Author: Jennifer S. Holland
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761174427
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In her inspiring New York Times bestseller Unlikely Friendships, Jennifer Holland introduced us to the heartwarming relationships that exist between animals of different species. Her stories struck a chord with thousands of readers, including Temple Grandin, who described the book as "amazing." Now Holland explores animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Packed with beautiful, breathtaking full-color photographs, Unlikely Loves is a celebration of love between species. Here are stories of parental love, like the Dalmatian who mothers a newborn lamb—a lamb that just happens to be white with black spots! Stories of playful love, including the fox and the hound who become inseparable. And stories of orphaned animals who have found family-like ties in unexpected combinations, like the elephant who’s bonded with sea lions, goats, and other animals in her walks around the Oregon Zoo. Ms. Holland has interviewed scientists, zoologists, and animal caretakers from around the world, tracking down firsthand sources and eyewitnesses. The stories are written with journalistic integrity and detail—and always filled with the author’s deep affection for her subjects.
Unlikely Loves
Author: Jennifer S. Holland
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761174427
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In her inspiring New York Times bestseller Unlikely Friendships, Jennifer Holland introduced us to the heartwarming relationships that exist between animals of different species. Her stories struck a chord with thousands of readers, including Temple Grandin, who described the book as "amazing." Now Holland explores animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Packed with beautiful, breathtaking full-color photographs, Unlikely Loves is a celebration of love between species. Here are stories of parental love, like the Dalmatian who mothers a newborn lamb—a lamb that just happens to be white with black spots! Stories of playful love, including the fox and the hound who become inseparable. And stories of orphaned animals who have found family-like ties in unexpected combinations, like the elephant who’s bonded with sea lions, goats, and other animals in her walks around the Oregon Zoo. Ms. Holland has interviewed scientists, zoologists, and animal caretakers from around the world, tracking down firsthand sources and eyewitnesses. The stories are written with journalistic integrity and detail—and always filled with the author’s deep affection for her subjects.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761174427
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In her inspiring New York Times bestseller Unlikely Friendships, Jennifer Holland introduced us to the heartwarming relationships that exist between animals of different species. Her stories struck a chord with thousands of readers, including Temple Grandin, who described the book as "amazing." Now Holland explores animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Packed with beautiful, breathtaking full-color photographs, Unlikely Loves is a celebration of love between species. Here are stories of parental love, like the Dalmatian who mothers a newborn lamb—a lamb that just happens to be white with black spots! Stories of playful love, including the fox and the hound who become inseparable. And stories of orphaned animals who have found family-like ties in unexpected combinations, like the elephant who’s bonded with sea lions, goats, and other animals in her walks around the Oregon Zoo. Ms. Holland has interviewed scientists, zoologists, and animal caretakers from around the world, tracking down firsthand sources and eyewitnesses. The stories are written with journalistic integrity and detail—and always filled with the author’s deep affection for her subjects.
Practical Strangers
Author: Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820351024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved--a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. As a romantic pair, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd had no earlier history; they had barely met when separated by the war. Letters were their sole lifeline to each other and their sole means of sharing their hopes and fears for a relationship (and a Confederacy) they had rashly embraced in the heady, early days of secession. The letters date from April 1861, when Nathaniel left for war as a captain in the Fourth Alabama Infantry, through April 1862, when the couple married. During their courtship through correspondence, Nathaniel narrowly escaped death in battle, faced suspicions of cowardice, and eventually grew war weary. Elodie had two brothers die while in Confederate service and felt the full emotional weight of belonging to the war's most famous divided family. Her sister Mary not only sided with the Union (as did five other Todd siblings) but was also married to its commander in chief.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820351024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved--a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. As a romantic pair, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd had no earlier history; they had barely met when separated by the war. Letters were their sole lifeline to each other and their sole means of sharing their hopes and fears for a relationship (and a Confederacy) they had rashly embraced in the heady, early days of secession. The letters date from April 1861, when Nathaniel left for war as a captain in the Fourth Alabama Infantry, through April 1862, when the couple married. During their courtship through correspondence, Nathaniel narrowly escaped death in battle, faced suspicions of cowardice, and eventually grew war weary. Elodie had two brothers die while in Confederate service and felt the full emotional weight of belonging to the war's most famous divided family. Her sister Mary not only sided with the Union (as did five other Todd siblings) but was also married to its commander in chief.
To the Life of the Silver Harbor
Author: Reuel K. Wilson
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Cape as evoked and experienced by a legendary literary couple
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Cape as evoked and experienced by a legendary literary couple
The Beer Drinker's Guide to God
Author: William B. Miller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476738645
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An Episcopal priest and bar owner shares stories from his life in ministry, his travels in search of the world's best Scotch, and his conversations with Trappist monks to reflect upon the strange intersections of God and beer.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476738645
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An Episcopal priest and bar owner shares stories from his life in ministry, his travels in search of the world's best Scotch, and his conversations with Trappist monks to reflect upon the strange intersections of God and beer.
