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Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

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... Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lamberton, Ken, 1958- Beyond desert walls : essays from prison / Ken Lamberton ; illustrations by Ken Lamberton. p. cm. isbn 0-8165-2354-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8165-2356-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1.
Getting Over the Color Green: Contemporary Environmental ...

Getting Over the Color Green: Contemporary Environmental ...

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Reprinted with permission. ken lamberton, "Of Pinacate Beetles and Beaches." Copyright © 1995 by Ken Lamberton. Originally published in Southwestern American Literature 21, no. 1 (Fall 1995). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness

Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness

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... Borders of Wildness. Chiricahua NAountains Bridging the Borders of Wildness TEXT BY Ken Lamberton PHOTO GRAPHS BY Jeff Garton The University of Arizona Press Tucson The University of Arizona Press © 2003 Ken Lamberton First.
Wilderness and Razor Wire

Wilderness and Razor Wire

Ken Lamberton

A former science teacher and inmate in the Arizona State Prison presents a study of the natural world as seen from within the prison walls.
Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics ...

Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics ...

Ken Lamberton

This is the final book of LambertonÕs trilogy about the twelve years he spent in prison. Readers of his earlier books will savor this last volume.
Plutarch

Plutarch

Robert Lamberton

Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked and discusses his family relationships, background, education and political career, then analyzes his writings.
The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide

The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide

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KeN LAmBertON Ghost Cat: On Being Haunted by Mountain Lions There it is again. In the wet sand at the margin of the pool, right beside the clear Vibram pattern of my boot. And it wasn't here when I walked this slick-rock grotto at sunrise.
Chasing Arizona: One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand ...

Chasing Arizona: One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand ...

Ken Lamberton

I'm surprised and pleased to see that my friend Jim Kristofic has adopted a sandhill crane (déłí) to help the park feed and care for it. It's name is Carrie. Since the Navajo don't have a word for “pet,” I wonder how this kind of animal sponsorship ...
Dry River: Stories of Life, Death, and Redemption on the ...

Dry River: Stories of Life, Death, and Redemption on the ...

Ken Lamberton

At once a fascinating cultural history lesson and an important reminder that learning from the past can help us fix what we have damaged, Dry River is both a story about the amazing complexity of this troubled desert waterway and a ...
Let There be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark

Let There be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark

Paul Bogard

NIGHT TIME KEN LAMBERTON The first night after I got out of prison, I realized I had become afraid of the dark. I was lying in bed and my wife turned out the lights . I thought I had gone blind, as if a simple flip of a switch had severed my optic ...
Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World

Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World

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When Ken Lamberton published his first book, Wilderness and Razor Wire ( Mercury House, 2000), the San Francisco Chronicle called it “entirely original: an edgy, ferocious, subtly complex collection of essays.” The book won the 2002 John ...
Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr.

A. R. Schaefer

I didn't want to live. —Ken Griffey Jr., The Seattle Times, 1992 dipped to .230. He missed his friends and his family. He called home almost every day. Alberta came to Washington to visit Ken. His mother's visit helped make Ken feel less lonely.
Ken Sprayson: The Frame Man

Ken Sprayson: The Frame Man

Ken Sprayson

This is Ken Sprayson's personal account of his life from his early days through his long service with Reynolds to his time as a consultant on welding and fabricating in tubing.
The English dialect dictionary

The English dialect dictionary

J. Wright

BODGE, 531.1 Ken. Sur. Sus. [bodg] 1. A flat oblong scuttle or basket, of wood or iron, used for carrying garden produce, coal, refuse, &c. Ken. A so called trug ( P.M.); (W.H.E.); Ken.I The bodgc now An ill omen. [Not known holds an indefinite  ...
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Ken Robinson

How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica. FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING THINKERS || CREAT WITY AND INNOVATION T H E E L E MENT A NEW view OF |-|UMAN CAPAC IT Y - * KEN ...
Stagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for ...

Stagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for ...

Rita Kogler Carver

Avolites. © Avolites. © High End Systems. © Sea Changer. © City Theatrical, Inc. Image courtesy of Ken Billington. Image courtesy of Ken Billington. Image courtesy of Ken Billington. Image courtesy of Ken Billington. Image courtesy of D. M. ...
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an ...

People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an ...

Kathleen Schmitt Kline

FISH TALE: KEN CORBETT AND HAZE DIEMELQHI— CAT AND MOUSE KEN CORBETT Ken Corbett grew up in Chilton, Wisconsin, on the east side of Lake Winnebago, and he got his start as a warden in Clintonville, along the Embarrass  ...
Corpus, Culture, Discourse

Corpus, Culture, Discourse

Tamsin Sanderson

Hyland, Ken. 1999a. “Disciplinary Discourse: Writer Stance in Research Articles”. In Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices, Christopher Candlin and Ken Hyland ( eds), 99-121. Essex : Longman. Hyland, Ken. 1999b. “Academic Attribution: ...
Academic Discourse Across Disciplines

Academic Discourse Across Disciplines

Marina Bondi

Hyland, Ken 1997. Scientific Claims and Community Values: Articulating an Academic Culture. Language and Communication 16, 19-32. Hyland, Ken 1998a . Hedging in Scientific Research Articles. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Hyland, Ken ...
The Essential Ken Blanchard Collection

The Essential Ken Blanchard Collection

Ken Blanchard

In Lead with Luv, Blanchard and Southwest Airlines’ Colleen Barrett help you achieve amazing results by leading with love! From world-renowned organizational leaders and innovators Ken Blanchard, Garry Ridge, and Colleen Barrett
Crunch!: A History of the Great American Potato Chip

Crunch!: A History of the Great American Potato Chip

Dirk Burhans

143 “Mr. Martin had one route”: “WHP Legends of Success series by John Resnick; interview of Ken Potter” (audiocassette). 143 For three nights a week: interviews with Ken Potter. 144 “Everybody copied what I did”: Ken Potter interview, July ...
Ken Hom's Top 100 Stir Fry Recipes

Ken Hom's Top 100 Stir Fry Recipes

Ken Hom

Ken Hom brings us 100 inspired recipes for stir fries which are easy-to-follow, delicious dishes designed to appeal to all palates.
The Lie: Evolution/millions of Years

The Lie: Evolution/millions of Years

Ken Ham

Already Compromised — Ken Ham and Greg Hall, with Britt Beemer (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2011). AiG president Ken Ham and college president Dr. Greg Hall team up for this eye-opening assessment of what administrators and ...
Mapping Academic Values in the Disciplines: A Corpus-based ...

Mapping Academic Values in the Disciplines: A Corpus-based ...

Davide S. Giannoni

Hyland, Ken 1997. Scientific Claims and Community Values: Articulating an Academic Culture. Language and Communication 17/1, 19-31. Hyland, Ken 1998. Hedging in Scientific Research Articles. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Hyland, Ken ...
A Journey of Love and Miracles: Traveling through Cancer ...

A Journey of Love and Miracles: Traveling through Cancer ...

Ken; Pat Birt

Traveling through Cancer with the Patient and the Caregiver Ken; Pat Birt ... But now, knowing that Pat had stage 4 colon cancer and that statistics dictated a life expectancy of a year, Ken and Pat can only thank their God and all the doctors, family and friends who were so instrumental in theirjourney. Ken and Pat know that every cancer story doesn't have a happy ending. Statistics state that 570,199 cancer deaths will occur in 2012. Courage through the journey can be a happy story ...
Birds of the Athenian Agora

Birds of the Athenian Agora

Robert Lamberton

The book ends with a field guide to species likely to be seen on a visit to the Agora archaeological park today.
Eco Skyscrapers II:

Eco Skyscrapers II:

Ken Yeang

Ken Yeang remains one of the world's foremost experts on sustainability and the modern skyscraper.
Ken Potter

Ken Potter

Gordon McClelland

"This book commemorates the life and art of Ken Potter, one of the premier California Style watercolor artists of the 20th Century.
Hesiod

Hesiod

Robert Lamberton

The reading of Hesiod offered here does not stress his value as a historical, mythological, or theological source, although these issues are fraught with difficulties that require at least a provisional resolution in order for the poems to ...
Resolving Everyday Conflict

Resolving Everyday Conflict

Ken Sande

With the proven advice in this book, authors Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson show you how to achieve not only a cease-fire but also unity and harmony.

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