In Search of Western Oregon

In Search of Western Oregon

Author: Ralph Friedman

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 820

ISBN-13: 9780870043321

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the definitive guide for things to see and to do in western Oregon. This volume is packed with historical details, folklore, anecdotes, geology, fishing, flora, fauna, biography, hiking trails, and a good deal more. These elements are combined with photos of thousands of off-the-beaten-path finds.


Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response

Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response

Author: Gordon E. Grant

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1437927130

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Includes a database of relevant studies reporting peak flow data across rain-, transient-, and snow-dominated hydrologic zones. Provides a quantitative comparison of changes in peak flow across both a range of flows and forest practices. Increases in peak flows generally diminish with decreasing intensity of percentage of watershed harvested and lengthening recurrence intervals of flow. Peak flow effects on channel morphology should be confined to stream reaches where channel gradients are less than 0.02 and streambeds are composed of gravel and finer material. Managers should evaluate the potential risk of peak flow increases based on factors such as presence of roads, specific mgmt. treatments employed, and watershed drainage efficiency.


The Secret in the Wings

The Secret in the Wings

Author: Mary Zimmerman

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2014-09-15

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 0810129876

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Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against her signature wit and humor. The framing story concerns a child and the frightening babysitter with whom her parents leave her. As the babysitter reads from a book, the characters in each of the tales materialize, with each tale breaking off just at its bleakest moment before giving way to the next one. The central tale is told without interruption, after which each previous tale is successively resumed, with each looming disaster averted. As in Zimmerman’s other productions, here she uses costumes, props, sets, and lighting to brilliant effect, creating images and feelings that render the fairy tales in all their elemental and enduring power.


Mobilizing Minerva

Mobilizing Minerva

Author: Kimberly Jensen

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0252074963

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American women did more than pursue roles as soldiers, doctors, and nurses during World War I. Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War reveals women's motivations for fighting for full citizenship rights both on and off the battlefield. The war provided chances for women to participate in the military, but also in other male-dominated career paths. Intense discussions of rape, methods of protecting women, and proper gender roles abound as Kimberly Jensen draws from rich case studies to show how female thinkers and activists wove wartime choices into long-standing debates about woman suffrage and economic parity. The war created new urgency in these debates, and Jensen forcefully presents the case of women participants and activists: women's involvement in the obligation of citizens to defend the state validated their right of full female citizenship.


The History of Chile

The History of Chile

Author: John L. Rector

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-11-29

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 140396257X

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A colorful history of Chile from prehistoric times to the present