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If you''re looking for an informed, scholarly discussion of poetry, don''t buy this book. Jim Nelson is literally an amateur. He loves poetry and he shares his opinions, oblivious of their validity. Jim is what you might call an eclectic writer, or more accurately, one unable to focus his attention. He has written two novels followed by a book on insects and now here comes a book on poetry. No telling what his next masterpiece might be. (He insisted on us using the adjective "masterpiece." Since he paid to have this book printed, who are we to argue?) Jim has the temerity to suggest that the great Walt Whitman is not a poet. Ditto, Carl Sandburg, William Carlos Williams and the majority of contemporary poets. At the same time, he admits to greatly admiring these and other "non-poets." As an excuse for "having his cake and eating it too," he takes refuge in Emerson''s reassuring safety net: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." There''s a "freebie" in this book: a second book! Jim shamelessly slipped in quite a few of his own poems at the back, just when you thought the book was finished. If you''d rather not read poems about cockroaches or a python, at least you might enjoy a few pretty pictures.

Did you know that the mosquito played an important role in the Louisiana Purchase? Or that dung beetles saved the cattle industry in Australia? That honeybees pollinate about one third of the food we eat? Or that the deadliest animal on earth is an insect? There’s an ant colony some 3,700 miles long! Morgan’s sphinx moth has a tongue more than 13 inches long. A locust plague stopped trains as the tracks became slippery with their crushed bodies. There’s a grasshopper in Africa that eats mice. Jim Nelson’s latest book is a treasure house of fascinating facts, stunning photographs and shocking historical events. One moment you might cringe reading about billions of locusts descending on farmland. The next you may laugh out loud at anecdotes and original poetry. Read about the wasp that turns a cockroach into a zombie or the historic 2024 hatch of a trillion cicadas. Trivia buffs will love the “Insect Book of Records” and chefs can add several insect recipes to their repertoire.

Libby, the “City of Eagles.” A town in extreme northwest Montana surrounded by more than two million acres of wilderness. It lies along the turquoise waters of the Kootenai River surrounded by pristine streams and lakes. When Doc Conrad Lindstrom brings his family to Libby, the lumber mill and the vermiculite mine are thriving industries. His wife Anna plays the small pump organ at church. His older son, Nicholas, builds model ships and makes his own exquisite fishing flies. Younger son, Trygve, debates his future: he’s struggling to decide: poet laureate, or maybe an entomologist. At age six, Tryg races into the family cabin, pursued by a horde of angry wasps. His mother screams. Sherlock, the family basset howls and hides under the bed. Conrad starts swinging a broom. Chaos reigns. Or as Conrad says, “Just a typical Saturday night.” Tryg age 10, catches (and loses) a monster brown trout on the Madison River. He goes on his first (and last) elk hunt at age 12 and officially becomes a man after completing Libby’s unique rite of passage. At 18 he and best friend Otto challenge Jennings Rapids in the family’s tiny 12-foot boat. Meet a few of Libby’s “dear hearts and gentle people” in Trygve Lindstrom: Tales from Libby, Montana.

Tribesmen murdered in Papua New Guinea. A shaman brutally killed in the Amazon. Mercenary commandos infiltrating biolabs across the globe. Billionaire Umberto Morton will stop at nothing to assure he is the first to patent the Fountain of Youth. He has transformed his worldwide pharmaceutical empire to a single effort; he calls it the Methuselah Project. Welcome to Madagascar: land of exotic spiders, land leeches, jumping rats, crocodiles, hissing cockroaches, and the mysterious predator called the fossa. And maybe, land that is hiding a secret elixir, the Fountain of Youth. Harvard entomologist, Trygve Lindstrom, has accepted Morton’s generous six-month sabbatical to a remote village in Madagascar. For centuries, mariner’s reports and missionary accounts claim that these reclusive villagers, the Rock People, may have found the secret to youth and longevity. Lindstrom scoffs at the tales, but leaps at a chance to collect and study rare bugs. In time, he is accepted by the villagers, especially the children who joyfully accompany him on his collecting journeys. Then the unthinkable happens. Morton sends two armed commandoes to Madagascar. Lindstrom is determined to protect his beloved villagers and their sacred secret. But what can he do against armed intruders?

