Boggy Slough : a forest, a family, and a foundation for land conservation / by Gerland, Jonathan K., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Temple and the humble beginnings of a legacy -- A Land of industry: railroads, logging, and land acquisition -- The land fenced: ranching, tenant farming, and the birth of forestry -- The fenced land: game and wildlife management -- The land for sale: the Great Depression and difficult decisions -- Whose land Is It? …”
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Fight global warming now : the handbook for taking action in your community / by McKibben, Bill

Border sanctuary : the conservation legacy of the Santa Ana land grant / by Morgan, M. J., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The land of Santa Ana: solving mysteries -- Saving the Santa Ana forest -- South Texas in the 1930s -- The symbolic Chachalaca -- Perceptions of the forest -- The original landscape of Santa Ana -- Environments -- Lessons of Dicliptera -- Hunter of flowing habitats: the jaguarundi -- First changers: hunters, grazers, and browsers -- New eco-travelers: the lure of resilient grasslands -- Into the forests -- The early Leal years: people of the river -- The Leals and their neighbors: families of the Mexican grants -- The trees of Santa Ana -- A house of handmade bricks -- Mounted raiders in South Texas -- The world outside comes to Santa Ana -- Hard for people, good for trees -- Horses on Santa Ana -- Jaguars and horses -- Losing and gaining Santa Ana -- The Leal fortunes -- Fire, water, and goats on Santa Ana: the Guzman dream -- The traveling armadillo -- The way of fire -- The eating of the grass: clues in the twentieth century -- Santa Ana in 1880 -- The dream of la Pechuga -- Land redefined -- Surveys, sales, and rails -- Santa Ana in the Great Depression years -- Epilogue: the future of a river and its trees.…”
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Edward Condon's cooperative vision : science, industry, and innovation in modern America / by Lassman, Thomas Charles

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Scientists, business, and the state, 1890-1960 / by McGrath, Patrick J. 1961-

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Aldo Leopold's odyssey / by Warren, Julianne Lutz

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Advancing Variable Star Astronomy : the Centennial History of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. by Williams, Thomas R.

Table of Contents: “…PASSING OF THE OLD GUARD BEGINSINTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; SO FAR, SO GOOD; 7 The Pickering Memorial Endowment; AN AMBIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP; AAVSO PICKERING MEMORIAL FUND; A NEW HCO DIRECTOR; ASTRONOMY'S GREAT DEBATE; LEON CAMPBELL AND VARIABLE STAR ASTRONOMY; THE PICKERING MEMORIAL CHANGES; HARVARD TAKES CONTROL; WILLIAM TYLER OLCOTT AFTER 1920; LOOKING BACKWARD (AND FORWARD); 8 Fading of the Old Guard; THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE AAVSO; AAVSO LEADERSHIP TRENDS; Rectifying administrative committees; Vetting and training observers; Other leadership issues; Meetings.…”
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Practical blockchains and cryptocurrencies : speed up your application development process and develop distributed applications with confidence / by Garewal, Karan Singh

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Short History of Money -- The Neolithic Age -- The Emergence of Banks and Banknotes -- Hawala -- The Roman Empire and the Origins of Inflation -- Gold and the Plunder of the New World -- The Gold Standard -- The Great Depression and Keynesian Economics -- The Petrodollar System -- Making Money in a Fractional Banking System -- Essential Monetary Economics -- Bitcoin Comes onto the Scene -- The Darknet -- Conclusion -- References…”
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