Author : Delores Fossen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1474093574
He'll need his ex to bring a killer to justice
Author : Keith Petersen
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Columbia River
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan Spiro
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 158465810X
A historical rediscovery of one of the heroic founders of the conservation movement who was also one of the most infamous racists in American history
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Broome County (N.Y.)
ISBN :
Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 5135 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1351765205
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
Author : Ted Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 2002-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0199315019
In this ambitious and provocative text, environmental historian Ted Steinberg offers a sweeping history of our nation--a history that, for the first time, places the environment at the very center of our story. Written with exceptional clarity, Down to Earth re-envisions the story of America "from the ground up." It reveals how focusing on plants, animals, climate, and other ecological factors can radically change the way that we think about the past. Examining such familiar topics as colonization, the industrial revolution, slavery, the Civil War, and the emergence of modern-day consumer culture, Steinberg recounts how the natural world influenced the course of human history. From the colonists' attempts to impose order on the land to modern efforts to sell the wilderness as a consumer good, the author reminds readers that many critical episodes in our history were, in fact, environmental events. He highlights the ways in which we have attempted to reshape and control nature, from Thomas Jefferson's surveying plan, which divided the national landscape into a grid, to the transformation of animals, crops, and even water into commodities. The text is ideal for courses in environmental history, environmental studies, urban studies, economic history, and American history. Passionately argued and thought-provoking, Down to Earth retells our nation's history with nature in the foreground--a perspective that will challenge our view of everything from Jamestown to Disney World.
Author : Edward Leo Lyman
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Millard County (Utah)
ISBN : 9780913738382
Author : Delores Fossen
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0373697244
A sexy U.S. marshal has his work cut out for him in USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen's miniseries The Marshals of Maverick County With two infants already missing, Maya Ellison worried that her son would be targeted next. She would guard him with her life, but for once she wouldn't have to do it alone. Slade Becker went beyond the call of duty and sequestered the single mother and her son on his ranch. Slade guaranteed their protection, and soon Maya learned there was no place safer than within his embrace. Just as she knew there was no place in Texas that the kidnapper could hide from the imposing U.S. marshal--and nothing on earth that could break up their new family....
Author : Charles K. Wolfe
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780813122809
Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley, the contributors go on to discuss Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys, 50s honky-tonker Rose Lee Maphis, superstar Faith Hill, the relationship between Emmylou Harris and poet Bronwen Wallace, the Louisiana Hayride's Margaret Lewis Warwick, and more.
Author : Steven L. Danver
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781604266146
Water has had an immeasurable impact on the history and growth of the United States. As an essential element of life water has been and remains a constant source of conflict and controversy as different constituencies fight for limited resources. The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States is the most comprehensive reference source available that analyzes water-related issues in America. A diverse group of over 100 scholars have provided their research and analysis of why water is so significant by tracing its impact on issues like national and state boundaries, western migration, urbanization, and the economy. This volume chronicles the origins of present-day water problems, political conflicts, the impact of legislation and court decisions on the use of water resources, the major projects undertaken across the country, and what experts are proposing be done to preserve this basic component of the environment. Going back some 150 years, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of approximately 280 pieces of water-related legislation, legal cases, people, projects, and organizations that have shaped the history of the United States. In addition to historical coverage, the volume also addresses many current environmental issues including acid rain, agriculture, climate change, mining, erosion, levees and dams, pollution, urbanization, and wastewater treatment. The volume’s A to Z entries are divided into four sections: Regional Water Politics and Policy: Essays providing a narrative background and overview Major Issues in Water Politics and Policy: A comprehensive list of issues from colonial times to the present Law and Government: The people and legislation that have shaped water policy in the United States Places and Projects: Extensive coverage of the projects (including dams and aqueducts) the government has undertaken to develop the nation’s waterways Throughout the volume, concise text features highlight important events, advocacy groups, people, books, and sites important to water politics and policy. A thematic table of contents allows users to easily locate reclamation projects geographically, biographies of important figures, current issues by subject area, government agencies, and legal cases.
