The Book of Forest and Thicket

The Book of Forest and Thicket

Author: John Andrew Eastman

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780811730464

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Richly illustrated fact and folklore exploring details of common plant and animal communities east of the rockies.


Birds of Forest, Yard, and Thicket

Birds of Forest, Yard, and Thicket

Author: John Andrew Eastman

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780811726801

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This reference identifies 68 eastern North American bird species, incorporating discoveries in genetically-based classification. Behavior descriptions for each species proceed by season, and birds' relationships with other organisms are emphasized.


The Book of Swamp & Bog

The Book of Swamp & Bog

Author: John Eastman

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 1995-03-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0811740218

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Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.


The Thicket

The Thicket

Author: Noelle W. Ihli

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780578946849

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Would you recognize a real scream at Halloween? That's the question haunting Norah Lewis. She heard -and ignored-her brother's last screams on the night he died. Because nothing in the haunted house was supposed to be real. Not the screams. Not the knife-wielding psychopaths. And not the blood.In the wake of the slayings, parent groups and PTAs lobby for a shutdown while thrill seekers-including many of Norah's classmates- clamor to visit the "real" haunted house.Tormented by survivor's guilt, Norah secretly plans to retrace her brother's final steps.But the killer hasn't chosen his hunting ground at random. And, like Norah, he plans to return.


Book of Field & Roadside

Book of Field & Roadside

Author: John Eastman

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0811740196

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A guide to plant life in open dryland habitats. Fascinating fact and folklore. Detailed, beautiful drawings.


The Boy Who Grew a Forest

The Boy Who Grew a Forest

Author: Sophia Gholz

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1534138420

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2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Notable Social Studies Trade Books list – Winning Title! 2019 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award - Winning Title Florida Book Award Gold Winner Recipient of the 2019 Eureka! Honors Award Winner -Best of 2019 Kids Books - Most Inspiring Category As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India's Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew over the years into 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals. The Boy Who Grew a Forest tells the inspiring true story of Payeng--and reminds us all of the difference a single person with a big idea can make.


The Thicket

The Thicket

Author: Kasey Jueds

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 0822988372

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The Thicket opens into intimate encounters with the more-than-human world—rivers, birds, stones—and with a “you” that is not a person, necessarily, but also not not a person: maybe God, maybe an aspect of the self, maybe neither or both. Often speaking of/to the small or overlooked (weeds by a roadside, an abandoned silo), the poems orient themselves toward edges, transitional spaces like the one where fields shift into woods. Where does one body stop? The Thicket takes an interest in becoming, one thing flowing into something else. Excerpt from “At Cape Henlopen” All night wind insists in the trees, its unsteady hush funneling us down into sleep under the tender shelter the oaks, even leafless, make—all night their trunks creak and sigh and speak. Speak to me—I think the word protect until its edges dissolve, inside the tent that wraps us like another, thinner skin, rocked and chastened by the wind that doesn’t cease . . .


The Thicket

The Thicket

Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0316248754

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Now a Tubi original film starring Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis, this rip-roaring adventure set at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom is the perfect introduction to Joe R. Lansdale, whose work has been called "as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm — or Mark Twain" (New York Times Book Review). Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas -- orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme. In The Thicket, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in an action-packed adventure that's equal parts True Grit and Stand by Me.


Birds of Lake, Pond, and Marsh

Birds of Lake, Pond, and Marsh

Author: John Andrew Eastman

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780811726818

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Describing how 39 common water and wetland birds of eastern North America nest, mate, and rear their broods, this book takes a seasonal approach to bird study and is an appealing guide for birders of any skill level. 72 illustrations.


Voices from the Forest

Voices from the Forest

Author: Tony Dold

Publisher: Jacana Media

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1431402990

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.".. book which explores the journey of celebrating the link between people and nature, the book reveals how plants, animals and landscapes are profoundly reflected in Xhosa language, stories, poetry, religious rituals, healing practices and everyday customs that define Xhosa culture. Over the years cultural and spiritual meaning of nature in South Africa has been poorly recorded and often misunderstood. The current trade of medicinal plants is often destructive and unsustainable with an estimated 27 million South Africans making use of indigenous medicines. This is a serious detriment as natural resources have been a reliant for underprivileged people who gain food, fuel, medicines, and building materials from wild plants. Therefore the addition of information on edible and medicinal plants is of extreme importance ... Voices from the Forest gives a fresh positive approach to biodiversity conservation in SA by showing that people\2019s values for natural resources can be considered positively as a way forward to continued sustainable use. The book explores the role that nature plays in the cultural and spiritual landscapes of the Xhosa people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and serves as a pointer to sustainable practices in the future. The underlying aim is ultimately sustaining cultural heritage and conserving biodiversity because in our modernising world cultural diversity is threatened by the loss of natural diversity and finding ways of protecting the region's biodiversity and cultural diversity is of vital importance"--Publisher's website.