Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to summer’s scarlet farewell and autumn reveilles. This beautifully crafted collection of short, seasonal essays combines in-depth information with evocative descriptions of nature’s marvels and mysteries. Williams explains the weather conditions that bring out the brightest reds in autumn leaves, how hungry wolf spiders catch their prey, and why American goldfinches wait until late July or August to build their nests. In the tradition of Thoreau, Carson, and Leopold, Ted Williams’s writing stands as a testament to the delicate balance of nature’s resilience and fragility, and inspires readers to experience the natural world for themselves and to become advocates for protecting and preserving the amazing diversity and activity found there.
This is the Loon who lives on the moon. Every night he collects children's dreams to make the moon glow. But then one night the light of the moon goes out, and the Loon must go in search of new dreams... Full of whimsy and wonder, this beautiful picture book is a celebration of the power of stories and the magic of dreams - perfect for sharing at bedtime
Presents an introduction to the Solar System and the physical features of the eight planets that revolve around the Sun, in a text that includes learning activities.
There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Rather, even in the suburbs and cities where we live we are surrounded by wild life such as crows, and through observing them we can enhance our appreciation of the world's natural order. Crow Planet richly weaves Haupt's own "crow stories" as well as scientific and scholarly research and the history and mythology of crows, culminating in a book that is sure to make readers see the world around them in a very different way.
“Exploring weakness and vulnerability from the origins of American literature to the present, she provocatively argues for ‘collateral resilience.’” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Vulnerability. We see it everywhere. In once permanent institutions. In runaway pandemics. In democracy itself. And most frighteningly, in ecosystems with no sustainable future. Against these large-scale hazards of climate change, what can literature teach us? This is the question Wai Chee Dimock asks in Weak Planet, proposing a way forward, inspired by works that survive through kinship with strangers and with the nonhuman world. Drawing on Native American studies, disability studies, and environmental humanities, Dimock shows how hope can be found not in heroic statements but in incremental and unspectacular teamwork. Reversing the usual focus on hegemonic institutions, she highlights instead incomplete gestures given an afterlife with the help of others. She looks at Louise Erdrich’s and Sherman Alexie’s user-amended captivity narratives; nontragic sequels to Moby-Dick by C. L. R. James, Frank Stella, and Amitav Ghosh; induced forms of Irishness in Henry James, Colm Tóibín, W. B. Yeats, and Gish Jen; and the experimentations afforded by a blurry Islam in works by Henri Matisse, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and Langston Hughes. Celebrating literature’s durability as an assisted outcome, Weak Planet gives us new ways to think about our collective future. “Weak Planet invites us to reflect on the deep interconnections between two threatened extinctions: that of the humanities and that of a host of animal species (not least our own). The book is nothing short of a radical reorientation of literary history.” —Stephen Best, author of None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life
Once gravity is explained, it leads to (connects) the UFO. Do they exist based on can one be built? Further connections yield new physics theory. The ultimate connection explains thru science how God's existence is feasible and a scenario for Creation going back before the Big Bang and before Time. As an experiment in thought (because one cannot do the experiments in a lab), there are dead ends, but the general concepts are sound. Reviewed twice, the visible review by that guy who knows the author well is in fact by the author, me. The other review is in the from of the book which is NOT in the FREE PREview. All I will say is that, though much was over his education I had proved what I set out to prove. He is NOT stupid. In fact his email domain is @illinois.gov. The book was typed in 1989 but I lost Faith due to little me actually dealing with God. I copyrighted in 2007. NOW, circa 2017 so called Scientists are claiming to have proved God. They did not give one equation, diagram, engineering or scientific analogy (parable). They just added more circumstantial evidence of a "Creator" which common man did not know. So I tried to message the publisher and added another piece of circumstantial evidence. If God had provided 5% less mass of atmosphere the density at ground / Kitty Hawk level would NOT have allowed the Wright Brothers to succeed with minimal power. Yes birds would still be able to fly. So would modern jets and EVEN World War One aircraft. But NO. We would NOT be flying today because the Wright Brothers proved it impossible. I gave you the story from before TIME of God appearing gradually by vacuum genesis, refining His operation system to Windows 100 at which time He suddenly realized "I AM THAT I AM"...self realization....the Alpha beginning of TIME....the first "Mind" to keep track of time. However God knows that there is a reverse to vacuum genesis. TIME (eternity) is God's Lifespan but it may not be Forever. "I am the Alpha & Omega". My point" There are those who say "God id DEAD" Well that is very grave, but at least the