Generation Deluxe
Author: Iris Nowell
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 155002972X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
They fork out 100 million for starter castles, 500,000 for a customized Mercedes, and 1.2 million for a watch. While Generation Deluxe explores the spending patterns of the wealthy, a dark underside emerges: excessive consumerism is creating serious damage to the environment and human life. Simultaneously, the super-rich - and celebrities - are raising awareness and spending multi-millions cleaning up the damage and, as never before, funding solutions to global problems of poverty, hunger, and disease prevention.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 155002972X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
They fork out 100 million for starter castles, 500,000 for a customized Mercedes, and 1.2 million for a watch. While Generation Deluxe explores the spending patterns of the wealthy, a dark underside emerges: excessive consumerism is creating serious damage to the environment and human life. Simultaneously, the super-rich - and celebrities - are raising awareness and spending multi-millions cleaning up the damage and, as never before, funding solutions to global problems of poverty, hunger, and disease prevention.
Mr. Rushford's Honor
Author: Meg Alexander
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460361423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
A Young Woman Disappears. A Husband Is Suspected Of Murder. Stirring Times For AllThe Neighborhood. Gina, Lady Whitelaw left Steepwood as plain Gina Westcott. Now, years later, she’s returned home—only to come face-to-face with the man who stole her heart. Giles Rushford was once the heir to a great estate, while she was a lowly nursemaid. Now he’s virtually penniless after his father lost the family fortune, while Gina is a wealthy and titled widow. She knows Giles is too honorable a man to risk being seen as a fortune hunter. How will she ever convince him they were meant to reunite—as husband and wife? Regency drama, intrigue, mischief…and marriage
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460361423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
A Young Woman Disappears. A Husband Is Suspected Of Murder. Stirring Times For AllThe Neighborhood. Gina, Lady Whitelaw left Steepwood as plain Gina Westcott. Now, years later, she’s returned home—only to come face-to-face with the man who stole her heart. Giles Rushford was once the heir to a great estate, while she was a lowly nursemaid. Now he’s virtually penniless after his father lost the family fortune, while Gina is a wealthy and titled widow. She knows Giles is too honorable a man to risk being seen as a fortune hunter. How will she ever convince him they were meant to reunite—as husband and wife? Regency drama, intrigue, mischief…and marriage
The Uplift Storm Trilogy
Author: David Brin
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504064674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1729
Book Description
The award-winning author’s complete second trilogy of the Uplift Saga, featuring a planet of refugees, a fugitive Earthling ship, and her dolphin/human crew. Brightness Reef Six outcast races hunker down on the off-limits planet Jijo when a mysterious starship lands. However, it doesn’t bring the “law” they feared, but something worse—a dark secret the invaders will do anything to keep . . . Infinity’s Shore Earthship Streaker, with its dolphin and human crew, has been on the run for three years after discovering a derelict armada whose mere existence seems to drive the Five Galaxies mad. With Earth under siege and nowhere to turn, Streaker has come to far-off, isolated Jijo in search of sanctuary amid its population of secret refugees. Unfortunately, they’ve been followed . . . Heaven’s Reach With the arrival of deadly enemies, the peaceful isolation of Jijo’s six exile races has ended. While the races join forces to fight invaders, the Earthship Streaker must lure other foes into weird layers of the unknown. Meanwhile, a dire prophecy may put the entire universe at risk . . . Praise for the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Uplift Saga “An extraordinary achievement.” —Poul Anderson, award-winning author of Tau Zero, on Startide Rising “An exhilarating read that encompasses everything from breathless action to finely drawn moments of quiet intimacy.” —Locus on The Uplift War “Tremendously inventive, ambitious work.” —Kirkus Reviews on Brightness Reef “Well paced, immensely complex, highly literate . . . Superior SF.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Infinity’s Shore “A timely, science fictional contemplation of the refugee experience.”—Santa Fe Reporter on Brightness Reef
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504064674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1729
Book Description
The award-winning author’s complete second trilogy of the Uplift Saga, featuring a planet of refugees, a fugitive Earthling ship, and her dolphin/human crew. Brightness Reef Six outcast races hunker down on the off-limits planet Jijo when a mysterious starship lands. However, it doesn’t bring the “law” they feared, but something worse—a dark secret the invaders will do anything to keep . . . Infinity’s Shore Earthship Streaker, with its dolphin and human crew, has been on the run for three years after discovering a derelict armada whose mere existence seems to drive the Five Galaxies mad. With Earth under siege and nowhere to turn, Streaker has come to far-off, isolated Jijo in search of sanctuary amid its population of secret refugees. Unfortunately, they’ve been followed . . . Heaven’s Reach With the arrival of deadly enemies, the peaceful isolation of Jijo’s six exile races has ended. While the races join forces to fight invaders, the Earthship Streaker must lure other foes into weird layers of the unknown. Meanwhile, a dire prophecy may put the entire universe at risk . . . Praise for the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Uplift Saga “An extraordinary achievement.” —Poul Anderson, award-winning author of Tau Zero, on Startide Rising “An exhilarating read that encompasses everything from breathless action to finely drawn moments of quiet intimacy.” —Locus on The Uplift War “Tremendously inventive, ambitious work.” —Kirkus Reviews on Brightness Reef “Well paced, immensely complex, highly literate . . . Superior SF.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Infinity’s Shore “A timely, science fictional contemplation of the refugee experience.”—Santa Fe Reporter on Brightness Reef
