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The dashing anti-hero, Christian Roberts pursues another wildlife cause, saving the American gray wolf from extermination, and assumes his alias as the lone-wolf, ecoterrorist, Captain Nemo. To accomplish his goal, he combats the corrupt government agencies, politicians, and greedy hunters who want wolves gone to artificially inflate the deer herds. He also must enlighten an indifferent public that wolves are not evil but vital to the environm...

Eighteen years after the war ended between the humans and hominoid-winged harpies, Will, Shail's eldest golden son approaches maturity and is destine to become the next harpy ruler on the jungle planet of Dora.Unknown to the harpies, another golden male gifted with powerful telepathy comes of age on a distant desert planet. Feared, despised, and considered a winged freak, Alex is disillusioned and bitter. He walks a precarious path toward an u...

Winner, Center for Historic Preservation Book PrizeWinner, New York City Book Award for Landscape HistoryConceived as an experiment that would apply the new ¿science¿ of city planning to a suburban setting, Forest Hills Gardens was created by the Russell Sage Foundation to provide housing for middle-class commuters as an alternative to cramped flats in New York City. Although it has long been recognized as one of the most influential planned c...

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An illustrated history of one of America's most notable planned communities, built in the suburbs of New York City in the early twentieth century.

Located in Queens, fifteen minutes from Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station, Forest Hills Gardens is a leading example of England's garden city transplanted onto American soil. The commuter suburb drew national attention when plans for its development were announced by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1909, and the thriving community continues to provide a parklike haven for more than 6, 000 residents. Susan L. Klaus offers a richly illustrated acc...