Author: Katherine B. Hauth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571400154
Category : Insect-plant relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A poetic narrative which explains the process of symbiosis and pollination through a description of the relationship between the yucca plant and the yucca moth.
Night Life of the Yucca
Author: Katherine B. Hauth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571400154
Category : Insect-plant relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A poetic narrative which explains the process of symbiosis and pollination through a description of the relationship between the yucca plant and the yucca moth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571400154
Category : Insect-plant relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A poetic narrative which explains the process of symbiosis and pollination through a description of the relationship between the yucca plant and the yucca moth.
Desert Reckoning
Author: Deanne Stillman
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 1568586914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
North of Los Angeles - the studios, the beaches, Rodeo Drive - lies a sparsely populated region that comprises fully one half of Los Angeles County. Sprawling across 2200 miles, this shadow side of Los Angeles is in the high Mojave Desert. Known as the Antelope Valley, it's a terrain of savage dignity, a vast amphitheatre of startling wonders that put on a show as the megalopolis burrows northward into the region's last frontier. Ranchers, cowboys, dreamers, dropouts, bikers, hikers, and felons have settled here - those who have chosen solitude over the trappings of contemporary life or simply have nowhere else to go. But in recent years their lives have been encroached upon by the creeping spread of subdivisions, funded by the once easy money of subprime America. McMansions - many empty now - gradually replaced Joshua trees; the desert - America's escape hatch - began to vanish as it became home to a latter-day exodus of pilgrims. It is against the backdrop of these two competing visions of land and space that Donald Kueck - a desert hermit who loved animals and hated civilization - took his last stand, gunning down beloved deputy sheriff Steven Sorensen when he approached his trailer at high noon on a scorching summer day. As the sound of rifle fire echoed across the Mojave, Kueck took off into the desert he knew so well, kicking off the biggest manhunt in modern California history until he was finally killed in a Wagnerian firestorm under a full moon as nuns at a nearby convent watched and prayed. This manhunt was the subject of a widely praised article by Deanne Stillman, first published in Rolling Stone, a finalist for a PEN Center USA journalism award, and included in the anthology Best American Crime Writing 2006. In Desert Reckoning she continues her desert beat and uses Kueck's story as a point of departure to further explore our relationship to place and the wars that are playing out on our homeland. In addition, Stillman also delves into the hidden history of Los Angeles County, and traces the paths of two men on a collision course that could only end in the modern Wild West. Why did a brilliant, self-taught rocket scientist who just wanted to be left alone go off the rails when a cop showed up? What role did the California prison system play in this drama? What happens to people when the American dream is stripped away? And what is it like for the men who are sworn to protect and serve?
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 1568586914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
North of Los Angeles - the studios, the beaches, Rodeo Drive - lies a sparsely populated region that comprises fully one half of Los Angeles County. Sprawling across 2200 miles, this shadow side of Los Angeles is in the high Mojave Desert. Known as the Antelope Valley, it's a terrain of savage dignity, a vast amphitheatre of startling wonders that put on a show as the megalopolis burrows northward into the region's last frontier. Ranchers, cowboys, dreamers, dropouts, bikers, hikers, and felons have settled here - those who have chosen solitude over the trappings of contemporary life or simply have nowhere else to go. But in recent years their lives have been encroached upon by the creeping spread of subdivisions, funded by the once easy money of subprime America. McMansions - many empty now - gradually replaced Joshua trees; the desert - America's escape hatch - began to vanish as it became home to a latter-day exodus of pilgrims. It is against the backdrop of these two competing visions of land and space that Donald Kueck - a desert hermit who loved animals and hated civilization - took his last stand, gunning down beloved deputy sheriff Steven Sorensen when he approached his trailer at high noon on a scorching summer day. As the sound of rifle fire echoed across the Mojave, Kueck took off into the desert he knew so well, kicking off the biggest manhunt in modern California history until he was finally killed in a Wagnerian firestorm under a full moon as nuns at a nearby convent watched and prayed. This manhunt was the subject of a widely praised article by Deanne Stillman, first published in Rolling Stone, a finalist for a PEN Center USA journalism award, and included in the anthology Best American Crime Writing 2006. In Desert Reckoning she continues her desert beat and uses Kueck's story as a point of departure to further explore our relationship to place and the wars that are playing out on our homeland. In addition, Stillman also delves into the hidden history of Los Angeles County, and traces the paths of two men on a collision course that could only end in the modern Wild West. Why did a brilliant, self-taught rocket scientist who just wanted to be left alone go off the rails when a cop showed up? What role did the California prison system play in this drama? What happens to people when the American dream is stripped away? And what is it like for the men who are sworn to protect and serve?
Night Club & Bar
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bars (Drinking establishments)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bars (Drinking establishments)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide
Author: Nancy Rommelmann
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312269366
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
WHERE TO GO TONIGHT The ultimate lowdown on L.A.'s rich and varied going-out scene--from the laid-back to what's hot, hot, hot, Rommelmann covers it all in over 200 listings. Bars Clubs Lounges Live Music Venues Late-Night Eating Spots From Hollywood to Glendale, Santa Monica to Silverlake, Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide is the fully cross-referenced and indispensable companion you need for hundreds of happy nights out. Whether you're looking for something on the down low or going for broke, Rommelmann has seen and done it all so you never have to spend another night in a wasteland. Get in the know. Know where to go with Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312269366
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
WHERE TO GO TONIGHT The ultimate lowdown on L.A.'s rich and varied going-out scene--from the laid-back to what's hot, hot, hot, Rommelmann covers it all in over 200 listings. Bars Clubs Lounges Live Music Venues Late-Night Eating Spots From Hollywood to Glendale, Santa Monica to Silverlake, Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide is the fully cross-referenced and indispensable companion you need for hundreds of happy nights out. Whether you're looking for something on the down low or going for broke, Rommelmann has seen and done it all so you never have to spend another night in a wasteland. Get in the know. Know where to go with Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide.
Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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HortIdeas
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ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Life
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Arizona and Its Bird Life
Author: Herbert Brandt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
"This book is not only about birds, but covers much of the broad field of Arizona's other animal and unusual plant life. It tells you about the climate, about the 24 distinct life areas, about the wealth of the foothills' fauna, and the charm of its mountains. One learns about Arizona's history and enjoys amazing stories of discovery by the pioneer nature explorers."--Jacket
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
"This book is not only about birds, but covers much of the broad field of Arizona's other animal and unusual plant life. It tells you about the climate, about the 24 distinct life areas, about the wealth of the foothills' fauna, and the charm of its mountains. One learns about Arizona's history and enjoys amazing stories of discovery by the pioneer nature explorers."--Jacket
Book Talk
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ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Newhuman Mars
Author: Burgauer Steven Burgauer
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440179093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
For a thousand years every gulag had been the same. The same drawn faces. The same haunting blank stares. The same cold-blooded, inhuman guards. The same gruesome tools for inflicting pain. It was in this godless place called a gulag that Carina Matthews now found herself. Rebellious. Feisty. Intelligent. She would soon learn how much agony one can endure before folding. "A masterfully crafted story based on the universal human conflict between the desire for order and the desire for freedom. Burgauer gives us a heroine whose concern is for the future, and a hero who is keenly aware of his own mortality." - Loren Logsdon . . . Editor, Eureka Literary Magazine
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440179093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
For a thousand years every gulag had been the same. The same drawn faces. The same haunting blank stares. The same cold-blooded, inhuman guards. The same gruesome tools for inflicting pain. It was in this godless place called a gulag that Carina Matthews now found herself. Rebellious. Feisty. Intelligent. She would soon learn how much agony one can endure before folding. "A masterfully crafted story based on the universal human conflict between the desire for order and the desire for freedom. Burgauer gives us a heroine whose concern is for the future, and a hero who is keenly aware of his own mortality." - Loren Logsdon . . . Editor, Eureka Literary Magazine