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The Salton Sea (Hardcover)
Douglas A. Barnum, John F. Elder, Doyle Stephens, Milton Friend
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R4,573
Discovery Miles 45 730
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For the first time, an effort to conduct coordinated
interdisciplinary research on a vast and complex saline lake has
been undertaken for the purposes of providing baseline data to
guide restoration project activities. This volume compiles
state-of-the-art science for the Salton Sea and will serve as the
foundation for the next several generations of scientific inquiry
for California's largest lake. The science presented here reveals
the Salton Sea to be one of the most productive fisheries in the
world, details why the Salton Sea is important to migratory and
wintering birds, investigates the microbial world and reports
numerous taxa new to science, and documents chemical and physical
interactions which make this inland saline lake function.
This book is intended for specialists in saline lake research who
are interested in all aspects of saline lake ecology.
At first glance, contemporary popular culture, filled with bleak
images of the future, seems to have given up on the possibility of
positive collective change. Below the surface, however, alternative
culture is rife with artist-led projects, activist movements, and
subcultural communities of interest that seek to spark the
collective imagination and to encourage hunger for alternatives.
More playfully self-conscious than past utopian movements, today's
are often whimsical or ironic, but are still entirely earnest.
Artists invite us to re-author city maps, or archive individual
ideas for the future, while maker collectives urge us to rethink
our relationship to consumer goods. All seem to have grown out of a
similar do-it-yourself ethos and alternative culture. One of the
central conflicts informing these case studies is that while it
remains immensely difficult to envision anything outside of the
current system of consumer capitalism, there is nevertheless a
powerful desire to take it apart in piecemeal ways. We see the
longing for new social and political narratives, new forms of
communion and sociability, and new imaginings of the possible,
longings that are currently unmet by mainstream culture, but that
are taking expression in myriad ways at the local level. Taken as a
whole, this collection examines what our grand ideals and playful
daydreams tell us about ourselves.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets
a gloriously funny makeover. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found
dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face,
and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great
detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr
Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and
investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles...
Packed full of the verbal and visual ingenuity that hit comedy team
Peepolykus is known for, and offering abundant opportunities for
silly comedy and slapstick, this version will suit any theatre
company or drama group looking for a sublimely funny adaptation of
a classic tale. This stage version of The Hound of the
Baskervilles, adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson, was first
performed by Peepolykus at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in
2007.
Pick up this fantastic LEGO (R) building ideas book to find out how
you can build anything with your collection of LEGO bricks! Find
hundreds of fun, creative LEGO building ideas in DK's LEGO Play
Book. Build a fairy tale cottage and an enchanted forest with
trolls and a giant. Dive under water and create cute sea creatures
and monsters of the deep. Go wild with safari animal builds, and
create extreme sports vehicles for your LEGO minifigures. Or get
spooky and build a mad scientist's lab and a haunted house! With
over 500 imaginative building ideas and tips, you can choose from
quick builds, cool builds or models that only use a handful of LEGO
bricks. For beginners and accomplished builders alike, LEGO fans of
all ages will find a whole host of ideas within this book to
inspire you pick up your LEGO bricks and get building. Ready, get
set - PLAY! LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations
and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. (c)2014 The
LEGO Group. All rights reserved. Produced by DK Publishing under
licence from the LEGO Group.
Does the United States have the right to defend itself by
striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is
the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and
legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue
states? Tackling one of the most controversial policy issues of the
post-September 11 world, Michael Doyle argues that neither the Bush
Doctrine nor customary international law is capable of adequately
responding to the pressing security threats of our times.
In "Striking First," Doyle shows how the Bush Doctrine has
consistently disregarded a vital distinction in international law
between acts of preemption in the face of imminent threats and
those of prevention in the face of the growing offensive capability
of an enemy. Taking a close look at the Iraq war, the 1998 attack
against al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and the Cuban Missile Crisis,
among other conflicts, he contends that international law must rely
more completely on United Nations Charter procedures and develop
clearer standards for dealing with lethal but not immediate
threats.
After explaining how the UN can again play an important role in
enforcing international law and strengthening international
guidelines for responding to threats, he describes the rare
circumstances when unilateral action is indeed necessary. Based on
the 2006 Tanner Lectures at Princeton University, "Striking First"
includes responses by distinguished political theorists Richard
Tuck and Jeffrey McMahan and international law scholar Harold Koh,
yielding a lively debate that will redefine how--and for what
reasons--tomorrow's wars are fought.
Part of the Bug Club Comprehension programme, this collection
contains 12 unique and exciting stories to read with your child.
The hit BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, offers
a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle
stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to
the legendary detective. The debut episode took as its inspiration
the very first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet - and this
edition of Conan Doyle's novel will allow Sherlock fans to
discover, or re-discover, the power of that classic story. A Study
in Scarlet is the genre-defining work with which popular crime
fiction was born. A potent mix of serial murder, suspense, cryptic
clues, red herrings and revenge, the novel introduces us to the
world-famous characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson and Inspector
Lestrade and sees Sherlock and Dr Watson meet and join forces for
the first time as they track a mysterious killer that stalks
London's streets. In addition to the original text, this edition
also has an introduction by Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat, who
explains how it inspired the Sherlock script.
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