believe enough to put flowers on His Grave. God's substance is actually particles of ether and I did not explain why Michelson Morley Experiment failed because the simple reason popped into my mind during a walk and i had no way to write it down. I forgot why. Ether particles are arranged to form larger particles of spirit, God's Spirit body. God in-turn, there being NOTHING else in space, used part of his spirit substance (His own body which is a sphere NOT in MAN'S Image but His own) To CREATE matter and energy, the Universe which is enclosed by His spherical being and finally LIFE +YOU. POINT. If God dies..the Omega...His spirit substance breaks down into just common ether of empty space. Hey WE ARE MADE OF STAR STUFF as Dr. Carl Sagan said. But God first made Stars ("Let there be Light") and also maintains their existence with His own body. OK not to spoon feed you, when God dies ALL disappears without a "POOF" because if God was never here we certainly were not. The History hard drive is erased. TIME again does not exist. Yes the + and - ether particles (I called then itties from "Ittie bittie spider) remain in space with the "true void" third particle between (Like the empty space between racked pool balls or in a crystal lattice.). The before and after pictures of the Alpha & Omega are identical, just blackness waiting for vacuum genesis of (step 1) a new God identical to the DEAD God which never was. My eBook is low priced considering the 5 years to write, condense by tossing much insight into the trash and package so logic comes full circle. Yet one man who was teaching himself physics contacted me and I have one "fan" in Brazil. For over a decade zero sales, not even the woman who said "If God exists, prove it with science". NOW, unlike thos elater comer scientists, I do not claim to have proved God exist, but only that it is FEASIBLE. But hey. You are mortal. I am pointing a gun between you eyes. It is FEASIBLE that a bullet might come out. So I still have Great Faith but had no hope after a frustrating decade sharing the Website like talking to the wall. However today my hope is back for both me and you. Google now has a way to list book genres and I listed over 80. Yes no matter your specialty, the book comes full circle. Set up dominoes in a big circle. Each domino is a piece of knowledge which may match one of your own. If you knock over (grasp) one domino anywhere around the circle the rest fall sequentially around the FULL CIRCLE so you are able to piece many of the dominoes together & know some of the Spiritual game plan. So how can a 260 page book address 80+ genres? From the book "Everything is related to EVERYTHING." Learn how God "sees" , takes the shape of a wise old man on a cloud or a burning bush when addressing select individuals. The book shows it as a square wave just as computer data is transmitted serially. God's communication medium is actually GRAVITY.which carried the information N times faster than radio at light speed. N = Infinity or instantaneous quantum leaps from point A to B. Data bit move thru our brains at the speed of light until reaching a nerve cell where the data bit must wait for a chemical reation (to avoid a computer race problem). Now scale this up to God's massive mind. Remember it is a sphere around that big thing called the UNIVERSE. In God's Mind light speed is replaced by those instantaneous leaps. I call these quantum s (different distances like 1, 10, 100, 1000 Parsecs) instantaneousness. Yes Light speed is used too, but as the slow chemical reaction before entering one of God's memory locations (nerve cells). God's thought flows around the sphere by instantaneousness. A slight warp of the sphere like one of our eye balls can focus God's vision on and point but He focuses INSIDE the ball rather than outside and in just one direction like our eyes. Hey, maybe i should charge more for this "about the book" and just give the actual book away free. So I will end by telling how I know my physics are correct. 3 times at different points during the writing I diagramed Einstein's Expansion-Contraction Gravity Wave. It is difficult to show except as a cross-section and that is why I used a common square wave as mentioned above. Also did Jesus have any medical education? His Fathe r, God had to send data of how He Created Man, what the sickness or deformity looked like because can "see" into you, down to the subatomic where gravity is generated. Also the square wave is just oscillating electricity. Can it not be rectified into DC power, the POWER and data to Heal sent simultaneously. But to Heal Jesus had to move human tissue or kill germs maybe by removing DNA. No it wass not really a square wave but a gravity wave because gravity CAN MOVE THINGS or jiggle a brain cell in Jesus to give a bit (or byte) of information.Before healing the blind man Jesus put mud in his eyes. Just matter to replace the damaged tissuess in the blind eyes. God also sent Jesus data on how to change the elements in mud into the elements needed for new eye tissue. No a MUD BOMB is not a good Nuclear Deterrence, but think about it. If Alchemy of any element were possible for Mankind to do would it not have blown the blind man's head off? I, the author will not supply +/- 7,500 VIP references. Herb who was in charge of the Space Shuttle program, a former prime Minister, Crown Prince ____, top Swedish model Hetty & this dirty old man knows top Penthouse model Riva and April S. from Playboy & MAXIM. Supermodel Miranda Kerr just connected but we never exchanged a word, Golen Globe actress Jessica Alba, Anna in some way associated with the Secretariat or the country of Georgia in Europe, an Italian