David Arthur Cleveland's Books

Balancing on a Planet

The Future of Food and Agriculture

By: David Arthur Cleveland

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Balancing on a Planet

The Future of Food and Agriculture

By: David Arthur Cleveland

Agricultural Revolutions 3.

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Univ of California Press

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0520277422

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The Presidential Character

Predicting Performance in the White House

By: James David Barber

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The Presidential Character

Predicting Performance in the White House

By: James David Barber

Dr. James David Barber's well-known, provocative examination of who has the potential to be voted into the highest office in the land - and why - is being reissued as the newest addition to the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series. Arguing that patterns in a person's character, world view, and style can allow us to anticipate their performance as president, The Presidential Character offers explanations and predictions of the performance of presidents and presidential candidates. Drawing on historical, biographical, and psychological research, Dr. Barber hoped to help voters make judicious choices in determining the country's highest leaders. Revisiting this classic work in today's important presidential election season begs a reconsideration of Barber's probing and enduring query, "What should we look for in a president?

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Routledge

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1351223682

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9781351223683

The History of Ornithology in Virginia

By: David W. Johnston

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The History of Ornithology in Virginia

By: David W. Johnston

Host to a large and diverse bird population as well as a long human history, Virginia is arguably the birthplace of ornithology in North America. David W. Johnston's History of Ornithology in Virginia, the result of over a decade of research, is the first book to address this fascinating element of the state's natural history. Tertiary-era fossils show that birds inhabited Virginia as early as 65 million years ago. Their first human observers were the region's many Indian tribes and, later, colonists on Roanoke Island and in Jamestown. Explorers pushing westward contributed further to the development of a conception of birds that was distinctively American. By the 1900s planter-farmers, naturalists, and government employees had amassed bird records from the Barrier Islands and the Dismal Swamp to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. The modern era saw the emergence of ornithological organizations and game laws, as well as increasingly advanced studies of bird distribution, migration pathways, and breeding biology. Johnston shows us how ornithology in Virginia evolved from observations of wondrous creatures to a sophisticated science recognizing some 435 avian species. David W. Johnston taught ornithology at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station for nearly two decades and has edited numerous ecological studies as well as the Journal of Field Ornithology and Ornithological Monographs.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813922429

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9780813922423

The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist

Field Notes from the City

By: David B. Williams

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The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist

Field Notes from the City

By: David B. Williams

Back to the city, or back to nature? Seattle author David Williams shows us how we can get the best of both. Botany and bugs, geology and geese, and creeks and crows; living in a major city doesn't have to separate us from the natural world. Stepping away from a guidebook format, Williams presents the reader with a series of essays and maps that weave personal musings, bits of humor, natural history observations, and scientific data into a multi-textured perspective of life in the city--descriptions of his journeys as a naturalist in an urban landscape. Williams addresses questions that an observant person asks in an urban environment. What did Seattle look like before Europeans got here? How does the area's geologic past affect us? Why have some animals thrived and other languished? How are we affected by the species with whom we share the urban environment and how do we affect them? This book captures all of the distinctive flavors of the Emerald City, urban and natural.

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Graphic Arts Books

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088240900X

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Evil, Spirits, and Possession

An Emergentist Theology of the Demonic

By: David L Bradnick

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Evil, Spirits, and Possession

An Emergentist Theology of the Demonic

By: David L Bradnick

In Evil, Spirits, and Possession: An Emergentist Theology of the Demonic David Bradnick develops a multidisciplinary view of the demonic, using biblical-theological, social-scientific, and philosophical-scientific perspectives. Building upon the work of Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong, this book argues for a theology informed by emergence theory, whereby the demonic arises from evolutionary processes and exerts downward causal influence upon its constituent substrates. Consequently, evil does not result from conscious diabolic beings; rather it manifests as non-personal emergent forces that influence humans to initiate and execute nefarious activities. Emergentism provides an alternative to contemporary views, which tend to minimize or reject the reality of the demonic, and it retains the demonic as a viable theological category in the twenty-first century.

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BRILL

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9004350616

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Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War

The Letters of W. Wilkins Davis

By: David Hein

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Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War

The Letters of W. Wilkins Davis

By: David Hein

Awarded the Certificate of Commendation of the American Association for State and Local History In this collection of letters written by members of a prominent Maryland family on the eve of and during the Civil War, David Hein has found gold in the mine of his state's historical society. This book immerses the reader in civilian life as civil war approached, fiercely as a wind-driven wildfire-civilian life personified by the family of Allen Bowie Davis, a prosperous farmer-legislator from Montgomery County, north of Washington, D.C. These letters capture the complexity of the Civil War in a state of abolitionists, pro-slavery unionists, anti-slavery southern sympathizers, and non-slaveholding secessionists. We see a pivotal Maryland through the eyes of adults and children, and we witness the consequences of war for familial relationships, religious values, and educational institutions. David Hein's crisp editorial commentary knits these letters together, enabling the Davis family to tell of life in the tumultuous middle of the nineteenth century. We are in the debt of this book and its editor for reminding us that a history with leaders and battles is incomplete without the testimony of sons and daughters, of mothers and fathers. From the Foreword by Charles W. Mitchell, editor of Maryland Voices of the Civil War

