Pika

Pika
Author: Tannis Bill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: American pika
ISBN: 9781590788035

The pika survives where life is rocky. A male pika scurries across a stone pile high in the mountains. He nips leafy twigs off bushes and piles them in the shelter of a rocky den. This hamster-size cousin of the rabbit builds a hay pile as big as a bathtub. In the winter, he feeds on his hay pile, tunnels through the snow for lichens, and pops out for low-growing plants. The story of how the pika avoids predators, survives the cold, and sings for a mate will enthrall young readers. Tannis Bill's simple text makes the true story of the pika accessible to all. Jim Jacobson's stunning photographs capture the pika in the act of living naturally.

Behind the Rock and Beyond

Behind the Rock and Beyond
Author: Leon Isackson
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2014-07-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1456604597

Teen Time, Bandstand, Dig Richards, Johnny O'Keefe, Sing, Sing, Sing, Col Joye & The Joy Boys, The Delltones, Sydney Stadium, Saigon ... some of the names to be found in Behind The Rock, the refreshing frank reminiscences of Australian rock musicians, Jon Hayton and Leon Isackson. Based on personal diaries, Behind The Rock is a humorous and honest account of life in the Australian rock'n'roll scene from its birth in 1956 to the mid-sixties (and Beyond). With the changing fortunes of the band, the R'Jays, the authors take us behind-the-scenes of Festival Records, 'live' television, stadium concerts and dances, band tours in Australia, New Zealand and war-torn Vietnam and the world of adolescent sex, fans and 'band vultures', bungling managers, and hard-living and heart-broken rock stars. A no-holds-barred, eyewitness story, Behind The Rock is a vital document for understanding the history of 'Oz Rock'.

Discover Nature in the Rocks

Discover Nature in the Rocks
Author: Rebecca Lawton
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780811727204

A friendly introduction to hands-on study of nature in your own backyard. Simple activities for all ages.

Reading the Rocks

Reading the Rocks
Author: Marcia Bjornerud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2008-07-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0786722053

To many of us, the Earth’s crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. Containing a glossary and detailed timescale, as well as vivid descriptions and historic accounts, Reading the Rocks is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth.

The Rocks Begin to Speak

The Rocks Begin to Speak
Author: LaVan Martineau
Publisher: Las Vegas, Nev. : KC Publications
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1973
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Unlocks the secrets of petroglyphs and pictographs, and opens the door to an understanding of prehistoric man.

Beyond the Highland Mist

Beyond the Highland Mist
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307426971

He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . . An alluring laird... He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve. A prisoner in time... She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . . .

Beyond the Point of Unknown

Beyond the Point of Unknown
Author: Ray Cummings
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2022-11-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Beyond the Point of Unknown is Ray Cummings' collection of space travel and alien contact novels. It brings some of the author's best works placed within our Solar System and distant worlds. You will meet different kinds of alien races from all over the universe and discover their interaction with humans. Brigands of the Moon The Fire People The White Invaders The World Beyond Wandl the Invader

Beyond the Golden Hour

Beyond the Golden Hour
Author: Vince Guerra
Publisher: Copperlight Wood
Total Pages: 177
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1732571929

The Golden Hour: The hour immediately following traumatic injury in which medical treatment to prevent irreversible internal damage and optimize the chance of survival is most effective. SEAL team Polaris is on a reconnaissance mission high in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan when they’re led into an ambush. The A-10 fighter providing close-air support is shot down and Air Force pararescue jumpers, dispatched to extract the downed pilot, also suffer heavy fire. As the clock ticks and casualties mount, the PJs join forces with Polaris – facing subzero temperatures, formidable terrain, and entrenched enemies – to rescue the missing pilot and get them all home.