And Venus Is Blue

Author : Mary Hood
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 082032308X

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And Venus Is Blue by Mary Hood Pdf

Although Hood is considered a "Southern" writer, her sensibilities are universal. In this impressive collection of short fiction, she uses simple phrases to capture a character perfectly; at the same time, she knows when to unleash her controlled prose, freeing it for poetic evocations of landscapes or moments. Above all, she tells good stories. "After Moore" traces the dissolution of a marriage as told to a marriage counselor by all the family members. Hood manages to be both funny and perceptive as she adopts the voice of each character in turn. The title piece is an ambitious novella in which Hood's experiments with time do not quite work, but she deftly renders a family's complex relationships and at the same time creates the ambience of a mill-town community. Hood, who won the 1984 Flannery O'Connor Award for her first book of stories, How Far She Went, is a talented writer with a distinctive, memorable voice.

Author : Mary Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1986-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 5551499235

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Author : Nathalie A. Bartle,Nathalie Bartle,Susan Lieberman
Publisher : Dell
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0440508800

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Venus in Blue Jeans by Nathalie A. Bartle,Nathalie Bartle,Susan Lieberman Pdf

A landmark book offers a new dialogue for the next generation of mothers and daughters. "Who knows what is going to happen when the hormones kick in at age sixteen and she falls madly in love?" says one mother about her daughter. Statistically, the answer is alarming: 65 percent of eighteen-year-old girls have had sex. Four of every ten sexually active girls get pregnant, most of them unintentionally. Now more than ever, talking about sex is an essential rite of passage for both mothers and daughters. And in this groundbreaking book, Nathalie Bartle shows mothers how to help guide their daughters safely through the fears, intimacies, and sexual choices of adolescence. Combining stories of raising her own daughter with the voices of other families, Bartle tells us what today's young women urgently want to know--and what mothers need to tell them. Practical strategies and real-life examples help both parent and teen get the conversation right--encouraging trust, correcting misinformation, and emphasizing the importance of relationships and values. She covers: When is the right time to begin talking to girls about sex? How can you get your daughter to listen? How can you get past the mutual embarrassment? What six strategies have other mothers found effective? How can you play a role in your daughter's sexual education--without encouraging her to be sexually active?

Author : Meg Benjamin
Publisher : Entangled: Select Contemporary
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640633193

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Venus in Blue Jeans by Meg Benjamin Pdf

When did my life start resembling a Hallmark movie? I suppose it all started when my charming fiancé turned out to be anything but, and I decided I wanted to push the reset button on my life. So, I packed up my business and moved to a small town in the Texas Hill Country, complete with the cast of small-town characters you’d expect and the ridiculously sexy new veterinarian. Being the new kids in town, Cal and I kept finding ourselves thrown togetherand even though men were the absolute last thing on my mind... one thing led to another. Now someone’s threatening my business, but I’m not the same woman I was when I arrived. And I’m ready to fight for what’s mine. Each book in the Konigsburg series is STANDALONE: * Venus in Blue Jeans * Wedding Bell Blues * Be My Baby * Long Time Gone * Brand New Me * Don’t Forget Me * Fearless Love * Hungry Heart

Author : Mary Hood
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0671636693

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A collection of short stories expresses the conflicts that ensue as homesteads and country stores give way to housing developments and shopping malls in today's South

Author : Florentine Vaudrez
Publisher : Blue Moon Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1562013068

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Venus in Paris by Florentine Vaudrez Pdf

When a woman discovers the depths of her own erotic nature, her enthusiasm for the games of love becomes a threat to her husband. Her older sister defies the conventions of Parisian society by living openly with her lover, a man destined to deceive her. Together, these beautiful sisters tread the path of erotic delight -- first in the arms of men, and then in the embraces of their own more subtle, and more constant, sex.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781618246851

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Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein Pdf

The message had seemed simple, yet it was more complex than Don could have imagined. He was being called from Earth to an alien world for reasons unknown¾save only that his life depended on it. But setting out for Mars and getting there in good shape turned out to be a lot more complicated than Don ever would have guessed possible. It was trouble enough being inexplicably hounded by Earth's secret police. But when he was hijacked by Venusian rebels, Don suddenly realized that he was trapped in the center of a war between worlds that could change the fate of the Solar System forever! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : David C. Catling,James F. Kasting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521844123

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Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds by David C. Catling,James F. Kasting Pdf

A comprehensive and authoritative text on the formation and evolution of planetary atmospheres, for graduate-level students and researchers.

Author : David Beerling
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192519214

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Making Eden by David Beerling Pdf

Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the story of how plant life emerged from water and conquered the continents to dominate the planet, is fundamental to our own existence. In Making Eden David Beerling reveals the hidden history of Earth's sun-shot greenery, and considers its future prospects as we farm the planet to feed the world. Describing the early plant pioneers and their close, symbiotic relationship with fungi, he examines the central role plants play in both ecosystems and the regulation of climate. As threats to plant biodiversity mount today, Beerling discusses the resultant implications for food security and climate change, and how these can be avoided. Drawing on the latest exciting scientific findings, including Beerling's own field work in the UK, North America, and New Zealand, and his experimental research programmes over the past decade, this is an exciting new take on how plants greened the continents.

Author : Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 9781438107288

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The Sun, Mercury, and Venus by Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Pdf

Discusses the innermost solar system and the importance of the Sun's energy on orbiting bodies. This volume covers the geological characteristics of Venus in relation to the Sun and the rest of the solar system. It is useful for those interested in understanding the science and history behind the exploration of the three celestial bodies.

Author : Mary Hood
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780820340197

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How Far She Went by Mary Hood Pdf

Mary Hood's fictional world is a world where fear, anger, longing—sometimes worse—lie just below the surface of a pleasant summer afternoon or a Sunday church service. In "A Country Girl," for example, she creates an idyllic valley where a barefoot girl sings melodies "low and private as a lullaby" and where "you could pick up one of the little early apples from the ground and eat it right then without worrying about pesticide." But something changes this summer afternoon with the arrival at a family reunion of fair and fiery Johnny Calhoun: "everybody's kind and nobody's kin," forty in a year or so, "and wild in the way that made him worth the trouble he caused." The title story in the collection begins with a visit to clean the graves in a country cemetery and ends with the terrifying pursuit of a young girl and her grandmother by two bikers, one of whom "had the invading sort of eyes the woman had spent her lifetime bolting doors against." In the story "Inexorable Process" we see the relentless desperation of Angelina, "who hated many things, but Sundays most of all," and in "Solomon's Seal" the ancient anger of the mountain woman who has crowded her husband out of her life and her heart, until the plants she has tended in her rage fill the half-acre. "The madder she got, the greener everything grew."

Author : Gustaf Sobin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0747507457

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Venus Blue by Gustaf Sobin Pdf

Set in film noir chiaroscuro, this novel is narrated by a present-day Hollywood memorabilia collector, Stefan Hollander. It is a story of haunted obsession and unfailing love, in which Molly Lamanna, a 1930s bush pilot and "gorgeous vagabond", becomes the focal point of devotion.

Author : Peter Ward
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781440628566

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Life as We Do Not Know It by Peter Ward Pdf

An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life—on Earth and beyond For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his signature blend of eloquence, humor, and learned insight, vividly details the latest scientific findings, cutting-edge research, and intrepid new theories on the subject of alien life and the possible extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth. In lucid, entertaining, and bold prose, Peter Ward once again challenges our notions of life on earth (and beyond).

Author : Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307801012

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Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan Pdf

“Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time. Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier—space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race. “Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity’s future in the stars.”—Chicago Tribune

Author : David H. Grinspoon
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015035734386

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Venus Revealed by David H. Grinspoon Pdf

"Early robot probes sent by Russian and American scientists had given us some tantalizing but fragmentary glimpses of the surface and atmosphere, hinting at some of the most exotic conditions seen in the solar system. Magellan showed a planet full of beautiful landscapes, some eerily familiar and some completely unexpected - a world of active volcanoes, shining mountains, and even river valleys carved by torrents of flowing lava. Venus may once have had a wet, temperate, comfortable climate, much like Earth's. What happened to turn it into a hostile, burning, acid world? Our twin has important tales to tell us regarding several of Earth's most pressing environmental problems, including ozone destruction, global warming, and acid rain. In Venus Revealed, David Grinspoon makes a compelling case for comparative planetology as an important tool for gaining knowledge that is vital for our long-term survival on our own planet. He re-examines the uniqueness of our own Earth in light of the recent Magellan findings, while also raising the provocative questions: Did a runaway greenhouse effect transform Venus into the burning oven she is today? By treating Venus as a "controlled experiment," what can we learn from her that will help us survive on Earth? Grinspoon tackles these and other long-debated questions while explaining the incredible scientific advances made possible by the Magellan space probe."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved