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This is a collection of stories, anecdotes, and reminiscences written, collected, and compiled over a long professional life. They amuse or provoke serious thought, aiming to make the reader laugh for a few moments and think for much longer. Most are in short essay form, some with a discursive introductory beginning leading to a serious or amusing ending, the real thrust of the story. Most are based on personal experience. The stories about...

A must-read for birders, The Screech Owl Companion is a complete guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting owls.

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Is there a need for a book about bees and beekeeping for high school ages? Experience talking to school children of all ages at shows, particularly the Tocal Agricultural College Field Days, suggests that there is. The response of teen agers to a display of live bees and exposure to information about bees and beekeeping varies from keen interest to a shrug with provocative comments such as, "Arrgh, honey is just bee vomit", or an aggressive qu...

Why write a book about bees for small children?Reference to "birds and bees" has been used for years as a Victorian euphemism for sex education, yet there is more ignorance about the biology of bees than human reproduction and of their vital role in food production. Where better to start than with the education of children?Years of talking to children of all ages at shows and in school classrooms have yielded abundant evidence that children ar...

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In quite possibly the only book of its kind, Jim Wright shares his personal story of marriage and divorce with the hope of educating men that may be contemplating, in the process of, or that have just gone through a divorce. He explores not only the divorce process, but its fallout on immediate and extended family, friends, personal finances, and the nature of sexuality relative to popular beliefs regarding marriage. Written by a man for men...

Celebrate the environmental restoration of the Meadowlands. For decades, New Jersey's Meadowlands have been known as mostly the home of the NFL's Giants and Jets, the place where Jimmy Hoffa is purportedly buried, or a wasteland that you passed through on your way somewhere else. Until recently, that reputation was deserved. The land was blighted with unregulated landfills and the Hackensack River so polluted that barnacles couldn't survive. T...

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-> Fall 39 (USA/Kanada 2009, 105 Min., FSK 16): Die mit allen Wassern gewaschene Sozialarbeiterin Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) ist davon überzeugt, in ihrem Job wirklich schon alles gesehen zu haben. Bis ihr neuester und ausgesprochen mysteriöser Fall sie mit der zehnjährigen Lillith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) zusammenführt. Schnell bewahrheiten sich Emilys schlimmste Befürchtungen, als Lilliths Eltern versuchen, ihre eigene und einzige T...

Hawk Mountain: The World's First Raptor Sanctuary is a full-color celebration of the birthplace of raptor conservation located along the Appalachian Flyway in east-central Pennsylvania. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1934, informative text and joyous photography come together to enlighten and envelop us in the majesty of the mountain and the raptors that frequent it.

Closeted NASCAR fan Wright attended stock car races at eight of the Winston Cup's legendary venues. The "Fixin' to Git" Road Tour resulted in this book--not just a travelogue of Wright's year at the races, but a fan's valentine to the spectacle, the pageantry, and the subculture of Winston Cup racing. 31 photos.

A sociologist writing for a general audience challenges myths about NASCAR racing, considers the significance of its rise in popularity, and analyzes issues of gender, region, ethnicity, and social class in stock car racing.

Provides detailed descriptions of each site, steering parents to unexpected delights.

One of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as "The most savage and most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps" - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all that had gone before. Situated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to the US Air For...