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John McDouall Stuart (1815-66) was a surveyor and a pioneering explorer of Australia. Born in Scotland, he emigrated in 1839 to Australia where he worked in surveying and made many expeditions into the outback. The treks he undertook from 1858 to 1862 are the focus of this account, published in 1864, and are compiled from Stuart's notes by William Hardman (1828-90). During these periods of exploration he managed - though suffering from scurvy - to cross the continent, and he also discovered various rivers and geographical features. Hardman's account uses Stuart's journals to give an account of six historic and often gruelling expeditions. The first was to the north-west; the following two were explorations around Lake Torrens; the fourth was an attempt to find the centre of the territory; a fifth involved a forced retreat after an aboriginal attack; and in the final one Stuart traversed the continent.

Henry Duff Traill (1842-1900) was a prolific journalist, satirist and author. The son of a magistrate, he was called to the Bar in 1869 but began working as a journalist at the Yorkshire Post soon afterwards. He contributed to several newspapers, acting as chief political leader writer at The Daily Telegraph from 1882 to 1897 and editing The Observer for two years. He later became the editor of Literature, holding this post until his death. Among his diverse published works were six biographies, of which the most in-depth was that of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Published in 1896 and drawing on personal documents provided by the Franklin family, it provides a picture of Franklin's character and personal life, alongside a detailed account of his career. Written fifty years after Franklin's presumed death, this work also covers the aftermath of his final ill-fated voyage in search of a north-west passage.

Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment--one cause being ineffective interactions between construction and local people--PERRP used anthropological and participatory approaches. Along with strong construction management, such approaches led to the rebuilding being completed on time. As disasters are increasing in number and intensity, so too will be the need for reconstruction, for which PERRP has lessons to offer.

¡Descubra las maravillas ocultas bajo sus pies!Sumérjase en el mundo de la búsqueda de rocas con esta guía y embárquese en un viaje geológico lleno de descubrimientos, asombro y un toque de ciencia. ¿Por qué elegir esta guía?Introducción completa: ¿No tiene conocimientos previos? No hay problema. Comience su aventura con una cautivadora introducción al fascinante mundo de la búsqueda de rocas.El conocimiento experto se une a la practicidad: George Crouse tiende un puente sin fisuras entre el conocimiento en profundidad y la aplicación práctica para equiparle para sus expediciones.Ética y normativa: ¡Tenga confianza en sí mismo y sea ético! Comprenda la brújula moral de la búsqueda de rocas y manténgase siempre dentro de los límites legales.Del descubrimiento a la exposición: esta guía no se limita a la búsqueda de tesoros, sino que abarca todo el espectro, desde la identificación de los artefactos hasta su conservación y exposición.Fósiles - una máquina del tiempo: Vaya más allá de las meras rocas. Explore los fósiles y deje que cada reliquia cuente su antigua historia, bellamente narrada para el lector.En su interior descubrirá:Ideas prácticas para identificar rocas, minerales y fósiles.Cómo prepararse y qué esperar en sus aventuras de búsqueda de rocas.Las maravillas del mundo a través del almanaque de gemas y minerales.Técnicas, herramientas y consejos para convertirse en un profesional de la búsqueda de rocas.Las antiguas historias del mundo que cuenta cada fósil.¿A quién va dirigido este libro?Espeleólogos en ciernes que buscan una introducción estructurada.Exploradores aficionados experimentados que deseen una visión más profunda.Profesores, estudiantes y curiosos que quieran comprender las antiguas historias de nuestro planeta.Cualquiera que desee establecer una relación profunda y duradera con los misterios que se esconden bajo nuestros pies.Este no es sólo un libro, es su billete de entrada a un mundo de maravillas por descubrir. Con cada página, no sólo aprenderá, sino que se embarcará en un viaje lleno de emoción, misterio e historias tan antiguas como el tiempo.No deje pasar esta aventura. Sumérjase en las profundidades de las maravillas geológicas del mundo.

An illuminating record of fifty years as a pilot on the mighty Mississippi River

Carolyn M. Cunningham and Heather M. Crandall analyze the rise of climate activist girls who manage to advance the climate movement using social media, ingenuity, and an intersectional approach. United and focused, they confront the challenges of global systems and cultures that maintain power through all kinds of oppression.

A wide-ranging collection of essays, this book examines a crucial yet understudied link between environmental campaigns and media discourse and activism. With several case studies from India, it explores the geo-politics of environmental discourse by examining situations in countries which are now joining the emerging economies and slowly shifting their political alliances.

Ajanviete- ja muistelukirja puista ja muista luonnon asioista kiinnostuneille. Runsaasti kuvia, kysymyksiä tietokilpailuihin tai muisteluryhmiin, sanankeksimistehtäviä eri aiheista, kädentaitovinkkejä ja musiikkitietoa kirjan aihepiireistä.Sopii esim. eläkeläiskerhojen ohjaajille, hoivakotien virikevastaaville, muistisairaille yksin tai yhdessä omaisen kanssa katseltavaksi, isovanhemmille yhdessä lasten(lasten)lasten kanssa katseltavaksi ja maahanmuuttajille/suomen kielen opiskelijoille.

Découvrez les merveilles cachées sous vos pieds !Ce guide vous emmène dans un voyage géologique rempli de découvertes, d'émerveillement et d'une touche de science. Pourquoi choisir ce guide ?Introduction tout compris : Pas de connaissances préalables ? Pas de problème ! Commencez votre aventure avec une introduction captivante au monde passionnant de la chasse aux pierres.L'expertise au service de la pratique : George Crouse fait le lien entre les connaissances approfondies et la pratique, ce qui vous permet d'être bien équipé pour vos expéditions sur le terrain.Éthique et réglementation : Aventurez-vous en toute confiance et dans le respect de l'éthique ! Comprenez la boussole morale du rockhounding et restez toujours dans les limites de la loi.De la découverte à l'exposition : Il ne s'agit pas seulement de trouver des trésors, ce guide vous emmène à travers tout le spectre - de l'identification de la découverte à la préservation et à l'exposition.Les fossiles - une machine à remonter le temps : Allez au-delà des simples roches. Explorez les fossiles et laissez chaque relique raconter son histoire séculaire, magnifiquement narrée pour le lecteur.À l'intérieur, vous découvrirez :Des informations pratiques sur l'identification des roches, des minéraux et des fossiles.Comment se préparer et à quoi s'attendre lors de vos aventures de fouille.Les merveilles du monde grâce à l'Almanach des gemmes et des minéraux.Des techniques, des outils et des conseils pour faire de vous un pro de la recherche de pierres !Les histoires anciennes du monde racontées par chaque fossile.A qui s'adresse ce livre ?Les aspirants rochassiers à la recherche d'un point de départ structuré.Les amateurs expérimentés à la recherche d'informations plus précises.Les enseignants, les étudiants et les curieux désireux de comprendre les récits anciens de notre terre.Toute personne désireuse d'établir une relation profonde et durable avec les mystères qui se trouvent sous nos pieds.Ce n'est pas seulement un livre, c'est votre billet d'entrée dans un monde de merveilles qui ne demande qu'à être découvert. À chaque page, vous n'apprenez pas seulement quelque chose, vous vous embarquez pour un voyage - un voyage rempli d'excitation, de mystère et d'histoires vieilles comme le monde.Ne laissez pas cette aventure vous échapper. Plongez dans les profondeurs des merveilles géologiques du monde.

Wer schon einmal in einem brandenburgischen See geschwommen oder an seinen Ufern spazieren gegangen ist, weiß, dass es kaum schönere Ausflüge nach Brandenburg gibt als an das Wasser.Roswitha Schieb zeigt uns die 33 schönsten und spannendsten Seen Brandenburgs. An jedem gibt es etwas Besonderes zu entdecken: Neben Tipps zu Badestellen, Wander-­ und Radwegen gibt das Buch auch Hinweise zu nahegelegenen Sehenswürdigkeiten und erzählt Kulturgeschichte rund um die Seen und die umliegenden Ortschaften. Das ultimative Seenbuch für alle, die Brandenburgs schönste Seiten kennenlernen wollen!

This book has been written to be a self help book so that the public in general can protect themselves from the worst effects of the next Icelandic volcanic eruptions. We have already seen in March & April of 2010 what a small volcanic eruption did when Eyjafjallajokull blew up and caused chaos over the skies of Europe and North America. This was the least harmful perhaps of all 18 - 25 massive strato volcanoes some of which I believe could erupt in the next 5 years. Ones like Katla which are linked to EJ (short version of Eyjafjallajokull) are about 10 times bigger than EJ.Then there is Laki which erupted in 1783 and 1784 and caused a huge cloud of yellow poison mustard gas to spread over Europe potentially killing about 1 million people and yet no one today knows about this volcano, this is one of the biggest killers the world has ever known possibly killing up to 6 million people worldwide due to its effects upon the Jet stream and Monsoon rains and yet only a handful of Nordic Volcanologists and scientists seem to know about it. My book will educate the public to the dangerous relationship between human civilizations and volcanic eruptions which have profoundly changed the way previous civilizations and historical eras progressed or collapsed as the case may be.

This edition includes surveys covering the annexed (and disputed) territories of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as updated surveys of each of the other 83 federal subjects. It includes an economic survey, presenting the latest available data on finance,agriculture, industry, manufacturing, foreign investment and employment.

Routledge Readings on Law, Development and Legal Pluralism presents some of the finest essays on social justice, environment, rights and governance. With a lucid new Introduction, it covers a vast range of issues and offers a compelling guide to understanding the harm and risk relating to biodiversity, agro-ecology, disaster and forest rights. The book covers critical themes such as ecology, families and governance and establishes the trajectory of contemporary ecology and law in South Asia. The thirteen chapters in the volume, divided into three sections, trace violence and marginality in the plurality of families and their laws in India, as well as discuss community-based just practices. With debates on development, governance and families, the book highlights the politics and practices of law making, law reform and law application. This multidisciplinary volume foregrounds the politics and plural lives of/in law by including perspectives from major authors who have contributed to the academic and/ or policy discourse of the subject.This book will be useful to students, scholars, policymakers and practitioners interested in a nuanced understanding of law, especially those studying law, marginality, kinship and indigeneity studies. It will serve as essential reading for those in law, socio-legal studies, environment studies and ecology, social exclusion studies, development studies, South Asian studies, human rights, jurisprudence and constitutional studies, gender studies, history, politics, conflict and peace studies, sociology and social anthropology. It will also appeal to legal historians and practitioners of law, environmentalists and those in public administration.

This book presents some of the finest essays on social justice, rights and public policy. With a new Introduction, it covers a range of issues and offers a guide to understanding law and socio-legal studies in South Asia.

The first scholarly monograph devoted exclusively to this vital work of contemporary public art, this book examines Maya Lin¿s Confluence Project through the lens of environmental humanities and indigenous studies.

This book studies the state of tribal education in India. It examines the educational status of the tribal population and studies developmental issues such as unemployment, illiteracy, caste discrimination and inequality faced by the community.

With a special focus on the EU¿s marginal regions, the book is a guide to understanding how EU policy has affected urban change and local development across Europe.