The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating

Author : Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781616200244

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey Pdf

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her encounter with a Neohelix albolabris—a common woodland snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that this mysterious creature brings and comes to a greater understanding of her own place in the world. Intrigued by the snail’s molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making, hydraulic locomotion, and courtship activities, Bailey becomes an astute and amused observer, offering a candid and engaging look into the curious life of this underappreciated small animal. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a remarkable journey of survival and resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our own human existence, while providing an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive.

Author : Marc Hamer
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771644808

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How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer Pdf

In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer • “A wonderful memoir … hands down the most charming book I read last year.”—Margaret Renkl, The New York Times “How to Catch a Mole is a small book of many things. In quiet, crystalline prose, it blends memoir, keen observations of nature, and ruminations about life, aging and death.”—Wall Street Journal Kneeling in a muddy field in the Welsh countryside, clutching a creature that is soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles—forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of literary memoir, the molecatcher shares what led him to this strange career and what caused him to stop: from sleeping among hedges as a homeless teen, to toiling on the railway, to weeding windswept gardens in Wales and witnessing the beauty of every living thing. Hamer infuses his wanderings with radiant poetry and stark, simple observations on nature’s oft-ignored details. He also reveals how to catch a mole—a craft long kept secret by its masters—and burrows into the unusual lives of his muses. Moles, we learn, are colorblind. Their blood holds unusual amounts of carbon dioxide. Their vast tunnel networks are intricate and deceptive. And, like Hamer, they work alone. Beautifully written, life-affirming, and highly original, How to Catch a Mole offers a gorgeous portrait of one man's deep, unbreakable bond with his natural surroundings, and offers hope and inspiration for anyone looking to improve their relationship with the natural world.

Author : Midge Raymond
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501124723

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My Last Continent by Midge Raymond Pdf

This unforgettable debut, set against the dramatic Antarctic landscape, is “refreshingly different, vivid and immediate. Midge Raymond has an extraordinary gift for description that puts the reader bang in the middle of its dangerous and endangered world” (M.L. Stedman, New York Times bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans). It is only among the glacial mountains, cleaving icebergs, and frigid waters of Antarctica that Deb Gardener and Keller Sullivan feel at home. For a few blissful weeks each year they study the habits of Emperor and Adelie penguins and find solace in their work and in one another. But Antarctica, like their fleeting romance, is a fragile place, imperiled by the world to the north. Each year, Deb and Keller play tour guide to the passengers on the small expedition ship that ferries them to their research station. But this year, when Keller fails to appear on board, Deb begins to reconsider their complicated past and the uncertainty of any future they might share. Then, shortly into the journey, Deb’s ship receives an emergency signal from The Australis, a cruise liner that has hit desperate trouble in the ice-choked waters of the Southern Ocean. Soon Deb’s role will change from researcher to rescuer; among the crew of that sinking ship, Deb learns, is Keller. As Deb and Keller’s troubled histories collide in this “original and entirely authentic love story” (Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project), Midge Raymond takes us on an unforgettable voyage deep into the wonders of the Antarctic and the mysteries of the human heart. My Last Continent is “a sensitive exploration of how the smallest action can ripple through an ecosystem—seemingly impenetrable, but as fragile as the human heart” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune). “Atmospheric and adventurous...The story and vivid writing will keep readers glued to the pages” (Library Journal).

Author : David George Gordon
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1458756025

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The Secret World of Slugs and Snails by David George Gordon Pdf

Do you think that you could lessen or overcome your feelings of depression if only you had the right tools? Are you ready to help yourself stop feeling depressed? If so, then you've found a powerful resource. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is a complete, comprehensive, step-by-step approach you can use, on your own or working w...

Author : Thomas E. Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0870716859

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Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest by Thomas E. Burke Pdf

Terrestrial mollusks, the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom, are vitally important to the earth's ecology. With the publication of Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest, a definitive and comprehensive guide to snails and slugs of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana is finally available. Primarily an identification guide, this richly illustrated volume offers complete information on the range of terrestrial mollusk shapes, sizes, and characteristics. It presents an overview of their habitat requirements as well as details of land snail and slug ecology, collection and preservation methods, and biogeography. Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest is an essential reference for biologists, horticulturalists, gardeners, and naturalists, and anyone wishing to identify species in the field. * Identification keys and species accounts for most of the 245 taxa of terrestrial slugs and snails in the region * 280 full-color photographs of 155 species and subspecies * Range maps for most species

Author : Michael Elsohn Ross
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0606219633

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Snailology by Michael Elsohn Ross Pdf

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping snails and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these shell dwellers.

