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This acclaimed study of the history of scientific exploration in the Southwest from renowned biologist Dr. Samuel Wood Geiser, first published in its present revised edition in 1948, would be of interest to many types of readers: For those who love stories, of adventure and struggle, it narrates the lives and varying fates of men who lived under strange and difficult conditions, and who met those conditions, some with heroic resolution and resourcefulness,...
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"Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth-century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums"--
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The acclaimed author transforms a single day on his small farm into a “gorgeously thoughtful meditation on the natural world” and our place in it (Vancouver Sun).
The acclaimed poet and author Brian Brett takes readers on an irreverent and illuminating journey through a day in the life of his small island farm in British Columbia, affectionately named Trauma Farm. With fascinating ruminations on everything from the
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"A science educator honors children's curiosity and pockets full of "stuff" by introducing nine scientists who collected natural treasures when they were young. Collecting, sorting, and playing with shells, stones, and other objects taught these young people how to observe, classify, and discover"--
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Rosanne S. McHenry worked as a California State Park Ranger at Folsom Lake and the Auburn State Recreation Area in the late 1980s, when the life of a patrol ranger could get extremely rough and tumble. From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display; from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, she regales her readers with madcap adventures.
Within the pages of this book is the madness and gladness of the profession. The...
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What exactly does a wildlife biologist for a state agency do? Contrary to many of his relative's perceptions, David Kocka is not a park ranger, a forest ranger, or even a game warden. Bear With Me, My Deer: Tails of a Virginia Wildlife Biologist is a glimpse into one man's adventures while working for an agency, which is responsible for managing the wildlife resources within its boundaries. The sometimes-humorous accounts have taken David to the top...
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Tears can imply many things. There are tears (a split or rip), tears of sorrow (weeping), and tares that refer to weeds. I have experienced all three in my life. Some have to be healed, some endured, and some eradicated. Only with God's help can any of these processes be accomplished. This is my true story of how God has saved my life. I pray it will inspire and encourage others. Nothing is impossible with God!
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Jennifer Browdy Ph. D. coined the term "purposeful memoir" to describe the contemplative process of looking backward in order to understand the present more fully, necessary inner work for all who wish to change the world for the better. In this lyrical, hard-hitting memoir, one American woman's journey is set against the larger landscape of political upheaval, global climate disruption, and the recovery of our primary connection to the Earth. In...
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Una extraordinaria y conmovedora historia real sobre el poder de las pequeñas cosas
"¿Podrías cuidar de ella un par de días?" Así comenzó la preciosa amistad entre Massimo Vacchetta, un veterinario, y Ninna, una pequeña eriza huérfana que solo pesaba 25 gramos. En apenas unos días, la vida de Massimo, un hombre insatisfecho y en busca de un propósito, cambió por completo. 25 gramos de felicidad es un emotivo relato que nos cuenta cómo...
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Making the decision to write this book was no small undertaking. Not only would I be telling my story in the aftermath of a controversial firing, but I would also be telling it in the aftermath of one of the more controversial administrations in US history. Why do this, then? I decided to write Inside Trump's EPA for several reasons.
First, I wanted to be able to share a side of the EPA that the general public and even those who interface with the...
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Compared to the documentary film (Breaking Habits) released in theaters in 2019, this is a more personal and in-depth look at the life of Sister Kate, prior to forming the Sisterhood, Where the film-makers focused more on the central valley of California, The Accidental Nun is an autobiography written by Sister Kate in 2014, just before the founding of the Sisterhood and reveals the stories and experiences that led her to founding the new-age Order...
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Born 1970 in Georgia, Linda Tyler was, the fifth child of her mother's six children. I birthed three children of my own in 1986 having had my first child at age sixteen. Dropping out of high school at age fifteen. Later birthing two more children at age, nineteen and around twenty-three. Still struggling to find my purpose in life, taking to the streets at an early age only to realize, looking for love in all the wrong places would lead me down a...
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After years of civil war, the bloody Khmer Rouge regime, and occupation by Vietnam, Cambodia finds itself decimated and divided.
Benoît Duchâteau-Arminjon, a.k.a. Bénito, discovers this world when he visits a refugee camp on the country's border with Thailand and experiences a profound emotional shock. He decides to put his promising career as a financial controller on hold and spend a year setting up a welfare center for abandoned children.
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15) The Land Erotic
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When author Sue Westwind marries at midlife and moves to sixty acres of prairie woodland, she imagines that her life will now be fulfilled in ways she has always longed for. Yet the man she marries soon chafes at the demands of their rural life and tragically loses the passion for her that once had assured her their union would always be idyllic.
As her husband grows silent and distant both from her and the land they live on, she finds erotic fulfillment...
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The Columbia Slough in Portland, Oregon, often gets a bad rap. It's been called a "swamp," an "open sewer," even the "slough of despond." But clean-up efforts in recent years have begun to rehabilitate the slough's reputation and restore its value as a thin ribbon of connectivity for migrating birds and year-round wildlife.
In their environmental memoir, “This Rough Magic: At Home on the Columbia Slough”, Nancy Henry and Bruce Campbell take possession...
17) Shit Happens!
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The contents of this book are a perfectly true account of the noteworthy events that occurred before and during the author's 53-year career in sewage treatment and water pollution control. Many of those events, referred to as "SH*T HAPPENINGS" were extremely amusing and some were absolutely hilarious, though in some cases they were undoubtedly dangerous to the author himself as well as others.
Many of those occurrences were almost unbelievable but...
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The unplanned journey is a book about a journey I never imagined. I often wonder why God allows certain things to happen in my life. I have often heard the term that God will not give you more than you can handle. If anyone had told me that I would spend almost two decades in prison, I would have thought they had, lost their mind. It was one thing to be, accused of such a horrific crime, but to be, charged and sen, away for it that was, another thing....
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Richard A. Wilson is a remarkable man, grounded in courage and commitment, fighting for what he loves — the land, our water, and our forests. For most of his long life, he has lived near, played and worked in and sought solace from the deep woods in remote Northern California.
Richard's story, as transcribed in the early years of this century, records how he faced down and defeated powerful interests, including water guzzlers, intent upon developing...
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