Rakuten Kobo

Carrito de compra

Artículos no disponibles para compra.

Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.

artículosartículo

- Acceso ilimitado a eBooks
  
  Acceso ilimitado a audiolibros
  
  Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Recibe 1 crédito cada mes para el audiolibro de tu elección
  
  Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Acceso ilimitado a eBooks
  
  Acceso ilimitado a audiolibros
  
  Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiolibro
  de ,
  
  Disponible el:
  
  . Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Preventa
  1 audiolibro mensual
  
  + Prueba gratis de 30 días
  
  Oferta especial
  
  Recibe 1 crédito cada mes para intercambiarlo por un audiolibro de tu elección.
  
  *Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento
  
  GRATIS

artículosartículo

Acceso ilimitado a eBooks

Acceso ilimitado a audiolibros

Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Recibe 1 crédito cada mes para el audiolibro de tu elección

Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Acceso ilimitado a eBooks

Acceso ilimitado a audiolibros

Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiolibro
de ,

Disponible el:
. Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento en kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Preventa
1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Oferta especial

Recibe 1 crédito cada mes para intercambiarlo por un audiolibro de tu elección.

*Sin compromiso, cancela en cualquier momento

GRATIS

Recomendado para ti

Skip side bar filters

Heavy Ground

William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster

de Donald C. Jackson, Norris Hundley Jr. ...

Heavy Ground explores the social, political, and technological history of the St. Francis Dam Disaster in California, the worst civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American History. Approximately 400 people died in March 1928, when the concrete gravity dam built by Los Angeles engineer William Mulholland suddenly and tragically collapsed, releasing over 12 billion gallons of water into ... Leer más

$32.39 USD

Heavy Ground explores the social, political, and technological history of the St. Francis Dam Disaster in California, the worst civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American History. Approximately 400 people died in March 1928, when the concrete gravity dam built by Los Angeles engineer William Mulholland suddenly and tragically collapsed, releasing over 12 billion gallons of water into
... Leer más
Restless Winds

Memoirs of an Outdoorsman

de Donald C. Jackson ...

Donald C. Jackson’s newest book of outdoor essays, Restless Winds: Memoirs of an Outdoorsman, takes the reader on a journey from America’s Deep South out into the world. Jackson’s essays explore landscapes, waters, and cultures that have defined Jackson’s career and life. Hunting and fishing stories from his Mississippi farm blend with tales from Africa, Alaska, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Donald C. Jackson’s newest book of outdoor essays, Restless Winds: Memoirs of an Outdoorsman, takes the reader on a journey from America’s Deep South out into the world. Jackson’s essays explore landscapes, waters, and cultures that have defined Jackson’s career and life. Hunting and fishing stories from his Mississippi farm blend with tales from Africa, Alaska, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South
... Leer más
The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy

San Francisco’s Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply

de Donald C. Jackson ...

Series series Public Lands History
The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the most important, influential, and politically adroit engineers of the Progressive Era. In The Man Who ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the most important, influential, and politically adroit engineers of the Progressive Era. In The Man Who
... Leer más
Big Dams of the New Deal Era

A Confluence of Engineering and Politics

de David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson ...

The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams’ baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate.Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams’ baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate.Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major
... Leer más
A Sportsman's Journey

de Donald C. Jackson ...

A Sportsman's Journey lyrically and spiritually connects readers with the natural world. Donald C. Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of hunting and fishing, particularly in America’s Deep South, and in so doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and anglers venture far afield.Journeying alongside the author, readers will savor the magic of sunrises and the mystery of ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

A Sportsman's Journey lyrically and spiritually connects readers with the natural world. Donald C. Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of hunting and fishing, particularly in America’s Deep South, and in so doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and anglers venture far afield.Journeying alongside the author, readers will savor the magic of sunrises and the mystery of
... Leer más
Deeper Currents

The Sacraments of Hunting and Fishing

de Donald C. Jackson ...

