“ Grove is a story of an existence stilled by loss, but the promise of life, and with it renewal and hope, pulses gently but steadily at its heart.”—Lucy Scholes, Financial Times An unnamed narrator, recently bereaved, travels to a small village southeast of Rome. It is winter, and from her temporary residence on a hill between village and cemetery, she embarks on walks and outings, exploring the banal and the sublime with equal ...
Some 73,000 years ago, the Mount Toba supervolcano in today's Indonesia erupted, releasing the energy of a million tons of explosives. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun's radiation and caused global temperatures to drop for a decade. In this book, Donald R. Prothero presents the controversial argument that the Toba catastrophe nearly wiped out the human race, leaving only about ...
Когда-то услышал фразу: "Всё подвергай сомнению". Подвергаю. В 1967 году отчим спросил: "А есть ли конец у пространства?" Задумался. Занялся астрофизикой. Кое-что понял. Оказалось, многое поняли до меня. Не огорчился – значит, иду в правильном направлении. Своими учителями считаю Галилея, Эйнштейна, Хойла, Котляра Островского и своего отца. А вас современная школа учит? Ошибаетесь. Рассказывают то, что вы можете узнать сами, и так, чтобы не было ...
В данном пособии изложены как исторический аспект развития взглядов человека на природу, так и современные научные теории, формирующие физическую картину мира. Представлена эволюция научных представлений человечества об устройстве мира: от механицизма до корпускулярно-полевой картины мира. Издание предназначено для обучающихся по направлению подготовки 38.03.10 Жилищное хозяйство и коммунальная инфраструктура. ...
A testament to the miraculous beings that share our planet and the places that they live, The Wild in You is a deeply-felt creative collaboration between one of our time’s best nature photographers and a very talented and creative poet. Inspired by the majestic and savage beauty of Ian McAllister’s photographs, Lorna Crozier translates the wild emotion of these images into the language of the human heart: poetry. Featuring ov ...
In this fascinating guide to the roadside ecology of the major highways in B.C., you'll discover a whole new dimension to taking a car trip. This new edition has been updated and expanded to cover northern British Columbia and southern Yukon, giving readers a unique perspective on the northern wildlife and vegetation. Southern travellers «may find that this journey will redefine what 'northern British Columbia' means to them, or e ...
The Pacific Crest Trail was designated as one of the first National Scenic Trails way back in 1968. As it traverses the «high road» from Mexico to Canada, incredible views are not only commonplace but also uniquely diverse, because the trail connects six of North America's seven eco-zones. The PCT's familiar, well-worn path is a special place for hikers from all walks of life on walks of all lengths and for all reasons.Instead of guidi ...
For fans of the PBS Masterpiece Theater series, The Durrells in Corfu Fauna and Family is the third in Durrell’s Corfu trilogy that begins with My Family and Other Animals and continues with Birds, Beasts and Relatives . Of this book, Durrell writes in his foreword, “I hope that it might give the same pleasure to its readers as apparently its predecessors have done, as for me it portrays a very important part of my life . . . which is a ...
