Arizona The Beauty Of It All Second Edition

Author : Arizona Highways
Publisher : Arizona Highways Books
ISBN 13 : 9780998789392
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona: The Beauty of It All, Second Edition written by Arizona Highways and published by Arizona Highways Books. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona: The Beauty of It All, Second Edition updates Arizona Highways' popular first-edition coffee table book (originally published in 1996). Featuring more than 60 photographs, as well written work from some the magazines most prominent essayists "€" Charles Bowden and Craig Childs among them "€" The Beauty of It All celebrates Arizona's forests, canyons, water, rocks and mountains. The book is geared toward photography and Arizona enthusiasts.

Author : Sam Negri
Publisher : Arizona Highways Books
ISBN 13 : 9780916179588
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona written by Sam Negri and published by Arizona Highways Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From north to south and east to west, writer Sam Negri and Arizona Highways' best photographers capture for you the beauty of Arizona's incredibly varied landscapes. 66 full-color photographs.

Author : Thomas H. Kearney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520324242
Total Pages : 1126 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona Flora written by Thomas H. Kearney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fact that the altitudinal range extends from a few feet above sea level to approximately 12,000 feet at the summit of the San Francisco Peaks. The life zone range from Arctic-Alpine on these peaks to Lower Sonoran in the southwest and Subtropical in the extreme south. The main objective of this book is to provide means for identifying the approximately 3438 species of flowering plants, ferns, and fern-allies growing without cultivation in Arizona. Keys for identification of the families, genera, and species are provided. Under each species the authors give the geographical distribution within and outside Arizona, and usually the altitudinal range and time of flowering. They describe economic uses, toxic or other properties, and ornamental value of many plants, giving particular attention to the utilization of native plants by the large Indian population of the state. Introductory chapters describe the topography, geology, soils, and climate of Arizona, the several types of vegetation in relation to the physical conditions, and the proportional representation of the larger plant families. There is also a brief account of botanical explorations in Arizona since 1832. This is the only available work on the flora of Arizona that includes the results of intensive, botanical research in the state during the past twenty years. It is based on an earlier publication, Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1942 and now out of print. For the present revision, a supplementary section of more than fifty pages has been prepared under the direction of John Thomas Howell and Elizabeth McClintock of the California Academy of Sciences. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

Author : Eric Kuhn
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816540055
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Be Dammed written by Eric Kuhn and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.

Author : Julian D. Hayden
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816552428
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sierra Pinacate written by Julian D. Hayden and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South of the border, a spectacular range of ancient volcanoes rises from the desert floor just a few miles from the Sea of Cortez. Virtually untraveled, the Sierra Pinacate in northwestern Mexico beckons adventurers and scientists. Here, in words and pictures, is a remarkable introduction to this place of almost surreal beauty. Sometimes veiled in clouds or dust storms, the Pinacate have long been shrouded in mystery as well. From prehistoric times until today, people of Sonora have told tales of giants, men and animals, bottomless pits, endless tunnels, hostile Indians, smoking caverns, and ever-present dangers found in the Pinacate. This book takes readers deep into the heart of this fascinating area. Julian Hayden, who worked and traveled in the Pinacate for four decades, introduces the natural history, archaeology, geology, and human history of the area. Spectacular color photographs by Jack Dykinga capture the magic and the isolation of this stunning region. Hayden's text is presented in both English and Spanish. The Mexican government has already declared the Pinacate an officially protected biosphere reserve; still pending is its inclusion in the Man and the Biosphere program of the United Nations. More than a natural history, The Sierra Pinacate is an elegant appreciation of a place of wonder.

Author : Jeff Kida
Publisher : Arizona Highways Books
ISBN 13 : 9780988787520
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Greatest Photographs to Ever Appear in Arizona Highways Magazine written by Jeff Kida and published by Arizona Highways Books. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Navajo families and a Mohave girl to the splendor of the Grand Canyon and the grasslands of Southern Arizona, the 100 images that appear in these pages are the best to have ever been published in Arizona Highways, as chosen by Photo Editor Jeff Kida and Editor Robert Stieve. As Stieve writes, "In my mind, there was no golden era, just decades and decades of spectacular photography one great shot after another." This book celebrates those great shots, both old and new, and pays tribute to the men and women who made them.

Author : Gloria Muñoz
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816542333
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danzirly written by Gloria Muñoz and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danzirly is a stunning bilingual poetry collection that considers multigenerational Latinx identities in the rapidly changing United States. Winner of the Academy of American Poets' Ambroggio Prize, Gloria Muñoz's collection is an unforgettable reckoning of the grief and beauty that pulses through twenty-first-century America.

Author : Pat Mora
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816527960
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of Houses written by Pat Mora and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining poetic language and the traditions of magic realism to paint a vivid portrait of her family, Pat MoraÕs House of Houses is an unconventional memoir that reads as if every member, death notwithstanding, is in one room talking, laughing, and crying. In a salute to the Day of the Dead, the story begins with a visit to the cemetery in which all of her deceased relatives come alive to share stories of the family, literally bringing the food to their own funerals. From there the book covers a year in the life of her clan, revealing the personalities and events that Mora herself so desperately yearns to know and understand. ÒPoet MoraÕs complex and dramatic family history comprises more than personal reminiscences: it also embraces resonant aspects of Mexican American history. Mora recounts her familyÕs traumatic exodus from Mexico to escape the violence of Pancho Villa and his forces and their struggles to begin new lives in another country. To anchor her psychologically rich, dramatic, sometimes funny, often touching multigenerational tale, Mora uses the image of a houseÑthe house of housesÑduring a single year, a fruitful metaphor that allows her to dwell on the bright beauty of flowers, birds, and trees, emblems of the loving legacy of her nurturing family.ÓÑBooklist ÒMora has created an ingenious structure for these recollections of her extended family, of their lives and the tales they share about the familyÕs history. Woven in with these memories are recipes, fragments of songs and poetry, folk remedies, and jokes, all of the small matters that most reveal a familyÕs identity. In a language deftly mingling the natural cadences of speech and precise, poetic imagery, Mora believably summons up both a group of tough, loving, idiosyncratic survivors and a vivid, detailed portrait of life in the Southwest in [the last] century.Ó ÑKirkus Reviews

Author : Laurent Martrès
Publisher : PhotoTripUSA Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Natural Landmarks of Southern Utah written by Laurent Martrès and published by PhotoTripUSA Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Photographing the Southwest guidebook series is the culmination of over twenty years experience exploring and photographing the natural landmarks of the Southwest. Volume 1 will take you to the heart of Southern Utah, home to some of the Colorado Plateau's most outstanding highlights. Beyond the National Parks of the famed ?Grand Circle?, you?ll discover many hidden locations of Red Rock Country as well as Indian rock art and cliff dwellings. The book also makes a quick side trip into Northeastern Utah to explore the remote area around Dinosaur National Monument. Enough for weeks of new discoveries in the area!

Author : Louise DeWald
Publisher : Arizona Highways Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona Highways Heritage Cookbook written by Louise DeWald and published by Arizona Highways Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Says author DeWald: "Cooking, like love, must be shared. This isn't a recipe collection. It is a history-of-life cookbook" -- the result of over thirty years of exploring the culinary scene of the cooking fires of Arizona.