![]() ![]() ![]() The husband-and-wife team of Kenneth Logan and Linda Sweanor set forth extensive data gathered from their ten-year field study of pumas in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico, also drawing on other reliable scientific data gathered throughout the puma's geographic range. Desert Puma represents one of the most detailed assessments ever produced of the biology and ecology of a top carnivore. As burgeoning human populations continue to impinge on natural landscapes, the need for understanding carnivore populations and how we affect them is becoming increasingly acute. ![]() Scientists and conservationists are beginning to understand the importance of top carnivores to the health and integrity of fully functioning ecosystems. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This book had lots of angst, but young angst, so for me it was just a joy to read. Yet, he cannot deny the heat they create. Noah has never been in the closet, has never needed to, and has no desire to venture in there with Will. ![]() What he doesn’t think he wants is in the closet forever Will. ![]() Meanwhile, Noah just wants to work, go to school and win the same scholarship that Will is hoping to get, without having to sleep with the professor for his recommendation. ![]() But when he meets Noah, he quickly realizes that he will not be able to hide what he wants most any longer. He has always hidden it from his family, and even his best friend. He hides that he is gay, and he hides that he loves painting. Will Ashford has hidden himself for his entire life. □Īnyway, when I heard that Tara Lain had a new book series out, I ran right over to grab it, because it combined three of my favorite things…hot man/man loving, the city of Laguna Beach and sports. I then went on to read the rest in the series, enjoying them all Rodney, though, is still my sentimental favorite. I devoured them, developing a deep love for Rodney from Fire Balls. Back when I was a young (cough, cough) m/m romance reader, I won two of her Balls to the Wall books in a big drawing. I discovered Tara Lain’s books by accident. Stay in the closet and keep his family’s wealth, or let the doorsįall off and walk out with nothing. Hounded by the press and harassed by other players, Will has YouTube channel finds evidence that Will is gay, the quarterback’s closet doorsīegin to crumble. ![]() ![]() ![]() By the third page, however, words are no longer simply identifying a single image. The first two pages replicate this concept teaching how words signify images. “One fish” is accompanies by an illustration of a single fish, “red fish” is situated next to a picture of a red fish and the artwork that accompanies “old fish” is an appropriate rendition. The book opens by introducing young readers to the concept of how words describe object. Fundamentally, however, it is the absolute truth. That may seem ridiculously hyperbolic and, to a point, it is. It is a book that teaches how the entire English language works. Seuss is becomes quite simple to describe. ![]() ![]() At first, that is, but as the pages roll past, the illustrations become less dominant, the text becomes more plentiful and the simple effect of rhyming words become more complex. The font in this book is small which allows the illustrations to dominate. It does start out like it is going to pursue the Hop of Pop strategy of just a few simple words comprising the entire text, but even at the text is not in an enormous dominating font. ![]() But it is also not a simple rhyme book in the manner of Hop on Pop. What is One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, anyway? It doesn’t tell a cohesive story like Green Eggs and Ham. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kat Leyh is a Chicago based writer and artist. I laughed and cried, and you will, too!" -Molly Knox Ostertag, author of the Witch Boy series It's a book about finding your power, in more ways than one. ![]() "Snapdragon is a unique and perfect story about a witch in the woods, girls who live in a trailer park, and the unexpected web of connections tying everyone together. Snapdragon invigorates a classic hero's journey with magic and heart.- The AV Club But as Snap starts to get to know Jacks, she realizes that Jacks may in fact have real magic-and a connection with Snap's family's past. They make a deal: Jacks will teach Snap how to take care of the baby opossums that Snap rescued, and Snap will help Jacks with her work. It's creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too. But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online-after doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. ![]() Kat Leyh's Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself.Īt least, that's how the rumor goes. ![]() ![]() As such, here are the top recs from my poly shelf on Goodreads, at least two of which were finalists in the most recent Bi Book Awards: For those unfamiliar with me in general, my preferences tend toward f/f, fiction with trans people, older men, cultural diversity (especially Jewish stuff), “found family”, costume drama, high fantasy, science fiction, and anything having to do with Central Europe or Florida. I don’t seek out poly specifically for its own sake, but I have nothing against it, so when it pops up in my LGBT reading searches I’ll read anything that suits my plot, demographics, and setting preferences just as I would with a two-person romance. Seriously.) So when I was getting requests for poly fic, I knew who to beg for a guest post of recs, and as always, Shira delivered! ![]() (Her encyclopedic brain for indie queer lit is unmatched. ![]() For those unfamiliar with Shira Glassman, she’s not only an author of some of the queerest fantasy around, but also my super go-to person when it comes to tough-to-find queer rep. ![]() ![]() ![]() Up the Down Staircase stands as the seminal novel of a beleaguered public school system that is redeemed by teachers who love to teach and students who long to be recognized. Her bumpy yet ultimately rewarding journey is depicted through an extraordinary collection of correspondence-sternly worded yet nonsensical administrative memos, furtive notes of wisdom from teacher to teacher, "polio consent slips," and student homework assignments that unwittingly speak from the heart. Instead she encounters broken windows, a lack of supplies, a stifling bureaucracy, and students with no interest in Chaucer. Sylvia Barrett arrives at New York City's Calvin Coolidge High fresh from earning literature degrees at Hunter College and eager to shape young minds. ![]() ![]() public schools in history": narrated through a collection of memos, doodles, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, Up the Down Staircase timelessly depicts the shambolic joys and frustrations of a young teacher. About the Book "Our Vintage reissue of Bel Kaufman's classic 1964 novel, which Time has called "the most popular book about U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Almost every page has a photograph or drawing and many of the photos are in color. ![]() ![]() The book is a definitive volume that comes in at just under 700 glossy pages. The book reads as a journey from one movement to the next with clear and concise descriptions of the projects and ideas although, occasionally Curtis gets caught up in architectural jargon. William Curtis is careful to acknowledge the different critiques of the movements and to describe how those critiques affected the progression of architectural thought. Admittedly, Le Corbusier was one of the most important architects of the era and deserves significant coverage, but we wonder if his work is over-represented in the volume. Corb's work appears throughout the volume in a number of chapters. While Curtis covers the major movements and works of architecture from the 1900s, it is clear that he takes a liking to the work of Le Corbusier. Modern Architecture Since 1900 covers all of the major movements and styles in architecture up through the mid-1990s. Rather than focus a single volume on the entire history of architecture, Curtis has narrowed the content of this book down to a bit less than 100 years of architecture. Unfortunately, this book is out of print, but you may be able to find a used copy online. This article includes affiliate links and Archtoolbox earns from qualifying purchases. ![]() ![]() ![]() But even more, the power of the novel is Lorelei’s: her unwillingness to play the victim and her canny manipulation of those who would manipulate her. On the one hand, this is farce pure and simple, and part of the fun is to watch Lorelei and her tough-talking friend Dorothy take the air out of society’s pretensions, which, then as now, were ripe for satire. This, of course, is the origin of the famous Marilyn Monroe line: “A kiss on the hand may be quite continental / but diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” Monroe played Lorelei in the 1953 movie, a performance in which, McPhee observes, she “seemed to have ascertained that the world was one big bastion of hypocrisy, especially when it came to women, so she put a new spin on an old adage: if you can’t beat ’em, make ’em pay, pay, pay.” “issing your hand may make you feel very very good,” the narrator, a young woman named Lorelei Lee, tells us, “but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever.” If you’re among the uninitiated, as I was, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is a perfect read for this most saccharine of holidays: a cynical knife blade of a novel, barely 130 pages, that puts the lie to romance. Norton, $13.95) featuring a nuanced introduction by Jenny McPhee landed on my desk, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The book, however, managed to elude me - until a new edition (W.W. How is it possible that, until this week, I had never read Anita Loos’ “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”? Certainly, I’ve seen the Howard Hawks film. ![]() ![]() ![]() But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers. It is a perfect evening-until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis A marvel of a book." -Washington Post Book World National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they're finally being themselves-and having fun with the last person they expect: each other. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.īut with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. When your nemesis also happens to be your fiancé, happily ever after becomes a lot more complicated in this wickedly funny, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy debut. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. ![]() |