Huston Patrick Swayze Richard Gere Helmut Newton u.v.a. mit männlichen sowie weiblichen Akten sowie Motofotografien. - Umschlag minimal gebrauchsspurig sonst gutes sauberes Exemplar (München, Schirmer-Mosel, 1988). unknown
Référence libraire : 66442
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Wroth William. edited by.
RUSSELL LEE'S FSA PHOTOGRAPHS. Of Chamisal And Penasco New Mexico.
Ancient City Press: 1985. 139 pages illustrated in b&w. "The Farm Security Adminstration FSA was one of the many federal programs which were part of the New Deal response to depressed condition in American life between 1933 and 1943. Russell Lee was employed by the FSA between 1936 and 1942." FINE- SOFTCOVER. First Edition Stated. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ancient City Press: Paperback
Référence libraire : 023798 ISBN : 0941270238 9780941270236
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GOTFRYD BERNARD
The Intimate Eye: Portraits By Bernard Gotfryd
Riverside Book Company New York: 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Signed by the author. Bernard Gotfryd was a staff photographer for Newsweek magazine for more than three decades from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. He took portraits of many of the most influential and important people of the day including novelists poets politicians film stars performing artists painters and sculptors. Frequently told by a subject or his agent that he had just "ten minutes" Gotfryd worked quickly and made a virtue of necessity. He relied on natural light only without a flash and without other artificial light and with few if any props. Each of these portraits reveals something special about its subject in a style that is clear simple and direct. Some of the images are startling some are amusing. The list of subjects includes both the great and the near-great. Anyone who recalls those years will find something and someone of interest here. ISBN: 187835163X. Riverside Book Company, New York: 2006 hardcover
Référence libraire : 37328SX2 ISBN : 187835163X 9781878351630
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photography by Rick Graetz text by A. B. Guthrie Jr
Montana! A Photographic Celebration Volume 2
Northern Rockies Publishing 1989-10-01. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Northern Rockies Publishing paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX0938314815 ISBN : 0938314815 9780938314813
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photography by James Randklev
Olympic National Park Impressions
Farcountry Press 2003-06-01. First. Paperback. Used:Good. Farcountry Press paperback
Référence libraire : DADAX1560372036 ISBN : 1560372036 9781560372035
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Davidson Bruce.
Outside Inside. 3 Bde.
Göttingen Steidl 2010. . Jeweils chronologisch geordnet nach Entstehungsdatum sortiert: Band 1 enthält Aufnahmen der Jahre 1954-1961 zum Thema Yale Football John und Kate Wall French Children Central Park und Zirkus; Band 2 1961-1966: New York City Alabama Winter in Paris etc.; Band 3 1966-2009 zeigt vor allem Landschaftsaufnahmen. - Die Transportbox leicht bestoßen Schuber und Bücher makellos Göttingen, Steidl, 2010. unknown
Référence libraire : 66298 ISBN : 386521908x 9783865219084
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FONTANA BERNARD L; MCCAIN EDWARD PHOTOGRAPHY
A Gift Of Angels: The Art Of Mission Sanxavier Del Bac
University of Arizona Press Tucson: . Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape towering over the tallest tree or cactus a commanding building with a sensuous dome elliptical vaults and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes first-time visitors to Mission San Xavier del Bac. This great church is of another place and another time while its beauty is universal and timeless. Mission San Xavier del Bac is a two-century-old Spanish church in southern Arizona located just a few miles from downtown Tucson a metropolis of more than half a million people in the American Southwest. A National Historic Landmark since 1963 the mission's graceful baroque art and architecture have drawn visitors from all over the world. Now Bernard Fontana�the leading expert on San Xavier�and award-winning photographer Edward McCain team up to bring us a comprehensive view of the mission as we've never seen it before. With 200 stunning full-color photographs and incisive text illuminating the religious historical and motivational context of these images A Gift of Angels is a must-have for tourists scholars and other visitors to San Xavier. From its glorious architecture all the way down to the finest details of its art Mission San Xavier del Bac is indeed a gift of angels. University of Arizona Press, Tucson: hardcover
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LONG JOHN A
The Dawn Of The Deed: The Prehistoric Origins Of Sex
