Vestal Fire

Vestal Fire
Author: Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0295803525

Stephen Pyne has been described as having a consciousness "composed of equal parts historian, ecologist, philosopher, critic, poet, and sociologist." At this time in history when many people are trying to understand their true relationship with the natural environment, this book offers a remarkable contribution--breathtaking in the scope of its research and exhilarating to read. Pyne takes the reader on a journey through time, exploring the terrain of Europe and the uses and abuses of its lands as well as, through migration and conquest, many parts of the rest of the world. Whether he is discussing the Mediterranean region, Russia, Scandinavia, the British Isles, central Europe, or colonized islands; whether he is considering the impact of agriculture, forestry, or Enlightenment thinking, the author brings an unmatched insight to his subject. Vestal Fire takes its title from Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and keeper of the sacred fire on Mount Olympus. But the book's title also suggests the strengths and limitations of Europe's peculiar conception of fire, and through fire, of its relationship to nature. Between the untamed fire of the wilderness and the tended fire of the hearth lies a never-ending dialectic in which human beings struggle to control natural forces and processes that in fact can sometimes be directed but never wholly dominated or contained.

Sable

Sable
Author: Mike Grell
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312848722

Jon Sable had it all, a lovely wife and family, a great job as a game warden in Africa, until poachers took it all away from him, killing his family and leaving him for dead.

The Sable Quean

The Sable Quean
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0441019986

New York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques gives us another tale of Redwall, filled with “The Knights of the Round Table with paws” (The Sunday Times) along with their friends and enemies. Buckler the hare, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, must save the youngsters of Redwall Abbey—kidnapped by the vile Vilaya the Sable Quean—and stop the villain’s conquest of Mossflower Wood.

Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers

Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers
Author: Keith B. Aubry
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 603
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0801466075

Mammals in the genus Martes are mid-sized carnivores of great importance to forest ecosystems. This book, the successor to Martens, Sables, and Fishers: Biology and Conservation, provides a scientific basis for management and conservation efforts designed to maintain or enhance the populations and habitats of Martes species throughout the world. The twenty synthesis chapters contained in this book bring together the perspectives and expertise of 63 scientists from twelve countries, and are organized by the five key themes of evolution and biogeography, population biology and management, habitat ecology and management, research techniques, and conservation. Recent developments in research technologies such as modeling and genetics, biological knowledge about pathogens and parasites, and concerns about the potential effects of global warming on the distribution and status of Martes populations make new syntheses of these areas especially timely. The volume provides an overview of what is known while clarifying initiatives for future research and conservation priorities, and will be of interest to mammalogists, resource managers, applied ecologists, and conservation biologists.

The Writings

The Writings
Author: Douglas William Jerrold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1854
Genre:
ISBN:

The Sable Arm

The Sable Arm
Author: Dudley Taylor Cornish
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

Describes the hopes, fears, and accomplishments of Black troops in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Return to Sable

Return to Sable
Author: Jill Martin Bouteillier
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2015-02-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1496971175

Both haunted and driven to discover a 100 year old secret, storyteller Jill Martin, leads the reader on a journey to one of the loneliest places in North America: Sable Island. Sculpted by wind and waves, this thin slice of grass-covered dunes for centuries has lured hundreds of ships to founder on its treacherous sand bars. Only the foolhardy or nave dared to underestimate the dangers of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. It is to this notorious outpost a hundred miles from mainland Nova Scotia that newly appointed Superintendent of Lifesaving, RJ Bouteillier, brings his young family in 1884. In this harsh, isolated and mysterious environment far from city life, young Beatrice, a woman who challenges the prescribed roles of her sex, crosses the threshold from childhood to adulthood. Entries in the visitors book penned by long dead authors come to life in this engaging treasure hunt of passion and betrayal. Their stories unlock the portal to that distant past and chronicle the everyday lives of the residents of Sable Island. Coaxed ever deeper into the islands labyrinth, the reader discovers that Sable reveals her secrets on her own terms and in her own time.

The Sable Doughboys

The Sable Doughboys
Author: Tom Willard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1998-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780812551068

Tom Willard began the compelling saga of African-American fighting men and their wives in book one of The Black Sabre Chronicles, the highly acclaimed Buffalo Soldiers. In The Sable Doughboys, the second edition of the chronicles, Willard continues that captivating story as he takes us back to World War I and the sons of Sergeant Major Augustus Sharps, the great "buffalo soldier" of the Western Indian wars. Continuing their father's valiant fighting tradition, the two young men withstand vicious racial attacks in order to endure the first Negro officer training program. Once officers of the 93rd Division in 1917-18, however, Adrian and David Sharps face war on two fronts: They are subjected to racial hatred and violence on the home front as they prepare to face death in the horrors of trench warfare in the battle of the Meuse-Agronne on the Western Front of France. The Sable Doughboys is an engrossing story of uncommon courage and fortitude-unheralded hallmarks of the African-American soldier in America's wars.

Sable Stones of Melentar

Sable Stones of Melentar
Author: Stephen Morris
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2009-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0557092523

What if Dwarfs, Elves and Magicians were not a fantasy, but one possible outcome of earth's future. That is what the four story's heroes are about to find out. A Marine, a college Student, a Horticulturalist, and a Thief are seized by a wizard using the magical Sable Stones to aide in the destruction of a seemingly unstoppable evil. To help ensure victory they are put through extensive fighter, mage, druid, and thief training and given one month to recover four legendary items to aide them in their final quest. The heroes then decend into the evil dungeon fortress to face, and hopefully defeat the horrors inside.