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725225697

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9781725225695

Crossing Home Ground

A Grassland Odyssey through Southern Interior British Columbia

By: David Pitt-Brooke

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Crossing Home Ground

A Grassland Odyssey through Southern Interior British Columbia

By: David Pitt-Brooke

Like John Muir, David Pitt-Brooke stepped out for a walk one morning—a long walk of a thousand kilometres or more through the arid valleys of southern interior British Columbia. He went in search of beauty and lost grace in a landscape that has seen decades of development and upheaval. In Crossing Home Ground he reports back, providing a day-by-day account of his journey’s experiences, from the practical challenges—dealing with blisters, rain and dehydration—to sublime moments of discovery and reconnection with the natural world. Through the course of this journey, Pitt-Brooke’s encounters with the natural world generate starting points for reflections on larger issues: the delicate interconnections of a healthy landscape and, most especially, the increasingly fragile bond between human beings and their home-places. There is no escaping the impact of human beings on the natural world, not even in the most remote countryside, but he finds hope and consolation in surviving pockets of loveliness, the kindness of strangers and the transformative process of the walking itself, a personal pilgrimage across home ground. Crossing Home Ground is a book that, though rooted in one specific place and time, will evoke a universal sense of recognition in a wide variety of readers. It will appeal to hikers, natural-history enthusiasts and anyone who loves the wild countryside and is concerned about the disappearance of Canada’s natural spaces. Pitt-Brooke’s grassland odyssey is sure to become a classic of British Columbia nature writing.

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Harbour Publishing

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1550177753

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A Light for the Pathway

Exploring the Psalms

By: David Atkinson

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A Light for the Pathway

Exploring the Psalms

By: David Atkinson

What did the Psalmists of Israel believe? How did they practice their religion? What impact did their faith in God have on the way they handled the struggles and uncertainties of life? How does this speak to us today? This book explores some themes which underlie the faith of the psalmists: for example, covenant, creation, law, justice, humanity, suffering, lament, restoration, and pilgrimage. Holding these together is the overarching theme of God's steadfast love throughout their history. The psalms are prayers and praises, often used in temple worship, some intimate and personal, many corporate and full of thanksgiving. Some are celebrations of the kingly rule of God over all creation. How do we Christians today approach this ancient hymn book, which is full of poetic imagination and deep spirituality? How can it help our own journeys on our pathways of faith and hope? This side of the life and death and resurrection of Jesus, can we hear in the psalms words of comfort for our struggles of faith, as well as joy in our worship, in today's confusing world?

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1666702102

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Beneath the American Renaissance

The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville

By: David S. Reynolds

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Beneath the American Renaissance

The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville

By: David S. Reynolds

The award-winning Beneath the American Renaissance is a classic work on American literature. It immeasurably broadens our knowledge of our most important literary period, as first identified by F.O. Matthiessen's American Renaissance. With its combination of sharp critical insight, engaging observation, and narrative drive, it represents the kind of masterful cultural history for which David Reynolds is known. Here the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson receive striking, original readings set against the rich backdrop of contemporary popular writing. Now back in print, the volume includes a new foreword by historian Sean Wilentz that reveals the book's impact and influence. A magisterial work of criticism and cultural history, Beneath the American Renaissance will fascinate anyone interested in the genesis of America's most significant literary epoch and the iconic figures who defined it.

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Oxford University Press

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0199976406

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9780199976409

The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch

A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam

By: David Pinault

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The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch

A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam

By: David Pinault

This book on Islam has an unusual perspective. It argues that a critically minded examination of Islam can help Christians achieve a deeper appreciation of the unique truths of their own faith. It draws on the author’s personal experiences living in Islamic countries and his fieldwork with persecuted Christian-minority communities, especially in Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, and Indonesia. It includes the author’s own original translations of Islamic texts in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, as well as primary-source materials in Latin that were written by Christian participants in the Crusades. The author focuses on Muslim interactions with the Christian tradition. He examines and takes issue with the misguided approach of those Christians and Muslims who, in the interests of Christian-Muslim rapprochement, minimize theological differences between the two faiths, especially in the area of Christology. Such attempts at rapport, he writes, do a profound disservice to both religions. Illustrating the Muslim view of Christ with Islamic polemical texts from the eleventh to the twenty-first centuries, the author draws on Hans Urs von Balthasar, and other theologians of kenotic Christology, to show how Islamic condemnations of divine "weakness" and "neediness" can deepen our appreciation of what is most uniquely Christian in our vision of Jesus as God-made-man, who voluntarily experiences weakness, suffering, and death in solidarity with all human beings. Both timely and urgently needed, The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch invites readers to reflect on the stark differences between Christianity and Islam and to appreciate the uniqueness of the Christian faith.

