Lost Oasis

Postel, Sandra. LAST OASIS, FACING WATER SCARCITY. NY: W. W. Norton, c. 1997.
The colorful PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. SCIENCE. New edition with new introduction. The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series. "We have taken for granted seemingly endless supplies of water flowing from reservoirs, wells, and diversion projects; access to water has been key to food security, industrialization, and the growth of cities. In this book...Postel explains that decades of profligacy and mismanagement of the world's water resources have produced signs of shortages and environmental destruction...LOST OASIS makes clear that the technologies and know-how exist to increase the productivity of every liter of water. But citizens must first understand the issues and insist on policies, laws, and institutions that promote the sustainable use of water. " Extensive Notes. Index. ; 7-7/8" Tall; 239 pages. 0393317447.

First Edition Thus; First Printing, Trade Paperback, Good; Trade Paperback. Front cover's fore edge is curled upward; minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Name on front flyleaf. Bottom edge of first few pages have a light tan stain (coffee? ) which extends slightly onto the lower page margins, else contents are clean..

[KW: Allocation Issues; Aquifers; Canals; Conservation Of Water; Dams; Drought; Global Warming; Irrigation; Pollution;,]

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Roscoe, Patrick: The Lost Oasis, Toronto McClelland & Stewart 1995
ISBN: 0771075790 Very Good+

Clean, tight, crease on the half-title page, bump along the top edge, "in language that is rich in imagery and emotion, Roscoe reveals the fragility and the strength of human relationships, their ower to damage and to redeem. The Lost Oasis is a novel of loss and remembering - a detective story of the heart." First Edition No Jacket Trade Paperback

[KW: FICTION GENERAL]

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Pop Oasis. Warner Bros. Music, 1985,
Einband bestoßen und berieben, fehlendes Stück am hinteren Einbanddeckel, Schnitt mit Lager- und Griffspuren, Seiten wie neu und ungelesen.

Songbook. 4°, 72 S., Inhalt: Biography - Prelude - If This Be The Last Time - I Wonder Why - Oasis - Sirocco - Who Knows - Weavers of Moonbeams - Loved And Lost - True Love - Hold Me, OBroschur. -

[KW: Rock, Pop, Oasis, Peter Skellern, Mary Hopkin, Julian Lloyd Webber, Bill Lovelady, Mitch Dalton]

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Robeson, Kenneth: The Lost Oasis: Doc Savage Adventure #6, New York Bantam Books 1965

Pages yellowing. Cover price 50cents. Fine condition, appears unread.; 3rd Printing. Aufl.

[KW: Adventure Fantasy]

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