Introduction to earth, soil, and land in California [[electronic resource] /] / David Carle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785174003321
• Autore: Carle David <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-73250-1; 9786612732508; 0-520-94732-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: California natural history guide series ; ; no. 101
• Disciplina: 508.794
• Soggetti: Soil ecology - California; Soil animals - California; Land use - California
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Soil Profiles and Categories -- Cities in the Soil -- Decomposers, Partners, and Parasites -- Shredders, Grazers, and Predators -- Higher-Level Predators -- Burrowers for Shelter and Food -- Lines on the Land -- Harvesting Wealth from the Earth -- Fire and Soil -- Wildland Management -- UNTAMED LAND -- Why Farmlands Matter -- Dirt First! -- Death by a Thousand Cuts -- Mount Trashmores -- Ecological Footprints -- Compassionate Numbers -- From Earthworms to Earth Day -- Online Soil and Land Resources -- References -- Art Credits -- Additional Captions -- Index -- About the author
• Sommario/riassunto: Following his acclaimed guides to air, fire, and water, David Carle now offers a fascinating exploration of one more primary element of the natural world-the land beneath our feet. From earthworms and earthquakes to Earth Day, this concise, engaging guide is a multifaceted primer on the literal foundation of California's environment. Carle tells how soil ecosystems function, discusses what lives in the soil, and examines various soil types. He then turns to the relationship between humans and the land, and investigates the various uses and abuses that land in California endures: large scale agriculture, ; mining, and development, as well as fires, floods, and erosion. The guide also details the history of land use in the state, making it an essential resource for understanding our total reliance on soil, the marvelous substrate that is the basis of life.• Covers the entire state, including California's wildlands, farmland, cities, and landfills• Assesses California's ecological footprint on planet Earth• Discusses many different life forms found in soil, including bacteria, fungi, insects, and mammals• Features 92 color photographs and 18 maps A book in the Californians and Their Environment subseries, dedicated to understanding human influences on the state's ecology and natural resources

Politics, murder, and love in Stalin's Kremlin : the story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina / / Paul R. Gregory

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963151903321
• Autore: Gregory Paul R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2010
• ISBN: 9780817910365; 0817910360
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Collana: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 579
• Disciplina: 947.0841
• Soggetti: Revolutionaries - Soviet Union; Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936; Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover ""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. April 15, 1937: A Plea from Prison""; ""2. March 15, 1938: A Husband Executed""; ""3. September 8, 1927: Digging His Own Grave""; ""4. 1926: Stalin Plays an Unlikely Cupid""; ""5. Summer with Stalin (1927)""; ""6. June 1928: “You and I Are the Himalayasâ€?""; ""7. July 4-12, 1928: Bukharin Fights Back""; ""8. Autumn 1928: Pity Not Me""; ""9. Autumn 1928: A Fifteen-Year-Old “Co-conspiratorâ€?""; ""10. January 23, 1929: “To a New Catastrophe with Closed Eyesâ€?""""11. Early Warnings: Stalin Is Dangerous""; ""12. Father and Daughter as Bolshevik Idealists""; ""13. January 30, 1929: “You Can Test the Nerves of an Elephant, Bukhashkaâ€?""; ""14. Summer of 1934: A Second Fateful Meeting""; ""15. April 16-23, 1929: Waterloo""; ""16. 1929-1931: The Woman on the Train""; ""17. August 1929: Removal from the Politburo""; ""18. New Yearâ€?s Eve, 1929: Chastened Schoolboys Drop In on the Boss""; ""19. April 16, 1930: Bukharin Sinks to His Knees""; ""20. July 1930: With Anna in the Crimea""""21. October 14, 1930: Overtaken by “Insanitiesâ€?""; ""22. January 27, 1934: Courtship, Bad Omens, and Marriage""; ""23. December 1, 1934: Kirov Is Shot""; ""24. August 23, 1936: Nadezhda Tries to Help""; ""25. April 25, 1935: Humiliating Editor Bukharin""; ""26. March-April 1936: Bukharin Opts to Stay and Fight""; ""27. August 27, 1936: What Accusers? Theyâ€?re Dead.""; ""28. November 16, 1936: Bukharin Grovels""; ""29. December 4, 1936: Dress Rehearsal for Arrest""; ""30. December 1936 - January 1937: Confrontations""; ""31. February 15, 1937: “I Will Begin a Hunger Strikeâ€?""""32. February 24, 1937: To a Future Generation""; ""33. February 24-25, 1937: On the Whipping Post""; ""34. February 27, 1937: For or Against the Death Penalty?""; ""35. February 27, 1937: Arrest Warrant for “Bukharin, N. I.â€?""; ""36. February 27, 1937: Arrest and Parting""; ""37. February 1937: Anna Larina Is Betrayed""; ""38. April 1937: Impossible Dream""; ""39. June 2, 1937: Bukharinâ€?s Cagey Confession""; ""40. June 1937: Anna Meets a New Widow""; ""41. March 2-13, 1938: Twenty-one on Trial""; ""42. March 12, 1938: Papering over Bukharinâ€?s Final Defiance""""43. March 15, 1938: The Ultimate Payback: A Ghastly Death""; ""44. May 1938: Annaâ€?s Own Ordeal""; ""45. December 1938: Back from the Precipice""; ""46. Late December 1938: Advice from a Mass Murderer""; ""47. Summer of 1956: Reunion with Iura""; ""48. February 5, 1988: Rehabilitated by Old Men""; ""49. A Special (Specially Tardy) Delivery""; ""50. Bukharin, Stalin, and the Bolshevik Revolution""; ""Notes""; ""Cast of Characters""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina.