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Vietnam: A Natural History
by Martha Maud Hurley Eleanor Jane Sterling Le Duc MinhA country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world's biological diversity, including rare and unique organisms and an unusual mixture of tropical and temperate species. This book is the first comprehensive account of Vietnam's natural history in English. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty-five original watercolor illustrations, the book offers a complete tour of the country's plants and animals along with a full discussion of the factors shaping their evolution and distribution. Separate chapters focus on northern, central, and southern Vietnam, regions that encompass tropics, subtropics, mountains, lowlands, wetland and river regions, delta and coastal areas, and offshore islands. The authors provide detailed descriptions of key natural areas to visit, where a traveler might explore limestone caves or glimpse some of the country's twenty-seven monkey and ape species and more than 850 bird species. The book also explores the long history of humans in the country, including the impact of the Vietnam-American War on plants and animals, and describes current efforts to conserve Vietnam's complex, fragile, and widely threatened biodiversity.
El Viento y el Sol (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level K #44)
by Elsie Nelley Mehrdokht Amini¿Qué se necesita para ganar? ¿Hay que ser grande y fuerte? Lee lo que ocurre en esta competencia entre el Viento y el Sol. NIMAC-sourced textbook
El Viejo y El Mar (Spanish Edition)
by Ernest HemingwayLa obra que le valió a Hemingway el Pulitzer en 1953. «Su mejor obra. El tiempo demostrará que es la mejor que cualquiera de nosotros haya escrito, y con eso me refiero a sus coetáneos y a los míos.» William FaulknerCon un lenguaje de gran fuerza y sencillez, El viejo y el mar narra la historia de un viejo pescador cubano a quien la suerte parece haber abandonado, y del desafío mayor al que se enfrenta: la batalla despiadada y sin tregua con un pez gigantesco en las aguas del golfo. Escrito en 1952 por encargo de la revista Life, este relato lo confirmó como uno de los escritores más significativos del siglo XX, obteniendo el Premio Pulitzer en 1953 y allanando su carrera hacia el Premio Nobel de Literatura, que recibió en 1954.
El viejo y el mar: Prólogo Con Reseña Crítica De La Obra, Vida Y Obra Del Autor, Y Marco Histórico (Estudio Literario Ser. #Vol. 361)
by Ernest HemingwayUna de las historias más grandes jamás contadas. En esta nueva y magistral traducción de Miguel Temprano García, El viejo y el mar recobra todo el esplendor del clásico imperecedero que le valió el Premio Pulitzer de 1953 a Ernest Hemingway. Con un lenguaje de gran fuerza y sencillez, El viejo y el mar narra la historia de un viejo pescador cubano a quien la suerte parece haber abandonado, y del desafío mayúsculo al que se enfrenta: la batalla despiadada y sin tregua con un pez gigantesco en las aguas del golfo. Escrito en 1952, por encargo de la revista Life, este relato lo confirmó como uno de los escritores más significativos del siglo XX, obteniendo el Premio Pulitzer en 1953 y allanando su carrera hacia el Nobel de Literatura, que recibió en 1954. Reseña:«Su mejor obra. El tiempo demostrará que es la mejor que cualquiera de nosotros haya escrito, y con eso me refiero a sus coetáneos y a los míos.»William Faulkner
La vida simple
by Sylvain Tesson¿Y si la felicidad consistiera en despojarse de todo? Desde el momento en que supe que no podría hacer gran cosa para salvar al mundo, empecé a pensar en instalarme por un tiempo, solo, en una cabaña. Compré una isba de troncos, lejos de todo, en la orilla del lago Baikal. Allí, durante seis meses, a cinco días de marcha del pueblo más cercano, perdido en una naturaleza desmesurada, traté de ser feliz. Creo haberlo logrado. ¿Y si la libertad consistiera en adueñarse del tiempo? ¿Y si la felicidad fuera disponer de soledad, de espacio y de silencio... cosas de las que carecerán las generaciones futuras? La crítica ha dicho:«Uno de los libros más extraordinarios que recuerdo haber leído hace tiempo... De una hermosura pasmosa que atiende a la epifanía.»Ricardo Menéndez Salmón, La Nueva España «Un libro profundamente ecologista... ¡Imprescindible abordar su lectura con un lápiz y/o bloc de notas!»Antonio Lozano, Qué leer «El libro más estimulante de la nueva temporada literaria.»Metro «Una obra preciosa porque muestra el valor incalculable del tiempo que pasa... Una oda a la inmovilidad y el silencio.»Le Monde «El brío de su erudición y la riqueza de sus referencias se realzan con una verdad humana de insólita autenticidad... Un magnífico escritor que ha narrado su experiencia de felicidad.»La Croix «Cultura, buen humor y una profundidad genuina.»Livres Hebdo «Entre la aventura interior y el sueño de una vida salvaje... Un libro magnético.»Le Monde des Livres «Un libro fascinante que propone volver a un modo de vida que suprime lo inútil, que se concentra en lo esencial... Revolucionario.»La Repubblica «Mucho más que un libro: una propuesta vital.»Le Point «Una experiencia no sólo bella de leer, sino también útil para los tiempos de crisis.»Rolling Stone «El viajero más famoso de Francia ha descubierto que quedarse inmóviles puede ser una exploración aún más vertiginosa que dar la vuelta al mundo en bicicleta. Y lo cuenta en un maravilloso libro que ha tenido un éxito enorme en Francia.»Elle «Tesson suscita emociones arrolladoras... Un libro hermoso y profundo.»Fulvio Ervas, La Stampa
