In This Bitter Earth, Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she’d come to break with the past. With her worn leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the pryin
Frank Allcroft, a regional TV news presenter, has just had a ratings boost. His puns, a website declares, makes him 'unfunniest man on God's Earth'. Mortified colleagues wonder how he stands being a p
Gathering work presented at the 2013 Sopot Forum of Young Scientists, this book offers valuable insights on a range of topics in environmental studies. Each of the papers represents an individual resp
On November 27, 2005, two men broke into Linda Twyman’s apartment in Evanston, Illinois, and brutally ended her young life. Three and a half years later, guided by a series of visions and dr
Three worlds have once long ago been inhabited by people. In the middle we have Mire, second to be colonized. Then Gorgon; our home world, and Pangaea where we now live on under its newer name &qu
In his distinctive and spirited way, Ray Gonzalez, the well-known essayist, poet, fiction writer, and anthologist, reflects on the American Southwest?where he was raised and to which he still feels at
In the middle of a Chinese forest, a little round panda munches on bamboo. Where is his place on the big, blue Earth?Starting with a baby panda in a bamboo forest, this richly illustrated poem illumin
The Invisible ChurchFinding Spirituality Where You AreJ. Pittman McGehee and Damon J. Thomas"In these troubled times, the call of the soul---the desire to find spiritual fulfillment and meaning---has
Thermodynamics sets fundamental laws for all physical processes and is central to driving and maintaining planetary dynamics. But how do Earth system processes perform work, where do they derive energy from, and what are the limits? This accessible book describes how the laws of thermodynamics apply to Earth system processes, from solar radiation to motion, geochemical cycling and biotic activity. It presents a novel view of the thermodynamic Earth system explaining how it functions and evolves, how different forms of disequilibrium are being maintained, and how evolutionary trends can be interpreted as thermodynamic trends. It also offers an original perspective on human activity, formulating this in terms of a thermodynamic, Earth system process. This book uses simple conceptual models and basic mathematical treatments to illustrate the application of thermodynamics to Earth system processes, making it ideal for researchers and graduate students across a range of Earth and environmen
This book is for people to know about God. Don't be impressed with what you read about the writer because Man's time on earth is only but temporary. God will be here today, tomorrow, and forever. Most
Of all the creatures on earth, bears are among the most revered and the most feared. Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, grizzlies in North America were systematically driven to near extincti
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chodron presents down-to-earth guidance on how we can "
Did you know that English words come from all over the world and that their meanings have changed along their journey? Our word 'zero' comes from the Arabic word for empty space. 'Companion' is from t
