Download or read book Swarm Before Me written by Samuel Schwisberg and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 5, 1986, Rosa Becker, the estranged common law partner of a successful beekeeper in Eastern Ontario, shot herself in the head and died. That fatal shot reverberated throughout the Canadian legal system when her suicide note revealed she blamed the legal system for forcing her to do it. Despite finally winning a landmark 1980 Supreme Court decision awarding her an equal share in the couple's assets, Rosa never saw a dime of the judgment. By 1986, when it appeared she would finally receive some money after her 12-year legal marathon and the enforced sale of the bee business, the court ordered the much-reduced share of $68,000 be paid in full to her lawyer to cover her legal bills. Despite her many years of paying bills, working and helping to build a successful farm business, Rosa was left with nothing. In desperation, she committed suicide. Writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Dave Brown observed in his review of this book's original manuscript that he never thought anybody would ever be able to make sense of the truck load of paperwork generated by the case, .."but this has been done by Samuel Schwisberg...its an amazing piece of work...Wow ." Swarm Before Me is a thoroughly researched legal history that explores the social and legal issues surrounding a period of enormous changes in Canadian family law and women's rights....

Download or read book The Whispering Swarm written by Michael Moorcock and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost anyone who has read or written Science Fiction or fantasy has been inspired by the work of Michael Moorcock. His literary flair and grand sense of adventure have been evident since his controversial first novel Behold the Man, through the stories and novels featuring his most famous character, Elric of Melniboné, to his fantasy masterpiece, Gloriana, winner of both the Campbell Memorial and World Fantasy, awards for best novel. Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Michael Chabon all cite Moorcock as a major influence; as editor of New Worlds magazine, he helped launch the careers of many of his contemporaries, including Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, and J. G. Ballard. Tor Books now proudly presents Moorcock's first independent novel in nine years, a tale both fantastical and autobiographical, a celebration of London and what it meant to be young there in the years after World War II. The Whispering Swarm is the first in a trilogy that will follow a young man named Michael as he simultaneously discovers himself and a secret realm hidden deep in the heart of London. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Her Majesty s Swarm Volume 1 written by 616th Special Information Battalion and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our protagonist is a college student who enjoys playing as the evil-aligned faction Arachnea in her favorite real-time strategy game. One day, she finds herself in a world similar to the one in the game; additionally, her body is now that of a fourteen-year-old girl. While things are a bit different from how they were in the game, one element has remained the same: she is the leader of the Arachnea. The insects under her control, collectively known as the Swarm, praise her and implore her to lead them to victory. In order to survive, she raises her Swarm and forms friendly relations with the elves of the neighboring forest. But after a slaver traveling through the forest murders one of her Swarm and the nearby kingdom's knights burn down the elven village and massacre its people, she prepares to launch her counterattacks in the name of revenge. However, revenge is merely a pretense for attacking the countries of this world. Her command is masterful and severe, as one who has played the game in real life...

Download or read book Swarming and Its Control and Prevention written by L. E. Snelgrove and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snelgrove brought a fund of practical ideas to the craft which was underlined by a great idea of research much of which has been left in his published works. Swarming, its control and prevention is still after 90 ears a great resource for beekeepers

Download or read book The Marbled Swarm written by Dennis Cooper and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From literary cult hero Dennis Cooper comes his most haunting work to date. “An American master…. Cooper is the most important transgressive literary artist since Burroughs.” --Salon In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is “the marbled swarm” itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son. Cooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and haute cuisine obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator stalks an elusive truth, traveling from the French countryside to Paris and back again, the reader will be seduced by a voice only Dennis Cooper could create.

Download or read book Honeybee Democracy written by Thomas D. Seeley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How honeybees make collective decisions—and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process Honeybees make decisions collectively—and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees. In the late spring and early summer, as a bee colony becomes overcrowded, a third of the hive stays behind and rears a new queen, while a swarm of thousands departs with the old queen to produce a daughter colony. Seeley describes how these bees evaluate potential nest sites, advertise their discoveries to one another, engage in open deliberation, choose a final site, and navigate together—as a swirling cloud of bees—to their new home. Seeley investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years, and he considers similarities between the ways that bee swarms and primate brains process information. He concludes that what works well for bees can also work well for people: any decision-making group should consist of individuals with shared interests and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and the majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution. An impressive exploration of animal behavior, Honeybee Democracy shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human, can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them.

Download or read book The Journal of Horticulture Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman written by George W Johnson, FRHS, and Robert Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Her Majesty s Swarm Volume 4 written by 616th Special Information Battalion and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After subjugating three countries, Grevillea sets her sights on her next target: the supreme military power and land of swooping wyverns, the Nyrnal Empire. In order to secure a path into the country, she must first seize the neighboring Eastern Trade Union. The Union’s capital city of Khalkha is a paradise where any and all pleasures are within arm’s reach—but when Grevillea and Emperor Maximilian vie for supremacy, will its utopian streets run red with blood? The Arachnea and the Empire, the two remaining great powers on the continent, clash for the right to rule. As Grevillea’s secrets are dragged out into the light, the story hurtles toward its climax!

Download or read book The Journal of Horticulture Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman written by George W. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Illinois State Bee keepers Association written by Illinois State Bee-keepers' Association and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members.

Download or read book Children of Prophecy written by Glynn Stewart and published by Glynn Stewart. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An age in the past, the world’s two greatest Mages fought a bloody war to a draw that slew them both. In the time since, the Kingdom of Vishni has known quiet, and the Swarm beyond the mountains has grown in strength and numbers. Now, with the Time of Prophecy at hand, dark forces move to fulfil ancient visions. Two men, born to poverty but bearing the blood of those ancient Mages, will rise to decide the fate of both Swarm and Kingdom as the fires of this ancient conflict rise anew.

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Download or read book Her Majesty s Swarm Volume 3 written by 616th Special Information Battalion and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grevillea, Queen of the Arachnea, has rapidly decimated the Kingdom of Maluk and now the Dukedom of Schtraut. After receiving troubling reports that the shores of her newly obtained territory are being raided, she investigates the matter. She discovers that these raiders are pirates under the command of a female captain named Isabelle. The pirates belong to a colony on the island of Atlantica, and they are a formidable faction not to be trifled with. Grevillea conspires with Isabelle and improves her navy. Strengthened by this partnership, she aims to plunge the Popedom of Frantz into the depths of despair...