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Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. This beautiful picture book tells the story of an amazing woman and an inspiring idea.
22) Chasing midnight
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Doc Ford novels volume 19
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Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met
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"The Breath of Life" by John Burroughs. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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The author of Blood Orchid and Blue Desert presents a biography on his friend, the writer and environmentalist, Edward Abbey.
A passionate advocate for preserving wilderness and fighting the bureaucratic and business forces that would destroy it, Edward Abbey (1927–1989) wrote fierce, polemical books such as Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang that continue to inspire environmental activists. In this eloquent memoir, his friend and fellow...
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2015
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Chronicles the famed biologist's lifelong love for the natural world and his groundbreaking research. Wilson's work on ant communication led to his remarkable studies of advanced social behavior. His research turned to human behavior, and his controversial theories on the role of evolutionary processes in social behavior. His work in the great National Park of Gorongosa, brings together the great themes of his life and work: nature and humanity's...
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Rosanne S. McHenry worked as a California State Park Ranger at Folsom Lake and the Auburn State Recreation Area in the late 1980s, when the life of a patrol ranger could get extremely rough and tumble. From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display; from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, she regales her readers with madcap adventures.
Within the pages of this book is the madness and gladness of the profession. The...
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Richard A. Wilson is a remarkable man, grounded in courage and commitment, fighting for what he loves — the land, our water, and our forests. For most of his long life, he has lived near, played and worked in and sought solace from the deep woods in remote Northern California.
Richard's story, as transcribed in the early years of this century, records how he faced down and defeated powerful interests, including water guzzlers, intent upon developing...
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My life has been full of unbelievably strange events. Many are funny, and a few are sad. This book is a compilation of the experiences from before I came to Christ to later in my life, seeing God work in and around people and countries where I have served as a pastor, traveling speaker, and a missionary.
My hope with this book is to offer laughter, understanding, hope during sad and painful times, and faith in God. The everyday normal person desperately...
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Life is a journey. Every journey has a beginning and an end. And every journey has a purpose.
God has a purpose for our life. Many people in this world live day by day without a purpose in their life other than to live and have pleasure. In other words, they live outside God's plan.
The author takes the readers on his life journey from birth to the time of writing this book. The journey straddles three continents and places. Each place represents...
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Tears can imply many things. There are tears (a split or rip), tears of sorrow (weeping), and tares that refer to weeds. I have experienced all three in my life. Some have to be healed, some endured, and some eradicated. Only with God's help can any of these processes be accomplished. This is my true story of how God has saved my life. I pray it will inspire and encourage others. Nothing is impossible with God!
31) Blue Steele
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Rebecca Anderson yelled, "Listen, buddy, don't try to get all chivalrous with me! Can't you just take no for an answer and leave me alone? I don't have time for dating. It takes all the time I have trying to make a living. And do I look so stupid that you think I would take a chance with a total stranger?" She turned back around to face him, but she realized he was gone, and she had no idea when he had left.
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Jennifer Browdy Ph. D. coined the term "purposeful memoir" to describe the contemplative process of looking backward in order to understand the present more fully, necessary inner work for all who wish to change the world for the better. In this lyrical, hard-hitting memoir, one American woman's journey is set against the larger landscape of political upheaval, global climate disruption, and the recovery of our primary connection to the Earth. In...
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David Brower (1912 - 2000) was a central figure in the modern environmental movement. His leadership, vision, and elegant conception of the wilderness forever changed how we approach nature. In many ways he was a twentieth-century Thoreau. Brower transformed the Sierra Club into a national force that challenged and stopped federally sponsored projects that would have dammed the Grand Canyon and destroyed hundreds of millions of acres of our nation's...
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Making the decision to write this book was no small undertaking. Not only would I be telling my story in the aftermath of a controversial firing, but I would also be telling it in the aftermath of one of the more controversial administrations in US history. Why do this, then? I decided to write Inside Trump's EPA for several reasons.
First, I wanted to be able to share a side of the EPA that the general public and even those who interface with the...
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Compared to the documentary film (Breaking Habits) released in theaters in 2019, this is a more personal and in-depth look at the life of Sister Kate, prior to forming the Sisterhood, Where the film-makers focused more on the central valley of California, The Accidental Nun is an autobiography written by Sister Kate in 2014, just before the founding of the Sisterhood and reveals the stories and experiences that led her to founding the new-age Order...
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It tells how one woman learned to dig deep and push the boundaries in order to discover what really matters in life.
Miriam is a young Dutch woman living in the heart of the mountains with her New Zealand husband. She lives simply in a tent or hut, and survives by hunting wild animals and foraging edible plants, relying on only minimal supplies. For the last six years she has lived this way, through all seasons, often cold, hungry and isolated in...
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Get the Summary of Jonathan Meiburg's A Most Remarkable Creature in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Most Remarkable Creature" by Jonathan Meiburg is a comprehensive exploration of the caracaras, a group of raptors with unique social behaviors and intelligence. The book traces the evolutionary history and ecological significance of these birds, particularly the striated caracaras of the Falkland Islands, which...
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In our age of overconsumption, Henry Thoreau's fiery criticisms of consumer culture and his poetic defense of simpler living have never been more relevant or necessary. But Thoreau is not an easy writer to read. His sentences are often very dense and his ideas are often challenging and provocatively expressed. For these reasons the casual reader can be easily put off. But his perspectives are too important to miss. This concise introduction provides...
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When Manda Kalimian began her mission to help America's wild horses, through rewilding, to regain their rightful place as a native species of the open plains, little did she know the challenges ahead would redefine everything she understood about who she thought she was. Born to Rewild follows Manda as she joins the struggle to rescue wild horses from a program fraught with bureaucracy, controversy, and the potential to erase the legacy of these beautiful...
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This is the true story of a profound interspecies friendship between man and dolphin, beautifully archived with rare photos. As a young dive instructor, Dean Bernal visits the quiet bays of the Turks and Caicos Islands and meets a wild bottlenose dolphin named JoJo. Fascinated by the beauty and playfulness of the intelligent animal, he is immediately mesmerized and they soon become close companions, diving, playing, and swimming in the crystalline...
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