Desert Winter

Author : Ken Layne
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374722382
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Oracle written by Ken Layne and published by MCD. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.

Author : Stephen Mark Richards
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471733378
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Winter written by Stephen Mark Richards and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-24 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the smiles, laughter, excitement, sadness and fear in this keenly observed true story of exploration and adventure. Richards puts himself at the centre of events and then interprets them based upon his interesting and varied life history. The honesty of his personal accounts provides powerful insights into culture, people and relationships whilst his ability to describe places, events, emotions and memories seamlessly transports the reader between the past and present on amazing journeys with breathtaking pace. It is an adventure of a life-time, from Pacific to Atlantic traversing the southern USA, leading through mountains, giant redwoods, and deserts to cities, natural wonders, national treasures and even alien encounters. It carries us to the edge of the precipice, within swiping distance of bears and striking range of rattlesnakes. Wandering streets from wealth to dereliction we gain insights into American culture. Revel in the adventure or grasp the encouragement to travel - the choice yours.

Author : Michael Craft
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031230501X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Winter written by Michael Craft and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 30-plus years of a largely peaceful existence in Manhattan, Claire Graymoves to Palm Springs and is surprised to find herself enmeshed in her secondmurder investigation in a matter of months.

Author : Stanley D. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642592120
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants written by Stanley D. Smith and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a description of the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts together with the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress, the authors go on to present case studies of key species. They provide an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the major patterns of adaptation in desert plants, with one chapter devoted to several important exotic plants that have invaded these deserts. The whole is rounded off with a synthesis of the resource requirements of desert plants and how they may respond to global climate change.

Author : Matt Candeias
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642504548
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Plants written by Matt Candeias and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

Author : Southern Pacific Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern California Desert Winter Resorts written by Southern Pacific Company and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vijay P. Singh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316511227
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irrigation Engineering written by Vijay P. Singh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering climate, soils, crops, water quality, hydrology, and hydraulics, this textbook offers a perfect overview of irrigation engineering.

Author : Philip Alexander Munz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520236325
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers written by Philip Alexander Munz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring in the desert provides some of the most spectacular wildflowers shows in California, making this the perfect wildflower book to pack for a day in the Mojave or Colorado Deserts.

Author : David Mitchelhill-Green
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1923004859
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Diggers written by David Mitchelhill-Green and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert Diggers: Writings from a War Zone ‘Somewhere in the Middle East’ 1940-1942 draws upon hundreds of soldiers’ letters in a fresh and captivating narrative of the war in North Africa. Desert Diggers follows the first men to volunteer after the outbreak of war in 1939, tracing their adventures in exotic ports before further training in Palestine. A hunger for action grew: ‘Most of the chaps are ... anxious to get into anything that looks like a fight’, one soldier wrote to his brother. From Egypt, ‘the hottest and dustiest place on God's earth’ was the Diggers’ next destination and their ‘blooding’ in the battles for Bardia and Tobruk. After Rommel failed to storm Tobruk in April-May 1941, Nazi propaganda denigrated the garrison, ‘caught like rats in a trap’. Amid frequent bombing and shelling, Berlin’s scornful broadcasts were an unintended tonic. ‘Frequently we laughed and joked until the tears came into our eyes’, a Digger quipped. From Tobruk, to the blunting of Rommel’s attacks at El Alamein, the price of victory was palpably high: ‘some of my best mates didn't come out of it’, lamented a corporal to his sister. Returning to Australia in 1943, some men maimed or traumatised, brought a further test for the Diggers ... Told in the words of the men who served, Desert Diggers offers a new personal perspective on the Western Desert campaign. With immediacy and raw emotion, these skillfully woven letters provide a remarkable and compelling account of the Australian experience of war.

Author : Kelly Gaffney
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1398200239
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Too Cold in the Desert written by Kelly Gaffney and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's spring in the desert. Animals are ready to come out from their winter homes. Ruby the snake wakes up and peeps out from between the rocks. But she doesn't expect it to be so cold outside! She is looking for a place to warm up. Will she find one?