Author : Sarah Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760554596

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I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow by Sarah Wilson Pdf

Sarah Wilson encourages us to be the change we want. She liberated us from the health costs of processed food by helping us to quit sugar. She inspired us to reframe anxiety as an opportunity for personal transformation rather than as a frailty. Now she emboldens us to adopt 'zero-waste' cooking as the path to good health, creativity and an altogether more elegant life.Inside this book you will find the most instructive, practical and useful kitchen advice that you are ever likely to encounter. Sarah reacquaints us with Flow, an intricately crafted kitchen process that shows us how to cook gut-healing, nutritionally dense, delicious food in less time, for less money and with virtually no waste.I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow is more than its 348 recipes, stunning food photography and intensely useful instruction. It is a manifesto for change, a challenge to us all to take charge of our kitchen, our expenditure, our time, our own health and the health of the planet.

Author : Everest Media
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28T22:59:00Z
Category : Science
ISBN : 9798822552739

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Summary of Elisabeth Tova Bailey's The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Everest Media Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When the body is rendered useless, the mind still runs like a bloodhound along well-worn trails of neurons, tracking the echoing questions: the confused family of whys, whats, and whens. #2 I had been moved to a studio apartment, where I could receive the care I needed. My own farmhouse was closed up. I did not know if or when I’d ever make it home again. I had to close my eyes and remember the early spring there. #3 The snail continued to explore the sides of the pot and the dish beneath, and I was amazed by its leisurely pace. I wondered if it would wander off during the night. But when I woke the next morning, the snail was back up in the pot, tucked into its shell, asleep beneath a violet leaf. #4 I was not at home in the white studio apartment where I was staying. I was far from the things that delighted me, the wild woods that sustained me, and the social network that enriched me.

Author : Bryce Andrews
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781328972477

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Down from the Mountain by Bryce Andrews Pdf

The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West. An "ode to wildness and wilderness" (Outside Magazine), Down from the Mountain tells the story of one grizzly in the changing Montana landscape. Millie was cunning, a fiercely protective mother to her cubs. But raising those cubs in the mountains was hard, as the climate warmed and people crowded the valleys. There were obvious dangers, like poachers, and subtle ones, like the corn field that drew her into sure trouble. That trouble is where award-winning writer, farmer, and conservationist Bryce Andrews's story intersects with Millie’s. In this "welcome and impressive work" he shows how this drama is "the core of a major problem in the rural American West—the disagreement between large predatory animals and invasive modern settlers”—an entangled collision where the shrinking wilds force human and bear into ever closer proximity (Barry Lopez). “Andrews’s wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts . . . Welcome and impressive work.”—Barry Lopez

Author : Brenda Miller,Suzanne Paola
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781260454604

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Tell It Slant, Third Edition by Brenda Miller,Suzanne Paola Pdf

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Two award-winning authors reveal everything you need to know to develop your own distinctive voice and craft compelling, creative nonfiction “Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant.” —Emily Dickinson With these words, Dickinson offers sound advice for nonfiction writers: Tell the truth but become more than mere transcribers of daily life. Since 2003, Tell It Slant has set the standard for creative nonfiction instruction, showing writers how to move beyond mere facts and, instead, make the most of their own “slant” on the world. This revised and updated third edition offers: • New and expanded chapters on writing about identity, maintaining a productive work/life balance, and navigating the publishing industry • An anthology with diverse pieces that range from traditional essay to the graphic memoir • Expanded discussion of contemporary and emerging literary forms • New “Try It” writing exercises throughout the book Whether planning a course or learning on your own, Tell It Slant provides everything you need to know to develop a distinctive voice and to craft compelling creative nonfiction. This book provides the basis for a complete education in nonfiction writing, wherever your classroom might be. “Tell It Slant is a valuable and comprehensive resource for nonfiction writers, filled with exhilarating examples, powerful exercises, and pure inspiration. Miller and Paola are gifted teachers and writers with endless wisdom to share and a lovely way of sharing it with struggling writers at every level.” —Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : American literature
ISBN : IND:30000088008945

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The Missouri Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Fishing
ISBN : UGA:32108048689411

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Pennsylvania Game News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : American literature
ISBN : IND:30000092497340

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Sycamore Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Times (London, England)
ISBN : UCD:31175034177173

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The Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : UOM:39015046054717

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Wild Earth by Anonim Pdf