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iUniverse Coming In A Cowhands Perspective
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iUniverse Beastly Bestiary
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iUniverse Noble Life Memories of a Summer Camp in Maine
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iUniverse NOTES FROM BREAKFAST CREEK A LOOK AT THE WORLD
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iUniverse Plain Prose and Poetry
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iUniverse Passive Fear Alternative to Fight or FlightWhen frightened animals hide
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Crittertude Ferret Dreams Crittertude Volume 3
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Houghton Mifflin Wilderness World Of John Muir The
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Digital on Demand Walking Yourself Home
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Elaine Ouston Author - Publisher Where the crow flies backwards
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Gloria Sarker Bird Photography My Hiking
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Wildiaries Wildlife in the Balance
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Strange Nation Publishing Australian Big Cats An Unnatural History of Panthers
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Random House Canada To Speak for the Trees
Book SynopsisCanadian botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger shows us how forests can not only heal us, but save the planet.
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Xlibris A Lifetime Nature Walk
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Xlibris A Lifetime Nature Walk
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Xlibris Corporation Growing Up Wild Wild Moments from a Heron Ropers Resume
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Xlibris Corporation Growing up Wild Wild Moments from a Heron Ropers Resume
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Simon & Schuster Of Wolves and Men
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review“A remarkable book, both biologically absorbing and humanly rich, and one that should be read by every ecologically concerned American.” —John Fowles “Animal Kingdom Of Wolves and Men is not only the best popular account of an animal I have read in a long time, but also something new — a bridge between books of the past and those of the future, which, it is hoped, will incorporate and expand the perceptions so eloquently treated here.” —George Schaller “A splendid, beautiful book.” —Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal “Fascinating....His book has a wealth of observation, mythology and mysticism about wolves that adds a colorful part to the still unfinished mosaic that defines the wolf.” —Bayard Webster, New Fork Times Book Review “Eloquent....His own patient effort to understand a despised, feared and heavily mythologized beast induces a shiver, of strangeness, the sign of fresh, original work.” —Walter Clemons, Newsweek “Unusually informative and sensitive.” —Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times “Haunting....has something of value to say to all of us.” —Boston Globe “Brilliant...a work of intelligence, dedication and beauty, deserving the widest possible attention not only for the sake of wolves but also for the sake of men.”—Whitley Streiber, Washington PostTable of ContentsCONTENTSIntroductionI: CANIS LUPUS LINNAEUS1. Origin and Description2. Social Structure and Communication3. Hunting and TerritoryII: AND A CLOUD PASSES OVERHEAD4. Amaguk and Sacred Meat5. A Wolf in the Heart6. Wolf WarriorsIII: THE BEAST OF WASTE AND DESOLATION7. The Clamor of Justification8. Wolfing for Sport9. An American PogromIV: AND A WOLF SHALL DEVOUR THE SUN10. Out of a Medieval Mind11. The Reach of Science12. Searching for the Beast13. Images from a Childhood14. A Howling at TwilightEpilogue: On the Raising of Wolves and a New EthologyAfterword: A Reacquaintance with WolvesBibliographyIndexIllustration credits
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DK Birds of Western Canada
Book SynopsisThe ultimate photographic guide to over 400 bird species found in western Canada, ideal for bird watchers of all ages. Updated in this 3rd edition to reflect the latest taxonomic data, Birds of Western Canada is the complete guide to 410 species of birds found west of the 100th Meridian in Canada, including the most common species and rare birds.Perfect for both dedicated and casual bird watchers, this regional guide includes stunning full-color photographs revealing individual species with unrivaled clarity. The 387 most commonly seen birds are given full-page profiles with lively and clear accounts detailing notable characteristics and information on everything from behavior and habitat to nest construction and conservation status. Each profile also features diagrams of flight patterns and statistics of size, wingspan and lifespan. Information on similar birds is provided to make differentiation easy.Soar into the pages of this brilliant bird bo
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AuthorHouse Duck Soup Vignettes of Country Life
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AuthorHouse Duck Soup Vignettes of Country Life
