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Free Download Michael Raymond Kresky, Jonah Wy Evans, "Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California"
English | 2012 | pages: 407 | ISBN: 0520271092, 0520253787 | PDF | 647,6 mb
Spotting an animal’s fresh footprints in the wild can conjure a world for the hiker: Why did the deer tracks disappear? Where did the cougar turn off the trail? What does it mean when two sets of footprints seem to coincide? This beautifully illustrated field guide, the first devoted to the tracks and signs of California animals―including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates like spiders and beetles―blends meticulous science with field experience to provide an engaging companion for both armchair exploration and easy field identification. Filled with useful tools for the wildlife expert, and essential background and visual aids for the novice, including in-depth information about the ecology of each species, this book goes beyond basic recognition of types to interpret what animals leave behind as a way of "seeing" how they move through the world.

Free Download Software Architecture. ECSA 2022 Tracks and Workshops: Prague, Czech Republic, September 19-23, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) by Thais Batista
English | July 16, 2023 | ISBN: 3031368886 | 512 pages | PDF | 33 Mb
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the tracks and workshops which complemented the 16th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2022, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2022.

Free Download Helmut Leitner, "Pattern Theory: Introduction and Perspectives on the Tracks of Christopher Alexander (pattern research series)"
English | 2015 | pages: 156 | ISBN: 1505637430 | PDF | 12,7 mb
This book "Pattern Theory" summarizes the work of an important contemporary thinker, the architect and systems theorist Christopher Alexander, an emeritus professor at the University of Berkeley, California. In 1979 one of his books, "A Pattern Language", an 1100-page-essay on architecture and human life, became a non-fiction best seller that attracted half a million readers and continues to inspire people from many disciplines. The still broader four-volume essay "The Nature of Order" was published 2002-2004 as magnum opus. The life work of Alexander is outstanding. He develops a general theory of living systems, a systems theory based on the concepts center, wholeness and transformation by using design patterns and pattern languages as parts of the method. There is a whole new cosmos of thinking with astonishing bandwidth: Alexander suggests a new scientific paradigm that stands in opposition to the traditional causal mechanistic paradigm of natural science – and he offers a new knowledge format as a way to enable people and support their participation in design processes.Alexander’s theories have already proven useful in education, organizational development, permaculture, and in software the design patterns have even become mainstream. Many disciplines are about to follow in this development. Pattern theory allows us to change our thinking, to rethink our world and to move towards a fairer society. This leads to more participation and higher sustainability. Alexander’s concepts form a mental toolbox for societal change and innovation.

Free Download Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions By Walter Burkert
1998 | 255 Pages | ISBN: 0674175700 | PDF | 13 MB
Sacrifice-ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued-is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason for these practices? Something that might explain why religions of so many different cultures share so many rituals and concepts? In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient religions explores the possibility of natural religion-a religious sense and practice naturally proceeding from biological imperatives. Because they lack later refinements, the earliest religions from the Near East, Israel, Greece, and Rome may tell us a great deal about the basic properties and dynamics of religion, and it is to these cultures that Walter Burkert looks for answers. His book takes us on an intellectual adventure that begins some 5,000 years ago and plunges us into a fascinating world of divine signs and omens, offerings and sacrifices, rituals and beliefs unmitigated by modern science and sophistication. Tracing parallels between animal behavior and human religious activity, Burkert suggests natural foundations for sacrifices and rituals of escape, for the concept of guilt and punishment, for the practice of gift exchange and the notion of a cosmic hierarchy, and for the development of a system of signs for negotiating with an uncertain environment. Again and again, he returns to the present to remind us that, for all our worldliness, we are not so far removed from the first Homo religiosus. A breathtaking journey, as entertaining as it is provocative, Creation of the Sacred brings rich new insight on religious thought past and present and raises serious questions about the ultimate reasons for, and the ultimate meaning of, human religiousness.

Free Download Tracks, Paths and Roads: Infrastructure and Transport in Finland and the Baltic Sea Area from the Viking Age to Medieval Times (800-1500 AD) By Jaakko Masonen
1995 | 42 Pages | ISBN: 9517260652 | PDF | 19 MB
Translation: Sari Hänninen.The study of early road history in Finland is a synthesis based on indirect archeological evidence, retrospective interpretation of historical data, topography, and the general economic and transport history of the entire Baltic Sea.The economic importance of the Baltic Sea area increased in the early 9th century with the opening of the eastern and western navigation routes of the Vikings. Regular trade began, and uninhabited trading and market places, as well as transport routes became established. For Finland, this meant the establishment of land routes between the inland and the regions inhabited by the coastal tribes. Rights of way were defined, and the upkeep of these routes was organized by the tribal parish system. The Viking Age land routes can be outlined on the basis of the links between the centers of production and the analysis of human geography.The trade links of the Baltic changed in the beginning of the 11th century. In the east, Novgorod was interested in expanding its sphere of influence at the cost of the eastern Finnish tribes. The cultural area of the Western Finns had by then gained a more western orientation. In the 12th century, the affinity between the east and the west was turning into a conflict of interests involving trade policy and political ambitions, which was made all the more acute by the struggle for power between the churches. This new stage of development also involved the introduction of the concept of ‘ancient towns’ or merely trading villages with permanent and regularly used routes between those towns and their spheres of influence.

Free Download Louis Liebenberg, "A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa"
English | 1990 | ISBN: 086486132X | 307 pages | PDF (scan) | 61.6 MB
This is the most comprehensive field guide of the animal tracks of Southern Africa.

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Genre: eLearning | Language: English
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