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An exposition of parenting in the animal kingdom. The author illuminates the similarities and differences between the interaction humans have…
with their offspring and the maternalistic and paternalistic tendencies of insects, fish, and other mammalsOur fascinating earth
Par Philip Seff. 1996
A collection of almost 180 articles presenting unusual scientific facts and information on natural wonders. Each of the nine chapters…
covers a variety of topics such as wolves, scorpions, the Kohinoor diamond, the pyramids, dinosaurs, rivers, carnivorous plants, hurricanes, even garlic. For junior and senior high and older readersWood-notes wild: walking with Thoreau
Par Henry Thoreau. 1995
Scenes from nature described by Thoreau on his long daily walks during a twenty-four-year period. The selections are arranged by…
season, giving sensory impressions of the woodland plants, earth, and animals that the nineteenth-century philosopher encounteredAn unspoken hunger: stories from the field
Par Terry Williams. 1994
A collection of eighteen essays by a naturalist who draws attention to the earth and reminds readers that they are…
part of the environment. The author urges people to become more intimate with natureClass: A memoir
Par Stephanie Land. 2023
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." — People "Land is not just exploring her own story,…
but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." — The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid . When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid , she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" ( People ). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid , which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class , Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all oddsA handmade wilderness
Par Donald Schueler. 1996
In 1968, Schueler and his companion, Willie Brown, set out to homestead the "least worst land" they could find. Schueler…
recounts their twenty-five-year struggle to restore a despoiled eighty-acre tract in southern Mississippi and tells of Brown's death from AIDS in 1987The weather companion: an album of meteorological history, science, legend, and folklore
Par Gary Lockhart. 1988
A compendium of weather facts and fables, from ancient myths to modern research. Discusses weather cycles, phenomena, forecasting tools, and…
even Noah's ark. Tells the best time to go fishing. For junior and senior high and older readersJobs vs. the environment: can we save both?
Par Nathan Aaseng. 1994
Aaseng rejects the claim that environmentalists negatively impact the economy, yet also proposes ways to protect the Earth that would…
disrupt workers' lives least. He provides an overview of the issue from 1681 to the 1990s. For junior and senior high and older readersNaked Earth: the new geophysics
Par Shawna Vogel. 1995
Essays on human coexistence with the changing natural environment. Explores such issues as acid rain, global warming, destruction of the…
Amazon rain forest, and the debate between preservationists and developers. Presses the theme that society and nature exist in an inexorable, mutually dependent relationshipThe time before history: 5 million years of human impact
Par Colin Tudge. 1996
The British science writer presents the lengthy history of human activity on the planet. He details the formation of the…
earth, the evolution of the animals, and the development of human beings. Tudge cites evolutionary advantages that have made humans uniquely destructive and proposes ways to save the earth, the remaining animals, and ourselvesFlat rock journal: a day in the Ozark mountains
Par Ken Carey. 1994
Since buying his piece of Ozark wilderness twenty years ago, writer and environmentalist Carey has learned to open his mind…
and heart to the renewing energies of spring. He describes the annual day-long trek he takes through the land. Interspersed are recollections of the almost magical happenings that led him and his family to this place and the difficult but rewarding life they have lived sinceEcoLinking: everyone's guide to online environmental information
Par Don Rittner. 1992
"EcoLinking" is Rittner's term for using computers to share ideas and research on environmental issues. Anyone interested in this multifaceted…
topic and with access to a personal computer, modem, telephone line, and communications software can use this information. Rittner describes how to get online for global networks, electronic bulletin boards, commercial online services, and library databasesAlaska days with John Muir (Peregrine Smith literary naturalists)
Par Samuel Young. 1991
The author, a Presbyterian missionary to the Stickeen, Alaskan Native Americans, chronicles his exploration of Glacier Bay as he accompanied…
the Scottish naturalist, John Muir. Describing journeys that the two friends made in 1879 and 1880, Young's account is part travelog, part scientific journal, and part biography of a man intoxicated by natureAlba the hundred year old fish and other stories
Par Lara Hawthorne. 2023
A brilliant collection of beautiful stories by exciting artist Lara Hawthorne. Brought to life by the melodic voice of Roisin…
