Автор: Steinbeck John, Ricketts Edward F. Название: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research ISBN: 0143117211 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143117216 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2299.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The collaboration of two friends--one a novelist, one a marine biologist--produced a volume in which fascinating popular science is woven into a narrative of man's dreams, his ideals, and his accomplishments through the centuries. Sea of Cortez is one of those rare books that are all things to all readers. Actually the record of a brief collecting expedition in the lonely Gulf of California, it will be science to the scientist, philosophy to the philosopher, and to the average man an adventure in living and thinking. The teeming and wildly competitive world of the sand flats is seen in terms of history, politics, ethics, and sociology; a starfish is important, not only because it is a new variety, but because it is essential to the delicate balance of the whole region in which it is found. Steinbeck and Ricketts are the opposite of "pure" scientists: it is not only their work that fascinates them, but the complicated and enormously exciting implications of that work. Sea of Cortez is a book to be read and remembered on two levels. It is a journey through a remote and beautiful corner of the world, a diary filled with the daily excitements and triumphs of skillful and energetic men. It is also an invitation to see the world anew from a fresh vantage point and perhaps with a broader and more understanding spirit.
Автор: Ricketts Aidan Название: Activists` Handbook ISBN: 1848135920 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848135925 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 2672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Environmental activist Aidan Ricketts provides a step-to-step guide for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots activist movements.
Автор: Ricketts, Peter (author) Название: Hard choices ISBN: 1838951830 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838951832 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world.
Автор: Mark Ricketts Название: Nowheresville ISBN: 1582402418 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781582402413 Издательство: Image Comics Рейтинг: Цена: 2109.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Ricketts/Rawlins Название: Introduction To Agribusiness-Iml ISBN: 0766800253 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780766800250 Издательство: Cengage Learning Рейтинг: Цена: 5226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: In 1948, just weeks before his best friend, marine biologist Ed Ricketts died, John Steinbeck wrote of Ricketts process of discovery, noting that "a young, inquisitive, and original man might one morning find a fissure in the traditional technique of thinking. Through this fissure he might look out and find a new external world about him." A Tidal Odyssey a conversation about that "young, inquisitive, and original man" who found "a new external world about him" and so captivated the imagination of scientists and lay readers alike as he transformed our understanding of the seashore. This is a book about that remarkable man and his pathbreaking book about marine life on the Pacific Coast of North America. With his friend Jack Calvin, Ricketts authored his magnum opus, Between Pacific Tides (1939), a guide to the seashore invertebrates in one of the most prolific life zones in the world. He and Calvin describe the key field characteristics of the species, and then place them in their ecological context, by habitat, in a natural history-based narrative. At a time when almost all studies of life in the intertidal zones were taxonomic, Ricketts and Calvin revolutionized the field and helped to lay the groundwork for studies of the impact of environmental change on the natural world. By happenstance, Ed Ricketts is best known as a character in John Steinbeck's fiction. But the real man is obscured by Steinbeck's authorial license. Steinbeck's Doc is the quirky young man who reads Li Po and drinks beer milkshakes. He was also a serious marine biologist who conducted pioneering studies of life in the intertidal zones. He was a true renaissance man -- conversant in music and philosophy, poetry and mythology. Friendly with such notables as mythologist Joseph Campbell, experimental composer John Cage, and novelist Henry Miller, as well as with Steinbeck and many of the most eminent biologists of his time, he was a man for all seasons. This, then, is a book for readers who are interested in the world of Ed Ricketts as well as marine biology, intertidal ecology, and the manner in which ecological studies underpin our understanding of the impact of environmental change on the well being of our planet.
Автор: Mark Ricketts Название: Night Trippers ISBN: 1582406065 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781582406060 Издательство: Image Comics Рейтинг: Цена: 2397.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Once upon a time in swinging London, around 1966, there was a serial killer who loved Elvis, a fab foursome that worshipped Satan, trendy vampires looking for kicks, an ancient and hungry evil, young and hungry love... and there was revolution in the air. Get your trip together, baby. Tune in, turn on and fang out!
Автор: Mark Ricketts Название: Whiskey Dickel, International Cowgirl ISBN: 158240318X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781582403182 Издательство: Image Comics Рейтинг: Цена: 1827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Rodeo Queen. Astronaut. Diplomat. Movie Star. International Cowgirl. That's Ms. Whiskey Dickel! We've rounded up a mess o' her adventures and we're servin' 'em up with a side of homespun gravy. You'll see Ms. Dickel flashback to her humble, white trash beginnings, kick redneck hiney at a rodeo carnival, and hogtie an ornery buffalo.
Автор: Mark Ricketts Название: Dioramas: A Love Story ISBN: 1582403597 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781582403595 Издательство: Image Comics Рейтинг: Цена: 1827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: How does serial killer Winfield Vickers express his love for Charlotte Rarnage? He creates elaborate, life-sized dioramas using real, dead human subjects.
Описание: Who Should Rule? traces the ambitious imperial reform that empowered new and competing political actors in an era of intense imperial competition, war, and the breakdown of the Spanish empire. Mуnica Ricketts examines the rise of men of letters and military officers in two central areas of the Spanish world: the viceroyalty of Peru and Spain. This was a disruptive, dynamic, and long process of common imperial origins. In 1700, two dynastic lines, the Spanish Habsburgs and the French Bourbons, disputed the succession to the Spanish throne. After more than a decade of war, the latter prevailed. Suspicious of the old Spanish court circles, the new Bourbon Crown sought meritorious subjects for its ministries, men of letters and military officers of good training among the provincial elites. Writers and lawyers were to produce new legislation to radically transform the Spanish world. They would reform the educational system and propagate useful knowledge. Military officers would defend the monarchy in this new era of imperial competition. Additionally, they would govern. From the start, the rise of these political actors in the Spanish world was an uneven process. Military officers became a new and somewhat solid corps. In contrast, the rise of men of letters confronted constant opposition. Rooted elites in both Spain and Peru resisted any attempts at curtailing their power and prerogatives and undermined the reform of education and traditions. As a consequence, men of letters found limited spaces in which to exercise their new authority, but they aimed for more. A succession of wars and insurgencies in America fueled the struggles for power between these two groups, paving the way for decades of unrest. Emphasizing the continuities and connections between the Spanish worlds on both sides of the Atlantic, this work offers new perspectives on the breakdown of the empire, the rise of modern politics in Spanish America, and the transition to Peruvian independence.
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