La vida en el desierto (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level J #21)
by Lloyd KajikawaEl desierto es un lugar my seco y caluroso. Aprende cómo viven los animales en el desierto NIMAC-sourced textbook
The Vicuña
by Kristi Anne Stølen Mariela Borgnia Verónica Benítez Jane C. Wheeler Hugo Yacobaccio Jerry Laker Renaudeau d' Arc Nadine Desmond Mcneill Cristian Bonacic Marcelo Cassini Gabriela Lichtenstein Yanina Arzamendia Pete Goddard Bibiana Vilá Jessica Gimpel Ana Wawrzyk Javier García Gomez Iain GordonThe vicuña is one of the few success stories of wildlife conservation. The focus is now shifting from protection to sustainable use. Internationally, policy development has followed the community-based conservation paradigm, which holds that economic benefits from wildlife management practices bring greater commitment on the part of local communities to protect both the species and its habitat. This book takes the position that sustainability is not guaranteed by sustainable use, and that both education and regulation are required to prevent the proliferation of unsustainable practices. The research from the countries presented in this book demonstrate the animal welfare, ecological, economic, social, and conservation trade-offs, which exist between different management systems. This links economics, social and conservation research to provide a unique insight into the viability of community-based wildlife management of a species which until recently was viewed simply as a conservation priority.
Victories & Foibles: Some Western Haiku
by David SeegalThe following haiku verses, written in an American style, are departures from the exacting nature of this Japanese poem. <P><P>By relaxing the restraints upon subject and style, the American poet gains the opportunity to experiment with and to possibly enhance the classic European examples. Although Japanese savants differ about the precise poetics of haiku, they agree that these short poems, highly successful since the thirteenth century, should be composed of three lines, the first and last bearing five syllables and the second bearing seven syllables.Kyoto BuddhaHe of stone, I of flesh, yetIt is he who smilesthat make a book of rare appeal to the western reader.
Victorians and Their Animals: Beast on a Leash
by Brenda AyresThis book, Victorians and Their Animals: Beast on a Leash, investigates the notion that British Victorians did see themselves as naturally dominant species over other humans and over animals. They conscientiously, hegemonically were determined to rule those beneath them and the animal within themselves albeit with varying degrees of success and failure. The articles in this collection apply posthuman and other theories, including queer, postcolonialism, deconstruction, and Marxism, in their exploration of Victorian attitudes toward animals. They study the biopolitical relationships between human and nonhuman animals in several key Victorian literary works. Some of this book’s chapters deal with animal ethics and moral aesthetics. Also being studied is the representation of animals in several Victorian novels as narrative devices to signify class status and gender dynamics, either to iterate socially acceptable mores or to satirize hypocrisy or breach of behavior or to voice social protest. All of the chapters analyse the interdependence of people and animals during the nineteenth century.
Victorian Writers and the Environment: Ecocritical Perspectives (Among the Victorians and Modernists)
by Laurence W. Mazzeno and Ronald D. MorrisonApplying ecocritical theory to the work of Victorian writers, this collection explores what a diversity of ecocritical approaches can offer students and scholars of Victorian literature, at the same time that it critiques the general effectiveness of ecocritical theory. Interdisciplinary in their approach, the essays take up questions related to the nonhuman, botany, landscape, evolutionary science, and religion. The contributors cast a wide net in terms of genre, analyzing novels, poetry, periodical works, botanical literature, life-writing, and essays. Focusing on a wide range of canonical and noncanonical writers, including Charles Dickens, the Brontes, John Ruskin, Christina Rossetti, Jane Webb Loudon, Anna Sewell, and Richard Jefferies, Victorian Writers and the Environment demonstrates the ways in which nineteenth-century authors engaged not only with humans’ interaction with the environment during the Victorian period, but also how some authors anticipated more recent attitudes toward the environment.
