Snake—the Hunger Sutras is the third book in the Snake Quartet. By now snake has carried the lost voices—from the smallest single celled whisper to the bellow of more complex creatures as she wanders the empty Earth. Thousands—maybe millions of years—listening–while also searching for the clues in the ruins that when puzzled into insight become the beginning movement in the opera of life returning. The clues are fossils embedded in the arche ...
In <b><i>One Water</b></i> the author takes us on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness to the streets of its second largest city in a quest to find meaning in this world. The book is not merely a narrative of his adventures but also describes many of the geological, biological, and climactic circumstances that have shaped this great land. Another strand woven through this collection is the coming of age story of a fre ...
Ben Shippers doesn’t have much use for school, friends, or pretty much anyone except his smartass sister, but he does harbor a secret passion: Trash Mountain, the central feature of the noxious landfill next to his house, the fumes from which have made his sister ill. After a botched attempt to destroy Trash Mountain with a homemade firebomb, Ben begins a years-long infiltration operation that leads him to drop out of school to work alongside ho ...
The author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States Reveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them Focuses on challenges faced in Western states. Every year wildfires ravage forests, destroy communities, and devastate human lives, with only the bravery of dedicated firefighters creating a barrier against even greater destruction. Throughout the 2016 wildfire season, journalis ...
CLICK HERE to download the first 40 pages of Midnight Wilderness [/b]* Presents the original foreword by Margaret E. Murie* Features a new afterword by the author, providing context for the Refuge today* Includes a new map and an updated bibliographyOriginally published more than twenty years ago, Midnight Wilderness is a passionate and vivid account of one of Alaska's greatest natural treasures, the Arctic National Wildlif ...
The topic of global warming is interesting in that it determines what is happening to our climate today. We don't know why it is so strange in weather due to our inability to comprehend what is happening. However, as the globe heats up and the disaster effects start to surface, it seems evident that the threat is very real. ...
"Afraid, but not too afraid if it meant recovering his board and his little brother, Zoran shook his head to clear the fog and crept closer and closer to the hollow log.”<br /><br />Ugject Development wants to build a bridge across to the beautiful island community of Glencairn. No Way! Five friends decide to fight it. With help from the mysterious sea captain and his cat, Pi*Wakitt. Weird, totally weird! ...
In this book, new mathematical formulas showing the relationships between the CO2 content in the atmosphere, the CO2 related green house effect and the sea level are derived. The consequences of the found relationships are discussed, along with different solutions to replace fossil fuel with environmental neutral alternatives. ...
