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by John Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1989
Growing Up in the Oil Patch chronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time: statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers. Participants all in the growing oil patch!
The author presents a highly readable, informative and entertaining...
Almaguin
A Highland History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1998
The Almaguin Highlands, an extensive territory covering a 90 km corridor from Huntsville, north to Callander, west to Dunchurch and east to the Algonquin Park border, is a land rich with lakes, rivers and a lively history. Once considered as a possibility for a government Indian Reserve in the early...
Astrid Taim's Almaguin Chronicles 2-Book Bundle
Almaguin / Almaguin Chronicles
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
The Almaguin Highlands, an extensive territory covering a 90 kilometre corridor from Huntsville, north to Callander, west to Dunchurch, and east to the Algonquin Park border, is a land rich with lakes, rivers, and a lively history. Once considered as a site for a First Nations Reserve in the early...
Island Home
A Landscape Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
A wild, rhapsodic celebration of Australia and its landscape, from one of its finest writers
The Great Deluge
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. But it was only the first stage of a shocking triple tragedy. On the heels of one of the three strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States...
by James Clark
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Preppers Survival Guide to Survive a Financial Disaster will help you prepare for the impending world depression. This short, informative read will give you tips to help you start preparing now. You will be more knowledgeable, able to be more prepared, and become an asset to those around you by using...
The Flood of 2013
A Summer of Angry Rivers in Southern Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Calgary Foundation's Flood Rebuilding Fund.
The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed...
Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas
Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
In an age of uncertainty about how climate change may affect the global food supply, industrial agribusiness promises to keep the world fed. Through the use of factory “farms,” genetic engineering, and the widespread application of chemicals, they put their trust in technology and ask consumers...
A History of Rock Creek Park
Wilderness & Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park stands as a wild and wonderful natural gem among a burgeoning metropolis. But while local residents flock to its trails and roads on weekends to hike, jog and bicycle, they are largely unaware of its diverse history. The park's grounds were the site of the bloody Civil...
The Guide to Walden Pond
An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
An exploration of the history, nature, landscape, and literature of one of America’s most iconic places
This is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau’s most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America's environmental consciousness.
Using...
by Albert L. Feldstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2009
The mountain snows melted and the rains came. In 1853, thousands fled the rising water; in 1889, two days of torrential rain ravaged the city; and in 1936, the infamous St. Patrick's Day flood saw a swell of ten feet. Perched on the banks of the Potomac River, the city of Cumberland, Maryland, has been...
by Misty A. Tilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2002
Augusta: Surviving Disaster allows readers to glimpse the changes that mother nature and human error have wrought on the landscape and design of the �Garden City.� These disasters did not only alter the city�s landscape; many were the impetus for change in Augusta. The ravaging floods led to the...
by Betty Ann Smiddy, Public Library of Cincinnati, Hamilton County
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2007
Cincinnati�s Great Disasters explores catastrophes from 1905 to 1937, featuring floods, tornadoes, fires, explosions, winter storms, and crashes. Although tragic, disasters became popular postcard subjects in the early 1900s, with many of these photograph postcards being taken by professional photographers....
From Burleigh to Boschink
A Community Called Stony Lake
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2000
From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake covers over a hundred years of human history, encompassing the Aboriginal Peoples, their presence and influence, early settlement and cottaging activity up to the present time. Family stories, local lore, boats and steamers, recreational opportunities,...