Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery and Human Responses
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| Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and other natural events are becoming more frequent and their consequences more devastating. Del Moral and Walker provide a comprehensive summary of the diverse ways in which natural disasters disrupt humanity and how humans cope. Burgeoning human numbers, shrinking resources and intensification of the consequences of natural disasters have produced a global crisis of unparalleled proportions. Through this detailed study, the authors provide a template to improve restoration to show how relatively simple approaches can enhance both human well-being and that of the other species on the planet. They demonstrate that we no longer have the luxury to let damaged landscapes recover by natural processes and argue for the development of the political will to act to return lands damaged by natural and human forces to productivity. This book will appeal to ecologists, land managers and planners, decision makers, and to anyone curious about the world and how natural disasters continue to shape civilizations. This book developed from the authors’ strong interests in the mechanisms of primary succession and how understanding these mechanisms can be used to enhance the quality of life across the planet. CONTENTS: PREFACE 1. Introduction 2. Naatural disasters - synergistic interactions with humans 3. Infertile and unstable habitats 4. Infertile and stable habitats 5. Fertile and unstable habitats 6. Fertile and stable habitats 7. The lessons learned |
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Encyclopedia Of The Unusual And Unexplained, Vol. 1 2 an 3
Encyclopedia Of The Unusual And Unexplained, Vol. 1
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| Gale presents this in-depth, comprehensive 3-vol. set. Information is arranged in an objective manner, presenting varying viewpoints when appropriate, and is written at a level that younger students and researchers can understand. Chapters offer a thorough look at the history of each topic and cover the people and practices, as well as popular literature, television programs and movies, related to the subject. Other features include: Approximately 300 photos and illustrations "Making the Connection," a detailed glossary "Delving Deeper," a helpful further readings section Cumulative index Sidebars highlighting unusual facts, features, and people, as well as related books, films, Web sites, and other sources of relevant information |
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Encyclopedia Of The Unusual And Unexplained, Vol. 2
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| Gale presents this in-depth, comprehensive 3-vol. set. Information is arranged in an objective manner, presenting varying viewpoints when appropriate, and is written at a level that younger students and researchers can understand. Chapters offer a thorough look at the history of each topic and cover the people and practices, as well as popular literature, television programs and movies, related to the subject. Other features include: Approximately 300 photos and illustrations "Making the Connection," a detailed glossary "Delving Deeper," a helpful further readings section Cumulative index Sidebars highlighting unusual facts, features, and people, as well as related books, films, Web sites, and other sources of relevant information |
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Encyclopedia Of The Unusual And Unexplained, Vol. 3
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| Gale presents this in-depth, comprehensive 3-vol. set. Information is arranged in an objective manner, presenting varying viewpoints when appropriate, and is written at a level that younger students and researchers can understand. Chapters offer a thorough look at the history of each topic and cover the people and practices, as well as popular literature, television programs and movies, related to the subject. Other features include: Approximately 300 photos and illustrations "Making the Connection," a detailed glossary "Delving Deeper," a helpful further readings section Cumulative index Sidebars highlighting unusual facts, features, and people, as well as related books, films, Web sites, and other sources of relevant information |
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Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food
Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food
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| This A-to-Z reference is the first to focus on the junk food and fast food phenomena from a multitude of angles in addition to health and diet concerns. More than 250 essay entries objectively explore the scope of the topics to illuminate the American way through products, corporations and entrepreneurs, social history, popular culture, organizations, issues, politics, commercialism and consumerism, and much more. |
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Encyclopedia of haunted
Encyclopedia of haunted
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| San Diego, CA, September 29, 2005 – There are haunted homes, restaurants, battlefields, cemeteries, inns, castles, and ghost towns in every corner of the globe. Though spirits and specters are often the fodder for frightening local legends, there are people who actually go looking for ghosts – they’re the paranormal investigators. The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales From Around the World is the first book to be written by scores of these investigators. The Encyclopedia includes ghost hunters’ investigation notes from some of the world’s most notable haunts and more obscure locales that only regional investigators would know about. Bonnie Vent contributed investigation findings of The Whaley House to the endeavor. “Bonnie Vent is committed to exploring paranormal phenomena,” said Jeff Belanger, founder of Ghostvillage.com and editor and compiler for the Encyclopedia of Haunted Places. “Her contributions to this project were integral in making this book the successful venture that it was. Paranormal investigators from around the world came together to write about the haunted locations they know best.” “Paranormal Investigation” is one of the fastest growing fields of study in the world today. Families are taking haunted and historic ghost tours in cities around the world, and individuals who are interested in the paranormal are coming together to investigate reported ghostly activity using both scientific and esoteric means. People are talking about ghosts and many want to learn more and see the phenomenon for themselves. To look for ghosts and spirits is to touch history. It’s a quest for tangible evidence of life after death. About Bonnie Vent Featured in the October 2005 issue of San Diego Magazine. As well as international radio guest on the X-Zone radio show. Also featured recently by KSWB and KFMB in San Diego and KTLA in Los Angeles. Paranormal Expert for the Phenomena Police in Houston TX. Contributor to the Haunted Whaley House Book II. Paranormal host of: San Diego Paranormal “City Most Haunted” DVD. About the Encyclopedia of Haunted Places The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales From Around the World (ISBN: 1-56414-799-1, pages: 360, price: $19.99) is published by New Page Books The book features over 250 haunted locations from the United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East. The book also includes a region-by-region directory of contact information for the various paranormal investigators whose work was featured in the book. The Encyclopedia is a haunted travel guide, a ghost hunter directory, and a repository of ghostly legends. The book is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, and many other booksellers. |
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Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art
Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art
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| An international team of renowned folklorists contributed to this fascinating, comprehensive general reference work. Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Music, Tales, and Art introduces the major types of folklore - ballad, dance, riddle, legend, and myth, for example - and the approaches used to study them, from the anthropological through the linguistic, literary, and psychological. Designed for students, scholars, and general readers, the work focuses on folklore forms and methods from a cross-cultural, theoretical perspective. It emphasizes those bodies of North American and European scholarship that have influenced each other most profoundly since the discipline's inception: Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and the United States. The entries, however, provide an introduction that facilitates the pursuit of more specialized topics and other bodies of scholarship. The topics range from such traditional subjects as "festival" and "folktale" to cutting-edge entries such as "computer-mediated folklore" and "postmodernism." In most cases, a longer, more comprehensive essay format for entries has been favored over shorter entries. Entries are cross-referenced, and each includes a select bibliography to serve as a guide to in-depth research. Thomas A. Green Thomas A. Green is an associate professor of anthropology at Texas A & M University. He is the co-author of Language and Riddles: New Perspectives and Folk Drama: New Perspectives. Professor Green has served as film review editor and special issue editor (folk drama) for the Journal of American Folklore. |
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An Encyclopedia of Battles
An Encyclopedia of Battles
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| Publisher Comments: Essential details of every major battle on land and sea in recorded history, from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C. to the Grenada conflict in 1984. Included: strategic situations, roles played by political/military leaders, troop numbers and training, tactics and objectives, casualties and losses and military/political consequences. Index. 99 illustrations. Synopsis: Essential details of every major battle in recorded history from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C. to Grenada in 1984. Synopsis: Essential details of every major battle on land and sea in recorded history, from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C. to the Grenada conflict in 1984. Included: strategic situations, roles played by political/military leaders, troop numbers and training, tactics and objectives, casualties and losses and military/political consequences. Index. 99 illustrations. |
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