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Author: Henry David Thoreau Publisher: Applewood Books ISBN: 1557091307 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 49
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A meditation on apples begins with a short history of the apple tree, tracing its path from ancient Greece to America. Thoreau saw the apple as a perfect mirror of man and eloquently lamented where they both were heading.
Author: Henry David Thoreau Publisher: Applewood Books ISBN: 1557091307 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 49
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A meditation on apples begins with a short history of the apple tree, tracing its path from ancient Greece to America. Thoreau saw the apple as a perfect mirror of man and eloquently lamented where they both were heading.
Author: Grace MacGowan Cooke Publisher: ISBN: Category : California Languages : en Pages : 384
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Julian McCulloch finds that in his search for new values and love that he must break with his parents. A novel of the conflicts of maturing adolescence set in Contra Costa County, California.
Author: Henry David Thoreau Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393321159 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 436
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Thoreau presents information about the "'unnoticed wild berry whose beauty annually lends a new charm to some wild walk, '" along with what "may be considered Thoreau's last will and testament, in which he protests our desecration of the landscape, reflects on the importance of preserving wild space 'for instruction and recreation, ' and envisions a new American scripture."--Jacket.
Author: Nelson Algren Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780374525323 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
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With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".
Author: Craig Doherty Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press ISBN: 1940239257 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 185
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Building a Grouse Dog: From Puppy to Polished Performer by Craig Doherty, is the most comprehensive, how-to manual there is for taking an eight-week-old little squirmer of any pointing breed and turning him or her into that most coveted game bird finder there is: a finished grouse dog. Unlike many general pointing-dog training books, this one concentrates on one species – the ruffed grouse. Grouse are notorious for their caginess, their wariness, and their difficulty in being pinned down so a hunter can get close enough to flush and shoot. It takes a dog that has been trained nearly from birth to handle that task, and no one knows how to do it better than Craig Doherty. Craig was the driving force behind Field Trial Magazine, is a columnist for The Pointing Dog Journal, regularly competes in grouse trials throughout the Northeast, professionally trains grouse dogs for clients from all over the country, and – this is important – guides grouse hunters using his own dogs trained in his outstanding methods; important because paying clients need results, and those results can only come by following dogs that know the game. A number of how-to training books tell you what to do from beginning to end; but if you have started your own training, run into problems, and consult the literature, many times you’ll find that the advice is something along the lines of, “Well, you messed up because you didn’t do X, Y, and Z. Remember that so you won’t ruin your next dog.” Not Craig – if you have run into a snag with your current dog, Craig tells you what to do to get past it and on with the dog’s completed training. So if your aim, your goal, is to own and hunt behind a finished grouse dog that knows what’s what in the coverts, Building a Grouse Dog is the best guide you’ll ever have.
Author: Michael Pollan Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 0375760393 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 306
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“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” —The New York Times “A wry, informed pastoral.” —The New Yorker The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?
Author: Branka Arsic Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1501370596 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 445
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Plants are silent, still, or move slowly; we do not have the sense that they accompany us, or even perceive us. But is there something that plants are telling us? Is there something about how they live and connect, how they relate to the world and other plants that can teach us about ecological thinking, about ethics and politics? Grounded in Thoreau's ecology and in contemporary plant studies, Dispersion: Thoreau and Vegetal Thought offers answers to those questions by pondering such concepts as co-dependence, the continuity of life forms, relationality, cohabitation, porousness, fragility, the openness of beings to incessant modification by other beings and phenomena, patience, waiting, slowness and receptivity.
Author: Andrew Moore Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN: 1603585974 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 330
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The largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically, it fed and sustained Native Americans and European explorers, presidents, and enslaved African Americans, inspiring folk songs, poetry, and scores of place names from Georgia to Illinois. Its trees are an organic grower’s dream, requiring no pesticides or herbicides to thrive, and containing compounds that are among the most potent anticancer agents yet discovered. So why have so few people heard of the pawpaw, much less tasted one? In Pawpaw—a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award nominee in the Writing & Literature category—author Andrew Moore explores the past, present, and future of this unique fruit, traveling from the Ozarks to Monticello; canoeing the lower Mississippi in search of wild fruit; drinking pawpaw beer in Durham, North Carolina; tracking down lost cultivars in Appalachian hollers; and helping out during harvest season in a Maryland orchard. Along the way, he gathers pawpaw lore and knowledge not only from the plant breeders and horticulturists working to bring pawpaws into the mainstream (including Neal Peterson, known in pawpaw circles as the fruit’s own “Johnny Pawpawseed”), but also regular folks who remember eating them in the woods as kids, but haven’t had one in over fifty years. As much as Pawpaw is a compendium of pawpaw knowledge, it also plumbs deeper questions about American foodways—how economic, biologic, and cultural forces combine, leading us to eat what we eat, and sometimes to ignore the incredible, delicious food growing all around us. If you haven’t yet eaten a pawpaw, this book won’t let you rest until you do.
Author: Henry David Thoreau Publisher: WordFire +ORM ISBN: 168057633X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 247
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IN THE SPIRIT OF UNDYING ADVENTURE! Sauntering through natural landscapes is a noble art; and one that Henry David Thoreau held in the highest regard. Though he is perhaps best known for Walden: Life in the Woods and his essay “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau was an early advocate of recreational hiking, canoeing, and conserving natural resources. A passionate nature writer, he penned many articles that shared these philosophies and perspectives. This carefully restored re-creation of the 1863 essay collection Excursions features the nine original essays that were published posthumously: “Natural History of Massachusetts” “A Walk to Wachusett” “The Landlord” “A Winter Walk” “The Succession of Forest Trees” “Walking” “Autumnal Tints” “Wild Apples” “Night and Moonlight” This revised special edition also includes the original detailed biographical sketch of Thoreau by fellow transcendentalist and friend Ralph Waldo Emerson. Featuring a brand-new foreword by J.F. Penn, best-selling author of PILGRIMAGE: Lessons Learned from Walking Three Ancient Ways, and a fresh introduction from editor Mark Leslie. ______ "In these ever more fast-moving times, as the constant noise of media in every form buffets us, and bad news from across the world shakes our sense of well-being daily, we can find truth in Thoreau’s words that 'in society you will not find health, but in nature.'" - J.F. Penn
Author: Henry David Thoreau Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 281
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In 'Walden, Walking & Civil Disobedience (Including The Life of Henry David Thoreau)', Henry David Thoreau presents a collection of his most influential works that delve into the themes of self-reliance, simplicity, nature, and resistance to unjust authority. Through his transcendentalist lens, Thoreau discusses his experiences living in solitude at Walden Pond, his thoughts on the importance of walking as a form of meditation and connection to nature, and his famous essay on civil disobedience as a tool for advocating for justice. Thoreau's writing is characterized by its poetic and philosophical depth, making it a seminal work in American literature. This compilation provides a comprehensive insight into the mind of a visionary thinker of the 19th century. Henry David Thoreau, a philosopher, naturalist, and advocate for social change, was deeply influenced by the transcendentalist movement and his own experiences in nature. Thoreau's passion for living deliberately and questioning societal norms is reflected in his writings, inspiring readers to embrace simplicity and individualism. 'Walden, Walking & Civil Disobedience' is a must-read for anyone seeking profound reflections on nature, society, and the human experience, as well as a deeper understanding of Thoreau's impactful life and ideas.
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Author: Grace MacGowan Cooke
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Author: Nelson Algren
Author: Craig Doherty
Author: Michael Pollan
Author: Branka Arsic
Author: Andrew Moore
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau