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Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

David Quammen

This collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces takes us to meet kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail ...
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

David Quammen

"David Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today.
The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

David Quammen

Drawing from Darwin's secret 'transmutation' notebooks and his personal letters, David Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.
The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

David Quammen

The Boilerplate Rhino brings together twenty-six of Quammen's most thoughtful and engaging essays from that column, none previously printed in any of his earlier books.
Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart

Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart

David Quammen

Best-selling author David Quammen takes readers on a breathtaking journey through America's most inspiring and imperiled ecosystem--Yellowstone National Park--in this monumental book on America's first national park.
Ebola: The Natural and Human History

Ebola: The Natural and Human History

David Quammen

Here he tells the story of Ebola, its past, present and its unknowable future.
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

David Quammen

Essays discuss bats, octopuses, crows, snakes, cockroaches, dinosaurs, bisons, animal rights, hypothermia, sea cucumbers, black widow spiders, and mosquitoes
Monster Of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of ...

Monster Of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of ...

David Quammen

And Humbaba, whatever his shape, fills the role ofthat dragon. Ascholar of Mesopotamian art,WilfredG. Lambert, hasoffered hisown cautious hypothesis based ona terracotta plaque, datableto the Old Babylonian kingdom before 1600 B.C., ...
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000

David Quammen

Among the acclaimed writers represented in this volume are Richard Preston on "The Demon in the Freezer,” John McPhee bidding "Farewell to the Nineteeth Century,” Oliver Sacks remembering the "Brilliant Light” of his boyhood,and ...
Spillover: Der tierische Ursprung weltweiter Seuchen

Spillover: Der tierische Ursprung weltweiter Seuchen

David Quammen

Seuchen wie AIDS, Ebola und SARS erreichen dank moderner Verkehrsmittel schnell mehrere Kontinente. Ihnen ist eines gemeinsam: Die Erreger sprangen vom Tier auf den Menschen über – der sogenannte Spillover.
Calkins family in America

Calkins family in America

Kenneth Wayne Calkins

... 355 Darrel Earl: 277 Darrel I Lorraine: 306 Darwin: 369 Darwin J.: 294 Daryl Lewis: 399 David: 120 David: 26 David: 7, ... 352 David Farrington: 226 David Hiram: 225 David Hugh Atkins: 146 David Ingalls: 246 David Ingalls: 246,345 David ...
It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

Francesco Borseti

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy; Director: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver”; Writers: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver” (Screenplay) and Phil Groves (Screenplay “ Primal Urge”); Cinematographer: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver”; Editor: Robert ...
Quicklet on David McNally and Karl Speak's Be Your Own ...

Quicklet on David McNally and Karl Speak's Be Your Own ...

Narielle Living

Sources. Brand Tool Box: The Team Dr. Chip Bell: Biography David McNally: The McNally Report, Volume 6 Issue 3 David McNally: Products David McNally: TransForm Corporation Premiere Speakers Bureau: David McNally Bio Consumer ...
The Perfect School

The Perfect School

Paul gGuzalski

“Mi names David Spark and I'm 'ere to do the electrics. David looked steadily into the middle-aged man's face and to be sure it was David Spark. “I don't remember asking for an electrician,” said David not convinced himself. For if he was 70, ...
The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman

The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman

David Lehman

Series Editor David Lehman David Lehman David Wagoner. LANCE LARSEN. Why. do. you. keep. putting. animals. in. your. poems? I open windows to catch a glimpse of grace on the horizon, and in they sneak, coyotes and crows, pikas and  ...
Kingsport Speedway

Kingsport Speedway

David M. McGee

David M. McGee. ingsport s peedway David M. McGee K Copyright © 2015 by David M. McGee ISBN 978-1-4671-1465-3 Published.
David's Journey

David's Journey

David Brody

On December 4, 1999, David was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer.
The Lives of David Brainerd: The Making of an American ...

The Lives of David Brainerd: The Making of an American ...

John A Grigg

Kilby,“David Brainerd,” 180, 185, 190. 82. Richard Hasler, Journey with David Brainerd: Forty Days or Forty Nights with David Brainerd (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1975). 83. Hasler, Journey with David Brainerd, 7–9; Ronald M. Enroth, ...
Mind of a Killer: Blood Smoke

Mind of a Killer: Blood Smoke

DJS

All David has ever known is to take orders, now that the Government has been scrutinised, David is now in the cross hairs. Journey on a rollercoaster ride as David tell his side of the story.
David Wells' Psychic Secrets. David Wells

David Wells' Psychic Secrets. David Wells

David Wells

In his latest incredible work, former Most Haunted presenter David Wells examines real life experiences to uncover the extraordinary truth behind psychic events.
Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology

Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology

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Clark-Carter. and. David. F. Marks. AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER (i) To explain the relative merits of different research designs ... David Clark-Carter and David F Marks Intervention studies: design and analysis David Clark-Carter and David F Marks.
Political Leadership and the Northern Ireland Peace Process: ...

Political Leadership and the Northern Ireland Peace Process: ...

C. Gormley-Heenan

David McKittrick and David McVea, Making Sense of the Troubles (Belfast: Blackstaff, 2000) p. 186. See David McKittrick, 'What are the options for peace?', The Independent (London), 14 February 1996. David Sharrock, 'Preserving the Union' ...
I Am David

I Am David

Anne Holm

. . This is the remarkable story of David's introduction to the world: sea, mountains and flowers, the colours of Italy, the taste of fruit, people laughing and smiling, all are new to David.
Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era

Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era

David Coates

Copyright © David Coates 2000 The right of David Coates to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act ... Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Coates, David.
The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An ...

The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An ...

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An Anthology William L. Andrews. David Bryant Fulton 1863 ❖ 1941 jeehyun lim David Bryant Fulton through fiction, journalism, and autobiographical writing, David. DAVID BRYANT FULTON.
Reports of the Heads of Departments to the Governor of ...

Reports of the Heads of Departments to the Governor of ...

Pennsylvania

No person having received a majority, the Board proceeded to a second vote ; when Mr. Strickland voted for David L. Scott. Mr. Scott " David L. Scott. Mr. Plumer " David L. Scott. So it was Resolved, That David L. Scott be and is hereby ...
Losing Everything

Losing Everything

David Lozell Martin

David Lozell Martin ... Data Martin, David Lozell. Losing everything / David Lozell Martin. p. cm. 1. ProLogUe thE MorE Lost i gEt, thE CLosErto hoME. Martin, David Lozell. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. i. Title. PS3563.
Contemporary Authors: First revision

Contemporary Authors: First revision

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HOLMES, David Charles 1919- ( David Charlson) PERSONAL: Born August 18, 1919, in Spokane, Wash.; son of David Charlson and Maude (Bunce) Holmes; married Virginia Romar, July 15, 1944; children: Dian Carolyn, David C., ...
Second Sons

Second Sons

David Ylhainen

David Ylhainen. were other possibilities, and he was not quick to put a stamp on any of them. It seemed to him that if this guy ... Scanning the list, he let out a deep sigh when he saw the name he already knew would be on it: David Grafton.

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