Gli animali nella storia di Firenze : aneddoti, storia, cronaca, ricordi, miti e leggende / / Luciano Artusi, Ricciardo Artusi ; disegni di Paola Imposimato
| Gli animali nella storia di Firenze : aneddoti, storia, cronaca, ricordi, miti e leggende / / Luciano Artusi, Ricciardo Artusi ; disegni di Paola Imposimato |
| Autore | Artusi Luciano |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sarnus |
| Soggetto topico |
Animals and civilization - Italy - Florence - History
Animals - Social aspects - Italy - Florence - History Animals - Symbolic aspects - Italy - Florence - History Animals - Italy - Florence - History Animals Animaux et civilisation - Italie - Florence - Histoire Animaux - Aspect social - Italie - Florence - Histoire Animaux - Aspect symbolique - Italie - Florence - Histoire Animaux Animals and civilization Animals - Social aspects Animals - Symbolic aspects Manners and customs |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
Folklore History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Altri titoli varianti | Gli animali nella storia di Firenze |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910418153303321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges / / Pamela Cravez
| The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges / / Pamela Cravez |
| Autore | Cravez Pamela |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Alaska Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Disciplina | 349.798 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers
Law Law - Alaska Lawyers - Alaska Law - Alaska - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Biographies. Anecdotes. |
| ISBN | 1-60223-318-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Three lucky Swedes and one corrupt judge -- Wickersham chafes under Eagle's slow pace -- George Grigsby's biggest damned hat -- Becoming Norman Banfield -- W.C. Arnold : territorial Alaska's most powerful lobbyist -- Mildred Hermann and Dorothy Haaland : independent thinking women -- Hellenthal chooses Anchorage -- Tales of the silver fox -- Judge George Folta : license to hunt -- Remembering Judge Folta and Ketchikan's red light district -- Influence and discipline : policing territorial lawyers -- Buell Nesbett : navigating territorial waters -- Anchorage lawyers : creating a better system -- Rocky seas : the great Alaska court-bar fight -- Nesbett's surrogate -- Grace Berg Schaible and the Tanana Valley bar -- More frontier stories. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792703803321 |
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The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges / / Pamela Cravez
| The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges / / Pamela Cravez |
| Autore | Cravez Pamela |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Alaska Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Disciplina | 349.798 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers
Law Law - Alaska Lawyers - Alaska Law - Alaska - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Biographies. Anecdotes. |
| ISBN |
9781602233188
1602233187 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Three lucky Swedes and one corrupt judge -- Wickersham chafes under Eagle's slow pace -- George Grigsby's biggest damned hat -- Becoming Norman Banfield -- W.C. Arnold : territorial Alaska's most powerful lobbyist -- Mildred Hermann and Dorothy Haaland : independent thinking women -- Hellenthal chooses Anchorage -- Tales of the silver fox -- Judge George Folta : license to hunt -- Remembering Judge Folta and Ketchikan's red light district -- Influence and discipline : policing territorial lawyers -- Buell Nesbett : navigating territorial waters -- Anchorage lawyers : creating a better system -- Rocky seas : the great Alaska court-bar fight -- Nesbett's surrogate -- Grace Berg Schaible and the Tanana Valley bar -- More frontier stories. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960296503321 |
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Essays on Chaucerian irony / / Earle Birney ; edited, with an essay on irony by Beryl Rowland
| Essays on Chaucerian irony / / Earle Birney ; edited, with an essay on irony by Beryl Rowland |
| Autore | Birney Earle <1904-1995, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 821/.1 |
| Collana | Heritage |
| Soggetto topico | Irony in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
Humor Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-3368-9
1-4426-3200-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Seven Kinds of Irony / Beryl Rowland -- The Two Worlds of Geoffrey Chaucer -- English Irony Before Chaucer -- Is Chaucer's Irony a Modern Discovery? -- The Beginnings of Chaucer's Irony -- The Inhibited and Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the Miller's Tale -- 'After his Ymage': The Central Ironies of the Friar's Tale -- Structural Irony within the Summoner's Tale -- Chaucer's 'Gentil' Manciple and his 'Gentil' Tale -- Bibliography of 'Seven Kinds of Irony' -- General Bibliography on Chaucer's Irony -- Bibliography on the Miller's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Friar's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Summoner's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Manciple's Prologue and Tale. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797250103321 |
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985 | ||
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Essays on Chaucerian irony / / Earle Birney ; edited, with an essay on irony by Beryl Rowland
| Essays on Chaucerian irony / / Earle Birney ; edited, with an essay on irony by Beryl Rowland |
| Autore | Birney Earle <1904-1995, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 821/.1 |
| Collana | Heritage |
| Soggetto topico | Irony in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
Humor Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-3368-9
1-4426-3200-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Seven Kinds of Irony / Beryl Rowland -- The Two Worlds of Geoffrey Chaucer -- English Irony Before Chaucer -- Is Chaucer's Irony a Modern Discovery? -- The Beginnings of Chaucer's Irony -- The Inhibited and Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the Miller's Tale -- 'After his Ymage': The Central Ironies of the Friar's Tale -- Structural Irony within the Summoner's Tale -- Chaucer's 'Gentil' Manciple and his 'Gentil' Tale -- Bibliography of 'Seven Kinds of Irony' -- General Bibliography on Chaucer's Irony -- Bibliography on the Miller's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Friar's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Summoner's Prologue and Tale -- Bibliography on the Manciple's Prologue and Tale. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828586103321 |
Birney Earle <1904-1995, >
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985 | ||
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Forgotten songs and stories of the sea : a treasury of voices from our maritime past / / Caroline Rochford
| Forgotten songs and stories of the sea : a treasury of voices from our maritime past / / Caroline Rochford |
| Autore | Rochford Caroline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Barnsley, [England] : , : Pen & Sword History, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Disciplina | 623.89 |
| Soggetto topico | Navigation |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
History Songs and music |
| ISBN |
1-4738-7868-3
1-4738-7867-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155124703321 |
Rochford Caroline
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| Barnsley, [England] : , : Pen & Sword History, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In Pursuit of Alaska : An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909 / / Jean Morgan Meaux
| In Pursuit of Alaska : An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909 / / Jean Morgan Meaux |
| Autore | Meaux Jean Morgan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 917.98/03 |
| Soggetto topico |
Travelers' writings
Travel Frontier and pioneer life HISTORY - United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) TRAVEL - Special Interest - Adventure TRAVEL - Road Travel TRAVEL - Reference TRAVEL - Parks & Campgrounds TRAVEL - Special Interest - Ecotourism TRAVEL - Budget TRAVEL - Hikes & Walks TRAVEL - Museums, Tours, Points of Interest Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Anecdotes. Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-295-80472-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: Jumping Off the End of the Earth -- Note on Original Sources -- Part I. Romantic Voyage : A Tour of Southeastern Alaska -- Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879 / John Muir -- A Great Day in Sitka / Charles Hallock -- The Patriarch and His Little Detective / C.C. Hine -- The Alaska Barnum's Dancers / Septima M. Collis -- Riding the Rails through White Pass Canyon / Charles M. Taylor, Jr. -- Part II. Untamed Alaska : Into the Vast Unknown -- Chilcat Mission, Haines, Alaska / Caroline Willard -- Living Upon the Country / Lieutenant Henry T. Allen -- Escape from Icy Bay / H.W. Seton Karr -- Living Off the Enemy / John Bremner -- Whaling with the Fleet of 1887 / Herbert L. Aldrich -- Perilous Crawl Up the Chilkoot / Harry de Windt -- One Night on Valdez Glacier / Captain William Abercrombie -- From Nowhere to Nowhere / Robert Dunn -- Invitation to a Card Game / Agnes Herbert -- Mistakes at Sixty Below / Hudson Stuck -- Part III. Inexhaustible Optimism : The Mad Rush for Gold -- Outfit for an Argonaut / Ernest Ingersoll -- Heartbreak on the White Pass / Robert C. Kirk -- Ho for the Land of Gold! / Mary E. Hitchcock -- The Mosquitoes' Bugle on the Koyukuk / J.D. Winchester -- A Bureaucrat Comes to Call / Josiah Edward Spurr -- Pluck on the Kowak / Joseph Grinnell -- No Time for Sonatas / May Kellogg Sullivan -- Playing for Stakes / M. Clark -- The Great White Silence / Edward J. Devine -- The Alien God of Gold / Addison M. Powell -- On the Other Side of Disenchantment Bay / Arthur Arnold Dietz -- Twenty-One Days from Rampart City / John F. Stacey -- Epilogue: A Cabin on the Edge of the Forest -- Chronology of Alaska History through 1910. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460269203321 |
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| Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013 | ||
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In Pursuit of Alaska : An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909 / / Jean Morgan Meaux
| In Pursuit of Alaska : An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909 / / Jean Morgan Meaux |
| Autore | Meaux Jean Morgan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 917.98/03 |
| Soggetto topico |
Travelers' writings
Travel Frontier and pioneer life HISTORY - United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) TRAVEL - Special Interest - Adventure TRAVEL - Road Travel TRAVEL - Reference TRAVEL - Parks & Campgrounds TRAVEL - Special Interest - Ecotourism TRAVEL - Budget TRAVEL - Hikes & Walks TRAVEL - Museums, Tours, Points of Interest Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Anecdotes. |
| ISBN | 0-295-80472-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: Jumping Off the End of the Earth -- Note on Original Sources -- Part I. Romantic Voyage : A Tour of Southeastern Alaska -- Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879 / John Muir -- A Great Day in Sitka / Charles Hallock -- The Patriarch and His Little Detective / C.C. Hine -- The Alaska Barnum's Dancers / Septima M. Collis -- Riding the Rails through White Pass Canyon / Charles M. Taylor, Jr. -- Part II. Untamed Alaska : Into the Vast Unknown -- Chilcat Mission, Haines, Alaska / Caroline Willard -- Living Upon the Country / Lieutenant Henry T. Allen -- Escape from Icy Bay / H.W. Seton Karr -- Living Off the Enemy / John Bremner -- Whaling with the Fleet of 1887 / Herbert L. Aldrich -- Perilous Crawl Up the Chilkoot / Harry de Windt -- One Night on Valdez Glacier / Captain William Abercrombie -- From Nowhere to Nowhere / Robert Dunn -- Invitation to a Card Game / Agnes Herbert -- Mistakes at Sixty Below / Hudson Stuck -- Part III. Inexhaustible Optimism : The Mad Rush for Gold -- Outfit for an Argonaut / Ernest Ingersoll -- Heartbreak on the White Pass / Robert C. Kirk -- Ho for the Land of Gold! / Mary E. Hitchcock -- The Mosquitoes' Bugle on the Koyukuk / J.D. Winchester -- A Bureaucrat Comes to Call / Josiah Edward Spurr -- Pluck on the Kowak / Joseph Grinnell -- No Time for Sonatas / May Kellogg Sullivan -- Playing for Stakes / M. Clark -- The Great White Silence / Edward J. Devine -- The Alien God of Gold / Addison M. Powell -- On the Other Side of Disenchantment Bay / Arthur Arnold Dietz -- Twenty-One Days from Rampart City / John F. Stacey -- Epilogue: A Cabin on the Edge of the Forest -- Chronology of Alaska History through 1910. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797900403321 |
Meaux Jean Morgan
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| Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013 | ||
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Iraq's legacy of terror : mass graves
| Iraq's legacy of terror : mass graves |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Agency for International Development, , [2004] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (16 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color map |
| Soggetto topico |
Mass burials - Iraq
Massacres - Iraq Mass burials Massacres |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Iraq's legacy of terror |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702128203321 |
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Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes : Herpetologists' Tales from the Field
| Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes : Herpetologists' Tales from the Field |
| Autore | Crump Marty <1946-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Disciplina | 597.9 |
| Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology & Herpetology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Anecdotes. |
| Soggetto non controllato | amphibians, reptiles, fieldwork, story collection, studying animals, ecology, natural history, conservation |
| ISBN |
9781501774492
1501774492 9781501774508 1501774506 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I The Thrill of Discovery -- 1. The Irreplaceable Role of Nature in Scientific Discovery -- 2. The Crawfish Frog's Jaw -- 3. Journey to the Amazonian Rainforest -- 4. A Rainy Evening in the Pantanal -- 5. Tracking Turtles -- 6. Finding the Frog That Sings Like a Bird -- 7. Borneo's Tadpole Heaven -- 8. How the Bog Frog Got Its Name -- Part II Adventure and Exploration -- 9. My First Summit Camp -- 10. Down Under -- 11. Lessons from the Field: It's the Journey, Not the Destination -- 12. Flying Southward Thirty-Three Degrees to Catch More Frogs -- 13. Trip to the Xingu River in the Amazon Forest of Brazil -- 14. Wok bilong ol pik -- 15. In Search of Wonder: How Curiosity Led Me to Madagascar -- Part III Fascination and Love for the Animals -- 16. Never Work on a Species That Is Smarter than You Are -- 17. The Reality of Giant Geckos -- 18. Following the Mole (Salamander) Trail: A Forty-Year Cross-Country Journey -- 19. Chance, Myth, and the Mountains of Western China -- 20. Dive in the Air beside a Rice Paddy: A Moment to Grab an Eluding Snake -- 21. Immersion -- 22. Herpetology Moments -- 23. Crying in the Rain, in the Middle of the World -- 24. Frogs in the Clear-Cut -- 25. Once upon a Diamondback: Learning Lessons about the Fragility of Desert Life -- 26. SWAT Team to the Rescue -- 27. Military Herpetology -- Part IV Mishaps and Misadventures -- 28. Close Encounters of the Gator Kind -- 29. Don't Tread on Her -- 30. A Snake to Die For -- 31. Goose on the Road -- 32. Lost on the Puna -- 33. Lost and Found -- 34. The Mob That Almost Hanged Us in Chiapas, Mexico -- 35. Adventures while Studying Lizards in the Highlands of Veracruz, Mexico -- Part V Dealing with the Unexpected -- 36. The Field Herpetologist's Guide to Interior Australia . . . with Kids.
37. Troubles in a Tropical Paradise -- 38. Island Castaways and the Limits of Optimism -- 39. Lessons in Patience: Frog Eggs, Snakes, and Rain -- 40. Sounds of Silence on the Continental Divide -- Part VI The People We Meet, the Friendships We Forge, the Students We Influence -- 41. Why Do I Do What I Do in the Field? -- 42. The Captain and the Frog -- 43. Exploring the Wild Kingdom with Marlin -- 44. Terror, Courage, and the Little Red Snake -- 45. Team Snake Meets Equipe Serpent -- 46. Ticks, Policemen, and Motherhood: Experiences in the Dry Chaco of Argentina -- 47. Adventures in Wonderland -- 48. In the Rabeta of the Pajé: An Ethnoherpetological Experience -- Parting Thoughts -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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