wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
ISBN: 9781948814577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,57 zł |
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
ISBN: 9780316067546 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head on into the mysteries of this vanished people.
The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th century to create a civilization hailed as "the Las Vegas of its day," a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, and a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world. By the 13th century, however, Chaco's vibrant community had disappeared without a trace. Was it drought? Pestilence? War?... In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head on into the mysteries of this vanished people. |
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95,82 zł |
The Way Out: A True Story of Ruin and Survival
ISBN: 9780316107037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. - A breakout book from a writer increasingly celebrated as the 21st-century bard of the American Southwest--a writer in the tradition of Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Terry Tempest Williams, among others. - In March 2003, Craig Childs received the Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, given to a writer whose body of work captures the unique spirit of the American West. - As a chronicle of adventure, as emotionally charged human drama, as confessional memoir, The Way Out is a transcendent book, a work destined to earn a lasting place in the literature of extremes. - Not since John...
- A breakout book from a writer increasingly celebrated as the 21st-century bard of the American Southwest--a writer in the tradition of Barry Lopez, ...
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120,74 zł |
Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America
ISBN: 9780345806314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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76,32 zł |
Soul of Nowhere
ISBN: 9780316735889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Childs answers the call of fierce places; the more desolate the landscape, the more passionately he is drawn to it. For Childs, these are the types of terrain that sharpen the senses, and demand a physicality the modern civilized world no longer requires. Includes black-and-white photos and pen-and-ink drawings by the author.
Childs answers the call of fierce places; the more desolate the landscape, the more passionately he is drawn to it. For Childs, these are the types of...
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87,11 zł |
Stone Desert
ISBN: 9781948814713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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95,64 zł |
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
ISBN: 9780316066471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America, jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk, Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, these stories are lyrical, enchanting, and reach beyond what one commonly assumes an "animal story" is or should be. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES is a book about another world that exists alongside our own, an entire realm of languages and interactions that humans rarely get the chance to...
THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and i...
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82,75 zł |
Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
ISBN: 9780316066464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Renowned naturalist Craig Childs explores the paradoxical nature of anthropological excavation amongst the Native American ruins his work is based upon.
To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero--or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost story--an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth... Renowned naturalist Craig Childs explores the paradoxical nature of anthropological excavation amongst the Native American ruins his work is based upo...
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87,11 zł |
The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
ISBN: 9780316610698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to seasoned explorers. Craig Childs has spent years in the deserts of the American West, and his treks through arid lands in search of water reveal the natural world at its most extreme.
Deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to seasoned explorers. Craig Childs has spent years in the deserts of the American West, and hi...
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87,11 zł |
Begegnungen mit (anderen) Tieren
ISBN: 9783958083578 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die individuellen Persönlichkeiten von Hühnern; ein Nashorn, das sein Leben lang immer wieder einen Menschen besucht, um gemeinsam Zeit zu verbringen; eine unerwartete Begegnung zwischen einer Katze und einem Vogel; Hunde, die in einer zukünftigen Welt ihre Gemeinschaft durch Geschichten strukturieren, die sie einander erzählen. Begegnungen mit (anderen) Tieren versammelt literarische, wissenschaftliche und essayistische Texte zu ungewöhnlichen Begegnungen zwischen Tieren und Menschen - mal in stärker interagierender, mal mehr in beobachtender Rolle... Die individuellen Persönlichkeiten von Hühnern; ein Nashorn, das sein Leben lang immer wieder einen Menschen besucht, um gemeinsam Zeit zu verbri... |
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72,41 zł |
Assessment of Professional Practice: Perceptions & Principles
ISBN: 9781611223064 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Explores students' perceptions of the tools and methods used to assess their practice and the impact these processes have had on their learning and professionalism during their journey through the programme.
Explores students' perceptions of the tools and methods used to assess their practice and the impact these processes have had on their learning and pr...
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274,86 zł |