Short Days, Long Nights
Short Days, Long Nights

Author: Shawn Scuefield

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2018-05-31

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1480861227

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What happens when the ordinary clashes with the extraordinary? Or when fear and wonder intersect with the eeriness of the inexplicable? In The Resurrection Man: A strangers visit to a small town turns the lives of its residents upside down as dark days from the past are revisited and suddenly dead no longer really means deadIn Nameless, Faceless: After nightmares begin plaguing Eric Meecham, ruining his relationships and leaving him questioning his sanity, he turns to a beautiful psychiatrist to lead him to the truth behind the dreams, but is he ready to face it? In The Driver: The rocky marriage of Howard and Mora Mitchell has been hanging by a thread for years. Now, after a night of bad decisions it is barreling full speed towards a tragic ending. In The Welcomers: Mia Shaw and David Payne embark upon what was to be an uneventful road trip, until they stop in an obscure town inhabited only by the elderly and an ancient evil that doesnt want them to leaveIn Love thy Neighbor, Or in the Very Least, Pretend: Conman Royal Gaines finds these are words to live by when he discovers the dark secret owned by his latest markIn One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back: Down on his luck Jake McCabe grapples with the revelation that the choices hes made to better his own future, seem to have doomed the future of all mankind. Short Days, Long Nights takes you on a journey through the dark and unknown.

The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day

Author: Wendy Pfeffer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0525469680

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Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.

Botany
Botany

Author: James D. Mauseth

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 923

ISBN-13: 0763721344

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Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Third Edition, provides an updated, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most familiar - structure -- and proceeding to the less familiar -- metabolism -- then finishing with those topics that are probably the least familiar to most beginning students -- genetics, evolution, the diversity of organisms, and ecology.

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Publisher: S. Chand Publishing

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The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day

Author: Susan Cooper

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1536246239

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In this seasonal treasure, Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper’s beloved poem heralds the winter solstice, illuminated by Caldecott Honoree Carson Ellis’s strikingly resonant illustrations. So the shortest day came, and the year died . . . As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper’s poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind the returning of the light, the yearning for traditions that connect us with generations that have gone before — and the hope for peace that we carry into the future. Richly illustrated by Carson Ellis with a universality that spans the centuries, this beautiful book evokes the joy and community found in the ongoing mystery of life when we celebrate light, thankfulness, and festivity at a time of rebirth. Welcome Yule!

The Rhythms Of Life
The Rhythms Of Life

Author: Leon Kreitzman

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1847653723

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Popular science at its most exciting: the breaking new world of chronobiology - understanding the rhythm of life in humans and all plants and animals. The entire natural world is full of rhythms. The early bird catches the worm -and migrates to an internal calendar. Dormice hibernate away the winter. Plants open and close their flowers at the same hour each day. Bees search out nectar-rich flowers day after day. There are cicadas that can breed for only two weeks every 17 years. And in humans: why are people who work anti-social shifts more illness prone and die younger? What is jet-lag and can anything help? Why do teenagers refuse to get up in the morning, and are the rest of us really 'larks' or 'owls'? Why are most people born (and die) between 3am-5am? And should patients be given medicines (and operations) at set times of day, because the body reacts so differently in the morning, evening and at night? The answers lie in our biological clocks the mechanisms which give order to all living things. They impose a structure that enables us to change our behaviour in relation to the time of day, month or year. They are reset at sunrise and sunset each day to link astronomical time with an organism's internal time.

Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Sun

Author: John King

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1139494392

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From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. King's narrative provides a simple, highly readable introduction, with boxes in each chapter offering additional or more advanced material for readers seeking more detail. He concludes that despite the challenges posed by growing environmental perils, plants will continue to dominate our planet.

Physical Geography
Physical Geography

Author: Arnold Guyot

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-08-20

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 3382818531

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind
Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind

Author: Eric M. Rogers

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 140088599X

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This selection from the author's famous Physics for the Inquiring Mind is a book for readers who want to grow in scientific wisdom, who want to know the fundamentals of the history and theory of basic astronomy. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.