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This Land
University of California Press 2006; US$ 27.95Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series?divided into the western, central, and eastern United States?will introduce readers to all 155 national forests across the country. This Land is the only comprehensive field guide that describes the natural features, wildernesses, scenic drives, campgrounds, and hiking... more...
Environmental Management for Hotels
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 52.95Environmental Management for Hotels is a textbook for hospitality students that covers the relatively new field of environmental management. The reader is guided in how to make decisions which allow hotels to obtain optimum benefits for the environment whilst not threatening their own financial viability. Students are given an understanding of both... more...
Hikernut's Grand Canyon Companion
A Sense of Nature LLC 2008; US$ 7.95Designed especially for the first-time day hiker or backpacker, this common sense guide contains everything needed to enjoy a fresh perspective and get below the rim of one of the most spectacular natural wonders in the world: the Grand Canyon. Included is advice on equipment, permits, rules and restrictions, trail descriptions, and other tips?all... more...
Empire of Shadows
St. Martin's Press 2012; US$ 34.99?George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planet?s most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows , and you?ll never think of our first?in many ways our greatest?national park in the same way again.? ?Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone,... more...
Calculations For Hospitality & Catering
Hodder Education 1997; US$ 30.38Application of number is an important key skill for all catering students, whether on craft or GNVQ courses. This text explains the basics of calculations and provides exercises to practice application within hospitality and catering contexts. Answers to exercises are provided. more...
The Guide to Iowa's State Preserves
University of Iowa Press 2001; US$ 19.00The Iowa state preserves system was created in 1965; a decade later, thirty preserves had been dedicated, including “six native prairies, a native White Pine stand, the state's only Sphagnum bog, a Balsam Fir stand, some of the oldest exposed rock outcrops in the world, an ancient fort, a fen, several Indian mound groups and a historical... more...
Protecting Yellowstone
University of New Mexico Press 2013; US$ 55.00In Protecting Yellowstone , Michael Yochim considers how park managers may best work within the contemporary policy-making context to preserve national parks. more...
Reshaping Our National Parks and Their Guardians
University of New Mexico Press 2012; US$ 39.95This biography of the seventh director of the National Park Service brings to life one of the most colorful, powerful, and politically astute people to hold this position. more...
Voyageurs National Park
University of Minnesota Press 2004; US$ 75.00Voyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota?s only national park. Fred Witzig?s thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle, and focus... more...
National Parks
Taylor Trade Publishing 2010; US$ 9.99In this lavishly illustrated book well-known environmental historian Alfred Runte, a prominent figure on the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, tells the highly engaging story of the development of our national parks, from the first national park, Yellowstone, to the more recent decision to set aside vast tracts of Alaska... more...









