Climate Change in Deserts

Climate Change in Deserts
Author: Martin Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 653
Release: 2014-08-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1107016916

A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

The Kimberley

The Kimberley
Author: Victoria Laurie
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2010
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781921401329

In a highly biodiverse part of Australia, the Kimberley conveys the excitement of discovering a new species, the resurgence of life in once fire-ravaged places, and the effect of humans on the landscape. This is the Kimberley at its most beautiful, from teeming bird life to elusive desert animals; from cascading waterfalls and tangled vine thickets to wide savannah plains. The book offers world-class photography, information on up-to-date scientific discoveries, and an in-depth understanding of the balance between flora, fauna, land, and sea. Featuring over 200 stunning images in full color, The Kimberley is well-written, accessible, and engaging.

The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts

The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts
Author: Mike Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2013-02-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521407451

This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia's deserts, exploring the cultural and environmental history of these drylands.

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Publisher: Disha Publications
Total Pages: 621
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ISBN: 9390511909

General Studies Manual Paper-1 2022

General Studies Manual Paper-1 2022
Author: Dr. Priya Goel
Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
Total Pages: 1648
Release: 2021-12-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9325796090

1. General Studies Paper – 1 is the best- selling book particularly designed for the civil services Preliminary examinations. 2. This book is divided into 6 major sections covering the complete syllabus as per UPSC pattern 3. Special Section is provided for Current Affairs covering events, Summits and Conferences 4. simple and lucid language used for better understanding of concepts 5. 5 Crack Sets are given for practice 6. Practice Questions provides Topicwise Questions and Previous Years’ Solved Papers With our all time best selling edition of “General Studies Manual Paper 1” is a guaranteed success package which has been designed to provide the complete coverage to all subjects as per prescribed pattern along with the updated and authentic content. The book provides the conventional Subjects like History, Geography, Polity and General Science that are thoroughly updated along with Chapterwise and Sectionwise questions. Contemporary Topics likes; Indian Economy, Environment & Ecology, Science & Technology and General Awareness have also been explained with latest facts and figures to ease the understanding about the concepts in this book. Current events of national and international interest have been listed in a separate section. Practice Sets are given at the end, keeping in view the trend of the questions coming in exams. Lastly, More than 5000 Most Important Points for Revision are provided in the attached booklet of the guide. It is a must have tool that proves to be one point solution for the preparf Civil Services Preliminary Examination. TOC Solved Paper 2021-2018, Indian History and Indian National Movement, India and World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Indian Economy, General Science & Science and Technology, General Knowledge & Computer Technology, Practice: Topicewise Questions, Current Affairs, Crack Sets (1-5).

Australia

Australia
Author: Bob Italia
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617866164

Brief text explores the history, geography, government, cities, recreation, and people of Australia.

Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World
Author: Nicole Boivin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134057490

Ethnographic and archaeological records feature a rich body of data suggesting that understandings of the mineral world are in fact both culturally variable and highly diverse. Soils, Stones and Symbols highlights studies from the fields of anthropology, archaeology and philosophy that demonstrate that not all individuals and societies view minerals as commodities to be exploited for economic gain, or as passive objects of disembodied scientific enquiry. In visiting such diverse contexts as contemporary India, colonial-period Australia and prehistoric Europe and the Americas, the papers in this volume demonstrate that in pre-industrial societies, minerals are often symbolically meaningful, ritually powerful, and deeply interwoven into not just economic and material, but also social, cosmological, mythical, spiritual and philosophical aspects of life. In addressing the theme of the mineral world, this book is not only unique within the social and geo-sciences, but also at the forefront of recent attempts to demonstrate the importance of materiality to processes of human cognition and sociality. It draws upon theoretical developments relating to meaning, experience, the body, and material culture to demonstrate that studies of rock art, landscapes, architecture, technology and resource use are all linked through the minerals that constantly surround us and are the focus of our never-ending attempts to understand and transform them.