Author: John Robert Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beneficial insects
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Grasshoppers
Author: John Robert Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beneficial insects
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beneficial insects
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Substance of Shadow
Author: John Hollander
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635427X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
"This volume originates in the four unpublished Clark Lectures that Hollander delivered in 1999 at Trinity College, Cambridge. These lectures were planned to provide the core of a long-meditated book, though he never completed his revisions for this before he died in 2013."--Preface.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635427X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
"This volume originates in the four unpublished Clark Lectures that Hollander delivered in 1999 at Trinity College, Cambridge. These lectures were planned to provide the core of a long-meditated book, though he never completed his revisions for this before he died in 2013."--Preface.
The Grasshopper Trap
Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466809426
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
“Funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field and Stream gang, McManus here offers another bag of whimsey in the Great Outdoors” —Kirkus Reviews In this collection of thirty zany stories, spoofing camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities, McManus shares his hilarious wilderness misadventures. From facing an angry bear with an unloaded gun and the folly of running a boat while it’s still on the trailer to not questioning the ingredients found in camp cookout cuisine and the best methods of catching grasshoppers, no one knows how to express Mother Nature’s sense of humor like Patrick F. McManus. Praise for Patrick F. McManus “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic “Everybody should read Patrick McManus.” —The New York Times Book Review “A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.” —People “Describing Patrick F. McManus as an outdoor humorist is like saying Mark Twain wrote books about small boys . . . the funniest writer around today—indoors or outdoors.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466809426
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
“Funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field and Stream gang, McManus here offers another bag of whimsey in the Great Outdoors” —Kirkus Reviews In this collection of thirty zany stories, spoofing camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities, McManus shares his hilarious wilderness misadventures. From facing an angry bear with an unloaded gun and the folly of running a boat while it’s still on the trailer to not questioning the ingredients found in camp cookout cuisine and the best methods of catching grasshoppers, no one knows how to express Mother Nature’s sense of humor like Patrick F. McManus. Praise for Patrick F. McManus “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic “Everybody should read Patrick McManus.” —The New York Times Book Review “A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.” —People “Describing Patrick F. McManus as an outdoor humorist is like saying Mark Twain wrote books about small boys . . . the funniest writer around today—indoors or outdoors.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Shadows in the Grass
Author: Beverley Harper
Publisher: Pan Australia
ISBN: 1741970199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
Enraged screams filled his head. Deadly shapes bore down. Animal and man driven by one single thought. Kill or be killed. Neither wanted to die. Falsely accused of a terrible crime, impetuous young aristocrat Lord Dallas Acheson is forced to flee his native Scotland, leaving behind the only woman he has ever loved–Lady Lorna de Iongh. From that day onwards, he must learn to live a different life in a land where danger is an ever-present partner. Fate takes him to southern Africa and the emerging seaport of Durban, from where he sets off to trade and hunt, seeking his fortune in the little-travelled midlands of Natal and the wilds of Zululand. Tested to the limit, Dallas discovers more than he could have imagined. Married to a woman he doesn't love, he yearns to abandon the restraints of nineteenth-century society to be with Lorna. And when the Zulu war breaks out, finds himself torn between old and new loyalties, required to be an enemy of the land that is now his true home.
Publisher: Pan Australia
ISBN: 1741970199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
Enraged screams filled his head. Deadly shapes bore down. Animal and man driven by one single thought. Kill or be killed. Neither wanted to die. Falsely accused of a terrible crime, impetuous young aristocrat Lord Dallas Acheson is forced to flee his native Scotland, leaving behind the only woman he has ever loved–Lady Lorna de Iongh. From that day onwards, he must learn to live a different life in a land where danger is an ever-present partner. Fate takes him to southern Africa and the emerging seaport of Durban, from where he sets off to trade and hunt, seeking his fortune in the little-travelled midlands of Natal and the wilds of Zululand. Tested to the limit, Dallas discovers more than he could have imagined. Married to a woman he doesn't love, he yearns to abandon the restraints of nineteenth-century society to be with Lorna. And when the Zulu war breaks out, finds himself torn between old and new loyalties, required to be an enemy of the land that is now his true home.
