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Blind Descent (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
epub | | 2009-10-06 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

A good deed actually paid off, and Anna was enjoying a mildly righteous glow of virtue's own reward. This good deed had begun as the lesser of two evils; to ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense April 22,2015 )
A superior death by Nevada Barr
epub | | 2003-09-02 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

Lest her sister should precede her through the pearly gates by too great a margin, Anna decided to work on her cirrhosis. Instead of a glass, she bought a bottle. ...
( Category: Endangered Species April 22,2015 )
Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr
epub | | 2010-10-15 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

14 During the boat trip from Ellis to Liberty the date lost out. Or at least was postponed a couple days. Anna wasn't sure why the idea was so off-putting. ...
( Category: Endangered Species April 22,2015 )
The Best American Travel Writing 2013 by Elizabeth Gilbert
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-10-08 | Author:Elizabeth Gilbert [Gilbert, Elizabeth]

Two days later, on a warm Saturday afternoon in Sarajevo, streetcars covered in ads for soda and bubble gum trundle along the city’s main boulevard, Zmaja od Bosne, once known ...
( Category: Anthologies April 20,2015 )
Living the Farm Sanctuary Life by Gene Baur
epub |eng | 2015-04-08 | Author:Gene Baur

Serve warm with maple syrup or confectioners’ sugar. Chocolate and Banana French Toast Sandwiches Variation (see photo) Sprinkle 1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped vegan chocolate on 2 slices of ...
( Category: Non-Vegan Vegetarian April 9,2015 )
Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-09-20 | Author:Gerald Durrell

CHAPTER FIVE THE NIGHTINGALE TOUCH Dear Mr Durrel, You are the most evil man I know. All God’s creatures should have their freedom, and for you to lock them up ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication April 5,2015 )
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-07-05 | Author:Gerald Durrell

I watched her do this three days in succession before I was satisfied that I was not imagining things, for it seemed to me to be one of the weirdest ...
( Category: General April 5,2015 )
The Best Australian Sea Stories by Jim Haynes
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-14 | Author:Jim Haynes

The amazing Mr Swallow The runaways who actually did make it to China did so aboard a 110-ton, two-masted brig called the Cyprus. During August 1829, Cyprus was anchored up ...
( Category: Oceans & Seas April 5,2015 )
Through a Window by Jane Goodall
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jane Goodall

13. GOBLIN I FIRST SAW GOBLIN when he was just a few hours old in 1964. I wrote, at the time: "...Melissa, looking down, stared long at the tiny face. ...
( Category: Research April 5,2015 )
In the Empire of Ice by Gretel Ehrlich
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Gretel Ehrlich

WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY was given the task of finding a passage to Asia by the British Admiralty. The Napoleonic wars in Europe had ended, and Trafalgar, having grown bored, asked ...
( Category: Travel Writing April 5,2015 )
Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year With Wolves in the Wild by Helen Thayer
mobi |eng | 2004-04-06 | Author:Helen Thayer

A favorite game is to race full speed through the stream, dousing playmates along the way. We were delighted to see that the wolves didn’t mind Charlie’s occasional interaction with ...
( Category: Mammals April 5,2015 )
Marrying Off Mother by Gerald Durrell
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Gerald Durrell

The Jury The river steamer Dolores broke down — as river steamers are wont to do — midway between her point of departure and her destination at Meriada, a small ...
( Category: Fauna April 5,2015 )
Sea of Slaughter by Farley Mowat
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-09-11 | Author:Farley Mowat

Although the execution of the grey whale took place along much of the Atlantic seaboard of what is now the United States, by far the bloodiest destruction was committed in ...
( Category: Wildlife April 5,2015 )
Unlikely Loves by Jennifer S. Holland
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2013-11-12 | Author:Jennifer S. Holland

MINIATURE HORSE As their name suggests, these are simply little horses, selectively bred over many years to make them as small as possible. The tiniest on record was said to ...
( Category: Plants & Animals April 5,2015 )
The Meadow by James Galvin
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:James Galvin

When they surveyed the state line between Colorado and Wyoming it didn’t come out right. Both states are almost four hundred miles square so it wasn’t much of a surprise ...
( Category: Nature Writing & Essays April 5,2015 )

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