Listen to the Desert

Listen to the Desert
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0395672929

A bilingual poem which describes some of the sounds of nature in a desert.

Desierto Es Mi Madre

Desierto Es Mi Madre
Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Lorito Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Children's poetry, American
ISBN: 9780981568621

A poetic depiction of the desert as the provider of comfort, food, spirit, and life.

Desert Blood

Desert Blood
Author: Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2005-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781611921168

It's the summer of 1998 and for five years over a hundred mangled and desecrated bodies have been found dumped in the Chihuahua desert outside of Juárez, México, just across the river from El Paso, Texas. The perpetrators of the ever-rising number of violent deaths target poor young women, terrifying inhabitants on both sides of the border. El Paso native Ivon Villa has returned to her hometown to adopt the baby of Cecilia, a pregnant maquiladora worker in Juárez. When Cecilia turns up strangled and disemboweled in the desert, Ivon is thrown into the churning chaos of abuse and murder. Even as the rapes and killings of "girls from the south" continue, their tragic stories written in desert blood, a conspiracy covers up the crimes that implicate everyone from the Maquiladora Association to the Border Patrol. When Ivon's younger sister gets kidnapped in Juárez, Ivon knows that it's up to her to find her sister, whatever it takes. Despite the sharp warnings she gets from family, friends, and nervous officials, Ivon's investigation moves her deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of silence. From acclaimed poet and prose-writer Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood is a gripping thriller that ponders the effects of patriarchy, gender identity, border culture, transnationalism, and globalization on an international crisis.

Desierto es mi madre

Desierto es mi madre
Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781558851580

A poetic depiction of the desert as the provider of comfort, food, spirit, and life.

Plant Physiology

Plant Physiology
Author: Frank B. Salisbury
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1992
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781593312930

The text provides a broad explanation of the physiology for plants (their functions) from seed germination to vegetative growth, maturation, and flowering. It presents principles and results of previous and ongoing research throughout the world.

Streams in the Desert for Graduates

Streams in the Desert for Graduates
Author: Jim Reimann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-03-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780310282761

Now in mass market size, this updated edition of Mrs. L. B. Cowman's classic devotional Streams in the Desert comes in two covers. One will appeal to every reader, and the other is ideal for giving to graduates. Beloved by generations of believers, here is a time-tested fountain of faith, wisdom, and encouragement for today's spiritual sojourner.

Desiertos / Deserts

Desiertos / Deserts
Author: Claire Romaine
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538215136

"Many people have preconceptions about biomes, especially deserts. They picture only hot, barren wastelands where nothing lives. This valuable volume teaches young Earth explorers some surprising facts about desert habitats. For example, some deserts don't have sand, and some are quite cold. They'll also learn how some resilient plants and animals survive in these arid environments. Beautiful images accompany the accessible low-ATOS text."

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance
Author: Ilana Mushin
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 638
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781588110336

This book explores the discourse pragmatics of reportive evidentiality in Macedonian, Japanese and English through an empirical study of evidential strategies in narrative retelling. The patterns of evidential use (and non-use) found in these languages are attributed to contextual, cultural and grammatical factors that motivate the adoption of an 'epistemological stance' - a concept that owes much to recent trends in Cognitive Linguistics. The patterns of evidential strategies found in the three languages provide a fine illustration of the balancing act between speakers' expressions of their own subjectivity, their motivations to tell a coherent and exciting story, and their motivations to be faithful retellers of someone elses' story. These pressures are further complicated by the grammatical and pragmatic conventions that are particular to each language. Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: narrative retelling will appeal to those interested in evidentiality, grammar and pragmatics, cross-linguistics discourse analysis, linguistic subjectivity and narrative.