Roadkill

Author : Don H. Corrigan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781476644820

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American Roadkill by Don H. Corrigan Pdf

Slaughtered along our highways, roadkill may be observed regularly, but aren't likely to be given much thought. Research scientists, animal rights activists, roadkill artists, writers, ethicists and lyricists, however, are increasingly sounding the alarm. They report that we are killing the very animals we love, and are driving many of them to the brink of extinction. Detailing the death and destruction of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insect pollinators, this study examines the ways in which we are thus jeopardizing our own futures. Beginning in the Model T era, biologists counted the common carnage of the time--cottontails, woodchucks, and squirrels, mostly. That record-keeping continues today. Beyond the bleak statistics, zoologists are rerouting migratory paths of animals and are advocating for cat and dog companions. This book illuminates both our successes and failures in keeping animals out of harm's way and what those efforts reflect about ourselves and our capacity to care enough to alter the road ahead.

Author : Tim Dorsey
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061833021

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Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey Pdf

Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

Author : Caitlin Sullivan,Kate Bornstein
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015049628525

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Nearly Roadkill by Caitlin Sullivan,Kate Bornstein Pdf

Two cybersex operators -- a man and a woman -- defy a U.S. law requiring a permit to use the Internet. Their campaign of protest leads to a general shutdown of e-mail operations across the world. By the author of Gender Outlaw.

Author : Matthew Calarco
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783031305788

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Reflections on Roadkill between Mobility Studies and Animal Studies by Matthew Calarco Pdf

Roadkill is a recurrent but often unthought feature of modern life. Yet, consideration of the broader significance of the myriad social, ethical, and political issues related to roadkill has largely gone missing from mainstream scholarship and activism. This neglect persists even in fields such as mobility studies and animal studies that would otherwise seem to have a vested interest in the topic. This book aims to bring roadkill to the foreground of current discussions among scholars and activists in these fields in order to demonstrate that roadkill is a uniquely important site from which to understand and contest the machinations of the dominant social order. It argues that a careful examination of roadkill can help both to uncover the hidden violence of contemporary human-centered systems of mobility and to develop alternative modes of mobility for a renewed social life in common with our more-than-human kin.

Author : Buck Peterson
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781449401993

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Quick-Fix Cooking with Roadkill by Buck Peterson Pdf

From a humor cookbook author, a funny take on hillbilly cuisine along with quick, easy recipes for dead animals that might otherwise go to waste. Move over Rachael Ray. Smash car driver and redneck culinary authority Buck “Buck” Peterson follows up The Original Road Kill Cookbook with more than fifty new roadkill recipes inside Quick-Fix Cooking with Roadkill. Created for culinary cruisers on the go, each recipe can be prepared in less than thirty minutes after its roadside procurement. Consider ditch-divining recipes such as Perky Jerky, Corned Carnage and Cabbage, Freeway Frittata, Backed-Over Baby Back Ribs, Pavement Panini, and Tar-Tare. Also included are sample tasting menus for breakfasts, lunches, appetizers, dinners, and holiday meals, as well as entertaining tips on where to shop, how to tell when an animal has given up the ghost, and how to pair your roadkill with wine. Nothing is left to chance, except your next culinary roadkill junction. So, when there's a fork in the road, why not pick it up and eat what's found nearby.

Author : Chonda Pierce
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310235279

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Roadkill on the Highway to Heaven by Chonda Pierce Pdf

When life's left you flatter than a steamrolled possum, turn here for a little hope, humor, honesty, and encouragement from the Bible. It's the best of Chonda Pierce's celebrated Roadkill Reports to her fans, plus lots of new material, and it's perfect for reinflating your outlook--anytime, anywhere! Postcard from Chonda: "I tell jokes for a living. It's adventurous. But to do that, I have to fly for hours. I have to take a bus for days. I have to walk up steep stairs in skinny heels. In short, I sometimes take a beating like roadkill on a country highway! Life really is one long journey to heaven. My travel journal is filled with what I've learned along the way--the hurts, the laughter, the victories, the failings, the crowds and the loneliness, and mostly, the times I've seen God at work." --Chonda

Author : Heather L. Montgomery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781547601875

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Something Rotten by Heather L. Montgomery Pdf

An ALA Notable book An Orbis Pictus Recommended title When Heather L. Montgomery sees a rattlesnake flattened on the side of the road, her first instinct is to pick it up and dissect it--she's always wanted to see how a snake's fangs retract when they close their mouths, and it's not exactly safe to poke around in a live reptile's mouth. A wildlife researcher with a special penchant for the animals that litter the roadways, Heather isn't satisfied with dissecting just one snake. Her fascination with roadkill sets her off on a journey from her own backyard and the roadways of the American South to scientists and kids in labs and homes across the globe. From biologists who use the corpses of Tasmanian devils to investigate cures for a contagious cancer, to a scientist who discovered a whole new species of bird from a single wing left behind, to a boy rebuilding animal bodies from the bones up, to a restaurant that serves up animal remnants, Heather discovers that death is just the beginning for these creatures. This engaging narrative nonfiction is an eye-opening and irreverent look at the dead and dying animals that we pass by without a second thought--as well as a fascinating insight to the scientific research process.

Author : Kinky Friedman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345416325

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Roadkill by Kinky Friedman Pdf

Who would slap an Indian curse on a good ol' boy like country singer Willie Nelson? Probably the same person who's been firing shots into Willie's hotel room and sending nasty notes promising the cowboy crooner a one-way ticket to the big rodeo in the sky. Could it have something to do with the medicine man who got run over by Willie's tour bus one dark night? If anyone can find out, it's ace troubleshooter and well-known troublemaker Kinky Friedman--on the road again in his tenth wickedly funny, off-the-wall mystery caper. Get Kinky on the Web: www.kinkyfriedman.com

Author : Leonard E. Sielecki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Animals
ISBN : UCBK:C100954843

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Wildlife Roadkill Identification Guide by Leonard E. Sielecki Pdf

Author : Colin Escott
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 0415937825

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Roadkill on the Three-chord Highway by Colin Escott Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : B. R. Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Cooking
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089465409

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The International Roadkill Cookbook by B. R. Peterson Pdf

This book proves that cuisine de asphalt knows no boundaries--Australia, New Zealand, and Great Britain have tasty items unique and available to those who have this trusty guide in hand, ready for use.

Author : Helene Hegemann
Publisher : Constable & Robinson Ltd
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : 1849010544

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Axolotl Roadkill by Helene Hegemann Pdf

Since the death of her mother, 16-year-old Mifti has been living in Berlin in an increasingly dire state of disarray. Diagnosed as a'pseudo stress-debilitated' problem child, she becomes enmeshed in the Berlin party scene, surviving her so called life through a haze of sex, drugs and club culture.

Author : Richard Marcou
Publisher : Quarrington Marketing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Humor
ISBN : 096926240X

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How to Cook Roadkill by Richard Marcou Pdf

Author : Barbara Allan
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780758272799

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Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery by Barbara Allan Pdf

A con artist meets his end on a country road—and a lot of swindled senior citizens are suspects: “Hilarious…a delightful debut.”—Joan Hess Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case. . . Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds small-town Serenity, Iowa, anything but serene. It seems an unscrupulous antiques dealer has swindled Vivian out of the family's heirlooms. But when he is found run over in a country lane, Brandy becomes Murder Suspect Number One--with her mother coming in a very close second. . . The list of other suspects is impressive--the victim's business seems to have been based on bilking seniors out of their possessions. And when the Borne "girls" uncover a few very unsavory Serenity secrets, they become targets for a murderer whose favorite hobby seems to be collecting victims. “A likable heroine.”—Booklist “Enormously entertaining.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Includes Brandy Borne's tips on antiques!

Author : Ben Bramble,Bob Fischer,Robert William Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199353903

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The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat by Ben Bramble,Bob Fischer,Robert William Fischer Pdf

This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers on a vitally important topic: the ethics of eating meat. Some of the key questions examined include: Are animals harmed or benefited by our practice of raising and killing them for food? Do the realities of the marketplace entail that we have no power as individuals to improve the lives of any animals by becoming vegetarian, and if so, have we any reason to stop eating meat? Suppose it is morally wrong to eat meat--should we be blamed for doing so? If we should be vegetarians, what sort should we be?