Sweetwater Creek

Sweetwater Creek
Author: Anne Rivers Siddons
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061755044

From New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons comes a bittersweet and finely wrought story of friendship, family, and Charleston society. At twelve, Emily Parmenter knows alone all too well. Left mostly to herself after her beautiful young mother disappeared and her beloved older brother died, Emily is keenly aware of yearning and loss. Rather than be consumed by sadness, she has built a life around the faded plantation where her remote father and hunting-obsessed brothers raise the legendary Lowcountry Boykin hunting spaniels. It is a meager, narrow, masculine world, but to Emily it has magic: the storied deep-sea dolphins who come regularly to play in Sweetwater Creek; her extraordinary bond with the beautiful dogs she trains; her almost mystic communion with her own spaniel, Elvis; the dreaming old Lowcountry itself. Emily hides from the dreaded world here. It is enough. And then comes Lulu Foxworth, troubled daughter of a truly grand plantation, who has run away from her hectic Charleston debutante season to spend a healing summer with the quiet marshes and river, and the life-giving dogs. Where Emily's father sees their guest as an entrée to a society he thought forever out of reach, Emily is at once threatened and mystified. Lulu has a powerful enchantment of her own, and this, along with the dark, crippling secret she brings with her, will inevitably blow Emily's magical water world apart and let the real one in—but at a terrible price. Poignant and emotionally compelling, Sweetwater Creek draws you into the luminous landscape of the Lowcountry, with characters that will linger long after you've turned the last page.

Are Dolphins Really Smart?

Are Dolphins Really Smart?
Author: Justin Gregg
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191636029

How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and separates scientific fact from fiction. He puts our knowledge about dolphin behaviour and intelligence into perspective, with comparisons to scientific studies of other animals, especially the crow family and great apes. He gives fascinating accounts of the challenges of testing what an animal with flippers and no facial expressions might be animal behaviour, Gregg challenges many of the widespread beliefs about dolphins, while also inspiring the reader with the remarkable abilities common to many of the less glamorized animals around us - such as chickens.

Candy for Breakfast (Dolphin Readers Level 2)

Candy for Breakfast (Dolphin Readers Level 2)
Author: Rebecca Brooke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-11-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194404528

From shapes and baby animals to students in space, fiction and non-fiction Dolphins capture imaginations. With activities for every page of reading, the stimulating 'read and do' approach engages learners, practises language, and encourages critical-thinking skills.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1960
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0395069629

Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Marcy: Thirteen Dolphins

Marcy: Thirteen Dolphins
Author: Susan Halliday
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1925000435

Dolphin Confidential

Dolphin Confidential
Author: Maddalena Bearzi
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0226040186

A “compelling” up-close memoir of a career spent among marine mammals and a portrait of the daily lives of dolphins (Publishers Weekly). Working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild is a unique thrill—and this book invites us shore-bound dreamers to join Maddalena Bearzi as she travels alongside them. In a fascinating account, she takes us inside the world of a marine scientist and offers a firsthand understanding of marine mammal behavior, as well as the frustrations and delights that make up dolphin research. Bearzi recounts her experiences at sea, tracing her own evolution as a woman and a scientist from her earliest travails to her transformation into an advocate for conservation and dolphin protection. These compelling, in-depth descriptions of her fieldwork also present a captivating look into dolphin social behavior and intelligence. Drawing on her extensive experience with the metropolitan bottlenose dolphins of California in particular, she offers insights into the daily lives of these creatures—as well as the difficulties involved in collecting the data that transforms hunches into hypotheses and eventually scientific facts. The book closes by addressing the critical environmental and conservation problems facing these magnificent, socially complex, highly intelligent, and emotional beings. “Pairing vivid images of bottlenose dolphins swimming together and caring for one another with descriptions of the meticulous scientific work required to record their behavior, Maddalena Bearzi sheds light on the life of a field biologist…A beautifully written account.”—Library Journal

Australian Bed & Breakfast

Australian Bed & Breakfast
Author: Carl Southern
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780975804056

"The Australian Bed and Breakfast Book" includes some of Australia's best Bed and Breakfast accommodation. First published in 1989, this 22nd Edition has been completely updated and revised for 2010. The publication includes a selection of the best hosted accommodation across the country and in every state. Included in this title are detailed entries, full colour photographs, clear maps and comprehensive indexes on a complete range of accommodation from Bed and Breakfasts and Farmstays to Self-Contained Cottages and Apartments, Luxury Retreats, Guesthouses and Small Hotels. Accommodation in each state is listed alphabetically by location.

Breakfast At Darcy's

Breakfast At Darcy's
Author: Ali McNamara
Publisher: Sphere
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0748128328

'Utterly enjoyable' - Stylist 'Perfect easy reading' - Sun ------------------------ When Darcy McCall loses her beloved Aunt Molly, she doesn't expect any sort of inheritance - let alone a small island! Located off the west coast of Ireland, Tara hasn't been lived on for years, but according to Molly's will, Darcy must stay there for twelve months in order to fully inherit. It's a big shock. And she's even more shocked to hear that she needs to persuade a village full of people to settle there, too. Darcy has to leave behind her independent city life and swap stylish heels for muddy wellies. Between sorting everything from the plumbing to the pub, Darcy meets confident, charming Conor and sensible, stubborn Dermot - but who will make her feel really at home? Another fabulously fun rom com novel from the author of From Notting Hill with Love . . . Actually

Million Dollar Dolphins

Million Dollar Dolphins
Author: Barry A. Higgins
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1606932713

In book One of the Higgins mystery series, former CIA agent and current U.S. Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer, Jake Rayland attempts to solve the mystery of dolphins missing from several Florida marine aquariums. Dodging bullets and nothing less than a rocket, he all the while must deal with the absurdities of his life: a by-the- book boss, a board full of oddball and prejudiced nonagenarians who control his trailer park, a daughter in college, an ex-wife and her bottom-feeding lawyer, drug dealers, former colleagues and a bevy of off the wall friends. Jake's logical nature and keen sense of humor keep him grounded as he maneuvers through the quagmire of his life while trying to save and protect an innocent family caught in the middle of the dolphin disappearances.