Book Description
Desperate to survive during the Dust Bowl, C. J. Jackson and his family leave the panhandle of Oklahoma and head west to California, where they hope to make a better life for themselves.
Author : William Durbin
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439153065
Desperate to survive during the Dust Bowl, C. J. Jackson and his family leave the panhandle of Oklahoma and head west to California, where they hope to make a better life for themselves.
Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 19,42 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1451676662
The harrowing account of US soldiers caught in America’s forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that The New York Times calls “relentless...a classic of war reporting,” by Pulitzer Prize winner and former Marine C.J. Chivers. More than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001, and C.J. Chivers reported on both wars from their beginnings. The Fighters vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant. Chivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared. The Fighters is a “gripping, unforgettable” (The Boston Globe) portrait of modern warfare. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, The Fighters is “a masterful work of atmospheric reporting, and it’s a book that will have every reader asking—with varying degrees of urgency or anger or despair—the final question Chivers himself asks: ‘How many lives had these wars wrecked?’” (Christian Science Monitor).
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 1948
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Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Cattle
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Author : American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Aberdeen-Angus cattle
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Author : American Short-horn Breeders' Association
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Page : 1126 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Cattle
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Author : Robert Askins
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0300093160
This accessible book draws on recent research on bird species and their habitats to explain how basic principles of bird ecology and landscape ecology can help us create scientifically sound plans for protecting and restoring the rich diversity of North American birds. This edition includes an afterword that reviews noteworthy literature that has appeared since the first edition was completed in 1999. This new material--on such key issues as the importance of preserving large expanses of natural habitat, the importance of maintaining early successional habitats, and the habitat requirements of neotropical migrants--shows how the research on landscape ecology of birds has shaped conservation policy more rapidly than most would have predicted. Praise for the earlier edition: "This book is first-rate--very broad in scope and appeal, readable, and truly integrative in its coverage of landscape ecology and its implications for avian conservation biology. . . . It will be of significant interest to researchers and students of conservation biology, ornithology and ecology; land managers; conservation agencies; and anyone with an interest in protecting the rich avian diversity of North America."--Trevor E. Pitcher, American Scientist "This wonderful book . . . is especially relevant for conservation biologists from all walks of life."--Kathryn E. Sieving, Auk "An enjoyable read for anyone, from the amateur birder to the professional scientist."--J. Michael Reed, Ecology
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 1884
Category : American literature
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Author : New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture
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Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 1910
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Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
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Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Cattle
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Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.