Secret Keepers
Author: Mindy Friddle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312537026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At age seventy-two, Emma Hanley plans to escape small-town Palmetto, South Carolina, and travel the globe. But when her fickle husband dies in undignified circumstances, Emma finds herself juggling the needs of her adult children. Her once free-spirited daughter Dora turns to compulsive shopping and a controlling husband to forget her wayward past. Her son Bobby still lives with her, afflicted with an illness that robbed him of his childhood promise. When Dora’s old flame Jake Cary returns to Palmetto with a broken heart and a gift for gardening, the town becomes filled with mysterious, potent botanicals and memories long forgotten. Soon enough, Jake and his ragtag group of helpers begin to unearth the secrets that have divided the Hanleys for decades. Written with the warmth of Lee Smith and the magical touch of Alice Hoffman, Secret Keepers is a beguiling second novel by the acclaimed author of The Garden Angel.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312537026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At age seventy-two, Emma Hanley plans to escape small-town Palmetto, South Carolina, and travel the globe. But when her fickle husband dies in undignified circumstances, Emma finds herself juggling the needs of her adult children. Her once free-spirited daughter Dora turns to compulsive shopping and a controlling husband to forget her wayward past. Her son Bobby still lives with her, afflicted with an illness that robbed him of his childhood promise. When Dora’s old flame Jake Cary returns to Palmetto with a broken heart and a gift for gardening, the town becomes filled with mysterious, potent botanicals and memories long forgotten. Soon enough, Jake and his ragtag group of helpers begin to unearth the secrets that have divided the Hanleys for decades. Written with the warmth of Lee Smith and the magical touch of Alice Hoffman, Secret Keepers is a beguiling second novel by the acclaimed author of The Garden Angel.
Music of the Distant Stars
Author: Alys Clare
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780100965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The new Lassair mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye books Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found . . .
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780100965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The new Lassair mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye books Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found . . .
Mergers and Acquisitions
Author: Robert B. Thompson
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 1543846718
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
The Fourth Edition of Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance, written by Robert B. Thompson, a leading scholar and teacher in the field, equips students with the legal rules and economic and financial principles they will need to help clients make key strategic choices during an acquisition. Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance offers up-to-date and rich, yet succinct, coverage with the perfect mix of theory and practice. New to the Fourth Edition: The 2021 anti-activist poison pill case (In re The Williams Company) Linking the introduction to tender offers in Chapter 3 as an anomaly to Delaware’s preferred approach to trust governance to directors setting the stage for Chapter 5 and the judicial acceptance of poison pills to address that anomaly Revising the presentation of Blasius as initially providing a necessary supplement to Unocal, but evolving into a rule that is “rarely” applied Akorn as illustrating the Delaware Chancery Court’s increasing case load of complex commercial cases in takeovers (as opposed to governance fights between shareholders and directors) Professors and students will benefit from: Stellar authorship Rich but accessible coverage of valuation Notes following each case that explain the legal and business reasoning for “The Deal” Materials on insider trading, poison pill, deal protection devices, activist shareholders
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 1543846718
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
The Fourth Edition of Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance, written by Robert B. Thompson, a leading scholar and teacher in the field, equips students with the legal rules and economic and financial principles they will need to help clients make key strategic choices during an acquisition. Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance offers up-to-date and rich, yet succinct, coverage with the perfect mix of theory and practice. New to the Fourth Edition: The 2021 anti-activist poison pill case (In re The Williams Company) Linking the introduction to tender offers in Chapter 3 as an anomaly to Delaware’s preferred approach to trust governance to directors setting the stage for Chapter 5 and the judicial acceptance of poison pills to address that anomaly Revising the presentation of Blasius as initially providing a necessary supplement to Unocal, but evolving into a rule that is “rarely” applied Akorn as illustrating the Delaware Chancery Court’s increasing case load of complex commercial cases in takeovers (as opposed to governance fights between shareholders and directors) Professors and students will benefit from: Stellar authorship Rich but accessible coverage of valuation Notes following each case that explain the legal and business reasoning for “The Deal” Materials on insider trading, poison pill, deal protection devices, activist shareholders