Country Walks

Country Walks
Author: Time Out Guides Ltd
Publisher: Time Out Guides
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2011
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1846702216

The first volume of the acclaimed Time Out Country Walks has been fully revised and updated, featuring 52 walks within easy reach of London, all starting and ending at railway stations. The walks take travelers through the glorious countryside, all on scenic footpaths with a minimum of road-walking. Recommendations for the best pubs and cafés are included, while easy-to-use maps and cut-off suggestions help those who choose to shorten the walk.

A Defense of Abortion

A Defense of Abortion
Author: David Boonin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521520355

David Boonin has written the most thorough and detailed case for the moral permissibility of abortion yet published. Critically examining a wide range of arguments that attempt to prove that every human fetus has a right to life, he shows that each of these arguments fails on its own terms. He then explains how even if the fetus does have a right to life, abortion can still be shown to be morally permissible on the critic of abortion's own terms.

Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change
Author: John Atlas
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0826517056

"Seeds of Change is the definitive book on one of the most effective grassroots organizations of low-income Americans."Robert Kuttner --

Hickleglee

Hickleglee
Author: Cristopher Taylor
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0359954103

An allegorical American in 2019 sets the stage for this tale of a land where peace, prosperity, and opportunity reign. That is, until election time. A new leader rises. Thump Agramon rides to power on his slogan: Make Hickleglee Great Again! Immigration problems arise which are thinly painted with racism and bigotry. The environment is deteriorating and ""Fake News"" seems to be the only news. Behind it all a weasel named Puton seeks to manipulate Thump. The color of one's fur determines his or her status and many are blinded to the moral degradation occurring. That is, until four rabbits decide to take on the powerhouse that has become a dictatorship. Twists and turns abound until an unlikely alliance is formed between the bunnies, a snake, and an old beaver, who plot to stop the madness in a last ditch effort to save Hickleglee.

Monsters of Men

Monsters of Men
Author: Patrick Ness
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763652113

In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world. As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches. And as the ceaseless Noise lays all thoughts bare, the projected will of the few threatens to overwhelm the desperate desire of the many. The consequences of each action, each word, are unspeakably vast: To follow a tyrant or a terrorist? To save the life of the one you love most, or thousands of strangers? To believe in redemption, or assume it is lost? Becoming adults amid the turmoil, Todd and Viola question all they have known, racing through horror and outrage toward a shocking finale.

The Ecology of Place

The Ecology of Place
Author: Ian Billick
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226050440

Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to study, generalizations are essential. But how do you extrapolate knowledge about a well-studied area and apply it elsewhere? Through a range of original essays written by eminent ecologists and naturalists, The Ecology of Place explores how place-focused research yields exportable general knowledge as well as practical local knowledge, and how society can facilitate ecological understanding by investing in field sites, place-centered databases, interdisciplinary collaborations, and field-oriented education programs that emphasize natural history. This unique patchwork of case-study narratives, philosophical musings, and historical analyses is tied together with commentaries from editors Ian Billick and Mary Price that develop and synthesize common threads. The result is a unique volume rich with all-too-rare insights into how science is actually done, as told by scientists themselves.