[PDF] Discovering Greater Phoenix eBook

Author : Bradford Luckingham
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781886483255

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A portrait of Phoenix, Arizona, covers the city's history, cultural events, business community, and government, along with overviews of nearby Tempe, Mesa, and Scottsdale, accompanied by hundreds of historical photographs and modern glossy prints.

Author : Lynne D. Kitei
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Unidentified flying objects
ISBN : 9781571746320

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On March 13, 1997 something extra-ordinary happened in the skies over Phoenix and across Arizona. On that clear evening a parade of low flying, mile wide V-shaped formations of orbs and craft glided silently overhead, attracting the attention of at least 10,000 people. This is the detailed account of that evening and the ensuing cover up of what is now being hailed as the largest mass sighting of UFOs in modern times.

Author : David William Foster
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1476602212

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Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a "clean" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression). The "real" Phoenix, easygoing, sun-drenched, a place of ever-expanding development and economic growth, guarantees, it is said, an enviable lifestyle, low taxes, and unfettered personal freedom and opportunity. Little of this is true. Phoenix has been described as one of the least sustainable cities in the country. This sixth largest urban area of the United States has an alarmingly superficial and tourism-oriented discourse among its leaders. This book examines a series of narrative works (novels, theater, chronicles, investigative reporting, personal accounts, editorial cartooning, even a children's television program) that question this discourse in a frequently stinging fashion. The works examined are anchored in a critical understanding of the dominant urban myths of Greater Phoenix, and an awareness of how all the newness, modernity and fun-in-the-sun mentality mask a uniquely dystopian human experience.

Author : Jean Lee Latham
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Inventors
ISBN :

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A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.

Author : Glenn Robert Smith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :

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The first published record of the work, life, and mysterious death of Ellis Ruley. Includes all of his 62 known works, plus an introduction by the director of the Museum of American Folk Art. Full color and black-and-white photographs.

Author : Judith A. Williams
Publisher : Enslow Elementary
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 23,50 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766022676

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How do scientists learn about dinosaurs? They ask questions! How are fossils found? What do fossils tell us about dinosaurs? Did dinosaurs come from eggs? Join a world-famous dinosaur expert as he helps you answer these questions. You will soon start asking questions of your own! Book jacket.

Author : William Sheehan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0816532109

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A leading historian of astronomy and a leading planetary scientist who works at the forefront of space exploration provide a comprehensive history of the solar system's most alluring planet beyond Earth. William Sheehan and Jim Bell chronicle how ancient watchers of the skies attended to Mars's red color and baffling movements, how three and a half centuries of telescopic observations added vistas and controversies around possible seas and continents and canals, and how the current era of exploration by flyby, orbiter, lander, and rover spacecraft have conjured for us the reality of a world of towering shield volcanoes, vast canyons, ancient dry riverbeds--and even possible evidence of past life. A unique collaboration between two authors on the forefront of Mars explorations, past and future, Discovering Mars provides an ambitious, detailed, and evocative account of humanity's enduring fascination with the Red Planet.

Author : Christine Bailey
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1681060175

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The sixth-largest city in the U.S., Phoenix is home to more than 1.4 million people. The metropolitan area encompasses 4.3 million residents across more than 2,000 square miles, and includes the cities of Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Chandler. Known for its soaring temperatures as much as its soaring saguaro cacti, found only in the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix beckons the rest of the country from about October when the summer heat begins to loosen its hold until almost May when temperatures begin to climb once again. It is the climate one of Arizona's 5 C's that brings more than 16 million visitors here every year. Few can resist the expansive blue skies, breathtaking mountain views and countless outdoor adventures from tee time on one of 200 golf courses to rugged mountain climbs that deliver panoramic views of the Sonoran Desert. So whether you're here for a short visit, a few months in winter or you've decided to make this beautiful desert oasis home, 100 Things to Do in Phoenix Before You Die is filled with plenty of opportunities to discover the best of what Phoenix has to offer.

Author : Christine Bailey
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1581579357

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Among mountains and desert, take in one spectacular natural wonder after another and capture the adventure of Arizona. Imagine all the adventures you’ll have in Arizona— touring the mountains and red deserts, seeing one spectacular natural wonder after another: the Grand Canyon, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument...Discover the art galleries, museums, resorts, and cuisine that help make Phoenix and Scottsdale such hot destinations.