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AuthorHouse Communing with Nature A Guidebook for Enhancing Your Relationship with the Living Earth
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AuthorHouse Ups and Downs Around Rainier
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Rlpg/Galleys Traditional Islamic Environmentalism The Vision
Book SynopsisThis work examines the relevance of traditional Islamic thought and practices for a lasting solution to the current environmental crisis. The book argues that only a revival of the traditional worldview which perceives all entities of nature as signs of God can effectively respond to the crisis our planet faces.Trade ReviewDr. Tarik Quadir’s present work on environmentalism is perhaps one of the best studies on the subject to have appeared in recent years. Through his thorough exposition of the environmental philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr . . . and his spiritual approach to the contemporary environmental crisis, Dr. Quadir has succeeded in articulating a veritable alternative to mainstream approaches to environmentalism. -- Osman Bakar, chair professor and director, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Centre of Islamic Studies, Universiti Brunei DarussalamQuadir has produced a brilliant work of research far transcending the book’s focus on technology, science, and environmentalism. . . . Accompanied by a plethora of notes [from] diverse sources, Quadir offers us a highly nuanced, intricately crafted investigation of the philosophical and ethical thinking underlying the environmentalist issue in modern Islam and the contemporary West. -- Leonard Lewisohn, PhD, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter[Regarding] the disclosure of the spiritual roots of the environmental crisis, it is no exaggeration to say that Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a visionary: for over half a century, he has been calling out on behalf of Mother Nature, articulating a vision of ecological harmony, and eliciting from many who share that vision a spiritual change of direction, a metanoia. . . . [R]ecommended reading for those wishing to know what they can do, at the deepest level, about the environmental crisis. -- Reza Shah-Kazemi, PhD, author of The Other in the Light of the One and Paths to TranscendenceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 0.1 The Environmental Crisis is Caused by Modern Technology-Based Lifestyles 0.2 Introduction to Seyyed Hossein Nasr 0.3 Failures of Mainstream Environmentalism 0.4 The Role for Religions and the Significance of Nasr 0.5 Nasr on Technological Solutions 0.6 Nasr and the Perennial Philosophy 0.7 Nasr and Traditional Islam 0.8 Environmentalism in the Muslim World and Nasr 0.9 The Need for a Sacred Science 0.10 Introduction Summary Chapter 1 A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS 1.1 Nature in the Pre-Modern Christian Europe 1.2 The Root is in Rationalism 1.3 The Renaissance Humanism and the Emergence of the Promethean Man 1.4 Scientific Revolution and the Divorce of Science from Metaphysics 1.5 Scientism and Scientific Progressivism during the Enlightenment and Beyond 1.6 Nasr’s General Recommendations for all Civilizations 1.7 Chapter Summary Chapter 2 THE PERENNIAL PRINCIPLES AND THE METAPHYSICS OF NATURE WITHIN ISLAM 2.1 The Perennial Principles and the Islamic Tradition 2.2 Metaphysical Exposition of Tawhid and Hierarchy of Reality 2.3 Chapter Summary Chapter 3 METAPHYSICS, SUFISM, AND ISLAMIC ETHICS 3.1 Nasr’s Strategies for the Dissemination and Application of the Knowledge of Islamic Environmental Ethics 3.2 Religious and Metaphysical Doctrines at the Foundation of Islamic Ethics 3.3 The Metaphysics of the Hierarchy of Reality Provides the Rationale for Shari‘a 3.4 Sufism and the Supremacy of Knowledge by the Heart 3.5 Sufi Popularization of Nature’s Wonder 3.6 Chapter Summary Chapter 4 THE ADVENT OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESSIVISM AND THE MARGINALIZATION OF SUFISM 4.1 Nasr on the Contemporary Muslim Attitude towards Modern Science and Technology 4.2 The Advent of Scientific Progressivism 4.3 The Salafi Modernists 4.4 Conservative Salafi Rejection of Secularism 4.5 Revivalist/Revolutionary Salafi Movements 4.6 Transcendence of God and the Growing Affinity between Wahhabis and Salafis 4.7 Chapter Summary Chapter 5 THE PERENNIAL PRINCIPLES AND THE TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC SCIENCES 5.1 Traditional Islamic Sciences 5.2 Classification of Sciences 5.3 Example of the Traditional Scientists 5.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 6 NASR’S CRITIQUE OF MODERN SCIENCE AND SCIENTISM 6.1 Nasr and the Philosophy of Science 6.2 Limitations of Modern Science 6.3 Scientism Denies tawhid and the Hierarchy of Reality 6.4 Scientism Denies any Ultimate Meaning or Purpose 6.5 Scientism in Action 6.6 Nasr’s Arguments against the Theory of Evolution 6.7 Modern Science as a Way of Takthir 6.8 Takthir, the Environmental Crisis, and the Predicament for Muslims 6.9 Chapter Summary Chapter 7 TECHNOLOGY IS NOT VALUE-NEUTRAL 7.1 Work and Spirituality in Islam 7.2 The Machine and its Relationship with the Human Being 7.3 Preservation and Revival of Traditional Modes of Production 7.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 8 TOWARDS AN ISLAMIC SCIENCE 8.1 Why Metaphysics? Why the Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra? 8.2 An Outline of Sadra’s Natural Philosophy 8.3 Implications of Mulla Sadra’s Natural Philosophy 8.4 Technology Based on the New Islamic Science 8.5 The Debate over Islamic Science 8.6 Reform of Educational Institutions 8.7 Chapter Summary Chapter 9 CONCLUSION 9.1 Summary of Nasr’s Approach for the Islamic World 9.2 What Have We Achieved? 9.3 Final Reflections Bibliography Index
