Download or read book Trees written by Tony Russell and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well illustrated tree encyclopedia with information on types, distribution, and identification.

Download or read book Spying on the South written by Tony Horwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz. With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times. For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman," the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. His vivid dispatches about the lives and beliefs of Southerners were revelatory for readers of his day, and Yeoman's remarkable trek also reshaped the American landscape, as Olmsted sought to reform his own society by creating democratic spaces for the uplift of all. The result: Central Park and Olmsted's career as America's first and foremost landscape architect. Tony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country? In search of answers, and his own adventures, Horwitz follows Olmsted's tracks and often his mode of transport (including muleback): through Appalachia, down the Mississippi River, into bayou Louisiana, and across Texas to the contested Mexican borderland. Venturing far off beaten paths, Horwitz uncovers bracing vestiges and strange new mutations of the Cotton Kingdom. Horwitz's intrepid and often hilarious journey through an outsized American landscape is a masterpiece in the tradition of Great Plains, Bad Land, and the author's own classic, Confederates in the Attic.

Download or read book Guardians Of The Apple Tree Seedlings written by Larry Whitler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guardians Of The Apple Tree Seedlings" is a series of thirty one essays centered around the nurturing and caring for apple tree seedlings which serves as a metaphor for the inner potential within all of us.

Download or read book Mr Mrs Riveria written by Liberty Dendron and published by Lafayette Anthony Johnson/ Mambabooks & Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. & Mrs. Riveria is a dramatic, hair-raising adventure, alive with extraordinary people only Liberty Dendron can weave into the strange and exotic world of Virginia and the Caribbean. Catalina Riveria had a normal life. A life filled with family, friends, and a warm bed to sleep in, that was before she ran into her husband. It was the night before they were abducted and chased. Now she's lost everything and living on the streets, struggling to stay alive one more day. But it won’t be easy. Not when people want to kill her, cops want to arrest her. Justin’s’ career was everything a spy aspired, and his personal life was a brutal illustration of everything a spy is asked to sacrifice. Justin had few enduring non-work friendships only contacts and acquaintances. His prolonged absences had destroyed his marriage and he felt intense guilt. Sworn to secrecy and constantly driven by ulterior motives, he was a man with secrets wherever he went.

Download or read book Thicker Than Water written by Sally Spencer and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's good to have Monika back, doing what she does best' - Kirkus Starred Review DCI Monika Paniatowski investigates a case that could be the making – or, more likely, breaking – of her career DCI Monika Paniatowski has only been back from maternity leave for three days when she is called in to investigate a nightmare of a case. Not only is the murder victim a mother of three small children, but her husband is a wealthy politician. Monika knows that if she can’t make a quick arrest her career is on the line. It’s lucky, then, that within minutes of meeting Councillor Danbury, she has a bruised face – and a prime suspect. But then the case takes a nasty twist, and suddenly the investigation is national news. Monika’s sure she has the right man – but how to prove it? Particularly when she’s under pressure from her superiors to arrest anyone other than Councillor Danbury, president of the golf club and friend of her chief constable . . .

Download or read book The Space Between Trees written by Katie Williams and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not your everyday coming-of-age novel. This story was supposed to be about Evie—how she hasn't made a friend in years, how she tends to stretch the truth (especially about her so-called relationship with college drop-out Jonah Luks), and how she finally comes into her own once she learns to just be herself—but it isn't. Because when her classmate Elizabeth "Zabet" McCabe's murdered body is found in the woods, everything changes—and Evie's life is never the same again.

Download or read book The Chef Who Lost His Salsa written by Georgia Spanos and published by Gi Press. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Chef Who Lost His Salsa’ the book by Georgia Spanos: Illustrated by the amazing Maddison Kitching, this book features five short stories written by Georgia Spanos; The Chef Who Lost His Salsa being one. Each story follows a character that lives an ordinary life, but has reached a crossroads. They then quest to uncover their true desires through adventurous, creative, and at times magical paths. Stories include: The Leaf That Never Fell, The Chef Who Lost His Salsa, Stop 36, Punk Is Not Dead, and Lolita’s Chatty Casa. This is the first edition of more to come.

Download or read book Fantasy written by Raynetta Manees and published by Raynetta Manees. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On A Fantasy Cruise… When struggling singer, the beautiful plus size Sameerah Clark landed a job on the Fantasy cruise liner, she thought she was the main act – not a mere backup vocalist for singing idol Tony Harmon. Angry at the unexpected turn of events, she blurts out her frustration. But Tony isn't offended. In fact, he's nothing less than intrigued by this fiery, sexy woman with a voice as smooth as melted honey. When he invites her onstage to sing a duet with him – a duet that he ends with a bold kiss–desire courses through Sameerah's blood… A Real Love Sets Sail…. Docked in Puerto Rico Sameerah and Tony spend a magical afternoon and a sexy, steamy night together. Sameerah is impressed at just how down-to-earth this megastar really is until she spots him in an embrace with the woman on the ship's deck. But despite what she has witnessed Sameerah can't quite convince herself that Tony is just another playboy celebrity – not after the electrifying connection they shared. But will her intuition be enough to overcome the jealous agendas that threaten to keep the two soul mates apart?

Download or read book The Ironwood Tree written by Tony DiTerlizzi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves try to entrap Jared. Why is the entire faerie world so eager to get their hands on Spiderwick's Guide? And will the Grace kids be left alone, now that the Guide has mysteriously disappeared? Don't count on it. At school, someone is running around pretending to be Jared, and it's not Simon. To make matters even worse, now Mallory has disappeared and something foul in the water is killing off all the plants and animals for miles around. Clues point to the old abandoned quarry, just outside of town. Dwarves have taken over an abandoned mine there. And the faerie world's abuzz with the news that a creature with plans to rule the world has offered them a gift to join with him -- he's given them a queen...

Download or read book Perilous Summer written by Carol Randy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the common thread that links fraud, assault, extortion, murder and a twelve-year-old boy on the brink of incarceration in a Juvenile Detention Center? Doctor John Knight is helping the widow of an old friend save her home after a mysterious email pops up on her computer from a man claiming to be her deceased husband's son. This is just the beginning of a series of events and crimes that will have an effect on his own household. The perilous summer brings permanent changes into the lives of those it touches...some good and some bad. Evil and greed are the driving forces behind the crimes. It is Tony, a kid with a rap sheet, who brings about the biggest changes in John and Kathy's loves and who unwittingly draws danger right into their backyard. Who is really behind it all and how many are there? These are the questions that plague John as he works to protect his family, unravel the mysteries and help the police put a stop to the crime wave.

Download or read book Return to the Brain of Eden written by Tony Wright and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of our fall from the pinnacle of human evolution 200,000 years ago and how we can begin our return • Explores recent neurological and psychological research on the brain and the role of plant biochemistry in human brain expansion • Explains how humanity’s prehistoric diet change led to a neurodegenerative condition characterized by aggression and a fearful perception of the world • Outlines a strategy of raw foods, tantric sexuality, shamanic practices, and entheogens to reverse our mental degeneration and restore our advanced abilities Over a period of a million years the human brain expanded at an increasingly rapid rate, and then, 200,000 years ago, the expansion abruptly stopped. Modern science has overlooked this in order to maintain that we are at the pinnacle of our evolution. However, the halt in brain expansion explains not only recently uncovered anomalies within the human brain but also the global traditions of an earthly paradise lost and of humanity’s degeneration from our original state of perpetual wonder and joy. Drawing on more than 20 years of research, authors Tony Wright and Graham Gynn explore how our modern brains are performing far below their potential and how we can unlock our higher abilities and return to the euphoria of Eden. They explain how for millions of years early forest-dwelling humans were primarily consuming the hormone-rich sex organs of plants--fruit--each containing a highly complex biochemical cocktail evolved to influence DNA transcription, rapid brain development, and elevated neural and pineal gland activity. Citing recent neurological and psychological studies, the authors explain how the loss of our symbiotic fruit-based diet led to a progressive neurodegenerative condition characterized by aggressive behaviors, a fearful perception of the world, and the suppression of higher artistic, mathematical, and spiritual abilities. The authors show how many shamanic and spiritual traditions were developed to counteract our decline. They outline a strategy of raw foods, tantric sexuality, shamanic practices, and entheogen use to reverse our degeneration, restore our connection with the plant world, and regain the bliss and peace of the brain of Eden.

Download or read book Karma written by Sadhguru and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Full of valuable insights to guide you.”—WILL SMITH “Thoughtful and life-affirming . . . a must-read.”—TONY ROBBINS “This book will put you back in charge of your own life.”—TOM BRADY A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of “karma” that offers the key to happiness and enlightenment, from the world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru. What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins. The mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action: your action, your responsibility. It isn’t some external system of crime and punishment, but an internal cycle generated by you. Accumulation of karma is determined only by your intention and the way you respond to what is happening to you. Over time, it’s possible to become ensnared by your own unconscious patterns of behavior. In Karma, Sadhguru seeks to put you back in the driver’s seat, turning you from a terror-struck passenger to a confident driver navigating the course of your own destiny. By living consciously and fully inhabiting each moment, you can free yourself from the cycle. Karma is an exploration and a manual, restoring our understanding of karma to its original potential for freedom and empowerment instead of a source of entanglement. Through Sadhguru’s teachings, you will learn how to live intelligently and joyfully in a challenging world.

Download or read book The Tree of Death written by Marcia Muller and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 2011 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Museum of Mexican Arts in Santa Barbara has the usual problems-chronic budget deficits and wealthy patrons who like to meddle. When Isabel Cunningham, descendant of one of the oldest Spanish land-grant families, donates a garish Tree of Life, the museum's greedy director accepts at once. Frank De Palma knows how to curry favor and raise funds, but in matters of taste, Elena Oliverez recognizes his limitations. The young curator despises the huge ceramic object and considers it an eyesore, while Frank views it as the key to future donations from a very rich patron. In addition, Frank's pompous, vain manner is as offensive as his lack of respect for good art. On the eve of the opening of the museum's new quarters, Frank is found crushed beneath the monstrosity he acquired. Elena Oliverez is every one's suspect. The continual feuding between Elena and her boss was public knowledge, and everyone had heard her threats when Frank forced the unpopular tree into the museum's permanent collection. Despite Frank's murder, the museum's opening proceeds as scheduled. Later, when Elena is made acting director, she's even more a key suspect. So the art historian turns sleuth, poking through Frank's files and puzzling over a long string of clues. All too soon she's convinced that the murderer is close by... and ready to strike again Now Elena's problem is to convince a skeptical police department that her deductions are valid. Lt. Kirk disregards key clues: several suspects have a history of suffering at Frank De Palma's hands and may have scores to settle; a museum employee has been taking a number of mysterious trips of late. The Tree of Death is rich in Southern California lore and features an inside look at what happens behind the scenes in the world of fine arts. It also introduces us to a clever young Mexican-American heroine, whose lively curiosity and love for Spanish art and history make for a memorable amateur sleuth.

Download or read book Faery Worlds written by Anthea Sharp and published by Fiddlehead Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six full-length novels – each the first book in six fan-favorite series by bestselling, award-winning fantasy authors! Discover the many worlds of Faerie in these novels filled with love, adventure, and – of course – Fae Magic. (best for readers 14 and up)

Download or read book Magic Trees of the Mind written by Marian Diamond and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child's brain, vastly increasing the number of neuron branches—the "magic trees of the mind"—that help us to learn, think, and remember. At each stage of development, the brain's ability to gain new skills and process information is refined. As a leading researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Marion Diamond has been a pioneer in this field of research. Now, Diamond and award-winning science writer Janet Hopson present a comprehensive enrichment program designed to help parents prepare their children for a lifetime of learning.

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Download or read book The Civil Sleuths S1 Crimson Cicatrices written by Ujas Dhami and published by Ujas Dhami. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered what it's like to fight the most elite criminals of the era being a defenseless civilian? This is what The Civil Sleuths is about, where the law is just an illusion, and everything else, is being put the mozz on, by transgression. The art of crime has evinced itself, affecting thousands and their households, wherein one misconduct, ignited a flame of fulmination towards the outlaws. The book is the journey of a few people, who also were affected by this storm of misery, and decided to take this all to themselves, with one collective motto, crossing swords with the sharpest masterminds with one brain and no protection. 'The Game' is what the civilians get themselves into, built for them by the vicious. Read about the thrilling friction between the marionette and the marionettists, in the game of deception, bewilderment, and barbarism. Note: All the chapters are interconnected to one another. The clues and information from one chapter is justified/used as a reference in the upcoming ones. Make sure to remember the same or make notes about the same.