A Plague Of Locusts

Author : Gary A. Haugen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190229268
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Locust Effect written by Gary A. Haugen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plague of everyday violence lies beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities. Common violence-- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality-- has become routine and relentless. Basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse. Haugen and Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here-- and what it will take to end the plague.

Author : John D. Whiting
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jerusalem's Locust Plague written by John D. Whiting and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 1915 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the locust plague that struck Jerusalem in the early 20th century. The author, John D. Whiting, provides a detailed account of the devastation caused by the plague and the efforts to control it. Anyone interested in the history of Jerusalem or the history of pest control will find this book to be a fascinating read. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786738871
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Locust written by Jeffrey A. Lockwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust "the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country." From the Dakotas to Texas, from California to Iowa, the swarms pushed thousands of settlers to the brink of starvation, prompting the federal government to enlist some of the greatest scientific minds of the day and thereby jumpstarting the fledgling science of entomology. Over the next few decades, the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly -- and mysteriously -- vanished. A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late-nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest ecological mysteries of our time.

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428922016
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Plague of locusts : special report. written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Valentine Riley
Publisher : Chicago : Rand, McNally
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.N5/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Locust Plague in the United States written by Charles Valentine Riley and published by Chicago : Rand, McNally. This book was released on 1877 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0060885408
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Banks of Plum Creek written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2006-12-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

Author : R. C. Sproul
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585586528
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What is Reformed Theology? written by R. C. Sproul and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Do the Five Points of Calvinism Really Mean? Many have heard of Reformed theology, but may not be certain what it is. Some references to it have been positive, some negative. It appears to be important, and they'd like to know more about it. But they want a full, understandable explanation, not a simplistic one. What Is Reformed Theology? is an accessible introduction to beliefs that have been immensely influential in the evangelical church. In this insightful book, R. C. Sproul walks readers through the foundations of the Reformed doctrine and explains how the Reformed belief is centered on God, based on God's Word, and committed to faith in Jesus Christ. Sproul explains the five points of Reformed theology and makes plain the reality of God's amazing grace.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Plague of Locusts written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416588122
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tyranny of E-mail written by John Freeman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning president of the National Book Critics Circle examines the astonishing growth of email—and how it is changing our lives, not always for the better. John Freeman is one of America’s pre-eminent literary critics; now in this, his first book, he presents an elegant and erudite investigation into a technology that has revolutionized the way we work, communicate, and even think. There’s no question that email is an explosive phenomenon. The first email, developed for military use, was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The average corporate employee now receives upwards of 130 emails per day; by 2009 that number is expected to reach nearly 200. And the flood of messages is ceaseless: for increasing numbers of people, email means work now occupies home time as well as office hours. Drawing extensively on the research of linguists, behavioral scientists, cultural critics, and philosophers, Freeman examines the way email is taking a mounting toll on a variety of behavior, reducing time for leisure and contemplation, despoiling subtlety and expression in language, and separating us from each other in the unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox. He enters a plea for communication which is slower, more nuanced, and, above all, more sociable.

Author : Aeneas Munro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Locust Plague and Its Suppression written by Aeneas Munro and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: