The Mountain Encyclopedia: An A to Z Compendium of Over 2,250 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People

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A comprehensive reference containing a stunning collection of mountain art and photography, The Mountain Encyclopedia is an alphabetically arranged overview of all the things connected to mountains. Sidebars list such phenomena as the world's 1000 highest peaks, the world's highest volcanoes, the high points of the 50 United States, and 13 Canadian Provinces, and more.

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A Friend of The Mountain.......2006-07-30

This is a book for those who love to travel acrossing the mountains. Not only very helpful for it seem like a text-compas: show us to the direct path.

Just about all you'd ever want to know about mountains.......2006-02-15

If you love mountains and mountaineering I guarantee you'll like this book. It has a great wealth of information. Everything from mountaineering terms and people, statistics about 100's of mountains and ranges in all 7 continents, and hundreds of wonderful color photos. It even has information about books and movies made about mountains. I love this book!

400 color photos throughout of mountains, volcanoes, rocks, and climbers.......2005-11-08

Whether it's details on mountaineering or the mountain environment, its peoples, culture, or nature you seek, The Mountain Encyclopedia represents the first A-Z compendium on all topics - not just nature. Add 400 color photos throughout of mountains, volcanoes, rocks, and climbers and you have an excellent survey for a wide audience, whether it be a student seeking facts and figures about the world's mountains, a naturalist seeking geology facts, or a climber.

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Pink Angels and best friends Holly, Raina, and Kathleen have been through a lot over the past year. The summer before their senior year promises to be busy but fun, as Holly and Raina return to their full-time volunteer jobs at the hospital and Kathleen, who needs the money, works at the hospital gift shop. Of course, Raina and Kathleen will be spending as much time as possible with their boyfriends, Hunter and Carson.

Holly is happy for her friends, but she can't help feeling a little left out when hanging out with the two couples. She does finally have a boy interested in her, but the e-mails from her secret admirer, Shy Boy, have recently stopped coming. What has she done wrong? Will she ever meet her mystery guy in person? But Holly's world is forever changed when tragedy strikes close to home. It's not fair that the most loving and giving person she knows is the victim of a random crime. She, Raina, and Kathleen will need each other now more than ever.

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Unforgettable Sadness.......2007-05-03

Holly's book is the greatest of all us girls. Three girls are pink angels and best friends but then some one dies and they all fall apart (me to). Then holly falls in love with Chad but he is sick but he won't go away in till she says scram. I cound't but this book down and I'll have to read the other ones. I'm sure if you grab this death and romance book you will never put it down.

good book.......2007-01-15

Typical Lurlene McDaniel book. Full of hope and drama and heartbreak. If you've read the other two "Angels in Pink" books, read this one because it provides closure for the other two.

book worm reivew .......2006-11-23

this book was one of her best. I have read a lot of her books and this is One of her best (and she has a lot)i wish They weren't as sad, but that is what makes them SOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Unfogetable Story.......2006-07-06

The book Angels in Pink "Holly's Story" by Lurene McDaniel has a lot of drama, fun times and a lot about REAL life. THis book shows you that life goes on whatever might happen. It also shows you you that you must never blame God for what happened a death or anything you must always believe in him. This book also shows you that there will be hard times that you will have to go through in life but yet there will be a lot of positive things too. Like in the book Holly had LOst her Brother Hunter but yet she feels like they have been closer tahn ever. I really liked this book a lot it was a book that I can relate to and understnd what my dad is going through.His mom died on April 17th but he took it strong just like Holly's dad did but there are times that i can see that there are times that he jsut want to cry. MS.McDaniel has wrote the book with such descriptive detail. I rate this book 5 stars. I recomend this book to young readers who have experienced death in the family this would show them that there aren't the only one that are experiencing the same situation.

An Unforgetable Story .......2006-07-06

The book Angles in Pink " Holly's Story" by Luclrene McDaniel has lot of drama, fun times with friends, Sturgles with times of your friendship and a lot about REAL life. This book shows you how life goes on whatever might happen. It also shows you that you must never blame God for what happened. A death or anything it may beyou must always believe in him. This book also shows you that there will be a lot of hard times in your life that you will have to go through in life but yet there will be a lot of positive things that would go with them too. Like in the book Holly has lost her brother Hunter but she found Chad a really nice boy and to her it seems like Hunter and her had never been closer than ever. I really liked this book because it was a book that I can relate to. My dad's mom just died on April 17th so I now how he feels through this book. Although my dad acted like Holly's dad he still had times that he wanted to cry. Ms. McDaniel wrote the book with such descriptive detail that in every word you read out of the book you can picture it on your mind. I would give this book five stars. I would also recommend it to young readers who have experienced death in the family before. This will show that you aren't the only one going through these things.

