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This new edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. The natural variability of weather and climate greatly complicates our ability to determine a clear cause-and-effect relationship to human activity. The authors describe the basic theories and critique them in simple and accessible terms. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in how humans are affecting the global climate. ... Read more

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A fresh and balanced presentation.
I find this book an outstanding introduction to issues related to human impact on weather and climate. Authors elected to divide the discussioninto three main parts, dictated primarily bythe scale ofperturbation.The first part deals with some of the most striking examples of controlledhuman impact on weather: modification of clouds, hail suppression andmodification of tropical cyclones. The presentation is clear, with manyinteresting historical and technical details and is inspirational forpeople interested in cloud processes.The second part shows that humankindmodified already weather and climate at local and regional scale.Suchhuman impacts are: anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases, urbaninduced changes in precipitation and weather, and impacts caused by landuse.Authors did a good job is showing that regional scale atmosphericperturbations are by far the most intense and have clear fingerprints inobservations as well as in numerical models. Finally, the third part has abroad presentation of human impact on global climate. This is wellillustrated with climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosols, possiblenuclear winter scenarios, and with the greenhouse theory. I think studentsas well as a broad spectrum of readers interested in Earth sciences willbenefit fromreading this book. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1906 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1897 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1916 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London. ... Read more

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A look back...
This is a beautifully illustrated book. I purchased the book, because my mother picked cotton on her family's land from the age of 5 to adulthood. I wanted to read the book to my children so they would know where my mother had come from. The characters in this book don't own the land they work, but travel in by bus, so it wasn't completely relevant to my mother's experience, but it is an intimate glimpse into a moment of the past.

Fairly accurate portrayal of life in the fields
I read this book as part of an assignment.It is a Caldecott Honor Book and I am very familiar with picking cotton.I was born the daughter of a cotton share-cropper, so my earliest memories are some of the very same things that appear in this book.

Cotton picking by hand is hard.It is backbreaking, and the days are hot and long.However, I had a few concerns about this book.It is written in the local dialect and speech patterns of the Black child who is telling the story.It was rather difficult to read but easy to understand what she meant.Since this is a child's book, I am not certain that every child would understand the language system that is portrayed. A teacher needs to be completely aware and ready to explain the dialect.

Also, even though the child describes a typical day of cotton picking, hard, hot, long,and lonely for socialization, I do wish the fact had been brought out that other ethnicities picked cotton as well as Blacks.It is hard work no matter who picks the cotton.

The illustrations were done nicely and the family structure was portrayed as intact.However, it reminded me all too well of the long, hot days my family spent in the cotton fields.

A very good politically 'incorrect' book.
Some books that I read do not catch my eye right away, but this one caught my eye for a couple of reasons.For one, this book reminded me of the stories that my grandmother used to tell me about when she would be in the fields picking cotton.Two, this book does not make picking cotton sound like a bad thing at all.When my grandmother would tell me stories about being in the cotton fields, the stories would never sound bad, or harsh.Her stories made me want to pick up this book and read it. This book is about a little girl named Shelan who goes to the fields every morning to go pick cotton with her family.Her family consists of her father, mother, her two older sisters, and her baby sister Leanne, who her mother has to carry while she picks cotton.The story is told through Shelan's eyes, from the time that they get on the bus at dawn, to the time they leave the fields at sunset.The illustrations were as vivid as the little girl telling the story.The pictures were hazy, just like a very hot day, where there are no trees.I thought that was very symbolic. I liked this book a lot, for different reasons.But I do have one or two concerns about this book.For one, the book may not be suitable to teach to just "any" child.I think that a children's book is supposed to move at a comfortable pace.Not make the child think too hard, but just enough to spark some creative ideas.Every child is not going to be able to relate to this book, like others would.To make it plain, I do not think that a Black child would have as much trouble understanding this book, as opposed to children of other ethnicities. I (a Black male) understood the dialect in this book very well and I enjoyed reading the "broken language" because that was what I was used to as a child.I did not think twice about the dialect until I had to analyze it.After I read the whole thing, I wondered if children of other backgrounds would be able to understand this book.The author was not trying to think "politically correct," but rather, correct in the eyes of the little girl.Shelan doesn't know any better than to talk the way that she does.Just like any little child does not recognize their "grammatical speaking errors." I think that whoever is going to read this book to a class of little children should be conscious of what children they are reading it to.The makeup of the class who receives this book is very important.Just like Nappy Hair, this book is very real as far as language and vivid images are concerned.This book is very good nevertheless, and hearing a great storyteller tell this story would be a treat to the senses.

