The Ideal River

Author : Joanne Yao
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526154374
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ideal river written by Joanne Yao and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental politics has traditionally been a peripheral concern for international relations theory, but increasing alarm over global environmental challenges has elevated international society’s relationship with the natural world into the theoretical limelight. IR theory’s engagement with environmental politics, however, has largely focused on interstate cooperation in the late twentieth century, with less attention paid to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century quest to tame nature came to shape the modern international order. The ideal river examines nineteenth-century efforts to establish international commissions on three transboundary rivers – the Rhine, the Danube, and the Congo. It charts how the Enlightenment ambition to tame the natural world, and human nature itself, became an international standard for rational and civilized authority and informed our geographical imagination of the international. This relationship of domination over nature shaped three core IR concepts central to the emergence of early international order: the territorial sovereign state; imperial hierarchies; and international organizations. The book contributes to environmental politics and international relations by highlighting how the relationship between society and nature is not a peripheral concern, but one at the heart of international politics.

Author : Bodhipaksa
Publisher : Sounds True
ISBN 13 : 1591799333
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living as a River written by Bodhipaksa and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To face reality is to embrace change; to resist change is to suffer. This is the liberating insight that unfolds with Living as a River. A masterful investigation of the nature of self, this eloquent blend of current science and time-honored spiritual insight is meant to free us from the fear of impermanence in a world defined by change. “An interesting, lively, and genuinely illuminating teaching of dharma.” —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life “At a time when it's increasingly challenging to find clear and honest direction on the spiritual path, Living as a River offers contemporary insight into an ancient practice and wise counsel we can trust. This book is both beautifully written and useful to all serious seekers.” —Mariana Caplan, PhD, author of Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path and Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment The primary vehicle for this journey is Buddhism's traditional Six Element Practice, a deconstructive process of deep reflection that helps us let go of the belief in a separate, static self—the root of unhappiness. Bodhipaksa takes readers through a systematic yet poetic analysis of the self that supports the realization of: A sense of spaciousness and expansiveness that transcends the limitations of the physical bodyProfound gratitude, awe, and a feeling of belonging as we witness the extent of our connectedness with the universeFreedom from the psychological burden caused by clinging to a false identityThe relaxed experience of “consciousness, pure and bright”Engrossing and incisive, Living as a River is at once an empowering guide and a meditative practice we can turn to again and again to overcome our fear of change and align joyfully with the natural unfolding of creation.

Author : Jenny Milchman
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492659010
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked River written by Jenny Milchman and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wicked River is partly a who-is-my-husband-really story, partly a horror-in-the-wilderness story, and partly a Manhattan-family drama, all rolled up in elegantly propulsive prose, and shot through with sinister suspense."—LEE CHILD, New York Times bestselling author Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated backcountry honeymoon seems ideal-a chance to start their lives together with an adventure. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own hearts, as well as the depths of their love for each other, it becomes clear that they are not alone in the woods. Because six million acres makes it easy for the wicked to hide. And even easier for someone to go missing for good. As they struggle with the worst the wilderness has to offer, a man watches them, wielding the forest like a weapon. He wants something from them more terrifying than death. And once they are near his domain, he will do everything in his power to make sure they never walk out again.

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Total Pages : 1188 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 29-30 contain papers of the International Engineering Congress, Chicago, 1893; v. 54, pts. A-F, papers of the International Engineering Congress, St. Louis, 1904.

Author : Cyrus Cornelius Adams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1282 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine written by Cyrus Cornelius Adams and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maryland. Bureau of Immigration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maryland, Its Lands, Products and Industries, the Ideal Home for the Immigrant written by Maryland. Bureau of Immigration and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Colin Fletcher
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804152438
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River written by Colin Fletcher and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age sixty-seven, Colin Fletcher, the guru of backpacking in America, undertook a rigorous six-month raft expedition down the full length of the Colorado River--alone. He needed "something to pare the fat off my soul...to make me grateful, again, for being alive." The 1,700 miles between the Colorado's source in Wyoming and its conclusion at Mexico's Gulf of California contain some of the most spectacular vistas on earth, and Fletcher is the ideal guide for the terrain. As his privileged companions, we travel to places like Disaster Falls and Desolation Canyon, observe beaver and elk, experience sandstorms and whitewater rapids, and share Fletcher's thoughts on the human race, the environment, and the joys of solitude.

Author : David James Duncan
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316261211
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Why written by David James Duncan and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author. Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters. Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences. Profoundly reflective about our connection to nature and to one another, The River Why is also a comedic rollercoaster. Like Gus, the reader emerges utterly changed, stripped bare by the journey Duncan so expertly navigates.

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Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chautauquan written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: