Animals such as wolves, sea otters, and sharks exert a disproportionate influence on their environment; dramatic ecological consequences can result when they are removed fromor returned to—
Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-checkered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C. Van Horne, created a rail-sea service from Liverpool to Hong Kong. Boasting sternwheelers,
Featuring more than 400 pages and over 1500 images, the LOST Encyclopedia will be a comprehensive guide to the characters, items, locations, plotlines, relationships, and mythologies from all six sea
Restless spirits in seemingly tranquil summer cottages, specters watching for phantom ships from a sea captain's mansion these are among the ghostly residents of one of New England's oldest counties.
By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study
Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild, rampant overfishing combined with an unpreceden
Skill-building text and images of favorite characters combine in a story featuring Cinderella, Belle and other Disney princesses that reveals the special ways they celebrate the forthcoming autumn sea
Susan Hekman believes we are witnessing a sea change in intellectual thought. The main features of this change are found in dichotomies between language and reality, discourse and materiality. Hekman
Frigid, dark, and energy-deprived, the deep sea was long considered hostile to life. However, new sampling technologies and intense international research efforts in recent decades have revealed a rem
A radical, "crystalline" (Elle) approach to integrating our work, relationships, and inner selves from the bestselling author, poet, and speaker. The author of Crossing the Unknown Sea and The Heart
Many coastal areas around the world are experiencing dramatic landscape changes as a result of increased tourism development and due to the "sea change phenomenon" - the migration of affluent urbanit
Echinodermata have a rich fossil record, play major ecological roles in marine benthic communities from the intertidal to the deep sea, have economic importance in fisheries and aquaculture, show uniq
Translated by Azzan Yadin Foreword by David Bivin David Flusser was a very prolific scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and his contributions to Scrolls research, apocalypticism, and apocalyptic lit
Modeling is now a major tool for important environmental strategies. This book allows the non-specialist reader to understand and criticize current models of the shallow sea and coastal environments.
Modeling is now a major tool for important environmental strategies. This book allows the non-specialist reader to understand and criticize current models of the shallow sea and coastal environments.
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) invented the key forms of American fiction—the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. Furthermore, Cooper turned novel writing from a poli
A scrapbook journal explains the nesting cycle of loggerhead sea turtles and how volunteers help them, and describes the natural life along the southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells,
A scrapbook journal explains the nesting cycle of loggerhead sea turtles and how volunteers help them, and describes the natural life along the southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells,
Though Elvis Presley's music is widely credited as starting a sea change in American popular culture, his films are often dismissed as superficial. Beyond the formulaic plotlines and the increasingly
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) has provided a substantial framework for international legal instruments of fisheries management, but those instruments have not succeeded at
The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concerning the conservation of sea turtles. Against the env
A majestic mountain system in south-central Europe, the Alps form an arc spanning almost 750 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through northern Italy and southeast France, Switzerland, southern Germany
In a "series of studies on the international, legal, institutional and policy aspects of ocean development," co-directors of the Law of the Sea Institute, University of California, Berkeley, introduce
Easy-to-color scenes introduce youngsters to camels (Egypt), a penguin (Antarctica), parrot (Brazil), kangaroo (Australia), panda (China), and 25 other creatures of land, sea, and air. Each simply dr
The development of international law regulating marine scientific research (MSR) arose out of a complicated mix of Admiralty law, the law of the sea, environmental law, intellectual property law, and
Presents a play in three acts in which the characters travel to the center of the earth, under the sea, and to the planet Altor, along with reviews and notes.
In this Reader's Guide, Carl Plasa provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the most stimulating critical responses to Wide Sargasso Sea . The opening chapter outlines initial reactions to the
Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yank
This study offers a “social interpretation of environmental process” for the coastal lowlands of southeastern Ghana. The Anlo-Ewe, sometimes hailed as the quintessential sea fishermen of the West Afri
A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland.
A collection of stories from Celtic mythology and folklore, including tales of the sea goddess Fand, changeling Cerridwen, and the great warrior Queen Creidne, celebrates the female experience with in
Estuaries is a comprehensive introductory text emphasizing the physical processes involved in the mixing of sea and river water and the transport of fine sediments within the complex estuarine topogra
Well-known for its hunting, fishing, and sea-faringship captains, the town of Barnegat, New Jersey, wasalso a thriving center of industry and modern technology.Steam locomotives once raged through the
Courage and desperation lead fifteen-year-old David and his father to flee Cuba's repressive regime and seek freedom by taking to the sea on a raft headed for Miami
A comprehensive treatment of virtually all aspects of reproductive biology that have been investigated in the deep sea, the largest and least understood habitat on earth. Covering levels of organizati
In this fascinating treatment, Christopher C. Joyner undertakes the first serious examination of the intimate relationship between Antarctica and the law of the sea. Using Antarctica as a case study,
In Tomb of the Eagles John Hedges describes vividly the activities of a tribe in Isbister in the Orkneys which had as its totem the magnificent white-tailed sea eagle.
Noted designer and former editor of American Artist has created 30 handsome drawings of fabled creatures: mermaid, centaur, phoenix, basilisk, kraken (a huge sea monster sometimes mistaken for an isl
Beatrice "Bumble B." Flinn loves a lot of things, but she loves drawing the most. When her friend Rosa's cat goes missing, B. offers to make a poster for her. Mission lost cat is under way! But when n