Julian's Shadow
Author: Bill Hughes
Publisher: American Book Publishing
ISBN: 1589827694
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Publisher: American Book Publishing
ISBN: 1589827694
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Dragonfly Falling
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616143401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the city magnates to take seriously the Wasp Empire's imminent threat to their survival. In a colorful drama involving mass warfare and personal combat, a small group of heroes must stand up against what seems like an unstoppable force. This volume continues the story that so brilliantly unfolded in Empire in Black and Gold - and the action is still non-stop.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616143401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the city magnates to take seriously the Wasp Empire's imminent threat to their survival. In a colorful drama involving mass warfare and personal combat, a small group of heroes must stand up against what seems like an unstoppable force. This volume continues the story that so brilliantly unfolded in Empire in Black and Gold - and the action is still non-stop.
Menacing Shadows
Author: Darkenbrook
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490783652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A pair of boys discover Satans constrictor locked in a basement room. A group of children dare to defy the curse of the Tree House Ripper. A vampire drains the blood of a baby gorilla with horrifying consequences. A young man copes with the childhood trauma of satanic possession with daily trips to the zoo, but something evil has taken over the family of mandrills at the monkey house. And the werewolf novella, Menacing Shadows: When satanic serial killer Jack Mercy was locked away, he left behind a legacy of murder and a family in ruins. A decade later, the Mercy family has tried to rebuild their lives in White Crag, an affluent ski resort town; but they still live in Jacks infamous shadow. Twin brothers Neal and Michael have little memory of their father before he was incarcerated, but after a harrowing incident with a werewolf in the forest, Neal discovers that his brother is communicating with their father and carrying on his unspeakable legacy. As Neal and his best friend dig deeper, they discover the curse of the werewolf is not nearly finished with the Mercy family or the town of White Crag. Menacing Shadows is an innovative horror collection that presents a combination of scary fairy tales, nightmarish prose poems, and gay horror, ranging in length from flash fiction to full-length novellas.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490783652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A pair of boys discover Satans constrictor locked in a basement room. A group of children dare to defy the curse of the Tree House Ripper. A vampire drains the blood of a baby gorilla with horrifying consequences. A young man copes with the childhood trauma of satanic possession with daily trips to the zoo, but something evil has taken over the family of mandrills at the monkey house. And the werewolf novella, Menacing Shadows: When satanic serial killer Jack Mercy was locked away, he left behind a legacy of murder and a family in ruins. A decade later, the Mercy family has tried to rebuild their lives in White Crag, an affluent ski resort town; but they still live in Jacks infamous shadow. Twin brothers Neal and Michael have little memory of their father before he was incarcerated, but after a harrowing incident with a werewolf in the forest, Neal discovers that his brother is communicating with their father and carrying on his unspeakable legacy. As Neal and his best friend dig deeper, they discover the curse of the werewolf is not nearly finished with the Mercy family or the town of White Crag. Menacing Shadows is an innovative horror collection that presents a combination of scary fairy tales, nightmarish prose poems, and gay horror, ranging in length from flash fiction to full-length novellas.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Author: Rebecca Emberley
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596434937
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his "buggy" band.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596434937
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his "buggy" band.
The Grasshopper Book
Author:
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865346909
Category : Grasshoppers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Bronson's fascinating book about grasshoppers and other related insects--crickets and katydids--reveals how they are equipped for life and how they act from birth to death. Particularly interesting are the incidents and examples that are drawn from his observation of his own insect collection.
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865346909
Category : Grasshoppers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Bronson's fascinating book about grasshoppers and other related insects--crickets and katydids--reveals how they are equipped for life and how they act from birth to death. Particularly interesting are the incidents and examples that are drawn from his observation of his own insect collection.
Across the Green Grass Fields
Author: Seanan McGuire
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250213606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series. “Welcome to the Hooflands. We’re happy to have you, even if you being here means something’s coming.” Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to "Be Sure" before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines—a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes. But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem... A standalone Wayward Children story containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250213606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series. “Welcome to the Hooflands. We’re happy to have you, even if you being here means something’s coming.” Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to "Be Sure" before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines—a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes. But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem... A standalone Wayward Children story containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.