The desert : (Record no. 39)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | data |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260322212004.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | data |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER | |
| National bibliography number | GBB472097 |
| Source | bnb |
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| -- | 902999357 |
| -- | 902999357 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781780233604 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1780233604 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | YDXCP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | YDXCP |
| Modifying agency | ALAUL |
| -- | UKMGB |
| -- | OCLCQ |
| -- | IQU |
| -- | CDX |
| -- | VP@ |
| -- | QGK |
| -- | OCLCF |
| -- | ALAUL |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GB611 |
| Item number | .W45 2015 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.415 |
| Edition information | 23 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 551.41 Wel 2015 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | data |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Welland, Michael, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1946- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The desert : |
| Remainder of title | lands of lost borders / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael Welland. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Lands of lost borders. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Reaktion Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 398 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| Source | rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Carrier type code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-389) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Wet and Dry, Hot and Cold --- 2. Big and Small, Fast and Slow--- 3. Insiders and Outsiders, Civilization and Strategy --- 4. Outsiders and Insiders, New World and Old --- 5. Mind and Matter, Body and Soul --- 6. Ancient and Modern, Boom and Bust --- 7. Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports --- 8. Feast or Famine, Knowns and Unknowns. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Lands of extremes, contrasts and constant change, deserts cover a quarter of our planet's land area and are home to some half a billion people. 'The desert' as an idea has long captured the Western imagination, but too often in ways that fail to grasp the true scope and diversity of these spaces. Misconceptions and misrepresentations also abound about the realities of the lives of people for whom the desert is home. Deserts are landscapes of the mind as much as physical realities - they are places of metaphor and myth. For the outsider, stories of the desert are about the exotic and the hostile - about adventures into unknown territory. Few of us consider the perspectives of those who live in and navigate the desert each day. This book attempts to bridge the gaps, both scientific and cultural, between perception and reality, while celebrating the fascination, excitement and variety of desert lands and their inhabitants. Though generally seen as arid and infertile, deserts have been the birthplaces of critical evolutionary adaptations, civilizations, ideologies and agricultural and social progress. Deserts play active roles in the continued evolution of our climate and societies, demanding that we think seriously about these barren lands and their future. From scorching seas of sand to glacial polar expanses, Desert: Lands of Lost Borders relates the tales, truths, folklore and facts of the desert in an analysis that is at once informative and surprising. -- Jacket. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Deserts. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Centerville | Centerville | General stacks | 22/03/2026 | 551.415 23 | BC0010039 | 22/03/2026 | 22/03/2026 | Books |