Download or read book A Stillness in the Pines written by Robert W. McFarlane and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the endangerment of the rare red-cockaded woodpecker and its habitat.
Download or read book A Stillness in the Pines written by Neil MacNeill and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture yourself lost in the wilderness, with no way to communicate with the outside world, and no idea what dangers lurk in the darkness? Follow the story of Joe Scarpone, a plain-spoken man with a heart of gold, as he embarks on a journey that will change his life forever. A detour off the main road sets him and a group of strangers on a course through the heart of the Pine Barrens. As they travel deeper into the wilderness, their cell signal and navigation fail them, leaving them stranded and alone. But the worst is yet to come. They watch in horror as an airliner crashes into the woods, leaving them with no way of knowing the fate of humanity beyond the dirt roads, stunted trees, and murky swamps of South Jersey. Isolated and scared, Joe and his companions must navigate the dangers of the Pines while trying to figure out who to trust and who to fear. As night falls and the predators of the forest come alive, tensions rise, and the group's secrets begin to spill out. In the pre-dawn hours, a shot rings out, and someone falls dead. Will their shocking secret come to light, or will it be forever buried in the stillness of the Pines? A Stillness in the Pines" is a gripping and mysterious tale of survival, trust and betrayal that will keep you guessing until the very end. "This was a fascinating mystery thriller from start-to-finish. I couldn't put it down. The overriding question for the reader is, 'What would you do if you were in the protagonist's shoes?' I highly recommend this dystopian tale for our times." - Charles Levin, Amazon Bestselling Author of the Not So Dead Series Get your copy today and experience the mysteries of the Pine Barrens like you've never imagined.
Download or read book Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana written by Hayley Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study examines the Camp Livingston site of Japanese alien internment in Louisiana during World War II. The authors analyze the experiences of one extended family and the trauma, uncertainty, and injustice they experienced"--
Download or read book Looking for Longleaf written by Lawrence S. Earley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too late? In Looking for Longleaf, Lawrence S. Earley explores the history of these forests and the astonishing biodiversity of the longleaf ecosystem, drawing on extensive research and telling the story through first-person travel accounts and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. For centuries, these vast grass-covered forests provided pasture for large cattle herds, in addition to serving as the world's greatest source of naval stores. They sustained the exploitative turpentine and lumber industries until nearly all of the virgin longleaf had vanished. Looking for Longleaf demonstrates how, in the twentieth century, forest managers and ecologists struggled to understand the special demands of longleaf and to halt its overall decline. The compelling story Earley tells here offers hope that with continued human commitment, the longleaf pine might not just survive, but once again thrive.
Download or read book Uncovering the Codes written by Kim Yol-kyu and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovering the Codes: Fifteen Keywords in Korean Culture is a cultural guide to what is unique about Koreans and their way of life. The questions raised in this book range from the mundane to the spiritual, each touching on the essence of Korea's 5,000-year-old culture: Why is a Korean spoon flat and round, not oval? Why do Korean women pray to a bowl of water? Why do Koreans eat dog meat? Kim Yol-kyu, a renowned scholar of Korean folklore and literature, carefully digs up the answers embedded deep in centuries-old customs. Quoting from a wide scope of references, from ancient mythology to Merleau-Ponty and Levi-Strauss, Kim unearths the fascinating connections between the past and the present. Kim is Dignified Professor of Korean Studies at Keimyung University in Daegu, Korea, where he also directs the Academia Koreana.
Download or read book Iron in the Pines written by Arthur Dudley Pierce and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the heart of southern New Jersey lies an area of some 96,000 acres of sprawling wilderness. It is the famous Wharton Tract which the state of New Jersey purchased in 1954 for a watershed, game preserve, and park. Many people know and love these wooded acres. Each year, people by the thousands visit Batsto Village, once the center of the iron industry that thrived on the tract more than a century ago. With warmth and accuracy, Arthur D. Pierce tells the story of the years when iron was king, and around it rose a rustic feudal economy. There were glass factories, paper mills, cotton mills, and brickmaking establishments. Here, too, were men who made those years exciting: Benedict Arnold and his first step toward treason; Charles Read, who dreamed of an empire and died in exile; Revolutionary heroes and heroines, privateers, and rogues. The author's vivid pictures of day-to-day life in the old iron communities are based upon careful research. This book proves that the human drama of documented history belies any notion that fiction is stranger than truth.
Download or read book Endangered Species Conservation Programs at Fort Bragg North Carolina and at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Virginia Beach Virginia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Still In One Peace written by Ronald William Cadmus and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is about more than surviving just in one piece. Regardless of our circumstances, we can be strong, hopeful and secure, discovering we can live each moment, confront every struggle and handle any adversity and find ourselves living Still, in One Peace.
Download or read book Whispers in the Pines written by Joanna Burger and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, naturalist Joanna Burger takes us on a series of delightful trips through the Pine Barrens. From the Albany Pine Bush, the Long Island Barrens, and the New Jersey Pine Barrens in the Northeast, to the pinelands of South Carolina and Florida, Burger describes in lively detail how these habitats have come to harbor such a unique assemblage of species. She introduces us to amphibians and reptiles, neotropical migrants and other birds, and a range of common and unusual mammals. Burger also traces the regions' historic and geologic backgrounds, and the impact of human occupation from the time of the paleo-Indians to the present. She revisits the tension between development and preservation, reminding us that a healthy pine barren region requires uninterrupted land and rejuvenating fires, both of which are increasingly jeopardized. Whispers in the Pines is essential reading for everyone concerned with the history and preservation of these unique landscapes and their wildlife.
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Download or read book A Stillness at Appomattox written by Bruce Catton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • America's foremost Civil War historian recounts the final year of the Civil War in his final volume of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy. Bruce Catton takes the reader through the battles of the Wilderness, the Bloody Angle, Cold Harbot, the Crater, and on through the horrible months to one moment at Appomattox. Grant, Meade, Sheridan, and Lee vividly come to life in all their failings and triumphs.
Download or read book The Gaspards of Pine Croft written by Ralph Connor and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gaspards of Pine Croft is a novel by Ralph Connor. Connor was a Canadian novelist and church leader, depicting here the story of a young boy who lives his life by the Bible and is thrown on a set of adventures. Excerpt: "Young Paul Gaspard was eager to be gone for a run up the mountain at the back of the bungalow. Had he known how very nearly the eager light in his grey eyes and the eager emotion quivering in his angel-like face—for so his foolish mother saw it—was to breaking down the resolution that was hardening his mother's voice, he would have turned the full batteries of eyes and face upon her and won."
Download or read book Things New and Strange written by G. Wayne Clough and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the South. Soon after retiring from the Smithsonian, Clough decided to see what the Smithsonian collections could tell him about South Georgia, where he had spent most of his childhood in the 1940s and 1950s. The investigations that followed, which began as something of a quixotic scavenger hunt, expanded as Clough discovered that the collections had many more objects and documents from South Georgia than he had imagined. These objects illustrate important aspects of southern culture and history and also inspire reflections about how South Georgia has changed over time. Clough’s discoveries—animal, plant, fossil, and rock specimens, along with cultural artifacts and works of art—not only serve as a springboard for reflections about the region and its history, they also bring Clough’s own memories of his boyhood in Douglas, Georgia, back to life. Clough interweaves memories of his own experiences, such as hair-raising escapes from poisonous snakes and selling boiled peanuts for a nickel a bag at the annual auction of the tobacco crop, with anecdotes from family lore, which launches an exploration of his forebears and their place in South Georgia history. In following his engaging and personal narrative, we learn how nonspecialists can use museum archives and how family, community, and natural history are intertwined.
Download or read book Ecology of North America written by Brian R. Chapman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America contains an incredibly diverse array of naturalenvironments, each supporting unique systems of plant and animallife. These systems, the largest of which are biomes, formintricate webs of life that have taken millennia to evolve. Thisrichly illustrated book introduces readers to this extraordinaryarray of natural communities and their subtle biological andgeological interactions. Completely revised and updated throughout, the second edition ofthis successful text takes a qualitative, intuitive approach to thesubject, beginning with an overview of essential ecological termsand concepts, such as competitive exclusion, taxa, niches, andsuccession. It then goes on to describe the major biomes andcommunities that characterize the rich biota of the continent,starting with the Tundra and continuing with Boreal Forest,Deciduous Forest, Grasslands, Deserts, Montane Forests, andTemperature Rain Forest, among others. Coastal environments,including the Laguna Madre, seagrasses, Chesapeake Bay, and barrierislands appear in a new chapter. Additionally, the book covers manyunique features such as pitcher plant bogs, muskeg, the polar icecap, the cloud forests of Mexico, and the LaBrea tar pits.“Infoboxes” have been added; these include biographiesof historical figures who provided significant contributions to thedevelopment of ecology, unique circumstances such as frogs andinsects that survive freezing, and conservation issues such asthose concerning puffins and island foxes. Throughout the text,ecological concepts are worked into the text; these includebiogeography, competitive exclusion, succession, soil formation,and the mechanics of natural selection. Ecology of North America 2e is an ideal first text forstudents interested in natural resources, environmental science,and biology, and it is a useful and attractive addition to thelibrary of anyone interested in understanding and protecting thenatural environment.
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Download or read book The Gold Trail written by Harold Bindloss and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Gold Trail', by Harold Bindloss begins with the story of Stirling, a contractor who undertakes the challenging railroad work in Western Canada. When he receives a message that the construction crew is stopping because there is no bottom to the swamp, he is outraged and decides to go there himself. Along with his daughter and her English friends, they take a private car on the Pacific express and head west. Meanwhile, construction foreman Cassidy and his team are struggling to build the railroad through the giant ranges and muskegs of British Columbia. The work is tough and tempers are short.