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Practical Ecocriticism is the first book to ground environmental literature firmly in the life sciences, particularly evolutionary biology, and to attempt to bridge the ever-widening gulf between the ³Two Cultures.² Glen Love--himself one of the founders of ecocriticism--argues that literary studies has been diminished by a general lack of recognition for the vital role the biological foundation of human life plays in cultural imagination. Love presents with great clarity and directness an invaluable model for how to incorporate Darwinian ideas--the basis for all modern biology and ecology--into ecocriticial thinking.

Beginning with an overview of the field of literature and environment and its claim to our attention, and arguing for a biologically informed theoretical base for literary studies, Love then aims the lens of this critical perspective on the pastoral genre and works by canonical writers such as Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and William Dean Howells. A markedly interdisciplinary and refreshingly accessible work, Practical Ecocriticism will interest and challenge the entire ecocritical community, as well as humanists, social scientists, and others concerned with the current rediscovery of human nature.

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The Physics, Chemistry and History of Plutonium.......2007-07-24

In this excellent book, the author pulls no punches in describing the science of plutonium. Starting with some relevant history, he zeroes in on this new element: its discovery, its nuclear properties and its unexpected physical and chemical ones. What makes this book particularly fascinating is the fact that the author has personally known many of the scientists involved. Consequently, the reader is treated to an intimate glimpse of what some of these people were like - something that one would be less likely to get in a standard history book. The writing style is friendly, authoritative, engaging and extremely clear - a trademark of this author. Because of the technical nature of much of its content this book would likely be most enjoyed by serious science buffs and those with a technical/scientific background.

The Ninety-Fourth Element.......2007-06-18

Jeremy Bernstein is a prolific writer on physics and physicists, and mountaineering. These interests coincide with my own. I like reading his essays and books because he knows how to tell a story. In this work, he covers the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of the periodic table through today. particularly as the events lead to the 94th element, plutonium. He tells the story of the people who developed the theory and practice of nuclear fission eventually resulting in the use of the mass-239 isotope of plutonium in nuclear weapons. If you think that science is without politics, you have to read this history.

I have worked with accelerators and reactors to transform elements from one into another, doing modern-day alchemy. I can give you a recipe for turning lead into gold. However, I never paid particular attention to the process of nuclear fission. Why are the isotopes uranium-235 and plutonium-239 suited for nuclear fission? Now, following Bernstein's explanation, I understand why. Simply, the even numbed isotopes of these elements are more stable. They have a lower energy than the odd isotopes. The addition of a single neutron to the odd-mass isotopes lowers the total energy of the nucleus. The excess energy liberated in the process induces the nucleus to fission. Bernstein explains this in clear language as he does for all of the chemistry, atomic, and nuclear physics in the book.

Others have suggested that the real threat of nuclear proliferation lies in the use of highly-enriched uranium. Uranium bombs may be easier for the amateur to construct than plutonium bombs. Bernstein notes that you can buy a gram of uranium-235 from Oak Ridge for $57. For $2.4 million you could buy enough to make a bomb. Of course, Oak Ridge will not sell you that much. The author is concerned with the world-wide total of about 155 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium. That much plutonium can make a lot of nuclear weapons. There is very little good use that this stockpile can be put to. Some of it may be used to fuel nuclear reactors. However, the chemistry of plutonium is difficult and the economic feasibility of plutonium reactors is not clear. There is a National Academy of Sciences report that you can read on-line: Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium: Reactor-Related Options (1995). There is no easy solution to the problem of what do to with all this plutonium.

Why can't everybody write like Bernstein ?.......2007-05-23

We've all heard about plutonium - from its use in nuclear weapons to its use in generators for satellites. But what do we know about plutonium ? Surprisingly, almost nothing. This is where this book enters. It is written in a clear, simple way. It reads like a novel. Whenever a background explanation is necessary there are at most a couple of pages with the main concepts. Why can't everybody write like Bernstein ?

The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (5 Volume Set)

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The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (5 Volume Set)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 1402035551

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The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements is a contemporary and definitive compilation of chemical properties of all of the actinide elements, especially of the technologically important elements uranium and plutonium, as well as the transactinide elements. In addition to the comprehensive treatment of the chemical properties of each element, ion, and compound from atomic number 89 (actinium) through to 109 (meitnerium), this multi-volume work has specialized and definitive chapters on electronic theory, optical and laser fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, organoactinide chemistry, thermodynamics, magnetic properties, the metals, coordination chemistry, separations, and trace analysis. Several chapters deal with environmental science, safe handling, and biological interactions of the actinide elements.

The Editors invited teams of authors, who are active practitioners and recognized experts in their specialty, to write each chapter and have endeavoured to provide a balanced and insightful treatment of these fascinating elements at the frontier of the periodic table. Because the field has expanded with new spectroscopic techniques and environmental focus, the work encompasses five volumes, each of which groups chapters on related topics. All chapters represent the current state of research in the chemistry of these elements and related fields.

Originally published by Wiley, New York, 1957/8 and Chapman & Hall, 1986

Chemical Thermodynamics of Neptunium and Plutonium (Chemical Thermodynamics)

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Chemical Thermodynamics of Neptunium and Plutonium (Chemical Thermodynamics)

Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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ASIN: 044450379X

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Unlike earlier books in this series, this review describes the selection of chemical thermodynamic data for species of two elements, neptunium and plutonium. Although this came about more by circumstance than design, it has allowed for a more consistent approach to chemical interpretation than might have occurred in two separate treatments. It has also drawn attention to cases where the available data do not show expected parallels, and where further work may be useful to confirm or refute apparent differences in the behaviour of neptunium and plutonium.

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Analytical Chemistry of Plutonium
M.S., et al. Milyukova
Manufacturer: Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations
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ASIN: B000IBL7VC

Analytical chemistry of plutonium (Analytical chemistry of the elements)

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Analytical chemistry of plutonium (Analytical chemistry of the elements)
Institut geokhimii i analiticheskoi khimii im. V.I. Vernadskogo
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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium: Reactor-Related Options

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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium: Reactor-Related Options

Manufacturer: National Academy Press
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The Microdetermination of Plutonium in Uranium Compounds

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The Microdetermination of Plutonium in Uranium Compounds
O. A. Vita , and C. F. Trivisonno
Manufacturer: GoodYear Atomic Corporation
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ASIN: B000QUZKKE

Plutonium Chemistry (ACS symposium series)

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Plutonium Chemistry (ACS symposium series)

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Plutonium Futures - the Science

Manufacturer: American Institute of Physics
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ASIN: 0735401403

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Over 1,000 tons of plutonium exist throughout the world in the form of nuclear fuel, nuclear weapons, inventories of various types, and legacy materials. Regardless of ones views of how this condition came to be, or what actions are taken in the future, it is a certainty that large quantities of plutonium must be managed for many decades. Thus it is clear that the plutonium challenge is not only scientific, but political and socioeconomic as well.

In view of the global nature of plutonium research efforts, the Plutonium Futures - The Science conference was established to increase awareness of the importance of the scientific underpinnings of plutonium research, and facilitate communication among its international practitioners. The 2003 conference is the third in this series; the two previous conferences were held in Santa Fe in 1997 and 2000. Extended abstracts of the presentations cover the latest results in plutonium condensed matter physics, materials science, compounds and complexes, environmental behavior, detection and analysis, separations and purification, nuclear fuel cycles, and waste isolation and disposal.

Plutonium Futures-The Science: Topical Conference on Plutonium and Actinides Sante Fe, New Mexico 10-13 July 2000 (Aip Conference Proceedings)

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Plutonium Futures-The Science: Topical Conference on Plutonium and Actinides Sante Fe, New Mexico 10-13 July 2000 (Aip Conference Proceedings)
N. M.) Topical Conference on Plutonium and Actinides 2000 (Santa Fe
Manufacturer: AIP Press
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ASIN: 1563969483

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This conference is the second in a series entitled Plutonium Futures - The Science. This conference, co-sponsored by the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the American Nuclear Society, is intended to increase awareness of a branch of science that was more or less in the classified literature. Authors from over sixty world-renowned institutions representing fourteen countries will present at this conference. Summaries of most of these papers are contained in these proceedings.

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Using techniques from abstract algebraic geometry that have been developed over recent decades, Professor Fujita develops classification theories of such pairs using invariants that are polarized higher-dimensional versions of the genus of algebraic curves. The heart of the book is the theory of D-genus and sectional genus developed by the author, but numerous related topics are discussed or surveyed. Proofs are given in full in the central part of the development, but background and technical results are sometimes sketched in when the details are not essential for understanding the key ideas.

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 2002. The length of the article is 319 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gertrude Stein. To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays.(Brief Article)
Author: David Andrews
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Page: 144(2)

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