Classic Cascade Climbs features more than 100 climbing routes across 70-plus peaks--from renowned alpine routes to challenging trad climbs, as well as a handful of sport, ice, and crag options. To determine if it was a “classic” each route was judged on the following criteria: overall quality, popularity, accessibility, style, and historical importance. Climbing beta includes: Peak and prominence elevations and type of rock Grade, approach, route, descent descriptions Detailed photo-based route overlays and topo maps Pitch-by-pitch details, estimated time, recommended equipment Required permits and other special considerations Selected history including first ascents Authoritative and inspirational, this seminal guide also features stunning mountain photography by famed photographer John Scurlock and others.

During the first week of the pandemic lockdown, a security guard starts seeing things he''s not supposed to see. Men working underground on Internet data lines in the dead of night-neighborhood patrols enforcing the shelter-in-place order-the upcoming presidential election looking bought and paid for-and a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars in BitCoin. All the while, he shows worrying symptoms he''s infected with COVID-19. It''s only a matter of days-even hours-before he''s taken into emergency care and quarantined in an isolation unit. All signs point to something amiss in his affluent suburban town...and the further he digs into it, the more he discovers nothing is as it seems. "No one tells a hard-boiled tale like Jim Nelson." - Instant City "Nelson is a tried and tested author." - The Drifting Paige

Three Legs and a Spare is the first Tripawds dog amputation e-book, originally published in 2009. Now in its Fourth Edition, this essential canine amputation recovery and care handbook has been updated to include numerous informative articles, forum topics, videos, podcast interviews, and many more helpful resources! This interactive e-book includes hundreds of direct links to quickly find more comprehensive information online without having to spend time searching. The Premium E-book includes veterinarian interview excerpts, extended recommended reading lists, and additional content.Whether your dog has already lost a leg or will be having an amputation soon - due to canine cancer or for any another reason - Three Legs and a Spare will help you prepare for your dog''s new life on three legs.This "Basics Version" is optimized for the reflowble format viewed on Kindle and other e-book reader devices. It is an edited version of the Three Legs and a Spare Premium E-book. Content, photos, bonus material, and formatting have been removed to reduce file size and ensure compatibility. Chapters about rehab and nutrition for new Tripawds have also been truncated or removed. Download includes coupon for $5 Off the Premium E-book.Find Fast Answers to Common Concerns:- Canine amputation surgery costs- How to decide if amputation is right for your dog- Preparing yourself, your dog, and your home- Pre-amputation questions to ask your vet- Post-surgery pain management strategies- Common amputation recovery concerns, and how to handle them- Essential gear to improve quality of life on three legsKnow how to determine if amputation is right for your dog. Learn the best tips to help improve quality of life for dogs after limb amputation. Discover what to expect during recovery. Understand the different challenges for front leg Tripawds and tripod dogs missing a rear leg. Get fast answers to questions about amputee dogs, phantom limb pain, rehabilitation, the best pain management practices, and much more.

Teaching About Geometric Optics guides physics teachers to help students develop a foundational understanding of geometric optics. The cornerstone of photonics systems, geometric optics, have applications in a wide range of industries including technology, medical, and military sectors. This book covers the basics of light propagation, reflection and refraction and the use of simple optical elements such as mirrors, prisms, lenses, and optical fibers.

When their dog Jerry lost a leg to cancer, Jim & Rene set out to travel together in a new RV. Jerry led them around the country for two years. Be More Dog is more than a memoir about a three-legged dog on an epic road trip. It is a mantra to live by, and this book is the guide. With Foreword and original artwork by MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell.

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Single mother Hanna Driscoll struggles to raise her "bridge daughters," twins born pregnant with Hanna''s children. In six weeks the girls will give birth and die, leaving Hanna with two infants to raise.Then Hanna''s busy life is shaken when an activist threatens to rescue her daughters from their fate and kill the children they bear.A thriller of twists and turns, Hanna faces challenges from all sides to protect her infants-to-be...only to discover she too questions the mortality of her bridge daughters.