Parliamentary Assistant, hundreds of CEOs, 10 or 20 religious organizations and many ministers or priests, Congressmen at State & Federal level or candidates who sometime ask my help, poor Christians in Bangladesh, a Christian Evangelist man and Christian woman teaching young children inside Islamic Pakistan, a man in Central America asked me how to sell his paintings in America, a well educated man in Tanzania needed help with eco-farming, a woman in Gambia just messaged "Hello" and was satisfied to receive my hello back. The USA is supporting the bombing of Yemen. Yet a man there messages me and is concerned about my poor health. Go here and if you care to share it allowing me time for more sleep thank you and you may get good leadership should my Prophesy analysis for TRUMP be correct and all his Worshipers are stranded at sea with nobody to vote for. http://site-1764343-7463-3600.strikingly.com Bless you ALL God's children no matter what your religion says God Is or if you are or are not "Saved" by acceptance of Christ Jesus. OH, to further help you grasp, that circle of dominoes is big while the individual domino is small. Lets saw God's huge "Library of Congress" has a locked door to each subject room. A door is big and hard to break thru. But the door lock is small and you could easily open the door if not for the locked lock. So, what is even smaller than that lock? The KEY. That is what my book is. KEY to the Universe and God being a Natural part. What is OUTSIDE the universe or sphere "Skull of the Universe, God" is beyond the scope of the book because bubble theory would anger those who say "there shall be no other God(s) than Me". Well there are because infinity keeps going beyond just "the " universe. Inside spheres such as the one right next to our god other life may have been created by that god. But it is no skin off my teeth because that god did not create me or you. The other gods way into infinity are other people's or beings' fathers, NOT our father God. It is beyond my tiny brain (yes tiny for God sent me insights for the book) to figure out if God speaks or can speak to His neighbor gods. I doubt it for standing in a crowd you can speak to those beside you but not to a person 15 feet away and hidden by other faces. Continuing, ".....no other god but ME for I am a jealous God". Wouldn't you be jealous if the government, employment statistics, candidates, military, entertainers considered you just a number, a percentage, just one vote, expendable grunt or fan? Hmmm. Do you wonder if God understands the feeling of being just a number in infinite number of other numbers? God Created us because He was lonely. Yes first came Angels but they I guess are more like yes men or the "pleasant" robot voice that answers the phone. WARNING: IN SPITE OF EDITS 3 PHYSICALLY TING BUT EFFECTIVELY HUGE ERRORS REMAIN (TYPOS). sIMILAR TO "IS" INSTEAD OF "IS NOT" THEY REVERSE POLARITY, +/-, NORTH / SOUTH, CLOCKWISE / COUNTERCLOCKWISE. I have not way to corrrect this. So as soon as my words become illogical back up to a polarity or true /false or one/ zero, or yes / no and fix it for me.
Come join me in the thrill of a lifetime; jumping from a balloon at eight hundred feet as the command of 'Stand in door, go!' is given. Feel the thrill and see the beauty as you descend, ending with a perfect landing. Picture yourself on the mountainside of beautiful South Wales as a racing pigeon swoops from a great height, entering the safety of its loft after a nine hundred kilometer flight. Be part of the real-life experience of greyhound racing ups and downs. The coal mines of South Wales have many untold stories. Join me as I tell of a life changing experience that affected me. If you have a great sense of humour, and are ready for a belly laugh, read some of my poems.
Readers of all ages will enjoy this factual, fun-filled introduction to loons, ancient birds that have inhabited our planet's northern waters since about the time dinosaurs died out. This lively and informative book covers loon history, physiology, behavior, and coexistence with humans, with plenty of information for young researchers and older enthusiasts. Gorgeous paintings bring the text alive, showing loons diving, swimming, preening, raising chicks, and acting, well, just plain loony. Suggested activities for home or classroom provide opportunities for further exploration of loons as kids learn how to walk, paddle, and float like a loon. An appendix offers more information on all five species of loons found worldwide. A bibliography provides a list of books and web addresses fro continued study. For ages 8 and up.
"In this sequel to the award winning "Talking Rocks" an earth scientist and an Ojibwe elder travel across Minnesota exploring the ancient rocks that make up a large part of that state. As the geologist describes how these rocks formed and brings to life the ancient worlds they created, the elder, through Native American stories, oral history, culture, and science illustrates how his people had an intimate understand of, and respect for, these ancient rocks and the land they gave shape to. Traveling from northeastern to southwestern Minnesota, some of the diverse topics they discuss are the nature of science, holistic geology, l mining, science and spirituality, and the legacy of the fur trade. Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors not only tells a fascinating story that spans billions of years, but is also a wonderful chronicle of two people from different cultural and scientific heritages learning to understand, appreciate, and see the value and importance in each other's way of viewing this land the planet we all call home."--Pub. desc.
