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Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The Masters. For any golf fan, the words evoke the immortal greats of the game and their quest for the most prized trophy of all-the green jacket of Augusta National Golf Club. But behind the legendary links and timeless traditions is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood figures in the history of the Masters and Augusta National: Clifford Roberts, the club's chairman from its founding in 1931 until shortly before his death in 1977. Roberts's...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Our sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones, receptor cells, and neurons. Yet many people take their ears for granted, abusing them with loud restaurants, rock concerts, and Q-tips. And then, eventually, most of us start to go deaf." -- Publisher's description
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Rev. 2nd ed.
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The development of forensic science in solving crimes, with real-life case examples.
"This revised and updated history of forensics is expanded to include eight recent high-profile cases. David Owen takes readers to the scenes of 50 infamous crimes and provides detailed accounts of the scientific procedures used to catch criminals. The high-profile cases range from as early as 1775, when Paul Revere used dentures to identify a slain soldier, to as...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 261 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency, and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent lightbulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: everything you've been told about being green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume greenly and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
274 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks,...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks,...
17) Green metropolis: why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.
