Author: Stephanie Calmenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934031346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake hopes to see a moose when he and his father go to an island in Maine to observe the birds and animals, but his father insists no moose live there-- or do they?
There are No Moose on this Island
Author: Stephanie Calmenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934031346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake hopes to see a moose when he and his father go to an island in Maine to observe the birds and animals, but his father insists no moose live there-- or do they?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934031346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake hopes to see a moose when he and his father go to an island in Maine to observe the birds and animals, but his father insists no moose live there-- or do they?
There are No Moose on this Island
Author: Stephanie Calmenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934031346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake hopes to see a moose when he and his father go to an island in Maine to observe the birds and animals, but his father insists no moose live there-- or do they?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934031346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake hopes to see a moose when he and his father go to an island in Maine to observe the birds and animals, but his father insists no moose live there-- or do they?
Wolf Island
Author: L. David Mech
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296209X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296209X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Author: Alan P. Lightman
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1101871865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1101871865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408850400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Moose's sister has got a place in the perfect school on the mainland, one that will help her deal with her autism. But there is one hitch. She got the place with the help of Al Capone and now it's payback time. Soon Moose is caught up in a terrible cycle of secrets and favours that threatens to destabilise his entire family in this nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat novel.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408850400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Moose's sister has got a place in the perfect school on the mainland, one that will help her deal with her autism. But there is one hitch. She got the place with the help of Al Capone and now it's payback time. Soon Moose is caught up in a terrible cycle of secrets and favours that threatens to destabilise his entire family in this nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat novel.
A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick
Author: William Francis Ganong
Publisher: Royal Society of Canada
ISBN:
Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: Royal Society of Canada
ISBN:
Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
United States Coast Pilot
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The Congressional Globe
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
Author: Joseph Gales
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description