Vox Populi
Vox Populi

Author: Clay Reynolds

Publisher: Baen Books

Published: 2016-03-10

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1625795270

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Southwestern Encounters with the Strange and Poignant Moving, quirky, strange, revealing, and terrifying encounters with total strangers, average people going about their day-to-day lives, but taking time to reveal their unique experiences. Often funny, sometimes sad, always poignant, their voices reveal both the comedy and tragedy of life, and expose the unique humanity behind the anonymous faces of the ordinary person. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy

Author: David N. Cremean

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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A literary criticism of the life and works of Cormac McCarthy.

Reptiles of North Carolina
Reptiles of North Carolina

Author: William M. Palmer

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0807866539

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Based on more than twenty years of research in the field and in museum collections, Reptiles of North Carolina is the definitive work on the 71 reptile species found in the state. It is an indispensable resource for herpetologists, zoologists, ecologists, and wildlife managers, and it will be enjoyed by amateur naturalists as well. For each species the authors offer a description that includes characteristics useful in distinguishing the species from similar ones and information on the variation, distribution, and natural history of the species in the state. Each account is accompanied by a range map and at least one detailed drawing that shows characteristics important for identification. A section of color photographs aids in identification of reptiles.

A Dancing Bear
A Dancing Bear

Author: David Free

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1430320540

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What if getting the girl meant becoming a terrorist wet boy? On an unnamed university campus late in the 20th century, a young man named Fenton Bland joins a society of student Maoists in order to get near the girl he loves. But the girl turns out to belong to the chief Maoist - and HE turns out to harbor alarming aspirations in the field of revolutionary terror. And so Fenton, wearing a forcibly grown beard, finds himself propelled into a bizarre covert world of death lists, backyard bomb labs, untraceable handguns, and attempted wet jobs of wildly varying quality - a world in which he must choose between losing the girl forever or else participating, perhaps very soon, in a successful terrorist atrocity ...

The Wrestler's Body
The Wrestler's Body

Author: Joseph S. Alter

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992-08-03

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780520912175

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The Wrestler's Body tells the story of a way of life organized in terms of physical self-development. While Indian wrestlers are competitive athletes, they are also moral reformers whose conception of self and society is fundamentally somatic. Using the insights of anthropology, Joseph Alter writes an ethnography of the wrestler's physique that elucidates the somatic structure of the wrestler's identity and ideology. Young men in North India may choose to join an akhara, or gymnasium, where they subject themselves to a complex program of physical and moral fitness. Alter's first-hand description of each detail of the wrestler's regimen offers a unique perspective on South Asian culture and society. Wrestlers feel that moral reform of Indian national character is essential and advocate their way of life as an ideology of national health. Everyone is called on to become a wrestler and build collective strength through self-discipline.

Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Author: Laurie Bauer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1134712847

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Routledge Language Workbooks are practical introductions to specific areas of language for absolute beginners. They provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further study. Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Vocabulary: * covers issues such as the power of words to influence our perceptions * looks at the origins of words from English and other languages * explores the relationships between the meanings and shapes of words * examines the correlation of different kinds of words with different style levels * uses striking and entertaining examples to make fundamental points about the words we use * lays the groundwork for further study in morphology, lexical semantics, historical linguistics and lexicography.

Texas Snakes
Texas Snakes

Author: John E. Werler

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780292793316

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From the legendary, fear-inspiring Western Diamondback rattlesnake to the tiny, harmless Plains blind snake, Texas has a greater diversity of snake species than any other state in the country. Recognizing the public's need for a complete guide to identifying and understanding Texas' snakes, two of the state's most respected herpetologists have joined forces to create this definitive reference to all 109 species and sub-species of Texas snakes. Well-written species accounts describe each snake's appearance, lookalikes, size, habitat, behavior, feeding, and reproduction. The authors also include color photos and finely detailed line drawings to aid field identification, along with accurate range maps, a checklist of Texas snakes, a key to the species, and a brief discussion of classification and taxonomy. The authors round out this volume with essays on snake myths and misinformation, snakebite and its prevention, conservation, Texas biotic provinces, and a brief history of Texas herpetology.

Snakes
Snakes

Author: Harry W. Greene

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780520200142

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Featuring writing that is clear, engaging, and full of appreciation for its subject, "Snakes" provides an up-to-date summary of every facet of the natural history of snakes--their diversity, evolution, and conservation--and at the same time, makes a personal statement about why these animals are so compelling. 215 color photos. 3 tables.

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons

Author: Gerald Durrell

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1504042832

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Travel to Mauritius on a quest to save endangered species with the British naturalist whose work inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu. The green and mountainous island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean was once the home of the ill-fated dodo. The island saw many other animals vanish from its soil, and by the 1970s, numerous species were close to being eliminated. Enter Gerald Durrell. Durrell sets out on a search for bats and pink pigeons, climbing near-vertical rock faces to find Telfair’s skinks and Gunther’s geckos, and swimming about coral reefs with multicolored marine life. But rounding up a collection to take back with him to his animal sanctuary in the English Channel won’t be easy: There are many dangers awaiting him. Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons is a delightful and inspiring adventure by the author of My Family and Other Animals, among other much-loved memoirs. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.