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Magnificent Majestic Mono Lake is an entertaining introduction to the eastern Sierra's Mono Lake and its basin, perfect for visitors and residents alike who want to quickly acquaint themselves with Mono Lake and its environs. Vibrant full-page color illustrations capture the beauty of Mono Lake, its surroundings, and the fascinating ecology and behavior of its wildlife. Each chapter is about two pages long, jargon-free, and scientifically up-to-date.
The introductory chapters explain the formation of ancient Lake Russell, now called Mono Lake, and how local geology-volcanoes, cold water springs, and the rushing snowmelt streams from the Sierra Nevada Mountains-all contributed to the Mono Lake we know today. Next up are chapters about Mono Lake's simple ecosystem, consisting of trillions of brine shrimp and alkali flies, followed by species accounts of the breeding and migrating birds that stop at Mono Lake in the millions to fatten up on this banquet of tasty microorganisms.
The high Great Basin Desert surrounding Mono Lake can be hot in summer and brutally cold in winter, and the ways in which animal and plant inhabitants have adapted to its variable climate, infrequent rainfall, and volcanic soils make for engaging natural history stories. The authors, Andrew and Harriet Smith, are superb storytellers and regale you with the fascinating life histories of many of the unusual species that thrive in Mono Lake or its basin. Here are some examples: eared grebes that gorge on brine shrimp until they are too fat to fly; slinky long-tailed weasels that make short work of prey over twice their size; fishing hawks (called ospreys) that nest on tufa towers in the middle of Mono Lake and commute to freshwater lakes to catch fish for their nestlings; and forests of golden-leafed aspen trees that are actually part of one giant organism rather than thousands of individual trees.
The book ends with the triumphant story of how the Mono Lake ecosystem was saved from extinction by an intrepid band of students and conservationists who recognized its ecological value. Mono Lake easily could have become one more toxic, windswept, sand playa, but instead, it teems with life. Vigilance is still necessary in light of lingering threats to Mono Lake, such as invasive species, and those that might emerge or worsen in the future, like climate change.
This is a memoir of by Dr. Aimee Knauff, in which she candidly shares her life experiences, including her struggle with brain cancer. She hopes that the lessons she has learned along the way will also help everyone who has struggled, not just from cancer, but with whatever suffering they have encountered or are still encountering.
As Dr. Knauff writes in this book, Looking inward to my Beloved-self and living out of that love has been the calling of my life. Knowing that I am Beloved is the source of my joy, acceptance, and peace that radiates out to others. I hope that you will also find peace in your suffering as you too learn to live as His Beloved.
During the Vietnam War era, eighteen-year-old John Paul Jacobs, better known as Jake, experiences his first years as a new cadet in the U.S. military service academy at West Point. As Jake endures rigorous training, he learns that serving to protect the country could come at a cost. Will his high school romance endure? Will he survive the politics against the armed forces during a time of peace and love, sit-ins, and protests? Does Jake have what it takes to gain the Green Beret of the newly formed special forces--the Army Rangers--or does the U.S. government have something else in store for him? More importantly, how will Jake be prepared when he crosses paths with an extreme radical mastermind and his terrorist organization bent on destroying the United States and everything Jake holds dear?
West Point is the first volume in the trilogy A Full Measure. Readers of the series will gain an understanding of the evolution of West Point to the institution that it is today.
The novel is a must-have gift for any reader interested in the great history of military life and the Armed Forces. This coming-of-age story is also enjoyed by readers of historical fiction, Christian fiction, and military fiction.
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A trick.
My true love conspired with my stepmother to have me killed and stole my throne.
I'm not a prince but an Alpha. And I take what I want, when I want it. So when I found an Omega princess dying in the woods, I took her and made her mine.
This is a memoir of by Dr. Aimee Knauff, in which she candidly shares her life experiences, including her struggle with brain cancer. She hopes that the lessons she has learned along the way will also help everyone who has struggled, not just from cancer, but with whatever suffering they have encountered or are still encountering.
As Dr. Knauff writes in this book, Looking inward to my Beloved-self and living out of that love has been the calling of my life. Knowing that I am Beloved is the source of my joy, acceptance, and peace that radiates out to others. I hope that you will also find peace in your suffering as you too learn to live as His Beloved.
The Soul of Our Family is a collection of prayers, praises, poems, and other writings written by family members across the United States and abroad but__ it is much more. This book was written to honor the legacy of our ancestors who taught us that prayer is an indispensable tool to reach GOD during periods of praise, as well as difficult times; and for their descendants who are challenged with the everyday systemic and institutional racism, economic, and political strife that is consuming our Country and the World. It is written for future generations so that they too may come to know the power of prayer and meditation in their life, seek out opportunities to grow, and achieve a life of well-being, prosperity, and humanitarian pursuits, as did their ancestors. We offered this book to be used as a template to help others who have a desire to strengthen their family ties. When we strengthen family ties we strengthen communities. Strong communities make a stronger nation. When we strengthen family ties in our country, we strengthen family ties around the globe as we are a country of immigrants, binding mankind together for the common good of all men. Many books have been written about prayers and the family, but few give you a guide to authorship, building a stronger family, and strengthening your family ties. Every family should have a legacy. What will yours be?
