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UNINA9910148921403321 |
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Browning Robert <1812-1889> |
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Poetry of Browning |
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Musica |
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Monografia |
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My Last Duchess, How they Brought The Good News from Ghent to Aix 'Childe Rolande to the Dark Tower Came, Prospice, Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, Home - Thoughts from Abroad, The Lost Leader, Porphyria's Lover, Memorabilia, Rabbi Ben Ezra, 'The Year at the spring', The Bishop Orders His Tomb, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Lippo LippiREAD BY JAMES MASON. Robert Browning was perhaps the most prolific and versatile English poet of the 19th century, and this recording by James Mason offers a generous selection from Browning's work, ranging in style form the shorter lyrical poems to the vivid characteristics and perceptive insights of the dramatic monologues, three of which are included here in their entirety.AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. |
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UNINA9910786646603321 |
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Davis Richard A., Jr., <1937-> |
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Beaches of the Gulf Coast [[electronic resource] /] / Richard A. Davis Jr |
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College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series |
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Coasts - Mexico, Gulf of |
Coastal zone management - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Coastal ecology - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Coast changes - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Beaches - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
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Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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"Sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part I. General Characteristics and Dynamics of Beaches. Coastal processes -- Beach geomorphology and barrier island morphodynamics -- Beach materials, structures, and sources -- Human impact on Gulf beaches ; Common animals and plants of the Gulf beaches and surf zone -- Part II. Beaches along the Gulf of Mexico Coast. Beaches of Florida -- Beaches of Alabama -- Beaches of Mississippi -- Beaches of Louisiana -- Beaches of Texas -- Beaches of Mexico and Cuba. |
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Much of the world's population lives within thirty miles of a coast, and beaches are perhaps the most popular tourist destinations worldwide. The Gulf of Mexico is no exception: Millions of people make their homes nearby, and many of them spend considerable time at the beach, joined by millions more tourists and seasonal visitors.In Beaches |
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of the Gulf Coast, Richard A. Davis Jr., a veteran coastal geologist, explores the dynamics of beach formation, providing the reader with a basic understanding of the characteristics and behavior of the beach environment and what cau |
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