Working Cotton
The Caldecott Medal book that I chose to read for this assignment was called Working Cotton.It is about an African American family's daily work picking cotton from the fields. Williams incorporates a good deal ofAfrican American culture into the story.Her familiarity with the dialectallows for the story to be portrayed in a very realistic way.The story iswritten in the third person as a young girl details her and her family'sdaily routine of getting up at dawn and riding a bus to the cotton fieldswhere she, her brothers, and her father picked cotton.All the while, themother sat along side of the field and tended to their new infant child. What makes this book unique is that it is written in a dialect that is verymuch expected from a less educated population.Williams uses this dialecteffectively to bring the story to life. Miriam Youngerman's 1994article in Children's Literature Association Quarterly Touches on theimportance of dialect in children's books."The dialect is a large part ofthe storytelling.Any children's story with a setting of a different timeand place should be frelected in the dialect and the dialogue of the story"(241).As it relates to Working Cotton it is the dialect that truly makesthe story convincing. Another strong aspect of this book are CaroleByard's detailed illustrations.These drawings do a great job of depictingthe strain and hardships that cotton pickers dealt with on a daily basis. Every picture clearly illustrates the feelings and emotions of thecharacters.The illustrations take up entirely both sides of every pagewhile the text is written on top of them. Overall, I think that thisstory is a strong cultural story for children to read.I believe that itis important to for children to understand the importance of hard work andwillingness to help.Too many children are growing up expecting to alwaysbe taken care of.My generation is very guilty of this.Books likeWorking Cotton, though too remedial for adults, can go a long way toestablishing an appreciation for hard work and good literature.

The life of a child in a migrant family.
A children's book based on a book of poems by Sherley Anne Williams that first appeared in the mid-1970s. It is about a migrant family (in this case, an African-American family) who are bused from one cotton field toanother to pick cotton in which the children have to help. The book isreally an indictment against child labor. It shows the hardships of thislife, how important the "family" is, how tired and exhausted everyone(especially children) are at the end of the day, and how much children missplaying with other children. Reading the book with other children shouldlead to some fruitful discussions. It is beautifully written andillustrated. The illustrator was Carole Byard and the book was a 1993Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for bestillustrations in a book for children. ... Read more

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Biographical sketches of four of the most famous early big game hunters. Originally published in 1901. The illustrated contents include many little known facts and anecdotes on the sport and lives ofWilliam Cotton Oswell - Henry Astbury Leveson ("Old Shekarry") - Sir Samuel White Baker and Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming. These four were important pioneers of big game hunting worldwide. This fascinating book will appeal to all sportsmen and especially to those hunters of larger game. ... Read more

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Painting and Poetry, color prints ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Utopian Studies, published by Society for Utopian Studies on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2380 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: Eutopian Theories for Architecture and Urban Planning.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: William T. Cotton
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: 10Issue: 1Page: 300

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This digital document is an article from Engineering Economist, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 5473 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: JUSTIFYING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN NEW TECHNOLOGY: A SURVEY.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Author: William D.j. Cotton
Publication: Engineering Economist (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: 44Issue: 4Page: 362

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1713. This work presents Dr. Mather's reasonable religion with incontestable proofs that that who would act reasonably must live religiously, together with the religion of the closet and family religion urged. Dr. Mather discovers great knowledge of gospel grace, and deal with sinners as rational beings. With that skill, it bespeaks him well acquainted with the springs of human nature. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Old English text. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Utopian Studies, published by Society for Utopian Studies on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1391 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Susan M. Matarese. American Foreign Policy and the Utopian Imagination. (book review)
Author: William T. Cotton
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: 13Issue: 1Page: 224(3)

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