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Homing Instincts

Author : Sarah Menkedick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101972847

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Sarah Menkedick spent her twenties trekking alone across South America, teaching English to recalcitrant teenagers on Reunion Island, picking grapes in France and camping on the Mongolian grasslands; for her, meaning and purpose were to be found on the road, in flight from the ordinary. Yet the biggest and most transformative adventure of her life might be one she never anticipated: at 31, she moves into a tiny 19th-century cabin on her family's Ohio farm, and begins the journey into motherhood. In eight vivid and boldly questioning essays, Menkedick explores the luminous, disorienting time just before and after becoming a mother. As she reacquaints herself with the subtle landscapes of the Midwest, and adjusts to the often surprising physicality of pregnancy, she ruminates on what this new stage of life means for her long-held concepts of self, settling, and creative fulfillment. In “Millie, Mildred, Grandma Menkedick,” she considers the nature of story through the life of her tough German grandmother, who raised two boys as a single mother in the 1950s and then spent her seventies traveling the world with her best friend Marge; in “Motherland,” on a trip back to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit her husband’s family, she finally embraces her Midwestern roots; in “The Milk Cave,” she discovers in breastfeeding a new appreciation for the spiritual and artistic potential of boredom; and in “The Lake,” she revisits her childhood with her father, whose relentless optimism and mystical streak she sees anew once she has a child of her own. A story of a traveler come home to the farm; of becoming a mother in spite of reservations and doubt; and of learning to appreciate the power and beauty of the quotidian, Homing Instincts speaks to the deepest concerns and hopes of a generation.

Homing Instincts

Author : Dionisia Morales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0870719181

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"A collection of essays exploring the concepts of moving and resettling, belonging to a place, migrating and being a newcomer"--

Homing Instinct

Author : John Connell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0070123462

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For true hands-on builders and armchair architects--a fully illustrated guidebook to every aspect of planning, designing, and constructing a home, written by the visionary co-founder of the Yestermorrow Design/Building School. Includes questionnaires that help readers identify "sequences" of their lives. Illustrated.

Homing

Author : Jon Day
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473635395

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A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'Rich and joyous ...The book's quiet optimism about our ability to change, and to learn to love small things passionately, will stay with me for a long time' Helen Macdonald 'Big-hearted and quietly gripping' Guardian 'I love Jon Day's writing and his birds. A marvellous, soaring account' Olivia Laing '[A] beautiful book about unbeautiful birds' Observer 'This is nature writing at its best' Financial Times 'Awash with historical and literary detail, and moving moments ... Wonderful' Telegraph 'Every page of this beautifully written book brought me pleasure' Charlotte Higgins 'A vivid evocation of a remarkable species and a rich working-class tradition. It's also a charming defence of a much-maligned bird, which will make any reader look at our cooing, waddling, junk-food-loving feathered friends very differently in future' Daily Mail 'Endlessly interesting and dazzlingly erudite, this wonderful book will make a home for itself in your heart' Prospect As a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London. Twenty years later he moved away from the city centre to the suburbs to start a family. But in moving house, he began to lose a sense of what it meant to feel at home. Returning to his childhood obsession with the birds, he built a coop in his garden and joined a local pigeon racing club. Over the next few years, as he made a home with his young family in Leyton, he learned to train and race his pigeons, hoping that they might teach him to feel homed. Having lived closely with humans for tens of thousands of years, pigeons have become powerful symbols of peace and domesticity. But they are also much-maligned, and nowadays most people think of these birds, if they do so at all, as vermin. A book about the overlooked beauty of this species, and about what it means to dwell, Homing delves into the curious world of pigeon fancying, explores the scientific mysteries of animal homing, and traces the cultural, political and philosophical meanings of home. It is a book about the making of home and making for home: a book about why we return.

The Homing Instinct

Author : Bernd Heinrich
Publisher : HMH
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780547523637

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“A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history” (Kirkus Reviews). Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same places. Every year since boyhood, the acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has done the same, returning to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. Which led him to wonder: What is the biology in humans of this primal pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing? In The Homing Instinct, Heinrich explores the fascinating mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures to locate their homes with pinpoint accuracy; and how even the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. And he reminds us that to discount our human emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself. “A graceful blend of science and memoir . . . [Heinrich’s] ability to linger and simply be there for the moment when, for instance, an elderly spider descends from a silken strand to take the insect he offers her is the heart of his appeal.” —Julie Zickefoose, The Wall Street Journal “Deep and insightful writing.” —David Gessner, The Washington Post

Homing Instincts

Author : Nancy Morejón
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cuba
ISBN : 0982786050

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Reading Comprehension, Grade 3

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781620579589

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Reading Comprehension, Grade 3 by Anonim Pdf

These nationally acclaimed titles ensure students’ academic success with teachers and parents. The key to the Master Skills series is reinforcing skills through practice; using a contemporary approach to learning fundamentals through real-life applications. The workbooks in this series are excellent tools to prepare young learners for proficiency testing and school success. Answer keys included.

Math & Reading Workbook, Grade 3

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781483809137

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Math & Reading Workbook, Grade 3 by Anonim Pdf

The Master Skills workbook series provides comprehensive practice in reading, reading comprehension, and math for students in grades K–3. Short activities with bright illustrations are fun to do. Both parents and students will like the colorful, engaging pages that target essential skills for school success.