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. We all know about the birds and the bees but what about the ancient placoderm fishes and the dinosaurs The history of sex is as old as life itself�and as complicated and mysterious. And despite centuries of study there is always more to know. In 2008 paleontologist John A. Long and a team of researchers revealed their discovery of a placoderm fish fossil known as "the mother fish" which at 380 million years old revealed the oldest vertebrate embryo�the earliest known example of internal fertilization. As Long explains this find led to the reexamination of countless fish fossils and the discovery of previously undetected embryos. As a resultplacoderms are now considered to be the first species to have had intimate sexual reproduction or sex as we know it�sort of. Inspired by this incredible find Long began a quest to uncover the paleontological and evolutionary history of copulation and insemination. In The Dawn of the Deed he takes readers on an entertaining and lively tour through the sex lives of ancient fish and exposes the unusual mating habits of arthropods tortoises and even a well-endowed 16.5 inches! Argentine Duck. Long discusses these significant discoveries alongside what we know about reproductive biology and evolutionary theory using the fossil record to provide a provocative account of prehistoric sex. The Dawn of the Deed also explores fascinating revelations about animal reproduction from homosexual penguins to monogamous seahorses to the difficulties of dinosaur romance and how sexual organs in ancient shark-like fishes actually relate to our own sexual anatomy. The Dawn of the Deed is Long's own story of what it's like to be a part of a discovery that rewrites evolutionary history as well as an absolutely rollicking guide to sex throughout the ages in the animal kingdom. It's natural history with a naughty wink. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012 hardcover
Référence libraire : 77182X1
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LIITTSCHWAGER DAVID PHOTOGRAPHY; DIPIERO W S; HUFFMAN ALAN; KLEINZAHLER AUGUST; KOLBERT ELIZABETH; NADKARNI NALINI M; SLI
A World In One Cubic Foot: Portraits In Biodiversity
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London:. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Twelve inches by twelve inches by twelve inches the cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit of measure compared to the whole world. With every step we disturb and move through cubic foot after cubic foot. But behold the cubic foot in nature�from coral reefs to cloud forests to tidal pools�even in that finite space you can see the multitude of creatures that make up a vibrant ecosystem. For A World in One Cubic Foot esteemed nature photographer David Liittschwager took a bright green metal cube�measuring precisely one cubic foot�and set it in various ecosystems around the world from Costa Rica to Central Park. Working with local scientists he measured what moved through that small space in a period of twenty-four hours. He then photographed the cube's setting and the plant animal and insect life inside it�anything visible to the naked eye. The result is a stunning portrait of the amazing diversity that can be found in ecosystems around the globe. Many organisms captured in Liittschwager's photographs have rarely if ever been presented in their full splendor to the general reader and the singular beauty of these images evocatively conveys the richness of life around us and the essential need for its conservation. The breathtaking images are accompanied by equally engaging essays that speak to both the landscapes and the worlds contained within them from distinguished contributors such as Elizabeth Kolbert and Alan Huffman in addition to an introduction by E. O. Wilson. After encountering this book you willnever look at the tiniest sliver of your own backyard or neighborhood park the same way; instead you will be stunned by the unexpected variety of species found in an area so small. A World in One Cubic Foot puts the world accessibly in our hands and allows us to behold the magic of an ecosystem in miniature. Liittschwager's awe-inspiring photographs take us to places both familiar and exotic and instill new awareness of the life that abounds all around. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: hardcover
Référence libraire : 77173X1
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SHAW HARLEY G; WEISENBERGER MARA E
Twelve Hundred Miles By Horse And Burro:j Stokely Lyon And New Mexico's First Breeding Bird Survey
University of Arizona Press Tucson: . Softcover. Brand new book. J. Stokley Ligon's work in bird conservation habitat protection and wildlife legislation during the mid-twentieth century is well-documented in his own writing and the writing of others. But hovering in the background of Ligon's life story has always been the rumor of a trip he made alone as a young man in 1913 in which he covered much of New Mexico alone on horseback. Details of the trip had faded into history and Ligon�a self-effacing man�had never published the story. As it turns out the trek was Ligon's first job with the US Biological Survey and it did not go entirely undocumented. The breeding-bird population report that eventually resulted from the journey photographs from glass plate negatives and�perhaps most enticingly�Ligon's own personal diary from these travels are presented here. Not just a compelling account of the expedition itself the materials and insights found in this volume also reveal aspects of Ligon's family history his early interest in wildlife and the development of the wilderness skills needed to undertake such a survey. Using his origi-nal itinerary and handwritten report the authors of this book revisited many of the places that Ligon surveyed and in a few cases were even able to locate and repeat Ligon's early photographs. Combined with a discussion of the conditions of birds and other wildlife then and now this volume serves as a useful tool for understanding how wildlife numbers distribution and habitats changed in New Mexico over the course of the twentieth century. Birding enthusiasts historians naturalists and even armchair adventurers will all find something to love in this chronicle of a young man from a West Texas ranching family with a driving ambition to be a professional naturalist and writer. University of Arizona Press, Tucson: paperback
Référence libraire : 77093X1
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