Rankin. The collection includes four stories. Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish gently highlights the issue of pollution through the eyes of an old fish trying to teach the world how to bring colour back to the ocean. In the garden-inspired tale of Herbert's Garden , Herbert realises that each creature in the garden has something special to offer, even a slow, slimy, and greedy slug like him. The third tale, The Night Flower , takes us on a rhyming journey all the way to the Arizonan desert, where wildlife gathers to witness the special annual event of a night flower blooming. The final story, Ratty's Big Adventure , seamlessly combines story and fact and celebrates the diversity of life deep in Papua New Guinea. It is a lesson in being thankful for what you have! This collection of gentle lyrical stories includes music and nature sound effects, creating the perfect listening experience for young listeners before bedtime, or any time of the day!Pourquoi les méduses ne vieillissent pas: ... et autres secrets de longévité de la nature
Par Nicklas Brendborg. 2023
La nature regorge de superpouvoirs en matière de longévité. Saviez-vous qu'il existe un requin âgé de 390 ans, ce qui…
le rend plus vieux que les États-Unis ? Connaissiez-vous cette espèce de méduse capable, lorsqu'elle est menacée, de rajeunir, avant de recommencer à vieillir ? Mêlant exploration scientifique et histoires extraordinaires, Nicklas Brendborg nous emmène à la découverte de cycles de vie si longs qu'ils semblent dépasser la réalité. D'une expérimentation réussie de modification de l'ADN humain aux cellules millénaires des séquoias, en passant par de prometteuses perspectives face au cancer et à la maladie d'Alzheimer, cet ouvrage nous révèle les fascinants secrets de santé et de longévité de la nature dont nous pouvons tous nous inspirer. TABLE DES MATIÈRES Introduction La fontaine de Jouvence Première partie - Les merveilles de la nature Chapitre 1 – Longévité : le livre des records Chapitre 2 – Soleil, cocotiers et longue vie Chapitre 3 – La surestimation des gènes Chapitre 4 – Inconvénients de l'immortalité Deuxième partie - Les découvertes de la science Chapitre 5 – Ce qui ne nous tue pas nous rend plus forts... Chapitre 6 – De l'importance de la taille Chapitre 7 – Les secrets de l'île de Pâques Chapitre 8 – Un pour tous 1 Chapitre 9 – Mitochondries et énergie Chapitre 10 – Au pays de l'immortalité Chapitre 11 – Comment se débarrasser des cellules zombies Chapitre 12 – Remonter l'horloge biologique Chapitre 13 – Bon sang ne saurait mentir ! Chapitre 14 – La guerre des microbes Chapitre 15 – Caché au grand jour Chapitre 16 – Longévité et fil dentaire Chapitre 17 – Rajeunissement immunitaire Troisième partie - Les bons conseils Chapitre 18 – Des volontaires pour la disette ? Chapitre 19 – Faire du neuf avec du vieux Chapitre 20 – Nutrition « culte du cargo » Chapitre 21 – Nourrir... la réflexion Chapitre 22 – Des moines du Moyen Âge à la science moderne Chapitre 23 – Mesurer, c'est assurer Chapitre 24 – Victoire de l'esprit sur la matière Epilogue RemerciementsOne Million Trees: A True Story
Par Kristen Balouch. 2023
When Kristen Balouch was ten years old, her parents made a surprising announcement: their whole family was going on a…
trip to plant trees! Kristen, her sisters, and her mom and dad—and their pet, Wonder Dog—flew from their California home to a logging site in British Columbia. There, they joined a crew working to replant the trees that had been cut down. In this story, Kristen reflects on the forty days they spent living in a tent, covered in mud and bug bites, working hard every day to plant a new forest. Young listeners will learn a little French, practice some math skills, and learn all about how to plant a tree the right way! This engaging, kid-friendly story ends with a modern-day look at what Kristen's family helped accomplish: a stand of huge trees growing on what used to be an empty, muddy patch of bare stumps. An author's note shares more information about deforestation, sustainable logging practices, and the irreplaceable environmental benefit of old growth forests—plus the amazing things even a small group of people can do when they work together. A fun story with an important environmental message, this story is bound to inspire kids to get their hands dirty to make our planet healthy!Poverty, by america
Par Matthew Desmond. 2023
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative…
and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. “Urgent and accessible . . . Its moral force is a gut punch.”— The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, Chicago Public Library Winner of the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedomAgathe de Saint-Père connut un destin à la mesure de son tempérament. Audacieuse, elle créa la première manufacture de tissage…
au Canada et devint une commerçante prospère. Ce fut elle aussi qui commercialisa le sucre d'érable, qu'elle fit connaître en France. Une maîtresse femme et une femme de passion!Mesdames, prenez vos affaires en main! (Collection Affaires plus)
Par Lison Chèvrefils. 2000
« Les femmes ne voient pas l'argent de la même façon que les hommes, dit Lison Chèvrefils, planificatrice financière d'expérience.…
La gestion des finances personnelles est perçue par beaucoup d'entre elles, même parmi les plus jeunes, comme une affaire de chiffres... qu'elles laissent aux spécialistes ou à leur conjoint! Pourtant, gérer ses avoirs, c'est se donner la liberté de choisir la vie qu'on aime, avec les moyens qu'on a. Et ça, c'est dans les cordes des femmes! » -- 4e de couv