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Philosophical Library Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
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Random House Publishing Group The Yosemite Modern Library Classics
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Wild Heart of Florida
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain
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Ohio State University Press Narrative in the Anthropocene
Book SynopsisIn Narrative in the Anthropocene, Erin James poses two complementary questions: What can narrative teach us about our current geological epoch, defined and marked by the irrevocable activity of humans on the Earth''s geology and ecosystems? and What can our current geological epoch teach us about narrative? Drawing from a wide range of sources-including Jane Austen''s Mansfield Park, Maria Popova''s collective biography Figuring, Richard McGuire''s graphic novel Here, Indigenous and Afrofuturist speculative fiction, and more-James argues that a richer understanding of the forms and functions of narrative in the Anthropocene provides us with invaluable insight into how stories shape our world. At the same time, she contends that the Anthropocene alters the very nature of narrative. Throughout her exploration of these themes, James lays the groundwork for an Anthropocene narrative theory, introducing new modes of reading narrative in the Anthropocene; new cate
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Rural Hours
Book SynopsisThe daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper uses narratives and descriptions of her walks and excursions in this piece of American nature writing, to reveal her ideal society as a rural one, carefully poised between the receding wilderness and looming industrialization.
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LUP - University of Georgia Press City Wilds Essays and Stories about Urban Nature
Book SynopsisThis anthology aims to broaden our awareness of American nature writing by featuring the flora, fauna, and geology that shape urban life. Set in neither pristine nor exotic conditions, the stories and essays include rivers, vacant lots and gardens as they show nature's disregard of city limits.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC True Wilderness Contemporary Christian Insights
Book SynopsisThe True Wilderness has established itself as one of the spiritual classics of the twentieth century. Given as sermons to Trinity College undergraduates in the years following the author's breakdown in the 1950's, it illustrates the dangers of bad religion and the debilitating effects of a false view of God. Williams goes on to show that the true God is experienced by people who have accepted themselves and other people. It is a plea for a positive, life-enhancing faith and its unsparing honesty is particularly suited to contemporary readers. H.A. Williams was born in 1919 and was Fellow and Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge until 1969 when he joined the Community of the Resurrection and Mirfield, Yorkshire. He is the author of Joy of God, True to Experience and True Resurrection (all published by Continuum).
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Vanderbilt University Press Hidden Nature
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Vanderbilt University Press I Would Define the Sun
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Vanderbilt University Press The Shark and the Jellyfish
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Vanderbilt University Press Between the Rocks and the Stars
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Vanderbilt University Press Between the Rocks and the Stars Narratives in Natural History
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University of Tennessee Press Roadside Guide Geology Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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University of Tennessee Press Strangers in High Places The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Conservation through Aviculture ISBBC 2007
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Stoneydale Press They Left Their Tracks
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Tobias Press Liquidity Flowing Forms in Water and Money 1
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Starflower Press Baby Names Inspired by Mother Nature
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Good Earth Publications, Inc Backyard Market Gardening Good Earth
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JEM Enterprises My World
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Laurander Enterprises The Theory of Treevolution
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