Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Limited Ed.)

Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Limited Ed.)
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0996129227
ISBN-13 : 9780996129220
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Limited Ed.) by : Drew Doggett

In this large-format, limited edition book by award-winning photographer Drew Doggett, discover the story of the wild and free horses of Sable Island as told through over 100 exquisitely reproduced photographs and personal writings. This book comes encased in a protective cloth clamshell and with a companion print; only 250 copies are available.

Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Special Ed.)

Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Special Ed.)
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0996129235
ISBN-13 : 9780996129237
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Special Ed.) by : Drew Doggett

In this large-format, special edition book by award-winning photographer Drew Doggett, discover the story of the wild and free horses of Sable Island as told through over 100 exquisitely reproduced photographs and personal writings. This book comes encased in a protective slipcase and with a companion print.

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9780309264945
ISBN-13 : 0309264944
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program by : National Research Council

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal public lands in the western United States, concluding that constructive changes could be implemented. The Wild Horse and Burro Program has not used scientifically rigorous methods to estimate the population sizes of horses and burros, to model the effects of management actions on the animals, or to assess the availability and use of forage on rangelands. Evidence suggests that horse populations are growing by 15 to 20 percent each year, a level that is unsustainable for maintaining healthy horse populations as well as healthy ecosystems. Promising fertility-control methods are available to help limit this population growth, however. In addition, science-based methods exist for improving population estimates, predicting the effects of management practices in order to maintain genetically diverse, healthy populations, and estimating the productivity of rangelands. Greater transparency in how science-based methods are used to inform management decisions may help increase public confidence in the Wild Horse and Burro Program.

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780892367856
ISBN-13 : 0892367857
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Luxury Arts of the Renaissance by : Marina Belozerskaya

Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.

The Gods of Gotham

The Gods of Gotham
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Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9780425261255
ISBN-13 : 0425261255
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gods of Gotham by : Lyndsay Faye

New York City, 1845. Timothy Wilde, a 27-year-old Irish immigrant, joins the newly formed NYPD and investigates an infanticide and the body of a 12-year-old Irish boy whose spleen has been removed.

Case Closed?

Case Closed?
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Publisher : Kids Can Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781554533633
ISBN-13 : 1554533635
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Case Closed? by : Susan Hughes

Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from again. Find out how spectroscopy points to some probable explanations. Case Closed? examines these and six other mysteries from ancient and modern times. Accompanied by photos, maps, diagrams and illustrations, this book reveals how modern science sheds new light on people, vessels and entire civilizations throughout history that simply vanished. In some cases, the mystery has been solved. In other cases, readers can examine the latest evidence and decide for themselves.

A Book of Golden Deeds

A Book of Golden Deeds
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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105049256147
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis A Book of Golden Deeds by : Charlotte Mary Yonge

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 9780545861632
ISBN-13 : 0545861632
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1) by : Chris Lynch

"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force Commandos, Army Green Berets, Navy SEALS, and even a CIA agent or two. With the SOG's focus on covert action and psychological warfare, Danny is guaranteed an unusual tour of duty, and a hugely dangerous one. Fortunately, the very same qualities that got him in trouble at home make him a natural-born commando in a secret war. Even if almost nobody knows he's there.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch begins a new, explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops.