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Inspirational reflections on the art of teaching from the acclaimed essayist and teacher who inspired Dead Poets Society.
Sam Pickering has been teaching for more than forty years. As a young English teacher at Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee, his musings on literature and his maverick pedagogy touched a student named Tommy Schulman, who later wrote the screenplay for Dead Poets Society. Pickering went on to teach at Dartmouth and the University...
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A vibrant, family-friendly guide to the unexpected nature found in and around Philadelphia.
Philadelphia may seem like a concrete jungle, but in reality, it's full of amazing wildlife. You just need to know where to find it! Equal parts natural history, field guide, and trip planner, Wild Philly has something for everyone. This handy yet extensive guide looks at the factors that shape local nature and profiles over 100 local species, from beautiful...
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Based on the Port St. Lucie Legend
What drives someone to kill? Is it something within them, or an outside force that influences them?
One of Florida's most overlooked serial killers (Gerard John Schaefer) wrought havoc along the Treasure Coast and Hutchinson Island in the 1970s. His reign of terror consisted of unspeakable acts of torture, rape, and murder by an ancient oak tree. He hanged people there, buried their bodies, and came back often...
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Find peace and stillness among the flowers with this lovely pocket guide to observing, identifying, and appreciating wild blooms.
Explore the charmed world of flora with this delightful flower book, part of the Pocket Nature series. Learn when and where to look for wildflowers, how to identify different varieties, and what flowers can teach us, from fireweed's resilience to dandelion's adaptability.
This petite guidebook also offers creative ideas...
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Meet Daniel Chesterfield, a 6'7" foul mouthed straight arrow with a trite sense of humor and deep love and respect for law, order, and justice. Trading in his detective shield in Palm Beach County, Florida for a Sheriff's badge in the rural town of Cowbell, Montana, Dan is assigned to take over the Bear Creek County Sheriff's Office Sub-Station. Doesn't sound like much of a challenge for a lawman, right?
Except that none of the deputies have ever...
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Experience the magic and excitement of the holiday season like never before with "2023 Pre-Christmas and After-Christmas." This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the festive period, from the days leading up to Christmas to the enchanting days that follow, offering an abundance of ideas, inspiration, and practical tips to make this year's celebrations truly extraordinary.
As the anticipation builds, delve into the pre-Christmas preparations...
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Maine by Design
Celebrate the rugged, resourceful, eco-conscious Maine aesthetic and get a master class from Remodelista in translating this style into your own home. Tour ten exceptional, beautifully photographed houses, and discover the details that make a Maine house a Maine house-from floors painted in glossy boat paint to artful displays of nature-walk finds. Also included: simple, seasonal DIY projects, like fragrant balsam pillows; tips...
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Storey Publishing
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[2023]
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"How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying is a book for anyone who likes to go on nature walks and would like to learn about the edible plants they're most likely to come across-no matter what region they're in. Author Ellen Zachos shares her considerable expertise, acquired over decades of foraging in every part of North America. She offers clear, concise descriptions of edible wild plants, in addition to any potential lookalikes, as well as critical...
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Little Simon
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2023.
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"With sweet, rhyming text and beautiful art that will transport you to the lake, this heartfelt board book celebrates the best things about enjoying lake life with the ones you love. Whether it's feeding ducks, looking for fish, or enjoying a peaceful nature walk, this cozy story proves that the best thing about lake life is making precious memories with the ones you love that last long after you leave the shore"--
31) Milo walking
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Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.
32) Walking with Nature Spirits: How to Connect with the Power of the Land and Nature through Spirit
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In Walking with Nature Spirits I share how to develop a collaborative relationship with nature spirits and nature in order to create a rooted and embodied life.Nature spirits are unlike any other kind of spirit you can work with. They don't care about making pacts or bargains. Their focus is on taking care of nature and if you want to work with them you have to shift your approach to spirit work in a way that will seem radical and yet can help you...
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Without a map, navigate by the stars. Susan Tweit began learning this lesson as a young woman diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that was predicted to take her life in two to five years. Offered no clear direction for getting well through conventional medicine, Tweit turned to the natural world that was both her solace and her field of study as a plant ecologist. Drawing intuitive connections between the natural processes and cycles she observed...
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Almost since the dawn of time, the image of the Green Man-the carven enigmatic head surrounded by leaves and foliage-has both intrigued and mystified viewers and folklorists alike. Appearing in churches, taverns, and even on stately buildings, the carving seems shrouded in supernatural obscurity. Is it merely a fertility symbol, or is it something much deeper, which calls for a response from us all? Though it seems a predominantly Celtic icon, does...
36) Oregon and Washington's Roadside Ecology: 33 Easy Walks Through the Region's Amazing Natural Areas
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Discover natural history secrets hiding in plain sight
Have you ever seen a raging river disappear completely into a lava tube? Petrified subtropical plants in the middle of a high desert? Do you know how a 10,000-year-old argillite boulder can wind up 800 miles away from any similar rocks? In this insightful guide, environmental journalist and photographer Roddy Scheer reveals the hidden stories of the Pacific Northwest's unique ecosystems and...
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Given its history and massive sprawl, we must admit that, unlike Nancy Sinatra's boots, Albuquerque was not made for walking. However, that doesn't mean the art of walking has met its demise here. A resurgence in plans and efforts to make it walkable again indicates that the city is on the verge of a pedestrian renaissance. In the meantime, navigating it by foot requires some local guidance and expertise. That's where Walking Albuquerque by local...
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A collection of famous transcendentalist essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Nature, Self Reliance, Walking, and Civil Disobedience.
In Nature, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses nature, and suggests that reality can be understood by studying nature.
Self Reliance contains...
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"We didn't call the police right away." Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything--which is why she isn't initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don't return from a walk in a nearby...
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"Following the huge success of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, this companion book is a lyrical celebration of our relationship to the natural world. In each of twelve short poems, a child tells us how or why they feel like the sun, a river, a mountain, a cloud, the rain, a forest and more. Their deeply felt connections and identification with these wonders point to how much we are all part of the natural world. Each poem comes to life through vivid,...