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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"From windswept deserts to misty seaside hills and verdant valleys, the natural landscapes of the American West offer an astounding variety of climates for gardens. Under Western Skies reveals thirty-six of the most innovative designs--all embracing and celebrating the very soul of the land on which they grow. For the gardeners featured here, nature is the ultimate inspiration rather than something to be dominated, and Under Western Skies shows the...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A young reader's adaptation of The New York Times bestseller Follow researcher Carl Safina as he treks with a herd of elephants across the Kenyan landscape, then travel with him to the Pacific Northwest to track and monitor whales in their ocean home. Along the way, find out more about the interior lives of these giants of land and sea--how they play, how they fight, and how they communicate with one another, and sometimes with us, too. Weaving decades...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
'Island time' isn't just for the tropics: immerse yourself in evergreen forests, rocky shorelines, and the glittering sea with Moon San Juan Islands. Strategic itineraries ranging from a 10-day best of the islands to a weeklong family camping trip Curated advice for eco-tourists, honeymooners, families, animal-lovers, and nature buffs Detailed maps and full-color photos throughout Activities and ideas for every traveler: Picnic on cliffs...
Author
Pub. Date
©1998
Description
Traveling, like Tocqueville and John Gunther before him, through a political and cultural landscape in transition, Kaplan reveals a nation shedding a familiar identity as it assumes a radically new one. An Empire Wilderness opens in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the first white settlers moved into Indian country and where Manifest Destiny was born. In a world whose future conflicts can barely be imagined, it is also the place where the army trains...
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