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 Introduction to the Physical and Biological Oceanography of Shelf Seas By John H. Simpson English | 2012 | ISBN : 0521877628 | 448 pages | PDF | 11.9 MB  Into Brown Bear Country By Will Troyer 2005 | 145 Pages | ISBN: 1889963720 | PDF | 8 MB With the passion of a poet and the precision of a topnotch professional, biologist Will Troyer verbally sculpts an exceptionally accurate and eloquent depiction of one of Alaska's most magnificent‹and often misunderstood‹creatures. Reading it should be required of all who venture into bear country and relished even by those who would rather not. ‹Jay Hammond, author and former governor of Alaska ''Will Troyer is Alaska's 'brown bear man.' This important book is gracefully written and loaded with engrossing details about the lives of these fascinating giants.'' ‹Jim Rearden, former field editor of Outdoor Life and author of Jim Rearden's Alaska Bears are North America's most complex and controversial predator, both loved and hated for their majesty and power. Will Troyer's introduction to the natural history of Alaska's brown bears is both enchanting and informative, told with the objectivity of a biologist, the resonant voice of an outdoorsman who has spent decades in bear society, and breathtaking photography. Troyer was a pioneer in the study of brown bears. Convinced that scientific research was the only antidote to widespread fear and misinformation about one of Alaska's largest predators, he gathered data with primitive equipment and endured hair-raising adventures. His career spanned dramatic changes in approaches to bear management that ranged from extermination to conservation, a history of human-bear interactions that he recounts with unusual insight and first-hand knowledge. Troyer offers a holistic description of bear biology and behavior, an account of bear-human interactions, and practical advice for viewing and photographing bears. Into Brown Bear Country offers an intimate, realistic view of the lives of Alaska's coastal bears. Entertaining and readable, it will be enjoyed by all readers of nature literature and is an essential starting point for anyone visiting bear country.
 Lynn Vincent, "Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an In" English | ISBN: 1501135945 | 2018 | 592 pages | AZW3 | 10 MB NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "GRIPPING...THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." -USA Today * "A WONDERFUL BOOK." -Christian Science Monitor * "ENTHRALLING." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * "A MUST-READ." -Booklist (starred review)  Human Flow: Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis by Ai Weiwei English | December 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 0691207046 | 400 pages | EPUB | 22.30 MB A powerful portrait of the greatest humanitarian emergency of our time, from the director of Human Flow  From a Mountain In Tibet: A Monk's Journey by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche English | August 27th, 2020 | ISBN: 0241439272 | 272 pages | EPUB | 0.82 MB Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old.  Elusive Consumption By Karin M. Ekstram, Helene Brembeck 2004 | 254 Pages | ISBN: 1859737633 | PDF | 2 MB In the context of rising consumerism and globalization, books on consumption are numerous. These tend to be firmly rooted in particular disciplines, however--sociology, anthropology, business or cultural studies--and as a result often present a limited view. Charged with the mission of unraveling what consumption means and how it operates, the world's leading experts were flown to a private location in Sweden to ''battle it out.'' This pioneering book represents the outcome. Ranging from the ''little black dress'' to children's computer games, Elusive Consumption challenges our very understanding of consumerism and provides a state-of-the-art view of the highly commercialized society we inhabit today. Some might have it that consumers are unwitting pawns, completely lacking in agency. Others might argue that consumer choices are empowering and subtly shape production. Richard Wilk, Colin Campbell, John F. Sherry, Richard Elliott, Russell Belk, and Daniel Miller--who offers the most persuasive argument in this battle royal?  Early Days, Early Dancers: Early Years of the National Ballet by Jocelyn Terell Allen English | November 20th, 2020 | ISBN: 1771337737 | 280 pages | EPUB | 23.93 MB Early Days, Early Dancers documents the first decade of the National Ballet, focusing on the dancers of the 1950s, especially principal dancers Lois Smith, David Adams, Angela Leigh, Donald Mahler, and Celia Franca, herself a dancer and later the Company's Artistic Director.
 Ed Ruggero, "Duty First: A Year in the Life of West Point and the Making of American Leaders" English | 2002 | ISBN: 0060931337 | 368 pages | AZW3 / EPUB / MOBI | 5.48 MB Duty First is a penetrating account of a year inside one of America's premier schools for leadership - the United States Military Academy - as it celebrates the bicentennial of its founding. Ed Ruggero, a former West Point cadet and professor, takes an incisive look at how this elite school builds the "leaders of character" who will command the nation's military.  Discrete Mathematics: Pearson New International Edition Paperback - 17 July 2013 by Richard Johnsonbaugh English | 2014 | ISBN: 1292022612 | 755 Pages | PDF | 7 MB  Democratization in the Middle East: Experiences, Struggles, Challenges By United Nations 2003 | 222 Pages | ISBN: 9280810855 | PDF | 2 MB This title addresses a number of key issues determining the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the region. With the exception of Israel, the constituent states cannot yet guarantee a path toward sustainable democracy. Movement toward political, economic and cultural liberalization has thus far brought instability and violence to the region, as traditional and religious values conflict with secular ethics, norms and practices. Drawing on analyses of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria - as well as the North African nations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia - this book examines patterns of democratization, and political and economic transition. The contributors conclude that in order to advance democratization processes, reforms must be gradual and organized and monitored from the top, while supplemented by a gradual process toward the establishment of a broad-based and broadly supported civil society. |
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