ant Selection for Bioretention Systems and Stormwater Treatment Practices [Repost]

Plant Selection for Bioretention Systems and Stormwater Treatment Practices (SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology) by Bill Lord


English | 30 Nov. 2014 | ISBN: 9812872442 | 65 Pages | PDF | 8 MB

As cities develop, more land is converted into impervious surfaces, which do not allow water to infiltrate. Careful urban planning is needed to ensure that the hydrologic cycle and water quality of the catchment areas are not affected. There are techniques that can attenuate peak flow during rain events and reduce the amount of metals, nutrients, and bacteria that enter the urban water cycle.

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Motives for Fiction by RA Alter

Motives for Fiction by RA Alter


English | 1 July 1990 | ISBN: 0674587626 | 248 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

For many serious readers, Robert Alter writes in his preface, the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that should be so. In his wide-ranging discussion, Alter examines the imitation of reality in fiction to find out why mimesis has become problematic yet continues to engage us deeply as readers.

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Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II


Viking Press | 1995 | ISBN: 067084716X | English | 260 pages | PDF | 27.3 MB




On September 29, 1944, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Ocean Area (POA), and Fleet Admiral Ernest King, chief of U.S. Naval Operations, conferred in San Francisco on the next steps to be taken to deliver the final crusher to a staggering Japan.

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