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In the Shadow of Denali by Jonathan Waterman
epub |eng | 2017-06-10 | Author:Jonathan Waterman

In 1983 Roger wrote an understated article for Mountain magazine that showed the power of the mountain while omitting our near collapse as human beings. Will also wrote a concise ...
( Category: Mountaineering June 15,2017 )
Beef Cattle by Ann Larkin Hansen
epub |eng | 2011-07-31 | Author:Ann Larkin Hansen

A simple tank heater from the farm store keeps water available in winter for our cattle. I run the cord through a piece of PVC pipe in order to prevent ...
( Category: Agricultural Sciences June 15,2017 )
Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide by Howell Steve N. G. N. G
epub |eng | 2012-01-23 | Author:Howell, Steve N. G. N. G. [Howell, Steve N. G. N. G.]

P32.2. Solander’s Petrel in fresh plumage. Lighting greatly affects intensity of silvery sheen on upperparts (cf. P32.1, P32.3). At this angle, extent of whitish in face not appreciably different from ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 15,2017 )
When the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-03-16 | Author:Fred Pearce

The West Bank has few permanent rivers, but the dolomite hills are honeycombed with caves and crevices, where rainwater collects. There are three aquifers beneath the West Bank. The largest ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 15,2017 )
A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat
epub |eng | 2012-04-05 | Author:Farley Mowat

* * * * The guts of the cod. When the Hanns returned to the Pond on Wednesday, they noted changes in the whale’s behaviour and appearance. “She waren’t blowing ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 15,2017 )
The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart
epub |eng | 2012-06-14 | Author:Amy Stewart

Stalking the Giant Worm A worm is as good a traveler as a grasshopper or a cricket, and a much wiser settler. With all their activity these do not hop ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 15,2017 )
The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
epub |eng | 2011-06-14 | Author:Richard Louv

• Rebuild local food webs. Nothing lives in isolation. Every species exists within complexes of interacting species that ecologists call food webs. For a species to thrive in your yard, ...
( Category: Parenting June 15,2017 )
Anna Pigeon 05 Endangered Species by Nevada Barr
epub |eng | 2008-11-15 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

Having doffed only her boots and pocket watch, Anna waded fully clothed into the sea and let the ocean close over her head. Salt water purified, weightlessness calmed her spirit. ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 15,2017 )
Near Death in the Mountains by Cecil Kuhne
epub |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:Cecil Kuhne [Kuhne, Cecil]

While the import of his words settled upon those listening ten thousand feet below, Willi went right on: Willi (continuing): … and we’ll probably be getting in pretty late, maybe ...
( Category: Travel Writing June 15,2017 )
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World by Jacques Cousteau & Susan Schiefelbein
epub |eng | 2007-10-30 | Author:Jacques Cousteau & Susan Schiefelbein [Cousteau, Jacques & Schiefelbein, Susan]

CHAPTER EIGHT SCIENCE AND HUMAN VALUES I always wondered what lies under the sea—not under the surface of the sea, in the water, but under the water, under the sands ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 15,2017 )
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill Mckibben
epub |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Bill Mckibben [Mckibben, Bill]

When my wife and daughter and I left the Adirondacks, we moved about fifty miles to the other side of Lake Champlain and the quite different state of Vermont. Different ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 15,2017 )
Hope Beneath Our Feet by Martin Keogh
epub |eng | 2011-06-20 | Author:Martin Keogh [Keogh, Martin]

Chameli Ardagh is one of the world’s leading pioneers on contemporary feminine spirituality. She is the director, founder, and senior teacher with the Awakening Women Institute. She is the initiator ...
( Category: Social Sciences June 15,2017 )
1000 Famous Horses Fact & Fictional Throughout the Ages: (Not Race Horses and Not Show Jumping Horses) by FJH Glover
mobi |eng | 2011-04-04 | Author:FJH Glover

In 1993, John Mahoney was cast in the role in which he may be best recognized, that of retired policeman Martin Crane, the bane of existence for pompous radio shrink ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 15,2017 )
In the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. Carney & Richard Nicholas Rosomoff
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Judith A. Carney & Richard Nicholas Rosomoff [Carney, Judith A. & Rosomoff, Richard Nicholas]

NINE African Animals and Grasses in the New World Tropics The number of sheep in the Americas eventually became immense, but they were slower to adapt than most of the ...
( Category: Sociology June 14,2017 )
Tibet Wild by George B. Schaller
epub |eng | 2012-06-13 | Author:George B. Schaller

My projects in the 1960s on gorillas, tigers, and lions had been conducted in national parks, which in spite of various problems had a measure of security, but they had, ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )

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