The Spoils Of Dust

Author : Alexander Robinson
Publisher : Applied Research and Design Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781940743486
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spoils of Dust written by Alexander Robinson and published by Applied Research and Design Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the third-largest lake in California and among the world's greatest sources of dust, for decades the dried Owens Lake was merely a footnote to the most notorious water grab in modern history. Now, the desert lake has been reassembled--not refilled--to redeem its lost value without returning Los Angeles's main water supply. In The Spoils of Dust, this bargain redemption and its surprise conjuring of an extraordinary landscape, is the backdrop for investigating contemporary relationships between landscape architecture, engineering, and perception. The Promethean terrain makes legible the frameworks we use to reinvent nature in the Anthropocene, revealing itself as a monument to the prismatic modes by which we know landscapes today. Almost by accident, this has made select landscape values the linchpin for major water resource decisions, thrusting landscape architecture into a consequential position. Answering the challenge, the book concludes with a speculative atlas and robotic tool for an imaginative and advanced approach to dry lake design.

Author : John Fante
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062013009
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ask the Dust written by John Fante and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writer's life he fought so hard to attain.

Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199931526
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dividing the Spoils written by Robin Waterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world.

Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375815309
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1) written by Philip Pullman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of His Dark Materials--now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Miranda--to expand on the story of Lyra, “one of fantasy’s most indelible heroines” (The New York Times Magazine). Don’t miss Volume II of The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth! Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, are used to overhearing news and the occasional scandal at the inn run by his family. But during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm finds a mysterious object—and finds himself in grave danger. Inside the object is a cryptic message about something called Dust; and it’s not long before Malcolm is approached by the spy for whom this message was actually intended. When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he begins to notice suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra. Lyra is at the center of a storm, and Malcolm will brave any peril, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through it. “Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen-year wait: The Book of Dust is one of them.” —The Washington Post “The book is full of wonder. . . . Truly thrilling.” —The New York Times “People will love the first volume of Philip Pullman’s new trilogy with the same helpless vehemence that stole over them when The Golden Compass came out.” —Slate

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Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1. Chapters 1-5 - Volume 2. Chapters 6-Appendix B - Volume 3. Appendix C.

Author : Henry James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spoils of Poynton written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 374 pages
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Author : Great Britain. Metalliferous Mines and Quarries Commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of Commissioners written by Great Britain. Metalliferous Mines and Quarries Commission and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: