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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Charles C. Mann In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew. |
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¤ ¤ ¤ ILLUSTRATED ¤ ¤ ¤ On The Origin Of Species, by Charles Darwin - NEW Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition (FULLY OPTIMIZED FOR KINDLE) Charles Darwin
This is the Novellum Ebook Works Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition of On The Origin Of Species, by Charles Darwin.
Peppered throughout the full, beautifully presented text are over 240 finely-detailed illustrations that flesh out the places and species referenced in the book, along with biographical photographs of the major players in this, the greatest intellectual adventure of human history.
Illustrations are presented with informative captions, and in high definition, allowing the Kindle's full-page zoom function to explore them in detail, and active chapter links are provided to navigate crisply through Darwin's masterpiece of scientific discovery.
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How to Survive a Natural Disaster - Book 2 - Surviving an Earthquake R M Wright Earthquakes are becoming more prevalent now as we are experiencing a shift of our earth's lithosphere. There is no way to know where a quake will strike next, but there are areas where extreme quakes are likely. It is imperative for people to understand the quake potential of their area and how to prepare and ride out an earthquake. This book covers important earthquake statistics and information, as well as tips for how to prepare your home and what to do when one strikes |
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Zeitoun (Vintage) Dave Eggers The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
A New York Times Notable Book
An O, The Oprah Magazine Terrific Read of the Year
A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year
A New Yorker Favorite Book of the Year
A Chicago Tribune Favorite Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Kansas City Star Best Book of the Year
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Decade |
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Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling (Kindle Single) Abrahm Lustgarten When the well water on Louis Meeks’ ranch turned brown and oily, he suspected that the thousands of natural gas wells dotting the once-empty Wyoming landscape were somehow to blame. The hard part was proving it. Meeks’ struggle to get the energy companies to take responsibility, meticulously documented through three years of investigative reporting by ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten, coincide with a national uproar over the oil and gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing – a technology that promises to open large new energy supplies, perhaps at the expense of the nation’s water.
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Green for Life Victoria Boutenko In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours. The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly more green leaves than humans. Victoria developed a series of greens smoothies that enable anyone to consume the necessary amount of greens in a very palatable way. |
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Collapse Jared Diamond |
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.
Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature. |
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Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if it all Falls Apart Joe Nobody Holding Your Ground is an instructional guide and planning tool that addresses defensive preparation of a location. If the government can no longer protect your home, farm or property, Holding will teach you how. Holding covers virtually every aspect of protecting you and your family in the event society breaks down.
Many people have preparations for food, water, shelter and personal defense. Holding will teach you how to configure your home, train your team, and peoperly equip any location for defense. Covering topics ranging from hiding in plain sight to pre-positioning of supplies, Holding uses common sense, military tactics and historical examples that allow you to prepare for defense without affecting your preperty's value or appearance. |
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The Prepper's Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster Bernie Carr BE PREPARED
BE SAFE
From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest floods and Atlantic hurricanes, you can’t escape that inevitable day when catastrophe strikes your home town but you can be prepared! Offering a simple DIY approach, this book breaks down the vital steps you should take into 101 quick, smart and inexpensive projects:
#6 Make a Master List of Passwords
#16 Calculate How Much Water You Need
#33 Start a Food Storage Plan for $5 a Week
#60 Make a Safe from a Hollowed-out Book
#77 Assemble an Inexpensive First Aid kit
#89 Learn to Cook Without Electricity
#94 Pack a Bug-out Bag
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