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Author | : William deBuys |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2022-02-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1644210657 |
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A revitalizing new perspective on Earthcare from Pulitzer Prize finalist William deBuys. In 2016 and 2018 acclaimed author and conservationist William deBuys joined extended medical expeditions into Upper Dolpo, a remote, ethnically Tibetan region of northwestern Nepal, to provide basic medical services to the residents of the region. Having written about climate change and species extinction, deBuys went on those journeys seeking solace. He needed to find a constructive way of living with the discouraging implications of what he had learned about the diminishing chances of reversing the damage humans have done to Earth; he sought a way of holding onto hope in the face of devastating loss. As deBuys describes these journeys through one of Earth's remotest regions, his writing celebrates the land’s staggering natural beauty, and treats his readers to deep dives into two scientific discoveries—the theories of natural selection and plate tectonics—that forever changed human understanding of our planet. Written in a vivid and nuanced style evocative of John McPhee or Peter Matthiessen, The Trail to Kanjiroba offers a surprising and revitalizing new way to think about Earthcare, one that may enable us to continue the difficult work that lies ahead.
Author | : William DeBuys |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826308207 |
Download Enchantment and Exploitation Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This unusual book is a complete account of the closely linked natural and human history of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, a region unique in its rich combination of ecological and cultural diversity.
Author | : William DeBuys |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826324283 |
Download Salt Dreams Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern California's sixteen million people.
Author | : William deBuys |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0316232882 |
Download The Last Unicorn Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An award-winning author's quest to find and understand a creature as rare and enigmatic as any on Earth. In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with exquisite long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to Western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in fifty years. Rare then and rarer now, a live saola had never been glimpsed by a Westerner in the wild when Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it in central Laos. Their team endured a punishing trek up and down white-water rivers and through mountainous terrain ribboned with the snare lines of armed poachers who roamed the forest, stripping it of wildlife. In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, and Peter Matthiessen, The Last Unicorn chronicles deBuys's journey deep into one of the world's most remote places. It's a story rich with the joys and sorrows of an expedition into undiscovered country, pursuing a species as rare and elusive as the fabled unicorn. As is true with the quest for the unicorn, in the end the expedition becomes a search for something more: the essence of wildness in nature, evidence that the soul of a place can endure, and the transformative power of natural beauty.
Author | : William deBuys |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2012-04-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0199779104 |
Download A Great Aridness Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.
Author | : John Wesley Powell |
Publisher | : Shearwater Books |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2001-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Download Seeing Things Whole Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Seeing Things Whole presents the essence of the extraordinary legacy that John Wesley Powell has left to the American people, and to people everywhere who strive to reconcile the demands of society with the imperatives of the land.
Author | : William deBuys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : 9780890135624 |
Download Valles Caldera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
New in paperback, this book tells the natural and human history of the Valles Caldera preserve. In 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, legislation that transferred to the public domain a privately owned ranch in northern New Mexico. This history outlines the unique administrative experiment now underway to manage its public lands. In addition, the splendour of this rare place is captured in beautiful photographs.
Author | : Bradley Monton |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2009-07-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1770480188 |
Download Seeking God in Science Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The doctrine of intelligent design is often the subject of acrimonious debate. Seeking God in Science cuts through the rhetoric that distorts the debates between religious and secular camps. Bradley Monton, a philosopher of science and an atheist, carefully considers the arguments for intelligent design and argues that intelligent design deserves serious consideration as a scientific theory. Monton also gives a lucid account of the debate surrounding the inclusion of intelligent design in public schools and presents reason why students’ science education could benefit from a careful consideration of the arguments for and against it.
Author | : William DeBuys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Download The Walk Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An exploration of the connection between personal history and natural history
Author | : David J. Weber |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300215045 |
Download First Impressions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System—including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde—to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors’ skillful evocation of the region’s sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers.