The World at a Crossroads

The World at a Crossroads
Title The World at a Crossroads PDF eBook
Author Peter Fieldman
Publisher
Pages 346
Release 2018-07-05
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9781786232663

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In this well-researched and well-informed book, Peter Fieldman addresses some of the major issues facing the modern world, politically, morally and financially.

World at the Crossroads

World at the Crossroads
Title World at the Crossroads PDF eBook
Author Philip B. Smith
Publisher Routledge
Pages 0
Release 2009
Genre Economic development
ISBN 9781844079513

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First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Crossroads of the Natural World

Crossroads of the Natural World
Title Crossroads of the Natural World PDF eBook
Author Tom Earnhardt
Publisher UNC Press Books
Pages 327
Release 2013-04-22
Genre Nature
ISBN 146960700X

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In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled biodiversity of today. With varied topography and a climate that is simultaneously subtropical, temperate, and subarctic, he shows that North Carolina is a meeting place for living things more commonly found far to the north and south. Highlighting the ways in which the state is a unique ecological crossroads, Earnhardt's research, insightful writing, and stunning photography will both teach and inspire. Crossroads of the Natural World invites readers to engage a variety of topics, including the impacts of invasive species, the importance of forested buffers along our rivers, the role of naturalists, and the challenges facing the state in a time of climate change and sea-level rise. By sharing his own journey of more than sixty years, Earnhardt entices North Carolinians of every age to explore the natural diversity of our state.

Caribbean

Caribbean
Title Caribbean PDF eBook
Author Deborah Cullen
Publisher
Pages 491
Release 2012
Genre Art
ISBN 9780300178548

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Unprecedented in scope, this book examines the modern history of the Caribbean through its artistic culture. Acknowledging the individuality of various islands, the richness of the coastal regions, and the reach of the Diaspora, Caribbean looks at the vital visual and cultural links that exist among these diverse constituencies. The authors examine how the Caribbean has been imagined and pictures, and the role of art in the development of national identity.

Energy at the Crossroads

Energy at the Crossroads
Title Energy at the Crossroads PDF eBook
Author Vaclav Smil
Publisher Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Pages 452
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780262194921

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An objective, comprehensive and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy.

At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky

At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky
Title At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky PDF eBook
Author Gary Urton
Publisher University of Texas Press
Pages 247
Release 2013-12-18
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0292790511

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Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic and celestial features. Based on fieldwork in Misminay, Peru, Gary Urton details a cosmology in which the Milky Way is central. This is the first study that provides a description and analysis of the astronomical and cosmological system in a contemporary community in the Americas. Separate chapters take up the sun, the moon, meteorological phenomena, the stars, and the planets. Star-to-star constellations, the "animal" dark-cloud constellations that cut through the Milky Way, and certain twilight- and midnight-zenith stars are analyzed in terms of their spatial and temporal integration within an indigenous cosmological framework. Urton breaks new ground by demonstrating the indigenous merging of such forms of "precise knowledge" as astronomy, meteorology, agriculture, and the correlation of astronomical and biological cycles within a single calendar system. More than sixty diagrams clarify this Quechua system of astronomy and relate it to more familiar principles of Western astronomy and cosmology.

Crossroads (2nd Edn)

Crossroads (2nd Edn)
Title Crossroads (2nd Edn) PDF eBook
Author Jim Baker
Publisher Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Pages 458
Release 2008-07-15
Genre History
ISBN 9814435481

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In this fully updated, second edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds two new chapters that bring Malaysia and Singapore into the middle of the first decade of the 21st century. The original text (which traces the complex currents of history and politics of Malaysia and Singapore—neighbours with a common past) is also revised to re-evaluate events in the context of an expanded history. “Jim Baker’s Crossroads is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows in more than a few quarters. His book presents a side of history not many may be aware of or even want to know … it is as thought-provoking as it is enlightening.” — The Sun (on the first edition). “Baker’s thrilling book profits from his refusal to separate Singapore’s history from Malaysia’s. What we get is a broad story filled with surprising details drawn from his own experiences and from other scholarly works, and told in an easy and captivating style.” — Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore