From the geological history of the region to the shapes of leaves and the relationship between aspens, caterpillars, and predators, Pastor delves into a captivating range of topics as diverse as the North Woods themselves. The North Woods is one of the most ecologically and geologically interesting places on the planet, with a host of natural history questions arising from each spruce or sugar maple. In What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, John Pastor explores the natural history of the North Woods, an immense and complex forest that stretches from the western shore of Lake Superior to the far coast of Newfoundland. Through careful, patient observations of the organisms that live in an area, their distributions, and how they interact with other species, we gain a more complete picture of the world around us, and our place in it. "item_description" : "How long should a leaf live? When should blueberries ripen? And what should a clever moose eat? Questions like these may seem simple or downright strange-yet they form the backbone of natural history, a discipline that fostered some of our most important scientific theories, from natural selection to glaciation. "item_title" : "What Should a Clever Moose Eat?",
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OL4120137W Page_number_confidence 94.07 Pages 390 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220511164224 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 281 Scandate 20220510122652 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780521407861 Tts_version 5. Using numerous specific examples, Zaller applies this theory to the dynamics of public opinion on a broad range of. ‘A model of what social science can be at its finest, The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion reshapes the field in ways that will reverberate throughout the study of public opinion, elections, and the relationship between elites and the mass public for decades.’ John Aldrich - Duke University ‘Zaller’s book is the most significant. Urn:lcp:natureoriginsofm0000zall:epub:e1c348a7-6872-4451-b2a4-9716efcddcec Foldoutcount 0 Identifier natureoriginsofm0000zall Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2m6vq5dfvg Invoice 1652 Isbn 0521404495Ġ521407869 Lccn 91043032 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000163 Openlibrary_edition In this 1992 book John Zaller develops a comprehensive theory to explain how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:14:30 Autocrop_version 0.0.12_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40478307 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier There is also a prequel series by Jenny Nimmo that tells the story of the Red King - Secret Kingdom. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking. It’s best to read the Charlie Bone books in order, starting with book one Midnight for Charlie Bone. A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. As a descendent of the ancient magician, the Red King, a destiny awaits Charlie that he never could have imagined.įans of the books have been clamouring for a Charlie Bone movie, but although rights have been acquired nothing is in development yet. Despite its strict rules, Charlie quickly makes friends who also have gifts and together they use their powers to fight evil and solve the many mysteries within the school. He can’t hide his strange gift and when his Grandma Bone discovers it she ships him off to the sinister-seeming Bloor’s Academy for Magic. One day at home, staring at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, Charlie suddenly discovers he can hear the voices of the people in the picture. Also known as the Children of the Red King series, the books are ideal for fans of Harry Potter, Eva Ibbotson and Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart.Ĭharlie Bone is a boy with a special talent. The sequel of it is Charlie Bone and the Time Twister. The Charlie Bone books are gripping fantasy reads for children 9+ written by award-winning author Jenny Nimmo. Midnight for Charlie Bone is the first novel in the Charlie Bone Series. A sensational trial follows, bringing all the unrest that’s brewing to the surface. This dream is shattered when Lovey is found strangled to death. Their mutual attraction is intense, tempting Alice to dream of a different future for herself. Although mill owner, Hiram Fiske, pays no heed, Alice attracts the attention of his eldest son, the handsome and reserved Samuel Fiske. “Offers up a compelling slice of both feminist and Industrial Age history”- Christian Science Monitorįrom the New York Times bestselling author of THE DRESSMAKER comes a moving historical novel about a bold young woman drawn to the looms of Lowell, Massachusetts-and to the one man with whom she has no business falling in love.Įager to escape life on her family’s farm, Alice Barrow moves to Lowell in 1832 and throws herself into the hard work demanded of “the mill girls.” In spite of the long hours, she discovers a vibrant new life and a true friend-a saucy, strong-willed girl name Lovey Cornell.īut conditions at the factory become increasingly dangerous, and Alice finds the courage to represent the workers and their grievances. A refreshingly old-fashioned heroine, she makes THE DARING LADIES OF LOWELL appealing” “Alice is cast in the mold of a character created by an earlier Alcott, the passionate and spunky Jo March. Though Merritt finds himself in places he never dreamed of, he doesn’t lose his way. And when he’s almost kidnapped in Haiti by armed bandits, he experiences Jesus in the impossible. In an anti-Christian-themed bar, he finds Jesus in sacrilege. Through confronting childhood sexual abuse, Jonathan discovers Jesus in honesty. When a friend dies of a rare disease, he sees Jesus in tragedy. Through a 60-hour vow of silence in a desert monastery, he experiences Jesus in silence. In Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, Jonathan shares vulnerable, never-before-shared stories of how he learned to encounter Jesus in unexpected ways. In a moment of desperation, he cries out for God to show up and surprise him, and over the next year, God doesn’t disappoint. Is the God who created us better than the God we’ve created?Īfter following Jesus for nearly two decades, Jonathan Merritt decides to confront the emptiness of a faith that has become dry, predictable, and rote. But the ground moves beneath his feet when he gets an eyeful of the girl next door. Owen’s comfortable with his playboy status and the hype in the media. Of course, the neighbor would have to be hot, hot nightclub owner bad boy Owen McKay, just the kind of man Callie is determined to avoid. It must be puppy love! It’s doubly embarrassing since she’s a professional dog trainer. That’s right! Callie Lassiter’s normally well-behaved Great Dane Jack has run off and done the wild thing with the neighbor’s dog. Published September 29th 2012 by Blue Moon Creativeįirst book in the Going to the Dog series and is a short novella at 26,000 words. Posted November 28th, 2012 by Sara in Blog, Contemporary Romance, Review / 0 comments Leashed (Going to the Dogs, #1) by Zoe Dawson Review: Leashed (Going to the Dogs, #1) by Zoe Dawson I was spell-bound by this new (to me) genre of science-fiction space opera grand vistas painted with as much verve as the fantasy novels I have loved, but with an eye towards the future, rather than the past conversant with the same mirroring of humanity, but with a scientific-spin that betrays our fervour for growth at all costs. That changed earlier this year with the Christmas gift of ‘Great North Road’ by Peter F. However, in that time I have very rarely turned my attention towards science-fiction (obviously classifying Star Trek and Star Wars as ‘franchise’ books, as distinct to science-fiction books). Over that time I have read hundreds of fantasy books and dozens of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other franchise books. I have been an avid reader since I was about ten or eleven, and an even more-avid reader of fantasy since the age of sixteen. Jordie’s only chance of survival is to outwit Shaw, but he suspects her from the start. Miles away from civilization and surrounded by swampland, Jordie and Shaw play each other against their common enemies. Now on the run from the feds and a notorious criminal, Jordie and Shaw must rely on their wits to stay alive. But he isn’t the only one: Jordie’s brother made a deal with the FBI, but his ruthless boss will stop at nothing to find the money first. He abducts Jordie, hoping to get his hands on the $30 million her brother has stolen. and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her.Īs Shaw takes aim, Jordie is certain her time has come. No one feels this more strongly than Jordie, a woman who doesn’t belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. Shaw is a man who gives off a dangerous vibe that makes other men stand back and women take notice. When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something sparks. A savvy businesswoman and an assassin struggle to outwit the FBI - and each other - in this #1 NYT bestselling story of sizzling romance and shocking deception from “a masterful storyteller” ( USA Today). Values, institutions, development, and freedom are all closely interrelated, and Sen links them together in an elegant analytical framework. Social institutions like markets, political parties, legislatures, the judiciary, and the media contribute to development by enhancing individual freedom and are in turn sustained by social values. The main purpose of development is to spread freedom and its ' thousand charms' to the unfree citizens.įreedom, Sen persuasively argues, is at once the ultimate goal of social and economic arrangements and the most efficient means of realizing general welfare. Even if they are not technically slaves, they are denied elementary freedom and remain imprisoned in one way or another by economic poverty, social deprivation, political tyranny or cultural authoritarianism. Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall opulence, millions of people living in rich and poor countries are still unfree. That slaves howe'er contented, never know. In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen quotes the eighteenth century poet William Cowper on freedom: Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health. The old man stood looking down on the sleeping child until the moon again disappeared behind the clouds and he could see no more, then he went back to bed. She lay under the heavy coverlid, her cheeks rosy with sleep, her head peacefully resting on her little round arm, and with a happy expression on her baby face as if dreaming of something pleasant. Just now the moonlight was falling through the round window straight on to Heidi's bed. Outside the moon was struggling with the dark, fast-driving clouds, which at one moment left it clear and shining, and the next swept over it, and all again was dark. He mounted the ladder and went and stood by the child's bed. "The child will be frightened," he murmured half aloud. In the middle of the night the old man got up. It came howling and wailing down the chimney like voices of those in pain, and it raged with such fury among the old fir trees that here and there a branch was snapped and fell. In 1880, Swiss author Johanna Spyri published 'Heidis years of learning and travel.' The story of the good-hearted orphan girl became an immediate success. The wind grew so tempestuous during the night, and blew in such gusts against the walls, that the hut trembled and the old beams groaned and creaked. “Not long after, and while it was still twilight, the grandfather also went to bed, for he was up every morning at sunrise, and the sun came climbing up over the mountains at a very early hour during these summer months. |