In Deeper Currents, Donald C. Jackson guides us on a journey into the cathedrals of wild and lonely places, those sacred spaces where hunters and fishers connect with the rhythms of the earth and the spirit that resonates within us. Jackson explores hunting and fishing as frameworks—sacraments—for discovering, engaging, and finding meaning. He invites readers to consider connections with wilder ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

In Deeper Currents, Donald C. Jackson guides us on a journey into the cathedrals of wild and lonely places, those sacred spaces where hunters and fishers connect with the rhythms of the earth and the spirit that resonates within us. Jackson explores hunting and fishing as frameworks—sacraments—for discovering, engaging, and finding meaning. He invites readers to consider connections with wilder
... Leer más
Life in a Shell

A Physiologist’s View of a Turtle

de Donald C. Jackson ...

Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us a look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar ... Leer más

$24.59 USD

Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us a look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar
... Leer más
Wilder Ways

de Donald C. Jackson ...

In Wilder Ways, Donald C. Jackson takes readers on a journey into the deep and very personal connections that can develop between people and wild places while hunting, fishing, and rambling across landscapes. Fishing by lantern light late at night for bullhead catfish on a small stream, hunting wood ducks and squirrels on his farm in north Mississippi, bow hunting deer as twilight creeps across a ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

In Wilder Ways, Donald C. Jackson takes readers on a journey into the deep and very personal connections that can develop between people and wild places while hunting, fishing, and rambling across landscapes. Fishing by lantern light late at night for bullhead catfish on a small stream, hunting wood ducks and squirrels on his farm in north Mississippi, bow hunting deer as twilight creeps across a
... Leer más
Dams

Edición de Donald C. Jackson ...

Series series Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The papers selected here examine the key technical issues influencing dam construction from ancient times to ... Leer más

$280.00 USD

Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The papers selected here examine the key technical issues influencing dam construction from ancient times to
... Leer más
Wilder Ways

de Donald C. Jackson ...

In Wilder Ways, Donald C. Jackson takes readers on a journey into the deep and very personal connections that can develop between people and wild places while hunting, fishing, and rambling across landscapes. Fishing by lantern light late at night for bullhead catfish on a small stream, hunting wood ducks and squirrels on his farm in north Mississippi, bow hunting deer as twilight creeps across a ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

In Wilder Ways, Donald C. Jackson takes readers on a journey into the deep and very personal connections that can develop between people and wild places while hunting, fishing, and rambling across landscapes. Fishing by lantern light late at night for bullhead catfish on a small stream, hunting wood ducks and squirrels on his farm in north Mississippi, bow hunting deer as twilight creeps across a
... Leer más

The Hidden Lives of Owls

The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds

de Leigh Calvez ...

**“You’ll come away from this riveting book blessed with owl wisdom that will enlarge your world forever.” —Sy Montgomery, author ofBirdologyandThe Soul of an OctopusIn this New York Times bestseller, Leigh Calvez explores the night forest to uncover the secret lives of owls in this illuminating book for birders, animal lovers, and readers of H is for Hawk.**Join a naturalist on her adventures ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

**“You’ll come away from this riveting book blessed with owl wisdom that will enlarge your world forever.” —Sy Montgomery, author ofBirdologyandThe Soul of an OctopusIn this New York Times bestseller, Leigh Calvez explores the night forest to uncover the secret lives of owls in this illuminating book for birders, animal lovers, and readers of H is for Hawk.**Join a naturalist on her adventures
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
Standing in a River Waving a Stick

de John Gierach ...

Series series John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.With his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even therapy: “The solution to any problem—work, love, ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.With his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even therapy: “The solution to any problem—work, love,
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

Kobo Rakuten

eReaders

Aplicaciones

Accesorios

¿Qué es Kobo Super Points?

Prémiate

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Tu carrito de compra está vacío

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Recomendado para ti

Serie m´´as popular en Estados Unidos

Public Lands History

Studies in the History of Civil Engineering

Heavy Ground

Restless Winds

The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy

Big Dams of the New Deal Era

A Sportsman's Journey

Deeper Currents

Life in a Shell

Wilder Ways

Dams

Wilder Ways

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó

The Hidden Lives of Owls

Standing in a River Waving a Stick

eReaders

Aplicaciones

Accesorios

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Tu carrito de compra está vacío

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Recomendado para ti

Serie m´´as popular en Estados Unidos

Public Lands History

Studies in the History of Civil Engineering

Mostrar:

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó