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Philoktetes, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Frommer's Complete Guides are packed with dazzling photos and detailed , opinionated and honest reviews, giving you the low-down on what's worth your trip and what's not. The destinations are broken down into easy to navigate sections and include a full size pull out map to help you plan the perfect trip.

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Dall'Albero della Vita citato nella Bibbia all'Albero della Pace dei nativi americani, gli alberi hanno sempre avuto un ruolo archetipico nella cultura e nella spiritualità umana. Simboli essenziali di molte religioni, dal buddismo e dall'induismo alle credenze degli aborigeni e dei nativi americani, gli alberi erano venerati ancor prima che esistesse qualsiasi testimonianza storica scritta. Gli straordinari scatti del celebre fotografo Art Wo...

The photography of Art Wolfe gets across the wonder of the human attachment to trees, with accompanying text from Gregory McNamee.

Frommer's Complete Guides are packed with dazzling photos and detailed , opinionated and honest reviews, giving you the low-down on what's worth your trip and what's not. The destinations are broken down into easy to navigate sections and include a full size pull out map to help you plan the perfect trip.

Explores the many ethnic and cultural traditions that have contributed to the food of the Southwest. Gregory McNamee traces the origins of the cuisine to the arrival of humans in the Americas, the work of the earliest farmers of Mesoamerica, and the most ancient trade networks joining peoples of the coast, plains, and mountains.

For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West's great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila's natural and human history...

Selections from Aelian's De Natura Animalium, translated and edited by Gregory McNamee, are a mostly randomly ordered collection of stories that constitute an early encyclopedia of animal behavior, affording insight into what ancient Romans knew about and thought about animals--and, of particular interest to modern scholars, about animal minds"--Provided by publisher.

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Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation in the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era, while the orange is once again being cultivated in great quantities in Southern China, where it was originally cultivated. Other foods--such as the apple and pear in Central Asia, the tomato in Mexico, the chili pepper in South America, and rice in South Asia...

Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation over the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era, by contrast, the orange is once again being cultivated in large quantities in southern China, where it was originally grown. Other foods remain staples of their original regions as well as of the world diet at large. Still others are now grown in places tha...

From the Grand Canyon to saguaro forests near Tucson, Arizona has more national parks, monuments, historic and cultural sites than any other state. Stories in Monumental Places tell why these scenic treasures are imbedded in America's heritage. Illustrating this exciting tour of the sites are stunning images by Arizona Highways photographers, who are among the best in the world.

A powerful defense in words and photos of this unique grassland under increasing threat of oil and gas exploitation.

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We travel the world", writes Gregory McNamee, "and wherever we go there are snake stories to entertain us". Here are some fifty diverse and unusual accounts of serpents from cultures across time and around the globe: snakes that talk, jump, and dance, snakes that transform into other creatures, snakes that just ... watch.Many selections are drawn from the rich oral traditions of peoples in every clime that supports reptiles, from the Akimel O'...

Stories behind the names of the fabulous sights in Arizona's famous National Park.

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