A Victorian Flower Dictionary
by Mandy Kirkby Vanessa Diffenbaugh"A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it." Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings--love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.From the Hardcover edition.
Vicksburg National Military Park
by Terrence J. WinschelVicksburg National Military Park was established by Congress to "commemorate the campaign, siege and defense of Vicksburg," which many consider the most decisive campaign of the Civil War. The battlefield at Vicksburg is one of the largest and most heavily visited of the nation's historic sites. Beginning with the efforts of Union and Confederate veterans to gain Congressional action to establish the park, and continuing through veterans' work in land acquisition, road and bridge construction, and the dedication of the magnificent memorials and monuments that dot the landscape, Images of America: Vicksburg National Military Park features stunning photographs of the efforts and events that have made Vicksburg the "art park of the world." Also included are images of veterans' reunions and the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, as well as a history of Vicksburg National Cemetery, where the remains of 17,000 Union soldiers and sailors are enshrined.
Vicki A Guide Dog
by Margaret S. Johnson Helen Lossing JohnsonRaised on a military base in England, Vickie a beautiful fawn and black boxer has the life of a dog. But when her master doesn't come home from the Pacific, she is sent to the U.S. to be trained as a show dog. After winning several ribbons, she is sent to become a circus dog. But none of these jobs truly fit her personality. Then one day she is picked and trained to be a guide dog and she finds her true calling.
Vickery's Folk Flora: An A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British and Irish Plants
by Roy VickeryThis book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with them. Unlike many plant-lore publications Vickery's Folk Flora tells us what people currently do and believe, rather than what Victorians did and believed. The result is a vivid demonstration that plant folklore in the British Isles is not only surviving but flourishing; adapting and evolving as time goes by, even in urban areas.Each entry includes:- The plant's English and scientific (Latin) name, as well as significant local names.- A brief description of the plant and its distribution, and, in the case of cultivated plants, a history of their introduction to the British Isles- Information on the folklore and traditional uses of the plant, arranged where possible in a sequence starting with general folk beliefs (superstitions), use in traditional customs, use in folk medicine, other uses, and legends concerning individual representatives of the plant.In addition to the major entries there are a number of minor entries for feast days, diseases and other subjects which direct readers to relevant major entries, e.g. St. George's Day, on which red roses are worn; dandelions are gathered; and runner beans are planted.
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Active and Passive Noise and Vibration Control, Vol. 1
by Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen Ji Terry BrownThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, emphasizing work devoted to Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Experiments, Materials and Signal Processing, Vol. 2
by Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen Ji Terry BrownThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, "Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future," emphasizing work devoted to numerical simulation and modelling. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Numerical and Analytical Methods to Study Dynamical Systems, Vol. 3
by Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen Ji Terry BrownThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, "Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future," emphasizing work devoted to experimental methods and verification. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
by Jane BennettIn Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. Toward that end, she theorizes a "vital materiality" that runs through and across bodies, both human and nonhuman. Bennett explores how political analyses of public events might change were we to acknowledge that agency always emerges as the effect of ad hoc configurations of human and nonhuman forces. She suggests that recognizing that agency is distributed this way, and is not solely the province of humans, might spur the cultivation of a more responsible, ecologically sound politics: a politics less devoted to blaming and condemning individuals than to discerning the web of forces affecting situations and events. Bennett examines the political and theoretical implications of vital materialism through extended discussions of commonplace things and physical phenomena including stem cells, fish oils, electricity, metal, and trash. She reflects on the vital power of material formations such as landfills, which generate lively streams of chemicals, and omega-3 fatty acids, which can transform brain chemistry and mood. Along the way, she engages with the concepts and claims of Spinoza, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Darwin, Adorno, and Deleuze, disclosing a long history of thinking about vibrant matter in Western philosophy, including attempts by Kant, Bergson, and the embryologist Hans Driesch to name the "vital force" inherent in material forms. Bennett concludes by sketching the contours of a "green materialist" ecophilosophy.
Viatge a la frontera de la llengua: A peu per la Llitera
by Josep Maria EspinàsOn és exactament la Llitera? Com s'hi viu? Quin català es parla en aquesta comarca de l'Aragó? La passió per caminar i descobrir ha dut a Josep M. Espinàs, aquesta vegada, a una terra plena d'interrogants per a molta gent. On és exactament la Llitera? Quin català es parla en aquesta comarca de l'Aragó? La passió per caminar i descobrir va dur Josep M. Espinàs a una terra de pas plena d'interrogants per a molta gent. El 1990, caminant per la Llitera amb sol i amb tempestes, amb totes les sorpreses d'un viatge com aquest, Espinàs converteix l'experiència d'anar a peu en una narració viva, en una crònica que es llegeix com si el lector també s'aventurés amb l'escriptor per camins desconeguts. "Tota la Llitera a peu?, això no ho ha fet mai ningú!", li van dir els lliterans. Viatge a la frontera de la llengua és una obra excepcional en la literatura de viatges de Josep M. Espinàs, tant per l'escenari com pels fets que s'hi narren. Amb aquest llibre, l'autor aporta un testimoni directe i apassionat dels pobles de la comarca.