Its in the book. Jim Nelson Did you know? Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. "When possums are playingpossium, they are not playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror. "In the 1940s, the FCC assigned televisions channel 1 to mobile services, two-way radios in taxicabs, etc. They never did assign any other channels. Thats why our TVs today start with channel 2. "Hersheys Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt. "The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when horses pulled the fire engines. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight stairways. "The only two days of the year that do not have any professional sports games, MLB, NBA, NHL, or the NFL are the day before and the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. I have not failed. Ive just found ten thousand ways that wont work. Thomas Edison

This book chronicles two and a half centuries of Nelsons. Characters that have blown up their own homes, built amusement parks and beat their wife and kids. This book is an effort by one of the family members to examine the images and memories of those generations to understand what went right and wrong and how things got to be as they are. These chronicles reflect lives lived large with all the extremes of joy and heartbreak that one could imagine. Furthermore, all of is true - which makes it sometimes unbelievable.

Half a Century of Architectural Dreaming - a Vision a Year - That''s a lot of Work. That''s why its called VisionWorks.Taken from the books of history and recent events touching all mankind.A Visioneer lives to tell about it!

The demonstrations and activities concerning magnets and magnetism described in this guide have been developed over many years. Most involve inexpensive and simple materials that are commonly available and easily put together. The teaching approach has students thinking about, and put into writing, what they expect to happen before they do the activities.

It''s happening in colleges all across the country. Instead of being educational institutions designed to encourage the free discussion of ideas, universities have become prisons of propaganda, indoctrinating students with politically correct (and often morally repugnant) ideas about American life and culture. This book exposes the liberal bias in today''s universities, providing hard evidence, in clear and unimpeachable terms, that shows how today''s colleges are covertly and overtly proselytizing with leftist slants on sexuality, politics, and lifestyles. By naming names and providing specific and credible insights from faculty members, administrators, professional observers, and analysts who have witnessed and chronicled the intellectual and ethical collapse taking place within the academy, this book offers a broad overview of the issues, the history of the problems, analysis from a broad range of academics and professionals, and also observations of the university students themselves, in their own words, from schools all across the nation.

"It was a year ago today we discovered the Everywhere Man." So begins the story of those who seek out a man obscured and faceless in millions of tourist photos of San Francisco''s historic cable cars. Never identified, his anonymity remains unchallenged until the time comes when he can no longer be ignored.Everywhere Man invites the reader into the center of a mystery as old as San Francisco itself. Only amid the machinery of the cable car''s engine house is the identity of the Everywhere Man revealed -- along with the fate of those who seek him out.

This book chronicles two and a half centuries of Nelsons. Characters who have blown up their own homes, built amusement parks and beat their wife and kids. This book is a work of love by one for them. It reflects our life, joy, heartbreak, strengths, and humor in sometimes unbelievable situations.

Harvard entomologist Dr. Trygve Lindstrom can''t refuse a mysterious invitation to attend a conference in London, for "the greatest scientific expedition in history." The powerful pharmaceutical company, The Chapter, is funding dozens of prominent scientists for a year''s sabattical to biological hotspots across the globe to collect specimens that may become tomorrow''s miracle drugs. Lindstrom''s assignment is a dream come true: collecting rare insects in a remote corner of Madagascar, the Red Island. Lindstrom soon befriends a reclusive Malagasy tribe of Rock People and begins sending hundreds of new and rare insect specimens to The Chapter. Sketchy documents and folklore attribute to the tribal shaman of this tribe an exceptionally long, youthful, disease-free life. Have the Rock People found the Fountain of Youth? Is there any truth to rumors of an insect, a bibeleky, whose bite confers youth and health? Lindstrom ridicules the native stories . . . until he discovers the frightening truth. The Chapter will stop at nothing to exploit such a priceless discovery.

Black''s groundbreaking new book reveals how a growing number of scientists see faith and science as complementary, affirming that divine inspiration is the answer to some of science''s most vexing questions, and providing a reaffirmation of faith for Christians the world over.

When the pharoahs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharoahs'' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all—the tomb of King Tut''s mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse?

An autobiography of the senator and presidential candidate describes his spiritual awakening and the effect that this has had on his political views, outlining those views and his plans for America in the event of his election.

"One of Saddam Hussein''s top military advisors, paints a picture of Hussein, his regime, and his country"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of entertaining stories about these magnificent and often misunderstood creatures.

Details everything important for maintaining good health. Vitamins, supplements and homeopathic medicine are included in this complete guide. This is written for both sexes that contains information of medical breakthroughs in the area of preventative medicine. It also informs readers of medical tests that they must have.

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