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Passage of darkness : the ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie
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ISBN: 0807817767 0807842109 Year: 1988 Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,


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River notes : a natural and human history of the Colorado
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ISBN: 1610912063 9781610912068 9781610913614 1610913612 9781610910200 1610910206 Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press,

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"Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. If it ceased flowing, the water held in its reservoirs might hold out for three to four years, but after that it would be necessary to abandon most of southern California and Arizona, and much of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. For the entire American Southwest the Colorado is indeed the river of life, which makes it all the more tragic and ironic that by the time it approaches its final destination, it has been reduced to a shadow upon the sand, its delta dry and deserted, its flow a toxic trickle seeping into the sea. In this remarkable blend of history, science, and personal observation, acclaimed author Wade Davis tells the story of America's Nile, how it once flowed freely and how human intervention has left it near exhaustion, altering the water temperature, volume, local species, and shoreline of the river Theodore Roosevelt once urged us to "leave it as it is." Yet despite a century of human interference, Davis writes, the splendor of the Colorado lives on in the river's remaining wild rapids, quiet pools, and sweeping canyons. The story of the Colorado River is the human quest for progress and its inevitable if unintended effects--and an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and foster the rebirth of America's most iconic waterway. A beautifully told story of historical adventure and natural beauty, River Notes is a fascinating journey down the river and through mankind's complicated and destructive relationship with one of its greatest natural resources"--


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The wayfinders : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world
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ISBN: 9780887848421 9780887847660 Year: 2009 Publisher: Toronto : House of Anansi Press,

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"Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes. And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices?" "In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind's survival should they vanish."--BOOK JACKET.

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Light at the edge of the world : a journey through the realm of vanishing cultures
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ISBN: 9781553652670 Year: 2001 Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre,

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One River : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
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ISBN: 0684834960 0684808862 9780684834962 9780684808864 Year: 1996 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Simon and Schuster,

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The serpent and the rainbow.
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ISBN: 0002176017 Year: 1986 Publisher: London Collins

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Beneath the Surface of Things : New and Selected Essays
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ISBN: 1778400434 Year: 2024 Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Greystone Books Ltd.,

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Ethnology. --- World politics


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River Notes : Drought and the Twilight of the American West - A Natural and Human History of the Colorado
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ISBN: 1778401430 Year: 2023 Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Greystone Books Ltd.,

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"Due to extreme drought and chronic overuse, the Colorado River and all those who depend on its waters are in peril. During a pivotal moment in the river's lifespan, acclaimed author Wade Davis tells the story of America's Nile. Blending natural and cultural history, geology and conservation, his account reveals the side effects of our centuries-old quest for progress, and presents an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and foster the rebirth of one of the world's most important rivers."--


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Shadows in the sun : travels to landscapes of spirit and desire
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Year: 1998 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Island Press

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Ranging from the British Columbian wilderness to the jungles of the Amazon and the polar ice of the Arctic Circle, Shadows in the Sun is a testament to a world where spirits still stalk the land and seize the human heart. Its essays and stories, though distilled from travels in widely separated parts of the world, are fundamentally about landscape and character, the wisdom of lives drawn directly from the land, the hunger of those who seek to rediscover such understanding, and the consequences of failure.


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De slang en de regenboog
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ISBN: 9025466249 Year: 1986 Publisher: Amsterdam : Contact,

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