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In America, a black man is three times more likely to be killed in encounters with police than a white guy. If only he had complied with the cop, he might be alive today, pundits say in the aftermath of the latest shooting of an unarmed black man. Or, Maybe he shouldn't have worn that hoodie...or, moved more slowly...not been out so late...Wait, why are black people allowed to drive, anyway? With so much heartfelt guidance flying around, it seems...
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In one of his first books, "The Mountains of California", John Muir, famed naturalist, environmentalist, and author, recounts his travels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite Valley. First published in 1894, "The Mountains of California" is a captivating and vivid portrait of the raw beauty of this spectacular place. He takes the readers on a tour of the wonders that abound, writing "Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains...
23) Pays d'Argonne
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Extrait : "Le sol du « Pays d'Argonne » est formé spécialement par la gaize ou pierre morte. C'est une roche poreuse, légère, quoique assez dure que les habitants utilisent pour les fondations de maisons et pour la construction de la couche inférieure des chemins et des routes. En se délitant, cette roche donne une terre sableuse, légère et perméable convenant particulièrement aux essences de nos forêts, ce qui fait de l'Argonne un pays...
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Les cyclones ou tempêtes tournantes sont l'un des phénomènes les plus importants et les plus curieux de l'atmosphère. Ces impressionnants phénomènes, dont la route est marquée par tant de désastres, sont désignés par différents noms : ouragans, dans l'océan Indien ou l'Atlantique , typhons dans la mer de Chine , simoun, dans le désert , tornades, sur la cte occidentale d'Afrique. Ces derniers tourbillons ne s'étendent qu'à une petite...
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John Muir (1838-1914) ranks among America's most important and influential environmentalists and nature writers. Devoted to the preservation of wilderness areas, Muir founded the Sierra Club and was active in the establishment of Yosemite National Park. Our National Parks, originally published in 1901, includes ten articles that previously appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. Muir wrote them in hopes of exciting interest in the parks, certain that visitors...
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These timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information.|
These timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information.
In these essays about Alaska's best-known and most charismatic animals—grizzlies and wolves, moose and Dall sheep, bald eagles
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Considérée dans son ensemble, la France présente un caractère de symétrie depuis longtemps remarqué. Son contour ne s'éloigne pas beaucoup de celui d'un hexagone régulier et, de ses six ctés, trois sont des frontières maritimes, pendant que deux autres, les Pyrénées et les Alpes sont montagneuses. Seule, sa frontière du Nord-Est, de Belfort à Dunkerque, est ouverte. Ces circonstances tiennent à ce que, malgré la très grande diversité...
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Après avoir passé dix années à étudier l'œuvre d'Ibn Khaldûn (considéré par les grands sociologues contemporains comme le précurseur de la sociologie moderne), Mohamed Saouli nous propose un essai d'interprétation et de traduction condensé de La Muqaddima et y apporte un éclairage nouveau et pertinent, loin des préjugés et contresens des traductions françaises et anglaises qui résultent de la hiérarchisation occidentale des civilisations...
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Smoke to See By is a collection of 21 essays and stories, many never before published, written by award-winning essayist and columnist Ben Moyer. The collection tracks the writer's quest for intimate knowledge of, and personal connection to, the natural features of his home region, the foothills and ridges of Northern Appalachia. Readers will follow Moyer along mountain streams and through native woodlands to insightful encounters with rare salamanders,...
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Not much can be said with certainty about the life of Claudius Aelianus, known to us as Aelian. He was born sometime between A.D. 165 and 170 in the hill town of Praeneste, what is now Palestrina, about twenty-five miles from Rome, Italy. He grew up speaking that town's version of Latin, a dialect that other speakers of the language seem to have found curious, but-somewhat unusually for his generation, though not for Romans of earlier times-he preferred...
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Bestselling Author of We're Just Like You, Only Prettier and Bless Your Heart, Tramp
Hang on to your hats! We're in for some fiercely funny weather and crackling-sharp observations from Celia Rivenbark, of whom USA Today has said, "Think Dave Barry with a female point of view."
With her incomparable style and sassy southern wit, you'll hear from Celia on:
--The joys of remodeling Tara
--How Harry Potter bitch-slaps Nancy Drew
--Britney's To-Do...
32) The Yosemite
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John Muir, famous for his naturalist essays and books, was over 70 years old when he wrote "The Yosemite" as a reflection on the beauty of the national park. Muir was a naturalist, so he was highly invested in describing the landscape, flora, and fauna of Yosemite National Park. He even said that "no temple with manmade hands can compare with Yosemite." Muir knew the terrain well, having hiked and climbed Cathedral Peak, Mount Dana, and the old Indian...
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First published in 1915, "Travels in Alaska" is a collection of essays and recollections by John Muir of his time spent in Alaska. Muir is often referred to as the "Father of the National Parks" and "John of the Mountains" and is most famous for his tireless work to preserve, study, and appreciate the natural world. Muir devoted many years of his life to the protection of the forests and mountains of the Western United States and advocated for making...
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« Ah! Décidément, vous êtes bien chanceux, les Montréalais, d'être en travaux comme ça, tout le temps. C'est qu'il y a du budget à Montréal pour les infrastructures routières, comparativement aux régions. Ça me paraît bien injuste, parce que, per capita, nous avons plus de kilomètres de route à entretenir que vous! Il paraît que cette situation est due au fait que vous avez plus de comtés (de tout petits comtés, en passant) que nous,...
35) Bad for the Jews
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Scott Sherman has taken it upon himself to compile a list of 50 Oy vey-inducing members of the tribe-from politics, entertainment and white-collar crime, who make it tougher than it already is to be a Jew these days. Notables include:
Bernie Madoff: Where to begin? Life is hard enough without having to be concerned that your esteemed brethren are really sleeper-schmucks lying in wait, biding their time for the perfect moment to completely ruin your...
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"HowYaGettin'On?" is how downtown St. John's, Newfoundland, corner boy Snook says hello. He's been hanging around, telling yarns, and having a laugh for over thirty years now, and this is his welcome for you to read all about some of that. Known as a fast talker and funny laugher, Snook finally jotted down some of his musings on . . . stuff-all sorts of stuff. Some of it's actually half-decent, as they say. So have a sit (wherever you please, or need...
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Investigates how data production and consumption territorialize the physical landscape filtered through Ireland's role in global communications and, as told by the Irish Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, features an installation that focuses on the materiality of data infrastructure in space.
As our everyday lives become increasingly, entangled with data technologies, the book addresses the utopian fantasy that surrounds the Cloud,...
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On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Nina Shengold embarks on a challenge: to walk the path surrounding the Catskills' glorious Ashokan Reservoir every day for a year, at all times of day and in all kinds of weather, trying to find something new every time. Armed with lively curiosity, infectious enthusiasm, and renewed stubbornness, she hits the path every day with all five senses wide open, searching for details that glint. As Shengold explores...
39) Notes on grief
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"Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father's death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core....
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Shayla Lawson is major. She is on a mission to move black girls like herself from best-supporting actress to a starring role in the major narrative. Whether she's taking on workplace microaggressions or upending racist stereotypes about her home state of Kentucky, she looks for the side of the story that isn't always told, the places where the voices of black girls haven't been heard. The essays herein ask questions like: Why are black women invisible...
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