This is the log of four dozen canoe trips on rivers in Maine in 2022. The author took photographs and wrote short texts describing where he went and what he saw.
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Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge ba……続きを見る
Ci troviamo a Mexico, in Maine, una piccola città che da oltre un secolo si sostiene grazie all’industria cartiera locale, la quale dà lavoro a quasi tutta la comunità, comprese tre generazioni di A……続きを見る
"Taylor was a hunter and trapper at Painted Woods on the Missouri, has rare ability as well as opportunity for collecting material." -Ward County (N. D.) Reporter
"Spent several years with the India……続きを見る
‘अंतरंग म्हादईचे’ हे पुस्तक गोव्याच्या नदी संस्कृतीचा (Riverine Culture), गोव्यातील नद्यांच्या काठाकाठाने प्रगत झालेल्या लोकसंस्कृतीचा, इतिहासाचा आणि त्या सर्वांना एका माळेत गुंफणाऱ्या म्हादई-मांडवी……続きを見る
"Água: O Elixir da Vida" é um livro essencial para qualquer pessoa interessada em compreender a importância da água em nossas vidas e no futuro de nosso planeta. O autor nos desafia a repensar nossa……続きを見る
"Water: The Elixir of Life" is an essential book for anyone interested in understanding the importance of water in our lives and in the future of our planet. The author challenges us to rethink our ……続きを見る
"Eau: l'élixir de Vie" est un livre essentiel pour quiconque souhaite comprendre l'importance de l'eau dans nos vies et dans l'avenir de notre planète. L'auteur nous met au défi de repenser nos atti……続きを見る
"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……続きを見る
Kaveri appears to be moving rather slowly in Thanjavur Thiruvayyar stretch. Can’t blame her because, who will be in a hurry to leave the place echoing the sublime melodious music ‘Jagadananda karaka……続きを見る
著者:Amit Ranjan
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2023年07月05日
This book examines the Union-State and inter-State relations concerning water issues in India. It analyses the federal structure in India and looks at its effectiveness in addressing the inter-state……続きを見る
著者:John A. Shoup
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2017年05月12日
This book provides an avenue for students to explore the Nileーthe world's longest riverーand better understand its larger role in society in the past, present, and future.
The Nile River has been t……続きを見る
著者:Ronnie Smith
出版社: Plenus Gratia Publications
発売日: 2020年05月01日
A poetry collection inspired by Ronnie Smith's experiences living and working in the polar regions as an aviator and commander for the US Air Force resupplying US scientific research stations. Anyth……続きを見る
"A commanding and inspiring biography of a river that gave rise to an art movement, progressive social quests, [and] landmark environmental cases." ー Booklist (starred review)
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著者:John Waldman
出版社: Empire State Editions
発売日: 2012年11月19日
"Gives the reader a sense of lost New York, of the incredibly rich and biologically diverse ecosystem that once was the lower Hudson River estuary." ーTed Steinberg, author of Gotham Unbound
Heartbe……続きを見る
"T he charisma of these huge, Amazonian ' river people ' burns through even the most factual descriptions, emphasi z ed by an abundance of photographs. " ー BBC Wildlife
The aptly named giant otte……続きを見る
A "remarkable" history of the great river of Southeast Asia ( Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain).
The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains of……続きを見る
著者:John S. Sledge
出版社: University of South Carolina Press
発売日: 2015年05月29日
"A fine, fascinating book. John S. Sledge introduces us to four centuries worth of heroes and rogues on one incredible American river." ーWinston Groom, New York Times–bestselling author of Forrest ……続きを見る
"[Harvey] may have created a new literary genre: science travel writing . . . travelogue, autobiography, history, and even fantasy romp alongside the biology" ( Quill & Quire).
When biologist Brian ……続きを見る
September 1979. When thirty-something Peter Rowlands loaded up his Landcruiser and took canoe Dimples to join his friend Hal Marsden on a paddling adventure in northern BC’s backcountry, he never ex……続きを見る
著者:Wade Davis
出版社: Greystone Books
発売日: 2023年09月19日
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 ……続きを見る
"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we sta……続きを見る
Telford's plan, to connect Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy with each other and the sea, was a huge undertaking which brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Hig……続きを見る
"We know of no better account, from the inside, of steamboating." -American Historical Review, 1909
"It is impossible to read of such devil-may-care steamboating without a regret that there is none ……続きを見る
¡Descubre un mundo de aprendizaje y diversión con "Aventuras Geográficas: Explorando Nuestro Mundo"! Únete a Martina, Luis y Sofía en un emocionante viaje a través de la Isla del Mapa Misterioso, do……続きを見る
著者:Tobias Jones
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年07月07日
A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture.
'Delightful... A wonderful cornucopia of history' TLS
'Uncovers the Po's fascinating history' Guardi……続きを見る
著者:Jackie French
出版社: HarperCollins
発売日: 2023年10月04日
A companion title to the best-selling The Fire Wombat, this is the story of Myrtle, a small turtle who, by heading uphill, tells the other animals that a flood is coming.
Myrtle the turtle knows eve……続きを見る
著者:Boyce Upholt
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2024年06月11日
**Instant Bestseller
Winner of the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Booklist Editors' Choice
A sweeping history of the Mississip……続きを見る
On the major European and Russian fronts throughout World War II, the challenge of crossing rivers under fire was absolutely central to any advance.
The Panzers that crossed the Meuse at Sedan in Ma……続きを見る
In "Amerikanische Wald- und Strombilder. Erster Band" entführt Friedrich Gerstäcker seine Leser in die faszinierende und oft unberührte Natur der Vereinigten Staaten im 19. Jahrhundert. Durch einen ……続きを見る