The memoir As Usual, the Guardian was Perfect in All Respects is the first book, Book 1, in the trilogy, A Full Lifetime Career of Seeking Perfection Driven by Family and Mentors. The trilogy is a tale of three careers of military achievement, engineering accomplishment, and academic leadership. It strives for perfection through athletic and career advancement while it supports, follows, and documents the changes in U.S. warfare, technology development, and academic transition in a changing world. It will also try and set the record straight for these changes based on my three careers. It begins with changes in the U.S. military as it transitions from the Cold War in Europe to the strategic mobility and nation building efforts of the Vietnam War.
It then follows with Book 2, Development of Next Generation of Army Aviation Systems, as it documents and provides for the growth of air mobility through technology development over the next decade. It also will attempt to set the record straight on why the development of Army Aviation systems has been so difficult.
It then transitions into Book 3, Technology for Affordability through Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), where these technology advancements are brought into an academic environment with innovative methods for education transfer to both the civilian and military students and industry. The use of IPPD for developing and demonstrating autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is also presented. This setting also brings to life the changes in education at Georgia Tech with a graduate program in Aerospace Systems Design. Also, IPPD is used in Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) training programs for high school students with NASA and industry support. It also includes assistance for the United States Military Academy (USMA) in transitioning from a general engineering degree to adoption of major engineering degrees, e.g., electrical, mechanical, and systems. How Georgia Tech graduate education and professional development programs help industry and government with the transition to Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), as they respond to worldwide competition and the Japanese Total Quality success is provided.
These three books are connected by a Why which focuses on a strive for perfection. They also follow a growing Schrage Family with numerous relocations during the early years while striving for stability during later years. They will also try and set the record straight for each career by answering the following questions:
Books in the trilogy
First Career, Book #1: Why Winning the Vietnam War was not successful
Second Career, Book #2: Why is it so difficult for the Army to develop New Aircraft
Third Career, Book #3: Why is it so hard for Academia to develop new Curriculum.
in Praise:
Dan Schrage provides first hand experiences and valuable lessons learned from the Cold War in Europe and the Vietnam War - LTC (Ret.) Paul Fardink
Dan Schrage was an excellent athlete, my teammate, and captain of the 1966-67 Army Basketball Team with Bob Knight as Coach - Mike Krzyzewski, retired Duke University Basketball Coach
Everyday Creatures is a collection of thirteen simply and elegantly told nature essays, set in time over the course of a naturalist's lifetime-from field-trip experiences as a freshman and sophomore in college, through the challenges of producing a dissertation in ecology, and on through the author's career at a major university. Yet these stories are not the scientific reports of a research professor, nor are they an attempt at popular science writing. These are personal essays that spring forth from observation and discovery of what nature has to show anyone who is willing to pay attention. The author begins with his early experiences in deserts and continues into forests, mountains, and the seashore.
Kenagy shares with the reader his own direct observations and transparent personal responses to meeting a wide variety of animals in their natural habitats, and he uses language that is understandable to anyone. He follows his discoveries with reflections on the values of natural history and the conservation of wildlife and habitats. This all adds up to inspire a passion for the greater care for our planet Earth and its future.
The stories and comfortable style of Everyday Creatures have attracted the acclaim of other writers:
Biologists often begin as nature-infatuated kids, turning over rocks, chasing critters through the brush. As they pursue scientific training, many quit venturing outdoors; instead of looking at animals, they hole up in labs to study molecules. Not so George James Kenagy, who has maintained his fascination with whole organisms, the communities they form, and the landscapes they inhabit. In his lively company, you can observe geckos, beavers, pandas, ants, kangaroo rats, desert iguanas, snowy egrets, deer mice, surf smelt, spiny lobsters, ground squirrels, darkling beetles, western rattlesnakes, hoary marmots, and other marvels of the living world. One of the most interesting animals you'll meet in these pages is the author himself.
-SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS, author of Earth Works: Selected Essays.
Everyday Creatures is a story of discovery, told with precision, intimacy, and wonder. Kenagy's prose is clean and entirely accessible, informative to the scientist and non-scientist alike, a testament to a lifetime of attentiveness to the natural world.
-GREGORY MARTIN, author of Mountain City and Stories for Boys.
Kenagy is a rare specimen among modern biologists: a true naturalist, with deep knowledge of an astonishing variety of plants and animals. This book takes you from China to New England, from eastern Washington State to western Sonora, Mexico, with rewarding stops in between, all steeped in the decades of field work that have allowed him to contribute so much to our knowledge of the natural world. To read this is to be taken to all these places, and to learn about such diverse things as the temperatures that make beetles happy, ground squirrels that prey on chipmunks, the surprising adaptations of kangaroo rats, and even the relationship between campus committees and Canada geese. I read it from beginning to end without putting it down, and suspect you will too.
-DONALD K. GRAYSON, author of The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory.
Subtitle: A Modern Translation For The 21st Century. A retranslation of the master work on strategy with principles which can be applied to the battlefield, gaming, and the boardroom, as written by the master ronin and kensei (sword saint) Miyamoto Musashi. It includes a biography of Musashi and essays on history and the martial arts traditions of Japan; art by the author as well as art by Musashi, and a full color gallery by Japanese artists celebrating his life and work. New edition.