Los viajeros y el oso (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level M #68)
by Lynne Benton Aleksey Ivanov Olga IvanovJack y su amigo Gordon se encuentran con un oso pardo en el bosque. ¿Qué crees que pasará? NIMAC-sourced textbook
Viaje Oscuro: Horror y misterio en los mares Árticos
by Helen Susan SwiftEs 1914, y el miedo y la paranoia gobiernan en alta mar. Iain Cosgrove está recién casado con Jennifer Manson, hija de un rico comerciante escocés. Pero Iain pronto debe partir para un viaje de investigación a bordo del Lady Balgay, el último de la antigua flota de cazadores de focas de Dundee. Impulsado por el ron y los cuentos de John Pratt, la tripulación se obsesiona con las antiguas supersticiones; los que Iain descarta casualmente como simples tradiciones ... hasta que alcanzan los fríos mares árticos. Cuando una serie de accidentes coinciden con la aparición recurrente de una aparición femenina, las creencias de Iain se ven sacudidas. Luego, el barco descubre dos náufragos, uno de ellos una mujer, y los eventos toman un giro siniestro. Inspirado en relatos históricos, Viaje Oscuro es una historia convincente y horrible ambientada en las aguas heladas del norte.
Viaje al Big Bang
by Mario HamuyEl destacado premio nacional de ciencias exactas nos explica la génesis y posterior evolución del universo. «¿Cómo es posible que, en mucho menos de un segundo, una explosión haya dado el puntapié inicial y fijado las leyes que regirían todo lo que vendría?» Esta, una de las preguntas más inquietantes elaboradas por la comunidad científica durante el siglo XX, es la que el prestigioso académico y divulgador científico Mario Hamuy intenta responder en este notable ensayo. Los astrónomos, de forma increíble, han logrado remontarse catorce mil millones de años al pasado y adentrarse en ese dramático segundo en el que se forjaron las condiciones iniciales de nuestro universo, nos asegura el autor de El sol negro. Desde allí, a partir de las propias leyes universales que el Big Bang se dio, se ha podido reconstruir su biografía y, de paso, la nuestra. Es así como hoy tenemos el privilegio de ser testigos de este momento clave de la humanidad, en el cual, por primera vez luego de muchos milenios contemplando e interrogando al cielo, nuestra especie puede comenzar a responder científicamente la pregunta ¿de dónde venimos los humanos?
Viaggio Oscuro
by Helen Susan SwiftÈ il 1914 e la paura domina l'alto mare. Iain Cosgrove si è appena sposato con Jennifer Manson, figlia di un ricco mercante scozzese. Iain deve partire il giorno dopo le nozze per un viaggio a bordo della Lady Balgay, l'ultima della grande flotta di navi per la caccia alle foche di Dundee. Alimentato dal rum e dai racconti di John Pratt, l'equipaggio è ossessionato da antiche superstizioni, quelle che Iain scarta casualmente come semplici leggende... finché non raggiungono il gelido Mar Glaciale Artico. Quando una serie di incidenti sembra coincidere con l'apparizione ricorrente di una figura femminile, le convinzioni di Iain sono scosse. Nel momento stesso in cui la nave accoglie due naufraghi - uno dei quali è una donna - gli eventi prendono una piega sinistra. Ispirato a racconti storici, Viaggio Oscuro è una storia avvincente e raccapricciante, ambientata nelle acque ghiacciate del nord.
Viagem Negra
by Laís Alves Helen Susan SwiftÉ 1914, e medo e paranoia são regras em alto mar. Iain Cosgrove está recém-casado com Jennifer Manson, filha de um rico comerciante escocês. Mas Iain tem que sair numa busca a bordo do Lady Balgay, último dos grandes navios de Dundee. Cheio de rum e histórias de John Pratt, a tripulação fica obcecada com antigas superstições; algumas Iain simplesmente toma como simples crenças... até que eles alcançam o frio mar Ártico. Quando uma série de acidentes coincide com a aparição recorrente de uma mulher, as crenças de Iain ficam sobre um fio. Então, o navio encontra dois náufragos—um deles, uma mulher—e eventos tomam uma virada sinistra. Inspirado em lendas históricas, Viagem Negra é uma histórica persuasiva e horripilante que tomam lugar no gelado mar das águas do Norte.