Author: Tom Lambert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781034221326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A collection of essays, some funny, some not written between 1992 and 2020.
Raised by Turtles
Author: Tom Lambert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781034221326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A collection of essays, some funny, some not written between 1992 and 2020.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781034221326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A collection of essays, some funny, some not written between 1992 and 2020.
Essays After Eighty
Author: Donald Hall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286944
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The former U.S. Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny” essays (The New York Times). From an early age, Donald Hall dedicated his life to the written word. In his long and celebrated career, he was an accomplished poet, essayist, memoirist, dramatist, and children’s author. Now, in the “unknown, unanticipated galaxy” of very old age, his essays continue to startle, move, and delight. In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: “thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . .” He also addresses his present: “When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.” Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: “Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.” “Deliciously readable…Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge.” —The Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286944
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The former U.S. Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny” essays (The New York Times). From an early age, Donald Hall dedicated his life to the written word. In his long and celebrated career, he was an accomplished poet, essayist, memoirist, dramatist, and children’s author. Now, in the “unknown, unanticipated galaxy” of very old age, his essays continue to startle, move, and delight. In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: “thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . .” He also addresses his present: “When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.” Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: “Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.” “Deliciously readable…Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge.” —The Wall Street Journal
Voyage of the Turtle
Author: Carl Safina
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805078916
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A study of the leatherback turtle details the distressing decline of sea turtles in the Pacific, as well as their remarkable recovery in the Atlantic to illuminate how human intervention can both harm and preserve the natural world.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805078916
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A study of the leatherback turtle details the distressing decline of sea turtles in the Pacific, as well as their remarkable recovery in the Atlantic to illuminate how human intervention can both harm and preserve the natural world.
Turtles
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439445351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Introduction to turtles and where they live.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439445351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Introduction to turtles and where they live.
Christmas Turtles
Author: Sara Ann Denson
Publisher: Purple Sky Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0976901765
Category : Candy
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Christmas story about a grandmother's holiday tradition of making chocolate turtles with her grandchildren.
Publisher: Purple Sky Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0976901765
Category : Candy
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Christmas story about a grandmother's holiday tradition of making chocolate turtles with her grandchildren.
Saving Turtles
Author: Sue Carstairs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228105176
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A behind-the-scenes look at a hospital for severely injured turtles. Turtles have been around for 220 million years -- longer than dinosaurs. But now their time might be running out. And their biggest threat is us! There are more than 300 species worldwide and half of these are threatened with extinction. Freshwater, marine and land turtles all face the same threats, whether it is habitat loss, pollution, harvesting by the pet trade or road and fishing fatalities. In this fully illustrated book, veterinarian Dr. Sue Carstairs reveals what steps young readers can take to help turtles that they might find injured at the side of the road or next to waterways. When injured turtles are brought into her hospital needing medical attention, Carstairs describes the amazing behind-the-scenes workings of how she repairs shattered shells, broken jaws and injured skulls, nursing severely injured turtles back to health. Topics covered in Saving Turtles include: A behind-the-scenes look at the medical procedures used to heal injured turtles How eggs are harvested, incubated and hatched Raising and releasing baby turtles Tagging and tracking turtles in the wild Conservation efforts worldwide to save some species from extinction Steps you can take to help turtles survive.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228105176
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A behind-the-scenes look at a hospital for severely injured turtles. Turtles have been around for 220 million years -- longer than dinosaurs. But now their time might be running out. And their biggest threat is us! There are more than 300 species worldwide and half of these are threatened with extinction. Freshwater, marine and land turtles all face the same threats, whether it is habitat loss, pollution, harvesting by the pet trade or road and fishing fatalities. In this fully illustrated book, veterinarian Dr. Sue Carstairs reveals what steps young readers can take to help turtles that they might find injured at the side of the road or next to waterways. When injured turtles are brought into her hospital needing medical attention, Carstairs describes the amazing behind-the-scenes workings of how she repairs shattered shells, broken jaws and injured skulls, nursing severely injured turtles back to health. Topics covered in Saving Turtles include: A behind-the-scenes look at the medical procedures used to heal injured turtles How eggs are harvested, incubated and hatched Raising and releasing baby turtles Tagging and tracking turtles in the wild Conservation efforts worldwide to save some species from extinction Steps you can take to help turtles survive.
Look Out for Turtles!
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060225408
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Turtles are among the oldest living creatures in the world. They have been on earth for nearly 200 million years! In Look Out for Turtles! readers will discover why these creatures have survived so long. Hard shells protect many turtles from harm. Colorful markings on their shells help some turtles to blend in with their surroundings. Different kinds of turtles can live almost anywhere on land or sea and can eat many kinds of plants and animals...Today turtles must struggle to. survive. They are hunted, and threatened by pollution. There is less and less open space for turtles to live in. If turtles are going to be around for another 200 million years, they are going to need our help!
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060225408
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Turtles are among the oldest living creatures in the world. They have been on earth for nearly 200 million years! In Look Out for Turtles! readers will discover why these creatures have survived so long. Hard shells protect many turtles from harm. Colorful markings on their shells help some turtles to blend in with their surroundings. Different kinds of turtles can live almost anywhere on land or sea and can eat many kinds of plants and animals...Today turtles must struggle to. survive. They are hunted, and threatened by pollution. There is less and less open space for turtles to live in. If turtles are going to be around for another 200 million years, they are going to need our help!
Turtle Crossing
Author: Rick Chrustowski
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805074987
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Discusses the life cicle of a female painted turtle.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805074987
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Discusses the life cicle of a female painted turtle.
Let's Explore Sea Turtles
Author: Michael Patrick O'Neill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972865326
Category : Sea turtles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes four kinds of sea turtles--hawksbill turtles, green turtles, leatherbacks, and loggerheads--and explains how people help to keep them safe and healthy in the wild.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972865326
Category : Sea turtles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes four kinds of sea turtles--hawksbill turtles, green turtles, leatherbacks, and loggerheads--and explains how people help to keep them safe and healthy in the wild.
Decline of the Sea Turtles
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030904247X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explores in detail threats to the world's sea turtle population to provide sound, scientific conclusions on which dangers are greatest and how they can be addressed most effectively. Offering a fascinating and informative overview of five sea turtle species, the volume discusses sea turtles' feeding habits, preferred nesting areas, and migration routes; examines their status in U.S. waters; and cites examples of conservation measures under way and under consideration.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030904247X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explores in detail threats to the world's sea turtle population to provide sound, scientific conclusions on which dangers are greatest and how they can be addressed most effectively. Offering a fascinating and informative overview of five sea turtle species, the volume discusses sea turtles' feeding habits, preferred nesting areas, and migration routes; examines their status in U.S. waters; and cites examples of conservation measures under way and under consideration.