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Ignatius Press

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1642290521

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9781642290523

Best Birds Upland and Shore

By: Worth Mathewson,David Hagerbaumer

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Best Birds Upland and Shore

By: Worth Mathewson,David Hagerbaumer

In this beautifully illustrated book, Worth Mathewson vividly describes his bird-hunting adventures across North America. Over the course of thirty-nine years, Mathewson hunted all of the United States' and Canada's native upland and legal shorebird species, from the band-tailed pigeon and mourning dove to the ruffed grouse and ring-necked pheasant. His memories of these hunts, accomplished in the company of friends, family, and faithful hunting dogs, are recounted here.

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Stackpole Books

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1461750695

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Return of the Osprey

A Season of Flight and Wonder

By: David Gessner

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Return of the Osprey

A Season of Flight and Wonder

By: David Gessner

The author of A Wild, Rank Place focuses on the osprey, capturing their magnificent beauty while chronicling their return on the east coast after a two decades absence. BOMC.

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Algonquin Books

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1565122542

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9781565122543

Ancient African Christianity

An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition

By: David E. Wilhite

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Ancient African Christianity

An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition

By: David E. Wilhite

Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine are studied in light of their African identity, and this tradition is explored in all its various expressions. This book is ideal for all students of African Christianity and also a key introduction for anyone wanting to know more about the history, religion, and philosophy of these early influential Christians whose impact has extended far beyond the African landscape.

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Taylor & Francis

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1135121427

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9781135121426

Birder's Handbook

By: Paul Ehrlich,David S. Dobkin,Darryl Wheye

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Birder's Handbook

By: Paul Ehrlich,David S. Dobkin,Darryl Wheye

On t.p.: A field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671659898

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9780671659899

Liberty’s Chain

Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

By: David N. Gellman

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Liberty’s Chain

Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

By: David N. Gellman

In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and coauthor of the Federalist Papers, and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic. Liberty's Chain forges a new path for thinking about slavery and the nation's founding. John Jay served as the inaugural president of a pioneering antislavery society. His descendants, especially his son William Jay and his grandson John Jay II, embraced radical abolitionism in the nineteenth century, the cause most likely to rend the nation. The scorn of their elite peers—and racist mobs—did not deter their commitment to end southern slavery and to combat northern injustice. John Jay's personal dealings with African Americans ranged from callousness to caring. Across the generations, even as prominent Jays decried human servitude, enslaved people and formerly enslaved people served in Jay households. Abbe, Clarinda, Caesar Valentine, Zilpah Montgomery, and others lived difficult, often isolated, lives that tested their courage and the Jay family's principles. The personal and the political intersect in this saga, as Gellman charts American values transmitted and transformed from the colonial and revolutionary eras to the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond. The Jays, as well as those who served them, demonstrated the elusiveness and the vitality of liberty's legacy. This remarkable family story forces us to grapple with what we mean by patriotism, conservatism, and radicalism. Their story speaks directly to our own divided times.

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Cornell University Press

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1501715852

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9781501715853

The Bird Almanac

A Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds

By: David Michael Bird

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The Bird Almanac

A Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds

By: David Michael Bird

Observing birds often raises many intriguing questions. Such as what is the incubation time for those robin eggs sitting in the nest above the porch light? What kinds of flowers attract humming birds? What are the migratory distances of various species? What are the major causes of bird deaths? The Bird Almanac is an invaluable resource, impressive in scope and depth and complemented with tables and illustrations. This Second Edition has been reformatted for easier use and now features quick-find tabs and an index. The first section of the book comprehensively covers the history, biology and behavior of birds. Bird physiology, biological systems and anatomy are explained in easy-to-understand terms and annotated illustrations. Other topics include: Fossil history of birds Reproduction and mortality Threatened and endangered species Major birding festivals and competitions How to attract specific species to the backyard Extensive resources for bird-lovers including the top birding locations in America Birding code of ethics The second section consists of an authoritative world checklist of bird species. The birds are organized by taxonomic order and listed by common and Latin name. The valuable information in The Bird Almanac fills in the gaps in knowledge of even the most seasoned birder.

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Firefly Books

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1552979253

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Book's by David Arthur Cleveland

Balancing on a Planet

Balancing on a Planet

The Presidential Character

The Presidential Character

The History of Ornithology in Virginia

The History of Ornithology in Virginia

The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist

The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist

Evil, Spirits, and Possession

Evil, Spirits, and Possession

Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War

Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War

Crossing Home Ground

Crossing Home Ground

A Light for the Pathway

A Light for the Pathway

Beneath the American Renaissance

Beneath the American Renaissance

The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch

The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch

Best Birds Upland and Shore

Best Birds Upland and Shore

Return of the Osprey

Return of the Osprey

Ancient African Christianity

Ancient African Christianity

Birder's Handbook

Birder's Handbook

Liberty’s Chain

Liberty’s Chain

The Bird Almanac

The Bird Almanac

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