Math & Reading, Grade 3

Author : Brighter Child
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781483801438

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Math & Reading, Grade 3 by Brighter Child Pdf

Master Skills Math & Reading provides parents and students with the perfect resource for fun standards-based activities with real-life applications for skill mastery. The Master Skills series helps your child master crucial skills for school success. Short, engaging practice activities support Common Core State Standards for third graders. The Master Skills workbook series provides comprehensive practice in reading, reading comprehension, and math for students in grades KÐ3. Short activities with bright illustrations are fun to do. Both parents and students will like the colorful, engaging pages that target essential skills for school success.

Sensitive to Listen and Willing to Obey

Author : Doris M. Arwine
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490830803

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Sensitive to Listen and Willing to Obey by Doris M. Arwine Pdf

God uses people daily to communicate His fragrance and message to us. Too often we don't check to see what aroma or impression we are leaving for others to see, hear, or smell. After visiting someone's home or before checking out of a motel, or when moving, we double check to make sure we haven't left anything behind. Even criminals check to make sure they haven't left any clues at the crime scene to identify them. A story reminded me of this. A robber thought he had committed the perfect crime. He assumed he left no clues behind. But he didn't count on someone remembering how he smelled. The smell he left behind was what helped convict him. Yes, we leave something everywhere we go. Stuart Holden reminded a young man moving from a boarding house of this fact when the young man said, he was just double checking to make sure he wasn't leaving anything behind. "There's one thing you will leave behind, young man, your influence."

Bats

Author : Dee Stuart
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0876148143

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Discusses myths about bats, how bats travel and where they live, their food, migration, and life cycle, and the dangers they face

The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities

Author : Eleanor Casella,Chris Fowler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0306486946

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The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities by Eleanor Casella,Chris Fowler Pdf

As people move through life, they continually shift affiliation from one position to another, dependent on the wider contexts of their interactions. Different forms of material culture may be employed as affiliations shift, and the connotations of any given set of artifacts may change. In this volume the authors explore these overlapping spheres of social affiliation. Social actors belong to multiple identity groups at any moment in their life. It is possible to deploy one or many potential labels in describing the identities of such an actor. Two main axes exist upon which we can plot experiences of social belonging – the synchronic and the diachronic. Identities can be understood as multiple during one moment (or the extended moment of brief interaction), over the span of a lifetime, or over a specific historical trajectory. From the Introduction The international contributions each illuminate how the various identifiers of race, ethnicity, sexuality, age, class, gender, personhood, health, and/or religion are part of both material expressions of social affiliations, and transient experiences of identity. The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities: Beyond Identification will be of great interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, curators and other social scientists interested in the mutability of identification through material remains.

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781483833170

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Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3 by Anonim Pdf

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills for grade 3 covers basic concepts such as reading comprehension, parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, rounding, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, geometry, graphs, time, money, measurement, and place value. Complete with practice in writing, reading, and math, this series helps develop the skills your child needs for grade-level success. With over 10 million copies in print, the Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills series provides an entire curriculum filled with fun, educational activities and instruction that improve academic performance. Available for grades prekindergarten to 6, Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills features vivid, full-color illustrations and grade-appropriate activities for phonics, reading, language arts, writing, and math. This series edition has been updated with relevant, high-interest reading passages and artwork to engage your child in the learning process. An excellent resource for supporting classroom learning or enhancing your home school curriculum, it features review lessons to measure your child’s progress, teaching suggestions to extend learning, and answer keys to monitor accuracy. Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills is the all-in-one resource for strengthening essential skills.

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3

Author : Thinking Kids,Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781483824123

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Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3 by Thinking Kids,Carson-Dellosa Publishing Pdf

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills for grade 3 covers basic concepts such as reading comprehension, parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, rounding, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, geometry, graphs, time, money, measurement, and place value. Complete with practice in writing, reading, and math, this series helps develop the skills your child needs for grade-level success. --With over 10 million copies in print, the Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills series provides an entire curriculum filled with fun, educational activities and instruction that improve academic performance. --Available for grades prekindergarten to 6, Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills features vivid, full-color illustrations and grade-appropriate activities for phonics, reading, language arts, writing, and math. This series edition has been updated with relevant, high-interest reading passages and artwork to engage your child in the learning process. An excellent resource for supporting classroom learning or enhancing your home school curriculum, it features review lessons to measure your childÕs progress, teaching suggestions to extend learning, and answer keys to monitor accuracy. --Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills is the all-in-one resource for strengthening essential skills.

Highland Ponies and Some Reminiscences of Highlandmen

Author : John M. MacDonald
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781446549315

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Highland Ponies and Some Reminiscences of Highlandmen by John M. MacDonald Pdf

“Highland Ponies” is a detailed guide to the different varieties of ponies found in the Highlands of Scotland, along with interesting anecdotes and observations by the author. For each type of pony treated there is a photograph and description, including information relating to history, breeding, and more. Contents include: “Island Ponies”, “The Ponies of Skye”, “The Ponies of Uist”, “The Ponies of Barra”, “The Ponies of Rhum”, “The Ponies of Mull”, “The Ponies of Arran”, “The Ponies of Lewis and Harris”, “The Ponies of Tiree”, “The Ponies of Islay”, “Shetland Ponies”, “Mainland Ponies”, “The Atholl Ponies”, “The Applecross Stud”, “Clenartney Forest Stud”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on horse breeding and anatomy.